NEHEMIAH. 


And  I  gathered  them  together,  and  set 
them  in  their  place. 

12  Then  brought  all  Judah  the  tithe  of 
the  corn  and  the  new  "vvine  and  the  oil 
unto  the  treasuries. 

13  And  I  made  treasurers  OA-er  the  treas- 
uries, Shelemiah  the  priest,  and  Zadok  the 
scribe,  and  of  the  Lcvites,  Pedaiah :  and 
next  to  them  was  Hanan  the  son  of  Zac- 
cur,  the  son  of  Mattaniah :  for  they  were 
counted  faithful,  and  their  office  was  to 
distribute  unto  their  brethren. 

14  Remember  me,  O  my  God,  concerning 
this,  and  wipe  not  out  my  good  deeds 
that  I  have  done  for  the  house  of  my 
God,  and  for  the  offices  thereof 

15  T[  In  those  days  saw  I  in  Judah  some 
treading  winepresses  on  the  sabbath,  and 
bringing  in  sheaves,  and  lading  asses ;  as 
also  wine,  grapes,  and  figs,  and  all  manner 
of  burdens,  which  they  brought  into  Je- 
rusalem on  the  sabbath  day :  and  I  testi- 
fied ar/aiiist  them  in  the  day  wherein  they 
sold  victuals. 

16  There  dwelt  men  of  Tyre  also  therein, 
which  brought  fish,  and  all  manner  of 
ware,  and  sold  on  the  sabbath  unto  the 
children  of  Judah,  and  in  Jerusalem. 

17  Then  I  contended  with  the  nobles  of 
Judah,  and  said  unto  them.  What  evil 
thing  is  this  that  ye  do,  and  profane  the 
sabbath  day? 

18  Did  not  your  fathers  thus,  and  did 
not  our  God  bring  all  this  evil  upon  us, 
and  upon  this  city  ?  yet  ye  bring  more 
wrath  upon  Israel  by  profaning  the  sab- 
bath. 

19  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  the 
gates  of  Jerusalem  began  to  be  dark  be- 
fore the  sabbath,  I  commanded  that  the 
gates  should  be  shut,  and  charged  that 
they  should  not  be  opened  till  after  the 
sabbath :  and  some  of  my  servants  set  I  at 
the  gates,  that  there  should  no  burden  be 
brought  in  on  the  sabbath  day. 

20  So  the  merchants  and  sellers  of  all 
kind  of  ware  lodged  without  Jerusalem 
once  or  twice. 

21  Then  I  testitied  against  them,  and  said 


unto  them,  Why  lodge  ye  about  the  wall? 
if  ye  do  so  again,  I  will  lay  hands  on 
you.  From  that  time  forth  came  they  no 
more  on  the  saljbath. 

22  And  I  commanded  the  Levites,  that 
they  should  cleanse  themselves,  and  thai 
they  should  come  and  keep  the  gates,  to 
sanctify  the  sabbath  day.     Remember  me, 

0  my  God,  concerning  this  also,  and  spare 
me  according  to  the  great  aess  of  thy 
mercy. 

23  if  In  those  days  also  saw  I  Jews  thai 
had  married  wives  of  Ashdod,  of  Ammon, 
and  of  Moab : 

24  And  their  children  spake  half  in  the 
speech  of  Ashdod,  and  could  not  speak 
in  the  Jews'  language,  but  according  to 
the  language  of  each  people. 

25  And  I  contended  with  them,  and  curs- 
ed them,  and  smote  certain  of  them,  and 
plucked  oflf  their  hair,  and  made  them 
swear  by  God,  saying^  Ye  shall  not  give 
your  daughters  unto  their  sons,  nor  take 
their  daughters  unto  your  sons,  or  for 
yourselves. 

26  Did  not  Solomon  king  of  Israel  sin 
by  these  things?  yet  among  many  na- 
tions was  there  no  king  like  him,  who  was 
beloved  of  his  God,  and  God  made  him 
king  over  all  Israel:  nevertheless  even 
him  did  outlandish  women  cause  to  sin. 

27  Shall  we  then  hearken  unto  you  to  do 
all  this  great  evil,  to  transgress  against 
our  God  in  marrying  strange  wives? 

28  And  o-)ie  of  the  sons  of  Joiada,  the  son 
of  Eliashib  the  high  priest,  wa^  son  in 
law  to   Sanballat  the  Horonite :   therefore 

1  chased  him  from  me. 

29  Remember  them,  O  my  God,  because 
they  have  defiled  the  priesthood,  and  the 
covenant  of  the  priesthood,  and  of  the 
Levites. 

30  Thus  cleansed  I  them  from  all  stran- 
gers, and  appointed  the  wards  of  the 
priests  and  the  Levites,  every  one  in  his 
lousiness ; 

31  And  for  the  wood  offering,  at  times 
appointed,  and  for  the  firstfruits.  Re- 
member me,  O  my  God,  for  good.         **'' 


494 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


tlierelore   he    blew   biiu,   iiud    turned 
kingdom  unto  David  the  son  of  Jesse. 


the 


CHAPTER  XI. 

THEN   fill   Isniel   gathered  themselves 
to  David  unto  Hebron,  saying,  Behold, 
v,-c  arc  thy  bone  and  thy  flesh. 
2  And  moreover  in  time  i)ast,  even  -when 


lull  of  barley;    and  the  people  fled  from 
before  the  Philistines. 

14  And  they  set  themselves  in  the  midst 
of  t/i(tt  i)areel,  and  delivered  it,  and  slew 
the  Philistines;  and  the  Loud  saved  them 
by  a  great  deliverance. 

15  TI  Now  three  of  the  thirty  captains 
went  down  to  the  rock  to  David,  into  the 


Saul  was  king,  thou  u<asi  he  that  leddest  i  cave  of  Adullara;  and  the  host  of  the  Phi- 


out  and  broughtest  in  Israel:  and  the 
Loud  thy  God  said  unto  thee.  Thou 
Shalt  feed  my  people  Israel,  and  thou 
Shalt  be  ruler  over  my  people  Israel. 
8  Therefore  came  all  the  elders  of  Israel 
to  the  king  to  Hebron;  and  David  made  a 
covenant  with  them  in  Hebron  before  the 
Lord;  and  they  anointed  David  king  over 
Israel,  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord 
by  Samuel. 

4  H  And  David  and  all  Israel  went  to 
Jerusalem,  which  is  Jebus ;  where  the 
Jebusites  ivere,  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land. 

5  And  the  inhabitants  of  Jebus  said  to 
David,  Thou  shalt  not  come  hither.  Never- 
theless David  took  the  castle  of  Zion, 
which  is  the  city  of  David. 

0  And  David  said,  Whosoever  smiteth  the 
Jebusites  first  shall  be  chief  and  captain. 
So  Joab  the  son  of  Zeruiah  went  first  up, 
and  was  chief 

7  And  David  dwelt  in  the  castle;  there- 
fore they  called  it  the  city  of  David. 

8  And  he  built  the  city  round  about,  even 
from  Millo  round  about :  and  Joab  repair- 
ed the  rest  of  the  cit}'. 

9  So  David  waxed  greater  and  greater: 
for  the  Lord  of  hosts  vxts  with  him. 

10  li  These  also  are  the  chief  of  the  mighty 
men  whom  David  had,  Avho  strengthened 
themselves  with  him  in  his  kingdom,  and 
with  all  Israel,  to  make  him  king,  accord- 
ing to  the  word  of  the  Lord  concerning 
Israel. 

11  And  this  is  the  number  of  the  mighty 
men  whom  David  had;  Jashobeam,  a  Hach- 
monite,  the  chief  of  the  captains:  he  lifted 
u])  his  spear  against  three  hundred  slain  by 
him  at  one  time. 

13  And  after  him  v>as  Eleazar  the  son  of 
Dodo,  the    Ahohite,  who   v:a.s  one 
three  might  ies. 


listines  encamped  in  the  valley  of  Rephaim. 

16  And  David  was  then  in  the  hold,  and 
the  Philistines'  garrison  wan  then  at  Beth- 
lehem. 

17  And  David  longed,  and  said,  Oh  that 
one  would  give  me  drink  of  the  water  of 
the  well  of  Beth-lehem,  that  is  at  the 
gate  ! 

18  And  the  three  brake  through  the  host 
of  the  Philistines,  and  drew  water  out  of 
the  well  of  Beth-lehem,  that  was  by  the 
gate,  and  took  j7,  and  brought  it  to  David: 
but  David  would  not  drink  of  it,  but  pour- 
ed it  out  to  the  Lord, 

19  And  said.  My  God  forbid  it  me,  that  I 
should  do  this  thing:  shall  I  drink  the 
blood  of  these  men  that  have  put  their 
lives  in  jeopardy?  for  with  tlie  jeopardy  of 
their  lives  they  brought  it :  therefore  he 
would  not  drink  it.  These  things  did  these 
three  mightiest. 

20  Ti  And  Abishal  the  brother  of  Joab,  he 
was  chief  of  the  three:  for  lifting  up  his 
spear  against  three  hundred,  he  slew  them, 
and  had  a  name  among  the  three. 

21  Of  the  three,  he  was  more  honourable 
than  the  two;  for  he  was  their  ca])tain: 
howbeit  he  attained  not  to  Wya  first  three. 

22  Bcnaiah  the  son  of  Jehoiada,  the  son  of 
a  valiant  man  of  Kabzeel,  who  had  done 
many  acts;  he  slew  two  lionlike  men  of 
Moab  :  also  he  went  down  and  slew  a  lion 
in  a  pit  in  a  snowy  day. 

23  And  he  slew  an  Egyptian,  a  man  of 
great  stature,  five  cubits  high ;  and  in  the 
Egyptian's  hand  was  a  spear  like  a  weaver's 
beam  ;  and  he  went  down  to  him  with  a 
staflr,  and  plucked  the  spear  out  of  the 
Egyptian's  hand,  and  slew  him  with  his 
own  spear. 

24  These  thiiirjs  did  Benaiah  the  son  of 
of  the  i  Jehoiada,  and  had  a  name  among  the  three 

1  might  ies. 

Behold,  he  was  honourable  among  the 


13  He  was  with  David  at  Pas-dammim,  and 

there  the  Philistines  were  gatlicrcd  togcth-  thirty,  l)ut  attained  not  to  \\\q  first  three: 

cr  to  battle,  where  was  a  })arcel  of  ground  and  David  set  him  over  his  guard. 

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OF   ALL   THK 


BOOKS    OF     THE     OLD     TESTAMENT, 

WITH  THE  NUMBER  OF    THEIR  CHAPTERS. 


Chapter*. 

GENESIS 50 

Exodus 40 

Leviticus 27 

Numbers 36 

Deuteronomy 34 

Joshua 24 

Judges 21 

Ruth 4 

I.  Samuel 31 

n.  Samuel 24 

I.  Kings 22 

n.  Kings 25 

I.  Chronicles 29 


Chapteri. 

n.  Chronicles 36 

Ezra 10 

Nehemiah 13 

Esther 10 

Job 42 

Psalms 150 

Proverbs 31 

Ecclesiastes 12 

The   Song  of  Solomon   ...  8 

Isaiah 66 

Jeremiah 52 

Lamentations 5 

Ezekiei .  48 


Chapter*. 

Daniel 12 

Hosea 14 

Joel 3 

Amos 9 

Obadiah 1 

Jonah 4 

Micah 7 

Nahum 3 

Habakkuk 3 

Zephaniah 3 

Haggai 2 

Zechariah 14 

Malachi 4 


1st  Edition. 


THE   FIRST    BOOK   OF    MOSES,    CALLED 

GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  L 

IN  the  beginning  God  created  the  heaven 
and  the  earth. 

2  And  the  earth  was  without  form,  and 
void ;  and  darkness  ivas  upon  the  face  of  the 
deep.  And  the  Spirit  of  God  moved  upon 
the  face  of  the  waters. 

3  And  God  said,  Let  there  be  light:  and 
there  was  light. 

4  And  God  saw  the  light,  that  it  was 
good :  and  God  divided  the  light  from  the 
darkness. 

5  And  God  called  the  light  Day,  and 
the  darkness  he  called  Night,  And  the 
evening  and  the  morning  were  the  first  day. 

6  H  And  God  said.  Let  there  be  a  firma- 
ment in  the  midst  of  the  waters,  and  let 
it  divide  the  waters  from  the  waters. 

7  And  God  made  the  firmament,  and 
divided  the  waters  which  toere  under  the 
firmament  from  the  waters  which  were 
above  the  firmament :  and  it  was  so. 

8  And  God  called  the  firmament  Heaven. 
And  the  evening  and  the  morning  were 
the  second  day. 

9  *[[  And  God  said.  Let  the  waters  under 
the  heaven  be  gathered  together  unto  one 
place,  and  let  the  dry  la7id  appear :  and  it 
was  so, 

10  And  God  called  the  dry  land  Earth; 
and  the  gathering  together  of  the  waters 
called  he  Seas:  and  God  saw  that  it  was 
good, 

11  And  God  said.  Let  the  earth  bring 
forth  grass,  the  hei-b  yielding  seed,  and 
the  fruit  tree  yielding  fruit  after  his  kind, 
whose  seed  is  in  itself,  upon  the  earth: 
and  it  was  so, 

12  And  the  earth  brought  forth  grass,  and 
herb  yielding  seed  after  his  kind,  and  the 
tree  yielding  fruit,  whose  seed  was  in  itself, 
after  his  kind:  and  God  saw  that  it  was 
good. 

13  And  the  evening  and  the  morning 
Avere  the  third  da}'. 


14  IF  And  God  said.  Let  there  be  lights  in 
the  firmament  of  the  heaven  to  divide 
the  day  from  the  night;  and  let  them  be 
for  signs,  and  for  seasons,  and  for  days, 
and  years : 

15  And  let  them  be  for  lights  in  the  firma- 
ment of  the  heaven  to  give  light  upon  the 
earth :  and  it  was  so. 

16  And  God  made  two  great  lights;  the 
greater  light  to  rule  the  day,  and  the  lesser 
light  to  rule  the  night :  he  made  the  stars 
also. 

17  And  God  set  them  in  the  firmament 
of  the  heaven  to  give  light  upon  the  earth, 

18  And  to  rule  over  the  day  and  over 
the  night,  and  to  divide  the  light  from  the 
darkness :  and  God  saw  that  it  was  good. 

19  And  the  evening  and  the  morning 
were  the  fourth  day. 

20  And  God  said.  Let  the  waters  bring  forth 
abundantly  the  moving  creature  that  hath 
life,  and  fowl  that  may  fly  above  the  earth 
in  the  open?  firmament  of  heaven. 

21  And  God  created  great  whales,  and 
every  lining  creature  that  moveth,  which 
the  waters  brought  forth  abundantly,  after 
their  kind,  and  every  winged  fowl  after  his 
kind :  and  God  saw  that  it  was  good. 

22  And  God  blessed  them,  saying.  Be 
fruitful,  and  multiply,  and  fill  the  waters  in 
the  seas,  and  let  fowl  multiply  in  the  earth. 

23  And  the  evening  and  the  morning 
were  the  fifth  day. 

24  U  And  God  said.  Let  the  earth  bring 
forth  the  living  creature  after  his  kind, 
cattle,  and  creeping  tiling,  and  beast  of  the 
earth  after  his  kind:  and  it  was  so. 

25  And  God  made  the  beast  of  the  earth 
after  his  kind,  and  cattle  after  their  kind, 
and  every  thing  that  creepeth  upon  the 
earth  after  his  kind:  and  God  saw  that 
it  was  good, 

26  H  And  God  said.  Let  us  make  man 
in  our  image,  after  our  likeness :  and  let 
them  have  dominion  over  the  fish  of  the 


GENESIS. 


sea,  and  over  the  I'owl  of  the  ah",  and  over  i 
the  cattle,  and  over  all  the  earth,  and  over 
every  creeping  thing  that  creepeth  upon 
the  earth. 

27  So  God  created  man  in  his  ovm  image, 
in  the  image  of  God  created  he  him;  male 
and  female  created  he  them. 

28  And  God  blessed  them,  and  God  said 
unto  them.  Be  fruitful,  and  multiply,  and 
replenish  the  earth,  and  subdue  it:  and 
have  dominion  over  the  fish  of  the  sea, 
and  over  the  fowl  of  the  air,  and  over 
every  living  thing  that  moveth  upon  the 
earth. 

29  H  And  God  said,  Behold,  I  have  given 
you  every  herb  bearing  seed,  which  is  upon 
the  face  of  all  the  earth,  and  every  tree, 
in  the  which  is  the  fruit  of  a  tree  yielding 
seed;  to  you  it  shall  be  for  meat. 

30  And  to  every  beast  of  the  earth,  and 
to  every  fowl  of  the  air,  and  to  every  thing 
that  creepeth  upon  the  earth,  wherein  there 
is  life,  /  have  given  every  green  herb  for 
meat :  and  it  was  so. 

31  And  God  saw  every  thing  that  he  had 
made,  and,  behold,  it  was  very  good.  And 
the  evening  and  the  morning  were  the 
sixth  day.     - 

CHAPTER  II. 

THUS  the  heavens  and  the  earth  were 
finished,  and  all  the  host  of  them. 

2  And  on  the  seventh  day  God  ended  his 
work  which  he  had  made ;  au^l  he  rested 
on  the  seventh  day  from  all  his  work  which 
he  had  made. 

3  And  God  blessed  the  seventh  daj',  and 
sanctified  it :  because  that  in  it  he  had 
rested  from  all  his  work  which  God  created 
and  made. 

4  Ti  These  are  the  generations  of  the 
heavens  and  of  the  earth  Avhen  they  were 
created,  in  the  day  that  the  Lokd  God 
made  the  earth  and  the  heavens, 

5  And  every  plant  of  the  field  before  it 
was  in  the  earth,  and  every  herb  of  the 
field  before  it  grew :  for  the  Lord  God  had 
not  caused  it  to  rain  upon  the  earth,  and 
tJtere  was  not  a  man  to  till  the  ground. 

6  But  there  went  Tip  a  mist  from  the 
earth,  and  watered  the  whole  face  of  the 
ground. 

7  And  the  Lord  God  formed  man  of 
the  dust  of  the  ground,  and  breathed  into 
his  nostrils  the  breath  of  life;  and  man 
became  a  livinij  soul. 


8  *1|  And  the  Lord  God  planted  a  garden 
eastward  in  Eden;  and  there  he  put  the 
man  whom  he  had  formed. 

9  And  out  of  the  ground  made  the  Lord 
God  to  grow  every  tree  that  is  pleasant 
to  the  sight,  and  good  for  food;  the  tree 
of  life  also  in  the  midst  of  the  garden,  and 
the  tree  of  knowledge  of  good  and  evil. 

10  And  a  river  went  out  of  Eden  to  water 
the  garden ;  and  from  thence  it  was  parted, 
and  became  into  four  heads. 

11  The  name  of  the  first  is  Pison :  that 
is  it  which  compasseth  the  whole  land  of 
Havilah,  where  tJiere  is  gold ; 

12  And  the  gold  of  that  laud  is  good: 
there  is  bdellium  and  the  onyx  stone. 

13  And  the  name  of  the  second  river  is 
Gihon  :  the  same  is  it  that  compasseth  the 
whole  land,  of  Ethiopia. 

14  And  the  name  of  the  third  river  w 
Hiddekel :  that  is  it  which  goeth  toward 
the  east  of  Assyria.  And  the  fourth  river 
is  Euphrates. 

15  And  the  Lord  God  took  the  man,  and 
put  him  into  the  garden  of  Eden  to  dress 
it  and  to  keep  it. 

16  And  the  Lord  God  commanded  the 
man,  saying,  Of  every  tree  of  the  garden 
thou  mayest  freelj'  eat : 

17  But  of  the  tree  of  the  knowledge 
of  good  and  evil,  thou  shalt  not  eat  of 
it :  for  in  the  day  that  thou  eatest  thereof 
thou  shalt  surely  die. 

18  11  And  the  Lord  God  said.  It  is  not 
good  that  the  man  should  be  alone;  I 
will  make  him  a  help  meet  for  him. 

19  And  out  of  the  ground  the  Lord  God 
formed  every  beast  of  the  field,  and  every 
fowl  of  the  air;  and  brought  them  unto 
Adam  to  see  what  he  would  call  them: 
and  whatsoever  Adam  called  every  living 
creature,  that  vjos  the  name  thereof 

20  And  Adam  gave  names  to  all  cattle, 
and  to  the  fowl  of  the  air,  and  to  every 
beast  of  the  field;  but  for  Adam  there 
Avas  not  found  a  help  meet  for  him. 

21  And  the  Lord  God  caused  a  deep  sleep 
to  fall  upon  Adam,  and  he  slept ;  and  he 
took  one  of  his  ribs,  and  closed  up  the 
flesh  instead  thereof 

23  And  the  rib,  which  the  Lord  God  had 
taken  from  man,  made  he  a  woman,  and 
brou2:ht  her  unto  the  man. 

23  And  Adam  said,  This  is-  now  bone  of  my 
bones,  and  flesh  of  my  flesh  :   she  shall  be 


GENESIS. 


called  Woman,  because  she  was  taken  out 
of  man. 

24  Therefore  shall  a  man  leave  liis  father 
and  his  mother,  and  shall  cleave  unto  his 
wife :  and  they  shall  he  one  flesh. 

25  And  they  were  both  naked,  the  man 
and  his  wife,  and  were  not  ashamed.     <* 

CHAPTER  III. 

NOW  the  serpent  was  more  subtile  than 
any  beast  of  the  field  which  the  Lord 
God  had  made.  And  he  said  unto  the  wo- 
man. Yea,  hath  God  said,  Ye  shall  not  eat 
of  every  tree  of  the  garden  ? 

2  And  the  woman  said  unto  the  serpent, 
We  may  eat  of  the  fruit  of  the  trees  of  the 
garden : 

3  But  of  the  fruit  of  the  tree  which  is  in 
the  midst  of  the  garden,  God  hath  said.  Ye 
shall  not  eat  of  it,  neither  shall  ye  touch 
it,  lest  ye  die. 

4  And  the  serpent  said  unto  the  woman. 
Ye  shall  not  surely  die : 

5  For  God  doth  know  that  in  the  day  ye 
eat  thereof,  then  your  eyes  shall  be  opened, 
and  ye  shall  be  as  gods,  knowing  good  and 
evil. 

6  And  when  the  woa.an  saw  that  the  tree 
was  good  for  food,  and  that  it  was  pleasant 
to  the  eyes,  and  a  tree  to  be  desired  to 
make  one  wise,  she  took  of  the  fruit  there- 
of, and  did  eat,  and  gave  also  unto  her 
husband  with  her ;  and  he  did  eat. 

7  And  the  eyes  of  them  both  were  opened, 
and  they  knew  that  they  ivere  naked ;  and 
they  sewed  fig  leaves  together,  and  made 
themselves  aprons. 

8  And  they  heard  the  voice  of  the  Lord 
God  walking  in  the  garden  in  tbe  cool  of 
the  day :  and  Adam  and  his  wife  hid  them- 
selves from  the  presence  of  the  Lord  God 
amongst  the  trees  of  the  garden. 

9  And  the  Lord  God  called  unto  Adam, 
and  said  unto  him.  Where  a7-i  thou  ? 

10  And  he  said,  I  heard  thy  voice  in  the 
garden,  and  I  was  afraid,  because  I  was 
naked ;  and  I  hid  myself 

11  And  he  said.  Who  told  thee  that  thou 
wast  naked  ?  Hast  thou  eaten  of  the  tree, 
whereof  I  commanded  thee  that  thou 
shouldest  not  eat  ? 

12  And  the  man  said.  The  woman  whom 
thou  gavcst  to  be  with  me,  she  gave  me  of 
the  tree,  and  I  did  eat. 

13  And  the  Lord  God  said  unto  the  wo 


man.  What  is  this  that  thou  hast  done? 
And  the  woman  said,  The  serpent  beguiled 
me,  and  I  did  eat. 

14  And  the  Lord  God  said  unto  the  ser- 
pent, Because  thou  hast  done  this,  thou  art 
cursed  above  all  cattle,  and  above  everj'^ 
beast  of  the  field ;  upon  thy  belly  shalt  thou 
go,  and  dust  shalt  thou  eat  all  the  days  of 
thy  life : 

15  And  I  will  put  enmity  between  thee 
and  the  woman,  and  between  thy  seed  and 
her  seed ;  it  shall  bruise  thy  head,  and  thou 
shalt  bruise  his  heel. 

16  Unto  the  woman  he  said,  I  will  greatly 
multiply  thy  sorrow  and  thy  conception; 
in  sorrow  thou  shalt  bring  forth  children ; 
and  thy  desire  shall  be  to  thy  husband,  and 
he  shall  rule  over  thee. 

17  And  unto  Adam  he  said.  Because  thou 
hast  hearkened  unto  the  voice  of  thy  wife, 
and  hast  eaten  of  the  tree,  of  which  I  com- 
manded thee,  saying.  Thou  shalt  not  eat  of 
it:  cursed  is  the  ground  for  thy  sake;  in 
sorrow  shalt  thou  eat  of  it  all  the  days  of 
thy  life ; 

18  Thorns  also  and  thistles  shall  it  bring 
forth  to  thee ;  and  thou  shalt  eat  the  herb 
of  the  field: 

19  In  the  sweat  of  thy  face  shalt  thou  eat 
bread,  till  thou  return  unto  the  ground; 
for  out  of  it  wast  thou  taken:  for  dust 
thou  art,  and  unto  dust  shalt  thou  return. 

20  And  Adam  called  his  wife's  name 
Eve;  because  she  was  the  mother  of  all 
living. 

21  Unto  Adam  also  and  to  his  wife  did 
the  Lord  God  make  coats  of  skins,  and 
clothed  them. 

22  H  And  the  Lord  God  said.  Behold,  the 
man  is  become  as  one  of  us,  to  know  good 
and  evil:  and  now,  lest  he  put  forth  his 
hand,  and  take  also  of  the  tree  of  life,  and 
eat,  and  live  for  ever : 

23  Therefore  the  Lord  God  sent  him  forth 
from  the  garden  of  Eden,  to  till  the  ground 
from  whence  he  was  taken. 

24  So  he  drove  out  the  man:  and  he 
placed  at  the  east  of  the  garden  of  Eden 
cherubim,  and  a  flaming  sword  which 
turned  every  way,  to  keep  the  way  of  the 
tree  of  life. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

AND   Adam  knew  Eve   his  wife;   and 
she    conceived,   and    bare    Cain,   and 
said,  I  have  gotten  a  man  from  the  Lord. 


GENESIS. 


'4  xiud  bac  agiiiu  uurc  iiis  broiucr  Abel. 
And  Abel  was  a  keeper  of  sheep,  but  Cain 
was  a  tiller  of  the  ground. 

3  And  in  process  of  time  it  came  to  pass, 
that  Cain  brought  of  the  fruit  of  the 
ground  an  offering  unto  the  Lord. 

4  And  Abel,  he  also  brought  of  the  first- 
lings of  his  flock  and  of  the  fat  thereof 
And  the  Lord  had  respect  unto  Abel  and 
to  his  offering : 

5  But  unto  Cain  and  to  his  offering  he 
had  not  respect.  And  Cain  was  very  wroth, 
and  his  countenance  fell. 

6  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Cain,  Why  art 
thou  wroth  ?  and  why  is  thy  countenance 
fallen  ? 

7  If  thou  doest  well,  shalt  thou  not  be 
accepted  ?  and  if  thou  doest  not  well,  sin 
lieth  at  the  door:  and  unto  thee  shall  be 
his  desire,  and  thou  shalt  rule  over  him. 

8  And  Cain  talked  with  Abel  his  brother  : 
and  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  were  in  the 
field,  that  Cain  rose  up  against  Abel  his 
brother,  and  slew  him. 

9  ^  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Cain,  Where 
is  Abel  thy  brother  ?  And  he  said,  I  know 
not :  Am  I  my  brother's  keeper  ? 

10  And  he  said,  What  hast  thou  done  ? 
the  voice  of  thy  brother's  blood  crieth  unto 
me  from  the  ground. 

11  And  now  art  thou  cursed  from  the 
earth,  which  hath  opened  her  mouth  to  re- 
ceive thy  brother's  blood  from  thy  hand. 

12  When  thou  tillest  the  ground,  it 
shall  not  henceforth  yield  unto  thee  her 
strength ;  a  fugitive  and  a  vagabond  shalt 
thou  be  in  the  earth. 

13  And  Cain  said  unto  the  Lord,  My 
punishment  u  greater  than  I  can  bear. 

14  Behold,  thou  hast  driven  me  out  this 
day  from  the  face  of  the  earth ;  and  from 
thy  face  shall  I  be  hid;  and  I  shall  be  a 
fugitive  and  a  vagabond  in  the  earth;  and 
it  shall  come  to  pass,  tliat  every  one  that 
findeth  me  shall  slay  me. 

15  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  There- 
fore whosoever  slayeth  Cain,  A'cngeance 
shall  be  taken  on  him  sevenfold.  And 
the  Lord  set  a  mark  upon  Cain,  lest 
any  finding  him  should  kill  him. 

16  T[  And  Cain  went  out  from  the  pres- 
ence of  the  Lord,  and  dwelt  in  the  land 
of  Nod,  on  the  east  of  Eden. 

17  And  Cain  knew  his  wife ;  and  she  con- 
ceived, and  bare  Enoch :  and  he  builded  a 


city,  and  called  the  name  of  the  city, 
after  the  name  of  his  son,  Enoch. 

18  And  unto  Enoch  was  bom  Irad:  and 
Irad  begat  Mehujael:  and  Mehujael  begat 
Methusael :  and  Methusael  begat  Lamech. 

19  ^  And  Lamech  took  unto  him  two 
wives:  the  name  of  the  one  was  Adah, 
and  the  name  of  the  other  Zillah. 

20  And  Adah  bare  Jabal :  he  was  the  father 
of  such  as  dwell  in  tents,  and  of  sicch  as  have 
cattle. 

21  And  his  brother's  name  was  Jubal :  he 
was  the  father  of  all  such  as  handle  the 
harp  and  organ. 

22  And  Zillah,  she  also  bare  Tubal-cain, 
an  instructor  of  every  artificer  in  brass 
and  iron :  and  the  sister  of  Tubal-cain  was 
Naamah. 

23  And  Lamech  said  unto  his  wives,  Adah 
and  Zillah,  hear  my  voice;  ye  wives  of 
Lamech,  hearken  unto  my  speech:  for  I 
have  slain  a  man  to  my  wounding,  and  a 
young  man  to  my  hurt. 

24  If  Cain  shall  be  avenged  sevenfold, 
truly  Lamech  seventy  and  sevenfold. 

25  If  And  Adam  knew  his  wife  again ; 
and  she  bare  a  son,  and  called  his  name 
Seth:  For  God,  said  she,  hath  appointed 
me  another  seed  instead  of  Abel,  whom 
Cain  slew. 

26  And  to  Seth,  to  him  also  there  was  bom 
a  son ;  and  he  called  his  name  Enos :  then  be- 
gan men  to  call  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

<■« 

CHAPTER  V. 

THIS  is  the  book  of  the  generations  of 
Adam.     In  the  day  that  God  created 
man,  in  the  likeness  of  God  made  he  hira  ; 

2  Male  and  female  created  he  them ;  and 
blessed  them,  and  called  their  name  Adam, 
in  the  day  when  they  were  created. 

3  TI  And  Adam  lived  a  hundred  and  thirty 
years,  and  begat  a  son  in  his  own  likeness, 
after  his  image;  and  called  his  name  Seth: 

4  And  the  days  of  Adam  after  he  had 
begotten  Seth  were  eight  hundred  years  : 
and  he  begat  sons  and  daughters : 

5  And  all  the  days  that  Adam  lived  were 
nine  hundred  and  thirty  years:  and  he 
died. 

6  And  Seth  lived  a  hundred  and  five 
years,  and  begat  Enos : 

7  And  Seth  lived  after  he  begat  Enos 
eight  hundred  and  seven  years,  and  begat 
sons  and  daughters : 


8 


GENESIS. 


8  And  all  the  days  of  SeLh  were  nine 
hundred  and  twelve  years  :  and  he  died. 

9  If  And  Enos  lived  ninety  years,  and  be- 
gat Cainan : 

10  And  Enos  lived  after  he  begat  Cainan 
eight  hundred  and  fifteen  years,  and  begat 
sons  and  daughters : 

11  And  all  the  days  of  Enos  were  nine 
hundred  and  five  years  :  and  he  died. 

12  H  And  Cainan  lived  seventy  years,  and 
begat  Mahalaleel: 

13  And  Cainan  lived  after  he  begat  Maha- 
laleel eight  hundred  and  forty  years,  and 
begat  sons  and  daughters : 

14  And  all  the  days  of  Cainan  were  nine 
hundred  and  ten  years :  and  he  died. 

15  T[  And  Mahalaleel  lived  sixty  and  five 
years,  and  begat  Jared: 

16  And  Mahalaleel  lived  after  he  begat 
Jared  eight  hundred  and  thirty  years,  and 
begat  sons  and  daughters : 

17  And  all  the  days  of  Mahalaleel  were 
eight  hundred  ninety  and  five  years :  and 
he  died. 

18  H  And  Jared  lived  a  hundred  sixty  and 
two  years,  and  he  begat  Enoch  : 

19  And  Jared  lived  after  he  begat  Enoch 
eight  hundred  years,  and  begat  sons  and 
daughters : 

20  And  all  the  days  of  Jared  were  nine 
hundred  sixty  and  two  years :  and  he  died. 

31  H  And  Enoch  lived  sixty  and  five  years, 
and  begat  Methuselah ; 

22  And  Enoch  walked  with  Gcd  after  he 
begat  Methuselah  three  hundred  years, 
and  begat  sons  and  daughters : 

23  And  all  the  days  of  Enoch  were 
three  hundred  sixty  and  five  years : 

24  And  Enoch  walked  with  God :  and  he 
was  not ;  for  God  took  him. 

25  And  Methuselah  lived  a  hundred  eighty 
and  seven  years,  and  begat  Lamech : 

26  And  Methuselah  lived  after  he  begat 
Lamech  seven  hundred  eighty  and  two 
years,  and  begat  sons  and  daughters  : 

27  And  all  the  days  of  Methuselah  were 
nine  hundred  sixty  and  nine  years  :  and  he 
died. 

28  If  And  Lamech  lived  a  hundred  eighty 
and  two  years,  and  begat  a  son : 

29  And  he  called  his  name  Noah,  saying. 
This  same  shall  comfort  us  concerning  our 
work  and  toil  of  our  hands,  because  of  the 
ground  which  the  Lord  hath  cursed. 

30  And  Lamech  lived  after  he  begat  Noah 


five  hundred  ninety  and  five  years,  and  be- 
gat sons  and  daughters : 

31  And  all  the  days  of  Lamech  were  seven 
hundred  seventy  and  seven  years :  and  he 
died. 

32  And  Noah  was  five  hundred  years  old : 
and  Noah  begat  Shem,  Ham,  and  Japheth. 

CHAPTER  VL 

AND   it   came  to   pass,  when  men  be- 
gan to  multiply  on  the  face  of  the 
earth,  and  daughtei*s  were  bom  unto  them, 

2  That  the  sons  of  God  saw  the  daughters 
of  men  that  they  were  fair ;  and  they  took 
them  wives  of  all  which  they  chose. 

3  And  the  Lord  said.  My  Spirit  shall  not 
always  strive  with  man,  for  that  he  also  is 
flesh :  yet  his  days  shall  be  a  hundred  and 
twenty  years. 

4  There  were  giants  in  the  earth  in  those 
days ;  and  also  after  that,  when  the  sons  of 
God  came  in  unto  the  daughters  of  men, 
and  they  bare  children  to  them,  the  same 
became  mighty  men  which  wet-e  of  old,  men 
of  renown. 

5  1[  And  God  saw  that  the  wickedness  of 
man  iva-s  great  in  the  earth,  and  that  every 
imagination  of  the  thoughts  of  his  heart 
was  only  evil  continually. 

6  And  it  repented  the  Lord  that  he  had 
made  man  on  the  earth,  and  it  grieved  him 
at  his  heart. 

7  And  the  Lord  said,  I  will  destroy  man 
whom  I  have  created  from  the  face  of  the 
earth  ;  both  man,  and  beast,  and  the  creep- 
ing thing,  and  the  fowls  of  the  air ;  for  it 
repenteth  me  that  I  have  made  them. 

8  But  Noah  found  grace  in  the  eyes  of  the 
Lord. 

9  H These  are  the  generations  of  Noah: 
Noah  was  a  just  man  a/ul  perfect  in  his 
generations,  and  Noah  walked  with  God. 

10  And  Noah  begat  three  sons,  Shem, 
Ham,  and  Japheth. 

11  The  earth  also  was  corrupt  before  God ; 
and  the  earth  was  filled  with  violence. 

12  And  God  looked  upon  the  earth,  and, 
behold,  it  was  corrupt;  for  all  flesh  had 
corrupted  his  way  upon  the  earth. 

13  And  God  said  unto  Noah,  The  end  of 
all  flesh  is  come  before  me ;  for  the  earth 
is  filled  with  violence  through  them ;  and, 
behold,  I  will  destroy  them  with  the  earth. 

14  TIMake  thee  an  ark  of  gopher  w^ood; 
rooms  Shalt  thou  make  in  the  ark,  and 


GENESIS. 


Shalt  pitch  it  within  and  without  with 
pitch. 

15  And  this  is  the  fashion  which  thou  shalt 
make  it  of:  The  length  of  the  ark  shall  be 
three  hundred  cubits,  the  breadth  of  it  fifty 
cubits,  and  the  height  of  it  thirty  cubits. 

16  A  window  shalt  thou  make  to  the  ark, 
and  in  a  cubit  shalt  thou  finish  it  above ; 
and  the  door  of  the  ark  shalt  thou  set  in 
the  side  thereof;  with  lower,  second,  and 
third  stories  shalt  thou  make  it. 

17  And,  behold,  I,  even  I,  do  bring  a  flood 
of  waters  upon  the  earth,  to  destroy  all 
flesh,  wherein  is  the  breath  of  life,  from 
under  heaven;  a^id  every  thing  that  vs  in 
the  earth  shall  die. 

18  But  with  thee  will  I  establish  my  cov- 
enant; and  thou  shalt  come  into  the  ark, 
thou,  and  thy  sons,  and  thy  wife,  and  thy 
sons'  wives  with  thee. 

19  And  of  every  living  thing  of  all  flesh, 
two  of  every  sort  shalt  thou  bring  into  the 
ark,  to  keep  them  alive  with  thee;  they 
shall  be  male  and  female. 

20  Of  fowls  after  their  kind,  and  of  cattle 
after  their  kind,  of  every  creeping  thing  of 
the  earth  after  his  kind ;  two  of  every  sort 
shall  come  unto  thee,  to  keep  tliem  alive. 

21  And  take  thou  unto  thee  of  all  food 
that  is  eaten,  and  thou  shalt  gather  it  to 
thee ;  and  it  shall  be  for  food  for  thee,  and 
for  them. 

23  Thus  did  Noah;  according  to  all  that 
God  commanded  him,  so  did  he. 

CHAPTER  VIL 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  Noah,  Come 
thou  and  all  thy  house  into  the  ark; 
for  tliee  have  I  seen  righteous  before  me 
in  this  generation. 

2  Of  every  clean  beast  thou  shalt  take  to 
thee  by  sevens,  the  male  and  his  female: 
and  of  beasts  that  are  not  clean  by  two,  the 
male  and  his  female. 

3  Of  fowls  also  of  the  air  by  sevens,  the 
male  and  the  female;  to  keep  seed  alive 
upon  the  lace  of  all  the  earth. 

4  For  yet  seven  days,  and  I  will  cause  it 
to  rain  upon  the  earth  forty  days  and  forty 
nights ;  and  every  living  substance  that  I 
have  made  will  I  destroy  from  oflF  the  face 
of  the  earth. 

5  And  Noah  did  according  unto  all  that 
the  Lord  commanded  him. 

6  And  Noah  was  six  hundred  years  old 

_ 


when  the  flood  of  waters  was  upon  the 
earth. 

7  1[  And  Noah  went  in,  and  his  sons,  and 
his  wife,  and  his  sons'  wives  with  him, 
into  the  ark,  because  of  the  waters  of  the 
flood. 

8  Of  clean  beasts,  and  of  beasts  that  are 
not  clean,  and  of  fowls,  and  of  every  thing 
that  creepeth  upon  the  earth, 

9  There  went  in  two  and  two  unto  Noah 
into  the  ark,  the  male  and  the  female,  as 
God  had  commanded  Noah. 

10  And  it  came  to  pass  after  seven  days, 
that  the  waters  of  the  flood  were  upon  the 
earth. 

11 1i  In  the  six  hundredth  year  of  Noah's 
life,  in  the  second  month,  the  seventeenth 
day  of  the  month,  the  same  day  were  all 
the  fountains  of  the  great  deep  broken  up, 
and  the  windows  of  heaven  were  opened. 

13  And  the  rain  was  upon  the  earth  forty 
days  and  forty  nights. 

13  In  the  selfsame  day  entered  Noah,  and 
Shem,  and  Ham,  and  Japheth,  the  sons  of 
Noah,  and  Noah's  wife,  and  the  three  wives 
of  his  sons  with  them,  into  the  ark ; 

14  They,  and  every  beast  after  his  kind, 
and  all  the  cattle  after  their  kind,  and 
every  creeping  thing  that  creepeth  upon 
the  earth  after  his  kind,  and  every  fowl 
after  his  kind,  every  bird  of  every  sort. 

15  And  they  went  in  unto  Noah  into 
the  ark,  two  and  two  of  all  flesh,  wherein 
is  the  breath  of  life. 

16  And  they  that  went  in,  went  in  male 
and  female  of  all  flesh,  as  God  had  com- 
manded him :  and  the  Lord  shut  him  in. 

17  And  the  flood  was  forty  days  upon 
the  earth;  and  the  waters  increased,  and 
bare  up  the  ark,  and  it  was  lifted  up  above 
the  earth. 

18  And  the  waters  prevailed,  and  were 
increased  greatly  upon  the  earth ;  and  the 
ark  went  upon  the  face  of  the  waters. 

19  And  the  waters  prevailed  exceedingly 
upon  the  earth ;  and  all  the  high  hills,  that 
were  under  the  whole  heaven,  were  covered. 

20  Fifteen  cubits  upward  did  the  waters 
prevail ;  and  the  mountains  were  covered. 

21  And  all  flesh  died  that  moved  upon 
the  earth,  both  of  fowl,  and  of  cattle,  and 
of  beast,  and  of  every  creeping  thing  that 
creepeth  upon  the  earth,  and  every  man : 

23  All  in  whose  nostrils  u-o-s  the  breath 
of  life,  of  all  that  was  in  the  dry  land^  died. 


GENESIS. 


23  And  every  living  substance  was  de- 
stroyed wliicli  was  upon  the  face  of  the 
ground,  both  man,  and  cattle,  and  the 
creeping  things,  and  the  fowl  of  the  heav- 
en; and  they  were  destroyed  from  the 
earth:  and  Noah  only  remained  alive,  and 
they  that  were  with  him  in  the  ark. 

24  And  the  waters  prevailed  upon  the 
earth  a  hundred  and  fifty  days. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

AND  God  remembered  Noah,  and  every 
living  thing,  and  all  the  cattle  that  ivas 
with  him  in  the  ark :  and  God  made  a  wind 
to  pass  over  the  earth,  and  the  waters  as- 
suaged. 

2  The  fountains  also  of  the  deep  and  the 
windows  of  heaven  were  stopped,  and  the 
rain  from  heaven  was  restrained. 

3  And  the  waters  returned  from  oflF  the 
earth  continually :  and  after  the  end  of  the 
hundred  and  fifty  days  the  waters  were 
abated. 

4  And  the  ark  rested  in  the  seventh  month, 
on  the  seventeenth  day  of  the  month,  upon 
the  mountains  of  Ararat. 

5  And  the  waters  decreased  continually 
until  the  tenth  month :  in  the  tenth  month, 
on  the  first  day  of  the  month,  were  the 
tops  of  the  mountains  seen. 

6  H  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of 
forty  days,  that  Noah  opened  the  window 
of  the  ark  which  he  had  made : 

7  And  he  sent  forth  a  raven,  which  went 
forth  to  and  fro,  until  the  waters  were 
dried  up  from  ofl"  the  earth. 

8  Also  he  sent  forth  a  dove  from  him, 
to  see  if  the  waters  were  abated  from  olf 
the  face  of  the  ground. 

9  But  the  dove  found  no  rest  for  the  sole 
of  her  foot,  and  she  returned  unto  him  into 
the  ark ;  for  the  waters  were  on  the  face  of 
the  whole  earth.  Then  he  put  forth  his 
hand,  and  took  her,  and  puUed  her  in  unto 
him  into  the  ark. 

10  And  he  stayed  yet  other  seven  days ; 
and  again  he  sent  forth  the  dove  out  of  the 
ark. 

11  And  the  dove  came  in  to  him  in  the 
evening,  and,  lo,  in  her  mouth  was  an  olive 
leaf  plucked  off:  so  Noah  knew  that  the 
waters  were  abated  from  off  the  earth. 

12  And  he  stayed  yet  other  seven  days,  and 
sent  foi-th  the  dove,  which  returned  not 
again  unto  him  any  more. 


13  TI  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  six  hund- 
redth and  first  year,  in  the  first  month,  the 
first  day  of  the  month,  the  waters  were  dried 
up  from  off  the  earth :  and  Noah  removed 
the  covering  of  the  ark,  and  looked,  and, 
behold,  the  face  of  the  ground  was  dry. 

14  And  in  the  second  month,  on  the  seven 
and  twentieth  day  of  the  month,  was  the 
earth  dried. 

15  H  And  God  spake  unto  Noah,  saying, 

16  Go  forth  of  the  ark,  thou,  and  thy  wife, 
and  thy  sons,  and  thy  sons'  wives  with  thee. 

17  Bring  forth  with  thee  every  living  thing 
that  is  with  thee,  of  all  flesh,  both  of  fowl, 
and  of  cattle,  and  of  every  creeping  thing 
that  creepeth  upon  the  earth;  that  they 
may  breed  abundantly  in  the  earth,  and 
be  fruitful,  and  multiply  upon  the  earth. 

18  And  Noah  went  forth,  and  his  sons, 
and  his  wife,  and  his  sons'  wives  with  him  : 

19  Every  beast,  every  creeping  thing,  and 
every  fowl,  and  whatsoever  creepeth  upon 
the  earth,  after  their  kinds,  went  forth  out 
of  the  ark. 

20  H  And  Noah  builded  an  altar  unto  the 
Lord  ;  and  took  of  every  clean  beast,  and 
of  every  clean  fowl,  and  offered  burnt  of- 
ferings on  the  altar. 

21  And  the  Lorb  smelled  a  sweet  savour ; 
and  the  Lord  said  in  his  heart,  I  will  not 
again  curse  the  ground  any  more  for  man's 
sake;  for  the  imagination  of  man's  heart 
is  evil  from  his  youth :  neither  will  I  again 
smite  any  more  every  thing  living,  as  I 
have  done. 

22  While  the  earth  remaineth,  seedtime 
and  harvest,  and  cold  and  heat,  and  sum- 
mer and  winter,  and  day  and  night  shall 
not  cease. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

AND  God  blessed  Noah  and  his  sons, 
and  said  unto  them,  Be  fniitful,  and 
multiply,  and  replenish  the  earth. 

2  And  the  fear  of  you  and  the  dread  of 
you  shall  be  upon  every  beast  of  the  earth, 
and  upon  every  fowl  of  the  air,  upon  all 
that  moveth  upon  the  earth,  and  upon  all 
the  fishes  of  the  sea;  into  your  hand  are 
they  delivered. 

3  Every  moving  thing  that  liveth  shall  be 
meat  for  you ;  even  as  the  green  herb  have 
I  given  you  all  things. 

4  But  flesh  with  the  life  thereof,  which  is 
the  blood  thereof,  shall  ye  not  eat. 

5  And  surely  your  blood  of  your  lives  will 


11 


GENESIS. 


I  require:  at  the  hand  of  every  beast  will 
I  require  it,  and  at  the  hand  of  man ;  at  the 
hand  of  every  man's  brother  will  I  require 
the  life  of  man. 

6  Whoso  sheddeth  man's  blood,  by  man 
shall  his  blood  be  shed :  for  in  the  image 
of  God  made  he  man. 

7  And  you,  be  ye  fruitful,  and  multiply; 
bring  forth  abundantly  in  the  earth,  and 
multiply  therein. 

8  ^  And  God  spake  unto  Noah,  and  to  his 
sons  with  him,  saying, 

9  And  1,  behold,  I  establisli  my  covenant 
with  you,  and  with  your  seed  after  you ; 

10  And  with  every  living  creature  that  is 
Avith  you,  of  the  fowl,  of  the  cattle,  and  of 
every  beast  of  the  earth  with  you;  from 
all  that  go  out  of  the  ark,  to  every  beast 
of  the  earth. 

11  And  I  will  establish,  my  covenant  with 
you ;  neither  shall  all  flesh  be  cut  ofl"  any 
more  by  the  waters  of  a  flood;  neither 
shall  there  any  more  be  a  flood  to  destroy 
the  earth. 

13  And  God  said,  This  is  the  token  of  the 
covenant  which  I  make  between  me  and 
you,  and  every  living  creature  that  is  with 
you,  for  peri^etual  generations : 

13  I  do  set  my  bow  in  the  cloud,  and 
it  shall  be  for  a  token  of  a  covenant  be- 
tween me  and  the  earth. 

14  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  I 
bring  a  cloud  over  the  earth,  that  the  bow 
shall  be  seen  in  the  cloud : 

15  And  I  will  remember  my  covenant, 
which  is  between  me  and  you  and  every 
living  creature  of  all  flesh ;  and  the  waters 
shall  no  more  become  a  flood  to  destroy 
all  flesh. 

16  And  the  bow  shall  be  in  the  cloud ;  and 
I  will  look  upon  it,  that  I  may  remember 
the  everlasting  covenant  between  God  and 
every  living  creature  of  all  flesh  that  is 
upon  the  earth. 

17  And  God  said  unto  Noah,  This  is  the 
token  of  the  covenant,  which  I  have  estab- 
lished between  me  and  all  flesh  that  is 
upon  the  earth. 

18  7  And  the  sons  of  Noah,  that  went  forth 
of  the  ark,  were  Shem,  and  Ham,  and  Ja- 
pheth  :  and  Ham  is  the  father  of  Canaan. 

19  These  are  the  three  sons  of  Noah :  and 
of  them  was  the  whole  earth  overspread. 

20  And  Noah  began  to  be  a  husbandman, 
and  he  planted  a  vineyard : 

13 


21  And  he  drank  of  the  wine,  and  was 
drunken ;  and  he  was  uncovered  within  his 
tent. 

23  And  Ham,  the  father  of  Canaan,  saw 
the  nakedness  of  his  father,  and  told  his 
two  brethren  without. 

23  And  Shem  and  Japheth  took  a  garment, 
and  laid  it  upon  both  their  shoulders,  and 
went  backward,  and  covered  the  naked- 
ness of  their  father;  and  their  faces  were 
backward,  and  they  saw  not  their  father's 
nakedness. 

24  And  Noah  awoke  from  his  wine,  and 
knew  what  his  younger  son  had  done  unto 
him. 

25  And  he  said,  Cursed  be  Canaan ;  a  serv- 
ant of  servants  shall  he  be  unto  his  brethren. 

26  And  he  said,  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God 
of  Shem ;  and  Canaan  shall  be  his  servant. 

27  God  shall  enlarge  Japheth,  and  he 
shall  dwell  in  the  tents  of  Shem;  and 
Canaan  shall  be  his  servant. 

28  ^  And  Noah  lived  after  the  flood  three 
hundred  and  fifty  years, 

29  And  all  the  days  of  Noah  were  nine 
hundred  and  fifty  years :  and  he  died.      •«> 

CHAPTER  X. 

NOW  these  are  the  generations  of  the 
sons  of  Noah;  Shem,  Ham,  and  Ja- 
pheth :  and  unto  them  were  sons  bom  after 
the  flood. 

2  The  sons  of  Japheth;  Gomer,  and 
Magog,  and  Madai,  and  Javan,  and  Tubal, 
and  Meshech,  and  Tiras. 

3  And  the  sons  of  Gomer ;  Ashkenaz,  and 
Riphath,  and  Togarmah. 

4  And  the  sons  of  Javan;  Elishah,  and 
Tarshish,  Kittim,  and  Dodanim. 

5  By  these  were  the  isles  of  the  Gentiles 
divided  in  their  lands ;  every  one  after 
his  tongue,  after  their  families,  in  their 
nations. 

6  ^  And  the  sons  of  Ham ;  Cush,  and 
Mizraim,  and  Phut,  and  Canaim. 

7  And  the  sons  of  Cush ;  Seba,  and  Hav- 
ilah,  and  Sabtah,  and  Raamah,  and  Sab- 
techa :  and  the  sons  of  Raamah ;  Sheba,  and 
Dedan. 

8  And  Cush  begat  Nirarod :  he  began  to 
be  a  mighty  one  in  the  earth. 

9  He  was  a  mighty  hunter  before  the 
Lord  :  wherefore  it  is  said.  Even  as  Nim- 
rod  the  mighty  hunter  before  the  Lord. 

10  And  the  beginning   of  his   kingdom 


GENESIS. 


was    Babel,   and    Erech,   and   Accad,   and 
Calneh,  in  the  land  of  Shinar. 

11  Out  of  that  land  went  forth  Asshur,  and 
builded  Nineveh,  and  the  city  Rehoboth, 
and  Calah, 

12  And  Resen  between  Nineveh  and  Calah : 
the  same  is  a  great  city. 

13  And  Mizraim  begat  Ludim,  and  Ana- 
mim,  and  Lehabim,  and  Naphtuhim, 

14  And  Pathrusim,  and  Casluhim,  (out 
of  whom  came  Philistim,)  and  Caphtorim. 

15  1[  And  Canaan  begat  Sidon  his  first- 
born, and  Heth, 

16  And  the  Jebusite,  and  the  Amorite, 
and  the  Girgasite, 

17  And  the  Hivite,  and  the  Arkite,  and 
the  Sinite, 

18  And  the  Arvadite,  and  the  Zemarite, 
and  the  Hamathite :  and  afterward  were  the 
families  of  the  Canaanites  spread  abroad. 

19  And  the  border  of  the  Canaanites  was 
from  Sidon,  as  thou  comest  to  Gerar,  unto 
Gaza;  as  thou  goest  unto  Sodom,  and  Go- 
morrah, and  Admah,  and  Zeboim,  even 
unto  Lasha, 

20  These  are  the  sons  of  Ham,  after  their 
families,  after  their  tongues,  in  their  coun- 
tries, and  in  their  nations. 

21  \  Unto  Shem  also,  the  father  of  all  the 
children  of  Eber,  the  brother  of  Japheth 
the  elder,  even  to  him  were  children  bom. 

22  The  children  of  Shem;  Elam,  and 
Asshur,  and  Arphaxad,  and  Lud,  and  Aram, 

23  And  the  children  of  Aram;  Uz,  and 
Hul,  and  G  ether,  and  Mash. 

24  And  Arphaxad  begat  Salah ;  and  Salah 
begat  Eber, 

25  And  unto  Eber  were  born  two  sons; 
the  name  of  one  loas  Peleg ;  for  in  his  days 
was  the  earth  divided;  and  his  brother's 
name  was  Joktan. 

26  And  Joktan  begat  Almodad,  and  She- 
leph,  and  Hazarmaveth,  and  Jerah, 

27  And  Hadoram,  and  Uzal,  and  Diklah, 

28  And  Obal,  and  Abimael,  and  Sheba, 

29  And  Ophir,  and  Havilah,  and  Jobab: 
all  these  were  the  sons  of  Joktan. 

30  And  their  dwelling  was  from  Mesha,  as 
thou  goest  unto  Sephar,  a  mount  of  the 
east. 

31  These  are  the  sons  of  Shem,  after  their 
families,  after  their  tongues,  in  their  lands, 
after  their  nations. 

32  These  are  the  families  of  the  sons  of 
Noah,  after  their  generations,  in  their  na- 


tions :  and  by  these  were  the  nations  divid- 
ed in  the  earth  after  the  flood. 

CHAPTER  XI. 

AND  the  whole  earth  was  of  one  lan- 
guage, and  of  one  speech. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  journeyed 
from  the  east,  that  they  found  a  plain  in 
the  land  of  Shinar ;  and  they  dwelt  there. 

3  And  they  said  one  to  another.  Go  to, 
let  us  make  brick,  and  burn  them  thor- 
oughly. And  they  had  brick  for  stone, 
and  slime  had  they  for  mortar. 

4  And  they  said.  Go  to,  let  us  build  us  a 
city,  and  a  tower,  whose  top  may  reach 
unto  heaven ;  and  let  us  make  us  a  name, 
lest  we  be  scattered  abroad  upon  the  face 
of  the  whole  earth. 

5  And  the  Lord  came  down  to  see  the  city 
and  the  tower,  Avhich  the  children  of  men 
builded. 

6  And  the  Lord  said.  Behold,  the  people 
is  one,  and  they  have  all  one  language ;  and 
this  they  begin  to  do:  and  now  nothing 
will  be  restrained  from  them,  which  they 
have  imagined  to  do, 

7  Go  to,  let  us  go  down,  and  there  con- 
found their  language,  that  they  may  not 
understand  one  another's  speech. 

8  So  the  Lord  scattered  them  abroad  from 
thence  upon  the  face  of  all  the  earth :  and 
they  left  off  to  build  the  city. 

9  Therefore  is  the  name  of  it  called  Babel ; 
because  the  Lord  did  there  confound  the 
language  of  all  the  earth :  and  from  thence 
did  the  Lord  scatter  them  abroad  upon  the 
face  of  all  the  earth. 

10  U  These  are  the  generations  of  Shem : 
Shem  was  a  hundred  years  old,  and  begat 
Arj)haxad  two  j'ears  after  the  flood : 

11  And  Shem  lived  after  he  begat  Arphax- 
ad five  hundred  years,  and  begat  sons  and 
daughters, 

12  And  Arphaxad  lived  five  and  thirty 
years,  and  begat  Salah : 

13  And  Arphaxad  lived  after  he  begat 
Salah  four  hundred  and  three  years,  and 
begat  sons  and  daughters. 

14  And  Salah  lived  thirty  years,  and  begat 
Eber: 

15  And  Salah  lived  after  he  begat  Eber 
four  hundred  and  three  years,  and  begat 
sons  and  daughters. 

16  And  Eber  lived  four  and  thirty  years, 
and  begat  Pel  eg: 

13 


GENESIS. 


17  And  Eber  lived  after  he  begat  Peleg 
four  huudred  and  thirty  years,  and  begat 
sons  and  daughters. 

18  And  Peleg  lived  thirty  years,  and  begat 
Reu: 

19  And  Peleg  lived  after  he  begat  Reu 
two  hundred  and  nine  years,  and  begat 
sons  and  daughters. 

20  And  Reu  lived  two  and  thirty  years, 
and  begat  Serug : 

21  And  Reu  lived  after  he  begat  Serug  two 
hundred  and  seven  years,  and  begat  sons 
and  daughters. 

22  And  Serug  lived  thirty  years,  and  begat 
Nahor : 

23  And  Serug  lived  after  he  begat  Nahor 
two  hundred  years,  and  begat  sons  and 
daughters. 

24  And  Nahor  lived  nine  and  twenty 
years,  and  begat  Terah : 

Ji5  And  Nahor  lived  after  he  begat  Terah 
a  hundred  and  nineteen  years,  and  begat 
sons  and  daughters. 

26  And  Terah  lived  seventy  years,  and 
begat  Abram,  Nahor,  and  Haran. 

27  T[  Now  these  are  the  generations  of 
Terah :  Terah  begat  Abram,  Nahor,  and 
Haran ;  and  Haran  begat  Lot. 

28  And  Haran  died  before  his  father  Terah 
in  the  land  of  his  nativity,  in  Ur  of  the 
Chaldees. 

29  And  Abram  and  Nahor  took  them 
wives  :  the  name  of  Abram's  wife  wan 
Sarai;  and  the  name  of  Nahor's  wife, 
Milcah,  the  daughter  of  Haran,  the  Mher 
of  Milcah,  and  the  father  of  Iscah. 

30  But  Sarai  was  barren  ;  she  had  no  ehild. 

31  And  Terah  took  Abram  his  son,  and 
Lot  the  son  of  Haran  his  son's  son,  and 
Sarai  his  daughter  in  law,  his  son  Abram's 
wife ;  and  they  went  forth  "with  them  from 
Ur  of  the  Chaldees,  to  go  into  the  land 
of  Canaan;  and  they  came  imto  Haran, 
and  dwelt  there. 

32  And  the  days  of  Terah  were  two 
hundred  and  five  years :  and  Terah  died  in 
Haran. 

CHAPTER  XII. 
"TVTOW  the  LoKi)  had  said  unto  Abram, 
-L^  Get  thee  out  of  thy  country,  and  from 
thy  kindred,  and  from  thy  fiither's  house, 
unto  a  land  that  I  will  shew  thee: 
2  And  I  will  make  of  thee  a  great  nation, 
and  I  will  bless  thee,  and  make  thy  name 
great;  and  thou  shalt  be  a  blessing: 

14~ 


3  And  I  Avill  bless  them  that  bless  thee, 
and  curse  him  that  curseth  thee:  and  in 
thee  shall  all  families  of  the  earth  be  blessed. 

4  So  Abram  departed,  as  the  Lord  had 
spoken  unto  him ;  and  Lot  went  with  him : 
and  Abram  wa^  seventy  and  five  years  old 
when  he  departed  out  of  Haran. 

5  And  Abram  took  Sarai  his  wife,  and 
Lot  his  brother's  son,  and  all  their  sub- 
stance that  they  had  gathered,  and  the  souls 
that  they  had  gotten  in  Haran;  and  they 
went  forth  to  go  into  the  land  of  Canaan; 
and  into  the  land  of  Canaan  they  came. 

6  T[  And  Abram  passed  through  the  land 
unto  the  jilace  of  Sichem,  unto  the  plain 
of  Moreh.  And  the  Canaanite  wan  then  in 
the  land. 

7  And  the  Lord  appeared  unto  Abram, 
and  said.  Unto  thy  seed  will  I  give  this 
land:  and  there  builded  he  an  altar  unto 
the  Lord,  who  appeared  unto  him.  '> 

8  And  he  removed  from  thence  unto  a 
mountam  on  the  east  of  Beth-el,  and 
pitched  his  tent,  having  Beth-el  on  the 
west,  and  Hai  on  the  east :  and  there  he 
builded  an  altar  unto  the  Lord,  and  called 
upon  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

9  And  Abram  journeyed,  going  on  still 
toward  the  south. 

10  T[  And  there  was  a  famine  in  the  land : 
and  Abram  went  down  into  Eg}-pt  to 
sojourn  there;  for  the  famine  wan  grievous 
in  the  land. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  Avas  come 
near  to  enter  into  Egypt,  that  he  said 
unto  Sarai  his  wife,  Behold  now,  I  know 
that  thou  art  a  fair  woman  to  look  upon  : 

12  Therefore  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
the  Egyptians  shall  see  thee,  that  they 
shall  say.  This  is  his  wife:  and  they  •will 
kill  me,  but  they  will  save  thee  alive. 

13  Say,  I  pray  thee,  thou  art  my  sister: 
that  it  may  be  Avell  with  me  for  thy  sake; 
and  my  soul  shall  live  because  of  thee. 

14  1  And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when 
Abram  was  come  into  Egypt,  the  Egyp- 
tians beheld  the  woman  that  she  was  very 
fair, 

15  The  princes  also  of  Pharaoh  saw  her, 
and  commended  her  before  Pharaoh:  and 
the  woman  was  taken  into  Pharaoh's  house. 

16  And  he  entreated  Abram  well  for 
her  sake :  and  he  had  sheep,  and  oxen, 
and  he  asses,  and  mcuservants,  and  maid- 
sen'ants,  and  she  asses,  and  camels. 


GENESIS. 


17  And  the  Lord  plagued  Pharaoh  and 
his  house  with  great  plagues,  because  of 
Sarai,  Abram's  wife. 

18  And  Pharaoh  called  Abram,  and  said, 
What  is  this  thcct  thou  hast  done  unto  me  ? 
why  didst  thou  not  tell  me  that  she  was 
thy  wife  ? 

19  Why  saidst  thou,  She  is  my  sister  ?  so 
I  might  have  taken  her  to  me  to  wife: 
now  therefore  behold  thy  wife,  take  Tier, 
and  go  thy  way. 

20  And  Pharaoh  commanded  his  men 
concerning  him  :  and  they  sent  him  away, 
and  his  wife,  and  all  that  he  had.      *^ 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

AND  Abram  went  up  out  of  Egypt,  he, 
and  his  wife,  and  all  that  he  had,  and 
Lot  with  him,  into  the  south. 

2  And  Abram  was  very  rich  in  cattle,  in 
silver,  and  in  gold. 

3  And  he  went  on  his  journeys  from  the 
south  even  to  Beth-el,  unto  the  place 
where  his  tent  had  been  at  the  beginning, 
between  Beth-el  and  Hai ; 

4  Unto  the  place  of  the  altar,  which  he 
had  made  there  at  the  first:  and  there 
Abram  called  on  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

5  H  And  Lot  also,  which  went  with 
Abram,  had  flocks,  and  herds,  and  tents. 

6  And  the  land  was  not  able  to  bear  them, 
that  they  might  dwell  together:  for  their 
substance  was  great,  so  that  they  could 
not  dwell  together. 

7  And  there  was  a  strife  between  the 
herdmen  of  Abram's  cattle  and  the  herd- 
men  of  Lot's  cattle:  and  the  Canaanite 
and  the  Perizzite  dwelt  then  in  the  land. 

8  And  Abram  said  unto  Lot,  Let  there 
be  no  strife,  I  pray  thee,  between  me  and 
thee,  and  between  my  herdmen  and  thy 
herdmen ;  for  we  be  brethren. 

9  Is  not  the  whole  land  before  thee? 
separate  thyself,  I  pray  thee,  from  me :  if 
thou  wilt  take  the  left  hand,  then  I  will  go 
to  the  right ;  or  if  t/ion  depart  to  the  right 
hand,  then  I  will  go  to  the  left. 

10  And  Lot  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  beheld 
all  the  plain  of  Jordan,  that  it  was  well 
watered  every  where,  before  the  Lord  de- 
stroyed Sodom  and  Gomorrah,  eve^i  as  the 
garden  of  the  Lord,  like  the  land  of  Egypt, 
as  thou  comest  unto  Zoar. 

11  Then  Lot  chose  him  all  the  plain  of 
Jordan;  and  Lot  journeyed  east:  and  they 


separated   themselves    the    one   from  the 
other. 

12  Abram  dwelt  in  the  land  of  Canaan, 
and  Lot  dwelt  in  the  cities  of  the  plain, 
and  pitched  his  tent  toward  Sodom. 

13  But  the  men  of  Sodom  were  wicked 
and  sinners  before  the  Lord  exceedingly. 

14  T[  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Abram,  after 
that  Lot  was  separated  from  him,  Lift  up 
now  thine  eyes,  and  look  from  the  place 
where  thou  art  northward,  and  southward, 
and  eastward,  and  westward : 

15  For  all  the  land  which  thou  seest,  to 
thee  will  I  give  it,  and  to  thy  seed  for  ever. 

16  And  I  will  make  thy  seed  as  the  dust 
of  the  earth  :  so  that  if  a  man  can  number 
the  dust  of  the  earth,  the7i  shall  thy  seed 
also  be  numbered. 

17  Arise,  walk  through  the  land  in  the 
length  of  it  and  in  the  breadth  of  it ;  for 
I  will  give  it  unto  thee. 

18  Then  Abram  removed  his  tent,  and 
came  and  dwelt  in  the  plain  of  Mamre, 
which  is  in  Hebron,  and  built  there  an 
altar  unto  the  Lord.  « 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  days  of 
Amraphcl  king  of  Shinar,  Arioch  king 
of  EUasar,  Chedorlaomer  king  of  Elam, 
and  Tidal  king  of  nations ; 

2  TJiat  these  made  war  with  Bera  king  of 
Sodom,  and  with  Birsha  king  of  Gomor- 
I'ah,  Shinab  king  of  Admah,  and  Sbem- 
eber  king  of  Zeboiim,  and  the  king  of 
Bela,  which  is  Zoar. 

3  All  these  were  joined  together  in  the 
vale  of  Siddim,  which  is  the  salt  sea. 

4  Twelve  years  they  served  Chedorlaomer, 
and  in  the  thirteenth  year  they  rebelled. 

5  And  in  the  fourteenth  year  came  Che- 
dorlaomer, and  the  kings  that  were  with 
him,  and  smote  the  Rephaim  in  Ashteroth 
Karnaim,  and  the  Zuzim  in  Ham,  and  the 
Emim  in  Shaveh  Kiriathaim, 

6  And  the  Horites  in  their  mount  Seir, 
imto  El-paran,  which  is  by  the  wilderness. 

7  And  they  returned,  and  came  to  En- 
mishpat,  which  is  Kadesh,  and  smote  all 
the  country  of  the  Amalekites,  and  also 
the  Amorites,  that  dwelt  in  Hazezon-tamar. 

8  And  there  Avent  out  the  king  of  Sodom, 
and  the  king  of  Gomorrah,  and  the  king 
of  Admah,  and  the  king  of  Zeboiim,  and 
the  king  of  Bela,  (the  same  is  Zoar;)  and 

15 


GENESIS. 


they  joined  battle  with  them  in  the  vale  of 
Siddim ; 

9  With  Chedorlaomer  the. king  of  Elam, 
and  with  Tidal  king  of  nations,  and  Am- 
raphel  king  of  Shinar,  and  Arioch  king  of 
Ellasar ;  four  kings  with  five. 

10  And  the  vale  of  Siddim  was  full  of 
slimepits ;  and  the  kings  of  Sodom  and 
Gomorrah  fled,  and  fell  there;  and  they 
that  remained  fled  to  the  mountain. 

11  And  they  took  all  the  goods  of  Sodom 
and  Gomorrah,  and  all  their  victuals,  and 
went  their  way. 

12  And  they  took  Lot,  Abram's  brother's 
son,  who  dwelt  in  Sodom,  and  his  goods, 
and  departed. 

13  ^  And  there  came  one  that  had  es- 
caped, and  told  Abram  the  Hebrew;  for 
he  dwelt  in  the  plain  of  Mamre  the  Amo- 
rite,  brother  of  Eshcol,  and  brother  of  Aner : 
and  these  were  confederate  with  Abram. 

14  And  when  Abram  heard  that  his  broth- 
er was  taken  captive,  he  armed  his  trained 
servants,  born  in  his  own  house,  three 
hundred  and  eighteen,  and  pursued  thetn 
unto  Dan. 

15  And  he  divided  himself  against  them, 
he  and  his  sen'ants,  by  night,  and  smote 
them,  and  pursued  them  unto  Hobah, 
which  is  on  the  left  hand  of  Damascus. 

16  And  he  brought  back  all  the  goods, 
and  also  brought  again  his  brother  Lot, 
and  his  goods,  and  the  women  also,  and 
the  people. 

17  ^And  the  king  of  Sodom  went  out 
to  meet  him,  after  his  return  from  the 
slaughter  of  Chedorlaomer  and  of  the 
kings  that  were  with  him,  at  the  valley  of 
Shaveh,  which  is  the  king's  dale. 

18  And  Melchizedek  king  of  Salem 
brought  forth  bread  and  wine  :  and  he  2cas 
the  priest  of  the  most  high  God. 

19  And  he  blessed  him,  and  said,  Blessed 
be  Abram  of  the  most  high  God,  possessor 
of  heaA'en  and  earth : 

20  And  blessed  be  the  most  high  God, 
which  hath  delivered  thine  enemies  into 
thy  hand.     And  he  gave  him  tithes  of  all. 

21  And  the  king  of  Sodom  said  unto 
Abram,  Give  me  the  persons,  and  take  the 
goods  to  thyself 

22  And  Abram  said  to  the  king  of  Sodom, 
I  have  lifted  up  mine  hand  unto  the  Lord, 
the  most  high  God,  the  possessor  of  heaven 

and  earth, 

.  __ 


23  That  I  will  not  take  from  a  thread  even 
to  a  shoelatchet,  and  that  I  will  not  take 
any  thing  that  i.s  thine,  lest  thou  shouldest 
say,  I  have  made  Abram  rich : 

24  Save  only  that  Avhich  the  young  men 
have  eaten,  and  the  portion  of  the  men 
which  went  with  me,  Aner,  Eshcol,  and 
Mamre ;  let  them  take  their  portion.  <» 

CHAPTER  XV. 

AFTER  these  things  the  word  of  the 
Lord  came  unto  Abram  in  a  vision, 
saying.  Fear  not,  Abram :  I  am  thy  shield, 
atid  thy  exceeding  great  reward. 

2  And  Abram  said.  Lord  God,  what  wilt 
thou  give  me,  seeing  I  go  childless,  and 
the  steward  of  my  house  is  this  Eliezer 
of  Damascus  ? 

3  And  Abram  said.  Behold,  to  me  thou 
hast  given  no  seed :  and,  lo,  one  bom  in 
my  house  is  mine  heir. 

4  And,  behold,  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  unto  him,  saying,  This  shall  not  be 
thine  heir;  but  he  that  shall  come  forth 
out  of  thine  own  bowels  shall  be  thine 
heir. 

5  And  he  brought  him  forth  abroad,  and 
said.  Look  now  toward  heaven,  and  tell 
the  stars,  if  thou  be  able  to  number  them : 
and  he  said  unto  him,  So  shall  thy  seed  be. 

6  And  he  believed  in  the  Lord;  and  he 
counted  it  to  him  for  righteousness. 

7  And  he  said  unto  him,  I  ain  the  Lord 
that  brought  thee  out  of  Ur  of  the  Chal- 
dees,  to  give  thee  this  land  to  inherit  it. 

8  And  he  said.  Lord  God,  whereby  shall 
I  know  that  I  shall  inherit  it  ? 

9  And  he  said  unto  him,  Take  me  a  heifer 
of  three  years  old,  and  a  she  goat  of  three 
years  old,  and  a  ram  of  three  years  old,  and 
a  turtledove,  and  a  young  pigeon. 

10  And  he  took  unto  him  all  these,  and 
divided  them  in  the  midst,  and  laid  each 
piece  one  against  another:  but  the  birds 
divided  he  not. 

11  And  Avhen  the  fowls  came  down  upon 
the  carcasses,  Abram  drove  them  away. 

12  And  when  the  sun  was  going  down, 
a  deep  sleep  fell  upon  Abram ;  and,  lo,  a 
horror  of  great  darkness  fell  upon  him. 

13  And  he  said  unto  Abram,  Know  of  a 
surety  that  thy  seed  shall  be  a  stranger  in 
a  land  that  is  not  theirs,  and  shall  serve 
them ;  and  they  shall  afflict  them  four 
hundred  vcars ; 


GENESIS. 


14  And  also  that  nation,  whom  they  shall 
serve,  will  I  judge :  and  afterward  shall 
they  come  out  with  great  substance. 

15  And  thou  shalt  go  to  thy  fathers  in 
peace ;  thou  shalt  be  buried  in  a  good  old 
age. 

16  But  in  the  fourth  generation  they  shall 
come  hither  again :  for  the  iniquity  of  the 
Amorites  w  not  yet  full. 

17  And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when  the 
sun  went  down,  and  it  was  dark,  behold  a 
smoking  furnace,  and  a  burning  lamp  that 
passed  between  those  pieces. 

18  In  that  same  day  the  Lord  made  a 
covenant  with  Abram,  saying,  Unto  thy 
seed  have  I  given  this  land,  from  the  river 
of  Egypt  unto  the  great  river,  the  river 
Euphrates : 

19  The  Kenites,  and  the  Kenizzites,  and 
the  Kadmonites, 

.20  And  the  Hittites,  and  the  Perizzites, 
and  the  Rephaim, 
21  And  the  Amorites,  and  the  Canaanites, 
and  the  Girgashites,  and  the  Jcbusites.       ^ 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

NOW  Sarai,  Abram's  wife,  bare  him 
no  children:  and  she  had  a  hand- 
maid, an  Egyptian,  whose  name  7vas  Ha- 
gar. 

2  And  Sarai  said  unto  Abram,  Behold 
now,  the  Lokd  hath  restrained  me  from 
bearing:  I  pray  thee,  go  in  unto  my 
maid;  it  may  be  that  I  may  obtain  chil- 
dren by  her.  And  Abram  hearkened  to  the 
voice  of  Sarai. 

3  And  Sarai,  Abram's  wife,  took  Hagar 
her  maid  the  Egyptian,  after  Abraiu  had 
dwelt  ten  years  in  the  land  of  Canaan,  and 
gave  her  to  her  husband  Abram  to  be  his 
wife. 

4  TI  And  he  went  in  unto  Hagar,  and  she 
conceived :  and  when  she  saw  that  she  had 
conceived,  her  mistress  was  despised  in 
her  eyes. 

5  And  Sarai  said  unto  Abram,  My  wrong 
be  upon  thee :  I  have  given  my  maid  into 
thy  bosom;  and  when  she  saw  that  she 
had  conceived,  I  Avas  despised  in  her  eyes : 
the  Lord  judge  between  me  and  thee. 

6  But  Abram  said  unto  Sarai,  Behold, 
thy  maid  is  in  thy  hand ;  do  to  her  as  it 
pleaseth  thee.  And  when  Sarai  dealt  hard- 
ly with  her,  she  fled  from  her  face. 

7  Tl  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  found  her 


by  a  fountain  of  water  in  the  wilderness, 
by  the  fountain  in  the  way  to  Shur. 

8  And  he  said,  Hagar,  Sarai's  maid, 
whence  camest  thou?  and  whither  wilt 
thou  go?  And  she  said,  I  flee  from  the 
face  of  my  mistress  Sarai. 

9  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  unto 
her.  Return  to  thy  mistress,  and  submit 
thyself  under  her  hands. 

10  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  unto 
her,  I  will  multiply  thy  seed  exceedingly, 
that  it  shall  not  be  numbered  for  multi- 
tude. 

11  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  unto 
her.  Behold,  thou  art  with  child,  and  shalt 
bear  a  son,  and  shalt  call  his  name  Ish- 
mael;  because  the  Lord  hath  heard  thy 
affliction. 

12  And  he  will  be  a  wild  man;  his  hand 
will  be  against  every  man,  and  every  man's 
hand  against  him:  and  he  shall  dwell  in 
the  presence  of  all  his  brethren. 

13  And  she  called  the  name  of  the  Lord 
that  spake  unto  her.  Thou  God  seest  me: 
for  she  said,  Have  I  also  here  looked  after 
him  that  seeth  me  ? 

14  Wherefore  the  well  was  called  Beer- 
lahai-roi:  behold,  it  is  between  Kadesh 
and  Bered. 

15  *!  And  Hagar  bare  Abram  a  son:  and 
Abram  called  his  son's  name,  which  Hagar 
bare,  Ishmael. 

16  And  Abram  teas  fourscore  and  six 
years  old,  when  Hagar  bare  Ishmael  to 
Abram.  • 

CHAPTER  XVII. 

AND  when  Abram  was  ninety  years  old 
and  nine,  the  Lord  appeared  to 
Abram,  and  said  unto  him,  I  am  the  Al- 
mighty God;  walk  before  me,  and  be  thou 
perfect. 

2  And  I  will  make  my  covenant  between 
me  and  thee,  and  will  multiply  thee  ex- 
ceedingly. 

3  And  Abram  fell  on  his  face:  and  God 
talked  with  him,  saying, 

4  As  for  me,  behold,  my  covenant  is  with 
thee,  and  thou  shalt  be  a  father  of  many 
nations. 

5  Neither  shall  thy  name  any  more  be 
called  Abram,  but  thy  name  shall  be 
Abraham;  for  a  father  of  many  nations 
have  I  made  thee. 

6  And  I  will  make  thee  exceeding  fruit- 

17 


GENESIS. 


ful,  and  I  will  make  nations  of  thee,  and 
kings  shall  come  out  of  thee. 

7  And  I  will  establish  my  covenant  be- 
tween me  and  thee  and  thy  seed  after  thee 
in  their  generations,  for  an  everlasting 
covenant,  to  be  a  God  unto  thee  and  to 
thy  seed  after  thee. 

8  And  I  will  give  nnto  thee,  and  to  thy 
seed  after  thee,  the  land  wherein  thou  art 
a  stranger,  all  the  land  of  Canaan,  for  an 
everlasting  possession ;  and  I  will  be  their 
God. 

9  TI  And  God  said  unto  Abraham,  Thou 
shalt  keei^  my  covenant  therefore,  thou, 
and  thy  seed  after  thee  in  their  generations. 

10  This  is  my  covenant,  which  ye  shall 
keep,  between  me  and  j^ou  and  thy  seed 
after  thee;  Every  man  child  among  you 
shall  be  circumcised. 

11  And  ye  shall  circumcise  the  flesh  of 
3'our  foreskin;  and  it  shall  be  a  token  of 
the  covenant  betwixt  me  and  you. 

13  And  he  that  is  eight  days  old  shall  be 
circumcised  among  you,  everj^  man  child 
in  your  generations,  he  that  is  born  in 
the  house,  or  bought  with  money  of  any 
stranger,  which  is  not  of  thy  seed. 

13  He  that  is  born  in  thy  hoiase,  and  he 
that  is  bought  with  thy  money,  must 
needs  be  circumcised:  and  my  covenant 
shall  be  in  your  flesh  for  an  everlasting 
covenant. 

14  And  the  uncircumcised  man  child 
whose  flesh  of  his  foreskin  is  not  circum- 
cised, that  soul  shall  be  cut  off  from  his 
people;  he  hath  broken  my  covenant. 

15  T[  And  God  said  unto  Abraham,  As 
for  Sarai  thy  wife,  thou  shalt  not  call  her 
name  Sarai,  but  Sarah  shall  her  name  be. 

16  And  I  will  bless  her,  and  give  thee  a 
son  also  of  her:  yea,  I  will  bless  her,  and 
she  shall  be  a  mother  of  nations;  kings 
of  people  shall  be  of  her. 

17  Then  Abraham  fell  upon  his  face,  and 
laughed,  and  said  in  his  heart,  Sliall  a 
child  be  born  unto  him  that  is  a  hundred 
years  old?  and  shall  Sarah,  that  is  ninety 
years  old,  bear  ? 

18  And  Abraham  said  unto  God,  O  that 
Ishraael  might  live  before  thee ! 

19  And  God  said,  Sarah  thy  Avife  shall 
bear  thee  a  son  indeed ;  and  thou  shalt  call 
his  name  Isaac :  and  I  will  establish  my 
covenant  with  him  for  an  everlasting  cov- 
enant, and  with  his  seed  after  him. 

'  18 


20  And  as  for  Ishmael,  I  have  heard  thee : 
Behold,  I  have  blessed  him,  and  Avill  make 
him  fruitful,  and  will  multiply  him  ex- 
ceedingly; twelve  princes  shall  he  beget, 
and  I  will  make  him  a  great  nation. 

21  But  my  covenant  will  I  establish  with 
Isaac,  which  Sarah  shall  bear  unto  thee 
at  this  set  time  in  the  next  year. 

22  And  he  left  off  talking  Avith  him,  and 
God  went  up  from  Abraham. 

23  M  And  Abraham  took  Ishmael  his  son, 
and  all  that  were  born  in  his  house,  and 
all  that  were  bought  with  his  money, 
every  male  among  the  men  of  Abraham's 
house ;  and  circiimcised  the  flesh  of  their 
foreskin  in  the  selfsame  day,  as  God  had 
said  unto  him. 

24  And  Abraham  was  ninety  years  old 
and  nine,  when  he  was  circumcised  in  the 
flesh  of  his  foreskin. 

2.5  And  Ishmael  his  son  was  thirteen 
years  old,  when  he  was  circumcised  in 
the  flesh  of  his  foreskin. 

26  In  the  selfsame  day  was  Abraham 
circumcised,  and  Ishmael  his  son. 

27  And  all  the  men  of  his  house,  bom 
in  the  house,  and  bought  with  money 
of  the  stranger,  were  circumcised  with 
him.  *^ 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 

AND  the  LoKD  appeared  unto  him  in 
the  plains  of  Mamre:    and  he  sat  in 
the  tent  door  in  the  heat  of  the  day; 

2  And  he  lifted  up  his  eyes  and  looked, 
and,  lo,  three  men  stood  by  him :  and 
when  he  saw  them,  he  ran  to  meet  them 
from  the  tent  door,  and  bowed  himself  to- 
ward the  ground, 

3  And  said,  My  Lord,  if  now  I  have 
found  favour  in  thy  sight,  pass  not  away, 
I  pray  thee,  from  thy  servant : 

4  Let  a  little  water,  I  pray  you,  be 
fetched,  and  Avash  your  feet,  and  rest 
yourselves  under  the  tree: 

5  And  I  Avill  fetch  a  morsel  of  bread,  and 
comfort  ye  your  hearts ;  after  that  ye 
shall  pass  on :  for  therefore  are  ye  come 
to  your  servant.  And  they  said,  So  do,  as 
thou  hast  said. 

6  And  Abraham  hastened  into  the  tent 
unto  Sarah,  and  said,  Make  ready  quickly 
three  measures  of  fine  meal,  knead  it, 
and  make  cakes  upon  the  hearth. 

7  And  Abraham  ran  mito  the  herd,  and 
fetched  a  calf  tender  and  good,  and  gave 


GENESIS. 


it  unto   a  youuj^  man;  and  lie  Lasted  to 
dress  it. 

8  And  he  took  butter,  and  milk,  and 
the  calf  which  he  had  dressed,  and  set  it 
before  them  ;  and  he  stood  by  them  imder 
the  tree,  and  they  did  eat. 

9  ^1  And  they  said  unto  him.  Where  is 
Sarah  thy  wife?  And  he  said,  Behold,  in 
the  tent. 

10  And  he  said,  I  will  certainly  return 
tmto  thee  accordinjj  to  the  time  of  life; 
and,  lo,  Sarah  thy  wife  shall  have  a  son. 
And  Sarah  heard  it  in  the  tent  door,  which 
vxis  behind  him. 

11  Now  Abraham  and  Sarah  were  old  and 
Avell  stricken  in  age;  and  it  ceased  to  be 
with  Sarah  after  the  manner  of  women. 

13  Therefore  Sarah  laughed  within  her- 
self, saying.  After  I  am  waxed  old  shall  I 
have  pleasure,  my  lord  being  old  also  ? 

13  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Abraham, 
Wherefore  did  Sarah  laugh,  saying.  Shall  I 
of  a  surety  bear  a  child,  Avhich  am  old  ? 

14  Is  any  thing  too  hard  for  the  Lokd? 
At  the  time  api)ointed  I  will  return  unto 
thee,  according  to  the  time  of  life,  and 
Sarah  shall  have  a  son. 

15  Then  Sarah  denied,  saying,  I  laughed 
not ;  for  she  was  afraid.  And  he  said.  Nay ; 
but  thou  didst  laugh. 

16  1  And  the  men  rose  up  from  thence, 
and  looked  toward  Sodom:  and  Abraham 
went  with  them  to  bring  them  on  the  v,ay. 

17  And  the  Lokd  said.  Shall  I  hide  from 
Abraham  that  thing  which  I  do  ; 

18  Seeing  that  Abraham  shall  surely  be- 
come a  great  and  mighty  nation,  and  all 
the  nations  of  the  earth  shall  be  blessed  in 
him  ? 

19  For  I  know  him,  that  he  Avill  com- 
mand his  children  and  his  household  after 
him,  and  they  shall  keep  the  way  of  the 
Lokd,  to  do  justice  and  judgment:  that 
the  Lokd  may  bring  upon  Abraham  that 
which  he  hath  spoken  of  him. 

20  And  the  Lokd  said,  Because  the  cry 
of  Sodom  and  Gomorrah  is  great,  and  be- 
cause their  sin  is  very  grievous, 

21  I  will  go  down  now,  and  see  whether 
they  have  done  altogether  according  to  the 
cry  of  it,  which  is  come  unto  me ;  and  if 
not,  I  will  know. 

22  And  the  men  tui'ned  their  faces  from 
thence,  and  went  toward  Sodom :  but 
Abraham  stood  yet  before  the  Lokd. 


23  T[  And  Abraham  drew  near,  and  said. 
Wilt  thovi  also  destroy  the  righteous  with 
the  wicked  ? 

24  Peradventure  there  be  fifty  righteous 
within  the  city :  wilt  thou  also  destroy  and 
not  spare  the  place  for  the  fifty  righteous 
that  are  therein  ? 

25  That  be  for  from  thee  to  do  after  this 
manner,  to  slay  the  righteous  with  the 
wicked;  and  that  the  righteous  should  be 
as  the  wicked,  that  be  far  from  thee :  Shall 
not  the  Judge  of  all  the  earth  do  right  ? 

26  And  the  Lokd  said,  If  I  find  in  Sodom 
fifty  righteous  within  the  city,  then  I  will 
spare  all  the  place  for  their  sakes. 

27  And  Abraham  answered  and  said.  Be- 
hold now,  I  have  taken  \ipon  me  to  speak 
unto  the  Lord,  which  am  but  dust  and  ashes : 

28  Peradventure  there  shall  lack  five  of 
the  fifty  righteous:  wilt  thou  destroy  all 
the  city  for  Jack  of  five?  And  he  said,  If 
I  find  there  forty  and  five,  I  will  not  de- 
stroy it. 

29  And  he  spake  unto  him  j^ct  again,  and 
said,  Peradventure  there  shall  be  forty 
found  there.  And  he  said,  I  will  not  do  it 
for  forty's  sake. 

30  And  he  said  itnio  Jiim,  Oh  let  not  the 
Lord  be  angry,  and  I  Avill  speak :  Peradven- 
ture there  shall  thirty  be  found  there. 
And  he  said,  I  will  not  do  «,  if  I  find  thirty 
there. 

31  And  he  said,  Behold  now,  I  have  taken 
upon  me  to  speak  unto  the  Lord :  Perad- 
venture there  shall  be  twenty  found  there. 
And  he  said,  I  will  not  destroy  it  for 
twenty's  sake. 

32  And  he  said.  Oh  let  not  the  Lord  be 
angry,  and  I  will  speak  yet  but  this  once: 
Peradventure  ten  shall  be  found  there. 
And  he  said,  I  will  not  destroy  it  for  ten's 
sake. 

33  And  the  Lord  went  his  way,  as  soon  as 
he  had  left  communing  with  Abraham : 
and  Abrahana  returned  unto  his  place. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

AND  there  came  two  angels  to  Sodom 
at  even ;  and  Lot  sat  in  the  gate  of 
Sodom:  and  Lot  seeing  i7iem  rose  up  to 
meet  them ;  and  he  bowed  himself  with 
his  fiice  toward  the  ground ; 
2  And  he  said.  Behold  now,  my  lords,  turn 
in,  I  pray  you,  into  your  servant's  house, 
and  tarry  all  night,  and  wash  your  feet, 
—  -  - 


GENESIS. 


and  ye  shall  rise  up  early,  aud  go  on  your 
waj's.  And  they  said,  Nay;  but  we  ■will 
abide  in  the  street  all  night. 

3  And  he  pressed  upon  them  greatly; 
and  they  turned  in  unto  hira,  and  entered 
into  his  house  ;  and  he  made  them  a  feast, 
and  did  bake  unleavened  bread,  and  they 
did  eat. 

4  T[  But  before  they  lay  down,  the  men 
of  the  city,  even  the  men  of  Sodom,  com- 
passed the  house  round,  both  old  and 
young,  all  the  people  from  every  quarter : 

5  And  they  called  unto  Lot,  and  said 
unto  him.  Where  are  the  men  which 
came  in  to  thee  this  night?  bring  them 
out  unto  us,  that  we  may  know  them. 

6  And  Lot  went  out  at  the  door  unto 
them,  and  shut  the  door  after  him, 

7  And  said,  I  pray  you,  brethren,  do  not 
so  wickedly. 

8  Behold  now,  I  have  two  daughters 
which  have  not  known  man;  let  me,  I 
pray  you,  bring  them  out  unto  you,  and 
do  ye  to  them  as  is  good  in  your  eyes :  only 
unto  these  men  do  nothing;  for  therefore 
came  they  under  the  shadow  of  my  roof 

9  And  they  said,  Stand  back.  And  they 
said  again,  This  one  fellow  came  in  to 
sojourn,  and  he  will  needs  be  a  judge:  now 
will  we  deal  worse  with  thee  than  with 
them.  And  they  pressed  sore  upon  the 
man,  ci'e?i  Lot,  aud  came  near  to  break 
the  door. 

10  But  the  men  put  forth  their  hand, 
and  pulled  Lot  into  the  house  to  them, 
and  shut  to  the  door. 

11  And  they  smote  the  men  that  were 
at  the  door  of  the  house  with  blindness, 
both  small  and  great :  so  that  they  wearied 
themselves  to  find  the  door. 

12  ^  And  the  men  said  unto  Lot,  Hast 
thou  here  any  besides?  son  in  law,  and 
thy  sons,  and  th}^  daughters,  and  whatso- 
ever thou  hast  in  the  city,  bring  them  out 
of  this  place :  - 

13  For  we  Avill  destroy  this  place,  because 
the  cry  of  them  is  waxen  great  before  the 
face  of  the  Lord;  and  the  Lord  hath  sent 
us  to  destroy  it. 

14  And  Lot  went  out,  and  spake  unto  his 
sons  in  laAV,  which  married  liis  daughters, 
and  said,  Up,  get  you  out  of  this  place; 
for  the  Lord  will  destroy  this  city.  But 
he  seemed  as  one  that  mocked  unto  his 
sons  in  law. 

20 


15  li  Aud  Avhen  the  morning  arose,  then 
the  angels  hastened  Lot,  saying,  Arise, 
take  thy  wife,  and  thy  two  daughters, 
which  are  here;  lest  thou  be  consumed 
in  the  iniquity  of  the  city. 

16  And  while  he  lingered,  the  men  laid 
hold  upon  his  hand,  and  upon  the  hand 
of  his  wife,  and  upon  the  hand  of  his 
two  daughters ;  the  Lord  being  merciful 
unto  him:  and  they  brought  him  forth, 
and  set  him  without  the  city. 

17  II  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  had 
brought  them  forth  abroad,  that  he  said, 
Escape  for  thy  life ;  look  not  behind  thee, 
neither  stay  thou  in  all  the  plain ;  escape 
to  the  mountain,  lest  thou  be  consumed. 

18  And  Lot  said  unto  them,  Oh,  not  so, 
my  Lord : 

19  Behold  now,  thy  ser\'ant  hath  found 
grace  in  thy  sight,  aud  thou  hast  magni- 
fied thy  mercy,  which  thou  hast  shewed 
unto  me  in  saving  my  life ;  and  I  cannot 
escape  to  the  mountain,  lest  some  evil 
take  me,  and  I  die : 

20  Behold  now,  this  city  w  near  to  flee 
unto,  and  it  is  a  little  one:  O,  let  me 
escape  thither,  ( is  it  not  a  little  one  ? ) 
and  my  soul  shall  live. 

21  And  he  said  unto  him,  See,  I  have 
accepted  thee  concerning  this  thing  also, 
that  I  will  not  overthrow  this  city,  for 
the  which  thou  hast  spoken. 

22  Haste  thee,  escape  thither;  for  I  can- 
not do  anything  till  thou  be  come  thither. 
Therefore  the  name  of  the  city  was  called 
Zoar. 

23  ^  The  sun  was  risen  upon  the  earth 
when  Lot  entered  into  Zoar. 

24  Then  the  Lord  rained  upon  Sodom 
and  upon  Gomorrah  brimstone  aud  fire 
from  the  Lord  out  of  heaven ; 

25  And  he  overthrew  those  cities,  and 
all  the  plain,  and  all  the  inhabitants  of 
the  cities,  aud  that  which  grew  upon  the 
ground. 

26  T[  But  his  wife  looked  back  from  be- 
hind him,  and  she  became  a  pillar  of  salt. 

27  Ti  And  Abraham  gat  up  early  in  the 
morning  to  the  place  where  he  stood 
before  the  Lord  : 

28  And  he  looked  toward  Sodom  and 
Gomorrah,  aud  toward  all  the  land  of  the 
plain,  and  beheld,  aud,  lo,  the  smoke  of 
the  country  went  up  as  the  smoke  of  a 
furnace. 


GENESIS. 


29  1[  And  it  came  to  pass,  Avhen  God  de- 
stroyed the  cities  of  the  plain,  that  God 
remembered  Abraham,  and  sent  Lot  out 
of  the  midst  of  the  overthrow,  when  he 
overthrew  the  cities  in  the  which  Lot 
dwelt. 

30  IT  And  Lot  went  up  out  of  Zoar,  and 
dwelt  in  the  mountain,  and  his  two  daugh- 
ters with  him;  for  he  feared  to  dwell  in 
Zoar:  and  he  dwelt  in  a  cave,  he  and 
his  two  daughters. 

31  And  the  firstborn  said  unto  the  young- 
er, Our  father  is  old,  and  tJiere  is  not  a  man 
in  the  earth  to  come  in  unto  us  after  the 
manner  of  all  the  earth : 

32  Come,  let  us  make  our  father  drink 
wine,  and  we  will  lie  with  him,  that  we 
may  preserve  seed  of  our  tixther. 

33  And  they  made  their  father  drink  wine 
that  night:  and  the  firstboi'n  went  in,  and 
lay  with  her  father ;  and  he  perceived  not 
when  she  lay  do^vn,  nor  when  she  arose. 

34  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow, 
that  the  firstborn  said  unto  the  younger. 
Behold,  I  lay  yesternight  Avith  my  father : 
let  us  make  him  drink  wine  this  night 
also;  and  go  thou  iu,  and  lie  with  him, 
that  we  may  preserve  seed  of  our  father, 

35  And  they  made  their  father  drink  wine 
that  night  also :  and  the  younger  arose,  and 
lay  with  him ;  and  he  perceived  not  when 
she  lay  do"wn,  nor  when  she  arose. 

36  Thus  were  both  the  daughters  of  Lot 
with  child  by  their  father. 

37  And  the  firstborn  bare  a  son,  and 
called  his  name  Moab:  the  same  is  the 
father  of  the  Moabites  unto  this  day. 

38  And  the  younger,  she  also  bare  a  son, 
and  called  his  name  Ben-ammi:  the  same 
is  the  father  of  the  children  of  Ammon 
unto  this  day.  ^ 

CHAPTER  XX. 

AND  Abraham  journeyed  from  thence 
■  toward  the  south  country,  and  dwelt 
between  Kadesh  and  Shur,  and  sojounied 
in  Gerar. 
3  And  Abraham  said  of  Sarah  his  wife. 
She  is  my  sister:  and  Abimelech  king  of 
Gerar  sent,  and  took  Sarah. 

3  But  God  came  to  Abimelech  in  a  dream 
by  night,  and  said  to  him.  Behold,  thou  art 
but  a  dead  man,  for  the  Avoman  which  thou 
hast  taken ;  for  she  is  a  man's  wife. 

4  But  Abimelech  had  not  come  near  her : 


and   he   said,  Lokd,  wilt  thou  slay  also  a 
righteous  nation? 

5  Said  he  not  unto  me.  She  is  my  sister? 
and  she,  even  she  herself  said.  He  is  my 
brother:  in  the  integrity  of  my  heart  and 
innocency  of  my  hands  have  I  done  this. 

6  And  God  said  unto  him  in  a  dream. 
Yea,  I  know  that  thou  didst  this  in  the 
integrity  of  thy  heart;  for  I  also  withheld 
thee  from  sinning  against  me:  therefore 
suffered  I  thee  not  to  touch  her. 

7  Now  therefore  restore  the  man  7iis  wife ; 
for  he  is  a  prophet,  and  he  shall  pray  for 
thee,  and  thou  shalt  live :  and  if  thou  re- 
store /ior  not,  know  thou  that  thou  shalt 
surely  die,  thou,  and  all  that  are  thine. 

8  Therefore  Abimelech  rose  early  in  the 
morning,  and  called  all  his  servants,  and 
told  all  these  things  in  their  ears :  and  the 
men  were  sore  afraid. 

9  Then  Abimelech  called  Abraham,  and 
said  unto  him.  What  hast  thou  done  unto 
us?  and  what  have  I  offended  thee,  that 
thou  hast  brought  on  me  and  on  my  king- 
dom a  great  sin?  thou  hast  done  deeds 
unto  me  that  ought  not  to  be  done. 

10  And  Abimelech  said  xuito  Abraham, 
What  saAvest  thou,  that  thou  hast  done 
this  thing? 

11  And  Abraham  said.  Because  I  thought, 
Surely  the  fear  of  God  is  not  in  this 
place;  and  they  will  slay  me  for  my  wife's 
sake. 

12  And  yet  indeed  she  is  my  sister;  she 
is  the  daughter  of  my  father,  but  not  the 
daughter  of  m}'  mother;  and  she  became 
my  wife. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  God  caused 
me  to  wander  from  my  father's  house,  that 
I  said  unto  her.  This  is  thy  kindness  which 
thou  shalt  shew  unto  me;  at  every  place 
whither  we  shall  come,  say  of  me.  He  is 
my  brother. 

14  And  Abimelech  took  sheep,  and  oxen, 
and  menserA'ants,  and  Avomenservants,  and 
gave  them  unto  Abraham,  and  restored  him 
Sarah  his  Avife. 

15  And  Abimelech  said,  Behold,  my  land 
is  before  thee:  dAvell  Avhere  it  pleaseth 
thee. 

16  And  unto  Sarah  he  said.  Behold,  I  have 
given  thy  brother  a  thousand  2^ieces  of  sil- 
ver: behold,  he  is  to  thee  a  covering  of  the 
eyes,  unto  all  that  are  Avith  thee,  and  with 
all  other:  thus  she  was  reproved. 

21 


GENESIS. 


17  H  So  Abraham  prayed  unto  God:  and 
God  healed  Abimelech,  and  his  wife,  and 
his  maidservants ;  and  they  bare  childreji. 

18  For  the  Lord  had  fast  closed  up  all  the 
wombs  of  the  house  of  Abimelech,  because 
of  Sarah,  Abraham's  wife.  ^ 

CHAPTER  XXL 

AND  the  Lord  visited  Sarah  as  he  had 
said,  and  the  Lord  did  unto  Sarah  as 
he  had  spoken. 

3  For  Sarah  conceived,  and  bare  Abraham 
a  son  in  his  old  age,  at  the  set  time  of 
which  God  had  spoken  to  him. 

3  And  Abraham  called  the  name  *of  his 
son  that  was  born  unto  him,  whom  Sarah 
bare  to  him,  Isaac. 

4  And  Abraham  circumcised  his  son  Isaac 
being  eight  days  old,  as  God  had  com- 
manded him. 

5  And  Abraham  was  a  hundred  years  old, 
when  his  son  Isaac  was  born  unto  him. 

6  1[  And  Sarah  said,  God  hath  made  me 
to  laugh,  so  that  all  that  hear  will  laugh 
with  me. 

7  And  she  said.  Who  would  have  said 
unto  Abraham,  that  Sarah  should  have 
given  children  suck?  for  I  have  borne 
him  a  son  in  his  old  age. 

8  And  the  child  grew,  and  was  weaned: 
and  Abraham  made  a  great  feast  the  same 
day  that  Isaac  Avas  weaned. 

9  %  And  Sarah  saw  the  son  of  Hagar  the 
Egyptian,  which  she  had  borne  unto  Abra- 
ham, mocking. 

10  Wherefore  she  said  unto  Abraham, 
Cast  out  this  bondwoman  and  her  son: 
for  the  sou  of  this  bondwoman  shall  not 
be  heir  Avith  my  son,  even  with  Isaac. 

11  And  the  thing  was  very  grievous  in 
Al)rahara's  sight  because  of  his  son. 

13  1  And  God  said  unto  Abraham,  Let 
it  not  be  grievous  in  thy  sight  because 
of  the  hid,  and  because  of  thy  bond- 
woman; in  all  that  Sarah  hath  said  unto 
thee,  hearken  unto  her  voice;  for  in  Isaac 
shall  thy  seed  be  called. 

13  And  also  of  the  son  of  the  bondwoman 
will  I  make  a  nation,  because  he  is  thy  seed. 

14  And  Abraham  rose  uj)  early  in  the 
morning,  and  took  bread,  and  a  bottle  of 
water,  and  gave  it  unto  Hagar,  putting  it 
on  her  shoulder,  and  the  child,  and  sent 
her  away:  and  she  departed,  and  wandered 
in  the  wilderness  of  Beer-sheba. 


15  And  the  water  was  spent  in  the  bottle, 
and  she  cast  the  child  under  one  of  the 
shrubs. 

IG  And  she  went,  and  sat  her  down  over 
against  him  a  good  Avay  oti",  as  it  were  a 
bowshot:  for  she  said.  Let  me  not  see 
the  death  of  the  child.  And  she  sat  over 
against  him^  and  lifted  up  her  voice,  and 
wept. 

17  And  God  heard  the  voice  of  the  lad; 
and  the  angel  of  God  called  to  Hagar  out 
of  heaven,  and  said  unto  her,  What  aileth 
thee,  Hagar?  fear  not ;  for  God  hath  heard 
the  voice  of  the  lad  where  he  is. 

18  Arise,  lift  up  the  lad,  and  hold  him 
in  thine  hand ;  for  I  will  make  him  a  great 
nation. 

19  And  God  opened  her  eyes,  and  she  saw 
a  well  of  water;  and  she  went,  and  filled 
the  bottle  with  water,  and  gave  the  lad 
drink. 

30  And  God  was  with  the  lad;  and  he 
grew,  and  dwelt  in  the  Avilderness,  and 
became  an  archer. 

21  And  he  dwelt  in  the  wilderness  of 
Paran:  and  his  mother  took  him  a  wife 
out  of  the  laud  of  Egypt. 

33  ^  And  it  came  to  pass  at  that  time, 
that  Abimelech  and  Phichol  the  chief 
captain  of  his  host  spake  unto  Abraham, 
saying,  God  is  with  thee  in  all  that  thou 
doest: 

23  Now  therefore  SAvear  unto  me  here  by 
God,  that  thou  Avilt  not  deal  fixlsely  Avith 
me,  nor  Avith  my  son,  nor  Avith  my  son's 
son :  hut  according  to  the  kindness  that  I 
have  done  unto  thee,  thou  shalt  do  unto 
me,  and  to  the  land  Avherein  thou  hast 
sojourned. 

24  And  Abraham  said,  I  Avill  SAvear. 

25  And  Al)raham  reproved  Abimelech  be- 
cause of  aAvell  of  Avater,  Avhich  Abimelech's 
servants  had  violently  taken  aAvay. 

26  And  Abimelech  said,  I  Avot  not  Avho 
hath  done  this  thing:  neither  didst  thou 
tell  me,  neither  yet  heard  I  of  it,  but  to 
day. 

27  And  Abraham  took  sheep  and  oxen, 
and  gaA-e  them  unto  Abimelech ;  and  both 
of  them  made  a  covenant. 

28  And  Abraham  set  seven  ewe  lambs  of 
the  flock  by  themselves. 

29  And  Abimelech  said  unto  Abraham, 
Wliat  mea7i  these  seven  CAve  lambs  Avhich 
thou  hast  set  by  themselves  ? 


GENESIS. 


30  And  he  said,  For  thene  seA'en  ewe  lambs 
slialt  thou  take  of  my  hand,  that  they  may 
be  a  witness  unto  me,  that  I  have  digged 
this  well. 

31  Wherefore  he  called  that  place  Beer- 
sheba;  because  there  they  sware  both  of 
them. 

32  Thus  they  made  a  covenant  at  Beer- 
sheba:  then  Abimelech  rose  up,  and  Plii- 
chol  the  chief  captain  of  his  host,  and  they 
returned  into  the  land  of  the  Philistines. 

33  T[  And  Abraham  planted  a  grove  in 
Beer-sheba,  and  called  there  on  the  name 
of  the  Lord,  the  everlasting  God. 

34  And  Abraham  sojourned  in  the  Philis- 
tines' land  many  days.  <# 

CHAPTER  XXII. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  these  things, 
that  God  did  tempt  Abraham,  and 
said  unto  him,  Abraham :  and  he  said,  Be- 
hold, Jiere  I  am. 

2  And  he  said.  Take  now  thy  son,  thine 
only  son  Isaac,  M^hom  thou  lovest,  and  get 
thee  into  the  land  of  Moriah;  and  offer 
him  there  for  a  burnt  offering  upon  one 
of  the  mountains  which  I  will  tell  thee  of. 

3  T  And  Abraham  rose  up  early  in  the 
morning,  and  saddled  his  ass,  and  took 
two  of  his  young  men  with  him,  and 
Isaac  his  son,  and  clave  the  wood  for  the 
burnt  offering,  and  rose  up,  and  went 
unto  the  place  of  which  God  had  told  him. 

4  Then  on  the  third  day  Abraham  lifted 
wp  his  eyes,  and  saw  the  place  afar  off. 

5  And  Abraham  said  unto  his  young  men. 
Abide  ye  here  with  the  ass ;  and  I  and  the 
lad  will  go  yonder  and  worship,  and  come 
again  to  you. 

6  And  Abraham  took  the  wood  of  the 
burnt  offering,  and  laid  it  upon  Isaac  his 
son ;  and  he  took  the  fire  in  his  hand,  and 
a  knife ;  and  they  went  both  of  them  to- 
gether. 

7  And  Isaac  spake  unto  Abi-aliam  his  fa- 
ther, and  said,  My  father:  and  he  said. 
Here  am  I,  my  son.  And  he  said.  Behold 
the  fire  and  the  wood:  but  where  is  the 
lamb  for  a  burnt  offering  ? 

8  And  Abraham  said,  My  son,  God  will 
provide  himself  a  lamb  for  a  burnt  offer- 
ing :  so  they  went  both  of  them  together. 

9  And  they  came  to  the  place  which  God 
had  told  him  of;  and  Abraham  built  an 
altar  there,  and   laid  the  wood  in  order. 


and  bound  Isaac  his  son,  and    laid   him 
on  the  altar  upon  the  wood. 

10  And  Abraham  stretched  forth  his  hand, 
and  took  the  knife  to  slay  his  son. 

11  And  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  called  un- 
to him  out  of  heaven,  and  said,  Abraham, 
Abraham  :  and  he  said.  Here  am  I. 

12  And  he  said.  Lay  not  thine  hand  upon 
the  lad,  neither  do  thou  any  thing  unto 
him:  for  now  I  know  that  thou  fearest 
God,  seeing  thou  hast  not  withheld  thy 
son,  thine  only  .sow,  from  me, 

13  And  Abraham  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and 
looked,  and  behold  behind  him  a  ram 
caught  in  a  thicket  by  his  horns:  and 
Abraham  went  and  took  the  ram,  and 
offered  him  uj)  for  a  burnt  offering  in 
the  stead  of  his  son. 

14  And  Abraham  called  the  name  of 
that  place  Jehovah-jireh :  as  it  is  said  to 
this  day,  In  the  mount  of  the  Lord  it 
shall  be  seen. 

15  T[  And  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  called 
unto  Abraham  out  of  heaven  the  second 
time, 

16  And  said,  By  myself  have  I  sworn,  saith 
the  Lord,  for  because  thou  hast  done  this 
thing,  and  hast  not  withheld  thy  son,  thine 
only  so)i, 

17  That  in  blessing  I  will  bless  thee,  and 
in  multiplying  I  will  multiply  thy  seed 
as  the  stars  of  the  heaven,  and  as  the 
sand  which  is  upon  the  sea  shore ;  and  thy 
seed  shall  possess  the  gate  of  his  enemies ; 

18  And  in  thy  seed  shall  all  the  nations  of 
the  earth  be  blessed;  because  thou  hast 
obeyed  my  voice. 

19  So  Abraham  returned  unto  his  young 
men,  and  they  rose  up  and  went  together 
to  Beer-sheba;  and  Abraham  dwelt  at  Beer- 
sheba. 

20  H  And  it  came  to  pass  after  these 
things,  that  it  was  told  Abraham,  saying. 
Behold,  Milcah,  she  hath  also  borne  chil- 
dren unto  thy  brother  Nahor  ; 

21  Huz  his  firstborn,  and  Buz  his  brother, 
andKemuel  the  father  of  Aram, 

22  And  Chesed,  and  Hazo,  and  Pildash, 
and  Jidlaph,  and  Bethuel. 

23  And  Bethuel  begat  Rebekah:  these 
eight  Milcah  did  bear  to  Nahor,  Abraham's 
brother. 

24  And  his  concubine,  whose  name  was 

Reumah,  she  bare  also  Tebah,  and  Gaham, 

and  Thahash,  and  Maachah. 
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CHAPTER  XXIII. 

AND  Sarah  was   a  hundred  and  seven 
and  twenty  years  old :  these   were    the 
years  of  the  life  of  Sarah. 

2  And  Sarah  died  in  Kirjath-arba;  the 
same  is  Hebron  in  the  land  of  Canaan:  and 
Abraham  came  to  mourn  for  Sarah,  and  to 
weep  for  her. 

3  H  And  Abraham  stood  up  from  before 
his  dead,  and  spake  unto  the  sons  of  Heth, 
saying, 

4  I  am  a  stranger  and  a  sojourner  with 
you :  give  me  a  possession  of  a  burying- 
place  with  you,  that  I  may  bury  my  dead 
out  of  my  sight. 

5  And  the  children  of  Heth  answered 
Abraham,  saying  unto  him, 

6  Hear  us,  my  lord:  thou  art  a  mighty 
prince  among  us :  in  the  choice  of  our 
sepulchres  bury  thy  dead ;  none  of  us  shall 
withhold  from  thee  his  sepulchre,  but  that 
thou  may  est  bury  thy  dead. 

7  And  Abraham  stood  up,  and  bowed 
himself  to  the  people  of  the  laud,  even  to 
the  children  of  Heth. 

8  And  he  communed  with  them,  saying. 
If  it  be  your  mind  that  I  should  burj'  my 
dead  out  of  my  sight,  hear  me,  and  entreat 
for  me  to  Ephron  the  son  of  Zohar, 

9  That  he  may  give  me  the  cave  of  Mach- 
pelah,  which  he  hath,  which  is  in  the  end 
of  his  field;  for  as  much  money  as  it  is 
worth  he  shall  give  it  me  for  a  possession 
of  a  buryingplace  amongst  you. 

10  And  Ephron  dwelt  among  the  children 
of  Heth :  and  Ephron  the  Hittite  answered 
Abraham  in  the  audience  of  the  children  of 
Heth,  even  of  all  that  went  in  at  the  gate  of 
his  city,  saying, 

11  Nay,  my  lord,  hear  me :  the  field  give 
I  thee,  and  the  cave  that  is  therein,  I  give 
it  thee;  in  the  presence  of  the  sons  of  my 
l)eople  give  I  it  thee :  bury  thy  dead. 

13  And  Abraham  bowed  down  himself 
before  the  people  of  the  land, 

13  And  he  spake  unto  Ephron  in  the  aud- 
ience of  the  people  of  the  land,  saying.  But 
if  thou  vnlt  give  it,  1  pray  thee,  hear  me: 
I  will  give  thee  money  for  the  field; 
take  it  of  me,  and  I  will  bury  my  dead 
there. 

14  And  Ephron  answered  Abraham,  say- 
ing unto  him, 

15  My  lord,  hearken  unto  me:  the  land 
is  worth  four  hundred  shekels  of  silver; 


what  is  that  betwixt  me  and  theeV  bxiry 
therefore  thy  dead. 

16  And  Abraham  hearkened  unto  Ephron; 
and  Abraham  weighed  to  Ephron  the  sil- 
ver, which  he  had  named  in  the  audience 
of  the  sons  of  Heth,  four  hundred  shekels 
of  silver,  current  money  with  the  mer- 
chant. 

17  1i  And  the  field  of  Ephron,  which  teas 
in  Machpelah,  which  was  before  Mamre, 
the  field,  and  the  cave  which  was  therein, 
and  all  the  trees  that  were  in  the  field>  that 
u'ei-e  in  all  the  borders  round  about,  were 
made  sure 

18  Unto  Abraham  for  a  possession  in  the 
presence  of  the  children  of  Heth,  before 
all  that  went  in  at  the  gate  of  his  city. 

19  And  after  this,  Abraham  buried 
Sarah  his  wife  in  the  cave  of  the  field  of 
Machpelah  before  Mamre:  the  same  is 
Hebron  in  the  land  of  Canaan. 

20  And  the  field,  and  the  cave  that  w 
therein,  were  made  sure  unto  Abraham 
for  a  possession  of  a  buryingplace  by  the 
sons  of  Heth.  • 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 

AND  Abraham  was  old,  and  well  strick- 
en in  age :    and  the  Lokd  had  blessed 
Abraham  in  all  things. 

2  And  Abraham  said  unto  his  eldest 
ser\'ant  of  his  house,  that  ruled  over  all 
that  he  had.  Put,  I  i^ray  thee,  thy  hand 
under  my  thigh : 

3  And  I  will  make  thee  swear  by  the 
Lord,  the  God  of  heaven,  and  the  God  of 
the  earth,  that  thou  shalt  not  take  a  wife 
imto  my  son  of  the  daughters  of  the 
Canaanites,  among  whom  I  dwell: 

4  But  thou  Shalt  go  unto  my  country, 
and  to  my  kindred,  and  take  a  wife  unto 
my  son  Isaac. 

5  And  the  servant  said  unto  him,  Perad- 
venture  the  woman  will  not  be  willing  to 
follow  me  unto  this  land:  must  I  needs 
bring  thy  son  again  unto  the  laud  from 
whence  thou  earnest? 

6  And  Abraham  said  unto  him.  Beware 
thou  that  thou  bring  not  my  son  thither 
again. 

7  1  The  Lord  God  of  heaven,  which 
took  me  from  my  father's  house,  and  from 
the  land  of  ray  kindred,  and  which  spake 
unto  me,  and  that  sware  unto  me,  saying. 
Unto  thy  seed  will  I  give  this  land;    he 


GENESIS. 


shall  send  his  an^cl  before  thee,  and  thoii 
Shalt  take  a  wife  imto  my  son  from 
thence. 

8  And  if  the  woman  will  not  be  willing  to 
follow  thee,  then  thou  shalt  be  clear  from 
this  my  oath:  only  bring  not  my  son 
thither  again. 

9  And  the  servant  put  his  hand  under  the 
thigh  of  Abraham  his  master,  and  sware 
to  him  concerning  that  matter. 

10  Ti  And  the  servant  took  ten  camels  of 
the  camels  of  his  master,  and  departed; 
for  all  the  goods  of  his  master  were  in 
his  hand :  and  he  arose,  and  Avent  to  Meso- 
potamia, unto  the  city  of  Nahor. 

11  And  he  made  his  camels  to  kneel  down 
without  the  city  by  a  well  of  water  at  the 
time  of  the  evening,  ei'en  the  time  that  wo- 
men go  out  to  draw  water. 

13  And  he  said,  0  Lord  God  of  my 
master  Abraham,  I  pray  thee,  send  me 
good  speed  this  day,  and  shew  kindness 
unto  my  master  Abraham. 

13  Behold,  I  stand  here  by  the  well  of 
water ;  and  the  daughters  of  the  men  of 
the  eitj'  come  out  to  draw  water : 

14  And  let  it  come  to  pass,  that  the  dam- 
sel to  whom  I  shall  say.  Let  down  thy 
pitcher,  I  pray  thee,  that  I  may  drink; 
and  she  shall  say,  Di'ink,  and  I  will  give 
thy  camels  drink  also:  let  the  same  he  she 
that  thou  hast  appointed  for  thy  serv- 
ant Isaac ;  and  thereby  shall  I  kuoAV  that 
thou  hast  shewed  kindness  unto  my  mas- 
ter. 

15  1[  And  it  came  to  pass,  before  he  had 
done  speaking,  that,  behold,  Rebekah 
came  out,  who  was  bom  to  Bethuel, 
son  of  Milcah,  the  "wife  of  Nahor, 
Abraham's  brother,  with  her  pitcher 
upon  her  shoulder. 

16  And  the  damsel  was  very  fair  to  look 
upon,  a  virgin,  neither  had  any  man 
known  her:  and  she  went  down  to  the 
well,  and  filled  her  pitcher,  and  came  up. 

17  And  the  servant  ran  to  meet  her,  and 
said.  Let  me,  I  pray  thee,  drink  a  little 
water  of  thy  pitcher. 

18  And  she  said.  Drink,  my  lord:  and 
she  hasted,  and  let  down  her  pitcher 
upon  her  hand,  and  gave  him  drink. 

19  And  when  she  had  done  giving  him 
drink,  she  said,  I  will  draw  water  for  thy 
camels  also,  until  they  have  done  drinking. 

20  And    she   hasted,    and    emptied   her 


pitcher  into  the  trough,  and  ran  again 
unto  the  well  to  draw  water,  and  drew 
for  all  his  camels. 

21  And  the  man  wondering  at  her  held 
his  peace,  to  wit  whether  the  Lord  had 
made  his  journey  prosperous  or  not. 

22  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  the  camels 
had  done  drinking,  that  the  man  took  a 
golden  earring  of  half  a  shekel  weight, 
and  two  bracelets  for  her  hands  of  ten 
shekels  weight  of  gold ; 

23  And  said.  Whose  daughter  art  thou? 
tell  me,  I  pray  thee :  is  there  room  in  thy 
father's  house  for  us  to  lodge  in  ? 

24  And  she  said  unto  him,  I  am  the 
daughter  of  Bethuel  the  son  of  Milcah, 
which  she  bare  unto  Nahor. 

25  She  said  moreover  unto  him.  We  have 
both  straw  and  provender  enough,  and 
room  to  lodge  in. 

26  And  the  man  bowed  down  his  head, 
and  worshipped  the  Lord. 

27  And  he  said.  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God 
of  my  master  Abraham,  who  hath  not  left 
destitute  my  master  of  his  mercy  and  his 
truth :  I  bemy  in  the  way,  the  Lord  led 
me  to  the  house  of  my  master's  brethren. 

28  And  the  damsel  ran,  and  told  tfiem 
of  her  mother's  house  these  things. 

29  TI  And  Rebekah  had  a  brother,  and  his 
name  was  Laban :  and  Laban  ran  out  unto 
the  man,  unto  the  well. 

30  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  saw  the 
earring,  and  bracelets  upon  his  sister's 
hands,  and  when  he  heard  the  words  of 
Rebekah  his  sister,  saying.  Thus  spake  the 
man  unto  me,  that  he  came  unto  the  man ; 
and,  behold,  he  stood  by  the  camels  at  the 
well. 

31  And  he  said.  Come  in,  thou  blessed  of 
the  Lord;  wherefore  standest  thou  with- 
out? for  I  have  prepared  the  house,  and 
room  for  the  camels. 

32  T[  And  the  man  came  into  the  house : 
and  he  ungirded  his  camels,  and  gave 
straw  and  provender  for  the  camels,  and 
water  to  wash  his  feet,  and  the  men's  feet 
that  icere  with  him. 

33  And  there  was  set  meat  before  him  to 
eat :  but  he  said,  I  will  not  eat,  until  I 
have  told  mine  errand.  And  he  said. 
Speak  on. 

34  And  he  said,  I  am  Abraham's  sers'ant. 

35  And  the  Lord  hath  blessed  my  master 

greatly,  and   he  is  become  great :  and  he 
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GENESIS. 


hath  given  him  floclvs,  and  herds,  and 
silver,  and  gold,  and  menservants,  and 
maidservants,  and  camels,  and  lasses. 

36  And  Sarah  my  master's  -wife  bare  a  son 
to  my  master  when  she  was  old :  and  imto 
him  hath  he  given  all  that  he  hath. 

37  And  my  master  made  me  swear,  say- 
ing. Thou  Shalt  not  take  a  wife  to  my 
son  of  the  daughters  of  the  Canaanites, 
in  whose  land  I  dwell : 

38  But  thou  Shalt  go  unto  my  father's 
house,  and  to  my  kindred,  and  take  a 
wife  unto  my  son. 

39  And  I  said  unto  my  master,  Peradven- 
ture  the  woman  will  not  follow  me. 

40  And  he  said  unto  me,  The  Lord, 
before  whom  I  walk,  will  send  his  angel 
with  thee,  and  prosper  thy  way ;  and  thou 
Shalt  take  a  wife  for  my  son  of  my  kindred, 
and  of  my  father's  house  ; 

41  Then  shalt  thou  be  clear  from  this  my 
oath,  when  thou  comest  to  my  kindred; 
and  if  they  give  not  thee  one,  thou  shalt 
be  clear  from  my  oath. 

43  And  I  came  this  day  unto  the  well, 
and  said,  O  Lord  God  of  my  master  Abra- 
ham, if  now  thou  do  prosper  my  way 
which  I  go : 

43  Behold,  I  stand  by  the  well  of  water; 
and  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  when  the 
virgin  cometh  forth  to  draw  tcater,  and  I 
say  to  her.  Give  me,  I  pray  thee,  a  little 
water  of  thy  pitcher  to  drink; 

44  And  she  say  to  me.  Both  drink  thou, 
and  I  Avill  also  draw  for  thy  camels :  kt  the 
same  he  the  woman  whom  the  Lord  hath 
appointed  out  for  my  master's  son. 

45  And  before  I  had  done  speaking  in 
mine  heart,  behold,  Rebekah  came  forth 
with  her  pitcher  on  her  shoulder;  and  she 
went  down  unto  the  well,  and  drew  water: 
and  I  said  unto  her,  Let  me  drink,  I  pray 
thee. 

4C  And  she  made  haste,  and  let  down  her 
l)itcher  from  her  shoulder,  and  said.  Drink, 
and  I  Avill  give  thy  camels  drink  also:  so  I 
drank,  and  she  made  the  camels  drink  also. 

47  And  I  asked  her,  and  said,  Whose 
daughter  aj-t  thou?  And  she  said,  The 
daugliter  of  Bethuel,  Nahor's  son,  whom 
Milcah  bare  lanto  him :  and  I  put  the  ear- 
ring upon  her  face,  and  the  bracelets  upon 
her  hands. 

48  And  I  boAved  down  my  head,  and 
worshipped    the    Lord,   and    Ijlessed   tlic 

26 


Lord  God  of  my  master  Abraham,  which 
had  led  me  in  the  right  way  to  take  my 
master's  brother's  daughter  unto  his  son. 

49  And  now,  if  ye  Avill  deal  kindly  and 
truly  with  my  master,  tell  me:  and  if  not, 
tell  me ;  that  I  may  turn  to  the  right  hand, 
or  to  the  left. 

50  Then  Laban  and  Bethuel  answei-ed  and 
said.  The  thing  proceedeth  from  the  Lord  : 
we  cannot  speak  unto  thee  bad  or  good. 

51  Behold,  Rebekah  Is  before  thee;  take 
Jier,  and  go,  and  let  her  be  thy  master's 
son's  wife,  as  the  Lord  hath  spoken. 

52  And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when  Abra- 
ham's servant  heard  their  words,  he  wor- 
shipped the  Lord,  bowbig  himself  to  the 
earth. 

53  And  the  sers-ant  brought  forth  jewels 
of  silver,  and  jewels  of  gold,  and  raiment, 
and  gave  them  to  Rebekah:  he  gave  also 
to  her  brother  and  to  her  mother  precious 
things. 

54  And  they  did  eat  and  drink,  he  and  the 
men  that  were  with  him,  and  tarried  all 
night;  and  they  rose  up  in  the  morning, 
and  he  said,  Send  me  away  unto  my  mas- 
ter. 

55  And  her  brother  and  her  mother  said. 
Let  the  damsel  abide  with  us  a  few  days, 
at  the  least  ten;  after  that  she  shall  go. 

56  And  he  said  unto  them.  Hinder  me  not, 
seeing  the  Lord  hath  prospered  my  Avay ; 
send  me  away  that  I  may  go  to  my  master. 

57  And  they  said.  We  will  call  the  damsel, 
and  inquire  at  her  mouth. 

58  And  they  called  Rebekah,  and  said  un- 
to her,  Wnit  thou  go  with  this  man?  And 
she  said,  I  will  go. 

59  And  they  sent  away  Rebekah  their 
sister,  and  her  nurse,  and  Abraham's  sen'^- 
ant,  and  his  men. 

60  And  they  blessed  Rebekah,  and  said 
unto  her,  Thou  art  our  sister;  be  thou  the 
mother  of  thousands  of  millions,  and  let 
thy  seed  j^ossess  the  gate  of  those  which 
hate  them. 

61  *[[  And  Rebekah  arose,  and  her  dam- 
sels, and  they  rode  iipon  the  camels,  and 
followed  the  man:  and  the  servant  took 
Rebekah,  and  went  his  way. 

62  And  Isaac  came  from  the  way  of  the 
well  Lahai-roi;  for  he  dwelt  in  the  south 
country. 

63  And  Isaac  went  out  to  meditate  in  the 
lield  at  the  eventide:  and  he  lifted  up  his 


GENESIS. 


eyes,  and  suav,  and,  behold,  the  eamels  were 
coming. 

64  And  Rebekah  lifted  up  her  eyes,  and 
when  she  saw  Isaac,  she  lighted  off  the 
camel. 

6.5  For  she  had  said  imto  the  servant, 
What  man  is  this  that  walketh  in  the  field 
to  meet  us  ?  And  the  servant  had  said.  It 
is  my  master:  therefore  she  took  a  vail, 
and  covered  herself. 

66  And  the  servant  told  Isaac  all  things 
that  he  had  done. 

67  And  Isaac  brought  her  into  his  mother 
Sarah's  tent,  and  took  Rebekah,  and  she 
became  his  wife;  and  he  loved  her:  and 
Isaac  was  comforted  after  his  mother's 
death.         <^ 

CHAPTER  XXV. 

THEN  again  Abraham  took  a  wife,  and 
her  name  was  Keturah. 

2  And  she  bare  him  Zimran,  and  Jokshan, 
aiid  Medan,  and  Midian,  and  Ishbak,  and 
Shuah. 

3  And  Jokshan  begat  Sheba,  and  Dedan. 
And  the  sons  of  Dedan  were  Asshurim, 
and  Letushim,  and  Leummim. 

4  And  the  sons  of  Midian;  Ephah,  and 
Epher,  and  Hanoch,  and  Abidah,  and  Elda- 
ali.     All  these  were  the  children  of  Keturah. 

5  TI  And  Abraham  gave  all  that  he  had 
unto  Isaac. 

6  But  unto  the  sons  of  the  concubines, 
which  Abraham  had,  Abraham  gave  gifts, 
and  sent  them  away  from  Isaac  his  son, 
while  he  yet  lived,  eastward,  unto  the  east 
country. 

7  And  these  are  the  days  of  the  years  of 
Abraham's  life  which  he  lived,  a  hundred 
threescore  and  fifteen  years. 

8  Then  Abraham  ga-ve  uj)  the  ghost,  and 
died  in  a  good  old  age,  an  old  man,  and 
full  of  years;  and  was  gathered  to  his 
people. 

9  And  his  sons  Isaac  and  Ishmael  buried 
him  in  the  cave  of  Machpelah,  in  the  field 
of  Ephrou  the  son  of  Zohar  the  Hittite, 
which  is  before  Mamrc; 

10  The  field  which  Abraham  purchased 
of  the  sons  of  Heth :  there  was  Abraham 
buried,  and  Sarah  his  wife. 

11  T[  And  it  came  to  pass  after  the  death 
of  Abraham,  that  God  blessed  his  sou 
Isaac;  and  Isaac  dwelt  by  the  well  Lahai- 
roi. 

13  1  Now  these  are  the  generations   of 


Ishmael,  Abraham's  son,  whom  Hagar  the 
Egyptian,  Sarah's  handmaid,  bare  unto 
Abraham : 

13  And  these  are  the  names  of  the  sons 
of  Ishmael,  by  their  names,  according  to 
their  generations:  the  firstborn  of  Ish- 
mael, Nebajoth;  and  Kedar,  and  Adbeel, 
and  Mibsam, 

14  And  Mishma,  and  Duraah,  and  Massa, 

15  Hadar,  and  Tema,  Jetur,  Naphish,  and 
Kedemah : 

16  These  are  the  sons  of  Ishmael,  and 
these  are  their  names,  by  their  towns,  and 
by  their  castles ;  twelve  princes  according 
to  their  nations. 

17  And  these  are  the  years  of  the  life  of 
Ishmael,  a  hundred  and  thirty  and  seven 
years :  and  he  gave  up  the  ghost  and  died, 
and  was  gathered  unto  his  people. 

18  And  they  dwelt  from  Havilah  unto 
Shur,  that  is  before  Egypt,  as  thou  goest 
toward  Assyria:  and  he  died  in  the  pres- 
ence of  all  his  brethren. 

19  H  And  these  are  the  generations  of 
Isaac,  Abraham's  son:  Abraham  begat 
Isaac : 

20  And  Isaac  was  forty  years  old  when 
he  took  Rebekah  to  wife,  the  daughter 
of  Bethuel  the  Syrian  of  Padan-aram,  the 
sister  to  Laban  the  Syrian. 

21  And  Isaac  entreated  the  Lord  for  his 
wife,  because  she  was  barren :  and  the 
Lord  was  entreated  of  him,  and  Rebekah 
his  wife  conceived. 

22  And  the  children  straggled  together 
within  her;  and  she  said.  If  it  he  so,  why 
am  I  thus?  And  she  went  to  inquire  of 
the  Lord. 

23  And  the  Lord  said  unto  her,  Two 
nations  are  in  thy  womb,  and  two  manner 
of  people  shall  be  separated  from  thy 
bowels ;  and  the  one  people  shall  be 
stronger  than  the  other  people;  and  the 
elder  shall  serve  the  younger. 

24  T[  And  when  her  days  to  be  delivered 
were  fulfilled,  behold,  tJiere  were  twins  in 
her  womb. 

25  And  the  first  came  out  red,  all  over 
like  a  hairy  garment ;  and  they  called  his 
name  Esau. 

26  And  after  that  came  his  brother  out, 

and  his  hand  took  hold  on  Esau's  heel; 

and  his  name  was  called  Jacob :  and  Isaac 

was  threescore  years    old  when   she   bare 

them. 

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GENESIS. 


27  And  the  boys  grew :  aucl  Esau  was  a 
cunning  hunter,  a  man  of  the  field ;  and 
Jacob  teas  a  plain  man,  dwelling  in  tents. 

28  And  Isaac  loved  Esau,  because  he  did 
eat  of  his  venison :  but  Rebekah  loved 
Jacob. 

29  11  And  Jacob  sod  pottage:  and  Esau 
came  from  the  field,  and  he  was  faint : 

30  And  Esau  said  to  Jacob,  Feed  me,  I 
pmy  thee,  with  that  same  red  pottage; 
for  I  am  faint:  therefore  was  his  name 
called  Edom. 

31  And  Jacob  said,  Sell  me  this  day  thy 
birthright. 

32  And  Esau  said.  Behold,  I  am  at  the 
point  to  die:  and  Avhat  profit  shall  this 
birthright  do  to  me  ? 

33  And  Jacob  said.  Swear  to  me  this  day ; 
and  he  sware  unto  him:  and  he  sold  his 
birthright  unto  Jacob. 

34  Then  Jacob  gave  Esau  bread  and  pot- 
tage of  lentiles ;  and  he  did  eat  and  drink, 
and  rose  up,  and  went  his  way.  Thus  Esau 
despised  his  birthright. 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 

AND  there  was  a  famine  in  the  land, 
besides  the  first  famine  that  was  in  the 
days  of  Abraham.  And  Isaac  went  imto 
Abimelech  king  of  the  Philistines  unto 
Gerar. 

2  And  the  Lord  appeared  unto  him,  and 
said.  Go  not  down  into  Eg3'pt;  dwell  in 
the  land  "svhich  I  shall  tell  thee  of. 

3  Sojourn  in  this  land,  and  I  will  be  with 
thee,  and  will  bless  thee ;  for  unto  thee, 
and  unto  thy  seed,  I  will  give  all  these 
countries,  and  I  will  perform  the  oath 
which  I  sware  unto  Abraham  thy  father ; 

4  And  I  will  make  thy  seed  to  multiply 
as  the  stars  of  heaven,  and  will  give  imto 
thy  seed  all  these  countries;  and  in  thy 
seed  shall  all  the  nations  of  the  earth  be 
blessed: 

5  Because  that  Abraham  obeyed  my 
voice,  and  kept  my  charge,  my  command- 
ments, my  statutes,  and  ray  laws. 

6  TI  And  Isaac  dwelt  in  Gerar. 

7  And  the  men  of  the  place  asked  him 
of  his  wife ;  and  he  said.  She  is  my  sister : 
for  he  feared  to  say.  She  is  my  wife;  lest, 
said  he,  the  men  of  the  place  should  kill 
me  for  Rebekah ;  because  she  was  fair  to 
look  upon. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  had  been 

28 


there  a  long  time,  that  Abimelech  king  of 
the  Philistines  looked  out  at  a  window, 
and  saw,  and,  behold,  Isaac  was  si^orting 
with  Rebekah  his  wife. 

9  And  Abimelech  called  Isaac,  and  said, 
Behold,  of  a  surety  she  is  thy  wife:  and 
how  saidst  thou.  She  is  my  sister?  And 
Isaac  said  unto  him.  Because  I  said,  Lest 
I  die  for  her. 

10  And  Abimelech  said,  What  is  this  thou 
hast  done  unto  us  ?  one  of  the  people 
might  lightly  have  lain  with  thy  wife,  and 
thou  shouldest  have  brought  guiltiness  up- 
on us. 

11  And  Abimelech  charged  all  his  people, 
saying,  He  that  toucheth  this  man  or  his 
wife  shall  surely  be  put  to  death. 

12  Then  Isaac  sowed  in  that  land,  and 
received  in  the  same  year  a  hundredibld : 
and  the  Lord  blessed  him. 

13  And  the  man  waxed  great,  and  Avent 
forward,  and  grew  until  he  became  very 
great : 

14  For  he  had  possession  of  flocks,  and 
possession  of  herds,  and  great  store  of 
servants :  and  the  Philistines  envied  him. 

15  For  all  the  wells  which  his  father's 
servants  had  digged  in  the  days  of  Abra- 
ham his  Mher,  the  Philistines  had  stop- 
ped them,  and  filled  them  Avith  earth. 

16  And  Abimelech  said  unto  Isiuxc,  Go 
from  us ;  for  thou  art  much  mightier  than 
we. 

17  If  And  Isaac  departed  thence,  and 
pitched  his  tent  in  the  valley  of  Gerar,  and 
dwelt  there. 

18  And  Isaac  digged  again  the  wells  of 
watex-,  which  they  had  digged  in  the  days 
of  Abraham  his  father ;  for  the  Philistines 
had  stopped  them  after  the  death  of  Abra- 
ham: and  he  called  their  names  after  the 
names  by  which  his  father  had  called 
them. 

19  And  Isaac's  servants  digged  in  the  val- 
ley, and  found  there  a  well  of  springing 
water. 

20  And  the  herdmen  of  Gerar  did  strive 
with  Isaac's  herdmen,  saying,  The  water  i.s- 
ours :  and  he  called  the  name  of  the  well 
Esek;  because  they  strove  with  him. 

21  And  they  digged  another  well,  and 
strove  for  that  also:  and  he  called  the 
name  of  it  Sitnah. 

22  And  he  removed  from  thence,  and 
digged  another  well;    and    for  that   they 


GENESIS. 


strove  not:  tiud  he  called  the  mime  of  it 
Rehoboth;  aud  he  said,  For  now  the  Lord 
hath  made  room  for  lis,  aud  we  shall  be 
fruitful  in  the  land. 

23  Aud  he  went  up  from  thence  to  Beer- 
sheba. 

M  And  the  LoRi>  appeared  unto  him  the 
same  night,  and  said,  I  am  the  God  of 
Abraham  thy  father:  fear  not,  for  I  am 
with  thee,  and  will  bless  thee,  and  multiply 
thy  seed  for  my  servant  Abraham's  sake. 

25  And  he  builded  an  altar  there,  and 
called  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord,  and 
pitched  his  tent  there:  and  there  Isaac's 
servants  digged  a  well. 

26  Ti  Then  Abiraelech  went  to  him  from 
Gerar,  and  Ahnzzath  one  of  his  friends, 
and  Phichol  the  chief  captain  of  his  army. 

27  And  Isaac  said  unto  them,  Wherefore 
come  ye  to  me,  seeing  ye  hate  me,  and 
have  sent  me  away  from  you  ? 

28  And  they  said,  We  saw  certainly  that 
the  Lord  was  with  thee :  and  we  said,  Let 
there  be  now  an  oath  betwixt  us,  even  be- 
twixt us  and  thee,  and  let  us  make  a  cov- 
enant Avith  thee ; 

29  That  thou  wilt  do  us  no  hurt,  as  we 
have  not  touched  thee,  aud  as  we  have 
done  unto  thee  nothing  biit  good,  and 
have  sent  thee  away  in  peace:  thou  art 
now  the  blessed  of  the  Lord. 

30  And  he  made  them  a  feast,  and  they 
did  eat  and  drink. 

31  And  they  rose  up  betimes  in  the  morn- 
ing, and  sware  one  to  another:  aud  Isaac 
sent  them  away,  and  they  departed  from 
him  in  peace. 

32  And  it  came  to  pass  the  same  day,  that 
Isaac's  servants  came,  and  told  him  con- 
cerning the  well  which  they  had  digged, 
aud  said  unto  him.  We  have  found  water. 

33  And  he  called  it  Shebah:  therefore 
the  name  of  the  city  is  Beer-sheba  unto 
this  day. 

34  ^  And  Esau  was  forty  years  old  when 
he  took  to  wife  Judith  the  daughter  of 
Becri  the  Hittite,  and  Bashemath  the 
daughter  of  Elon  the  Hittite: 

35  Which  were  a  grief  of  mind  xinto 
Isaac  and  to  Eebekah. 

CHAPTER  XXVIL 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  Isaac 
was  old,  and  his  eyes  were  dim,  so 
that  he  could  not  see,  he  called  Esau  his 


eldest  sou,  aud  said  unto  him,  My  son: 
and  he  said  imto  him.  Behold,  here  am  I. 

2  And  he  said.  Behold  now,  I  am  old,  I 
knoAv  not  the  day  of  my  death : 

3  Now  therefore  take,  I  pray  thee,  thy 
weapons,  thy  quiver  and  thy  bow,  and 
go  out  to  the  field,  and  take  me  some 
venison ; 

4  And  make  me  savoury  meat,  such  as  I 
love,  and  bring  it  to  me,  that  I  may  eat; 
that  my  soul  may  bless  thee  before  I  die. 

5  And  Rebekah  heard  when  Isaac  spake 
to  Esau  his  son.  And  Esau  went  to  the 
field  to  hunt  for  venison,  and  to  bring  if. 

6  T[  And  Rebekah  spake  unto  Jacob  her 
son,  saying.  Behold,  I  heard  thy  father 
speak  unto  Esau  thy  brother,  saying, 

7  Bring  me  venison,  and  make  me  savoury 
meat,  that  I  may  eat,  and  bless  thee  before 
the  Lord  before  my  death. 

8  Now  therefore,  my  son,  obey  my  voice 
according  to  that  which  I  command  thee. 

9  Go  now  to  the  flocK,  and  fetch  me  from 
thence  two  good  kids  of  the  goats ;  and  I 
will  make  them  savoury  meat  for  thy  fa- 
ther, such  as  he  loveth : 

10  And  thou  shalt  bring  it  to  thy  father, 
that  he  may  eat,  and  that  he  may  bless 
thee  before  his  death. 

11  Aud  Jacob  said  to  Rebekah  his  mother. 
Behold,  Esau  my  brother  is  a  hairy  man, 
and  I  am  a  smooth  man : 

12  My  father  peradventure  will  feel  me, 
and  I  shall  seem  to  him  as  a  deceiver ;  aud 
I  shall  bring  a  curse  upon  me,  and  not  a 
blessing. 

13  And  his  mother  said  Tinto  him,  Upon 
me  be  thy  curse,  my  son :  only  obey  my 
voice,  and  go  fetch  me  them. 

14  And  he  went,  and  fetched,  and  brought 
them,  to  his  mother:  and  his  mother  made 
savoury  meat,  such  as  his  father  lo-ved. 

15  And  Rebekah  took  goodlj'  raiment  of 
her  eldest  son  Esau,  which  were  with  her  in 
the  hoitse,  and  put  them  upon  Jacob  her 
younger  son : 

16  And  she  put  the  skins  of  the  kids  of 
the  goats  upon  his  hands,  and  upon  the 
smooth  of  his  neck: 

17  And  she  gave  the  savouiy  meat  and 
the  bread,  which  she  had  prepared,  into 
the  hand  of  her  sou  Jacoli. 

18  ^  And  he  came  unto  his  father,  and 

said.  My  father:    and  he  said,  Here  am  I; 

who  art  thou,  my  son? 
_ 


GENESIS. 


19  And  Jacob  said  unto  his  lather,  I  am 
Esau  thy  firstborn ;  I  have  done  according 
as  thou  badest  me:  arise,  I  pray  thee,  sit 
and  eat  of  my  venison,  that  thy  soul  may 
bless  me. 

20  And  Isaac  said  unto  his  son,  How  is 
it  that  thou  hast  found  it  so  quickly,  my 
son?  And  he  said.  Because  the  Lord  thy 
God  brought  it  to  me. 

21  And  Isaac  said  unto  Jacob,  Come  near, 
I  pray  thee,  that  I  may  feel  thee,  my  son, 
whether  thou  he  my  very  son  Esau  or  not. 

22  And  Jacob  went  near  unto  Isaac  his 
father ;  and  he  felt  him,  and  said,  The  voice 
is  Jacob's  voice,  but  the  hands  are  the 
hands  of  Esau. 

23  And  he  discerned  him  not,  because  his 
hands  were  hairy,  as  his  brother  Esau's 
hands :  so  he  blessed  him. 

24  And  he  said.  Art  thou  my  very  son 
Esau  ?    And  he  said,  I  am. 

25  And  he  said.  Bring  it  near  to  me,  and  I 
Avill  cat  of  my  son's  venison,  that  vtiy  soul 
may  bless  thee.  And  he  brought  it  near  to 
him,  and  he  did  eat :  and  he  brought  him 
wine,  and  he  drank. 

26  And  his  Mher  Isaac  said  unto  him. 
Come  near  now,  and  kiss  me,  my  son. 

27  And  he  came  near,  and  kissed  him : 
and  he  smelled  the  smell  of  his  raiment, 
and  blessed  him,  and  said.  See,  the  smell 
of  my  son  in  as  the  smell  of  a  field  which 
the  Loud  hath  blessed  : 

28  Therefore  God  give  thee  of  the  dew 
of  heaven,  and  the  fatness  of  the  earth, 
and  plenty  of  com  and  wine: 

29  Let  people  serve  thee,  and  nations  bow 
down  to  thee:  be  lord  over  thy  brethren, 
and  let  thy  mother's  sons  bow  doM'n  to 
thee:  cursed  he  every  one  that  curseth 
thee,  and  blessed  he  he  that  blesseth  thee. 

30  T[  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon  as  Isaac 
had  made  an  end  of  blessing  Jacob,  and 
Jacob  was  yet  scarce  gone  out  from  the 
presence  of  Isaac  his  father,  that  Esau  his 
brother  came  in  from  his  hunting. 

31  And  he  also  had  made  savoury  meat, 
and  brought  it  unto  his  father,  and  said  unto 
his  father,  Let  my  father  arise,  and  eat  of  his 
son's  venison,  that  thy  soul  may  bless  me. 

32  And  Isaac  his  father  said  unto  him, 
Who  art  thou?  And  he  said,  I  am  thy 
son,  thy  firstborn,  Esau. 

33  And  Isaac  trembled  very  exceedingly, 
and  said.  Who?  where  w  he  tliat  hath  taken 

30 


venison,  and  brought  it  me,  and  I  have 
eaten  of  all  before  thou  eamest,  and  have 
blessed  him  ?  yea,  and  he  shall  be  blessed. 
34:  And  when  Esau  heard  the  words  of 
his  father,  he  cried  with  a  great  and  ex- 
ceeding bitter  cry,  and  said  unto  his  fa- 
ther. Bless  me,  eveyi  me  also,  O  my  father. 

35  And  he  said.  Thy  brother  came  vvith 
subtilty,  and  hath  taken  away  thy  blessing. 

36  And  he  said.  Is  not  he  rightly  named 
Jacob?  for  he  hath  supplanted  me  these 
two  times:  he  took  away  my  birthright; 
and,  behold,  now  he  hath  taken  away  my 
blessing.  And  he  said.  Hast  thou  not  re- 
serv^ed  a  blessing  for  me? 

37  And  Isaac  answered  and  said  unto 
Esau,  Behold,  I  have  made  him  thy  lord, 
and  all  his  brethren  have  I  given  to  him 
for  servants;  and  with  corn  and  wine 
have  I  sustained  him:  and  what  shall  I 
do  now  unto  thee,  my  son? 

38  And  Esau  said  unto  his  father.  Hast 
thou  but  one  blessing,  my  father?  bless 
me,  even,  me  also,  O  my  father.  And  Esau 
lifted  up  his  voice,  and  Avept. 

39  And  Isaac  his  father  answered  and 
said  unto  him.  Behold,  thy  dwelling  shall 
be  the  fatness  of  the  earth,  and  of  the  dew 
of  heaven  from  aboA'c ; 

40  And  b)'  thy  sword  slialt  thou  live,  and 
Shalt  serve  thy  brother :  and  it  shall  come 
to  pass  when  thou  shalt  have  the  dominion, 
that  thou  Shalt  break  his  yoke  from  off  thy 
neck. 

41  *![  And  Esau  hated  Jacob  because  of 
the  blessing  wherewith  liis  father  blessed 
him :  and  Esau  said  in  his  heart.  The  days 
of  mourning  for  my  father  are  at  hand; 
then  will  I  slay  my  brother  Jacob. 

42  And  these  words  of  Esau  her  elder  son 
were  told  to  Rebekah  :  and  she  sent  and 
called  Jacob  her  younger  son,  and  said 
unto  him.  Behold,  thy  brother  Esau,  as 
touching  thee,  doth  comfort  himself,  pur- 
posbu/  to  Ivill  thee. 

43  Now  therefore,  my  son,  obey  my  voice ; 
and  arise,  flee  thou  to  Laban  my  brother  to 
Haran ; 

44  And  tarry  with  him  a  few  days,  until 
thy  brother's  fury  turn  aAvay ; 

45  Until  thy  brother's  anger  turn  away 
from  thee,  and  he  forget  t7iat  which  thou 
hast  done  to  him :  then  I  will  send,  and 
fetch  thee  from  thence :  why  should  I  be 
dej)rived  also  of  you  both  in  one  day? 


GENESIS. 


4<i  And  Rebekah  said  to  Isaac,  I  am  weary 
of  my  life  because  of  the  daughters  of 
Heth :  if  Jacob  take  a  Avife  of  the  daughters 
of  Heth,  such  as  these  which  are  of  the 
daughters  of  the  land,  what  good  shall  my 
life  do  me  V     "** 

CHAPTER  XXVIII. 

AND  Isaac  called  Jacob,  and  blessed  him, 
and  charged  him,  and  said  unto  him. 
Thou  Shalt  not  take  a  wife  of  the  daughters 
of  Canaan. 

2  Arise,  go  to  Padan-aram,  to  the  house 
of  Bethuel  thy  mother's  father;  and  take 
thee  a  wife  from  thence  of  the  daughters 
of  Laban  thy  mother's  brother. 

3  And  God  Almighty  bless  thee,  and 
make  thee  fruitful,  and  multiply  thee,  that 
thou  mayest  be  a  multitude  of  people  ; 

4  And  give  thee  the  blessing  of  Abraham, 
to  thee,  and  to  thy  seed  with  thee;  that 
thou  mayest  inherit  the  land  wherein  thou 
art  a  stranger,  which  God  gave  unto  Abra- 
ham. 

5  And  Isaac  sent  away  Jacob  :  and  he  went 
to  Padan-aram  unto  Laban,  son  of  Bethuel 
the  Syrian,  the  brother  of  Rebekah,  Jacob's 
and  Esau's  motlier. 

6  1  When  Esau  saw  that  Isaac  had  blessed 
Jacob,  and  sent  him  aAvay  to  Padan-aram, 
to  take  him  a  wife  from  thence ;  and  that 
as  he  blessed  him  he  gave  him  a  charge, 
saying,  Thou  shalt  not  take  a  wife  of  the 
daughters  of  Canaan  ; 

7  And  that  Jacob  obeyed  his  father  and 
his  mother,  and  was  gone  to  Padan-arain  ; 

8  And  Esau  seeing  that  the  daughters  of 
Canaan  pleased  not  Isaac  his  father; 

9  Then  went  Esau  unto  lshmael,and  took 
unto  the  wives  which  he  had  Mahalath  the 
daughter  of  Ishmael  Abraham's  son,  the 
sister  of  Nebajoth,  to  be  his  wife. 

10  ^  And  Jacob  went  out  from  Beer-sheba, 
and  went  toward  Haran. 

11  And  he  lighted  upon  a  certain  place, 
and  tarried  there  all  uiglit,  because  the  sun 
was  set ;  and  he  took  of  the  stones  of  that 
place,  and  put  tJiem  for  his  pillows,  and 
lay  down  in  that  place  to  sleep. 

12  And  he  dreamed,  and  behold  a  lad- 
der set  up  on  the  earth,  and  the  top  of  it 
reached  to  heaven :  and  behold  the  angels 
of  God  ascending  and  descending  on  it. 

13  And,  behold,  the  Lord  stood  above  it, 
and  said,  I  am  the  Lokd  God  of  Abraham 


thy  father,  and  the  God  of  Isaac:  the 
land  whereon  thou  liest,  to  thee  will  I 
give  it,  and  to  thy  seed ; 

14  And  thy  seed  shall  be  as  the  dust  of 
the  earth ;  and  thou  shalt  spread  abroad  to 
the  west,  and  to  the  east,  and  to  the  north, 
and  to  the  south:  and  in  thee  and  in  thy 
seed  shall  all  the  families  of  the  earth  be 
blessed. 

15  And,  behold,  I  am  with  thee,  and  will 
keep  thee  in  all  places  whither  thou  goest, 
and  will  bring  thee  again  into  this  land ; 
for  I  will  not  leave  thee,  until  I  have 
done  that  Avhich  I  have  spoken  to  thee  of 

16  Ti  And  Jacob  aAvaked  out  of  his  sleep, 
and  he  said.  Surely  the  Lord  is  in  this 
place  ;  and  1  knew  it  not. 

17  And  he  was  afraid,  and  said,  How 
dreadful  i.s  this  })lace !  this  is  none  other 
but  the  house  of  God,  and  this  is  the  gate 
of  heaven. 

18  And  Jacob  rose  vp  early  in  the  morn- 
ing, and  took  the  stone  that  he  had  i)ut 
for  his  ]nllow8,  and  set  it  up  for  a  pillar, 
and  poured  oil  upon  the  top  of  it. 

19  And  he  called  the  name  of  that  place 
Beth-el :  but  the  name  of  that  city  was 
called  Luz  at  the  first. 

20  And  Jacob  vowed  a  vow,  saying,  If 
God  Avill  be  Avith  me,  and  Avill  keep  me 
in  this  Avay  that  I  go,  and  Avill  give  me 
bread  to  eat,  and  raiment  to  ])ut  on, 

21  So  that  I  come  again  to  my  fothcr's 
house  in  peace;  then  shall  the  Lord  be 
my  God : 

22  And  this  stone,  Avliich  I  have  set  for  a 
pillar,  shall  be  God's  house  :  and  of  all  that 
thou  shalt  give  me  I  Avill  surely  give  the 
tenth  unto  thee.        ^ 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 

THEN  Jacob  Avent  on  his  journey,  and 
came  into  the  land  of  the  people  of 
the  east. 

2  And  he  looked,  and  behold  a  Avell  in  the 
field,  and,  lo,  there  were  three  flocks  of 
sheep  lying  by  it ;  for  out  of  that  Avell  they 
Avatered  the  flocks :  and  a  great  stone  ivas 
upon  the  Avell's  mouth. 

3  And  thither  Avere  all  the  flocks  gath- 
ered: and  they  rolled  the  stone  from  the 
Avell's  mouth,  and  AA-atcred  the  sheep,  and 
put  the  stone  again  upon  the  well's  mouth 
in  his  place. 

4  And  Jacob  said  unto  them.  My  breth- 

31  ~~  " 


GENESIS. 


ren,   whence  be   ye?      And  they  said,   Of 
Haran  are  we. 

5  And  he  said  unto  them,  Know  ye  Laban 
the  sou  of  Nahor?  And  they  said,  We 
know  him. 

6  And  he  said  iinto  them.  Is  he  Avell?  And 
they  said.  He  is  well :  and,  behold,  Rachel 
his  daughter  cometh  with  the  sheep. 

7  And  he  said,  Lo,  it  is  yet  high  day, 
neither  is  it  time  that  the  cattle  should 
be  gathered  together:  water  ye  the  sheep, 
and  go  a7id  feed  them. 

8  And  they  said,  We  cannot,  until  all  the' 
flocks  be  gathered  together,  and  till  they 
roll  the  stone  from  the  well's  mouth ;  then 
we  water  the  sheep. 

9  T[  And  while  he  yet  spake  with  them, 
Rachel  came  with  her  father's  sheep:  for 
she  kept  them. 

10  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jacob  saw 
Rachel  the  daughter  of  Laban  his  mother's 
brother,  and  the  sheep  of  Labau  his  moth- 
er's brother,  that  Jacob  went  near,  and 
rolled  the  stone  from  the  well's  mouth, 
and  watered  the  flock  of  Laban  his  moth- 
er's brother. 

11  And  Jacob  kissed  Rachel,  and  lifted 
up  his  voice,  and  wept. 

13  And  Jacob  told  Rachel  that  he  tocui  her 
flither's  brother,  and  that  he  wm  Rebekah's 
son:  and  she  ran  and  told  her  father. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Laban 
heard  the  tidings  of  Jacob  his  sister's  son, 
that  he  ran  to  meet  him,  and  embraced  him, 
and  kissed  him,  and  brought  him  to  his 
house.    And  he  told  Labau  all  these  things. 

14  And  Laban  said  to  him,  Surely  thou 
ai't  my  bone  and  my  flesh.  And  he  abode 
with  him  the  space  of  a  month. 

15  H  And  Laban  said  unto  Jacob,  Because 
thou  art  my  brother,  shouldest  thou  there- 
fore serve  me  for  nought?  tell  me,  what 
shall  thy  wages  be.^ 

16  And  Laban  had  two  daughters:  the 
name  of  the  elder  u-as  Leah,  and  the  name 
of  the  younger  was  Rachel. 

17  Leah  was  tender  eyed;  but  Rachel  was 
beautiful  and  well  favoured. 

18  And  Jacob  loved  Rachel;  and  said,  I 
will  serve  thee  seven  years  for  Rachel  thy 
younger  daughter. 

19  And  Laban  said,  It  is  better  that  I  give 
her  to  thee,  than  that  I  should  give  her  to 
another  man :  abide  with  me. 

20  And    Jacob    ser^^ed    seven    yeai-s    for 


Rachel;  and  they  seemed  unto  him  but  a 
few  days,  for  the  love  he  had  to  her. 

21  1[  And  Jacob  said  unto  Laban,  Give 
me  my  wife,  for  my  days  are  fulfilled,  that 
I  may  go  in  unto  her. 

23  And  Laban  gathered  together  all  the 
men  of  the  place,  and  made  a  feast. 

23  And  it  came  to  jjass  in  the  evening, 
that  he  took  Leah  his  daughter,  and 
brought  her  to  him ;  and  he  went  in  unto 
her. 

24  And  Laban  gave  unto  his  daughter 
Leah  Zilpah  his  maid  for  a  handmaid. 

25  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  in  the 
morning,  behold,  it  was  Leah:  and  he 
said  to  Laban,  What  is  this  thou  hast 
done  unto  me?  did  not  I  serve  with  thee 
for  Rachel?  wherefore  then  hast  thou 
beguiled  me? 

26  And  Laban  said,  It  must  not  be  so  done 
in  our  country,  to  give  the  younger  before 
the  firstborn. 

27  Fulfil  her  week,  and  we  will  give  thee 
this  also  for  the  serv^ice  which  thou  shalt 
serve  with  me  yet  seven  other  years. 

28  And  Jacob  did  so,  and  fulfilled  her 
week :  and  he  gave  him  Rachel  his  daughter 
to  wife  also. 

29  And  Laban  gave  to  Rachel  his  daughter 
Bilhah  his  handmaid  to  be  her  maid. 

30  And  he  went  in  also  unto  Rachel,  and 
he  loved  also  Rachel  more  than  Leah,  and 
served  with  him  yet  seven  other  years. 

31  Tl  And  when  the  Lord  saw  that  Leah 
^cas  hated,  he  opened  her  womb:  but 
Rachel  zoos  barren. 

33  And  Leah  conceived,  and  bare  a  son; 
and  she  called  his  name  Reuben:  for  she 
said.  Surely  the  Lord  hath  looked  upon 
my  affliction;  now  therefore  my  husband 
will  love  me. 

33  And  she  conceived  again,  and  bare 
a  son;  and  said.  Because  the  Lord  hath 
heard  that  I  was  hated,  he  hath  therefore 
given  me  this  son  also :  and  she  called  his 
name  Simeon. 

34  And  she  conceived  again,  and  bare  a 
son;  and  said.  Now  this  time  will  my 
husband  be  joined  unto  me,  because  I 
have  borne  him  three  sons :  therefore  was 
his  name  called  Levi. 

35  And  she  conceived  again,  and  bare  a 
son;  and  she  said.  Now  will  I  praise  the 
Lord:  therefore  slie  called  his  name  Ju- 
diili;  nnd  left  bearing. 


GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  XXX. 

AND  -vvhcn  Rachel  saw  that  she  bare 
Jacob  uo  childreu,  Rachel  envied  her 
sister;  and  said  unto  Jacob,  Give  me  chil- 
dreu, or  else  I  die. 

2  And  Jacob's  anger  was  kindled  against 
Rachel;  and  he  said.  Am  I  in  God's  stead, 
who  hath  withheld  from  thee  the  fruit  of 
the  womb  ? 

3  And  she  said,  Behold  my  maid  Bilhah, 
go  in  unto  her;  and  she  shall  bear  upon 
my  knees,  that  I  may  also  have  children 
by  her. 

4  And  she  gave  him  Bilhah  her  handmaid 
to  wife :  and  Jacob  went  in  unto  her. 

5  And  Bilhah  conceived,  and  bare  Jacob 
a  sou. 

6  And  Rachel  said,  God  hath  judged  me, 
and  hath  also  heard  my  voice,  and  hath 
given  me  a  sou :  therefore  called  she  his 
name  Dan. 

7  And  Bilhah  Rachel's  maid  conceived 
again,  and  bare  Jacob  a  second  son. 

8  And  Rachel  said.  With  great  wrestlings 
have  I  wrestled  with  my  sister,  and  I  have 
prevailed:  and  she  called  his  name  Nai)h- 
tali. 

9  When  Leah  saw  that  she  had  left  bearing, 
she  took  Zili)ah  her  maid,  and  gave  her 
Jacob  to  wife. 

10  And  Zilpah  Leah's  maid  bare  Jacob  a 
son. 

11  And  liCah  said,  A  troop  cometh :  and 
she  called  his  name  Gad. 

12  And  Zilpah  Leah's  maid  bare  Jacob  a 
second  son. 

13  And  Leah  said,  Happj-  am  I,  for  the 
daughters  will  call  me  blessed:  and  she 
called  his  name  Asher. 

14  H  And  Reuben  went  in  the  days  of 
wheat  harvest,  and  found  mandrakes  in 
the  field,  and  brought  them  unto  his 
mother  Leah.  Then  Rachel  said  to  Leah, 
Give  me,  I  pray  thee,  of  thy  son's  man- 
drakes. 

15  And  she  said  imto  her.  In  it  a  small 
matter  that  thou  hast  taken  my  husband  ? 
and  wouldest  thou  take  away  my  son's 
mandrakes  also  ?  And  Rachel  said,  There- 
fore he  shall  lie  with  thee  to  night  for  thy 
son's  mandrakes. 

16  And  Jacob  came  out  of  the  field  in  the 
evening,  and  Leah  went  out  to  meet  him, 
and  said.  Thou  must  come  in  unto  me ;  for 
surely  I  have  hired   thee  Avith   my  son's 


mandrakes.      And    he    lay   with   her   that 
night. 

17  And  God  hearkened  unto  Leah,  and 
she  conceived,  and  bare  Jacob  the  fifth 
son. 

18  And  Leah  said,  God  hath  given  me 
my  hire,  because  I  have  given  my  maiden 
to  my  husband:  and  she  called  his  name 
Issacliar. 

19  And  Leah  conceived  again,  and  bare 
Jacob  the  sixth  sou. 

20  And  Leah  said,  God  hath  endued  me 
with  a  good  dowry;  now  will  my  husband 
dwell  with  me,  because  I  have  borne  him 
six  sons  :  and  she  called  his  name  Zebuluu. 

21  And  afterwards  she  bare  a  daughter, 
and  called  her  name  Dinah. 

22  H  And  God  remembered  Rachel,  and 
God  hearkened  to  her,  and  oijcned  her 
womb. 

23  And  she  conceived,  and  bare  a  son; 
and  said,  God  hath  taken  away  my  re- 
proach : 

24  And  she  called  his  name  Joseph ;  and 
said.  The  Lokd  shall  add  to  me  another 
son. 

25  T[  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Rachel 
had  borne  Joseph,  that  Jacob  said  unto 
Labau,  Send  me  aAvay,  that  I  may  go  unto 
mine  own  place,  and  to  my  country. 

26  Give  me  my  wives  and  my  children, 
for  whom  I  have  served  thee,  and  let  me 
go :  for  thou  kuowest  my  service  which 
I  have  done  thee. 

27  And  Labau  said  unto  him,  I  pray  thee, 
if  I  have  foxuid  favour  in  thine  eyes,  tan'?/: 
for  I  have  learned  by  experience  that  the 
Lokd  hath  blessed  me  for  thy  sake. 

28  And  he  said,  Appoint  me  thy  wages, 
and  I  will  give  it. 

29  And  he  said  unto  him.  Thou  knowest 
how  I  have  served  thee,  and  how  thy  cattle 
was  with  me. 

30  For  it  torn  little  which  thou  hadst  be- 
fore I  came,  and  it  is  voiu  increased  unto 
a  multitude;  and  the  Lord  hath  blessed 
thee  since  my  coming:  and  now,  when 
shall  I  provide  for  mine  own  house  also  ? 

31  And  he  said.  What  shall  I  give  thee  ? 
And  Jacob  said.  Thou  shalt  not  give  me 
any  thing:  if  thou  wilt  do  this  thing  for 
me,  I  will  again  feed  a7id  keep  thy  flock. 

32  I  will  pass  through  all  thy  flock  to  da}-, 

removing  from  thence  all  the  speckled  and  I 

1  SDotted    cattle,   nnd    all  the   brown   cattle  j 
_ 


GENESIS. 


among  the  sheep,  and  the  spotted  and 
speckled  among  the  goats :  and  of  mch 
shall  be  my  hire. 

33  So  shall  my  righteousness  answer  for 
me  in  time  to  come,  when  it  shall  come  for 
my  hire  before  thy  face  :  every  one  that  is 
not  speckled  and  spotted  among  the  goats, 
and  brown  among  the  sheep,  that  shall  be 
counted  stolen  with  me. 

34  And  Laban  said,  Behold,  I  would  it 
might  be  according  to  thy  word. 

I  35  And  he  removed  that  day  the  he  goats 
1  that  were  ringstreaked  and  spotted,  and 
i  all  the  she  goats  that  were  speckled  and 
!  si^otted,  and  every  one  that  had  some  white 
in  it,  and  all  the  brown  among  the  sheep, 
and  gave  them  into  the  hand  of  his  sons. 

36  And  he  set  three  days'  jouniey  betwixt 
himself  and  Jacob  :  and  Jacob  fed  the  rest 
of  Laban's  flocks. 

37  \  And  Jacob  took  him  rods  of  green 
poplar,  and  of  the  hazel  and  chesnut  tree ; 
and  pilled  white  streaks  in  them,  and  made 
the  white  appear  which  ?ra.s-  in  tlie  rods. 

38  And  he  set  the  rods  which  he  had 
pilled  before  the  flocks  in  the  gutters  in 
the  Avatering  troughs  when  the  flocks  came 
to  drink,  that  they  should  conceive  when 
they  came  to  drink. 

39  And  the  flocks  conceived  before  the 
rods,  and  brought  forth  cattle  ringstreaked, 
speckled,  and  spotted. 

40  And  Jacob  did  separate  the  lambs,  and 
set  the  faces  of  the  flocks  toward  the  ring- 
streaked, and  all  the  brown  in  the  flock  of 
Laban  ;  and  he  put  his  own  flocks  by  them- 
selves, and  i^ut  them  not  unto  Laban's  cattle. 

41  And  it  came  to  pass,  whensoever  the 
stronger  cattle  did  conceive,  that  Jacob 
laid  the  rods  before  the  eyes  of  the  cattle 
in  the  gutters,  that  they  might  conceive 
among  the  rods. 

43  But  when  the  cattle  were  feeble,  he 
put  them  not  in:  so  the  feebler  were  La- 
ban's, and  the  stronger  Jacob's. 

43  And  the  man  increased  exceedingly, 
and  had  much  cattle,  and  maidservants, 
and  meuservants,  and  camels,  and  asses. 

CHAPTER  XXXL 

AND  he  heard  the  words  of  Laban's 
sons,  saying,  Jacob  hath  taken  away 
all  that  u'os  our  father's;  and  of  that  which 
xoas  our  father's   hath    he  gotten   all  this 

glory- 

34 


'.  3  And  Jacob  beheld  the  countenance  of 
Laban,  and,  behold,  it  vxi.s  not  toAvard  him 

!  as  before. 

j  3  And  the  Lokd  said  unto  Jacob,  Return 
unto  the  land  of  thy  fathers,  and  to  thy 

i  kindred;  and  I  will  be  with  thee. 

:  4  And  Jacob  sent  and  called  Rachel  and 
Leah  to  the  field  unto  his  flock, 

:    5  And  said  unto  them,  I  see  your  father's 

:  countenance,  that  it  i.s  not  toward  me  as 

:  before ;  but  the  God  of  my  father  hath  been 

j  with  me. 

j  6  And  ye  know  that  with  all  my  power  I 
haA'e  serA'ed  your  father. 

!  7  And  your  father  hath  deceived  rae,  and 
changed  my  Avages  ten  times;  but  God  suf- 
fered him  not  to  hurt  me. 

8  If  he  said  thus,  The  speckled  shall  be 
thy  AA-ages ;  then  all  the  cattle  bare  speck- 
led :  and  if  he  said  thus.  The  ringstreaked 
shall  be  thy  hire;  then  bare  all  the  cattle 
ringstreaked. 

9  Thus  God  hath  taken  aAvay  the  cattle  of 
3'our  father,  and  given  them  to  me. 

10  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  time  that 
the  cattle  conceived,  that  I  lifted  up  mine 
eyes,  and  saAV  in  a  dream,  and,  behold,  the 
rams  Avhich  leaped  upon  the  cattle  nere 
ringstreaked,  speckled,  and  grizzled. 

11  And  the  angel  of  God  spake  unto  me  in 
a  dream,  saybig^  Jacob:  and  I  said.  Here 
am  I. 

13  And  he  said.  Lift  up  noAV  thine  eyes, 
and  see,  all  the  rams  Avhich  leap  upon  the 
cattle  are  ringstreaked,  speckled,  and  griz- 
zled :  for  I  have  seen  all  that  Laban  doeth 
unto  thee. 

13  I  am  the  God  of  Beth-el,  AAhere  thou 
anointedst  the  pillar,  and  Avhere  thou  voav- 
edst  a  AOAV  unto  me:  noAV  arise,  get  thee 
out  from  this   land,  and  return  unto  the 

j  land  of  tliy  kindred. 

14  And  Rachel  and  Leah  ausAvered  and 
said  unto  him,  Zs-  there  yet  any  portion  or 
inheritance  for  us  in  our  father's  house? 

1.5  Are  Ave  not  counted  of  liim  strangers? 
for  he  hath  sold  us,  and  hath  quite  devour- 
ed also  our  money. 

IG  For  all  tlie  riches  Avhich  God  hath 
taken  from  our  fatlier,  that  U  ours,  and  our 
children's  :  noAV  then,  AvhatsoeA'er  God  hath 
said  unto  thee,  do. 

17  "i  Then  Jacob  rose  up,  and  set  his  sons 
and  his  Avives  iipon  camels; 

18  And  he  carried  aAvay  all  his  cattle,  and 


GENESIS. 


all  his  goods  -which  he  hud  gotten,  the  cat- 
tle of  his  getting,  which  he  had  gotten  in 
Padan-arani,  for  to  go  to  Isaac  his  father 
in  tlie  land  of  Canaan. 

19  And  Laban  Avent  to  shear  his  sheep: 
and  Rachel  liad  stolen  the  iniages  that  were 
her  father's. 

20  And  Jacob  stole  away  imawares  to  La- 
ban  the  Sj'rian,  in  that  he  told  him  not 
that  he  fled. 

21  So  he  fled  with  all  that  he  had;  and  he 
rose  up,  and  passed  over  the  river,  and  set 
his  face  toward  the  mount  Gilead. 

22  And  it  was  told  Laban  on  the  tliird  da}-, 
that  Jacob  was  fled. 

23  And  he  took  his  brethren  with  him, 
and  pursued  after  him  seven  daj-s'  jour- 
ney; and  they  overtook  him  in  the  mount 
Gilead. 

•24  And  God  came  to  Lal)an  the  Syrian  in  a 
dream  ])y  night,  and  said  unto  him,  Take 
heed  that  thou  speak  not  to  Jacob  either 
good  or  bad. 

25  ^[  Then  Laban  overtook  Jacob.  Now 
Jacob  had  jiitched  his  tent  in  the  mount: 
and  Laban  with  his  brethren  pitched  in  the 
moinit  of  Gilead. 

26  And  Laban  said  to  Jacob,  What  hast 
thou  done,  that  thou  hast  stolen  away 
unawares  to  me,  and  carried  away  my 
daughters,  as  captives  taken  with  the 
sword? 

27  Wherefore  didst  thou  flee  away  secret- 
ly, and  steal  away  from  me;  and  didst  not 
tell  me,  that  I  might  have  sent  thee  away 
with  mirth,  and  Avith  songs,  with  tabret, 
and  with  harp  ? 

28  And  hast  not  suffered  me  to  kiss  my 
sons  and  my  daughters?  thou  hast  now 
done  foolishly  iu  .so  doing. 

29  It  is  in  the  power  of  my  hand  to  do 
you  hurt:  but  the  God  of  your  father  spake 
unto  rac  yesternight,  saying.  Take  thou 
heed  that  thou  speak  not  to  Jacob  either 
good  or  bad. 

30  And  now,  though  thou  wouldest  needs 
be  gone,  because  thou  sore  longedst  after 
thy  ftither's  house,  yet  wherefore  hast  thou 
stolen  my  gods  ? 

31  And  Jacob  answered  and  said  to  La- 
ban, Because  I  was  afraid :  for  I  said,  Per- 
adventure  thou  Avouldest  take  by  force  thy 
daughters  from  me. 

32  With  Avhomsoever  thou  findest  thy 
gods,  let  him  not  live:  before  our  breth- 


ren discern  thou  what  is  thine  with  me, 
and  take  it  to  thee.  For  Jacob  kncAV  not 
that  Rachel  had  stolen  them. 

33  And  Laban  went  into  Jacob's  tent,  and 
into  Leah's  tent,  and  into  the  Iavo  maid- 
servants' tents;  but  he  found  them  not. 
Then  went  he  out  of  Leah's  tent,  and 
entered  into  Rachel's  tent. 

34  Now  Rachel  had  taken  the  images, 
and  put  them  in  the  camel's  furniture, 
and  sat  upon  them.  And  Laban  searched 
all  the  tent,  but  found  them  not. 

35  And  she  said  to  her  father,  Let  it  not 
displease  my  lord  that  I  cannot  rise  up 
before  thee;  for  the  custom  of  women  i.s 
upon  me.  And  he  searched,  l)ut  found  not 
the  images. 

36  1[  And  Jacol)  Avas  Avroth,  and  chode 
Avdth  Laban :  and  Jacob  ansAvered  and  said 
to  Laban,  What  in  my  trespass?  Avhat  is 
my  sin,  that  thou  hast  so  hotly  pursued 
after  me  ? 

37  Whereas  thou  hast  searched  all  my 
stufi;  Avhat  hast  thou  found  of  all  thy  house- 
hold stuff?  set  it  here  before  my  breth- 
ren and  thy  brethren,  that  they  may  judge 
betAvixt  us  both. 

38  This  tAveuty  years  have  I  been  Avith  thee; 
thy  CAves  and  thy  she  goats  have  not  cast 
their  young,  and  the  rams  of  thy  flock  have 
I  not  eaten. 

39  That  Avhich  Avas  torn  of  beasts  I  brought 
not  unto  thee;  I  bare  the  loss  of  it;  of  my 
hand  didst  thou  require  it,  whether  stolen 
by  day,  or  stolen  by  night. 

40  Thus  I  Avas;  in  the  day  the  drought 
consumed  me,  and  the  frost  by  night;  and 
ray  sleep  departed  from  mine  eyes. 

41  Thus  have  I  been  tAventy  years  in  thy 
house :  I  served  thee  fourteen  years  for  tliy 
tAvo  daughters,  and  six  years  for  thy  cattle; 
and  thou  hast  changed  my  Avages  ten  times. 

42  Except  the  God  of  ray  flither,  the  God 
of  Abraham,  and  the  fear  of  Isaac,  had 
been  Avith  me,  surely  thou  hadst  sent  me 
away  noAV  empty.  God  hath  seen  mine 
afHiction  and  the  labour  of  my  hands,  and 
rebuked  thee  yesternight. 

43  ^  And  Laban  ansAvered  and  said  unto 
Jacob,  These  daughters  are  my  daughters, 
and  these  children  arc  my  children,  and 
these  cattle  are  ray  cattle,  and  all  that  thou 
seest  is  mine:  and  a\ hat  can  I  do  this  day 
unto  these  ray  daughters,  or  unto  their 
children  which  they  have  borne? 

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GENESIS. 


44  Now  tht-'relore  come  tliou,  let  us  make 
a  coveuaut,  I  aud  thou;  and  let  it  be  for 
a  witness  between  me  and  thee. 

45  And  Jacob  took  a  stone,  and  set  it  up 
for  a  pillar. 

46  And  Jacob  said  unto  his  brethren, 
Gather  stones;  and  they  took  stones,  and 
made  a  heap :  and  they  did  eat  there  upon 
the  heap. 

47  And  Laban  called  it  Jegar-sahadutha : 
but  Jacob  called  it  Galeed. 

48  And  Laban  said.  This  heap  i.s  a  witness 
between  me  and  thee  this  day.  Therefore 
was  the  name  of  it  called  Galeed, 

49  And  Mizpah;  for  he  said,  The  Lord 
watch  between  me  and  thee,  when  we  are 
al)sent  one  from  another. 

50  If  thou  Shalt  afflict  my  daughters,  or  if 
thou  Shalt  take  other  wives  beside  my  daugh- 
ters, no  man  in  with  us;  see,  God  is  wit- 
ness betwixt  me  and  thee. 

51  And  Laban  said  to  Jacob,  Behold  this 
heap,  and  behold  thin  pillar,  Avhich  I  have 
cast  betwixt  me  and  thee; 

52  This  heap  &e  witness,  and  thh  pillar  he 
witness,  that  I  will  not  pass  over  this  heap 
to  thee,  and  that  thou  shalt  not  pass  over 
this  heap  and  this  pillar  unto  me,  for  harm. 

53  The  God  of  Abraham,  and  the  God  of 
Nahor,  the  God  of  their  father,  judge  be- 
twixt us.  And  Jacob  sware  by  the  fear  of 
his  father  Isaac. 

54  Then  Jacob  offered  sacrifice  upon  the 
mount,  and  called  his  brethren  to  eat 
bread :  and  the)'  did  eat  bread,  and  tarried 
all  night  in  the  mount. 

55  And  early  in  the  morning  Laban  rose 
up,  and  kissed  his  sons  and  his  daughters, 
and  blessed  them :  and  Laban  departed,  and 
returned  unto  his  place. 

CHAPTER  XXXIL 

AND  Jacob  went  on  his  Avay,  and  the 
angels  of  God  met  him. 

2  And  when  Jacob  saw  them,  he  said. 
This  in  God's  host:  and  he  called  the  name 
of  that  place  Mahanaim. 

3  And  Jacob  sent  messengers  ])efore  him 
to  Esau  his  brother  unto  the  land  of  Seir, 
the  country  of  Edom. 

4  And  he  commanded  them,  saying.  Thus 
shall  ye  speak  imto  my  lord  Esau;  Thy 
servant  Jacob  saith  thus,  I  have  sojourned 
■with  Laban,  and  stayed  there  until  now: 

5  And  I  have  oxen,  and  asses,  flocks,  and 

'  36 


menservauts,  and  womenservants:  and  I 
have  sent  to  tell  my  lord,  that  I  may  find 
grace  in  thy  sight. 

6  1  Aud  the  messengers  returned  to  Ja- 
cob, saying.  We  came  to  thy  brother  Esau, 
and  also  he  cometh  to  meet  thee,  and  four 
hundred  men  with  him. 

7  Then  Jacob  was  greatly  afraid  and  dis- 
tressed :  and  he  divided  the  people  that 
xnas  with  him,  and  the  tlocks,  and  herds, 
and  the  camels,  into  two  bands ; 

8  And  said,  If  Esau  come  to  the  one  com- 
pany, and  smite  it,  then  the  other  company 
which  is  left  shall  escape. 

9  1  And  Jacob  said,  O  God  of  my  fother 
Abraham,  and  God  of  my  father  Isaac,  the 
Lord  which  saidst  unto  me,  Return  unto 
thy  country,  and  to  thy  kindred,  and  I 
will  deal  well  with  thee  : 

10  I  am  not  worthy  of  the  least  of  all 
the  mercies,  and  of  all  the  truth,  which 
thou  hast  shewed  unto  thy  servant ;  for 
with  my  staff  I  passed  over  this  Joi'dan ; 
and  now  I  am  become  two  bands. 

11  Deliver  me,  I  pray  thee,  from  the  hand 
of  my  brother,  from  the  hand  of  Esau  :  for 
I  fear  him,  lest  he  will  come  and  smite  me, 
and  the  mother  with  the  children. 

12  And  thou  saidst,  I  Avill  surely  do  thee 
good,  and  make  thy  seed  as  the  sand  of 
the  sea,  which  cannot  be  numbered  for 
multitude. 

13  ^  And  he  lodged  there  that  same  night ; 
and  took  of  that  which  came  to  his  hand 
a  present  for  Esau  his  brother; 

14  Two  hundred  she  goats  aud  t^nenty  he 
goats,  two  hundred  ewes  and  twenty  rams, 

15  Thirty  milch  camels  with  their  colts, 
fort)'  kine  and  ten  bulls,  twenty  she  asses 
and  ten  foals. 

16  And  he  delivered  them  into  the  hand 
of  his  senants,  every  drove  by  themselves ; 
and  said  unto  his  sen"ants.  Pass  over  be- 
fore me,  and  put  a  space  betwixt  drove 
and  drove. 

17  And  he  commanded  the  foremost,  say- 
ing. When  Esau  my  brother  meeteth  thee, 
and  asketh  thee,  saying,  "Whose  art  thou? 
and  whither  goest  thou?  and  whose  are 
these  before  thee  ? 

18  Then  thou  shalt  say.  They  he  thy 
servant  Jacob's;  it  i.s  a  present  sent  unto 
my  lord  Esau :  and,  behold,  also  he  in  be- 
hind us. 

19  And  BO  commanded  he  the  second,  and 


GENESIS. 


the  third,  and  all  that  followed  the  droves, 
sayinjj,  Ou  this  manner  shall  ye  speak  unto 
Esau,  when  ye  find  him. 

20  And  say  ye  moreover,  Behold,  thy  ser\'- 
ant  Jacob  is  behind  us.  For  he  said,  I 
will  appease  him  with  the  present  that  go- 
eth  before  me,  and  afterward  I  will  see  his 
face ;  peradventure  he  will  accept  of  me. 

21  So  went  the  j^resent  over  before  him; 
and  himself  lodged  that  night  in  the  com- 
pany. 

22  And  he  rose  up  that  night,  and  took 
his  two  wives,  and  his  two  womenservants, 
and  his  eleven  sons,  and  passed  over  the 
ford  Jabbok. 

23  And  he  took  them,  and  sent  them  over 
the  brook,  and  sent  over  that  he  had. 

24  1[  And  Jacob  was  left  alone ;  and  there 
wrestled  a  man  with  him  until  the  break- 
ing of  the  day. 

'25  And  when  he  saw  that  he  prevailed 
not  against  him,  he  touched  the  hollow 
of  his  thigh;  and  the  hollow  of  Jacob's 
thigh  was  out  of  joint,  as  he  wrestled  with 
him. 

26  And  he  said.  Let  me  go,  for  the  day 
breaketh.  And  he  said,  I  will  not  let  thee 
go,  except  thou  bless  me. 

27  And  he  said  imto  him.  What  is  thy 
name?    And  he  said,  Jacob. 

28  And  he  said,  Thy  name  shall  be  called 
no  more  Jacob,  but  Israel :  for  as  a  prince 
hast  thou  power  with  God  and  with  mer, 
and  hast  prcAailed. 

29  And  Jacob  asked  7iim,  and  said,  Tell 
me,  I  pray  thee,  thy  name.  And  he  said, 
Wherefore  in  it  t?iat  thou  dost  ask  after  ray 
name?   And  he  blessed  him  there. 

30  And  Jacob  called  the  name  of  the  place 
Peniel:  for  I  have  seen  God  face  to  face, 
and  my  life  is  preserved. 

31  And  as  he  passed  over  Penuel  the  sun 
rose  upon  him,  and  he  halted  upon  his  thigh. 

32  Therefore  the  children  of  Israel  eat  not 
of  the  sinew  which  shrank,  which  is  upon 
the  hollow  of  the  thigh,  unto  this  day ;  be- 
cause he  touched  the  hollow  of  Jacob's 
thigh  in  the  sinew  that  shrank. 

CHAPTER  XXXIII. 

AND  Jacob  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  look- 
ed, and,  behold,  Esau  came,  and  with 
him  four  hundred  men.  And  he  divided 
the  children  unto  Leah,  and  unto  Rachel, 
and  unto  the  two  handmaids. 


2  And  he  put  the  handmaids  and  their 
children  foremost,  and  Leah  and  her  chil- 
dren after,  and  Rachel  and  Joseph  hinder- 
most. 

3  And  he  passed  over  before  them,  and 
bowed  himself  to  the  ground  seven  times, 
until  he  came  near  to  his  brother. 

4  And  Esau  ran  to  meet  him,  and  em- 
braced him,  and  fell  on  his  neck,  and  kissed 
him :  and  they  Avept. 

5  And  he  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  saw  the 
women  and  the  children,  and  said,  Who  are 
those  with  thee?  And  he  said,  The  chil- 
dren which  God  hath  graciously  given  thy 
servant. 

6  Then  the  handmaidens  came  near,  they 
and  their  children,  and  they  bowed  them- 
selves. 

7  And  Leah  also  with  her  children  came 
near,  and  bowed  themselves:  and  after 
came  Joseph  near  and  Rachel,  and  they 
bowed  themselves. 

8  And  he  said.  What  meanest  thou  by  all 
this  drove  which  I  met?  And  he  said. 
These  are  to  find  grace  in  the  sight  of  my 
lord. 

9  And  Esau  said,  I  have  enough,  my 
brother ;  keep  that  thou  hast  unto  thyself. 

10  And  Jacob  said.  Nay,  I  pray  thee,  if 
now  I  have  found  grace  in  thy  sight,  then 
receive  my  present  at  my  hand :  for  there- 
fore I  have  seen  thy  face,  as  though  I  had 
seen  the  face  of  God,  and  thou  wast  pleased 
with  me. 

11  Take,  I  pray  thee,  my  blessing  that  is 
brought  to  thee;  because  God  hath  dealt 
graciously  with  me,  and  because  I  have 
enough.  And  he  urged  him,  and  he  took 
it. 

12  And  he  said.  Let  us  take  our  journey, 
and  let  lis  go,  and  I  Avill  go  before  thee. 

13  And  he  said  unto  him.  My  lord  know- 
eth  that  the  children  are  tender,  and  the 
flocks  and  herds  with  young  are  with  me ; 
and  if  men  should  overdrive  them  one  day, 
all  the  flock  will  die. 

14  Let  my  lord,  I  pray  thee,  pass  over  be- 
fore his  servant;  and  I  will  lead  on  softly, 
according  as  the  cattle  that  goeth  before 
me  and  the  children  be  able  to  endure,  un- 
til I  come  unto  my  lord  unto  Seir. 

15  And  Esau  said.  Let  me  now  leave  with 
thee  some  of  the  folk  that  are  with  me. 
And  he  said.  What  needeth  it?  let  me  find 
gi-ace  in  the  sight  of  my  lord. 


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GENESIS. 


IG  TI  So  Esau  returned  that  day  on  bis  ^vay  j 
uuto  Seir. 

17  Aud  Jacob  journeyed  to  Succotb,  and  j 
built  him  a  house,  and  made  booths  for  his 
cattle :  therefore  the  name  of  the  place  is 
called  Sueeoth. 

18  ^  Aud  Jacob  came  to  Shalem,  a  city  of 
Shechem,  which  it  in  the  land  of  Canaan, 
when  he  came  from  Padan-aram ;  and  pitch- 
ed his  tent  before  the  city. 

19  And  he  bought  a  parcel  of  a  field,  where 
he  had  spread  his  tent,  at  the  hand  of  the 
children  of  Hamor,  Shechem's  fiither,  for  a 
hundred  pieces  of  money. 

20  And  he  erected  there  an  altar,  and  call- 
ed it  El-Elohe-Israel. 

CHAPTER  XXXIV. 

AND  Dinah  the  daughter  of  Leah,  which 
she  bare  luito  Jacob,  went  out  to  see 
the  daughters  of  the  land. 

2  And  when  Shechem  the  son  of  Hamor 
the  Hivite,  prince  of  the  country,  saw  her, 
he  took  her,  and  lay  with  her,  and  detiled 
her. 

3  And  his  soul  clave  luito  Dinah  the 
daughterof  Jacob,  and  he  loved  the  damsel, 
and  spake  kindly  unto  the  damsel. 

4  And  Shechem  spake  unto  his  father  Ha- 1 
raor,  saying.  Get  me  this  damsel  to  wife.       | 

5  And  Jacob  heard  that  he  had  defiled  Di-  j 
nah  his  daughter:  now  his  sons  Avere  with  i 
his  cattle  in  the  field :  and  Jacob  held  his 
l>eace  until  they  were  come. 

6  TI  And  Hamor  the  father  of  Shechem 
went  out  unto  Jacob  to  commune  with 
him, 

7  And  the  sons  of  Jacob  came  oiit  of  the 
field  when  they  heard  it:  and  the  men  Avere 
grieved,  and  they  were  very  Avroth,  because 
he  had  wrought  folly  in  Israel  in  lying  Avith  I 
Jacob's  daughter;  Avhich  thing  ought  not  | 
to  be  done.  | 

8  And  Hamor  communed  Avith  them,  say- 
ing. The  soul  of  my  son  Shechem  longeth 
for  your  daughter:  I  pray  you  give  her  him 
to  Avife. 

9  And  make  ye  marriages  Avith  us,  atid  give 
your  daughters  unto  us,  and  take  our 
daughters  unto  you. 

10  And  ye  shall  dAvell  with  us:  and  the 
land  shall  be  before  you;  dwell  and  trade 
ye  therein,  and  get  you  possessions  therein. 

11  And  Shechem  said  unto  her  father  and 

unto  her  brethren.  Let  me  find  grace  in 
_ 


your  eyes,  and  Avhat  ye  shall  say  unto  me  I 
Avill  give. 

13  Ask  me  never  so  much  doAvry  and  gift, 
and  I  Avill  give  according  as  ye  shall  say  un- 
to me:  but  give  me  the  damsel  to  Avife. 

13  Aud  the  sons  of  Jacob  ansAvered  She- 
chem and  Hamor  his  father  deceitfully,  and 
said,  because  he  had  defiled  Dinah  their 
sister : 

14  And  they  said  unto  them.  We  cannot 
do  this  thing,  to  give  our  sister  to  one  that 
is  uncircumcised  ;  for  that  tccre  a  reproach 
unto  us : 

15  But  in  this  Avill  Ave  consent  unto  you : 
If  ye  Avill  be  as  Ave  be^  that  every  male  of 
you  be  circumcised ; 

16  Then  Avill  Ave  give  our  daughters  unto 
you,  and  Ave  Avill  take  your  daughters  to  us, 
aud  Ave  Avill  dAvell  with  you,  and  Ave  will 
become  one  people. 

17  But  if  ye  Avill  not  hearken  unto  us,  to 
be  circumcised;  then  Avill  Ave  take  our 
daughter,  and  Ave  Avill  be  gone. 

18  And  their  words  pleased  Hamor  and 
Shechem  Hamor's  sou. 

19  And  the  young  man  deferred  not  to  do 
the  thing,  because  he  had  delight  in  Jacob's 
daughter :  aud  he  was  more  honourable 
than  all  the  house  of  his  father. 

20  TI  And  Hamor  aud  Shechem  his  son 
came  unto  the  gate  of  their  city,  and  com- 
muned Avith  the  men  of  their  city,  saying, 

21  These  men  are  i)eaceable  Avith  us ;  there- 
fore let  them  dAvell  in  the  land,  aud  trade 
therein ;  for  the  land,  behold,  it  is  large 
enough  for  them  ;  let  us  take  their  daugh- 
ters to  us  for  Avives,  and  let  us  give  them 
our  daughters. 

22  Only  herein  Avill  tlie  men  consent  unto 
us  for  to  dAvell  Avith  us,  to  be  one  people,  if 
every  male  among  us  be  circumcised,  as 
they  are  circumcised. 

23  Shall  not  their  cattle  and  their  substance 
aud  every  beast  of  theirs  be  ours  ?  only  let 
us  consent  imto  them,  and  they  Avill  dAvell 
Avith  us. 

24  And  unto  Hamor  and  unto  Shechem 
his  son  hearkened  all  that  Avent  out  of  the 
gate  of  his  city;  and  every  male  Avas  cir- 
cumcised, all  that  Avent  out  of  the  gate  of 
his  city. 

25  H  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  third  daj', 
Avhen  they  Avere  sore,  that  tAvo  of  the  sons 
of  Jacob,  Simeon  and  Levi,  Dinah's  breth- 
ren, took  each  man  his  SAvord,  and  came 


GENESIS. 


upon  the  city  boldly,  and  slew  all  the 
males. 
20  And  they  Blew  Ilamor  and  Shecheni  his 
son  Avith  the  edge  of  the  sword,  and  took 
Dinah  out  of  Shechem's  house,  and  went 
out. 

27  The  sons  of  Jacob  came  upon  the  slain, 
and  spoiled  the  city,  because  they  had  de- 
tiled  their  sister. 

28  They  toolc  their  sheep,  and  their  oxen, 
and  tlieir  asses,  and  that  wliich  was  in  tlie 
city,  and  that  which  ivm  iix  the  field, 

29  And  all  their  wealth,  and  all  their  little 
ones,  and  their  wives  took  they  captive, 
and  spoiled  even  all  that  vuis  in  the  liouse. 

30  And  Jacob  said  to  Simeon  and  Levi,  Ye 
have  troubled  me  to  make  me  to  stink 
among  the  inhabitants  of  the  land,  among 
the  Canaanites  and  the  Perizzites :  and  I 
behif/  few  in  number,  they  shall  gather 
tliemselves  together  against  me,  and  slay 
me;  and  I  shall  be  destroyed,  I  and  my 
house. 

31  And  they  said.  Should  he  deal  with  our 
sister  as  with  a  harlot  ? 

CHAPTER   XXXV. 

AND  God  said  unto  Jacob,  Arise,  go  up 
to  Betli-el,  and  dwell  there:  and  make 
there  an  altar  unto  God,  that  appeared  unto 
thee  wlieu  thou  lieddest  from  the  face  of 
Esau  thy  brother. 

2  Then  Jacob  said  unto  his  household,  and 
to  all  tliat  were  with  him,  Put  away  tlie 
strange  gods  that  are  among  you,  and  be 
clean,  and  change  your  garments : 

3  And  let  us  arise,  and  go  up  to  Beth-el ; 
and  I  will  make  there  an  altar  unto  God, 
who  answered  me  in  the  day  of  my  dis- 
tress, and  was  with  me  in  the  way  which  I 
went. 

4  And  they  gave  unto  Jacob  all  the  strange 
gods  which  were  in  their  hand,  and  all  tlieir 
earrings  which  ivere  in  tlieir  ears;  and  Ja- 
cob hid  them  under  the  oak  which  xoaa  by 
Shechem. 

5  And  they  journeyed:  and  the  terror  of 
God  was  upon  the  cities  that  were  round 
about  them,  and  they  did  not  pursue  after 
the  sons  of  Jacob. 

6  T[  So  Jacob  came  to  Luz,  which  is  in  the 
land  of  Canaan,  that  t«,  Beth-el,  he  and  all 
the  people  that  icere  with  him. 

7  And  he  built  there  an  altar,  and  called 
the  place  El-beth-el;  because  there  God  ap- 


peared unto  him,  when  he  fled  from  the 
li\ce  of  his  brother. 

8  But  Deborah  Rebckah's  nurse  died, 
and  she  was  buried  beneath  Betli-el  under 
an  oak:  and  the  name  of  it  was  called 
Allon-bachuth. 

9  Tl  And  God  appeared  unto  Jacob  again, 
when  he  came  out  of  Padan-aram,  and 
blessed  him. 

10  And  God  said  i;nto  him,  Thy  name  is 
Jacob:  thy  name  shall  not  be  called  any 
more  Jacob,  but  Israel  shall  be  thy  name; 
and  he  called  his  name  Israel. 

11  And  God  said  unto  him,  I  am  God 
Almighty:  be  fruitful  and  multiply;  a 
nation  and  a  com])auy  of  nations  shall 
be  of  thee,  and  kings  shall  come  out  of 
thy  loins ; 

12  And  The  land  Avhich  I  gave  Abraham 
and  Isiuvc,  to  thee  I  will  give  it,  and  to 
thy  seed  after  thee  will  I  give  the  land. 

13  And  God  went  up  from  him  in  the 
place  where  he  talked  with  him. 

14  And  Jacob  set  up  a  i)illar  in  the  i)lace 
where  he  talked  with  him,  even  a  pillar  of 
stone:  and  he  poured  a  drink  offering 
thereon,  and  he  poured  oil  thereon. 

15  And  Jacob  called  the  name  of  the  place 
where  God  spake  with  him,  Beth-el. 

16  1  And  they  journeyed  from  Beth-el; 
and  there  was  but  a  little  Avay  to  come 
to  Ephrath:  and  Rachel  travailed,  and  she 
iiad  hard  lal)our. 

17  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  she  was  in 
hard  labour,  that  the  midwife  said  unto 
her.  Fear  not;  thou  shalt  have  this  son 
also. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  her  soul  was 
in  departing,  (for  she  died,)  that  she  called 
his  name  Bcn-oui:  but  his  father  called 
him  Benjamin. 

19  And  Rachel  died,  and  was  buried  in 
the  way  to  Ephrath,  which  is  Beth-le- 
hem. 

20  And  Jacob  set  a  pillar  upon  her  grave : 
that  is  the  pillar  of  Rachel's  grave  unto 
this  day. 

21  TI  And  Israel  journeyed,  and  spread  his 
tent  beyond  the  tower  of  Edar. 

22  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Israel  dwelt 
in  that  land,  that  Reuben  went  and  lay 
with  Bilhah  his  father's  concubine:  and 
Israel  heard  it.  Now  the  sons  of  Jacob 
were  twelve : 

23  The  sons  of  Leah;   Reuben,   Jacob's 


GENESIS. 


firstborn,  and  Simeon,  and  Levi,  and  Ju- 
dah,  and  Issachar,  and  Zebulun : 

24  The  sons  of  Rachel ;  Joseph,  and  Ben- 
jamin : 

25  And  the  sons  of  Bilhah,  Rachel's  hand- 
maid ;  Dan,  and  Naphtali : 

26  And  the  sons  of  Zilpah,  Leah's  hand- 
maid; Gad,  and  Asher.  These  are  the 
sons  of  Jacob,  which  were  born  to  him 
in  Padan-aram. 

27  1  And  Jacob  came  nnto  Isaac  his 
father  unto  Mamre,  unto  the  city  of  Arba, 
which  is  Hebron,  where  Abraham  and 
Isaac  sojourned. 

28  And  the  days  of  Isaac  were  a  hundred 
and  fourscore  years. 

29  And  Isaac  gave  up  the  ghost,  and  died, 
and  was  gathered  unto  his  people,  being 
old  and  full  of  days :  and  his  sons  Esau 
and  Jacob  buried  him. 

CHAPTER  XXXVI. 

NOW  these  are  the  generations  of  Esau, 
who  is  Edom. 

2  Esau  took  his  wives  of  the  daughters 
of  Canaan;  Adah  the  daughter  of  Elon 
the  Hittite,  and  Aholibamah  the  daughter 
of  Anah  the  daughter  of  Zibeon  the  Hivite ; 

3  And  Basheraath  Ishmael's  daughter, 
sister  of  Nebajoth. 

4  And  Adah  bare  to  Esau  Eliphaz;  and 
Bashemath  bare  Reuel ; 

5  And  Aholibamah  bare  Jeush,  and  Jaa- 
1am,  and  Korah:  these  are  the  sons  of 
Esau,  which  were  born  unto  him  in  the 
land  of  Canaan. 

6  And  Esau  took  his  wives,  and  his  sons, 
and  his  daughters,  and  all  the  persons  of 
his  house,  and  his  cattle,  and  all  his  beasts, 
and  all  his  substance,  which  he  had  got 
in  the  land  of  Canaan;  and  went  into  the 
country  from  the  flice  of  his  brother  Jacob. 

7  For  their  riches  were  more  than  that 
they  might  dwell  together;  and  the  land 
wherein  they  were  strangers  could  not 
bear  tliem  because  of  their  cattle. 

8  Thus  dwelt  Esau  in  mount  Seir:  Esau 
is  Edom. 

9  1  And  these  are  the  generations  of 
Esau  the  father  of  the  Edomites  in  mount 
Seir: 

10  These  are  the  names  of  Esau's  sons ; 
Eliphaz  the  son  of  Adah  the  wife  of  Esau, 
Reuel  the  son  of  Bashemath  the  wife  of 
Esau. 

40 


11  And  the  sons  of  Eliphaz  were  Teman, 
Omar,  Zepho,  and  Gatam,  and  Kenaz. 

12  And  Timna  was  concubine  to  Eliphaz 
Esau's  son ;  and  she  bare  to  Eliphaz  Ama- 
lek  :  these  were  the  sons  of  Adah  Esau's  wife. 

13  And  these  are  the  sons  of  Reuel;  Na- 
hath,  and  Zerah,  Sharamah,  and  Mizzah: 
these  were  the  sons  of  Bashemath  Esau's 
wife. 

14  1[  And  these  were  the  sons  of  Aholib- 
amah, the  daughter  of  Anah  the  daughter 
of  Zibeon,  Esau's  Avife :  and  she  bare  to 
Esau  Jeush,  and  Jaalam,  and  Korah. 

15  ^  These  were  dukes  of  the  sons  of 
Esau:  the  sons  of  Eliphaz  the  firstborn 
son  of  Esau ;  duke  Teman,  duke  Omar, 
duke  Zeplio,  duke  Kenaz, 

16  Duke  Korah,  duke  Gatam,  and  duke 
Amalek :  these  are  the  dukes  that  came  of 
Eliphaz  in  the  land  of  Edom :  these  were 
the  sons  of  Adah. 

17  t  And  these  are  the  sons  of  Reuel 
Esau's  son;  duke  Nahath,  duke  Zerah, 
duke  Shammah,  duke  Mizzah:  these  are 
the  dukes  that  came  of  Reuel  in  the  land 
of  Edom :  these  are  the  sons  of  Bashemath 
Esau's  wife. 

18  T[  And  these  are  the  sons  of  Aholib- 
amah Esau's  wife ;  duke  Jeush,  duke  Jaa- 
lam, duke  Korah :  these  loere  the  dukes 
that  came  of  Aholibamah  the  daughter  of 
Anah,  Esau's  wife. 

19  These  are  the  sons  of  Esau,  who  is 
Edom,  and  these  are  their  dukes. 

20  Tl  These  are  the  sons  of  Seir  the 
Horite,  who  inhabited  the  land;  Lotan, 
and  Shobal,  and  Zibeon,  and  Anah, 

21  And  Dishon,  and  Ezer,  and  Dishan: 
these  are  the  dukes  of  the  Horites,  the 
children  of  Seir  in  the  land  of  Edom. 

23  And  the  children  of  Lotan  were  Hori 
and  Hemam ;  and  Lotan's  sister  was  Timna. 

23  And  the  children  of  Shobal  were  these ; 
Alvan,  and  Manahath,  and  Ebal,  Shepho, 
and  Onam. 

24  And  these  are  the  children  of  Zibeon; 
both  Ajah,  and  Anah:  this  was  that  Anah 
that  found  the  mules  in  the  wilderness,  as 
he  fed  the  asses  of  Zibeon  his  father. 

25  And  the  children  of  Anah  were  these ; 
Dishon,  and  Aholibamah  the  daughter  of 
Anah. 

20  And  these  are  the  children  of  Dishon  ; 
Hemdan,  and  EshUan,  and  Itliran,  and 
Clieran. 


GENESIS. 


27  The  children  of  Ezer  are  these ;  Bilhan, 
and  Zaavan,  and  Aknn. 

28  The  children  of  Dishan  are  these ;  Uz, 
and  Aran. 

29  These  are  the  dukes  tJiat  came  of  the 
Horites;  duke  Lotan,  duke  Shobal,  duke 
Zibeon,  du^ke  Anah, 

30  Duke  Dishon,  duke  Ezcr,  duke  Di- 
shan :  these  are  the  dukes  that  caine  of 
Hori,  among  their  dukes  in  the  land  of 
Seir. 

31  If  And  these  are  the  kings  that  reigned 
in  the  land  of  Edom,  before  there  reigned 
any  king  over  the  children  of  Israel. 

32  And  Bela  the  son  of  Beor  reigned  in 
Edom :  and  the  name  of  his  city  vkis  Din- 
habah. 

33  And  Bela  died,  and  Jobab  the  son  of 
Zerah  of  Bozrah  reigned  in  his  stead. 

.  34  And  Jobab  died,  and  Husham  of  the 
land  of  Temani  reigned  in  his  stead. 

35  And  Husham  died,  and  Hadad  the  son 
of  Bedad,  who  smote  Midian  in  the  field 
of  Moab,  reigned  in  his  stead:  and  the 
name  of  his  city  was  Avith. 

36  And  Hadad  died,  and  Samlali  of  Mas- 
rekah  reigned  in  his  stead. 

37  And  Samlah  died,  and  Saul  of  Reho- 
both  by  the  riA'er  reigned  in  his  stead. 

38  And  Snul  died,  and  Baal-hanan  the 
son  of  Achbor  reigned  in  his  stead. 

39  And  Baal-hanan  the  sou  of  Achbor  died, 
and  Hadar  reigned  in  his  stead:  and  tiie 
name  of  his  city  ivaa  Pau;  and  his  wife's 
name  wan  Mehetabel,  the  daughter  of 
Hatred,  the  daughter  of  Mezahab. 

40  And  these  are  the  names  of  the  dukes 
that  came  of  Esau,  according  to  their 
families,  after  their  places,  by  their  names ; 
duke  Timnah,  duke  Alvah,  duke  Jetheth, 

41  Duke  Aholibamah,  duke  Elah,  duke 
Pinon, 

42  Duke  Kenaz,  duke  Teman,  duke  Mib- 
zar, 

43  Duke  Magdiel,  duke  Tram :  these  he 
the  dukes  of  Edom,  according  to  their 
habitations  in  the  laud  of  their  possession : 
he  is  Esau  the  father  of  the  Edomites. 

CHAPTER  XXXVII. 

AND  Jacob  dwelt  in  the  land  wherein 
his  father  was  a  stranger,  in  the  land 
of  Canaan. 

2  These  are  the  generations  of  Jacob. 
Josejth,  helmj  peyentecn  years  old,  v/as  feed- 


ing the  flock  with  his  brethren;  and  the 
lad  rvas  with  the  sons  of  Bilhah,  and  Avith 
the  sons  of  Zilpah,  his  father's  wives :  and 
Joseph  brought  unto  his  father  their  evil 
report. 

3  Now  Israel  loved  Joseph  more  than  all 
his  children,  because  he  %cas  the  son  of  his 
old  age :  and  he  made  him  a  coat  of  many 
colours. 

4  And  when  his  brethren  saw  that  their 
father  loved  him  more  than  all  his  breth- 
ren, they  hated  him,  and  could  not  speak 
peaceably  unto  him. 

5  11  And  Joseph  dreamed  a  dream,  and 
he  told  it  his  brethren :  and  tliey  hated  him 
yet  the  more. 

6  And  he  said  unto  them.  Hear,  I  pray 
you,  this  dream  which  I  have  dreamed : 

7  For,  behold,  we  xoere  binding  sheaves  in 
the  field,  and,  lo,  my  sheaf  arose,  and  also 
stood  upi'ight;  and,  behold,  your  sheaves 
stood  round  about,  and  made  obeisance 
to  my  sheaf 

8  And  his  brethren  said  to  him,  Shalt  thou 
indeed  reign  over  us  V  or  shalt  thou  indeed 
have  dominion  over  us?  And  they  hated 
him  yet  the  more  for  his  dreams,  and  for 
his  words. 

9  II  And  he  dreamed  yet  another  dream, 
and  told  it  his  brethren,  and  said.  Behold,  I 
have  dreamed  a  dream  more ;  and,  behold, 
the  sun  and  the  moon  and  the  eleven  stars 
made  obeisance  to  me. 

10  And  he  told  it  to  his  father,  and  to  his 
brethren :  and  his  father  rebulced  him,  and 
said  unto  him.  What  is  this  dream  tliat  thou 
hast  dreamed?  Shall  I  and  thy  mother  and 
thy  brethren  indeed  come  to  bow  down 
oui'selves  to  thee  to  the  earth? 

11  And  his  brethren  envied  hun;  but  his 
father  observed  the  saying. 

12  If  And  his  brethren  went  to  feed  their 
lather's  flock  in  Shechem. 

13  And  Israel  said  unto  Joseph,  Do  not 
thy  brethren  feed  the  flock  in  Shechem? 
come,  and  I  will  send  thee  unto  them. 
And  he  said  to  him,  Here  am  I. 

14  And  he  said  to  him.  Go,  I  pray  thee, 
see  Avhether  it  be  well  with  thy  brethren, 
and  well  with  the  flocks;  and  bring  me 
word  again.  So  he  sent  him  out  of  the 
vale  of  Hebron,  and  he  came  to  She- 
chem. 

15  t  And  a  certain  man  found  him,  and, 
behold, //e  ?m.s  wandering  in  the  field:  and 

41  " 


GENESIS. 


the  mau  asked  hiui,  saying,  What  seekest 
thou  ? 

16  And  he  said,  I  seek  my  brethren :  tell 
me,  I  pray  thee,  where  they  feed  their 
flocks. 

17  And  the  man  said,  They  are  departed 
hence ;  for  I  heard  them  say.  Let  us  go  to 
Dothan.  And  Joseph  went  after  his  breth- 
ren, and  found  them  in  Dothan. 

18  And  when  they  saw  him  afar  off,  even 
before  he  came  near  unto  them,  they  con- 
spired against  him  to  slay  him. 

19  And  they  said  one  to  another.  Behold, 
this  dreamer  cometh. 

20  Come  now  therefore,  and  let  us  slay 
him,  and  cast  him  into  some  pit,  and  we 
will  say.  Some  evil  beast  hath  devoured 
him  ;  and  we  shall  see  what  will  become  of 
his  dreams. 

21  And  Reuben  heard  i<,  and  he  delivered 
him  out  of  their  hands;  and  said.  Let  us 
not  kill  him. 

22  And  Reuben  said  unto  them.  Shed  no 
blood,  hut  cast  him  into  this  i)it  that  i.s-  in 
the  wilderness,  and  lay  no  hand  upon  him ; 
that  he  might  rid  him  out  of  their  hands, 
to  deliver  him  to  his  father  again. 

23  1  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Joseph 
w^as  come  unto  his  bretliren,  that  they 
stripped  Joseph  out  of  his  coat,  his  coat 
of  many  colours  that  vms  on  liim  ; 

24  And  they  took  him,  and  cast  him  into 
a  pit :  and  the  pit  was  empty,  there  was  no 
water  in  it. 

25  And  they  sat  down  to  eat  bread :  and 
they  lifted  up  their  eyes  and  looked,  and, 
behold,  a  company  of  Ishmaelites  came 
from   Gilcad,   with    their    camels    bearing 

I  spiccry  and  balm  and  myrrh,  going  to  carry 

it  down  to  Egypt. 
I    26  And  Judah    said    unto  his    brethren, 

What  profit  is  it  if  we  slay   our  brother, 

and  conceal  his  blood  ? 

27  Come,  and  let  us  sell  him  to  the  Ish- 
maelites, and  let  not  our  hand  be  upon 
him ;  for  he  is  our  brother  atid  our  flesh  : 
and  his  brethren  were  content. 

28  Then  there  passed  by  Midianites  mer- 
chantmen; and  they  drew  and  lifted  up 
Joseph  out  of  the  pit,  and  sold  Joseph  to 
the  Ishmaelites  for  twenty  pieces  of  silver : 
and  they  brought  Joseph  into  Egypt. 

29  ^  And  Reuben  returned  unto  the  pit ; 

j  and,  behold,  Joseph  was  not  in  the  pit ;  and 

j  he  rent  his  clothes. 

._  ___        __ 


j  yo  And  he  returned  unto  his  brethren, 
i  and  said,  The  child  is  not ;  and  I,  whither 
shall  I  go? 

31  And  they  took  Josei)h's  coat,  and 
killed  a  kid  of  the  goats,  and  dipped  the 
coat  in  the  blood ; 

33  And  they  sent  the  coat  of  many  col- 
ours, and  they  brought  it  to  their  father; 
and  said.  This  have  we  found :  know  now 
whether  it  be  thy  son's  coat  or  no. 

33  And  he  knew  it,  and  said.  It  i^  my  son's 
coat ;  an  evil  beast  hath  devoured  him ; 
Joseph  is  without  doubt  rent  in  pieces. 

Si  And  Jacob  rent  his  clothes,  and  put 
sackcloth  upon  his  loins,  and  mourned  for 
his  son  many  days. 

35  And  all  his  sons  and  all  his  daughters 
rose  up  to  comfort  him ;  but  he  refused 
to  be  comforted;  and  he  said.  For  1  will 
go  down  into  the  grave  unto  my  son 
mourning.  Thus  his  father  wept  for 
him. 

36  And  the  Midianites  sold  him  into 
Egypt  unto  Potiphar,  an  officer  of  Pha- 
raoh's, a7ul  eai^tain  of  the  guard. 

CHAPTER  XXXVIII. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  at  that  time,  that 
Judah  went  down  from  his  brethren, 
and  turned  in  to  a  certain  Adullamite, 
whose  name  was  Hirah. 

2  And  Judah  saw  there  a  daughter  of 
a  certain  Canaanite,  whose  name  was 
Shuah  ;  and  he  took  her,  and  went  in  unto 
her. 

3  And  she  conceived,  and  bare  a  son ;  and 
he  called  his  name  Er. 

4  And  she  conceived  again,  and  bare  a 
son;  and  she  called  his  name  Onan. 

5  And  she  yet  again  conceived,  and  bare 
a  son ;  and  called  his  name  Shelah :  and  he 
was  at  Chezil),  when  she  bare  him. 

6  And  Judah  took  a  wife  for  Er  his  first- 
born, whose  name  ^vas  Tamar. 

7  And  Er,  Judah's  firstborn,  was  wicked 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lokd;  and  the  Lord 
slew  him. 

8  And  Judah  said  unto  Onan,  Go  in  unto 
thy  brother's  wife,  and  marry  her,  and  raise 
up  seed  to  thy  brother. 

9  And  Onan  knew  that  the  seed  should 
not  be  his ;  and  it  came  to  pass,  when  he 
went  in  unto  his  brother's  wife,  that  he 
spilled  it  on  the  ground,  lest  that  he  should 
give  seed  to  his  brother. 


GENESIS. 


10  And  the  thing  which  he  did  displeased 
the  LoKD  :  ■wherefore  he  sleAv  him  also. 

11  Then  said  Judah  to  Tamar  his  daugh- 
ter in  law,  Remain  a  widow  at  thy  father's 
house,  till  Shelah  my  son  be  groAvn :  for  he 
said.  Lest  peradventure  he  die  also,  as 
his  brethren  did.  And  Tamar  went  and 
dwelt  in  her  fathers  house. 

13  T[  And  in  process  of  time  the  daughter 
of  Shuah  Judah's  wife  died;  and  Judah  was 
comforted,  and  went  up  unto  his  sheep- 
shearers  to  Timnath,  he  and  his  friend 
Hirah  the  Adullamite. 

13  And  it  was  told  Tamar,  saying,  Behold, 
thy  father  in  law  goeth  up  to  Timnath 
to  shear  his  sheep. 

14  And  she  put  her  widow's  garments  off 
from  her,  and  covered  her  with  a  vail,  and 
wrapped  herself,  and  sat  in  an  open  place, 
which  is  by  the  way  to  Timnath ;  for  she 
saw  that  Shelah  was  grown,  and  she  was 
not  given  unto  him  to  wife. 

15  When  Judah  saw  her,  he  thought  her 
to  be  a  harlot;  because  she  had  covered 
her  face. 

16  And  he  turned  unto  her  by  the  way, 
and  said,  Go  to,  I  pray  thee,  let  me  come 
in  unto  thee;  (for  he  knew  not  that  she 
was  his  daughter  in  law:)  and  she  said. 
What  wilt  thou  give  me,  that  thou  raay- 
est  come  in  unto  me? 

17  And  he  said,  I  will  send  thee  a  kid  from 
the  flock.  And  she  said.  Wilt  thou  give 
me  a  pledge,  till  thou  send  it? 

18  And  he  said.  What  pledge  shall  I  give 
thee  ?  And  she  said,  Thy  signet,  and  thy 
bracelets,  and  thy  staff  that  is-  in  thine 
hand.  And  he  gave  it  her,  and  came  in 
unto  her,  and  she  conceived  by  him. 

19  And  she  arose,  and  went  away,  and 
laid  by  her  vail  from  her,  and  put  on  the 
garments  of  her  widowhood. 

20  And  Judah  sent  the  kid  by  the  hand 
of  his  friend  the  Adullamite,  to  receive  Jiis 
pledge  from  the  woman's  hand:  but  he 
found  her  not. 

21  Then  he  asked  the  men  of  that  place, 
saying.  Where  is  the  harlot,  that  was 
openly  by  the  way  side?  And  they  said, 
There  was  no  harlot  in  this  place. 

22  And  he  returned  to  Judah,  and  said, 
I  cannot  find  her;  and  also  the  men  of  the 
place  said,  t?iat  there  was  no  harlot  in  this 
pla/:e. 

23  And  Judah  said,  Let  her  take  it  to  her, 


lest  we  be  shamed :  behold,  I  sent  this  kid, 
and  thou  hast  not  found  her. 

24  \  And  it  came  to  pass  about  three 
months  after,  that  it  was  told  Judah,  say- 
ing, Tamar  thy  daughter  in  law  hath 
played  the  harlot;  and  also,  behold,  she  is 
with  child  by  whoredom.  And  Judah 
said,  Bring  her  forth,  and  let  her  be  burnt. 

25  When  she  was  brought  forth,  she  sent 
to  her  father  in  law,  saying.  By  the  man, 
whose  these  are,  am  I  Avith  child :  and  she 
said.  Discern,  I  pray  thee,  whose  are  these, 
the  signet,  and  bracelets,  and  staff. 

26  And  Judah  acknowledged  them.,  and 
said,  She  hath  been  more  righteous  than 
I;  because  that  I  gave  her  not  to  Shelah 
my  son.     And  he  knew  her  again  no  more. 

27  1[  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  time  of 
her  travail,  that,  behold,  twins  were  in  her 
womb. 

28  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  she  trav- 
ailed, that  the  one  put  out  his  hand:  and 
the  midAvife  took  and  bound  upon  his 
hand  a  scarlet  thread,  saying,  This  came 
out  first. 

29  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  drew  back 
his  hand,  that,  behold,  his  brother  came 
out :  and  she  said.  How  hast  thou  broken 
forth ?  this  breach  he  upon  thee :  therefore 
his  name  was  called  Pharez. 

30  And  afterward  came  out  his  brother, 
that  had  the  scarlet  thread  upon  his  hand : 
and  his  name  was  called  Zarah. 

CHAPTER  XXXIX. 

AND  Joseph  was  brought  down  to 
Egypt;  and  Potiphar,  an  officer  of 
Pharaoh,  captain  of  the  guard,  an  Egyp- 
tian, bought  him  of  the  hands  of  the 
Ishmaelites,  which  had  brought  him  down 
thither. 

2  And  the  Lord  was  with  Joseph,  and 
he  was  a  prosperous  man ;  and  he  was  in 
the  house  of  his  master  the  Egyptian. 

3  And  his  master  saw  that  the  Lord  m'«.s 
with  him,  and  that  the  Lord  made  all 
that  he  did  to  prosper  in  his  hand. 

4  And  Joseph  found  grace  in  his  sight, 
and  he  sened  him :  and  he  made  him  over- 
seer over  his  house,  and  all  that  he  had 
he  put  into  his  hand. 

5  And  it  came  to  pass  from  the  time  that 

he  had  made  him  overseer  in  his  house, 

and  over  all  that  he  had,  that  the  Lord 

blessed  the  Egyptian's  house  for  Joseph's 
_ 


GENESIS. 


sake;  and  the  blessing  of  the  Lokd  was 
upon  all  that  he  had  in  the  house,  and  in 
the  lield. 

0  And  he  left  all  that  he  had  in  Joseph's 
hand ;  and  he  knew  not  aught  he  had,  save 
the  bread  which  he  did  eat.  And  Joseph 
was  a  goodly  i)erson,  and  well  fovoured. 

7 1i  And  it  came  to  pass  after  these  things, 
that  his  master's  wife  cast  her  eyes  upon 
Joseph ;  and  she  said,  Lie  Avith  me. 

8  But  he  refused,  and  said  unto  his  mas- 
ter's wife.  Behold,  my  master  wotteth  not 
wliat  is  with  me  in  the  house,  and  he  hath 
committed  all  that  he  hath  to  my  hand ; 

9  Utere  is  none  greater  in  this  house  than 
I;  neither  hath  he  kept  back  any  thing 
from  me  but  thee,  because  thou  art  his 
wife :  how  then  can  I  do  this  great  Avicked- 
ness,  and  sin  against  God  ? 

10  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  she  spake  to 
Joseph  day  by  day,  that  he  hearkened  not 
unto  her,  to  lie  by  hei*,  or  to  be  with  her. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass  about  this  time, 
that  Joseph  Aveut  into  the  house  to  do  his 
business ;  and  there  was  none  of  the  men 
of  the  house  there  Avithin. 

13  And  she  caught  him  by  his  garment, 
saying,  Lie  Avith  me :  and  he  left  his  gar- 
ment in  her  hand,  and  fled,  and  got  him  out. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass,  Avhen  she  saAV 
that  he  had  left  his  garment  in  her  hand, 
and  Avas  fled  forth, 

14  That  she  called  unto  the  men  of  her 
house,  and  spake  unto  thera,  saying.  See, 
he  hath  brought  in  a  HebrcAV  unto  us  to 
mock  us ;  he  came  in  unto  me  to  lie  with 
me,  and  I  cried  Avith  a  loud  voice : 

15  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  heard 
that  I  lifted  up  my  voice  and  cried,  that 
he  left  his  garment  with  me,  and  fled,  and 
got  him  out. 

16  And  she  laid  up  his  garment  by  her, 
until  his  lord  came  home. 

17  And  she  spake  unto  him  according  to 
these  Avords,  saying.  The  HebrcAV  servant, 
Avhich  thou  hast  brought  unto  us,  came  in 
unto  me  to  mock  me: 

18  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  I  lifted  up  my 
voice  and  cried,  that  he  left  his  garment 
Avith  me,  and  fled  out, 

19  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  his  master 

heard  the    words   of  his  Avife,   Avliich   she 

spake  unto  him,  saying,  After  this  manner 

did  thy  servant  to  me ;  that  his  Avrath  Avas 

kindled. 

_ 


20  And  Joseph's  master  took  him,  and 
put  him  into  the  prison,  a  place  Avhere 
the  king's  prisoners  were  bound:  and  he 
AA'as  there  in  the  prison. 

21  *i  But  the  Lokd  Avas  Avith  Joseph,  and 
shewed  him  mercy,  and  gave  him  favour  in 
the  sight  of  the  keei:)er  of  the  prison. 

23  And  the  keeper  of  the  prison  com- 
mitted to  Joseph's  hand  all  the  prisoners 
that  were  in  the  prison ;  and  Avhatsoever 
they  did  there,  he  Avas  the  doer  of  it. 

23  The  keeper  of  the  prison  looked  not 
to  any  thing  that  was  under  his  hand;  be- 
cause the  Lokd  Avas  Avith  him,  and  that 
Avhich  he  did,  the  Lokd  made  it  to  prosper. 

CHAPTER  XL. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  these  things, 
that  the  butler  of  the  king  of  Egypt 
and  his  baker  had  ofl'euded  their  lord  the 
king  of  Egypt. 
3  And  Pharaoh  Avas  Avrotli  against  tAVO 
of  his  officers,  against  the  chief  of  the  but- 
lers, and  against  the  chief  of  the  bakers. 

3  And  he  put  them  in  Avard  in  the  house 
of  the  captain  of  the  guard,  into  the  pris- 
on, the  place  Avhere  Joseph  was  bound. 

4  And  the  captain  of  the  guard  charged 
Joseph  Avith  them,  and  he  served  them: 
and  they  continued  a  season  in  Award. 

5  TI  And  they  dreamed  a  dream  both  of 
them,  each  man  his  dream  in  one  night, 
each  man  according  to  the  interpretation 
of  his  dream,  the  butler  and  the  baker  of 
the  king  of  Egypt,  Avhich  were  bound  in  the 
prison. 

6  And  Joseph  came  in  unto  them  in  the 
morning,  and  looked  upon  them,  and,  be- 
hold, they  were  sad. 

7  And  he  asked  Pharaoh's  officers  that 
ivere  Avith  him  in  tlie  Avard  of  his  lord's 
house,  saying.  Wherefore  look  ye  so  sadly 
today? 

8  And  they  said  unto  him.  We  h.ave  dream- 
ed a  dream,  and  there  is  no  interpreter  of 
it.  And  Josei)h  said  unto  them.  Do  not  in- 
terpretations beIo7i(/  to  God?  tell  me  them,  I 
pray  a'ou. 

9  And  the  chief  l)utler  told  his  dream  to 
Joseph,  and  said  to  him.  In  my  dream,  be- 
hold, a  vine  ivas  before  me; 

10  And  in  the  vine  were  three  branches: 
and  it  was  as  though  it  budded,  avd  her 
l;lossoms  shot  forth  ;  and  the  clusters  tlicre- 
of  brought  fortli  ni>e  gra])es: 


GENESIS. 


11  And  f  iuiraoh  s  cup  v:a.s  in  my  hand: 
and  I  took  the  grapes,  and  pressed  them 
into  Pharaoh's  cup,  and  I  gave  the  cup  into 
Pharaoh's  hand.    , 

13  And  Joseph  said  unto  him,  This  is  the 
interpretation  of  it :  The  three  branches  are 
three  days : 

13  Yet  "svithin  tliree  days  shall  Pharaoh  lift 
up  thine  head,  and  restore  thee  unto  thy 
place ;  and  thou  shalt  deliver  Pharaoh's  cup 
into  his  hand,  after  the  former  manner 
when  thou  wast  his  butler. 

14  But  think  on  me  when  it  shall  be  well 
with  thee,  and  shew  kindness,  I  pray  thee, 
unto  me,  and  make  mention  of  me  unto 
Pharaoh,  and  bring  me  out  of  this  house : 

15  For  indeed  I  was  stolen  away  out  of  the 
land  of  the  Hebrews :  and  here  also  have  I 
done  nothing  that  they  should  put  me  into 
the  dungeon. 

16  When  the  chief  baker  saw  that  the  in- 
terpretation was  good,  he  said  \into  Joseph, 
I  also  was  in  my  dream,  and,  behold,  I  had 
three  white  baskets  on  my  head : 

17  And  in  the  uppermost  basket  there  was 
of  all  manner  of  bakemeats  for  Pharaoh; 
and  the  birds  did  eat  them  out  of  the  bask- 
et upon  my  head. 

18  And  Joseph  answered  and  said,  This 
is  the  interpretation  thereof:  The  three 
baskets  are  three  days  : 

19  Yet  within  three  days  shall  Pharaoh  lift 
up  thy  head  from  off  thee,  and  shall  hang 
thee  on  a  tree ;  and  the  birds  shall  eat  thy 
flesh  from  off  thee. 

20  T[  And  it  came  to  pass  the  third  day, 
which  was  Pharaoh's  birthday,  that  he  made 
a  feast  unto  all  his  servants :  and  he  lifted 
up  the  head  of  the  chief  butler  and  of  the 
chief  baker  among  his  servants. 

21  And  he  restored  the  chief  butler  unto 
his  butlership  again ;  and  he  gave  the  cup 
into  Pharaoh's  hand : 

22  But  he  hanged  the  chief  baker:  as 
Joseph  had  interpreted  to  them. 

23  Yet  did  not  the  chief  butler  remember 
Josej)!!,  but  forgat  him. 

CHAPTER  XLI. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of  two 
full  years,  that  Pharaoh  dreamed:  and, 
behold,  he  stood  by  the  river. 
2  And,  behold,  there  came  up  out  of  the 
river  seven  well  favoured  kine  and  fatflesh- 
ed;  and  they  fed  in  a  meadow. 


o  And,  behold,  seven  other  kine  came  up 
after  them  out  of  the  river,  ill  favoured  and 
leanfleshed ;  and  stood  by  the  otficr  kine 
upon  the  brink  of  the  river. 

4  And  the  ill  favoured  and  leanfleshed 
kine  did  eat  up  the  seven  well  favoured 
and  fat  kine.     So  Pharaoh  awoke. 

5  And  he  slept  and  dreamed  the  second 
time  :  and,  behold,  seven  ears  of  coi*n  came 
up  upon  one  stalk,  rank  and  good. 

6  And,  behold,  seven  thin  ears  and  blasted 
with  the  east  wind  sprung  up  after  them, 

7  And  the  seven  thin  ears  devoured  the 
seven  rank  and  full  ears.  And  Pharaoh 
awoke,  and,  behold,  it  was  a  dream. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  morning  that 
his  spirit  was  troubled;  and  he  sent  and 
called  for  all  the  magicians  of  Egypt,  and 
all  the  wise  men  thereof:  and  Pharaoh  told 
them  his  dream ;  but  tJiere  was  none  that 
could  interpret  them  unto  Pharaoh. 

9  •[  Then  spake  the  chief  butler  unto 
Pharaoh,  saying,  I  do  remember  my  faidts 
this  day: 

10  Pharaoh  was  wroth  with  his  sers'ants, 
and  put  me  in  ward  in  the  captain  of  the 
guard's  house,  both  me  and  the  chief  baker: 

11  And  we  dreamed  a  dream  in  one  night, 
I  and  he ;  we  dreamed  each  man  according 
to  the  interpretation  of  his  dream. 

12  And  there  was  there  with  us  a  j'oung 
man,  a  Hebrew,  servant  to  the  captain  of 
the  guard;  and  we  told  him,  and  he  inter- 
preted to  us  our  dreams;  to  each  man  ac- 
cording to  his  dream  he  did  interpret. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  interpreted 
to  us,  so  it  was ;  me  he  restored  unto  mine 
office,  and  him  he  hanged. 

14  Tf  Then  Pharaoh  sent  and  called  Joseph, 
and  they  brought  him  hastily  out  of  the 
dungeon :  and  he  shaved  himself^  and 
changed  his  raiment,  and  came  in  unto 
Pharaoh. 

15  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  Joseph,  I  have 
dreamed  a  dream,  and  tJiere  is  none  that  can 
interpret  it :  and  I  have  heard  say  of  thee, 
that  thou  canst  understand  a  dream  to  in- 
terpret it. 

16  And  Joseph  answered  Pharaoh,  saying. 
It  i.s-  not  in  me :  God  shall  give  Pharaoh  an 
answer  of  peace. 

17  And  Pliaraoh  said  unto  Josepli,  In  my 
dream,  behold,  I  stood  upon  the  bank  of 
the  river: 

18  And,  behold,  there  came  up  out  of  the 


GENESIS. 


river  seven  kine,   fatflcshed  and  well   fa- 
voured; and  they  fed  in  a  meadow: 

19  And,  behold,  seven  other  kine  came  vly> 
after  them,  jjoor  and  very  ill  flwoured  and 
Icantleshed,  such  as  I  never  saw  in  all  the 
land  of  Egypt  for  badness : 

20  And  the  lean  and  the  ill  favoured  kine 
did  eat  up  the  first  seven  fat  kine: 

21  And  when  they  had  eaten  them  up,  it 
could  not  be  known  that  they  had  eaten 
them ;  but  they  ivere  still  ill  favoured,  as  at 
the  beginning.     So  I  awoke. 

23  And  I  saw  in  my  dream,  and,  behold, 
seven  ears  came  up  in  one  stalk,  full  and 
good: 

23  And,  behold,  seven  eai-s,  withered,  thin, 
a7id  blasted  with  the  east  wind,  sprung  up 
after  them : 

24  And  the  thin  ears  devoured  the  seven 
good  ears:  and  I  told  t/tis  unto  the  magi- 
cians ;  but  there  was  none  that  could  declare 
it  to  me. 

25  ^  And  Joseph  said  unto  Pharaoh,  The 
dream  of  Pharaoh  is  one :  God  hath  shewed 
Pharaoh  what  he  is  about  to  do. 

26  The  seven  good  kine  are  seven  years; 
and  the  seven  good  ears  are  seven  years: 
the  dream  is  one. 

27  And  the  seven  thin  and  ill  favoured 
kine  that  came  up  after  them  are  seven 
years;  and  the  seven  empty  ears  blasted 
with  the  east  wind  shall  be  seven  years  of 
famine. 

28  This  is  the  thing  which  I  have  spoken 
unto  Pharaoh :  What  God  is  about  to  do  he 
sheweth  unto  Pharaoh. 

29  Behold,  there  come  seven  years  of 
great  plenty  throughout  all  the  land  of 
Egypt: 

30  And  there  shall  arise  after  them  seven 
years  of  famine;  and  all  the  plenty  shall  be 
forgotten  in  the  land  of  Egypt;  and  the 
famine  shall  consume  the  land; 

31  And  the  plenty  shall  not  be  known  in 
the  land  by  reason  of  that  famine  follow- 
ing; for  it  sJiall  be  very  grievous. 

32  And  for  that  the  dream  was  doul)led 
unto  Pharaoh  twice;  it  is  because  the  thing 
is  established  by  God,  and  God  will  shortly 
bring  it  to  pass. 

33  Now  therefore  let  Pharaoh  look  out  a 
man  discreet  and  wise,  and  set  him  over 
the  land  of  Egypt. 

34  Let  Pharaoh  do  this,  and  let  him  ap- 
point officers  over  the  land,  and  take  ui) 


the  fifth  part  of  the  land  of  Egypt  in  the 
seven  plenteous  years. 

35  And  let  them  gather  all  the  food  of 
those  good  years  that  come,  and  lay  up 
corn  under  the  hand  of  Pharaoh,  and  let 
them  keep  food  in  the  cities. 

36  And  that  food  shall  be  for  store  to  the 
land  against  the  seven  A'cars  of  famine, 
Avhich  shall  be  in  the  land  of  Egypt ;  that 
the  land  perish  not  through  the  famine. 

37^  And  the  thing  was  good  in  the  eyes  of 
Pharaoh,  and  in  the  eyes  of  all  his  servants. 

38  And  Pharaoh  said  imto  his  servants, 
Can  Ave  find  sitch  a  oi»e  as  this  i.s,  a  man 
in  whom  the  Sjiirit  of  God  is? 

39  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  Joseph,  For- 
asmuch as  God  hath  shewed  thee  all  this, 
there  is  none  so  discreet  and  wise  as  thou 
art : 

40  Thou  Shalt  be  over  my  house,  and 
according  unto  thy  word  shall  all  my 
people  be  ruled:  only  in  the  throne  will 
I  be  greater  than  thou. 

41  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  Joseph,  See, 
I  have  set  thee  over  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

42  And  Pharaoh  took  off  his  ring  from 
his  hand,  and  put  it  upon  Joseph's  hand, 
and  arrayed  him  in  vestures  of  fine  linen, 
and  put  a  gold  chain  about  his  neck ; 

43  And  he  made  him  to  ride  in  the 
second  chariot  which  he  had;  and  they 
cried  before  him,  Bow  the  knee:  and  he 
made  him  ruler  over  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

44  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  Joseph,  I  am 
Pharaoh,  and  without  thee  shall  no  man 
lift  up  his  hand  or  foot  in  all  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

45  And  Pharaoh  called  Joseph's  name 
Zaphnath-paimcah ;  and  he  gave  him  to 
Avife  Asenath  the  daughter  of  Poti-pherah 
priest  of  On.  And  Joseph  went  out  over 
all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

46  TI  And  Joseph  loas  thirty  years  old 
Avhen  he  stood  before  Pharaoh  king  of 
Egypt.  And  Joseph  went  out  from  the 
presence  of  Pharaoh,  and  went  throughout 
all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

47  And  in  the  seven  plenteous  years  the 
earth  In-ought  forth  by  handfuls. 

48  And  he  gathered  up  all  the  food  of  the 
seven  years,  which  were  in  the  land  of 
Egypt,  and  laid  up  the  food  in  the  cities : 
the  food  of  the  field,  which  was  round 
about  every  city,  laid  he  up  in  the  same. 

49  And  Joseph  gathered  com  as  the  sand 


GENESIS. 


of  the  sea,  very  much,  until  he  left  num- 
bering ;  for  it  loas  without  number. 

50  And  unto  Joseph  were  born  two  sons, 
before  the  years  of  famine  came:  which 
Asenath  the  daughter  of  Poti-pherah  priest 
of  On  bare  unto  him. 

51  And  Joseph  called  the  name  of  the 
firstborn  Manasseh :  For  God,  mid  he^  hath 
made  me  forget  all  my  toil,  and  all  my 
father's  house. 

53  And  the  name  of  the  second  called  he 
Ephraim:  For  God  hath  caused  me  to  be 
fruitful  in  the  land  of  my  affliction. 

53  1[  And  the  seven  years  of  plenteous- 
ness,  that  was  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  were 
ended. 

54  And  the  seven  years  of  dearth  began 
to  come,  according  as  Joseph  had  said : 
and  the  dearth  Avas  in  all  lands ;  but  in 
xill  the  land  of  Egypt  there  was  bread. 

55  And  when  all  the  land  of  Egypt  was 
famished,  the  x^oople  cried  to  Pharaoh  for 
bread :  and  Pharaoh  said  unto  all  the  Egyp- 
tians, Go  unto  Joseph;  what  he  saith  to 
you,  do, 

56  And  the  famine  was  over  all  the  face  of 
the  earth :  and  Joseph  opened  all  the  store- 
houses, and  sold  unto  the  Egyptians ;  and 
the  famine  waxed  sore  in  the  laud  of 
Egypt. 

57  And  all  countries  came  into  Egypt  to 
Joseph  for  to  buy  corn ;  because  that  the 
famine  was  so  sore  in  all  lauds. 

CHAPTER  XLII. 

NOW  when  Jacob  saw  that  there  was 
corn  in  Egypt,   Jacob  said  unto  his 
sons,  Why  do  ye  look  one  upon  another  ? 

2  And  he  said,  Behold,  I  have  heard  that 
there  is  corn  in  Egypt:  get  you  down 
thither,  and  buy  for  us  from  thence ;  that 
we  may  live,  and  not  die. 

3  T[  And  Joseph's  ten  brethren  went  down 
to  buy  corn  in  Egypt. 

4  But  Benjamin,  Joseph's  brother,  Jacob 
sent  not  with  his  brethren;  for  he  said. 
Lest  peradventure  mischief  befall  him. 

5  And  the  sons  of  Israel  came  to  buy 
corn  among  those  that  came :  fi)r  the 
famine  was  in  the  land  of  Canaan. 

6  And  Joseph  wan  the  governor  over  the 
land,  and  he  it  icas  that  sold  to  all  the 
people  of  the  land :  and  Joseph's  brethren 
came,  and  bowed  down  themselves  before 
him  wit?i  their  faces  to  the  earth. 


7  And  Joseph  saw  his  brethren,  and  he 
knew  them,  but  made  himself  strange 
unto  them,  and  spake  roughly  unto  them  ; 
and  he  said  unto  them.  Whence  come  ye? 
And  they  said,  From  the  land  of  Canaan 
to  buy  food. 

8  And  Joseph  knew  his  brethi-en,  but  they 
knew  not  him. 

9  And  Joseph  remembered  the  dreams 
which  he  dreamed  of  them,  and  said  unto 
them,  Ye  are  spies ;  to  see  the  nakedness 
of  the  land  ye  are  come. 

10  And  they  said  unto  him.  Nay,  ray 
lord,  but  to  buy  food  are  thy  servants 
come. 

11  We  are  all  one  man's  sons;  we  are 
true  men;  thy  servants  arc  no  spies. 

12  And  he  said  unto  them,  Nay,  but  to 
see  the  nakedness  of  the  land  ye  are  come. 

13  And  they  said.  Thy  servants  are  twelve 
brethren,  the  sons  of  one  man  in  the  land 
of  Canaan;  and,  behold,  the  youngest  is 
this  day  with  our  father,  and  one  is  not. 

14  And  Joseph  said  unto  them.  That  is  it 
that  I  spake  unto  you,  saying.  Ye  air  spies: 

15  Hereby  ye  shall  be  proved :  By  the  life 
of  Pharaoh  ye  shall  not  go  forth  hence, 
except  your  youngest  brother  come  hither. 

16  Send  one  of  you,  and  let  him  fetch  your 
brother,  and  ye  shall  be  kept  in  prison, 
that  your  words  may  be  proved,  whether 
there  be  any  truth  in  you:  or  else  by  the 
life  of  Pharaoh  surely  ye  are  spies. 

17  And  he  put  them  all  together  into 
Avard  three  days. 

18  And  Joseph  said  unto  them  the  third 
day,  This  do,  and  live ;  for  I  fear  God : 

19  If  ye  he  true  men^  let  one  of  your  breth- 
ren be  bound  in  the  house  of  your  prison  : 
go  ye,  carry  corn  for  the  famine  of  your 
houses : 

20  But  bring  your  youngest  brother  unto 
me;  so  shall  your  words  be  verified,  and 
ye  shall  not  die.     And  they  did  so. 

21  T[  And  they  said  one  to  another.  We 
are  verily  guilty  concerning  our  brother, 
in  that  we  saw  the  anguish  of  his  soul, 
when  he  besought  us,  and  we  would  not 
hear;  therefore  is  this  distress  come  upon 
us. 

22  And  Reuben  ansAvered  them,  saying. 
Spake  I  not  unto  you,  saying,  Do  not  sin 
against  the  child;  and  ye  Avould  not  hear? 
therefore,  behold,  also  his  blood  is  re- 
quired. 

47 


GENESIS. 


33  And  they  knew  not  that  Joseph  un- 
derstood them;  for  he  spake  unto  them 
by  an  interpreter. 

^  And  he  turned  himself  about  from 
them,  and  wept;  and  returned  to  them 
again,  and  communed  with  them,  and  took 
from  them  Simeon,  and  bound  him  before 
their  eyes. 

25  Ti  Then  Joseph  commanded  to  fill  their 
sacks  with  corn,  and  to  restore  every  man's 
money  into  his  sack,  and  to  give  them 
provision  for  the  way:  and  thus  did  he 
unto  them. 

26  And  they  laded  their  asses  with  the 
corn,  and  departed  thence. 

27  And  as  one  of  them  opened  his  sack  to 
give  his  ass  provender  in  the  inn,  he  espied 
his  money;  for,  behold,  it  was  in  his  sack's 
mouth. 

28  And  he  said  unto  his  brethren.  My 
money  is  restored;  and,  lo,  it  is  even  in 
my  sack :  and  their  heart  failed  thcm^  and 
they  Avere  afraid,  saying  one  to  another. 
What  is  this  that  God  hath  done  unto  us  ? 

29  TI  And  they  came  unto  Jacob  their 
father  unto  the  land  of  Canaan,  and  told 
him  all  that  befell  unto  them ;  saying, 

30  The  man,  u'ho  is  the  lord  of  the  land, 
spake  roughly  to  us,  and  took  us  for  spies 
of  the  countr)'. 

31  And  we  said  unto  him.  We  are  true 
m€}i ;  we  are  no  spies  : 

32  We  be  twelve  brethren,  sons  of  our  fa- 
ther; one  is  not,  and  the  j'oungest  is  this 
day  with  our  father  in  the  land  of  Canaan. 

33  And  the  man,  the  lord  of  the  country, 
said  unto  us.  Hereby  shall  I  know  that  ye 
are  true  rneyi;  leave  one  of  your  brethren 
?iere  with  me,  and  take  food  for  the  famine 
of  your  households,  and  be  gone : 

34  And  bring  your  youngest  brother  unto 
me :  then  shall  I  know  that  ye  are  no  spies, 
but  that  ye  ai-e  true  men.-  so  will  I  deliver 
you  your  brother,  and  ye  shall  traflficlv  in 
the  land. 

35  'il  And  it  came  to  pass  as  they  emptied 
their    sacks,    that,    behold,    every    man's 

!  bundle  of  money  teas  in  his  sack :  and 
when  both  they  and  their  father  saw  the 
bundles  of  money,  they  were  afraid. 

36  And  Jacob  their  father  said  unto  them, 
Me  have  ye  bereaved  of  my  children:  Jo- 
seph is  not,  and  Simeon  i.s  not,  and  ye 
will  take  Benjamin  away:  all  these  things 

are  against  me. 

_  _ 


37  And  Keuben  spake  uuio  his  lather, 
saying.  Slay  my  two  sous,  if  I  bring  him 
not  to  thee:  deliver  him  into  my  hand, 
and  I  will  bring  him  to  thee  again. 

38  And  he  said,  I^Iy  son  shall  not  go 
down  with  you;  for  his  brother  is  dead, 
and  he  is  left  alone:  if  mischief  befall 
him  by  the  way  in  the  which  ye  go,  then 
shall  ye  bring  down  my  gray  hairs  with 
sorrow  to  the  grave. 

CHAPTER  XLIII. 

AND  the  famine  tvas  sore  in  the  land. 
2  And  it  came  to  i:)ass,  when  they  had 
eaten  up  the  corn  which  they  had  brought 
out  of  Egypt,  their  father  said  unto  them, 
Go  again,  buy  us  a  little  food. 

3  And  Judah  spake  unto  him,  saying.  The 
man  did  solemnly  protest  unto  us,  saying. 
Ye  shall  not  see  my  face,  except  your 
brother  be  with  you. 

4  If  thou  wilt  send  our  brother  with  us, 
we  will  go  down  and  buy  thee  food: 

5  But  if  thou  wilt  not  send  him^  we  will 
not  go  down :  for  the  man  said  unto  us, 
Ye  shall  not  see  my  face,  exce^Dt  your 
brother  be  with  you. 

6  And  Israel  said,  Wherefore  dealt  ye  .so 
ill  with  me,  as  to  tell  the  man  whether  ye 
had  yet  a  brother? 

7  And  they  said.  The  man  asked  us  strait- 
ly  of  our  state,  and  of  our  kindred,  saying. 
Is  your  father  yet  alive?  have  ye  another 
brother?  and  we  told  him  according  to 
the  tenor  of  these  words:  Could  we  cer- 
tainly know  that  he  would  say.  Bring  your 
brother  doAvn? 

8  And  Judah  said  unto  Israel  his  father. 
Send  the  lad  with  me,  and  we  will  arise 
and  go;  that  we  may  live,  and  not  die, 
both  we,  and  thou,  and  also  our  little 
ones. 

9  I  will  be  surety  for  him ;  of  my  hand 
Shalt  thou  require  him :  if  I  bring  him  not 
unto  thee,  and  set  him  before  thee,  then 
let  me  bear  the  blame  for  ever: 

10  For  except  we  had  lingered,  surely 
now  we  had  returned  this  second  time. 

11  And  their  flither  Israel  said  unto  tliem, 
If  it  must  be  so  now,  do  this;  take  of  the 
best  fruits  in  the  land  in  your  vessels,  and 
carry  down  the  man  a  present,  a  little 
balm,  and  a  little  honey,  spices  and  myrrh, 
nuts  and  almonds: 

12  And  take  double  money  in  your  hand; 


GENESIS. 


and  the  money  that  was  brought  again  in 
the  mouth  of  your  sacks,  carry  it  again 
in  your  hand;  peradventure  it  was  an 
oversight. 

13  Take  also  your  brother,  and  arise,  go 
again  unto  the  man : 

14  And  God  Almighty  give  you  mercy 
before  the  man,  that  he  may  send  away 
your  other  brother,  and  Benjamin.  If  I 
be  bereaved  of  my  children^  I  am  bereaved. 

15  U  And  the  men  took  that  present, 
and  they  took  double  money  in  their  hand, 
and  Benjamin;  and  rose  up,  and  went 
down  to  Egypt,  and  stood  before  Joseph. 

16  And  when  Joseph  saw  Benjamin  with 
them,  he  said  to  the  ruler  of  his  house, 
Bring  these  men  home,  and  slay,  and  make 
ready ;  for  tJi£se  men  shall  dine  with  me  at 
noon. 

17  And  the  man  did  as  Joseph  bade;  and 
the  man  brought  the  men  into  Joseph's 
house. 

18  And  the  men  were  afraid,  because  they 
were  brought  into  Joseph's  house;  and 
they  said,  Because  of  the  money  that  was 
returned  in  our  sacks  at  the  first  time  are 
we  brought  in ;  that  he  may  seek  occasion 
against  us,  and  fall  upon  us,  and  take  us 
for  bondmen,   and  our  asses. 

19  And  they  came  near  to  the  steward 
of  Joseph's  house,  and  they  communed 
with  him  at  the  door  of  the  house, 

20  And  said,  O  sir,  Ave  came  indeed  down 
at  the  first  time  to  buy  food : 

21  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  we  came  to 
the  inn,  that  we  opened  our  sacks,  and, 
behold,  every  man's  money  was  in  the 
mouth  of  his  sack,  our  money  in  full 
weight:  and  we  have  brought  it  again  in 
our  hand. 

22  And  other  money  have  we  brought 
down  in  our  hands  to  buy  food :  we  can- 
not tell  Avho  put  our  money  in  our  sacks. 

23  And  he  said,  Peace  he  to  you,  fear  not : 
your  God,  and  the  God  of  your  father,  hath 
given  you  treasure  in  your  sacks :  I  had 
your  money.  And  he  brought  Simeon  out 
unto  them. 

24  And  the  man  brought  the  men  into 
Joseph's  house,  and  gave  t?iem  water,  and 
they  washed  their  feet ;  and  he  gave  their 
asses  provender. 

25  And  they  made  ready  the  present 
against  Joseph  came  at  noon :  for  they 
heard  that  they  should  eat  bread  there. 


26  If  And  when  Joseph  came  home,  they 
brought  him  the  present  which  was  in  their 
hand  into  the  house,  and  bowed  them- 
selves to  him  to  the  earth. 

27  And  he  asked  them  of  their  welfare, 
and  said,  Is  your  father  well,  the  old  man 
of  whom  ye  spake  ?    Is  he  yet  alive  ? 

28  And  they  answered.  Thy  servant  our 
father  is  in  good  health,  he  is  yet  alive. 
And  they  bowed  down  their  heads,  and 
made  obeisance. 

29  And  he  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  saw 
his  brother  Benjamin,  his  mother's  son, 
and  said.  Is  this  your  younger  brother,  of 
whom  ye  spake  imto  me  ?  And  he  said, 
God  be  gracious  unto  thee,  my  son. 

30  And  Joseph  made  haste ;  for  his  bow- 
els did  yearn  upon  his  brother:  and  he 
sought  where  to  weep  ;  and  he  entered  into 
his  chamber,  and  wept  there. 

31  And  he  washed  his  face,  and  went  out, 
and  refrained  himself,  and  said.  Set  on  bread. 

33  And  they  set  on  for  him  by  himself, 
and  for  them  by  themselves,  and  for  the 
Egyptians,  which  did  eat  with  him,  by 
themselves :  because  the  Egyptians  might 
not  eat  bread  with  the  Hebrews ;  for  that 
is  an  abomination  unto  the  Egyptians. 

33  And  they  sat  before  him,  the  firstborn 
according  to  his  birthright,  and  the  young- 
est according  to  his  youth:  and  the  men 
marvelled  one  at  another. 

34  And  he  took  and  sent  messes  unto  them 
from  before  him :  but  Benjamin's  mess  was 
five  times  so  much  as  any  of  theirs.  And 
they  drank,  and  were  merry  with  him. 

CHAPTER  XLIV. 

AND  he  commanded  the  stcAvard  of  his 
house,  saying,  Fill  the  men's  sacks 
vyith  food,  as  much  as  they  can  carry,  and 
put  every  man's  money  in  his  sack's 
mouth. 

2  And  put  my  cup,  the  silver  cup,  in  the 
sack's  mouth  of  the  youngest,  and  his  corn 
money.  And  he  did  according  to  the  word 
that  Joseph  had  spoken. 

3  As  soon  as  the  morning  was  light,  the 
men  were  sent  away,  they  and  their  asses. 

4  And  when  they  were  gone  out  of  the 
city,  a7id  not  yet  tar  oflf,  Joseph  said  unto 
his  steward.  Up,  follow  after  the  men ;  and 
when  thou  dost  overtake  them,  say  unto 
them,  Wherefore  have  yc  rewarded  evil  for 
good? 

49 


GENESIS. 


5  Is  not  this  it  in  which  ray  lord  driuk- 
eth,  and  whereby  indeed  he  divineth  ?  ye 
have  done  evil  in  so  doing. 

6  ^  And  he  overtook  them,  and  he  spake 
unto  them  these  same  words. 

7  And  they  said  unto  him,  Wherefore 
saith  my  lord  these  words  ?  God  forbid 
that  thy  servants  should  do  according  to 
this  thing : 

8  Behold,  the  money,  which  we  found  in 
our  sacks'  mouths,  we  brought  again  unto 
thee  out  of  the  land  of  Canaan :  how  then 
should  we  steal  out  of  thy  lord's  house 
silver  or  gold  ? 

9  With  whomsoever  of  thy  servants  it  be 
found,  both  let  him  die,  and  we  also  will 
be  my  lord's  bondmen. 

10  And  he  said,  Now  also  let  it  be  accord- 
ing unto  your  words  :  he  with  whom  it  is 
found  shall  be  my  servant;  and  ye  shall 
be  blameless. 

11  Then  they  speedily  took  down  every 
man  his  sack  to  the  ground,  and  opened 
every  man  his  sack. 

12  And  he  searched,  and  began  at  the 
eldest,  and  left  at  the  youngest :  and  the 
cup  was  found  in  Benjamin's  sack. 

13  Then  they  rent  their  clothes,  and  laded 
every  man  his  ass,  and  returned  to  the  city. 

14  T[  And  Judah  and  his  brethren  came  to 
Joseph's  house ;  for  he  was  yet  there :  and 
they  fell  before  him  on  the  ground. 

15  And  Joseph  said  unto  them.  What  deed 
is  this  that  ye  have  done  ?  wot  ye  not  that 
such  a  man  as  I  can  certainly  diA'ine  ? 

16  And  Judah  said.  What  shall  we  say  un- 
to my  lord?  what  shall  we  speak?  or  how 
shall  we  clear  ourselves  ?  God  hath  found 
out  the  iniquity  of  thy  servants:  behold, 
we  are  my  lord's  servants,  both  we,  and  Tie 
also  with  whom  the  cup  is  found. 

17  And  he  said,  God  forbid  that  I  should 
do  so  :  but  the  man  in  whose  hand  the  cup 
is  found,  he  shall  be  my  sen-ant ;  and  as 
for  you,  get  you  up  in  peace  unto  your 
father. 

18  H  Then  Judah  came  near  unto  him,  and 
said,  O  my  lord,  let  thy  servant,  I  pray 
thee,  speak  a  word  in  my  lord's  ears,  and 
let  not  thine  anger  bum  against  thy  serv- 
ant :  for  thou  art  even  as  Pharaoh. 

19  My  lord  asked  his  servants,  saying. 
Have  ye  a  father,  or  a  brother  ? 

20  And  we  said  unto  my  lord.  We  have 

a  father,  an  old  man,  and  a  child  of  his  old 
_      _ 


age,  a  little  one ;  and  his  brother  is  dead, 
and  he  alone  is  left  of  his  mother,  and  his 
father  loveth  him. 

21  And  thou  saidst  unto  thy  servants, 
Bring  him  down  unto  me,  that  I  may  set 
mine  eyes  upon  him. 

22  And  Ave  said  unto  my  lord.  The  lad 
cannot  leave  his  father:  for  if  he  should 
leave  his  father,  his  father  would  die. 

23  And  thou  saidst  unto  thy  servants, 
Except  your  youngest  brother  come  dovnx 
with  you,  ye  shall  see  my  face  no  more. 

24  And  it  came  to  pass  when  we  came  up 
unto  thy  servant  my  father,  we  told  him 
the  words  of  my  lord. 

25  And  our  father  said.  Go  again,  and  buy 
us  a  little  food. 

26  And  we  said.  We  cannot  go  down :  if 
our  youngest  brother  be  with  us,  then 
will  we  go  down :  for  we  may  not  see  the 
man's  face,  except  our  youngest  brother  be 
with  us. 

27  And  thy  sen^ant  my  father  said  unto 
us.  Ye  know  that  my  wife  bare  me  two 
sons  : 

28  And  the  one  went  out  from  me,  and 
I  said.  Surely  he  is  torn  in  pieces ;  and  I 
saw  him  not  since  : 

29  And  if  ye  take  this  also  from  me,  and 
mischief  befall  him,  ye  shall  bring  down 
my  gray  hairs  with  sorrow  to  the  grave. 

30  Now  therefore  when  I  come  to  thy 
sen^ant  my  father,  and  the  lad  be  not  with 
us ;  seeing  that  his  life  is  bound  up  in  the 
lad's  life ; 

31  It  shall  come  to  pass,  when  he  seeth 
that  the  lad  is  not  with  tcs^  that  he  will  die : 
and  thy  servants  shall  bring  doAvn  the  gray 
hairs  of  thy  sers^ant  our  father  with  sorrow 
to  the  grave. 

32  For  thy  servant  became  surety  for  the 
lad  unto  my  father,  saying.  If  I  bring  him 
not  unto  thee,  then  I  shall  bear  the  blame 
to  my  father  for  ever. 

33  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  let  thy 
servant  abide  instead  of  the  lad  a  bond- 
man to  my  lord;  and  let  the  lad  go  up 
with  his  brethren. 

34  For  how  shall  I  go  up  to  my  father,  and 
the  lad  be  not  with  me?  lest  peradventure  I 
see  the  evil  that  shall  come  on  my  father. 

CHAPTER  XLV. 

THEN  Joseph  could  not  refrain  himself 
before  all  them  that  stood  by  him ;  and 


GENESIS. 


he  cried,  Cause  every  man  to  <^o  out  from 
me.  And  there  stood  no  man  with  him, 
while  Joseph  made  himself  known  unto 
his  brethren. 

2  And  he  wept  aloud :  and  the  Egyptians 
and  the  house  of  Pharaoh  heard. 

3  And  Joseph  said  unto  his  brethren,  I 
am  Joseph ;  doth  my  father  yet  live  ?  And 
his  brethren  could  not  answer  him  ;  for 
they  were  troubled  at  his  presence. 

4  And  Joseph  said  unto  his  brethren, 
Come  near  to  me,  I  pray  you.  And  they 
came  near.  And  he  said,  I  am  Joseph  your 
brother,  whom  ye  sold  into  Egypt. 

5  Now  therefore  be  not  grieved,  nor  angry 
with  yourselves,  that  ye  sold  me  hither: 
for  God  did  send  me  before  you  to  pre- 
serve life. 

6  For  these  two  years  hath  the  famine  been 
in  the  land :  and  yet  there  are  five  years,  in 
the  which  tliere  shall  neither  he  earing  nor 
harvest. 

7  And  God  sent  me  before  you  to  preserve 
you  a  posterity  in  the  earth,  and  to  save 
your  lives  by  a  great  deliverance. 

8  So  now  it  was  not  you  that  sent  me 
hithei-,  but  God :  and  he  hath  made  me  a 
father  to  Pharaoh,  and  lord  of  all  his  house, 
and  a  ruler  throughout  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

9  Haste  ye,  and  go  up  to  my  father,  and 
say  unto  him.  Thus  saith  thy  son  Joseph, 
God  hath  made  me  lord  of  all  Egypt:  come 
down  unto  me,  tarry  not : 

10  And  thou  shalt  dwell  in  the  land  of 
Goshen,  and  thou  shalt  be  near  unto  me, 
thou,  and  thy  children,  and  thy  children's 
children,  and  thy  flocks,  and  thy  herds,  and 
all  that  thou  hast : 

11  And  there  will  I  nourish  thee;  for 
yet  there  are  five  years  of  famine;  lest  thou, 
and  thy  household,  and  all  that  thou  hast, 
come  to  povei'ty. 

12  And,  behold,  your  ej'cs  see,  and  the 
eyes  of  my  brother  Benjamin,  that  it  is  my 
mouth  that  speaketh  unto  you. 

13  And  ye  shall  tell  my  father  of  all  my 
glory  in  Egypt,  and  of  all  that  ye  have 
seen;  and  ye  shall  haste  and  bring  down 
my  father  hither. 

14  And  he  fell  upon  his  brother  Benja- 
min's neck,  and  wept ;  and  Benjamin  wept 
upon  his  neck. 

15  Moreover  he  kissed  all  his  brethren, 
and  wept  upon  them:  and  after  that  his 
brethren  talked  with  him. 


16  11  And  the  fame  thereof  was  heard  in 
Pharaoh's  house,  saying,  Joseph's  breth- 
ren are  come :  and  it  pleased  Pharaoh  well, 
and  his  servants. 

17  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  Joseph,  Say 
unto  thy  brethren,  This  do  ye ;  lade  your 
beasts,  and  go,  get  you  unto  the  land  of 
Cauaim ; 

18  And  take  your  father  and  your  house- 
holds, and  come  unto  me :  and  I  will  give 
you  the  good  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  ye 
shall  eat  the  fat  of  the  land. 

19  Now  thou  art  commanded,  this  do  ye; 
take  you  wagons  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt 
for  your  little  ones,  and  for  your  wives, 
and  bring  your  father,  and  come. 

20  Also  regard  not  your  stuff;  for  the 
good  of  all  the  land  of  Egypt  is  yours. 

21  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  so :  and 
Joseph  gave  them  wagons,  according  to 
the  commandment  of  Pharaoh,  and  gave 
them  provision  for  the  way. 

22  To  all  of  them  he  gave  each  man 
changes  of  raiment;  but  to  Benjamin  he 
gave  three  hundred  j9i€ces  of  silver,  and  five 
changes  of  raiment. 

23  And  to  his  father  he  sent  after  this 
manner;  ten  asses  laden  with  the  good 
things  of  Eg3'pt,  and  ten  she  asses  laden 
with  com  and  bread  and  meat  for  his 
father  by  the  way. 

24  So  he  sent  his  brethren  away,  and  they 
departed:  and  he  said  unto  them.  See  that 
ye  fall  not  out  by  the  way. 

25  H  And  they  went  up  out  of  Egypt,  and 
came  into  the  land  of  Canaan  unto  Jacob 
their  father, 

26  And  told  him,  saying,  Joseph  is  yet 
alive,  and  he  is  governor  over  all  the  land 
of  Egypt.  And  Jacob's  heart  fainted,  for 
he  believed  them  not. 

27  And  they  told  him  all  the  words  of 
Joseph,  which  he  had  said  unto  them :  and 
when  he  saw  the  wagons  which  Joseph 
had  sent  to  carry  him,  the  spirit  of  Jacob 
their  father  revived. 

28  And  Israel  said,  Ji!  is  enough;  Joseph 
my  son  is  yet  alive:  I  will  go  and  see 
him  before  I  die. 

CILVPTER  XLVI. 

AND  Israel  took  his  journey  with  all 
that  he  had,  and  came  to  Beer-sheba, 
and   offered   sacrifices    unto    the    God    of 

his  father  Isaac.  

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GENESIS. 


2  And  God  spake  uuto  Israel  iu  the 
visions  of  the  night,  and  said,  Jacob,  Ja- 
cob.    And  he  said,  Here  am  I. 

3  And  he  said,  I  am  God,  the  God  of  thy 
father:  fear  not  to  go  down  into  Egj^pt; 
for  I  wiU  there  malie  of  thee  a  great 
nation. 

4  I  will  go  down  Avith  thee  into  Egj-pt; 
and  I  will  also  surely  bring  thee  up  again: 
and  Joseph  shall  put  his  hand  upon  thine 
eyes. 

5  And  Jacob  rose  up  from  Bcer-sheba: 
and  the  sons  of  Israel  carried  Jacob  their 
father,  and  their  little  ones,  and  their 
wives,  in  the  wagons  Avhich  Pharaoh  had 
sent  to  carry  him. 

6  And  they  took  their  cattle,  and  their 
goods,  which  they  had  gotten  in  the  land 
of  Canaan,  and  came  into  Egypt,  Jacob, 
and  all  his  seed  with  him : 

7  His  sons,  and  his  sons'  sons  with  him, 
his  daughters,  and  his  sons'  daughters,  and 
all  his  seed  brought  he  with  him  into 
Egypt. 

8  1  And  these  are  the  names  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  which  came  into  Egypt,  Ja- 
cob and  his  sons :  Reuben,  Jacob's  firstborn. 

9  And  the  sons  of  Reuben;  Hanoeh,  and 
Phallu,  and  Hezron,  and  Carmi. 

10  ^  And  the  sons  of  Simeon;  Jemuel,  and 
Jamin,  and  Ohad,  and  Jachin,  and  Zohar, 
and  Sliaul  the  son  of  a  Canaanitish  woman. 

11  ^  And  the  sons  of  Levi;  Gershon,  Ko- 
hath,  and  Merari. 

13  ■[  And  the  sons  of  Judah;  Er,  and 
Onan,  and  Shclah,  and  Pharez,  and  Zarah : 
but  Er  and  Onan  died  in  the  land  of  Ca- 
naan. And  the  sons  of  Pharez  were  Hez- 
ron and  Hamul. 

13  ^  And  the  sons  of  Issachar;  Tola,  and 
Phuvah,  and  Job,  and  Shimron. 

14  T[  And  the  sons  of  Zebulun ;  Sered,  and 
Elon,  and  Jahleel. 

15  These  he  the  sons  of  Leah,  Avhich  she 
bare  unto  Jacob  in  Padan-aram,  with  his 
daughter  Dinah:  all  the  souls  of  his  sons 
and  his  daughters  were  thirty  and  three. 

16  T[  And  the  sons  of  Gad ;  Ziphion,  and 
Haggi,  Shuni,  and  Ezbon,  Eri,  and  Arodi, 
and  Areli. 

17  TI  And  the  sons  of  Asher;  Jimnah,  and 
Ishuah,  and  Isui,  and  Beriah,  and  Scrah 
their  sister:  and  the  sons  of  Beriah ;  Heber, 
and  Malchiel. 

18  These  are  the   sons   of  Zilpah,  whom 

53 


Laban  gave  to  Leah  his  daughter;  and 
these  she  bare  unto  Jacob,  even  sixteen 
souls. 

19  The  sons  of  Rachel  Jacob's  wife ;  Jo- 
seph, and  Benjamin. 

20  ^  And  unto  Joseph  in  the  land  of 
Egypt  Avere  born  Manasseh  and  Ephraim, 
which  Asenath  the  daughter  of  Poti-pherah 
priest  of  On  bare  imto  him. 

21  Ti  And  the  sons  of  Benjamin  were  Belah, 
and  Becher,  and  Ashbel,  Gera,  and  Naaman, 
Ehi,  and  Rosh,  Muppim,  and  Huppim,  and 
Ard. 

23  These  are  the  sons  of  Rachel,  which 
were  born  to  Jacob :  all  the  souls  were 
fourteen. 

23  T[  And  the  sons  of  Dan ;  Hushim. 

24  ^  And  the  sons  of  Naphtali ;  Jahzeel, 
and  Guni,  and  Jezer,  and  Shillem. 

25  These  are  the  sons  of  Bilhah,  which 
Laban  gave  unto  Rachel  his  daughter,  and 
she  bare  these  unto  Jacob :  all  the  souls 
were  seven. 

26  All  the  souls  that  came  with  Jacob  into 
EgA'pt,  which  came  out  of  his  loins,  besides 
Jacob's  sons'  wives,  all  the  souls  were 
threescore  and  six; 

27  And  the  sons  of  Joseph,  Avhich  Avcre 
borne  him  in  Egypt,  v;ere  tAvo  souls :  ail  the 
souls  of  the  house  of  Jacob,  Avhich  came 
into  Egypt,  were  threescore  and  ten. 

28  H  And  he  sent  Judah  before  him  unto 
Joseph,  to  direct  his  face  unto  Goshen; 
and  they  came  into  the  land  of  Goshen. 

29  And  Joseph  made  ready  his  chariot, 
and  Avent  up  to  meet  Israel  his  father,  to 
Goshen,  and  presented  himself  unto  him; 
and  he  fell  on  his  neck,  and  Avept  on  his 
neck  a  good  Avhile. 

30  And  Israel  said  unto  Joseph,  Noav  let 
me  die,  since  I  haA'c  seen  thy  face,  because 
thou  art  yet  alive. 

31  And  Joseph  said  unto  his  brethren,  and 
unto  his  fother's  house,  I  Avill  go  up,  and 
shcAV  Pharaoh,  and  say  unto  him,  My  breth- 
ren, and  my  fatlier's  house,  which  were  in 
the  land  of  Canaan,  are  come  unto  me; 

33  And  the  men  are  shepherds,  for  their 
trade  hath  been  to  feed  cattle;  and  they 
have  brought  their  flocks,  and  their  herds, 
and  all  that  they  have. 

33  And  it  shall  come  to  j^ass,  Avhcn  Pha- 
raoh shall  call  you,  and  shall  say.  What  in 
your  occupation? 

34  That  ye  shall  say,  Thy  servants'  trade 


GENESIS. 


hath   been   about   cattle   from    our    youth  ] 
even  until  noAV,  both  we,  and  also  our  fa- 
thers :    that  ye  may  dwell  in  the  land  of 
Goshen ;  for  every  shepherd  h  an  abomina- 
tion unto  the  Egyptians. 

CHAPTER  XLVII. 

THEN  Joseph  came  and  told  Pharaoh, 
and  said,  My  father  and  my  brethren, 
and  their  flocks,  and  their  herds,  and  all 
that  they  have,  are  come  out  of  the  land  of 
Canaan;  and,  behold,  they  are  in  the  land 
of  Goshen. 

2  And  he  took  some  of  his  brethren,  even 
five  men,  and  presented  them  unto  Pha- 
raoh. 

3  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  his  brethren, 
What  is  your  occupation?  And  they  said 
unto  Pharaoh,  Thy  servants  are  shepherds, 
.both  we,  and  also  our  fathers. 

4  They  said  moreover  unto  Pharaoh,  For 
to  sojourn  in  the  land  are  we  come;  for 
thy  servants  have  no  pasture  for  their 
flocks ;  for  the  famine  is  sore  in  the  land  of 
Canaan :  now  therefore,  we  pray  thee,  let 
thy  servants  dwell  in  the  land  of  Goshen. 

5  And  Pliaraoh  spake  unto  Joseph,  say- 
ing. Thy  father  and  thy  brethren  arc  come 
unto  thee: 

6  The  land  of  Egypt  is  before  thee ;  in  the 
best  of  the  land  make  thy  father  and  breth- 
ren to  dwell;  in  the  land  of  Goshen  let 
them  dwell :  and  if  thou  knowest  any  men 
of  activity  among  them,  then  make  them 
rulers  over  my  cattle. 

7  And  Joseph  brought  in  Jacob  his  fa- 
ther, and  set  him  before  Pharaoh :  and  Ja- 
cob blessed  Pharaoh. 

8  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  Jacob,  How  old 
art  thou  ? 

9  And  Jacob  said  unto  Pharaoh,  The  days 
of  the  j'cars  of  my  pilgrimage  are  a  hun- 
dred and  thirty  years :  few  and  evil  have 
the  days  of  the  years  of  my  life  been,  and 
have  not  attained  unto  the  days  of  the 
years  of  the  life  of  my  fathers  in  the  days  of 
their  pilgrimage. 

10  And  Jacob  blessed  Pharaoh,  and  went 
out  from  before  Pharaoh. 

11  ^  And  Joseph  placed  his  father  and  his 
brethren,  and  gave  them  a  i^ossession  in 
the  land  of  Egypt,  in  the  best  of  the  land, 
in  the  land  of  Rameses,  as  Pharaoh  had 
commanded. 

12  And  Joseph  nourished  his  father,  and 


his  brethren,  and  all  his  father's  household, 
Avith  bread,  according  to  their  families. 

13  H  And  there  u'as  no  bread  in  all  the 
land;  for  the  famine  was  verj^  sore,  so  that 
the  land  of  Egypt  and  all  the  land  of  Ca- 
naan fainted  by  reason  of  the  famine. 

14  And  Joseph  gathered  up  all  the  money 
that  was  found  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  and 
in  the  land  of  Canaan,  for  the  corn  which 
they  bought:  and  Joseph  brought  the 
money  into  Pharaoh's  house. 

15  And  when  money  failed  in  the  land  of 
Egj^pt,  and  in  the  land  of  Canaan,  all  the 
Egyptians  came  unto  Joseph,  and  said. 
Give  us  bread:  for  why  should  we  die  in 
thy  presence  ?  for  the  money  faileth. 

16  And  Joseph  said,  Give  your  cattle;  and 
I  will  give  you  for  your  cattle,  if  money 
foil. 

17  And  they  brought  their  cattle  unto  Jo- 
seph :  and  Joseph  gave  them  bread  in  ex- 
change  for  horses,  and  for  the  flocks,  and 
for  the  cattle  of  the  herds,  and  for  the 
asses ;  and  he  fed  them  with  bread  for  all 
their  cattle  for  that  year. 

18  When  that  year  was  ended,  they  came 
unto  him  the  second  year,  and  said  unto 
him,  We  will  not  hide  it  from  my  lord, 
liow  that  our  money  is  spent;  my  lord 
also  hath  our  herds  of  cattle ;  there  is  not 
aught  left  in  the  sight  of  my  lord,  but 
our  bodies,  and  our  lands : 

19  Wherefore  shall  we  die  before  thine 
eyes,  both  we  and  our  laud?  buy  us  and 
our  land  for  bread,  and  we  and  our  land 
Avill  be  servants  unto  Pharaoh:  and  give 
us  seed,  that  we  may  live,  and  not  die, 
that  the  land  be  not  desolate. 

20  And  Joseph  bought  all  the  land  of 
Egypt  for  Pharaoh;  for  the  Egyptians 
sold  every  man  his  field,  because  the 
famine  prevailed  over  them:  so  the  land 
became  Pharaoh's. 

21  And  as  for  the  people,  he  removed 
them  to  cities  from  one  end  of  the  borders 
of  Egypt  even  to  the  other  end  thereof. 

22  Only  the  land  of  the  priests  bought  he 
not ;  for  the  priests  had  a  i:;ortion  assigned 
them  of  Pharaoh,  and  did  eat  their  por- 
tion which  Pharaoh  gave  them :  wherefore 
they  sold  not  their  lands. 

23  Then  Joseph  said  unto  the  people. 
Behold,  I  have  bought  you  this  day  and 
your  land  for  Pharaoh :  lo,  Jiere  is  seed  for 
you,  and  ye  shall  sow  the  land. 

53~ 


GENESIS. 


24  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the  in- 
crease, that  ye  shall  give  the  fifth  pari 
unto  Pharaoh,  and  four  parts  shall  be  your 
own,  for  seed  of  the  field,  and  for  your 
food,  and  for  them  of  your  households,  and 
for  food  for  your  little  ones. 

35  And  they  said,  Thou  hast  saved  our 
lives:  let  us  find  grace  in  the  sight  of 
my  lord,  and  we  will  be  Pharaoh's  serv- 
ants. 

20  And  Joseph  made  it  a  law  over  the 
land  of  Egypt  unto  this  day,  that  Pharaoh 
should  have  the  fifth  part ;  except  the  land 
of  the  priests  only,  which  became  not  Pha- 
raoh's. 

27  ^  And  Israel  dwelt  in  the  land  of 
Egypt,  in  the  country  of  Goshen;  and 
they  had  possessions  therein,  and  grew, 
and  multiplied  exceedingly. 

28  And  Jacob  lived  in  the  land  of  Egypt 
seventeen  years :  so  the  whole  age  of  Ja- 
cob Avas  a  hundred  forty  and  seven  years. 

29  And  the  time  drew  nigh  that  Israel 
must  die:  and  he  called  his  son  Joseph, 
and  said  unto  him.  If  now  I  have  found 
grace  in  thy  sight,  jiut,  I  pray  thee,  thy 
hand  under  my  thigh,  and  deal  kindly  and 
truly  with  me ;  bury  me  not,  I  pray  thee, 
in  Egypt : 

30  But  I  will  lie  with  my  fathers,  and 
thou  Shalt  carry  me  out  of  Egypt,  and 
bury  me  in  their  buryingplace.  And  he 
said,  I  will  do  as  thou  hast  said. 

31  And  he  said,  Swear  unto  me.  And  he 
sware  unto  him.  And  Israel  bowed  him- 
self upon  the  bed's  head. 

CHAPTER  XLVIIL 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  these  things, 
-  that  one  told  Joseph,  Behold,  thy 
father  h  sick:  and  he  took  with  him  his 
two  sons,  Manasseh  and  Ephraim. 

2  And  one  told  Jacob,  and  said.  Behold, 
thy  sou  Joseph  cometh  unto  thee :  and 
Israel  strengthened  himself,  and  sat  upon 
the  bed. 

3  And  Jacob  said  unto  Joseph,  God 
Almighty  appeared  unto  me  at  Luz  in 
the  land  of  Canaan,  and  blessed  me, 

4  And  said  unto  me,  Behold,  I  will  make 
thee  fruitful,  and  multiply  thee,  and  I  will 
make  of  thee  a  multitude  of  people;  and 
will  give  this  land  to  thy  seed  after  thee 
for  an  everlasting  possession. 

5  1  And  now  thy  two  sons,  Ephraim  and 

_ 


Manasseh,  which  were  born  unto  thee  in 
the  land  of  Egypt,  before  I  came  nnto  thee 
into  Egypt,  are  mine ;  as  Reuben  and  Sim- 
con,  they  shall  be  mine. 

6  And  thy  issue,  which  thou  begettest 
after  them,  shall  be  thine,  and  shall  be 
called  after  the  name  of  their  brethren  in 
their  inheritance. 

7  And  as  for  me,  Avhen  I  came  from 
Padan,  Rachel  died  by  me  in  the  land  of 
Canaan  in  the  way,  when  yet  there  was  but 
a  little  Avay  to  come  unto  Ephmth :  and  I 
buried  her  there  in  the  Avay  of  E^jhrath; 
the  same  is  Beth-lehem. 

8  And  Israel  beheld  Joseph's  sons,  and 
said.  Who  are  these? 

9  And  Joseph  said  unto  his  father.  They 
are  my  sons,  whom  God  hath  given  me  in 
this  place.  And  he  said.  Bring  them,  I 
pray  thee,  unto  me,  and  I  will  bless  them. 

10  Now  the  eyes  of  Israel  were  dim  for 
age,  so  that  he  could  not  see.  And  he 
brought  them  near  unto  him;  and  he 
kissed  them,  and  embraced  them. 

11  And  Israel  said  unto  Joseph,  I  had  not 
thought  to  see  thy  face :  and,  lo,  God  hath 
shewed  me  also  thy  seed. 

12  And  Joseph  bi'ought  them  out  from 
between  his  knees,  and  he  boAved  himself 
Avith  his  face  to  the  earth. 

13  And  Joseph  took  them  both,  Ephraim 
in  his  right  hand  toAvard  Israel's  left  hand, 
and  Manasseh  in  his  left  hand  toward  Is- 
rael's right  hand,  and  brought  t?iern  near 
unto  him. 

14  And  Israel  stretched  out  his  right 
hand,  and  laid  it  upon  Ephraim's  head, 
Avho  ivas  the  younger,  and  his  left  hand 
upon  Manasseh's  head,  guiding  his  hands 
Avittingly ;  for  Manasseh  was  the  firstborn. 

15  Tl  And  he  blessed  Joseph,  and  said, 
God,  before  whom  my  fathers  Abraham 
and  Isaac  did  Avalk,  the  God  Avhich  fed  me 
all  my  life  long  unto  this  day, 

16  The  Angel  Avhich  redeemed  me  from 
all  evil,  bless  the  lads ;  and  let  my  name 
be  named  on  them,  and  the  name  of  my 
fathers  Abraham  and  Isaac ;  and  let  them 
groAv  into  a  multitude  iu  the  midst  of  the 
earth. 

17  And  Avhen  Joseph  saAV  that  his  father 
laid  his  right  hand  upon  the  head  of 
Ephraim,  it  displeased  him :  and  he  held 
up  his  father's  hand,  to  remove  it  from 
Ephraim's  head  nnto  Manasseh's  head. 


GENESIS. 


18  And  Joseph  said  unto  liis  father,  Not 
so,  ray  father:  for  this  is-  the  firstborn;  put 
thy  right  hand  upon  his  head. 

19  And  his  father  refused,  and  said,  I 
know  it,  my  son,  I  know  it:  he  also  shall 
become  a  people,  and  he  also  shall  he 
great :  but  truly  his  younger  brother  shall 
be  greater  than  he,  and  his  seed  shall  be- 
come a  multitude  of  nations. 

20  And  he  blessed  them  that  day,  saying, 
In  thee  shall  Israel  bless,  saying,  God 
make  thee  as  Ephraim  and  as  Manasseh: 
and  he  set  Ephraim  before  Manasseh. 

21  And  Israel  said  imto  Joseph,  Be- 
hold, I  die ;  but  God  shall  be  with  you, 
and  bring  you  again  unto  the  land  of  your 
fatliers. 

22  Moreover  I  have  given  to  tbee  one 
portion  above  thy  brethren,  whicii  I  took 
out  of  the  hand  of  the  Amorite  with  my 
sword  and  with  my  bow, 

CHAPTER  XLIX. 

AND  Jacob  called  unto  his  sons,  and 
said,  Gather  yourselves  together,  that 
I  may  tell  you  that  which  shall  befall  you 
in  the  last  days. 

2  Gather  yourselves  together,  and  hear, 
ye  sons  of  Jacob ;  and  hearken  imto  Israel 
your  father. 

3  T[  Reuben,  thou  art  my  firstborn,  my 
might,  and  the  beginning  of  my  strength, 
the  excellency  of  dignity,  and  the  excel- 
lency of  power : 

4  Unstable  as  water,  thou  shalt  not  excel; 
because  thou  wentest  up  to  thy  father's 
bed;  then  defiledst  thou  it:  he  went  uj) 
to  my  couch. 

5  11  Simeon  and  Levi  are  brethren ; 
instruments  of  cruelty  are  in  their  habita- 
tions. 

6  O  my  soul,  come  not  thou  into  their 
secret ;  unto  their  assembly,  mine  honour, 
be  not  thou  united:  for  in  their  anger 
they  slew  a  man,  and  in  their  selfwill  they 
digged  down  a  wall. 

7  Cursed  he  their  anger,  for  it  ivas  fierce ; 
and  their  wrath,  for  it  was  cruel:  I  will 
divide  them  in  Jacob,  and  scatter  them  in 
Israel. 

8  11  Judah,  thou  art  Tie  whom  thy  brethren 
shall  praise :  thy  hand  shall  be  in  the  neck 
of  thine  enemies;  thy  father's  children 
shall  bow  down  before  thee. 

9  Judah  w  a  lion's  whelp :  from  the  prey, 


my  son,  thou  art  gone  up :  he  stooped 
down,  he  couched  as  a  lion,  and  as  an  old 
lion  ;  who  shall  rouse  him  up  ? 

10  The  sceptre  shall  not  depart  from 
Judah,  nor  a  lawgiver  from  between  his 
feet,  until  Shiloh  come ;  and  unto  him  shall 
the  gathering  of  the  people  be. 

11  Binding  his  foal  unto  the  vine,  and 
his  ass's  colt  unto  the  choice  vine;  he 
washed  his  garments  in  wine,  and  his 
clothes  in  the  blood  of  grapes  : 

12  His  eyes  sliall  be  red  with  wine,  and 
his  teeth  white  with  milk. 

13  •[[  Zebulun  shall  dwell  at  the  haven  of 
the  sea;  and  he  shall  be  for  a  haven  of 
ships  ;  and  his  border  shall  be  unto  Zidon. 

14 1  Issachar  is  a  strong  ass  couching 
down  between  two  burdens  : 

15  And  he  saw  that  rest  was  good,  and 
the  land  that  it  was  pleasant;  and  bowed 
his  shoulder  to  bear,  and  became  a  serv- 
ant unto  tribute. 

16  Ij  Dan  shall  judge  his  people,  as  one 
of  the  tribes  of  Israel. 

17  Dan  shall  be  a  serpent  by  the  way, 
an  adder  in  the  path,  that  biteth  the  horse 
heels,  so  th;it  his  rider  shall  fall  backward. 

18  I  have  waited  for  thy  salvation,  O  Lord. 

19  T[  Gad,  a  troop  shall  overcome  him : 
but  he  shall  overcome  at  the  last. 

20  1  Out  of  Asher  his  bread  shall  be  fat, 
and  he  shall  yield  royal  dainties. 

21  TI  Naphtali  is  a  hind  let  loose :  he 
giveth  goodly  words, 

22  H  Joseph  is  a  fruitful  bough,  even  a 
fruitful  bough  by  a  well;  rv?iose  branches 
run  over  the  wall : 

23  The  archers  have  sorely  grieved  him, 
and  shot  at  7iim,  and  hated  him  : 

24  But  his  bow  abode  in  strength,  and  the 
arms  of  his  hands  were  made  strong  by  the 
hands  of  the  mighty  God  of  Jacob  ;  (from 
thence  is  the  shepherd,  the  stone  of  Israel ;) 

25  Fveii  by  the  God  of  thy  father,  who 
shall  help  thee;  and  by  the  Almighty, 
who  shall  bless  thee  with  blessings  of  heav- 
en above,  blessings  of  the  deep  that  lieth 
under,  blessings  of  the  breasts,  and  of  the 
womb : 

26  The  blessings  of  thy  father  have  pre- 
vailed above  the  blessings  of  my  progen- 
itors unto  the  utmost  bound  of  the  ever- 
lasting hills :  they  shall  be  on  the  head  of 
Joseph,  and  on  the  crown  of  the  head  of 
him  that  was  separate  from  his  brethren. 

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GENESIS. 


'^i  \  Beujumm  simll  raveu  as  a  wolf:  iu 
the  moruiug  he  shall  devour  the  prey,  and 
at  uight  he  shall  divide  the  spoil. 

28  ^  All  these  are  the  twelve  tribes  of 
Israel :  aud  this  in  it  that  their  fother  spake 
unto  them,  and  blessed  them;  every  one 
according  to  his  blessing  he  blessed  them. 

29  And  he  charged  them,  and  said  unto 
them,  I  am  to  be  gathered  unto  my  people : 
bury  me  with  my  fathers  in  the  cave  that 
is  in  the  field  of  Ephron  the  Hittite, 

30  In  the  cave  that  is  in  the  field  of  Mach- 
pelah,  which  is  before  Mamre,  in  the  land 
of  Canaan,  which  Abraham  bought  with 
the  field  of  Ephron  the  Hittite  for  a  pos- 
session of  a  buryingplace. 

31  There  they  buried  Abraham  and  Sarah 
his  wife ;  there  they  buried  Isaac  and 
Rebekah  his  wife ;  aud  there  I  buried  Leah.  ; 

32  The  purchase  of  the  field  and  of  the 
cave  that  is  therein  was  from  the  children 
of  Heth. 

33  And  when  Jacob  had  made  an  end  of 
commanding  his  sons,  he  gathered  up  his 
feet  into  the  bed,  and  yielded  up  the  ghost, 
and  was  gathered  unto  his  people. 

CHAPTER  L. 

AX  D  Joseph  fell  upon  his  father's  face, 
and  wept  upon  him,  and  kissed  him. 

2  And  Joseph  commanded  his  servants 
the  physicians  to  embalm  his  father :  and 
the  physicians  embalmed  Israel.  ! 

3  And  forty  days  were  fulfilled  for  him ;  \ 
for  so  are  fulfilled  the  days  of  those  which 
are  embalmed :  and  the  Egyptians  mourned 
for  him  threescore  and  ten  days. 

4  And  when  the  days  of  his  mourning 
were  past,  Joseph  spake  unto  the  house  of 
Pharaoh,  saying.  If  now  I  have  found  grace 
in  your  eyes,  speak,  I  pray  you,  in  the  ears 
of  Pharaoh,  saying,  i 

5  My  father  made  me  swear,  saying,  Lo,  I  | 
die :  in  ray  grave  which  I  have  digged  for  '• 
me  in  the  land  of  Cantxan,  there  shalt  thou  | 
bury  me.  Now  therefore  let  me  go  up,  I 
pray  thee,  and  bury  my  father,  and  I  will 
come  again. 

6  And  Pharaoh  said.  Go  up,  and  bury  thy 
father,  according  as  he  made  thee  swear. 

7  If  And  Joseph  went  up  to  bury  his 
father:  and  with  him  went  up  all  the 
servants  of  Pharaoh,  the  elders  of  his 
house,  and  all  the  elders  of  the  land  of 
Egypt, 

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8  And  all  the  house  of  Joseph,  and  his 
brethren,  and  his  father's  house:  only  their 
little  ones,  and  their  flocks,  and  their 
herds,  they  left  in  the  land  of  Goshen. 

9  Aud  there  went  up  Avith  him  both  char- 
iots and  horsemen:  and  it  was  a  very 
great  company. 

10  And  they  came  to  the  threshingfloor 
of  Atad,  which  u  beyond  Jordan ;  and 
there  they  mourned  with  a  great  and  very 
sore  lamentation :  and  he  made  a  mourning 
for  his  father  seven  days. 

11  And  when  the  inhabitants  of  the  land, 
the  Canaanites,  saw  the  mourning  in  the 
floor  of  Atad,  they  said.  This  is  a  grievous 
mourning  to  the  Egyptians  :  wherefore  the 
name  of  it  was  called  Abel-mizraim,  Avhich 
is  beyond  Jordan. 

12  And  his  sons  did  unto  him  according 
as  he  commanded  them : 

13  For  his  sons  carried  him  into  the  laud 
of  Canaan,  and  buried  him  in  the  cave  of 
the  field  of  Machpelah,  which  AT)raham 
bought  with  the  field  for  a  possession  of  a 
buryingplace  of  Ephron  the  Hittite,  before 
Mamre. 

14  1[  And  Joseph  returned  into  Egypt, 
he,  and  his  brethren,  and  all  that  went 
up  with  him  to  bury  his  father,  after  he 
had  buried  his  father. 

15  •;  And  when  Joseph's  brethren  saw  that 
their  father  was  dead,  they  said,  Joseph 
will  peradventure  hate  us,  and  Avill  cer- 
tainly requite  us  all  the  evil  Avhich  we  did 
unto  him. 

16  And  they  sent  a  messenger  unto  Jo- 
seph, saying.  Thy  father  did  command  be- 
fore he  died,  saying, 

17  So  shall  ye  say  unto  Joseph,  Forgive, 
I  pray  thee  now,  the  trespass  of  thy  breth- 
ren, and  their  sin;  for  they  did  unto  thee 
evil :  and  now,  we  pray  thee,  forgive  the 
trespass  of  the  servants  of  the  God  of  thy 
father.  And  Joseph  wept  when  they  spake 
unto  him. 

18  And  his  brethren  also  went  and  fell 
down  before  his  face;  aud  they  said.  Be- 
hold, we  he  thy  servants. 

19  Aud  Joseph  said  unto  them,  Fear  not : 
for  am  I  in  the  place  of  God? 

20  But  as  for  you,  ye  thought  evil  against 
me;  but  God  meant  it  unto  good,  to  bring 
to  pass,  as  it  is  this  day,  to  save  much 
people  alive. 

21  Now  therefore  fear  ye  not :  I  Avill  nour- 


EXODUS. 


isu  you,  ami  your  liulc  ones.  And  iic 
comforted  them,  and  spake  kindly  unto 
them. 

22  1  And  Joseph,  dwelt  in  Egypt,  he,  and 
his  father's  house:  and  Joseph  lived  a 
hundred  and  ten  years. 

23  And  Joseph  saw  Ephraim's  children 
of  the  third  (jcneration:  the  children  also 
of  Machir  the  son  of  Manasseh  were 
brought  up  upon  Joseph's  knees. 

24  And  Joseph  said  unto  his   brethren, 


1  die;  and  Ciod  will  surely  visit  you,  and 
bring  you  out  of  this  land  unto  the  land 
which  he  sware  to  Abraham,  to  Isaac,  and 
to  Jacob. 

25  And  Joseph  took  an  oath  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  saying,  God  will  surely  visit 
you,  and  ye  shall  carry  up  my  bones  from 
hence. 

26  So  Joseph  died,  being  a  hundred  and 
ten  years  old:  and  they  embalmed  him, 
and  he  was  j)ut  in  a  coflin  in  Egyx>t. 


THE    SECOND    BOOK    OF  MOSES,    CALLED 


EXODUS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

NOW  these  are  the  names  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  which  came  into  Egypt; 
every  man  and  his  household  came  with 
Jacob. 

2  Reuben,  Simeon,  Levi,  and  Judah, 

3  Issachar,  Zebulun,  and  Benjamin, 

4  Dan,  and  Naphtali,  Gad,  and  Asher. 

5  And  all  the  souls  that  came  out  of  the 
loins  of  Jacob  were  seventy  souls :  for 
Joseph  was  in  Egypt  already. 

6  And  Joseph  died,  and  all  his  brethren, 
and  all  that  generation, 

7  Tl  And  the  children  of  Israel  Avcre  friiit- 
ful,  and  increased  abundantly,  and  multi- 
plied, and  waxed  exceeding  mighty;  and 
the  land  was  filled  with  them. 

8  Now  there  arose  up  a  new  king  over 
Egypt,  which  knew  not  Joseph. 

9  And  he  said  unto  his  i>eople,  Behold,  the 
people  of  the  children  of  Israel  are  more 
and  mightier  than  we: 

10  Come  on,  let  us  deal  wisely  with  them ; 
lest  they  multiply,  and  it  come  to  pass, 
that,  when  there  falleth  out  any  war,  they 
join  also  unto  our  enemies,  and  tight 
against  us,  and  so  get  them  up  out  of  the 
land. 

11  Therefore  they  did  set  over  them  task- 
master? to  afflict  them  with  their  burdens. 
And  they  built  for  Pharaoh  treasure  cities, 
Pithom  and  Raamses. 

12  But  the  more  they  afflicted  them,  the 
more  they  multiplied  and  grew.     And  they 


were  grieved  because  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael. 

13  And  the  Egyptians  made  the  children 
of  Israel  to  serve  with  rigour: 

14  And  they  made  their  lives  bitter  with 
hard  bondage,  in  mortar,  and  in  brick,  and 
in  all  manner  of  service  in  the  field :  all 
their  service,  wherein  they  made  them 
serve,  wan  with  rigour. 

15  ^  And  the  king  of  Egypt  spake  to  the 
Hebrew  midwives,  of  which  the  name  of 
the  one  was  Shiphrah,  and  the  name  of  the 
other  Puah; 

16  And  he  said.  When  ye  do  the  office  of  a 
midwife  to  the  Hebrew  women,  and  see 
them  upon  the  stools,  if  it  he  a  son,  then  ye 
shall  kill  him ;  but  if  it  he  a  daughter,  then 
she  shall  live. 

17  But  the  midwives  feared  God,  and  did 
not  as  the  king  of  Egypt  commanded 
them,  but  saved  the  men  children  alive. 

18  And  the  king  of  Egypt  called  for  the 
midwives,  and  said  unto  them,  Why  have 

i  ye  done  this  thing,  and  have  saved  the  men 
children  alive  ? 

19  And  the  midwives  said  unto  Pharaoh, 
Because  the  Hebrew  women  are  not  as  the 
Egyptian  women;  for  they  are  lively,  and 
are  delivered  ere  the  midwives  come  in  un- 
to them. 

20  Therefore  God  dealt  well  with  the  mid- 
wives  :  and  the  people  multiplied,  and 
waxed  very  mighty. 

21  And  it  came  to  pass,  because  the  mid- 

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EXODUS. 


wives  feared  God,  that  he  made  them 
houses. 

22  And  Pharaoh  charged  all  his  people, 
saying.  Every  son  that  is  born  ye  shall  east 
into  the  river,  and  every  daughter  ye  shall 
save  alive. 

CHAPTER  11. 

AND  there  went  a  man  of  the  house  of 
Levi,  and  took  to  loife  a  daughter  of 
Levi. 

2  And  the  woman  conceived,  and  bare  a 
son :  and  when  she  saw  him  that  he  loas 
a  goodly  cJdld,  she  hid  him  three  months. 

3  And  when  she  could  not  longer  hide 
him,  she  took  for  him  an  ark  of  bulrushes, 
and  daubed  it  Avith  slime  and  with  pitch, 
and  put  the  child  therein ;  and  she  laid  it 
in  the  flags  by  the  river's  brink. 

4  And  his  sister  stood  afar  off,  to  wit 
what  would  be  done  to  him. 

5  TI  And  the  daughter  of  Pharaoh  came 
down  to  wash  herself  ^i  the  river;  and  her 
maidens  walked  along  by  the  river's  side : 
and  when  she  saw  the  ark  among  the  flags, 
she  sent  her  maid  to  fetch  it. 

6  And  when  she  had  opened  it^  she  saw 
the  child:  and,  behold,  the  babe  wept. 
And  she  had  compassion  on  him,  and  said. 
This  is  one  of  the  Hebrews'  children. 

7  Then  said  his  sister  to  Pharaoh's 
daughter.  Shall  I  go  and  call  to  thee  a 
nurse  of  the  Hebrew  women,  that  she 
may  nurse  the  child  for  thee? 

8  And  Pharaoh's  daughter  said  to  her. 
Go.  And  the  maid  went  and  called  the 
child's  mother. 

9  And  Pharaoh's  daughter  said  unto  her. 
Take  this  child  away,  and  nurse  it  for  me, 
and  I  will  give  thee  thy  wages.  And  the 
woman  took  the  child,  and  nursed  it, 

10  And  the  child  grew,  and  she  brought 
him  unto  Pharaoh's  daughter,  and  he  be- 
came her  son.  And  she  called  his  name 
Moses :  and  she  said.  Because  I  drew  him 
out  of  the  water. 

11  TI  And  it  came  to  pass  in  those  days, 
when  Moses  Avas  grown,  that  he  went  out 
unto  his  brethren,  and  looked  on  their 
burdens:  and  he  spied  an  Egyptian  smit- 
ing a  Hebrew,  one  of  his  brethren. 

13  And  he  looked  this  way  and  that  way, 
and  when  he  saw  that  there  was  no  man, 
he  slew  the  Egyptian,  and  hid  him  in  the 
sand. 

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VS  And  when  he  went  out  the  second  day, 
behold,  two  men  of  the  Hebrews  strove  to- 
gether: and  he  said  to  him  that  did  the 
wrong,  Wherefore  smitest  thou  thy  fel- 
low ? 

14  And  he  said,  Who  made  thee  a  prince 
and  a  judge  over  us?  intendest  thou  to 
kill  me,  as  thou  killedst  the  Egyptian? 
And  Moses  feared,  and  said.  Surely  this 
thing  is  known. 

15  Now  when  Pharaoh  heard  this  thing, 
he  sought  to  slay  Moses.  But  Moses  fled 
from  the  face  of  Pharaoh,  and  dwelt  in  the 
land  of  Midian  :  and  he  sat  down  by  a  well. 

16  Now  the  priest  of  Midian  had  seven 
daughters :  and  they  came  and  drew  water, 
and  flUed  the  troughs  to  water  their  fa- 
ther's flock. 

17  And  the  shepherds  came  and  drove 
them  away:  but  Moses  stood  up  and 
helped  them,  and  watered  their  flock. 

18  And  Avhen  they  came  to  Reuel  their 
flxther,  he  said.  How  is  it  that  ye  are  come 
so  soon  to  day? 

19  And  they  said.  An  Egyptian  delivered 
lis  out  of  the  hand  of  the  shepherds,  and 
also  drew  ivater  enough  for  us,  and  watered 
the  flock. 

20  And  he  said  unto  his  daughters.  And 
where  is  he?  why  is  it  that  ye  have  left  the 
man?  call  him,  that  he  may  cat  bread. 

21  And  Moses  was  content  to  dwell  with 
the  man :  and  he  gave  Moses  Zipporah  his 
daughter. 

22  And  she  bare  him  a  son,  and  he  called 
his  name  Gershom:  for  he  said,  I  have 
been  a  stranger  in  a  strange  land. 

23  1  And  it  came  to  pass  in  process  of 
time,  that  the  king  of  Egypt  died :  and  the 
children  of  Israel  sighed  by  reason  of  the 
bondage,  and  they  cried,  and  their  cry 
came  up  unto  God  by  reason  of  the  bond- 
age. 

24  And  God  heard  their  groaning,  and 
God  remembered  his  covenant  with  Abra- 
ham, with  Isaac,  and  with  Jacob. 

25  And  God  looked  upon  the  children  of 
Israel,  and  God  had  respect  unto  them.     V 

CHAPTER   IIL 

NOW  Moses  kept  the  flock  of  Jethro 
his  father  in  law,  the  priest  of  Midian: 
and  he  led  the  flock  to  the  back  side  of  the 
desert,  and  came  to  the  mountain  of  God, 
even  to  Horeb. 


EXODUS. 


2  And  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  appeared 
unto  him  in  a  flame  of  fire  out  of  the 
midst  of  a  bush;  and  he  looked,  and, 
behold,  the  bush  burned  with  fire,  and 
the  bush  it'os  not  consumed.  - -- 

3  And  Moses  said,  I  will  now  turn  aside, 
and  see  this  great  sight,  why  the  bush  is 
not  burnt. 

4  And  when  the  Lord  saw  that  he  turned 
aside  to  see,  God  called  unto  him  out  of 
the  midst  of  the  bush,  and  said,  Moses, 
Moses.     And  he  said,  Here  am  L 

5  And  he  said.  Draw  not  nigh  hither: 
put  off  thy  shoes  from  off  thy  feet;  for 
the  place  whereon  thou  standest  is  holy 
ground. 

6  Moreover  he  said,  I  am  the  God  of  thy 
father,  the  God  of  Abraham,  the  God  of 
Isaac,  and  the  God  of  Jacob.  And  Moses 
hid  his  face;  for  he  was  afraid  to  look 
upon  God. 

7  H  And  the  Lord  said,  I  have  surely 
seen  the  aflliction  of  Ay  people  which 
are  in  Egj'pt,  and  have  heard  their  cry  by 
reason  of  their  taskmasters;  for  I  know 
their  sorrows ; 

8  And  I  am  come  down  to  deliver  them 
out  of  the  hand  of  the  Egyptians,  and  to 
bring  them  up  out  of  that  land  unto  a 
good  land  and  a  large,  unto  a  land  flowing 
with  milk  and  honey;  unto  the  place  of 
the  Canaanites,  and  the  Hittites,  and  the 
Amorites,  and  the  Perizzites,  and  the  Hi- 
vites,  and  the  Jebusites. 

9  Now  therefore,  behold,  the  cry  of  the 
children  of  Israel  is  come  unto  me:  and 
I  have  also  seen  the  oppression  where- 
with the  Egyptians  oppress  them. 

10  Come  now  therefore,  and  I  will  send 
thee  unto  Pharaoh,  that  thou  maycst  bring 
forth  my  people  the  children  of  Israel  out 
of  Egypt. 

11 1[  And  Moses  said  unto  God,  Who  am 
I,  that  I  should  go  unto  Pharaoh,  and  that 
I  should  bring  forth  the  childi'en  of  Is- 
rael out  of  Egypt  ? 

12  And  he  said,  Cei'tainly  I  will  be  with 
thee;  and  this  shall  he  a  token  unto  thee, 
that  I  have  sent  thee:  When  thou  hast 
brought  forth  the  people  out  of  Eg}T)t, 
ye  shall  serve  God  upon  this  mountain. 

13  And  Moses  said  unto  God,  Behold, 
when  I  come  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  shall  say  unto  them,  The  God  of  your 
fathers  hath  sent  me  unto  yo\\\  and  they 


shall  say  to  me,  What  in  his   name?  what 
shall  I  say  unto  them? 

14  And  God  said  unto  Moses,  I  AM  THAT 
I  AM  ••  and  he  said.  Thus  shalt  thou  say 
unto  the  children  of  Israel,  I  AM  hath 
sent  me  unto  you. 

15  And  God  said  moreover  unto  Moses, 
Thus  Shalt  thou  say  unto  the  children  of 
Israel,  The  Lord  God  of  your  fathers,  the 
God  of  Abraham,  the  God  of  Isaac,  and 
the  God  of  Jacob,  hath  sent  me  unto 
you:  this  is  my  name  for  ever,  and  this 
is  my  memorial  unto  all  generations. 

16  Go,  and  gather  the  elders  of  Israel 
together,  and  say  unto  them.  The  Lord 
God  of  your  fixthers,  the  God  of  Abra- 
ham, of  Isaac,  and  of  Jacob,  appeared  un- 
to me,  saying,  I  have  surely  visited  you, 
and  seen  that  which  is  done  to  you  in 
Egypt: 

17  And  I  have  said,  I  will  bring  you  lap 
out  of  the  affliction  of  Egypt  unto  the 
land  of  the  Canaanites,  and  the  Hittites, 
and  the  Amorites,  and  the  Perizzites,  and 
the  Hivites,  and  the  Jebusites,  unto  a  land 
flowing  with  milk  and  honey. 

18  And  they  shall  hearken  to  thy  voice: 
and  thou  shalt  come,  thou  and  the  elders 
of  Israel,  unto  the  king  of  Egj'pt,  and  ye 
shall  say  unto  him,  The  Lord  God  of 
the  Hebrews  hath  met  with  us :  and  now 
let  us  go,  we  beseech  thee,  three  days' 
journey  into  the  wilderness,  that  we  may 
sacrifice  to  the  Lord  our  God. 

19  1[  And  I  am  sure  that  the  king  of 
Egypt  will  not  let  you  go,  no,  not  by  a 
mighty  hand. 

20  And  I  will  stretch  out  my  hand,  and 
smite  Egypt  with  all  my  wondei's  which 
I  will  do  in  the  midst  thereof:  and  after 
that  he  will  let  you  go. 

21  And  I  will  give  this  people  favour  in 
the  sight  of  the  Egyptians :  and  it  shall 
come  to  pass,  that,  when  ye  go,  ye  shall 
not  go  empty : 

22  But  every  woman  shall  borrow  of  her 
neighbour,  and  of  her  that  sojourneth  in 
her  house,  jewels  of  silver,  and  jewels  of 
gold,  and  raiment :  and  ye  shall  put  thein 
upon  your  sons,  and  upon  your  daugh- 
ters ;  and  ye  shall  spoil  the  Egyptians.      ? 

CHAPTER  IV. 

AND    Moses  answered    and  said.   But, 
behold,  they  will  not  believe  me,  nor 


EXODUS. 


hearken  unto  my  voice :  lor  they  will  say, 
The  Lord  hath  not  appeared  unto  thee. 

2  And  the  Lokd  said  unto  him,  What  is 
that  in  thine  hand  ?     And  he  said,  A  rod. 

3  And  he  said,  Cast  it  on  the  ground. 
And  he  cast  it  on  the  ground,  and  it 
became  a  seri^ent;  and  Moses  fled  from 
before  it. 

4  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Put 
forth  thine  hand,  and  take  it  by  the  tail. 
And  he  put  forth  his  hand,  and  caught 
it,  and  it  became  a  rod  in  his  hand : 

5  That  they  may  believe  that  the  Lord 
God  of  their  fathers,  the  God  of  Abra- 
ham, the  God  of  Isaac,  and  the  God  of 
Jacob,  hath  appeared  unto  thee. 

6  ^  And  the  Lord  said  furthermore  un- 
to him,  Put  now  thine  hand  into  thy 
bosom.  And  he  put  his  hand  into  his 
bosom :  and  when  he  took  it  out,  behold, 
his  hand  ?i'a.s-  leprous  as  snow. 

7  And  he  said.  Put  thine  hand  into  thy 
bosom  again.  And  he  put  his  hand  into 
his  bosom  again;  and  plucked  it  out  of 
his  bosom,  and,  behold,  it  was  turned 
again  as  his  ofher  flesh. 

8  And  it  shall  come  to  i)ass,  if  they  will 
not  believe  thee,  neither  hearken  to  the 
voice  of  the  first  sign,  that  they  will 
believe  the  voice  of  the  latter  sign. 

9  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  they  will 
not  believe  also  these  two  signs,  neither 
hearken  unto  thy  voice,  that  thou  shalt 
take  of  the  water  of  the  river,  and  pour  it 
upon  the  di'y  la7id:  and  the  water  which 
thou  takest  out  of  the  river  shall  become 
blood  upon  the  dry  Ia7id. 

10  ^  And  Moses  said  unto  the  Lord,  O 
my  Lord,  I  am  not  eloquent,  neither  here- 
tofore, nor  since  thou  hast  spoken  iinto 
thy  servant ;  but  I  am  slow  of  speech, 
and  of  a  slow  tongue. 

11  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him.  Who 
hath  made  man's  mouth?  or  who  maketh 
the  dumb,  or  deaf,  or  the  seeing,  or  the 
blind?  have  not  I  the  Lord ? 

12  Now  therefore  go,  and  I  will  be  with 
thy  mouth,  and  teach  thee  what  thou 
shalt  say. 

13  And  he  said,  O  my  Lord,  send,  I 
pray  thee,  by  the  hand  of  him  tcJiom  thou 
wilt  send. 

14  And  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  kin- 
dled against  Moses,  and  he  said.  Is  not 
Aaron  the  Levite    thv  brother?    I  know 


that  he  can  speak  well.  And  also,  behold, 
he  Cometh  forth  to  meet  thee:  and  when 
he  seeth  thee,  he  will  be  glad  in  his 
heart. 

15  And  thou  shalt  speak  unto  him,  and 
put  words  in  his  mouth:  and  I  will  be 
with  thy  mouth,  and  with  his  mouth,  and 
will  teach  you  what  ye  shall  do. 

16  And  he  shall  be  thy  spokesman  unto 
the  people:  and  he  shall  be,  eveyi  he  shall 
be  to  thee  instead  of  a  mouth,  and  thou 
shalt  be  to  him  instead  of  God. 

17  And  thou  shalt  take  this  rod  in 
thine  hand,  wherewith  thou  shalt  do  signs. 

18  ^  And  Moses  went  and  returned  to 
Jethro  his  father  in  law,  and  said  unto 
him,  Let  me  go,  1  pray  thee,  and  return 
unto  my  brethren  which  are  in  Egypt,  and 
see  whether  they  be  yet  alive.  And  Jethro 
said  to  Moses,  Go  in  peace. 

19  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses  in 
Midiau,  Go,  return  into  Egj'pt:  for  all  the 
men  are  dead  whh:-h  sought  thy  life. 

20  And  Moses  took  his  wife  and  his  sons, 
and  set  them  upon  an  ass,  and  he  returned 
to  the  land  of  Eg^-pt :  and  Moses  took  the 
rod  of  God  in  his  hand. 

21  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  W^hen 
thou  goest  to  return  into  Egji^t,  see  that 
thou  do  all  those  wonders  before  Pharaoh, 
which  I  have  put  in  thine  hand:  but  I  will 
harden  his  heart,  that  he  shall  not  let  the 
people  go. 

22  And  thou  shalt  say  unto  Pharaoh,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord,  Israel  is  my  son,  even  my 
firstborn : 

23  And  I  say  unto  thee.  Let  my  son  go, 
that  he  may  serve  me :  and  if  thou  re- 
fuse to  let  him  go,  behold,  I  will  slay  thy 
son,  even  thy  firstborn. 

24  ^  And  it  came  to  pass  by  the  way  in 
the  inn,  that  the  Lord  met  him,  and 
sought  to  kill  him. 

25  Then  Zipporah  took  a  sharp  stone,  and 
cut  oflf  the  foreskin  of  her  son,  and  cast 
it  at  his  feet,  and  said,  Surely  a  bloody 
husband  art  thou  to  me. 

26  So  he  let  him  go:  then  she  said,  A 
bloody  husband  thoit,  art,  because  of  the 
circumcision. 

27  ^  And  the  Lord  said  to  Aaron,  Go 
into  the  wilderness  to  meet  Moses.  And 
he  went,  and  met  him  in  the  mount  of 
God,  and  kissed  him. 

28  And  Moses  told  Aaron  all  the  words 


EXODUS. 


of  the  LoKB  Avho  had  sent  him,  and  all 
the  signs  Avhich  he  had  commanded  him. 

29  II  And  Moses  and  Aaron  went  and 
gathered  together  all  the  elders  of  the 
children  of  Israel : 

30  And  Aaron  spake  all  the  words  which 
the  Lord  had  spoken  unto  Moses,  and  did 
the  signs  in  the  sight  of  the  people. 

31  And  the  people  believed:  and  when 
they  heard  that  the  Lord  had  visited  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  that  he  had  looked 
upon  their  affliction,  then  they  bowed  their 
heads  and  worshipped.        ^ 

CHAPTER  V. 

AND  afterward  Moses  and  Aaron  went 
in,  and  told  Pharaoh,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel,  Let  my  people  go, 
that  they  may  hold  a  least  unto  me  in  the 
wilderness. 

2  And  Pharaoh  said.  Who  is  the  Lord, 
that  I  should  obey  his  voice  to  let  Israel 
go  ?  I  know  not  the  Lord,  neither  will  I 
let  Israel  go. 

3  And  they  said,  The  God  of  the  Hebrews 
hath  met  with  us  :  let  us  go,  we  pray  thee, 
three  days'  journey  into  the  desert,  and 
sacrifice  unto  the  Lord  our  God;  lest  he 
fall  upon  us  with  pestilence,  or  with  the 
sword. 

4  And  the  king  of  Egypt  said  unto  them, 
Wherefore  do  ye,  Moses  and  Aaron,  let  the 
peoi^le  from  their  works?  get  you  unto 
your  burdens. 

5  And  Pharaoh  said.  Behold,  the  people 
of  the  land  now  are  many,  and  ye  make 
them  rest  from  their  burdens, 

6  And  Pharaoh  commanded  the  same  day 
the  taskmasters  of  the  people,  and  their 
officers,  saying, 

7  Ye  shall  no  more  give  the  people  straw 
to  make  brick,  as  heretofore :  let  them  go 
and  gather  straw  for  themselves. 

8  And  the  tale  of  the  bricks,  which  they 
did  make  heretofore,  ye  shall  lay  iipon 
them ;  ye  shall  not  diminish  awjM  thereof: 
for  they  be  idle;  therefore  they  cry,  say- 
ing, Let  lis  go  and  sacrifice  to  our  God. 

9  Let  there  more  work  be  laid  upon  the 
men,  that  they  may  labour  therein;  and 
let  them  not  regard  A'ain  words. 

10  T[  And  the  taskmasters  of  the  people 
went  out,  and  their  officers,  and  they  spake 
to  the  people,  saying.  Thus  saith  Pharaoh, 
I  will  not  give  you  straw. 


11  Go  ye,  get  you  straw  where  ye  can 
find  it :  yet  not  aught  of  your  work  shall 
be  diminished. 

13  So  the  people  were  scattered  abroad 
throughout  all  the  land  of  Egypt  to  gather 
stubble  instead  of  straw. 

13  And  the  taskmasters  hasted  than^  say- 
ing, Fulfil  your  works,  i/our  daily  tasks, 
as  when  there  was  straw. 

14  And  the  officers  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  which  Pharaoh's  taskmasters  had 
set  over  them,  were  beaten,  and  demanded. 
Wherefore  have  ye  not  fulfilled  your  task 
in  making  brick  both  yesterday  and  to 
day,  as  heretofore? 

15  Tl  Then  the  officers  of  the  children  of 
Israel  came  and  cried  unto  Pharaoh,  say- 
ing. Wherefore  dealest  thou  thus  with  thy 
servants  ? 

16  There  is  no  straw  given  unto  thy  serv- 
ants, and  they  say  to  us.  Make  brick:  and, 
behold,  thy  servants  are  beaten;  but  the 
fault  IS  in  thine  own  people. 

17  But  he  said,  Ye  are  idle,  ije  are  idle: 
therefore  ye  say,  Let  us  go  a7id  do  sacri- 
fice to  the  Lord. 

18  Go  therefore  now,  afid  work ;  for  there 
shall  no  straw  be  given  you,  yet  shall  ye 
deliver  the  tale  of  bricks. 

19  And  the  officers  of  the  children  of 
Israel  did  see  tJiat  they  vcre  in  evil  ca.<^e, 
after  it  was  said.  Ye  shall  not  minish  an(/ht 
from  your  bricks  of  your  daily  task. 

20  Tf  And  they  met  Moses  and  Aaron,  who 
stood  in  the  way,  as  they  came  forth  from 
Pharaoh : 

21  And  they  said  unto  them,  The  Lord 
look  upon  you,  and  judge;  because  ye 
haA'e  made  our  savour  to  be  abhorred  in 
the  eyes  of  Pharaoh,  and  in  the  eyes  of 
his  servants,  to  put  a  sword  in  their 
hand  to  slay  us, 

22  And  Moses  retiimed  unto  the  Lord, 
and  said.  Lord,  wherefore  hast  thou  so  evil 
entreated  this  peojile?  whj'  is  it  that  thou 
hast  sent  me? 

23  For  since  I  came  to  Pharaoh  to  speak 
in  thy  name,  he  hath  done  evil  to  this 
people;  neither  hast  thou  delivered  thy 
people  at  all. 

CHAPTER  TL 

THEN  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Now 
Shalt  thou  see  what  I  will  do  to  Plia- 
raoh:  for  A\ith  a  strong  hand  shall  he  let 


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EXODUS. 


them  go,  and  with  a  strong  hand  shall  he 
drive  them  out  of  his  land. 

2  And  God  spake  unto  Moses,  and  said 
unto  him,  I  am  the  Lord: 

3  And  I  appeared  unto  Abraham,  unto 
Isaac,  and  unto  Jacob,  by  tlie  name  of 
God  Almighty  ;  but  by  my  name  JEHO- 
VAH was  I  not  known  to  them. 

4  And  I  have  also  established  my  cov- 
enant with  them,  to  give  them  the  land 
of  Canaan,  the  land  of  their  pilgrimage, 
wherein  they  were  strangers. 

5  And  I  have  also  heard  the  groaning 
of  the  children  of  Israel,  whom  the  Egyp- 
tians keep  in  bondage ;  and  I  have  remem- 
bered my  covenant. 

6  Wherefore  say  unto  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, I  am  the  Lord,  and  I  will  bring  you 
out  from  under  the  burdens  of  the  Egyp- 
tians, and  I  will  rid  you  out  of  their 
bondage,  and  I  will  redeem  you  with  a 
stretched  out  arm,  and  with  great  judg- 
ments : 

7  And  I  will  take  you  to  me  for  a  peo- 
ple, and  I  will  be  to  you  a  God:  and  ye 
shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  your  God, 
which  bringeth  you  out  from  under  the 
burdens  of  the  Egyptians. 

8  And  I  will  bring  you  in  unto  the  land, 
concerning  the  w^hich  I  did  swear  to  give 
it  to  Abraham,  to  Isaac,  and  to  Jacob ;  and 
I  will  give  it  you  for  a  heritage :  I  am  the 
Lord. 

9  1[  And  Moses  spake  so  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel:  but  they  hearkened  not 
unto  Moses  for  anguish  of  spirit,  and  for 
cruel  bondage. 

10  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  saying, 

11  Go  in,  speak  unto  Pharaoh  king  of 
EgjT^t,  that  he  let  the  children  of  Israel 
go  out  of  his  land. 

12  And  Moses  spake  before  the  Lord, 
saying,  Behold,  the  children  of  Israel  have 
not  hearkened  unto  me;  how  then  shall 
Pharaoh  hear  me,  who  am  of  uncircum- 
cised  lips  ? 

13  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses  and 
unto  Aaron,  and  gave  them  a  charge  unto 

!  the  children  of  Israel,  and  unto  Pharaoh 
king  of  Egypt,  to  bring  the  children  of 
Israel  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

14  H  These  he  the  heads  of  their  Mhers' 
houses:  The  sons  of  Reuben  the  first- 
born of  Israel ;  Hanoch,  and  Pallu,  Hezron, 
and  Canni :  these  he  the  families  of  Reuben. 

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15  And  the  sous  of  Simeon ;  Jemuel,  and 
Jamin,  and  Ohad,  and  Jachin,  and  Zohar, 
and  Shaul  the  son  of  a  Canaanitish  woman: 
these  are  the  families  of  Simeon. 

16  H  And  these  are  the  names  of  the  sons 
of  Levi  according  to  their  generations; 
Gershon,  and  Kohath,  and  Merari:  and 
the  years  of  the  life  of  Levi  were  a  hund- 
red thirty  and  seven  years. 

17  The  sons  of  Gershon;  Libui,  and  Shimi, 
according  to  their  families. 

18  And  the  sons  of  Kohath;  Amram, 
and  Izhar,  and  Hebron,  and  Uzziel :  and 
the  years  of  the  life  of  Kohath  were  a 
hundred  thirty  and  three  years. 

19  And  the  sons  of  Merari ;  Mahali  and 
Mushi :  these  are  the  families  of  Levi 
according  to  their  generations. 

20  And  Amram  took  him  Jochebed  his 
father's  sister  to  wife;  and  she  bare  him 
Aaron  and  Moses :  and  the  j'cars  of  the 
life  of  Amram  toere  a  hundred  and  thirty 
and  seven  years. 

21  T[  And  the  sons  of  Izhar ;  Korah,  and 
Nepheg,  and  Zichri. 

22  And  the  sons  of  Uzziel;  Mishael, 
and  Elzaphan,  and  Zithri. 

23  And  Aaron  took  him  Elisheba,  daugh- 
ter of  Amminadab,  sister  of  Naashon,  to 
wife ;  and  she  bare  him  Xadab  and  Abihu, 
Eleazar  and  Ithamar. 

24  And  the  sons  of  Korah;  Assir,  and 
Elkanah,  and  Abiasaph :  these  are  the 
families  of  the  Korhites. 

25  And  Eleazar  Aaron's  son  took  him 
one  of  the  daughters  of  Putiel  to  wife; 
and  she  bare  him  Phinehas :  these  are 
the  heads  of  the  fathers  of  the  Levites 
according  to  their  families. 

36  These  are  that  Aaron  and  Moses,  to 
w^hom  the  Lord  said.  Bring  out  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  from  the  land  of  Eg}Tpt 
according  to  their  armies. 

27  These  are  they  which  spake  to  Pha- 
raoh king  of  Egypt,  to  bring  out  the 
children  of  Israel  from  Egypt:  these  are 
that  Moses  and  Aaron. 

28  II  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  day 
vjhcn  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses  in  the 
land  of  Egypt, 

29  That  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, I  am  the  Lord  :  speak  thou  unto  Pha- 
raoh king  of  Egypt  all  that  I  say  unto 
thee. 

30  And    Moses    said    before   the    Lord, 


EXODUS. 


Behold,  I  am  of  uncircumcised  lips,  and 
how  shall  Pharaoh  hearken  unto  me  ? 

CHAPTER  VII. 

AND  the  Lord  said  nnto  Moses,  See,  I 
-  have  made  thee  a  god  to  Pharaoh;  and 
Aaron  thy  brother  shall  he  thy  prophet. 

2  Thou  Shalt  speak  -ill  that  I  command 
thee;  and  Aaron  thy  brother  shall  speak 
unto  Pharaoh,  that  he  send  the  children 
of  Israel  out  of  his  land. 

3  And  I  will  harden  Pharaoh's  heart,  and 
multiply  my  signs  and  my  wonders  in  the 
land  of  Egypt. 

4  But  Pharaoh  shall  not  hearken  imto 
you,  that  I  may  lay  my  hand  upon  Egypt, 
and  bring  forth  mine  armies,  and  my  peo- 
ple the  children  of  Israel,  out  of  the  land 
of  EgjTpt  by  great  judgments. 

5  And  the  Egyptians  shall  know  that  I 
am  the  Lord,  when  I  stretch  forth  mine 
hand  upon  Egypt,  and  bring  out  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  from  among  them. 

6  And  Moses  and  Aaron  did  as  the  Lord 
commanded  them,  so  did  they. 

7  And  Moses  was  fourscore  years  old,  and 
Aaron  fourscore  and  three  3'ears  old,  when 
they  spake  unto  Pharaoh. 

8  1[  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses 
and  unto  Aaron,  saying, 

9  When  Pharaoh  shall  speak  unto  you, 
saying,  Shew  a  miracle  for  you:  then  thou 
Shalt  say  unto  Aaron,  Take  thy  rod,  and 
cast  it  before  Pharaoh,  and  it  shall  become 
a  serpent. 

10  II  And  Moses  and  Aaron  went  in  unto 
Pharaoh,  and  they  did  so  as  the  Lord  had 
commanded:  and  Aaron  cast  down  his 
rod  before  Pharaoli,  and  before  his  serv- 
ants, and  it  became  a  serpent. 

11  Then  Pharaoh  also  called  the  wise  men 
and  the  sorcerers :  now  the  magicians  of 
Egypt,  they  also  did  in  like  manner  with 
their  enchantments. 

13  For  they  cast  down  every  man  his  rod, 
and  they  became  serpents:  but  Aaron's 
rod  swallowed  up  their  rods. 

13  And  he  hardened  Pharaoh's  heart,  that 
he  hearkened  not  unto  them ;  as  the  Lord 
had  said. 

14  Ti  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
Pharaoh's  heart  is  hardened,  he  refuseth 
to  let  the  people  go. 

15  Get  thee  unto  Pharaoh  in  the  morning ; 
lo,  he  goeth  out  unto  the  water;  and  thou 


Shalt  stand  by  the  river's  brink  against  he 
come ;  and  the  rod  which  was  turned  to  a 
serpent  shalt  thou  take  in  thine  hand. 

16  And  thou  shalt  say  unto  him.  The 
Lord  God  of  the  Hebrews  hath  sent  me 
unto  thee,  saying,  Let  my  people  go,  that 
they  may  serve  me  in  the  wilderness  :  and, 
behold,  hitherto  thou  wouldest  not  hear. 

17  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  In  this  thou 
shalt  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  :  behold, 
I  will  smite  with  the  rod  that  is  in  mine 
hand  upon  the  waters  which  are  in  the 
river,  and  they  shall  be  turned  to  blood. 

18  And  the  fish  that  is  in  the  river  shall 
die,  and  the  river  shall  stink ;  and  the 
Egyptians  shall  loathe  to  drink  of  the 
water  of  the  river. 

19  TI  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
Say  unto  Aaron,  Take  thy  rod,  and  stretch 
out  thine  hand  upon  the  waters  of  Egypt, 
upon  their  streams,  upon  their  rivers,  and 
upon  their  ponds,  and  upon  all  their  pools 
of  water,  that  they  may  become  blood; 
and  that  there  may  be  blood  throughout 
all  the  land  of  Egypt,  both  in  vessels  of 
wood,  and  in  vessels  of  stone. 

20  And  Moses  and  Aaron  did  so,  as  the 
Lord  commanded;  and  he  lifted  up  the 
rod,  and  smote  the  waters  that  locre  in 
the  river,  in  the  sight  of  Pharaoh,  and 
in  the  sight  of  his  servants;  and  all  the 
waters  that  were  in  the  river  were  turned 
to  blood. 

21  And  the  fish  that  was  in  the  river 
died;  and  the  river  stank,  and  the  Egyp- 
tians could  not  drink  of  the  water  of  the 
river;  and  there  was  blood  throughout  all 
the  land  of  Egypt. 

22  And  the  magicians  of  Egypt  did  so 
with  their  enchantments:  and  Pharaoh's 
heart  was  hardened,  neither  did  he  hearken 
unto  them ;  as  the  Lord  had  said. 

23  And  Pharaoh  turned  and  went  into 
his  house,  neither  did  he  set  his  heart  to 
this  also. 

24  And  all  the  Egyptians  digged  round 
about  the  river  for  water  to  drink;  for 
they  could  not  drink  of  the  water  of  the 
river. 

25  And  seven  days  were  fulfilled,  after 
that  the  Lord  had  smitten  the  river. 

CHAPTER  VIIL 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  Go 
.  unto    Pharaoh,    and    say  unto    him, 
_ 


EXODUS. 


Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Let  my  people  go, 
that  they  may  serve  me. 

2  And  if  thou  refuse  to  let  them  go, 
behold,  1  will  smite  all  thy  borders  with 
frogs : 

3  And  the  river  shall  bring  forth  frogs 
abundantly,  Avhich  shall  go  up  and  come 
into  thine  house,  and  into  thy  bedcham- 
ber, and  upon  thy  bed,  and  into  the  house 
of  thy  servants,  and  upon  thy  people,  and 
into  thine  ovens,  and  into  thy  kneading- 
troughs : 

4  And  the  frogs  shall  come  up  both  on 
thee,  and  upon  thy  people,  and  upon  all 
thy  servants. 

5  T[  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
Say  unto  Aaron,  Stretch  forth  thine  hand 
with  thy  rod  over  the  streams,  over  the 
rivers,  and  over  the  ponds,  and  cause 
frogs  to  come  up  upon  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

6  And  Aaron  stretched  out  his  hand  over 
the  waters  of  Egypt;  and  the  frogs  came 
up,  and  covered  the  land  of  Egypt. 

7  And  the  magicians  did  so  with  their 
enchantments,  and  brought  up  frogs  upon 
the  land  of  Egypt. 

8  *l  Then  Pharaoh  called  for  Moses  and 
Aaron,  and  said.  Entreat  the  Lord,  that 
he  may  take  aw^ay  the  frogs  from  me, 
and  from  my  people;  and  I  will  let  the 
people  go,  that  they  may  do  sacrifice 
unto  the  Lord. 

9  And  Moses  said  unto  Pharaoh,  Glory 
over  me:  when  shall  I  entreat  for  thee, 
and  for  thy  servants,  and  for  thy  people, 
to  destroy  the  frogs  from  thee  and  thy 
houses,  that  they  may  remain  in  the  river 
only? 

10  And  he  said.  To  morrow.  And  he 
said,  Be  it  according  to  thy  word;  that 
thou  mayest  know  that  there  is  none  like 
unto  the  Lord  our  God. 

11  And  the  frogs  shall  depart  from  thee, 
and  from  thy  houses,  and  from  thy  serv- 
ants, and  from  thy  people;  they  shall 
remain  in  the  river  only. 

12  And  Moses  and  Aaron  went  out  from 
Pharaoh  :  and  Moses  cried  unto  the  Lord 
because  of  the  frogs  which  he  had  brought 
against  Pharaoh.  | 

13  And  the  Lord  did  according  to  the  j 

word   of  Moses ;  and  the  frogs  died  out  of 

the  houses,  out  of  the  villages,  and  out  of 

the  fields. 

_ 


14  And  they  gathered  them  together  upon 
heaps ;  and  the  land  stank. 

15  But  when  Pharaoh  saw  that  there  was 
respite,  he  hardened  his  heart,  and  heark- 
ened not  unto  them;  as  the  Lord  had  said. 

16  ■[  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Say 
unto  Aaron,  Stretch  out  thy  rod,  and  smite 
the  dust  of  the  land,  that  it  may  become 
lice  throughout  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

17  And  they  did  so ;  for  Aaron  stretched 
out  his  hand  with  his  rod,  and  smote  the 
dust  of  the  earth,  and  it  became  lice  in 
man,  and  in  beast ;  all  the  dust  of  the  land 
became  lice  throughout  all  the  laud  of  \ 
Egypt. 

18  And  the  magicians  did  so  with  their 
enchantments  to  bring  forth  lice,  but  thej' 
could  not :  so  there  were  lice  upon  man, 
and  upon  beast. 

19  Then  the  magicians  said  unto  Pharaoh, 
This  is  the  finger  of  God:  and  Pharaoh's 
heart  was  hardened,  and  he  hearkened  not 
unto  them ;  as  the  Lord  had  said. 

20  TI  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Rise 
up  early  in  the  morning,  and  stand  before 
Pharaoh;  lo,  he  cometh  forth  to  the  water; 
and  say  unto  him.  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
Let  my  people  go,  that  they  may  serve 
me, 

21  Else,  if  thou  wilt  not  let  my  people  go, 
behold,  I  will  send  swarms  of  flies  upon 
thee,  and  upon  thy  servants,  and  upon  thy 
people,  and  into  thy  houses:  and  the 
houses  of  the  Egyptians  shall  be  full  of 
swarms  of  flies,  and  also  the  ground 
whereon  they  are. 

22  And  I  will  sever  in  that  day  the  land  of 
Goshen,  in  which  my  people  dwell,  that  no 
swarms  of  flies  shall  be  there;  to  the  end 
thou  mayest  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  in 
the  midst  of  the  earth. 

23  And  I  will  put  a  division  between  my 
people  and  thy  people:  to  morrow  shall 
this  sign  be. 

24  And  the  Lord  did  so  ;  and  there  came 
a  grievous  swarm  of  flies  into  the  house  of 
Pharaoh,  and  into  his  servants'  houses,  and 
into  all  the  land  of  Egj'pt :  the  land  was 
corrupted  by  reason  of  the  swarm  of  flies. 

25  %  And  Pharaoh  called  for  Moses  and 
for  Aaron,  and  said.  Go  ye,  sacriflce  to  j'our 
God  in  the  land. 

26  And  Moses  said.  It  is  not  meet  so  to 
do;  for  we  shall  sacrifice  the  abomination 
of  the  Egyptians  to  the  Lord  our  God :  lo. 


EXODUS. 


shall  "vve  sacritiee  the  abomination  of  the 
Egyptians  before  their  eyes,  and  will  they 
not  stone  us  ? 

27  We  will  go  three  days'  journey  into  the 
wilderness,  and  sacrifice  to  the  Lord  our 
God,  as  he  shall  command  us. 

28  And  Pharaoh  said,  I  will  let  you  go, 
that  ye  may  sacrifice  to  the  Lord  your 
God  in  the  wilderness ;  only  ye  shall  not 
go  very  far  away ;  entreat  for  me. 

29  And  Moses  said,  Behold,  I  go  oiit  from 
thee,  and  I  will  entreat  the  Lord  that  the 
swarms  of  flies  may  depart  from  Pharaoh, 
from  his  servants,  and  from  his  people,  to 
morrow :  but  let  not  Pharaoh  deal  deceit- 
fully any  more  in  not  letting  the  peojjlc  go 
to  sacrifice  to  the  Lord. 

30  And  Moses  went  out  from  Pharaoh, 
and  entreated  the  Lord. 

.31  And  the  Lord  did  according  to  the 
word  of  Moses ;  and  he  removed  the 
swarms  of  flies  from  Pharaoh,  from  his 
servants,  and  from  his  people ;  there  re- 
mained not  one. 

32  And  Pharaoh  hardened  his  heart  at  this 
time  also,  neither  would  he  let  the  people 
go. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

THEN  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Go  in 
unto  Pharaoh,  and  tell  him.  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God  of  the  Hebrews,  Let  my 
people  go,  that  they  may  serve  me. 

2  For  if  thou  refuse  to  let  them  go,  and 
wilt  hold  them  still, 

3  Behold,  the  hand  of  the  Lord  is  upon 
thy  cattle  which  is  in  the  field,  upon  the 
horses,  upon  the  asses,  upon  the  camels, 
upon  the  oxen,  and  upon  the  sheep :  there 
shall  he  a  very  grievous  murrain. 

4  And  the  Lord  shall  sever  between  the 
cattle  of  Israel  and  the  cattle  of  Egypt: 
and  there  shall  nothing  die  of  all  that  is  the 
children's  of  Israel. 

5  And  the  Lord  appointed  a  set  time, 
saying.  To  morrow  the  Lord  shall  do  this 
thing  in  the  land. 

6  And  the  Lord  did  that  thing  on  the 
morrow,  and  all  the  cattle  of  Egypt  died : 
but  of  the  cattle  of  the  children  of  Israel 
died  not  one. 

7  And  Pharaoh  sent,  and,  behold,  there 
was  not  one  of  the  cattle  of  the  Israelites 
dead.  And  the  heart  of  Pharaoh  was  hard- 
ened, and  he  did  not  let  the  people  go. 

8  TI  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses  and 


unto  Aaron,  Take  to  you  handfuls  of  ashes 
of  the  furnace,  and  let  Moses  sprinkle  it 
toward  the  heaven  in  the  sight  of  Pharaoh. 

9  And  it  shall  become  small  dust  in  all  the 
land  of  Egypt,  and  shall  be  a  boil  break- 
ing forth  ivith  blains  upon  man,  and  upon 
beast,  throughout  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

10  And  they  took  ashes  of  the  furnace, 
and  stood  before  Pharaoh ;  and  Moses 
sprinkled  it  up  toward  heaven ;  and  it 
became  a  boil  breaking  forth  with  blains 
upon  man,  and  iipon  beast. 

11  And  the  magicians  could  not  stand 
before  Moses  because  of  the  boils ;  for  the 
boil  was  upon  the  magicians,  and  upon  all 
the  Egyptians. 

12  And  the  Lord  hardened  the  heart  of 
Pharaoh,  and  he  hearkened  not  unto  them; 
as  the  Lord  had  spoken  unto  Moses. 

13  T[  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Rise 
up  early  in  the  morning,  and  stand  before 
Pharaoh,  and  say  unto  him.  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God  of  the  Hebrews,  Let  my 
people  go,  that  they  may  serve  me. 

14  For  I  will  at  this  time  send  all  my 
plagues  upon  thine  heart,  and  upon  thy 
servants,  and  upon  thy  people ;  that  thou 
mayest  know  that  i/tere  is  none  like  me  in 
all  the  earth. 

15  For  now  I  will  stretch  out  my  hand, 
that  I  may  smite  thee  and  thy  people  with 
pestilence ;  and  thou  shalt  be  cut  off  from 
the  earth. 

16  And  in  very  deed  for  this  cause  have 
I  raised  thee  up,  for  to  shew  m  thee  my 
power ;  and  that  my  name  may  be  declared 
throughout  all  the  earth. 

17  As  yet  exaltest  thou  thyself  against  my 
people,  that  thou  wilt  not  let  them  go  ? 

18  Behold,  to  morrow  about  this  time  I 
will  cause  it  to  rain  a  very  grievous  hail, 
such  as  hath  not  been  in  Egypt  since  the 
foundation  thereof  even  until  now. 

19  Send  therefore  now,  a?icl  gather  thy 
cattle,  and  all  that  thou  hast  in  the  field ; 
for  upon  evei-y  man  and  beast  which  shall 
be  found  in  the  field,  and  shall  not  be 
brought  home,  the  hail  shall  come  down 
upon  them,  and  they  shall  die. 

20  He  that  feared  the  word  of  the  Lord 
among  the  servants  of  Pharaoh  made  his 
servants  and  his  cattle  flee  into  the  houses : 

21  And  he  that  regarded  not  the  word 
of  the  Lord  left  his  servants  and  his  cattle 
in  the  field. 

65 


EXODUS. 


23  H  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
Stretch  forth  thine  hand  toward  heaven, 
that  there  may  be  hail  in  all  the  land  of 
Egypt,  upon  man,  and  upon  beast,  and 
upon  every  herb  of  the  field,  throughout 
the  land  of  Egypt. 

23  And  Moses  stretched  forth  his  rod 
toward  heaven :  and  the  Lord  sent  thun- 
der and  hail,  and  the  fire  ran  along  upon 
the  ground;  and  the  Lord  rained  hail 
upon  the  land  of  Egypt. 

34  So  there  was  hail,  and  fire  mingled 
with  the  hail,  very  grievous,  such  as  there 
was  none  like  it  in  all  the  land  of  Egypt 
since  it  became  a  nation. 

25  And  the  hail  smote  throughout  all  the 
land  of  Egypt  all  that  ivas  in  the  field,  both 
man  and  beast;  and  the  hail  smote  every 
herb  of  the  field,  and  brake  every  tree  of 
the  field. 

26  Only  in  the  land  of  Goshen,  where 
the  children  of  Israel  were,  was  there  no 
hail. 

27  1[  And  Pharaoh  sent,  and  called  for 
Moses  and  Aaron,  and  said  unto  them,  I 
have  sinned  this  time:  the  Lord  is  right- 
eous, and  I  and  my  people  are  wicked. 

28  Entreat  the  Lord  (for  it  is  enough) 
that  there  be  no  more  mighty  thunderings 
and  hail;  and  I  will  let  you  go,  and  ye 
shall  stay  no  longer. 

29  And  Moses  said  unto  him.  As  soon 
as  I  am  gone  out  of  the  city,  I  will  spread 
abroad  my  hands  unto  the  Lord;  and  the 
thunder  shall  cease,  neither  shall  there  be 
any  more  hail;  that  thou  mayest  know 
how  that  the  earth  is  the  Lord's. 

30  But  as  for  thee  and  thy  sextants,  I 
know  that  ye  will  not  yet  fear  the  Lord 
God. 

31  And  the  flax  and  the  barley  was  smit- 
ten :  for  the  barley  was  in  the  ear,  and  the 
flax  teas  boiled. 

33  But  the  wheat  and  the  rye  were  not 
smitten :  for  they  vjere  not  grown  up. 

33  And  Moses  went  out  of  the  city  from 
Pharaoh,  and  spread  abroad  his  hands  unto 
the  Lord  :  and  the  thunders  and  hail 
ceased,  and  the  rain  was  not  poured  upon 
the  earth. 

34  And  when  Pharaoh  saw  that  the  rain 
and  the  hail  and  the  thunders  were  ceased, 
he  sinned  yet  more,  and  hardened  his 
heart,  he  and  his  servants. 

35  And  the  heart  of  Pharaoh  was  hard- 
_  _ 


ened,  neither  would  he  let  the  children  of 
Israel  go ;  as  the  Lord  had  sjioken  by  Mo- 
ses, 

CHAPTER  X. 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Go 
in  unto  Pharaoh:  for  I  have  harden- 
ed his  heart,  and  the  heart  of  his  sen  ants, 
that  I  might  shew  these  my  signs  before 
him: 

2  And  that  thou  mayest  tell  in  the  ears 
of  thy  son,  and  of  thy  son's  son,  what 
things  I  have  wrought  in  Egypt,  and  my 
signs  which  I  have  done  among  them ;  that 
ye  may  know  how  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

3  And  Moses  and  Aaron  came  in  unto 
Pharaoh,  and  said  unto  him.  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God  of  the  Hebrews,  How  long 
wilt  thou  refuse  to  humble  thyself  before 
me  ?  let  my  people  go,  that  they  may  serve 
me. 

4  Else,  if  thou  refuse  to  let  my  people  go, 
behold,  to  morrow  will  I  bring  the  locusts 
into  thy  coast : 

5  And  they  shall  cover  the  face  of  the 
earth,  that  one  cannot  be  able  to  see  the 
earth:  and  they  shall  eat  the  residue  of 
that  which  is  escaped,  which  remaineth 
unto  you  from  the  hail,  and  shall  eat  every 
tree  which  groweth  for  you  out  of  the 
field: 

6  And  they  shall  fill  thy  houses,  and  the 
houses  of  all  thy  servants,  and  the  houses 
of  all  the  Egyptians;  which  neither  thy 
fathers,  nor  thy  fathers'  fathers  have  seen, 
since  the  day  that  they  Avere  upon  the 
earth  unto  this  day.  And  he  turned  him- 
self, and  went  out  from  Pharaoh. 

7  And  Pharaoh's  servants  said  unto  him. 
How  long  shall  this  man  be  a  snare  unto 

us?  let  the  men  go,  that  they  may  serve 
the  Lord  their  God :  knowest  thou  not 
yet  that  Egyi^t  is  destroyed  ? 

8  And  Moses  and  Aaron  were  brought 
again  unto  Pharaoh :  and  he  said  unto 
them.  Go,  serve  the  Lord  your  God:  but 
who  are  they  that  shall  go? 

9  And  Moses  said.  We  will  go  with  our 
young  and  with  our  old,  with  our  sons 
and  with  our  daughters,  with  our  flocks 
and  with  our  herds  will  we  go;  for  we 
must  Jiokl  a  feast  unto  the  Lord. 

10  And  he  said  unto  them,  Let  the  Lord 
be  so  with  you,  as  I  will  let  you  go,  and 
your  little  ones :  look  to  it ;  for  evil  is 
before  vou. 


EXODUS. 


11  Not  so:  go  now  ye  that  are  men,  and 
serve  the  Lokd;  for  that  ye  did  desire. 
And  they  were  driven  out  from  Pharaoh's 
presence. 

12  1  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
Stretch  out  thine  hand  over  the  land  of 
Egypt  for  the  locusts,  that  they  may  come 
up  upon  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  eat  every 
herb  of  the  land,  even  all  that  the  hail  hath 
left. 

13  And  Moses  stretched  forth  his  rod 
over  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  the  Lord 
brought  an  east  wind  upon  the  land  all 
that  day,  and  all  that  night;  and  when 
it  was  morning,  the  east  wind  brought 
the  locusts. 

14  And  the  locusts  went  up  over  all  the 
land  of  Egypt,  and  rested  in  all  the  coasts 
of  Egypt :  very  grievous  were  they ;  before 
them  there  were  no  such  locusts  as  they, 
neither  after  them  shall  be  such. 

15  For  they  covered  the  face  of  the  whole 
earth,  so  that  the  land  was  darkened ;  and 
they  did  eat  every  herb  of  the  land,  and 
all  the  fruit  of  the  trees  which  the  hail 
had  left :  and  there  remained  not  any 
green  thing  in  the  trees,  or  in  the  herbs  of 
the  lield,  through  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

16  *\\  Then  Pharaoh  called  for  Moses  and 
Aaron  in  haste ;  and  he  said,  I  have  sinned 
against  the  Lord  your  God,  and  against 
you. 

17  Now  therefore  forgive,  I  pray  thee,  my 
sin  only  this  once,  and  entreat  the  Lord 
your  God,  that  he  may  take  away  from  me 
this  death  only. 

18  And  he  went  out  from  Pharaoh,  and 
entreated  the  Lord. 

19  And  the  Lord  turned  a  mighty  strong 
west  wind,  which  took  away  the  locusts, 
and  cast  them  into  the  Red  sea;  there 
remained  not  one  locust  in  all  the  coasts 
of  Egypt. 

20  But  the  Lord  hardened  Pharaoh's 
heart,  so  that  he  Avould  not  let  the  children 
of  Israel  go. 

21  Tf  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
Stretch  out  thine  hand  toward  heaven, 
that  there  may  be  darkness  over  the  land 
of  Egypt,  even  darkness  which  may  be  felt. 

22  And  Moses  stretched  forth  his  hand 
toward  heaven;  and  there  was  a  thick 
darkness  in  all  the  land  of  Egypt  three 
days : 

23  They   saAv   not    one   another,  neither 


rose  any  from  his  place  for  three  days: 
but  all  the  children  of  Israel  had  light  in 
their  dwellings. 

24  H  And  Pharaoh  called  unto  Moses,  and 
said,  Go  ye,  serve  the  Lord  ;  only  let  your 
flocks  and  your  herds  be  stayed :  let  your 
little  ones  also  go  with  you. 

25  And  Moses  said,  Thou  must  give  us 
also  sacrifices  and  burnt  oflferings,  that  we 
may  sacrifice  unto  the  Lord  our  God. 

2(3  Our  cattle  also  shall  go  with  us ;  there 
shall  not  a  hoof  be  left  behind ;  for  thereof 
must  we  take  to  serve  the  Lord  our  God; 
and  Ave  know  not  with  what  we  must 
serve  the  Lord,  until  we  come  thither, 

27  If  But  the  Lord  hardened  Pharaoh's 
heart,  and  he  would  not  let  them  go. 

28  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  him.  Get  thee 
from  me,  take  heed  to  thyself,  see  my  face 
no  more ;  for  in  tliat  day  thou  seest  my 
face  thou  slialt  die. 

29  And  Moses  said.  Thou  hast  spoken 
well,  I  will  see  thy  face  again  no  more. 

CHAPTER  XL 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Yet 
Avill  I  bring  one  plague  more  upon 
Pharaoh,  and  upon  Egypt;  afterwards  he 
will  let  you  go  hence :  when  he  shall  let 
rjon  go,  he  shall  surely  thrust  you  out 
hence  altogether. 

2  Speak  now  in  the  ears  of  the  people, 
and  let  every  man  borrow  of  his  neigh- 
bour, and  everj'  Avoman  of  her  neighbour, 
jcAvels  of  silver,  and  jcAvels  of  gold. 

3  And  the  Lord  gave  the  people  favour 
in  the  sight  of  the  Egyptians.  Moreover, 
the  man  Moses  was  A-ery  great  in  the  land 
of  Egypt,  in  the  sight  of  Pharaoh's  serA'- 
ants,  and  in  the  sight  of  the  people. 

4  And  Moses  said.  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
About  midnight  Avill  I  go  out  into  the 
midst  of  Egypt : 

5  And  all  the  firstborn  in  the  land  of 
Egj'pt  shall  die,  from  the  firstborn  of 
Pharaoh  that  sitteth  upon  his  throne, 
even  unto  the  firstborn  of  the  maidserA'- 
ant  that  is  behind  the  mill;  and  all  the 
firstborn  of  beasts. 

6  And  there  shall  be  a  great  cry  through- 
out all  the  land  of  Egypt,  such  as  there 
Avas  none  like  it,  nor  shall  be  like  it  any 
more. 

7  But  against  any  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael shall    not  a  dog    move    his    tongue, 

67 


EXODUS. 


a<;:iinst  man  or  beast :  that  ye  ma}^  know 
how  that  the  Lord  doth  put  a  difference 
between  the  Ej::yi)tians  and  Israel. 

8  And  all  these  thy  serA'ants  shall  come 
down  unto  me,  and  bow  down  themselves 
unto  me,  sajing.  Get  thee  out,  and  all  the 
people  that  follow  thee :  and  after  that  I 
will  g:o  out.  And  he  went  out  from  Pha- 
raoh in  a  great  auger. 

9  And  the  Lokd  said  unto  Moses,  Pha- 
raoh shall  not  hearken  unto  you;  that 
my  wonders  may  be  multiplied  in  the 
land  of  Eg}i)t. 

10  And  Moses  and  Aaron  did  all  these 
wonders  before  Pharaoh:  and  the  Lord 
hardened  Pharaoh's  heart,  so  that  he  would 
not  let  the  children  of  Israel  go  out  of  his 
land. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses  and 
Aaron  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  saying, 

2  This  month  shall  be  unto  you  the  be- 
ginning of  months:  it  ahall  be  the  first 
month  of  the  year  to  you. 

3  1  Speak  ye  unto  all  the  congregation 
of  Israel,  saying,  In  the  tenth  day  of  this 
month  they  shall  take  to  them  every  man 
a  lamb,  according  to  the  house  of  their  fa- 
thers, a  lamb  for  a  house: 

4  And  if  the  household  be  too  little  for 
the  lamb,  let  him  and  his  neighbour  next 
unto  his  house  take  it  according  to  the 
number  of  the  souls ;  every  man  according 
to  his  eating  shall  make  your  count  for 
the  lamb. 

5  Your  lamb  shall  be  without  blemish,  a 
male  of  the  first  year:  ye  shall  take  it  out 
from  the  sheep,  or  from  the  goats : 

6  And  ye  shall  keep  it  up  until  the  four- 
teenth day  of  the  same  month:  and  the 
whole  assembly  of  the  congregation  of 
Israel  shall  kill  it  in  the  evening. 

7  And  they  shall  take  of  the  blood,  and 
strike  it  on  the  two  side  posts  and  on  the 
upper  door  post  of  the  houses,  wherein 
they  shall  eat  it. 

8  And  they  shall  eat  the  flesh  in  that 
night,  roast  with  fire,  and  unleavened 
bread;  and  with  bitter  /lerbs  they  shall 
eat  it. 

9  Eat  not  of  it  raAv,  nor  sodden  at  all  with 
water,  but  roast  u-ith  fire;  his  liead  Avith 
his  legs,  and  with  the  purtenance  thereof 

10  And  ye  shall  let  nothing  of  it  remain 
until  the  morning;  and  that  which  rcmain- 

68 


eth  of  it  until  the  morning  ye  shall  burn 
with  fire. 

11  H  And  thus  shall  ye  eat  it ;  with  your 
loins  girded,  your  shoes  on  your  feet,  and 
your  staff  in  your  hand ;  and  ye  shall  eat 
it  in  haste :  it  is  the  Lord's  passover. 

12  For  I  will  pass  through  the  land  of 
Egypt  this  night,  and  will  smite  all  the 
firstborn  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  both  man 
and  beast;  and  against  all  the  gods  of 
Egypt  I  will  execute  judgment :  I  a?ti  the 
Lord. 

13  And  the  blood  shall  be  to  you  for  a 
token  upon  the  houses  where  ye  are:  and 
when  I  see  the  blood,  I  will  pass  over  3'ou, 
and  the  plague  shall  not  be  upon  you  to 
destroy  you,  when  I  smite  the  land  of 
EgJTt. 

14  And  this  day  shall  be  unto  j^ou  for  a 
memorial ;  and  ye  shall  keep  it  a  feast  to 
the  Lord  throughout  your  generations :  ye 
shall  keep  it  a  feast  by  an  ordinance  for 
ever. 

15  Seven  days  shall  ye  eat  unleavened 
bread;  even  the  first  day  ye  shall  put 
away  leaven  out  of  your  houses :  for  who- 
soever eateth  leavened  bread  from  the  first 
day  until  the  seventh  day,  that  soul  shall 
be  cut  off  from  Israel. 

16  And  in  the  first  day  there  shall  be  a 
holy  convocation,  and  in  the  seventh  day 
there  shall  be  a  holy  convocation  to  you; 
no  manner  of  woi'k  shall  be  done  in  them, 
save  that  which  every  man  must  eat,  that 
only  may  be  done  of  you. 

17  And  ye  shall  observe  the  feast  of  un- 
leavened bread;  for  in  this  selfsame  da}-^ 
have  I  brought  your  armies  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt :  therefore  shall  ye  obser\-e 
this  day  in  your  generations  by  an  ordi- 
nance for  ever. 

18  ^  In  the  first  mouth,  on  the  fourteenth 
day  of  the  month  at  even,  ye  shall  eat 
unleavened  bread,  until  the  one  and  twen- 
tieth day  of  the  month  at  even. 

19  Seven  days  shall  there  be  no  leaven 
found  in  your  houses:  for  whosoever 
eateth  that  which  is  leavened,  even  that 
soul  shall  be  cut  off  from  the  congrega- 
tion of  Israel,  Avhether  he  be  a  stranger, 
or  born  in  the  land. 

20  Ye  shall  cat  nothing  leavened;  in  all 
your  habitations  shall  ye  eat  unleavened 
bread. 

21  ^  Then  Moses  called  for  all  the  elders 


EXODUS. 


of  Israel,  and  said  unto  them,  Draw  out 
and  take  you  a  lamb  according  to  your 
families,  and  kill  the  passoA'er. 
23  And  ye  shall  take  a  bunch  of  hyssop, 
and  dip  it  in  the  blood  that  is  in  the  basin, 
and  strike  the  lintel  and  the  two  side  posts 
with  the  blood  that  is  in  the  basin;  and 
none  of  you  shall  go  out  at  the  door  of 
his  house  until  the  morning. 

23  For  the  Lord  will  pass  through  to 
smite  the  Egyptians;  and  when  he  sceth 
the  blood  upon  the  lintel,  and  on  the  two 
side  posts,  the  Lord  will  pass  over  the 
door,  and  will  not  sufier  the  destroyer  to 
come  in  unto  your  houses  to  smite  yoic. 

24  And  ye  shall  observe  this  thing  for  an 
ordinance  to  thee  and  to  thy  sons  for 
ever. 

25  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  ye  be 
<;ome  to  the  land  which  the  Lord  will 
give  you,  according  as  he  hath  promised, 
that  ye  shall  keep  this  service. 

26  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  your 
children  shall  say  unto  you.  What  mean  ye 
by  this  service  ? 

27  That  ye  shall  say.  It  is  the  sacrifice  of 
the  Lord's  passover,  who  passed  over  the 
houses  of  the  children  of  Israel  in  Egypt, 
when  he  smote  the  Egyptians,  and  deliv- 
ered our  houses.  And  the  people  bowed 
the  head  and  worshipped. 

28  And  the  children  of  Israel  went  away, 
and  did  as  the  Lord  had  commanded  Mo- 
ses and  Aaron,  so  did  they. 

29  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  at  mid- 
night the  Lord  smote  all  the  firstborn  in 
the  land  of  Egypt,  from  the  firstborn  of 
Pharaoh  that  sat  on  his  throne  unto  the 
firstborn  of  the  captive  that  vjos  in  the 
dungeon;  and  all  the  firstborn  of  cattle, 

30  And  Pharaoh  rose  up  in  the  night,  he, 
and  all  his  servants,  and  all  the  Egyptians ; 
and  there  was  a  great  cry  in  Egypt:  for 
there  was  not  a  house  where  there  ivas  not 
one  dead. 

31  T[  And  he  called  for  Moses  and  Aaron 
by  night,  and  said.  Rise  up,  and  get  you 
forth  from  among  my  people,  both  ye  and 
the  children  of  Israel;  and  go,  sen-e  the 
Lord,  as  ye  have  said. 

32  Also  take  your  flocks  and  your  herds, 
as  ye  have  said,  and  be  gone;  and  bless  me 
also. 

33  And  the  Egyptians  were  urgent  upon 
the  people,  that  they  might  send  them  out 


of  the  land  in  haste;  for  they  said,  We  be 
all  dead  77ie7i. 

3-4  And  the  people  took  their  dough  be- 
fore it  Avas  leavened,  their  kneadingtroughs 
being  bound  up  in  their  clothes  upon  their 
shoulders. 

35  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  accord- 
ing to  the  word  of  Moses ;  and  they  bor- 
rowed of  the  Egyptians  jewels  of  silver, 
and  jewels  of  gold,  and  raiment: 

36  And  the  Lord  gave  the  people  favour 
in  the  sight  of  the  Egyptians,  so  that  they 
lent  unto  them  snch  things  as  they  required: 
and  they  spoiled  the  Egyptians. 

37  H  And  the  children  of  Israel  journeyed 
from  Rameses  to  Succoth,  about  six  hund- 
red thousand  on  foot  that  were  men,  beside 
children. 

38  And  a  mixed  multitude  went  up  also 
with  them ;  and  flocks,  and  herds,  even  very 
much  cattle. 

39  And  they  baked  unleavened  cakes  of 
the  dough  which  they  brought  forth  out 
of  Egypt,  for  it  was  not  leavened;  because 
they  were  thrust  out  of  Egypt,  and  could 
not  tarry,  neither  had  they  prepared  for 
themselves  any  victuals. 

40  ^  Now  the  sojourning  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  who  dwelt  in  Egypt,  was  four 
hundred  and  thirty  years. 

41  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of  the 
four  hundred  and  thirty  years,  even  the 
selfsame  day  it  came  to  pass,  that  all  the 
hosts  of  the  Lord  went  out  from  the  land 
of  Egypt. 

43  It  u  a  night  to  be  much  observed  unto 
the  Lord  for  bringing  them  out  from  the 
land  of  Egj'pt:  this  U  that  night  of  the 
Lord  to  be  observed  of  all  the  children 
of  Israel  in  their  generations. 

43  If  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses  and 
Aaron,  This  is  the  ordinance  of  the  pass- 
over:  There  shall  no  stranger  eat  thereof: 

44  But  every  man's  servant  that  is  bought 
for  money,  when  thou  hast  circumcised 
him,  then  shall  he  eat  thereof 

45  A  foreigner  and  a  hired  servant  shall 
not  eat  thereof, 

46  In  one  house  shall  it  be  eaten;  thou 
Shalt  not  carry  forth  aught  of  the  flesh 
abroad  out  of  the  house ;  neither  shall  ye 
break  a  bone  thereof. 

47  All  the  congregation  of  Israel  shall 
keep  it. 

48  And   when   a   stranger   shall    sojourn 


EXODUS. 


with  tbee,  aua  wiU  keep  the  pussover  to  1    10  'ihou  shalt  therefore  keep  this   ordi- 
the   Lord,   let   all  his  males    be    eircum-  !  nance  in  his  season  from  year  to  year. 


cised,  and  then  let  him  come  near  and 
keep  it ;  and  he  shall  be  as  one  that  is 
born  in  the  land:  for  no  uncircumeised 
person  shall  eat  thereof. 

49  One  law  shall  be  to  him  that  is  home- 
born,  and  unto  the  stranger  that  sojourn- 
eth  among  you. 

50  Thus  did  all  the  children  of  Israel;  as 
the  LoKD  commanded  Moses  and  Aaron, 
so  did  they. 

51  And  it  came  to  pass  the  selfsame  day, 
that  the  Lord  did  bring  the  children  of 
Israel  out  of  the  laud  of  Egypt  by  their 
armies. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

AND    the    Lord     sjxxke    unto    Closes, 
saying, 
3  Sanctify  unto  me  all  the  firstborn,  what- 
soever   openeth    the    womb    among    the 
children    of  Israel,    both    of  man  and    of 
beast :  it  is  mine. 

3  ^  And  Moses  said  unto  the  people. 
Remember  this  day,  in  which  ye  came  out 
from  Egypt,  out  of  the  house  of  bond- 
age; for  by  strength  of  hand  the  Lord 
brought  3'ou  out  from  this  place:  there 
shall  no  leavened  bread  be  eaten. 

4  This  day  came  ye  out  in  the  month  Abib. 

5  ^  And  it  shall  be  when  the  Lord  shall 
bring  thee  into  the  land  of  the  Canaan- 
ites,  and  the  Hittites,  and  the  Amorites, 
and  the  Hivites,  and  the  Jebusites,  which 
he  sware  unto  thy  fathers  to  give  thee, 
a  land  flowing  with  milk  and  honey,  that 
thou  shalt  keep  this  service  in  this  month. 

6  Seven  days  thou  shalt  eat  unleavened 
bread,  and  in  the  seventh  day  ahall  be  a 
feast  to  the  Lord. 

7  Unleavened  bread  shall  be  eaten  seven 
days  ;  and  there  shall  no  leavened  bread 
be  seen  with  thee,  neither  shall  there  be 
leaven  seen  with  thee  in  all  thy  ([uar- 
ters. 

8  ^  And  thou  shalt  shew  thy  son  in  that 
day,  saying,  This  is  done  because  of  that 
which  the  Lord  did  unto  me  when  I  came 
forth  out  of  Egypt. 

9  And  it  shall  be  for  a  sign  unto  thee 
upon  thine  hand,  and  for  a  memorial  be- 
tween thine  eyes,  that  the  Lord's  laAv 
may  be  in  thy  mouth:  for  with  a  strong 
hand  hath  the  Lord  brought  thee  out  of 
Egypt. 

TO 


11  ■[  And  it  shall  be  when  the  Lord 
shall  bring  thee  into  the  land  of  the 
Canaanitcs,  as  he  sware  unto  thee  and  to 
thy  flithers,  and  shall  give  it  thee, 

12  That  thou  shalt  set  apart  unto  the 
Lord  all  that  oi^eneth  the  matrix,  and 
every  firstling  that  cometh  of  a  beast 
which  thou  hast;  the  male  shall  be  the 
Lord's. 

13  And  every  firstling  of  an  ass  thou 
shalt  redeem  with  a  lamb;  and  if  thou 
Avilt  not  redeem  it,  then  thou  shalt  break 
his  neck:  and  all  the  firstborn  of  man 
among  thy  children  shalt  thou  redeem. 

14  %  And  it  shall  be  when  thy  son  asketh 
thee  in  time  to  come,  saying.  What  is  this? 
that  thou  shalt  say  unto  him.  By  strength 
of  hand  the  Lord  brought  us  out  from 
Eg3'pt,  from  the  house  of  bondage: 

15  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Pharaoh 
would  hardly  let  us  go,  that  the  Lord 
slew  all  the  firstborn  in  the  land  of  Egypt, 
both  the  firstborn  of  man,  and  the  first- 
born of  beast :  therefore  I  sacrifice  to  the 
Lord  all  that  openeth  the  matrix,  being 
males ;  but  all  the  firstborn  of  my  chil- 
dren I  redeem. 

16  And  it  shall  be  for  a  token  upon  thine 
hand,  and  for  frontlets  between  thine 
eyes  :  for  by  strength  of  hand  the  Lord 
brought  us  forth  out  of  Egypt. 

17  Ti  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Pharaoh 
had  let  the  people  go,  that  God  led  them 
not  through  the  way  of  the  land  of  the 
Philistines,  although  that  was  near  ;  for 
God  said.  Lest  peradventure  the  people 
repent  when  they  see  war,  and  they  re- 
turn to  Eg3'pt : 

18  But  God  led  the  people  about,  through 
the  way  of  the  Avilderness  of  the  Red  sea: 
and  the  children  of  Israel  went  up  har- 
nessed out  of  the  laud  of  Egypt. 

19  And  Moses  took  the  bones  of  Joseph 
with  him:  for  he  had  straitly  sworn  the 
children  of  Israel,  saying,  God  will  surely 
visit  you ;  and  ye  shall  carry  up  my  bones 
away  hence  with  you. 

20  Tf  And  they  took  their  journey  from 
Succoth,  and  encamped  in  Etham,  in  the 
edge  of  the  wilderness. 

21  And  the  Lord  went  before  them  by 
day  in  a  pillar  of  a  cloud,  to  lead  them 
the  way;   and  by  night  in  a  pillar  of  fire, 


EXODUS. 


to    give  them    light ;    to  go  by   day  and 
night. 

23  He  took  not  a-vvay  the  pillar  of  the 
cloud  by  day,  nor  the  pillar  of  fire  by 
night,  from  before  the  people. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

AND    the    Lord    spake    nnto    Moses, 
saying, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  that 
the^'  turn  and  encamp  before  Pi-hahiroth,  ' 
between  Migdol  and  the  sea,  over  against  j 
Baal-zephon :  before  it  shall  ye  encamp  by 
the  sea. 

3  For  Pharaoh  will  say  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  They  are  entangled  in  the  land, 
the  wilderness  hath  shut  them  in. 

4  And  I  will  harden  Pharaoh's  heart,  that 
he  shall  follow  after  them;  and  I  will  be 
honoured  upon  Pharaoh,  and  upon  all  his 
host;  that  the  Egj-ptians  may  know  that 
I  am  the  Lord.     And  they  did  so. 

5  T[  And  it  was  told  the  king  of  Egypt 
that  the  people  fled:  and  the  heart  of 
Pharaoh  and  of  his  servants  was  turned 
against  the  people,  and  they  said,  Why 
have  we  done  this,  that  we  have  let  Israel 
go  from  serving  us  ? 

6  And  he  made  ready  his  chariot,  and 
took  his  people  with  him : 

7  And  he  took  six  hundred  chosen  char- 
iots, and  all  the  chariots  of  Egypt,  and 
captains  over  every  one  of  them. 

8  And  the  Lord  hardened  the  heart  of 
Pharaoh  kintr  of  Egj-pt,  and  he  pursued 
after  the  children  of  Israel:  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  went  out  with  a  high  hand. 

9  But  the  Egyptians  pursued  after  them, 
all  the  horses  and  chariots  of  Pharaoh, 
and  his  horsemen,  and  his  army,  and  over- 
took them  encamping  by  the  sea,  beside 
Pi-hahiroth,  before  Baal-zc])hon. 

10  ^  And  when  Pharaoh  drew  nigh,  the 
children  of  Israel  lifted  itp  their  eyes,  and, 
behold,  the  Egyptians  marched  after  them ; 
and  they  were  sore  afraid:  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  cried  out  nnto  the  Lord. 

11  And  they  said  unto  Moses,  Because 
there  were  no  graves  in  Egypt,  hast  thou 
taken  us  aAvay  to  die  in  the  wilderness  ? 
wherefore  hast  thou  dealt  thus  with  us, 
to  carry  us  forth  out  of  Egypt  ? 

12  /s  not  this  the  word  that  we  did  tell 
thee  in  Egypt,  saying,  Let  us  alone,  that 
we  may  sene  the  Egyptians ?    For  it  had 


been  better  for  us  to  serve  the  Egyptians, 
than  that  we  should  die  in  the  wilder- 
ness. 

13  1"  And  Moses  said  unto  the  people, 
Fear  ye.  not,  stand  still,  and  see  the  sal- 
vation of  the  Lord,  which  he  will  shew 
to  you  to  day:  for  the  Egj-ptians  whom 
ye  have  seen  to  day,  ye  shall  see  them 
again  no  more  for  ever. 

14  The  Lord  shall  fight  for  j'ou,  and  ye 
shall  hold  your  peace. 

15  ^  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
Wherefore  criest  thou  unto  me?  speak 
unto  the  children  of  Israel,  that  they  go 
forward : 

16  But  lift  thou  up  th}-  rod,  and  stretch 
out  thine  hand  over  the  sea,  and  divide  it: 
and  the  children  of  Israel  shall  go  on  dry 
ground  through  the  midst  of  the  sea. 

IT  And  I,  behold,  I  will  harden  the  hearts 
of  the  Egj-ptians,  and  they  shall  follow 
them :  and  I  will  get  me  honour  upon 
Pharaoh,  and  upon  all  his  host,  upon  his 
chariots,  and  upon  his  horsemen. 

18  And  the  Eg^-ptians  shall  know  that 
I  am  the  Lord,  when  I  have  gotten  me 
honour  upon  Pharaoh,  upon  his  chariots, 
and  upon  his  horsemen. 

19  •!  And  the  Angel  of  God,  which  went 
before  the  camp  of  Israel,  removed  and 
went  behind  them;  and  the  pillar  of  the 
cloud  went  from  before  their  face,  and. 
stood  behind  them: 

20  And  it  came  between  the  camp  of  the 
Eg}3)tians  and  the  camp  of  Israel;  and  it 
was  a  cloud  and  darkness  to  theyn,  but  it 
gave  light  by  night  to  these:  so  that  the 
one  came  not  near  the  other  all  the 
night. 

21  And  Moses  stretched  otit  his  hand 
over  the  sea;  and  the  Lord  caused  the  sea 
to  go  back  by  a  strong  east  wind'  all  that 
night,  and  made  the  sea  dry  land,  and  the 
waters  were  divided. 

22  And  the  children  of  Israel  went  into 
the  midst  of  the  sea  upon  the  dry  groiind: 
and  the  waters  rvere  a  wall  unto  them  on 
their  right  hand,  and  on  their  left. 

23  %  And  the  Eg}-ptians  pursued,  and 
went  in  after  them  to  the  midst  of  the 
sea,  even  all  Pharaoh''s  horses,  his  char- 
iots, and  his  horsemen. 

24  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  in  the  morn- 
ing   watch    the    Lord    looked    unto    the 

ho^st  of  the  Egyptians  through  the  pillar 
_ 


EXODUS. 


of  lire  and  of  the  cloud,  and  troubled  the 
host  of  the  Egyptians, 

25  And  took  off  their  chariot  wheels, 
that  they  drave  them  heavily:  so  that  the 
Egyptians  said,  Let  us  flee  from  the  face 
of  Israel ;  for  the  Lokd  fighteth  for  them 
against  the  Eg3i)tians. 

26  H  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
Stretch  out  thine  hand  over  the  sea,  that 
the  Avaters  may  come  again  upon  the 
Egj-ptians,  upon  their  chariots,  and  upon 
their  horsemen. 

27  And  Moses  stretched  forth  his  hand 
over  the  sea,  and  the  sea  returned  to  his 
strength  when  the  morning  appeared ;  and 
the  Egyptians  fled  against  it;  and  the 
Lord  overthrew  the  Egyptians  in  the 
midst  of  the  sea. 

28  And  the  waters  returned,  and  covered 
the  chariots,  and  the  horsemen,  and  all 
the  host  of  Pharaoh  that  came  into  the 
sea  after  them ;  there  remained  not  so 
much  as  one  of  them. 

29  But  the  children  of  Israel  walked 
upon  dry  land  in  the  midst  of  the  sea; 
and  the  waters  were  a  wall  unto  them  on 
their  right  hand,  and  on  their  left. 

30  Thus  the  Lord  saved  Israel  that  day 
out  of  the  hand  of  the  Egyptians;  and 
Israel  saw  the  Egyptians  dead  upon  the 
sea  shore. 

31  And  Israel  saw  that  great  work  which 
the  Lord  did  upon  the  Egj^ptians:  and 
the  people  feared  the  Lord,  and  believed 
the  Lord,  and  his  servant  Moses. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

THEN  sang  Moses  and  the  children  of 
Israel  this  song  unto  the  Lord,  and 
spake,  saying,  I  will  sing  unto  the  Lord, 
for  he  hath  triumphed  gloriously:  the 
horse  and  his  rider  hath  he  thrown  into 
the  sea. 

2  The  Lord  is  my  strength  and  song,  and 
he  is  become  my  salvation:  he  is  my 
God,  and  I  will  prepare  him  a  habitation ; 
my  father's  God,  and  I  will  exalt  him. 

3  The  Lord  is  a  man  of  war:  the  Lord 
w  his  name. 

4  Pharaoh's  chariots  and  his  host  hath 
he  cast  into  the  sejr:  his  chosen  captains 
also  are  drowned  in  the  Red  sea. 

5  The  depths  have  covered  them:  they 
sank  into  the  bottom  as  a  stone. 

6  Thy  right  hand,  O   Lord,  is  become 


glorious    in    power:    thy    right    hand,    O 
Lord,  hath  dashed  in  i^ieces  the  enemy. 

7  And  in  the  greatness  of  thine  excel- 
lency thou  hast  overthrown  them  that  rose 
up  against  thee:  thou  sentest  forth  thy 
wrath,  which  consumed  them  as  stubble. 

8  And  with  the  blast  of  thy  nostrils  the 
waters  were  gathered  together,  the  floods 
stood  upright  as  a  heap,  a7id  the  depths 
were  congealed  in  the  heart  of  the  sea. 

9  The  enemy  said,  I  will  pursue,  I  will 
overtake,  I  will  divide  the  spoil;  my  lust 
shall  be  satisfied  upon  them ;  I  will  draw 
my  sword,  my  hand  shall  destroy  them. 

10  Thou  didst  blow  with  thy  wind,  the 
sea  covered  them :  they  sank  as  lead  in  the 
mighty  waters. 

11  Who  is  like  unto  thee,  O  Lord,  among 
the  gods?  who  is  like  thee,  glorious  in 
holiness,  fearful  in  praises,  doing  wonders  ? 

12  Thou  stretchedst  out  thy  right  hand, 
the  earth  swallowed  them. 

13  Thou  in  thy  mercy  hast  led  forth  the 
people  which  thou  hast  redeemed:  thou 
hast  guided  them  in  thy  strength  unto  thy 
holy  habitation. 

14  The  people  shall  hear,  and  be  afraid: 
sorrow  shall  take  hold  on  the  inhabitants 
of  Palestina. 

15  Then  the  dukes  of  Edom  shall  be 
amazed;  the  mighty  men  of  Moab,  trem- 
bling shall  take  hold  upon  them;  all  the 
inhabitants  of  Canaan  shall  melt  away. 

16  Fear  and  dread  shall  fall  upon  them; 
by  the  greatness  of  thine  arm  they  shall 
be  as  still  as  a  stone ;  till  thy  people  pass 
over,  0  Lord,  till  the  people  pass  over, 
which  thou  hast  purchased. 

17  Thou  Shalt  bring  them  in,  and  plant 
them  in  the  mountain  of  thine  inheritance, 
in  the  place,  O  Lord,  which  thou  hast 
made  for  thee  to  dwell  in;  in  the  sanct- 
uary, O  Lord,  which  thy  hands  have  estab- 
lished. 

18  The  Lord  shall  reign  for  ever  and  ever. 

19  For  the  horse  of  Pharaoh  went  in  with 
his  chariots  and  with  his  horsemen  into 
the  sea,  and  the  Lord  brought  again  the 
waters  of  the  sea  upon  them;  but  the 
children  of  Israel  went  on  dry  land  in  the 
midst  of  the  sea. 

20  TI  And  Miriam  the  prophetess,  the 
sister  of  Aaron,  took  a  timbrel  in  her 
hand;  and  all  the  Avomen  Avent  out  after 
her  Avith  timbrels  and  AA'ith  dances. 


EXODUS. 


21  And  Miriam  answered  them,  Sing  ye 
to  the  Lord,  for  he  hath  triumphed  glori- 
ously: the  horse  and  his  rider  hath  he 
thrown  into  the  sea. 

22  So  Moses  brought  Israel  from  the  Ked 
sea,  and  they  went  out  into  the  wilderness 
of  Shur ;  and  they  went  three  days  in  the 
wilderness,  and  found  no  water. 

23  H  And  when  they  came  to  Marah,  they 
could  not  drink  of  the  waters  of  Marah,  for 
they  ive^-e  bitter:  therefore  the  name  of  it 
was  called  Marah. 

24  And  the  people  murmured  against 
Moses,  saying,  What  shall  we  drink? 

25  And  he  cried  unto  the  Lord  ;  and  the 
Lord  shewed  him  a  tree,  which  when  he 
had  cast  into  the  waters,  the  waters  were 
made  sweet:  there  he  made  for  them  a 
statute  and  an  ordinance,  and  there  he 
proved  them, 

26  And  said.  If  thou  wilt  diligently  heark- 
en to  the  voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God, 
and  wilt  do  that  which  is  right  in  his  sight, 
and  wilt  give  ear  to  his  commandments, 
and  keep  all  his  statutes,  I  will  put  none 
of  these  diseases  upon  thee,  which  I  have 
brought  upon  the  Egyptians:  for  I  am 
the  Lord  that  healeth  thee. 

27  ^  And  they  came  to  Elim,  where  ivere 
twelve  wells  of  water,  and  threescore  and 
ten  palm  trees :  and  they  encamped  there 
by  the  waters. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

AND  they  took  their  journey  from 
Elim,  and  all  the  congregation  of 
the  children  of  Israel  came  unto  the 
wilderness  of  Sin,  which  is  between  Elim 
and  Sinai,  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the 
second  month  after  their  departing  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

2  And  the  whole  congregation  of  the 
children  of  Israel  miirmured  against  Mo- 
ses and  Aaron  in  the  wilderness : 

3  And  the  children  of  Israel  said  unto 
them.  Would  to  God  we  had  died  by  the 
hand  of  the  Lord  in  the  land  of  Egypt, 
when  we  sat  by  the  flesh  pots,  and  when 
we  did  eat  bread  to  the  full;  for  ye  have 
brought  us  forth  into  this  wilderness,  to 
kill  this  whole  assembly  with  hunger. 

4  TI  Then  said  the  Lord  unto  Moses, 
Behold,  I  Avill  rain  bread  from  heaven  for 
you;  and  the  people  shall  go  out  and 
gather   a   certain  rate   every   day,   that  I 


may  prove  them,  whether  they  will  walk 
in  my  law,  or  no. 

5  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  on  the 
sixth  day  they  shall  prepare  tJiat  which 
they  bring  in;  and  it  shall  be  twice  as 
much  as  they  gather  daily. 

6  And  Moses  and  Aaron  said  unto  all 
the  children  of  Israel,  At  even,  then  ye 
shall  know  that  the  Lord  hath  brought 
you  out  from  the  land  of  Egypt : 

7  And  in  the  morning,  then  ye  shall  see 
the  glory  of  the  Lord;  for  that  he  hear- 
eth  your  munnurings  against  the  Lord: 
and  what  are  we,  that  ye  murmur  against 
us? 

8  And  Moses  said,  Tfiis  shall  be,  when 
the  Lord  shall  give  you  in  the  evening 
flesh  to  eat,  and  in  the  morning  bread  to 
the  full;  for  that  the  Lord  heareth  your 
murmurings  which  ye  murmur  against 
him  :  and  what  are  we  ?  your  murmur- 
ings are  not  against  us,  but  against  the 
Lord. 

9  H  And  Moses  spake  unto  Aaron,  Say 
unto  all  the  congregation  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  Come  near  before  the  Lord: 
for  he  hath  heard  your  murmurings. 

10  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  Aaron  spake 
unto  the  whole  congregation  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  that  they  looked  toward 
the  wilderness,  and,  behold,  the  glory  of 
the  Lord  appeared  in  the  cloud. 

11  1  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

12  I  have  heard  the  murmurings  of  the 
children  of  Israel :  speak  unto  them,  say- 
ing, At  even  ye  shall  eat  flesh,  and  in  the 
morning  ye  shall  be  filled  with  bread; 
and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord 
your  God. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  at  even 
the  quails  came  up,  and  covered  the 
camp:  and  in  the  morning  the  dew  lay 
round  about  the  host. 

14  And  when  the  dew  that  lay  was  gone 
up,  behold,  upon  the  face  of  the  wilder- 
ness t?tere  lay  a  small  round  thing,  as 
small  as  the  hoar  frost  on  the  ground. 

15  And  when  the  children  of  Israel  saw 
it,  they  said  one  to  another.  It  is  manna: 
for  they  wist  not  what  it  was.  And  Mo- 
ses said  unto  them.  This  is  the  bread 
which  the  Lord  hath  given  you  to  eat. 

16  H  This  is  the  thing  which  the  Lord 
hath  commanded,  Gather  of  it  every  man 


EXODUS. 


according  to  Iiis  eating,  an  omer  lor  every  | 
man,  accordbi(f  to  the  number  of  your ' 
persons ;  take  ye  every  man  for  them  which  j 
are  in  his  tents.  | 

17  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  so, 
and  gathered,  some  more,  some  less. 

IS  And  when  they  did  mete  it  with  an 
omer,  he  that  gathered  much  had  nothing 
over,  and  he  that  gathered  little  had  no 
lack;  they  gathered  eveiy  man  accord- 
ing to  his  eating. 

19  And  Moses  said,  Let  no  man  leave  of 
it  till  the  morning. 

20  Notwithstanding  they  hearkened  not 
unto  Moses;  but  some  of  them  left  of  it 
until  the  morning,  and  it  bred  worms,  and 
stank :  and  Moses  was  wroth  with  them. 

21  And  they  gathered  it  every  morning, 
every  man  according  to  his  eating:  and 
when  the  sun  waxed  hot,  it  melted. 

22  1  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  on  the 
sixth  day  they  gathered  twice  as  much 
bread,  two  omers  for  one  man:  and  all 
the  rulers  of  the  congregation  came  and 
told  Moses. 

23  And  he  said  unto  them.  This  is  that 
which  the  Lord  hath  said.  To  morrow  is 
the  rest  of  the  holy  sabbath  unto  the 
Lord  :  bake  that  which  ye  will  bake  to 
day,  and  seethe  that  ye  will  seethe;  and 
that  which  remaineth  over  lay  up  for  you 
to  be  kept  until  the  morning. 

24  And  they  laid  it  up  till  the  morning, 
as  Moses  bade:  and  it  did  not  stink, 
neither  was  there  any  worm  therein. 

25  And  Moses  said.  Eat  that  to  day;  for 
to  day  is  a  sabbath  unto  the  Lord  :  to  day 
ye  shall  not  find  it  in  the  field. 

26  Six  days  ye  shall  gather  it ;  but  on  the 
seventh  day,  which  is  the  sabbath,  in  it 
there  shall  be  none. 

27  l  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  there  went 
out  some  of  the  people  on  the  seventh  day 
for  to  gather,  and  they  found  none. 

28  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  How 
long  refuse  ye  to  keep  my  commandments 
and  my  laws  ? 

29  See,  for  that  the  Lord  hath  given  you 
the  sabbath,  therefore  he  giveth  you  on 
the  sixth  day  the  bread  of  two  days :  abide 
ye  every  man  in  his  place,  let  no  man 
go  out  of  his  place  on  the  seventh  day. 

30  So  the  people  rested  on  the  seventh  day. 

31  And  the  house  of  Israel  called  the 
name  thereof  Manna:  and  it  was  like  cori- 

74 


ander  seed,  white ;  and  the  taste  of  it 
was  like  wafers  )nad/;  with  honey. 

32  ^  And  Moses  said,  This  is  the  thing 
which  the  Lord  commandeth.  Fill  an 
omer  of  it  to  be  kept  for  your  genera- 
tions ;  that  they  may  see  the  bread  where- 
with I  have  fed  you  in  the  wilderness, 
when  I  brought  you  forth  from  the  land 
of  Egypt. 

33  And  Moses  said  unto  Aaron,  Take  a 
pot,  and  put  an  omer  full  of  manna  there- 
in, and  lay  it  up  before  the  Lord,  to  be 
kept  for  your  generations. 

34  As  the  Lord  commanded  Moses,  so 
Aaron  iaid  it  up  before  the  Testimony,  to 
be  kept. 

35  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  eat 
manna  forty  years,  until  they  came  to  a 
laud  iuhabited:  they  did  eat  manna,  until 
they  came  unto  the  borders  of  the  land 
of  Canaan. 

36  Now  an  omer  is  the  tenth  part  of  an 
ephah. 

CHAPTER  XVIL 

AND  all  the  cougregatiou  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  journcN'ed  from  the 
wilderness  of  Sin,  after  their  journeys, 
according  to  the  commandment  of  the 
Lord,  and  pitched  in  Rephidim :  and  there 
was  no  water  for  the  people  to  drink. 

2  Wherefore  the  people  did  chide  with 
Moses,  and  said.  Give  lis  water  that  we 
may  drink.  And  Moses  said  unto  them. 
Why  chide  ye  with  me?  wherefore  do  ye 
tempt  the  Lord? 

3  And  the  people  thirsted  there  for  water; 
and  the  people  murmured  against  Moses, 
and  said.  Wherefore  is  this  tliat  thou  hast 
brought  us  up  out  of  Egypt,  to  kill  us  and 
our  children  and  our  cattle  Avith  thirst  ? 

4  And  Moses  cried  unto  the  Lord,  say- 
ing. What  shall  I  do  unto  this  people? 
they  be  almost  ready  to  stone  me. 

5  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Go  on 
before  the  people,  and  take  with  thee  of 
the  elders  of  Israel;  and  thy  rod,  where- 
with thou  smotest  the  river,  take  in  thine 
hand,  and  go. 

6  Behold,  I  will  stand  before  thee  there 
upon  the  rock  in  Horeb ;  and  thou  shalt 
smite  the  rock,  and  there  shall  come 
water  out  of  it,  that  the  people  may  drink. 
And  Moses  did  so  in  the  sight  of  the  elders 
of  Israel. 

7  And  he  called  the  name  of  the  place 


EXODUS. 


Massah,  and  Meribah,  because  of  the  cliul- 
iug  of  the  children  of  Israel,  and  because 
they  tempted  the.  Loud,  saymg,  Is  the 
Loud  among  iis,  or  not  ? 

8  1i  Then  came  Amalek,  aud  fought  with 
Israel  in  Rephidim. 

9  And  Moses  said  unto  Joshua,  Choose 
us  out  men,  and  go  out,  fight  with  Ama- 
lek :  to  morrow  I  will  stand  on  the  top 
of  the  hill  with  the  rod  of  God  in  mine 
hand. 

10  So  Joshua  did  as  Moses  had  said  to 
him,  and  fought  with  Amalek:  and  Mo- 
ses, Aaron,  and  Hur  went  up  to  the  top 
of  the  hill. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Moses 
held  up  his  hand,  that  Israel  prevailed: 
and  wheu  he  let  down  his  hand,  Amalek 
prevailed. 

12  But  Moses'  hands  were  heavy;  and  they 
took  a  stone,  and  put  it  under  him,  and  he 
sat  thereon  ;  and  Aaron  and  Hur  stayed  up 
his  hands,  the  one  on  the  one  side,  and  the 
other  on  the  other  side;  and  his  hands 
were  steady  until  the  going  down  of  the 
sun. 

13  And  Joshua  discomfited  Amalek  and 
his  people  with  the  edge  of  the  sword. 

14  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Write 
this  for  a  memorial  in  a  book,  and  rehearse 
it  in  the  ears  of  Joshua:  for  I  will  utterly 
put  out  the  remembrance  of  Amalek  from 
under  heaven. 

15  And  Moses  built  an  altar,  and  called 
the  name  of   it  jEHovAH-nissi : 

16  For  he  said.  Because  the  Lord  hath 
sworn  that  the  Loud  will  have  war  with 
Amalek  from  genei-ation  to  generation. 

CHAPTER  XVIIL 

WHEN  Jethro,  the  priest  of  Midian, 
Moses'  father  in  law,  heard  of  all 
that  God  had  done  for  Moses,  and  for 
Israel  his  people,  aiid  that  the  Lord  had 
brought  Israel  out  of  Egy])t ; 

2  Then  Jethro,  Moses'  father  in  law,  took 
Zipporah,  Moses'  wife,  after  he  had  sent 
her  back, 

3  And  her  two  sons;  of  which  the  name 
of  the  one  was.  Gershom;  for  he  said,  I 
have  been  an  alien  in  a  strange  land : 

4  And  the  name  of  the  other  wa.f  Eliezer; 
for  the  God  of  my  father,  said  he^  was  mine 
help,  and  delivered  me  from  the  sword  of 
Pharaoh : 


5  And  Jethro,  Moses'  father  in  law,  came 
with  his  sons  and  his  wife  unto  Moses  into 
the  wilderness,  where  he  encamped  at  the 
mount  of  God: 

6  And  he  said  unto  Moses,  I  thy  father  in 
law  Jethro  am  come  unto  thee,  and  thy 
wife,  and  her  two  sous  with  her. 

7  If  And  Moses  went  out  to  meet  his 
father  in  law,  and  did  obeisance,  and 
kissed  him;  and  they  asked  each  other  of 
tJieir  welfare;  and  they  came  into  the  tent. 

8  And  Moses  told  his  father  in  law  all 
that  the  Loud  had  done  unto  Pharaoh 
and  to  the  Egyptians  for  Israel's  sake, 
and  all  the  travail  that  had  come  upon 
them  by  the  way,  and  hoio  the  Lord  de- 
livered them. 

9  And  Jethro  rejoiced  for  all  the  good- 
ness which  the  Loud  had  done  to  Israel, 
whom  he  had  delivered  out  of  the  hand 
of  the  Eg3'ptians. 

10  And  Jethro  said.  Blessed  he  the  Loud, 
who  hath  delivered  you  out  of  the  hand 
of  the  Egyptians,  and  out  of  the  hand 
of  Pharaoh,  who  hath  delivered  the  people 
from  under  the  hand  of  the  Egyptians. 

11  Now  I  know  that  the  Loud  is  greater 
than  all  gods:  for  in  the  thing  wherein 
they  dealt  proudly  he  ivas  above  them. 

12  And  Jethro,  Moses'  father  in  law,  took 
a  burnt  offering  and  sacrifices  for  God :  and 
Aaron  came,  and  all  the  elders  of  Israel, 
to  eat  bread  with  Moses'  father  in  law 
before  God. 

13  II  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow, 
that  Moses  sat  to  judge  the  people:  and 
the  people  stood  by  Moses  from  the  morn- 
ing unto  the  evening. 

14  And  when  Moses'  father  in  law  saw 
all  that  he  did  to  the  people,  he  said, 
What  is  this  thing  that  thou  doest  to  the 
people?  Why  sittest  thou  thyself  alone, 
and  all  the  people  stand  by  thee  from 
morning  unto  even? 

15  And  Moses  said  unto  his  father  in  law, 
Because  the  people  come  unto  me  to  in- 
quire of  God : 

16  When  they  have  a  matter,  they  come 
unto  me;  and  I  judge  between  one  and  an- 
other, and  I  do  make  them  know  the  stat- 
utes of  God,  and  his  laws. 

17  And  Moses'  father  in  law  said  unto 
him.  The  thing  that  thou  doest  is  not  good. 

18  Thou  wilt  surely  wear  away,  both 
thou,  and  this  people  that  is  with  thee :  for 

— 


EXODUS. 


this  thing  is  too  heavy  for  thee;  thou  art 
not  able  to  perform  it  thyself  alone. 

19  Hearken  now  unto  my  voice,  I  will 
give  thee  counsel,  and  God  shall  be  with 
thee :  Be  thou  for  the  people  to  God-ward, 
that  thou  mayest  bring  the  causes  unto 
God: 

20  And  thou  shalt  teach  them  ordinances 
and  laws,  and  shalt  shew  them  the  way 
wherein  they  must  walk,  and  the  work 
that  they  must  do. 

21  Moreover  thou  shalt  provide  out  of  all 
the  people  able  men,  such  as  fear  God, 
men  of  truth,  hating  covetousness ;  and 
place  siich  over  them,  to  be  rulers  of  thou- 
sands, and  rulers  of  hundreds,  rulers  of 
fifties,  and  rulers  of  tens : 

22  And  let  them  judge  the  people  at  all 
seasons :  and  it  shall  be,  that  every  great 
matter  they  shall  bring  unto  thee,  but 
every  small  matter  they  shall  judge:  so 
shall  it  be  easier  for  thyself,  and  they  shall 
bear  tlie  burden  with  thee. 

23  If  thou  shalt  do  this  thing,  and  God 
command  thee  .so,  then  thou  shalt  be  able 
to  endure,  and  all  this  people  shall  also 
go  to  their  place  in  peace. 

24  So  Moses  hearkened  to  the  voice  of 
his  father  in  law,  and  did  all  that  he  had 
said. 

25  And  Moses  chose  able  men  out  of  all 
Israel,  and  made  them  heads  over  the  peo- 
ple, rulers  of  thousands,  rulers  of  hund- 
reds, rulers  of  fifties,  and  rulers  of  tens. 

26  And  they  judged  the  people  at  all 
seasons:  the  hard  causes  they  brought 
unto  Moses,  but  every  small  matter  they 
judged  themselves. 

27  T[  And  Moses  let  his  father  in  law  de- 
part ;  and  he  went  his  way  into  his  own 
land. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

IN  the  third  month,  when  the  children 
of  Israel  were  gone  forth  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  the  same  day  came  they 
iido  the  wilderness  of  Sinai. 

2  For  they  were  departed  from  Rephidim, 
and  were  come  to  the  desert  of  Sinai,  and 
had  pitched  in  the  wilderness;  and  there 
Israel  camped  before  the  mount. 

3  And  Moses  went  up  unto  God,  and  the 
Lord  called  unto  him  out  of  the  mountain, 
saying,  Thus  shalt  thou  say  to  the  house  of 
Jacob,  and  tell  the  children  of  Israel; 

4  Ye  have  seen  what  I  did  unto  the  Egyp- 


tians, and  how  I  bare  you  on  eagles'  wings, 
and  brought  you  unto  myself 

5  Now  therefore,  if  ye  will  obey  my  voice 
indeed,  and  keep  my  covenant,  then  ye 
shall  be  a  peculiar  treasure  unto  me  above 
all  people  :  for  all  the  earth  is  mine : 

6  And  ye  shall  be  unto  me  a  kingdom 
of  priests,  and  a  holy  nation.  These  are 
the  words  which  thou  shalt  speak  unto  the 
children  of  Israel. 

7  H  And  Moses  came  and  called  for  the 
elders  of  the  people,  and  laid  before  their 
faces  all  these  words  which  the  Lord 
commanded  him. 

8  And  all  the  people  answered  together, 
and  said,  All  that  the  Lord  hath  spoken 
we  will  do.  And  Moses  returned  the  words 
of  the  people  unto  the  Lord. 

9  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Lo,  I 
come  unto  thee  in  a  thick  cloud,  that  the 
people  may  hear  when  I  speak  with  thee, 
and  believe  thee  for  ever.  And  Moses  told 
the  v/ords  of  the  people  unto  the  Lord. 

10  11  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Go 
unto  the  people,  and  sanctify  them  to  day 
and  to  morrow,  and  let  them  wash  their 
clothes, 

11  And  be  ready  against  the  third  day:  for 
the  third  day  the  Lord  will  come  down 
in  the  sight  of  all  the  people  upon  mount 
Sinai. 

12  And  thou  shalt  set  bounds  unto  the 
people  round  about,  saying.  Take  heed  to 
yourselves,  that  ye  go  not  up  into  the 
mount,  or  touch  the  border  of  it:  who- 
soever toucheth  the  mount  shall  be  surely 
put  to  death : 

13  There  shall  not  a  hand  touch  it,  but  he 
shall  surely  be  stoned,  or  shot  through; 
whether  it  be  beast  or  man,  it  shall  not 
live:  when  the  trumpet  soundeth  long, 
they  shall  come  up  to  the  mount. 

14  If  And  Moses  Avent  down  from  the 
mount  unto  the  people,  and  sanctified  the 
people;  and  they  washed  their  clothes. 

15  And  he  said  unto  the  people,  Be  ready 
against  the  third  day  :  come  not  at  your 
wives. 

16  ^  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  third  day 
in  the  morning,  that  there  were  thimdcrs 
and  lightnings,  and  a  thick  cloud  \ipon  the 
mount,  and  the  voice  of  the  trumpet 
exceeding  loud;  so  that  all  the  people 
that  was  in  the  camp  trembled. 

17  And  Moses  brought  forth  the  i>eople 


EXODUS. 


out  of  the  camp  to  meet  with  God;  and 
they  stood  at  the  nether  part  of  the 
mount. 

18  And  mount  Sinai  was  altogether  on 
a  smoke,  because  the  Lokd  descended 
upon  it  in  fire:  and  the  smoke  thereof 
ascended  as  the  smoke  of  a  furnace,  and 
the  whole  mount  quaked  greatly. 

19  And  when  the  voice  of  the  trumpet 
sounded  long,  and  waxed  louder  and 
louder,  Moses  spake,  and  God  answered 
him  by  a  voice. 

20  And  the  Lord  came  down  upon  mount 
Sinai,  on  the  top  of  the  mount:  and  the 
Lord  called  Moses  np  to  the  top  of  the 
mount ;  and  Moses  went  up. 

21  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Go 
down,  charge  the  people,  lest  they  brealc 
through  unto  the  Lord  to  gaze,  and  many 
of  them  perish. 

22  And  let  the  priests  also,  which  come 
near  to  the  Lord,  sanctify  themselves,  lest 
the  Lord  break  forth  upon  them. 

23  And  Moses  said  unto  the  Lord,  The 
people  cannot  come  up  to  mount  Sinai : 
for  thou  chargedst  us,  saying.  Set  bounds 
about  the  mount,  and  sanctify  it. 

24  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him.  Away, 
get  thee  doAvn,  and  thou  shalt  come  up, 
thou,  and  Aaron  with  thee :  but  let  not  the 
priests  and  the  people  break  through  to 
come  up  unto  the  Lord,  lest  he  break 
forth  upon  them. 

25  So  Moses  went  down  unto  the  people, 
and  spake  unto  them. 

CHAPTER  XX. 

AND    God   spake  all   these  words,  say- 
ing, 

2  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  which  have 
brought  thee  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
out  of  the  house  of  bondage. 

3  Thou  shalt  have  no  other  gods  before 
me. 

4  Thou  shalt  not  make  unto  thee  any 
graven  image,  or  any  likeness  of  amj  thing 
that  is  in  heaven  above,  or  that  is  in  the 
earth  beneath,  or  that  is  in  the  water  un- 
der the  earth : 

5  Thou  shalt  not  bow  down  thyself  to 
them,  nor  sei-ve  them :  for  I  the  Lord  thy 
God  am  a  jealous  God,  visiting  the  iniq- 
uitA'  of  the  fathers  upon  the  cliildren 
imto  the  third  and  fourth  fjeneraiiou  of 
them  that  hate  me  ; 


6  And  shewing  mercy  unto  thousands 
of  them  that  love  me,  and  keep  my 
commandments. 

7  Thou  shalt  not  take  the  name  of  the 
Lord  thy  God  in  vain:  for  the  Lord 
will  not  hold  him  guiltless  that  taketh 
his  name  in  vain. 

8  Remember  the  sabbath  day,  to  keep  it 
holy. 

9  Six  days  shalt  thou  labour,  and  do  all 
thy  work : 

10  But  the  seventh  day  is  the  sabbath 
of  the  Lord  thy  God:  in  it  thou  shalt  not 
do  any  work,  thou,  nor  thy  son,  nor  thy 
daughter,  thy  manservant,  nor  thy  maid- 
sen-ant,  nor  thy  cattle,  nor  thy  stranger 
that  is  within  thy  gates  : 

11  For  in  six  days  the  Lord  made  heav- 
en and  earth,  the  sea,  and  all  that  in  them 
i.s,  and  rested  the  seventh  day:  wherefore 
the  Lord  blessed  the  sabbath  day,  and 
hallowed  it. 

12  1  Honour  thy  father  and  thy  moth- 
er: tliat  thy  days  may  be  long  upon  the 
land  which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth 
thee. 

13  Thou  Shalt  not  kill. 

14  Thou  shalt  not  commit  adultery. 

15  Thou  shalt  not  steal. 

16  Thou  shalt  not  bear  false  w^itness 
against  thy  neighbour. 

17  Thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neigh- 
bour's house,  thou  shalt  not  covet  thy 
neighbour's  wife,  nor  his  manserA'ant,  nor 
his  maidsers-ant,  nor  his  ox,  nor  his  ass, 
nor  any  thing  that  is  thy  neighbour's. 

18  Tf  And  all  the  people  saw  the  thun- 
derings,  and  the  lightnings,  and  the  noise 
of  the  trumpet,  and  the  mountain  smok- 
ing: and  when  the  people  saw  lY,  they  re- 
moved, and  stood  afar  off. 

19  And  they  said  unto  Moses,  Speak 
thou  with  us,  and  we  will  hear :  but  let 
not  God  speak  with  us,  lest  Ave  die. 

20  And  Moses  said  unto  the  people, 
Fear  not:  for  God  is  come  to  prove 
you,  and  that  his  fear  may  be  before  your 
faces,  that  ye  sin  not. 

21  And  the  people  stood  afar  off,  and 
Moses  drew  near  unto  the  thick  darkness 
where  God  was. 

22  ^  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
Thus  thou  Shalt  say  unto  the  children  of 
Israel,  Ye   have   seen  that   I  have  talked 

with  you  from  heaven. 

_ 


EXODUS. 


23  Ye  shall  not  make  with  me  gods  of 
silver,  neither  shall  ye  make  unto  you 
gods  of  gold. 

24  1  An  altar  of  earth  thou  shalt  make 
unto  me,  and  shalt  sacritice  thereon  thy 
burnt  ofieriugs,  and  thy  peace  offerings, 
thy  sheep,  and  thine  oxen:  in  all  places 
where  I  record  my  name  I  will  come  unto 
thee,  and  I  will  bless  thee. 

25  And  if  thou  wilt  make  me  an  altar 
of  stone,  thou  shalt  not  build  it  of  hewn 
stone :  for  if  thou  lift  up  thy  tool  ujion 
it,  thou  hast  polluted  it. 

26  Neither  shalt  thou  go  up  by  steps 
unto  mine  altar,  that  thy  nakedness  be 
not  discovered  thereon. 

CHAPTER  XXI. 

NOW  these  are  the  judgments   which 
thou  shalt  set  before  them. 

2  If  thou  buy  a  Hebrew  servant,  six 
years  he  shall  serve :  and  in  the  seventh 
he  shall  go  out  free  for  nothing. 

3  If  he  came  in  by  himself,  he  shall  go 
out  by  himself:  if  he  were  married,  then 
his  wife  shall  go  out  with  him. 

4  If  his  master  have  given  him  a  Avife, 
and  she  have  borne  him  sons  or  daugh- 
ters; the  wife  and  her  children  shall  be 
her  master's,  and  he  shall  go  out  by  him- 
self. 

5  And  if  the  servant  shall  i)lainly  say, 
I  love  my  master,  my  wife,  and  my  chil- 
dren ;  I  will  not  go  out  fi-ee : 

6  Then  his  master  shall  bring  him  unto 
the  judges;  he  shall  also  bring  him  to 
the  door,  or  unto  the  door  j^ost;  and  his 
master  shall  bore  his  ear  throxigh  with 
an  aAvl ;  and  he  shall  serve  him  for  ever. 

7  ^  And  if  a  man  sell  his  daughter  to 
be  a  maidservant,  she  shall  not  go  out  as 
the  menservants  do. 

8  If  she  please  not  her  master,  who  hath 
betrothed  her  to  himself,  then  shall  he  let 
her  be  redeemed :  to  sell  her  unto  a 
strange  nation  he  shall  have  no  power, 
seeing  he  hath  dealt  deceitfully  with  her. 

9  And  if  he  have  betrotlicd  her  unto  his 
son,  lie  shall  deal  with  her  after  the  man- 
ner of  daughters. 

10  If  he  take  him  another  wife,  her  food, 
her  raiment,  and  her  duty  of  marriage, 
shall  he  not  diminish. 

11  And  if  he  do  not  these  three  unto  her, 
then  shall  she  go  out  free  without  money. 

:  -^ 


12  "1  He  that  smiteth  a  man,  so  that  he 
die,  shall  be  surely  put  to  death. 

13  And  if  a  man  lie  not  in  wait,  but  God 
deliver  him  into  his  hand;  then  I  will 
appoint  thee  a  place  whither  he  shall  flee. 

14  But  if  a  man  come  presumptuously 
upon  his  neighbour,  to  slay  him  with 
guile;  thou  shalt  take  him  from  mine 
altar,  that  he  may  die. 

15  11  And  he  that  smiteth  his  father,  or 
his  mother,  shall  be  surely  put  to  death. 

16  %  And  he  that  stealeth  a  man,  and 
selleth  him,  or  if  he  be  found  in  his 
hand,  he  shall  surely  be  put  to  death. 

17  H  And  he  that  curseth  his  father,  or 
his  mother,  shall  surely  be  put  to  death. 

18  %  And  if  men  strive  together,  and  one 
smite  another  with  a  stone,  or  with  his 
fist,  and  he  die  not,  but  keepeth  his  bed : 

19  If  he  rise  again,  and  walk  abroad 
upon  his  staff,  then  shall  he  that  smote 
lihn  be  quit :  only  he  shall  pay /or  the  loss 
of  his  time,  and  shall  cause  him  to  be 
thoroughly  healed. 

20  1i  And  if  a  man  smite  his  servant, 
or  his  maid,  with  a  rod,  and  he  die  under 
his  hand ;  he  shall  be  surely  punished. 

21  Notwithstanding,  if  he  continue  a  day 
or  two,  he  shall  not  be  punished:  for  he 
is  his  money. 

22  1[  If  men  strive,  and  hurt  a  woman 
with  child,  so  that  her  fruit  depart  from 
her,  and  yet  no  mischief  follow:  he  shall 
be  surely  punished,  according  as  the  avo- 
man's  husband  Avill  lay  upon  him ;  and 
he  shall  pay  as  the  judges  determine. 

23  And  if  anj/  mischief  follow,  then  thou 
shalt  give  life  for  life, 

24  Eye  for  eye,  tooth  for  tooth,  hand  for 
hand,  foot  for  foot, 

25  Burning  for  burning,  wound  for 
wound,  stripe  for  stripe. 

26  1  And  if  a  man  smite  the  eye  of  his 
servant,  or  the  eye  of  his  maid,  that  it 
perish ;  he  shall  let  him  go  free  for  his 
eye's  sake. 

27  And  if  he  smite  out  his  manservant's 
tooth,  or  his  maidservant's  tooth ;  he  shall 
let  him  go  free  for  his  tooth's  sake. 

28  M  If  an  ox  gore  a  man  or  a  woman, 
that  they  die :  then  the  ox  shall  be  surely 
stoned,  and  his  flesh  shall  not  be  eaten; 
but  the  owner  of  the  ox  s?iall  be  quit. 

29  But  if  the  ox  were  wont  to  push  with 
his   horn   in   time   past,  and  it  hath  been 


EXODUS. 


tcstiricd  to  his  owuer,  and  he  hath  uot 
kept  him  in,  but  that  he  hatli  Icilled  a  man 
or  a  Avoman;  the  ox  shall  be  stoned,  and 
his  owner  also  shall  be  put  to  death, 

30  If  there  be  laid  ou  him  a  sum  of 
money,  then  he  shall  give  for  the  ransom 
of  his  life  whatsoever  is  laid  upon  him. 

31  Whether  he  have  gored  a  son,  or  have 
gored  a  daughter,  according  to  this  judg- 
ment shall  it  be  done  unto  him. 

32  If  the  ox  shall  push  a  manservant  or 
a  maidservant;  he  shall  give  unto  their 
master  thirty  shekels  of  silver,  and  the  ox 
shall  be  stoned. 

33  ^  And  if  a  man  shall  open  a  pit,  or  if 
a  man  shall  dig  a  pit,  and  not  cover  it,  and 
an  ox  or  an  ass  fall  therein; 

34  The  owner  of  the  pit  shall  make  it 
good,  aiid  give  money  unto  the  owner  of 
them ;  and  the  dead  beatit  shall  be  his. 

35  ^  And  if  one  man's  ox  hurt  another's, 
that  he  die ;  then  they  shall  sell  the  live 
ox,  and  divide  the  money  of  it;  and  the 
dead  ox  also  they  shall  divide. 

36  Or  if  it  be  known  that  the  ox  hath  used 
to  push  in  time  past,  and  his  oAvner  hath 
not  kept  him  in ;  he  shall  surely  pay  ox  for 
ox;  and  the  dead  shall  be  his  own. 

CHAPTER  XXII. 

IF  a  man  shall  steal  an  ox,  or  a  sheep, 
and  kill  it,  or  sell  it;  he  shall  restore 
five  oxen  for  an  ox,  and  four  sheep  for  a, 
sheep. 

2  1  If  a  thief  be  found  breaking  up,  and 
be  smitten  that  he  die,  there  shall  no  blood 
be  shed  for  him. 

3  If  the  sun  be  risen  upon  him,  there  shall 
be  blood  shed  for  him ;  for  he  should  make 
full  restitution :  if  he  have  nothing,  then 
he  shall  be  sold  for  his  theft. 

4  If  the  theft  be  certainly  found  in  his 
hand  alive,  whether  it  be  ox,  or  ass,  or 
sheep ;  he  shall  restore  double. 

5  t  If  a  man  shall  cause  a  field  or  vine- 
yard to  be  eaten,  and  shall  put  in  his  beast, 
and  shall  feed  in  another  man's  field;  of 
the  best  of  his  own  field,  and  of  the  best 
of  his  own  vineyard,  shall  he  make  resti- 
tution. 

6  II  If  fire  break  out,  and  catch  in  thorns, 
so  that  the  stacks  of  com,  or  the  stand- 
ing com,  or  the  field,  be  consumed  tfiere- 
ivith;  he  that  kindled  the  fire  shall  surely 
make  restitution. 


7  *li  If  a  man  shall  deliver  unto  his  neigh- 
bour money  or  stuff  to  keep,  and  it  be 
stolen  out  of  the  man's  house ;  if  the  thief 
be  found,  let  him  pay  double, 

8  If  the  thief  be    not    foimd,  then  the 
master    of   the    house    shall    be    brought 
unto   the  judges,  to  see  whether   he   have  j 
put  his  hand  unto  his  neighbour's  goods. 

9  For  all  manner  of  trespass,  wJiether  it 
be  for  ox,  for  ass,  for  sheep,  for  raiment, 
or  for  any  manner  of  lost  thing,  which 
another  challengeth  to  be  his,  the  cause 
of  both  parties  shall  come  before  the 
judges;  and  whom  the  judges  shall  con- 
demn, he  shall  pay  double  imto  his  neigh- 
bour. 

10  If  a  man  deliver  imto  his  neighbour 
an  ass,  or  an  ox,  or  a  sheep,  or  any 
beast,  to  keep;  and  it  die,  or  be  hurt,  or 
driven  away,  no  man  seeing  it: 

11  Tlien  shall  an  oath  of  the  Lord  be 
between  them  both,  that  he  hath  not  put 
his  hand  unto  his  neighbour's  goods; 
and  the  owner  of  it  shall  accept  thereof 
and  he  shall  not  make  it  good. 

12  And  if  it  be  stolen  from  him,  he 
shall  make  restitution  imto  the  owner 
thereof. 

13  If  it  be  torn  in  pieces,  then  let  him 
bring  it  for  witness,  and  he  shall  not 
make  good  that  which  was  torn. 

14  TI  And  if  a  man  borrow  aught  of  his 
neighbour,  and  it  be  hurt,  or  die,  the 
owner  thereof  being  not  with  it,  he  shall 
surely  make  it  good. 

15  Bnt  if  the  owner  thereof  be  with  it, 
he  shall  not  make  it  good:  if  it  be  a 
hired  thing,  it  came  for  his  hire. 

16  T[  And  if  a  man  entice  a  maid  that 
is  not  betrothed,  and  lie  with  her,  he 
shall  surely  endow  her  to  be  his  wife. 

17  If  her  father  utterly  refuse  to  give 
her  unto  him,  he  shall  pay  money  ac- 
cording to  the  doAvry  of  virgins. 

18  ^  Thou  Shalt  not  suffer  a  witch  to  live. 

19  1  Whosoever  lieth  with  a  beast  shall 
surely  be  put  to  death. 

20  TI  He  that  sacriflceth  unto  any  god, 
save  unto  the  Lord  only,  he  shall  be 
utterly  destroyed. 

21  IF  Thou  Shalt  neither  vex  a  stranger, 
nor  oppress  him:  for  ye  were  strangers 
in  the  land  of  Egypt. 

22  t  Ye  shall  not  afflict  any  Avidow,  or 
fatherless  child. 

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EXODUS. 


23  If  thou  aflSict  tbem  in  any  wise,  and 
they  cry  at  all  unto  me,  I  will  surely 
hear  their  cry ; 

24  And  my  wrath  shall  wax  hot,  and  I 
will  kill  you  with  the  sword ;  and  your 
wives  shall  be  widows,  and  your  children 
fatherless. 

2.5  T  If  thou  lend  money  to  any  of  my 
people  that  is  poor  by  thee,  thou  shalt 
not  be  to  him  as  a  usurer,  neither  shalt 
thou  lay  upon  him  usury. 

26  If  thou  at  all  take  thy  neighbour's 
raiment  to  pledge,  thou  shalt  deliver  it 
unto  him  by  that  the  sun  goeth  down : 

27  For  that  is  his  covering  only,  it  is  his 
raiment  for  his  skin:  wherein  shall  he 
sleep?  and  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
he  crieth  unto  me,  that  I  will  hear;  for 
I  am  gracious. 

28  11  Thou  shalt  not  revile  the  gods,  nor 
curse  the  ruler  of  thy  people. 

29  ^  Thou  Shalt  not  delay  to  offer  the 
first  of  thy  ripe  fruits,  and  of  thy  liqiiors : 
the  firstborn  of  thy  sons  shalt  thou  give 
unto  me. 

30  Likewise  shalt  thou  do  with  thine 
oxen,  a7id  Avith  thy  sheep:  seven  days  it 
shall  be  with  his  dam ;  on  the  eighth 
day  thou  shalt  give  it  me. 

31  11  And  ye  shall  be  holy  men  unto  me : 
neither  shall  ye  eat  a7iy  flesh  tliat  is  torn 
of  beasts  in  the  field;  ye  shall  cast  it  to 
the  dogs. 

CHAPTER  XXIII. 

THOU  shalt  not  raise  a  false  report :  ptit 
not  thine  hand  with  the  wicked  to  be 
an  unrighteous  witness. 

2  1|  Thou  shalt  not  follow  a  multitude 
to  do  evil;  neither  shalt  thou  speak  in 
a  cause  to  decline  after  many  to  Avrest 
jnclgment: 

3  •[  Neither  shalt  thou  countenance  a  poor 
man  in  his  cause. 

4  1l  If  thou  meet  thine  enemy's  ox  or  his 
ass  going  astray,  thou  shalt  surely  bring 
it  back  to  him  again. 

5  If  thou  see  the  ass  of  him  that  hateth 
thee  lying  under  his  burden,  and  wouldest 
forbear  to  help  him,  thou  shalt  surely  help 
with  him. 

6  Thou  shalt  not  wrest  the  judgment  of 
thy  poor  in  his  cause. 

7  Keep  thee  flir  from  a  fiilse  matter;  and 
the  innocent  and  righteous  slay  thou  not: 
for  I  will  not  justify  the  wicked. 

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8  1  And  thou  shalt  take  no  gift:  for  the 
gift  blindeth  the  wise,  and  perverteth  the 
words  of  the  righteous. 

9  1[  Also  thou  shalt  not  oppress  a  stran- 
ger :  for  ye  know  the  heart  of  a  stranger, 
seeing  ye  were  strangers  in  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

10  And  six  years  thou  shalt  sow  thy  land, 
and  shalt  gather  in  the  fruits  thereof: 

11  But  the  seventh  yeai-  thou  shalt  let 
it  rest  and  lie  still ;  that  the  poor  of  thy 
people  may  eat :  and  what  they  leave  the 
beasts  of  the  field  shall  eat.  In  like  man- 
ner thou  shalt  deal  with  thy  vineyard,  and 
with  thy  oliveyard. 

12  Six  days  thou  shalt  do  thy  work,  and 
on  the  seventh  day  thou  shalt  rest :  that 
thine  ox  and  thine  ass  may  rest,  and  the 
son  of  thy  handmaid,  and  the  stranger, 
may  be  refreshed. 

13  And  in  all  things  that  I  have  said  unto 
you  be  circumspect:  and  make  no  men- 
tion of  the  name  of  other  gods,  neither 
let  it  be  heard  out  of  thy  mouth. 

14  H  Three  times  thou  shalt  keep  a  feast 
unto  me  in  the  year. 

1.5  Thou  shalt  keep  the  feast  of  unleav- 
ened bread:  (thou  shalt  eat  imleavened 
bread  seven  days,  as  I  commanded  thee, 
in  the  time  appointed  of  the  month  Abib  ; 
for  in  it  thou  cam  est  out  from  Egypt :  and 
none  shall  appear  before  me  empty :) 

16  And  the  feast  of  harvest,  the  firstfruits 
of  thy  labours,  which  thou  hast  sown  in 
the  field:  and  the  feast  of  ingathering, 
7v7iic?i  is  in  the  end  of  the  year,  when  thou 
hast  gathered  in  thy  labours  out  of  the 
field. 

17  Three  times  in  the  year  all  thy  males 
shall  appear  before  the  Lord  God. 

18  Thou  shalt  not  offer  the  blood  of  my 
sacrifice  with  leavened  bread ;  neither  shall 
the  fat  of  my  sacrifice  remain  tintil  the 
morning. 

19  The  first  of  the  firstfruits  of  thy  land 
thou  shalt  bring  into  the  house  of  the 
Lord  thy  God.  Thou  shalt  not  seethe  a 
kid  in  his  mother's  milk. 

20  "l  Behold,  I  send  an  Angel  before  thee, 
to  keep  thee  in  the  Avay,  and  to  bring  thee 
into  the  place  which  I  have  prepared. 

21  Beware  of  him,  and  obey  his  voice, 
provoke  him  not;  for  he  Avill  not  jKirdon 
your  transgressions:  for  my  name  is  in 
him. 


EXODUS. 


23  But  if  thou  shalt  iudecd  obey  his 
voice,  and  do  all  that  I  speak;  then  I 
will  be  an  enemy  unto  thine  enemies, 
and  an  adversary  unto  thine  adversaries. 

23  For  mine  Angel  shall  go  before  thee, 
and  bring  thee  in  unto  the  Amorites,  and 
the  Hittites,  and  the  Perizzites,  and  the 
Canaanites,  the  Hivites,  and  the  Jebusites ; 
and  I  will  cut  them  off. 

24  Thou  shalt  not  bow  down  to  their 
gods,  nor  serve  them,  nor  do  after  their 
works:  but  thou  shalt  utterly  overthrow 
them,  and  quite  break  down  their  images. 

25  And  ye  shall  serve  the  Lokb  your 
God,  and  he  shall  bless  thy  bread,  and 
thy  water;  and  I  will  take  sickness  aAvay 
from  the  midst  of  thee. 

26  II  There  shall  nothing  cast  their  young, 
nor  be  barren,  in  thy  land:  the  number 
of  thy  days  I  will  fulfil. 

27  I  will  send  my  fear  before  thee,  and 
will  destroy  all  the  people  to  Avhom  thou 
shalt  come ;  and  I  will  make  all  thine  ene- 
mies turn  their  backs  unto  thee. 

28  And  I  will  send  hornets  before  thee, 
which  shall  drive  out  the  Hivite,  the  Ca- 
naanite,  and  the  Hittite,  from  before  thee. 

29  I  will  not  drive  them  out  from  be- 
fore thee  in  one  year;  lest  the  land 
become  desolate,  and  the  beast  of  the 
field  multiply  against  thee. 

30  By  little  and  little  I  Avill  drive  them 
out  from  before  thee,  until  thou  be  in- 
creased, and  inherit  the  land. 

31  And  I  will  set  thy  bounds  from  the 
Red  sea  even  unto  the  sea  of  the  Philis- 
tines, and  from  the  desert  unto  the  river : 
for  I  will  deliver  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land  into  yoiir  hand ;  and  thou  shalt 
drive  them  out  before  thee. 

32  Thou  shalt  make  no  covnant  with 
them,  nor  with  their  gods. 

33  They  shall  not  dwell  in  thy  land,  lest 
they  make  thee  sin  against  me:  for  if 
thou  serve  their  gods,  it  will  surely  be  a 
snare  unto  thee. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 

AND  he  said  \mto  Moses,  Come  up 
unto  the  Lord,  thou,  and  Aaron, 
Nadab,  and  Abihu,  and  seventy  of  the 
elders  of  Israel ;  and  worship  ye  afar  off. 
2  And  Moses  alone  shall  come  near  the 
Loud:  but  they  shall  not  come  nigh; 
neither  shall  the  peo])le  go  up  with  him. 


3  1[  And  Moses  came  and  told  the  people 
all  the  words  of  the  Lord,  and  all  the 
judgments:  and  all  the  people  answered 
with  one  voice,  and  said.  All  the  words 
which  the  Lord  hath  said  will  we  do. 

4  And  Moses  wrote  all  the  words  of  the 
Lord,  and  rose  up  early  in  the  morning, 
and  builded  an  altar  under  the  hill,  and 
twelve  pillars,  according  to  the  twelve 
tribes  of  Israel. 

5  And  he  sent  young  men  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  which  offered  burnt  offer- 
ings, and  sacrificed  peace  offerings  of  oxen 
unto  the  Lord. 

6  And  Moses  took  half  of  the  blood,  and 
put  it  in  basins;  and  half  of  the  blood  he 
sprinkled  on  the  altar. 

7  And  he  took  the  book  of  the  covenant, 
and  read  in  the  audience  of  the  people: 
and  they  said,  All  that  the  Lord  hath 
said  will  we  do,  and  be  obedient. 

8  And  Moses  took  the  blood,  and  sprin- 
kled it  on  the  people,  and  said.  Behold  the 
blood  of  the  covenant,  which  the  Lord 
hath  made  with  you  concerning  all  these 
words. 

9  Tl  Then  went  up  Moses,  and  Aaron, 
Nadab,  and  Abihu,  and  seventy  of  the 
elders  of  Israel ; 

10  And  they  saw  the  God  of  Israel :  and 
there  7ims  under  his  feet  as  it  were  a  paved 
work  of  a  sapphire  stone,  and  as  it  were 
the  body  of  heaven  in  his  clearness. 

11  And  upon  the  nobles  of  the  children 
of  Israel  he  laid  not  his  hand:  also  they 
saw  God,  and  did  eat  and  drink. 

12  TI  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
Come  up  to  me  into  the  mox;nt,  and  be 
there:  and  I  Avill  give  thee  tables  of  stone, 
and  a  law,  and  commandments  which  I 
have  written ;  that  thou  mayest  teach  them. 

13  And  Moses  rose  up,  and  his  minister 
Joshua;  and  Moses  went  up  into  the 
mount  of  God. 

14  And  he  said  unto  the  elders,  Tarry 
ye  here  for  us,  until  we  come  again  unto 
you :  and,  behold,  Aaron  and  Hur  are  with 
you :  if  any  man  have  any  matters  to  do, 
let  him  come  unto  them. 

15  And  Moses  went  up  into  the  mount, 
and  a  cloud  covered  the  mount. 

16  And  the  glory  of  the  Lord  abode 
upon  mount  Sinai,  and  the  cloud  covered 
it  six  days :  and  the  seventh  day  he  called 
unto  Moses  out  of  the  midst  of  the  cloud. 

81 


EXODUS. 


17  And  the  sight  of  the  glory  of  the  Loud 
was  like  devouring  fire  on  the  top  of  the 
mount  in  the  eyes  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

18  And  Moses  went  into  the  midst  of  the 
cloud,  and  gat  him  up  into  the  mount: 
and  Moses  "was  in  the  mount  forty  days 
and  forty  nights. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 

AND  the  LoKB  spake  unto  Moses,  saj^- 
ing, 
2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  that 
they  bring  me  an  offering :  of  every  man 
that  giveth  it  willingly  with  his  heart  ye 
shall  take  my  offering. 
§  And  this  is  the  ottering  whicli  ye  shall 
take  of  them ;  gold,  and  silver,  and  brass, 

4  And  blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and 
fine  linen,  and  goats'  Itair, 

5  And  rams'  skins  dyed  red,  and  badgers' 
skins,  and  shittim  wood, 

6  Oil  for  the  light,  spices  for  anointing 
oil,  and  for  sweet  incense, 

7  Onyx  stones,  and  stones  to  be  set  in 
the  ephod,  and  in  the  breastplate. 

8  And  let  them  make  me  a  sanctuary; 
that  I  may  dwell  among  them. 

9  According  to  all  that  I  shcAV  thee,  after 
the  pattern  of  the  tabernacle,  and  the 
pattern  of  all  the  instruments  thereof,  even 
so  shall  ye  make  it. 

10  •[  And  they  shall  make  an  ark  o/"  shit- 
tim wood :  two  cubits  and  a  half  shall  be 
the  length  thereof,  and  a  culjit  and  a  half 
the  breadth  thereof,  and  a  cubit  and  a  half 
the  height  thereof. 

11  And  thou  shalt  overlay  it  with  pure 
gold,  within  and  without  shalt  thou  over- 
lay it,  and  shalt  make  upon  it  a  crown  of 
gold  round  about. 

12  And  thou  shalt  cast  four  rings  of  gold 
for  it,  and  ])ut  them  in  the  four  corners 
thereof;  and  two  rings  shall  be  in  the  one 
side  of  it,  and  two  rings  in  the  other  side 
of  it. 

13  And  thou  shalt  make  staves  o/* shittim 
wood,  and  overlay  them  with  gold. 

14  And  thou  shalt  put  the  staves  into  the 
rings  by  the  sides  of  the  ark,  that  the  ark 
may  be  borne  with  them. 

15  The  staves  shall  be  in  the  rings  of  the 
ark :  they  shall  not  be  taken  from  it. 

16  And  thou  shalt  ]nit  into  the  ark  the  I 
testimony  Avhich  I  shall  give  thee.  j 

17  And  thou  shalt  make  a  mercy  seat  of 

83 


pure  gold :  two  cubits  and  a  half  shall  be 
the  length  thereof,  and  a  cubit  and  a  half 
the  breadth  thereof. 

18  And  thou  shalt  make  two  cherubim 
of  gold,  of  beaten  Avork  shalt  thou  make 
them,  in  the  two  ends  of  the  mercy  seat. 

19  And  make  one  cherub  on  the  one  end, 
and  the  other  cherub  on  the  other  end: 
eve?i  of  the  merty  seat  shall  ye  make  the 
cherubim  on  the  two  ends  thereof. 

20  And  the  cherubim  shall  stretch  forth 
their  wings  on  high,  covering  the  mercy 
seat  with  their  wings,  and  their  faces  shall 
look  one  to  another;  toward  the  mercy  seat 
shall  the  faces  of  the  cherubim  be. 

21  And  thou  shalt  put  the  mercy  seat 
above  upon  the  ark;  and  in  the  ark  thou 
shalt  put  the  testimony  that  I  shall  give 
thee. 

22  And  there  I  will  meet  with  thee,  and 
I  will  commune  with  thee  from  above 
the  mercy  seat,  from  between  the  two 
cherubim  which  are  upon  the  ark  of  the 
testimony,  of  all  things  which  I  Avill  give 
thee  in  commandment  unto  the  children  of 
Ismel. 

23  M  Thou  Shalt  also  make  a  table  o/ shit- 
tim wood:  two  cubits  shall  be  the  length 
thereof,  and  a  cubit  the  breadth  thereof, 
and  a  cubit  and  a  half  the  height  thereof. 

24  And  thou  shalt  overlay  it  with  pure 
gold,  and  make  thereto  a  crown  of  gold 
round  about. 

25  And  thou  shalt  make  unto  it  a  border 
of  a  handbreadth  round  about,  and  thou 
shalt  make  a  golden  crown  to  the  border 
thereof  round  about. 

26  And  thou  shalt  make  for  it  four  rings 
of  gold,  and  put  the  rings  in  the  four  cor- 
ners that  are  on  the  four  feet  thereof. 

27  Over  against  the  border  shall  the  rings 
be  for  places  of  the  staves  to  bear  the 
table. 

28  And  thou  shalt  make  the  staves  of 
shittim  Avood,  and  overlay  them  Avith  gold, 
that  the  table  may  be  borne  Avith  them. 

29  And  thou  shalt  make  the  dishes  there- 
of, and  spoons  thereof,  and  covers  thereof, 
and  boAvls  thereof,  to  cover  Avithal:  <)/"purc 
gold  shalt  thou  make  them. 

30  And  thou  shalt  set  upon  the  table 
shcAvbrcad  before  me  ahvays. 

31  If  And  thou  shalt  make  a  candlestick 
ff  pure  gold:  of  beaten  Avork  sliall  the 
candlestick  be  made:    his   shaft,  and  his 


EXODUS. 


branches,   his   bowls,   his  knops,    and    his 
flowers,  shall  be  of  the  same. 

32  And  six  brandies  shall  come  out  of  the 
sides  of  it;  three  branches  of  the  candle- 
stick out  of  the  one  side,  and  three  l)ranches 
of  the  candlestick  out  of  the  other  side: 

33  Three  bowls  made  lilve  unto  almonds, 
with  a  knop  and  a  flower  iu  one  branch; 
and  three  bowls  made  like  almonds  in  the 
other  branch,  ?<;«i/«.  a  knop  and  a  flower:  so 
in  the  six  branches  that  come  out  of  the 
candlestick. 

34  And  Jn  the  candlestick  .mall  be  four 
bowls  made  like  unto  almonds,  ivitJi  their 
knops  and-their  flowers. 

35  And  there  shall  be  a  knop  under  two 
branches  of  the  same,  and  a  knop  under 
two  branches  of  the  same,  and  a  knop 
under  two  branches  of  the  same,  accord- 
ing- to  the  six  branches  that  proceed  out 
of  the  candlestick. 

36  Their  knops  and  their  branches  shall 
be  of  the  same:  all  of  it  s^iall  be  one  beaten 
work  of  pure  gold. 

37  And  thou  shalt  make  the  scA^en  lamps 
thereof:  and  they  shall  light  the  lamps 
thereof,  that  they  may  giA'c  light  over 
against  it. 

38  And  the  tongs  thereof,  and  the  snuflf- 
dishes  thereof,  shall  be  o/pure  gold. 

39  Of  a  talent  of  pure  gold  shall  he  make 
it,  with  all  these  vessels. 

40  And  look  that  thou  make  them  after 
their  pattern,  which  was  shewed  thee  in 
the  "mount. 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 

MOREOVER  thou  shalt  make  the 
tabernacle  ivith  ten  curtains  of  fine 
tAvined  linen,  and  blue,  and  purple,  and 
scarlet :  with  cherubim  of  cunning  work 
shalt  thou  make  them. 

2  The  length  of  one  curtain  njiall  be  eight 
and  twentj"  cubits,  and  the  breadth  of  one 
curtain  four  cubits :  and  every  one  of  the 
curtains  shall  have  one  measure. 

3  The  five  curtains  shall  be  coupled  to- 
gether one  to  another;  and  other  1\\e  cur- 
tains sfiall  be  coupled  one  to  another. 

4  And  thou  shalt  make  loops  of  blue  upon 
the  edge  of  the  one  curtain  from  the  selv- 
edge in  the  coupling;  and  likewise  shalt 
thou  make  in  the  uttermost  edge  of  ««- 
other  curtain,  in  the  coupling  of  the  second. 

5  Fifty  loops  shalt  thou  make  in  the  one 
curtain,  and  fifty  loops   shalt  thou  make 


in  the  edge  of  the  curtain  that  is  in  the 
coupling  of  the  second ;  that  the  loops  may 
take  hold  one  of  another. 
G  And  thou  shalt  make  fifty  taches  of 
gold,  and  couple  the  curtains  together 
with  the  taches:  and  it  shall  be  one  tab- 
ernacle. 

7  T[  And  thou  shalt  make  curtains  of 
goats'  Jiair  to  be  a  covering  upon  the  tab- 
ernacle :  eleven  curtains  shalt  thou  make. 

8  The  length  of  one  curtain  shall  be  thirty 
cubits,  and  the  breadth  of  one  curtain  four 
cubits :  and  the  eleven  curtains  shall  be  all 
of  one  measure. 

9  And  thou  shalt  coujjle  five  curtains  by 
themselves,  and  six  curtains  by  themselves, 
and  shalt  double  the  sixth  curtain  in  the 
forefront  of  the  tabernacle. 

10  And  thou  shalt  make  fiftj'  loops  on 
the  edge  of  the  one  curtain  that  i^  out- 
most in  the  coupling,  and  fifty  loops  in 
the  edge  of  the  curtain  which  coupleth  the 
second. 

11  And  thou  shalt  make  fifty  taches  of 
brass,  and  put  the  taches  into  the  loops, 
and  couple  the  tent  together,  that  it  may 
be  one. 

12  And  the  remnant  that  rcraaincth  of 
the  cixrtaius  of  the  tent,  the  half  curtain 
that  remaineth,  shall  hang  over  the  back 
side  of  the  tabernacle. 

13  And  a  cubit  on  the  one  side,  and  a  cu- 
bit on  the  other  side  of  that  which  remain- 
eth in  the  length  of  the  curtains  of  the 
tent,  it  shall  hang  over  the  sides  of  the 
tabernacle,  on  this  side  and  on  that  side, 
to  cover  it. 

14  And  thou  shalt  make  a  covering  for  the 
tent  of  rams'  skins  dyed  red,  and  a  cover- 
ing above  of  badgers'  skins. 

15  H  And  thou  shalt  make  boards  for  the 
tabernacle  of  shittim  wood  standing  up. 

16  Ten  cubits  shall  be  the  length  of  a 
board,  and  a  cubit  and  a  half  shall  be  the 
breadth  of  one  board. 

17  Two  tenons  shall  there  be  in  one  board, 
set  in  order  one  against  another:  thus 
shalt  thou  make  for  all  the  boards  of  the 
taberaacle. 

18  And  thou  shalt  make  the  boards  for 
the  tabernacle,  twenty  boards  on  the  south 

I  side  southward. 

I  19  And  thou  shalt  make  forty  sockets  of 
1  silver  under  the  twenty  boards ;  two  sock- 
1  ets  under  one  board  for  his  two  tenons,  and 


EXODUS. 


17  And  the  sight  ol"  Iho  glory  of  the  Loun  i 
MVM  like  devouring  lire  on  the  top  of  the  j 
uu>unt  in  the  t-yes  of  the  thiUlreii  of  It^nul. 

IS  Ami  Mo^es  went  into  the  iniiUt  of  the  [ 
elouil,   ami   irat    him   up  into  the  mount; 
ami   Mosos  was   in   the  mount  forty  days 
ami  forty  nights. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 

AND  the  Loud  spake  unto  Moses,  ftay- 
inir, 
2  Speak  unto  the  i-hlhlren  of  Israel,  that 
they  hring  me  an  otlVriuj; :    of  oviry  man 
that   ijivith  it   willimrly  uith  his  heart    ye 
shall  takr  my  otlVriutr. 
J^  And  this  i\\-  the  olleriutr  >vhieh  ye  shall 
I  take  of  tlum;  gold,  and  silver,  and  hn\ss, 

4  And  blue,  and  purple,  and  searlet,  and 
line  linen,  and  goats'  h<ti>\ 

5  And  rams'  skins  dvid  red,  and  badgers' 
skins,  and  shiltim  AVot»d, 

6  0\\  for  the  light,  si>iees  for  anointing 
oil,  and  for  sweet  ineense, 

7  Onyx  stones,  and  stones  to  be  set  in 
the  ephod,  aud  in  the  breastplate. 

8  And  let  thrm  make  me  a  sanetuar>'; 
that  I  may  dwell  among  them. 

9  Aeioniing  to  all  that  I  slu-w  thee,  qflrr 
the  pattiTU  of  the  tabcniacle,  nud  the 
pattern  t>f  all  tlu-  instruments  thereof,  even 
so  shall  yt-  make  it. 

10  •,;  Aud  they  shall  make  an  ark  of'shit- 
tim  wood:  two  cubits  and  a  half  nfuill  he 
the  length  thereof,  and  a  eublt  and  a  half 
the  breadth  thereof,  aud  a  eubit  aud  a  haJf 
the  luight  therei>f 

11  And  thou  shalt  overlay  it  with  pure 
gold,  within  and  with«>ut  shalt  thou  over- 
lay it,  and  shalt  make  upon  it  a  crown  of 
gidd  round  abo\it. 

12  And  thou  shalt  east  four  rings  of  gold 
for  it,  and  i»ut  thrnt  in  the  four  comers 
thereof;  and  two  rings  sfutU  l*r  in  the  one 
side  of  it,  and  two  rings  in  the  other  side 
of  It. 

IS  And  thou  shalt  make  staves  o^shittim 
wood,  and  overlay  them  with  gold. 

14  And  thou  shalt  ]>ut  the  staves  into  the 
rings  by  the  sidis  of  the  ark,  that  the  ark 
may  he  borne  with  them. 

15  The  staves  shall  be  in  the  rings  of  the 
ark:  they  shall  not  be  taken  from  it. 

Ifi  And  thou  .«halt  put   into   the  nrk  the 
testimony  which  I  shall  give  thee. 
]    17  And  thou  shalt  make  a  mercy  sent  «jf 


pure  gold :  two  cubits  and  a  half  »hail  be 
the  length  thereof,  aud  a  eubit  aud  a  h>Uf 
the  breadth  thereof 

18  And  thou  shalt  make  tAvo  cherubim 
«)f' gold,  «»f' beaten  work  shalt  thou  make 
them,  in  the  two  ends  of  the  mercy  seat. 

10  And  make  one  eherub  on  the  one  end, 
aud  the  other  ehenih  on  the  other  end: 
am  of  the  merey  seat  shall  ye  make  the 
ehenibim  on  the  two  ends  thereof. 

20  And  the  ehenibim  shall  stretch  forth 
their  wings  on  high,  covering  the  mercy 
Seat  with  their  wings,  aud  their  faces  xhaU 
hH*k  one  to  another;  towanl  the  merey  scat 
shall  the  taces  of  the  cherubim  be. 

21  Aud  thou  shalt  jnit  the  meny  scat 
above  upon  the  ark;  and  in  the  ark  thou 
shalt  put  the  testimony  that  I  shall  give 
thee. 

22  And  there  I  Avill  meet  with  thee,  and 
I  will  commune  with  thee  from  above 
the  merey  se;it,  from  between  the  two 
cherubim  which  air  upon  the  ark  of  the 
testimony,  of  all  thitii/s  which  I  will  give 
thee  in  commandment  unto  the  children  of 
Isn\el. 

2;^  •  Thou  Shalt  also  make  a  ta]>le  </shit- 
tim  wood:  two  cubits  ,v7i(i//  U  the  length 
thereof,  and  a  cubit  the  breadth  thereof, 
and  a  eubit  and  a  half  the  height  thcrtnif. 

24  And  thou  shalt  overlay  it  with  pure 
gold,  aud  make  thereto  a  crown  of  gold 
round  about. 

25  And  thou  shalt  make  unto  it  a  border 
of  a  handbreadth  round  about,  and  tlum 
shalt  make  a  golden  crown  to  the  border 
thereof  round  about. 

2(>  And  thou  shalt  make  for  it  ft>ur  rings 
of  gold,  and  jtut  the  rings  in  the  four  cor- 
ners that  air  on  the  lour  feet  thereof 

27  Over  against  the  border  shall  the  rings 
be  for  places  of  the  staves  to  bear  the 
table. 

28  And  thou  shalt  make  the  staves  of 
shittim  wood,  aud  overlay  them  with  gi>ld, 
that  the  table  Uiay  be  l)orue  with  them. 

!  20  And  thou  shalt  make  the  dishes  there- 
ot\  and  spoons  thereof,  and  covers  thcn-of, 
and  bowls  thereof,  to  cover  withal:  or" pure 
gold  shalt  thou  make  them. 

80  And  thou  shalt  set  ui»ou  the  table 
shewbread  before  me  always. 

81  ^  Aud  thou  shalt  niakc  a  candlestick 
of  pure  gold:  of  beaten  work  shall  the 
candlestick  be  made:    bis   shaft,  aud  his 


1X0DU8. 


Im'iuU'Iiok,  hU  bowlN,  IiIm  Uiio|)r(,  and  IiIh 
llowtMrt,  Hlinll  Itr  of  I lio  Mining 

JW  Ami  mIx  Id'uiU'lH'K  hliitll  iMtiiir  <iul  ulllir 
Mldrn  it(  It;  tliiro  iM'iincltrrt  nt'  I1m<  niixllr 
hllclv  tnit  oI'IIm'  Olio  Mltlo,  iiitd  llii(  o  liiiiiulu'H 
ol'tlio  niiullrhtUK  oill  ol'llir  ot lior  hIiI<  : 

;{;{  Tlirot*  ImiwIn  inutio  lllu«  unto  nliiioiulFt, 
ii<i(/i  a  Kii<t|t  iiMil  a  lluwrr  ill  out-  hnuu'lt; 
iiiid  (lll'o<^  Itowirt  liiii<l(<  IIK<'  mIiiioikIh  In  \\\r 
(illi(<r  lii'MiicIt,  ii'it/i  i\  Kii(>|)  Mild  !i  lluwcr:  so 
lit  llic  td\  hniiKlicri  lliid  ('..iiic  ..III  ul  I1m< 
cun.ll.'Htl.  Iv. 

:tl   And    ill  llii^    .'iitidirrdi.  K    s/i,(ll   lu-    loiir 

l).*\vlh    llllld<-    ilKr     lllllo    ilillH.II.JM,     with    IlK'il- 

Kiioph  and  (liclr  IIowi-im. 

Hf>  And  thf'tY  s/itill  (>,•  It  Kno|.  imdn  Iw.i 
lM'itn('li«<N  (d°  lti(<  hatn>\  and  it  Kitop  nitd«-r 
hvtt  Itianrlwh  of  Iho  f«aint\  and  a  kintp 
nndcr  two  liranclirN  ttC  I  lit-  rutin.-,  lUMonl 
Inj;'  lo  llu«  nIx  lintn.lt.T.  IIimI  |.i....m-.1  ..id 
ol'llir  .'andl<<Hll(-lv. 

:!('.  rii.lr  KnopH  and  llM<lr  hranrlioN  Mliall 
l.f  ..I  IIk'  hain««;  all  of  II  Khali  hr  oin<  hfiilrn 
wi.rU  <;/  piiii-  Kold, 

.">'<  And  tlt.tn  t<ltitll  iiiiiK.'  Ili.>  ii.-\<'ii  imiipM 
lli.-n-ol:  Mil. I  lluy  r.liitll  lirhl  lli.'  JMiiipM 
lli.T.'.il,  IIimI  Ih.v  ittii.v  ■•ivc  iir.ld  .-\rr 
apdiihl  II. 

JIM  And  lln<  l«mp<  Ihrrtwd",  ami  llio  ptnnll" 
•Uhhort  llicifor,  n/htH  tw  »{/pnrr  cold. 

:«M)/'a  lalrni  of  piiiv  n'itld  nIimII  It.'  niMkr 
II,  wllli  all  (Ih'ho  v«<HMidK. 

10  And  loidv  Ihat  llion  niaKt<  thnn  ixWw 
llndr  pallfrn,  wliUdi  \va«  hli»<\vi(l  lit..-  in 
lit.-  tnonitl. 

(11  A  1*1' KK    .\.\VI. 

M<>l{  I*:  ON'  V.\{  I  lion  hitall  iiimK.-  IIk^ 
lalnM-nit.l.'  loitlt  I. 11  .iiilainn  oj  line 
twini'd  lliUMi,  iind  I. in.-,  and  purple,  itnd 
M(  iirlol  :  wUh  idirrnldnt  of  iiinitln)i>  woiK 
Hitall  llion  lnal\«^  llicni. 

'l  'V\w  Ifiiv^lh  of  on.- .111111111  sh,tinu- i'\vM 
an. I  l\\4-nlv  ctiliilM,  and  tlii<  Inradlli  ol  oiii< 
cnilaln  I'onr  ciiIiIIm:  and  rvi-ry  oin<  <d"  llir 
fiiilalnrt  hliall  Imvo  ono  nirnHnii\ 

\\  'V\n\  [\\v  rnrlatiiH  nliall  In-  *'onpli-d  lo 
Kt'lInT  oni>  loaiiollii'r;  and  othir[\\v  inr 
lalnr*  ahitll  Iw  conpliMl  inn'  lo  ain»llit-r. 

•I  And  Ihon  hIihII  inaKi<  loopw  <d'l>lin*  upon 
III.'  .-dj^i'  of  lli.i  one  (-nrlitln  IVoni  llin  mdv 
edm^  In  llie  conpllnj., ;  and  llkewlMe  hIuiH 
llion  iniiKo  In  llu'  nll<-nnoHl,  i-d-j;!'  ol"  an- 
.>//*<•<•  .-nrlaln,  In  I  he  ronplln»'  ollli.>  Meecnid. 

r»  Kllly  loopN  hhall  llion  inak.'  in  lite  .>ne 
t-nrtaln,  and    llity  U»opH   hliall.   llion    niakn 


tn  llie  edK'n  of  [\\{\  eni'laln  lliai  Ix  In  lite 
eonplln;-Vor  llie  Meeond  ,  llial  lite  l....pn  iinty 
lake  lioUl  one  ol  aiiolli(-i-. 

(I    And    llion    hIhiII    iiiak«>    llllly    laehes    of 
>V<dd,     and     eonple     I  lie    enrlitliiH     lou'ellier 
Willi    lit.-    la.-li.-M:   and    II    hliall    l.t-  oll<^   lal. 
.riiM.l.'. 

7    II     An. I    III. .11    idiMJl     niMk.-    .-iirlMinn    ../' 
><oa(i*'  /»(r/r  |.»   I.e   a   .•ovi-riii!,-    itp.ni    lii.-   lal. 
erna.'le:   el.-vi-n  eiirlainn  idtall  llion  niaUe. 

S  I'll.-  l.-ni'lli  ol'  .nte  (-iirliiin  shall  !>.■  llilrly 
eiiiiilH,  and  llie  lireadllt  ol  on.-  .nrlitiii  loiir 
enltllH:  and  llie  «<l<-ven  einlaiiiH  .vA.r// ^' .r// 
o('«»nt>  nieiihiin'. 

0  And  Ihon  hhall.  t-onple  lh(>  enrlaliiM  by 
llieiiiKelveM,  and  nix  enrlaiiiM  l»y  lliniihelvt^H, 
ami  idiall.  d.tnlde  Ihe  hIxIIi  enrlnln  In  llie 
r..relV..nl  of  llie  lai.eniael.-. 

10  And    Ih.tn    hIiiiII    make   IIMy  loopH    «mi 
I  In'    edi^e    ol'   llie    one   enrlaln   that    is    onl 
numt    In   lli.-   eonplinr,,    and    llllly    loopM   In 
Ihe  edt-..-  ..I    III.-  .'iitlaiii  with  It  .•..tipl.lh  lli<^ 
Hei-ond. 

11  Ami  I  It. .11  r.luill  make  lIHy  la.lteH  of 
I'lMf-s,  iin.l  put  111.-  Im.  It.-M  iiilo'  i\w  htopH. 
and  (-otipl.-  III.-  I.  Ill  loj-.-lh.-r,  Ihitl  il  niav 
I.e  one. 

1^!  And  the  rentnani  thai  renialitelh  of 
Ihe  <'nr(alnH  ol  ||n^  lent,  lli*<  hall  <'nrtaln 
Ihal.  renialnelli,  hIiiiII  lian^  over  llii<  luiek 
^d<le  of  Ihe  laheinaeh-. 

i:i  And  a  enlill  on  Ili.>  <)m<  Nide,  and  a  .-n 
I. II  on  lh«'  .illuM-  Ml.le  ol  Ihal  wlil.li  i-enialn 
elh  In  tli<<  leiinlh  of  1Im<  tnrlaiim  ol'  the 
l.-nl,  11  fdiall  liMitj;  ..v.-r  Ihe  Hhh-H  ol  llw^ 
lab.  riiM.-l.-,  on  HiIh  nid.-  uml  on  Ihal  hid.-, 
1..  .-ov.-iil. 

II  Ami  llion  Hhall  make  a  t-overlnjj;'  roilho 
l.-nl.  «>/ raniM' hkliiM  <Iy«'d  red,  and  a  <-over 
\\\ii  above  i>/' hud^-ei-H'  HkliiH. 

ITi  II  Ami  Ihon  hIuiII  make  boards  lor  llie 
lab(-niaele  f.^Hlillllm  wood  Hlandlnf.v  up. 

III  Ten  etibilH  shall  lu^  lli(<  h-n^lli  ol'  a 
board,  and  a  eiibit  and  a  haH'  shall  bi-  lite 
br.-adlh  of  <nie  b.mrd. 

17  Two  l.-mniH  shall  fhrir  l>r  \t\  om-  board, 
M«-l  in  .irder  om-  ajvaliiHl  aiiolli«-r:  I  hurt 
Hhall  lh.>ii  niiik.-  h.r  all  th«-  boaniK  ol'  Ihe 
tabenia.lc. 

IH  Ami  Ihon  hIihII  niitk.-  111.^  boards  h.r 
Ihe  lab<-rnaeh\  (w.-iily  b.>ai'<lK  on  lli<-  hoiiIIi 
Hide  fi.Milliwai-d. 

10  Ami  Ihon  Hhall  make  I'oily  iu..k<-lM  of 
Hllv<'r  niidei-  Ihe  Iwenly  boartlH;  lwoHo<-k- 
rlH  nndei'om\  hoiird  lor  hirt  (wolononK,  niul 


EXODUS. 


row  HhaU  he  a  sardius,  a  topaz,  and  a  carbuu- 
clc:  this  shall  6e  the  tirst  roAV. 

18  And  the  second  row  sJiall  he  an  emer- 
ald, a  sapphire,  and  a  diamond. 

19  And  the  third  roAV  a  ligure,  an  agate, 
and  an  amethyst. 

20  And  the  fourth  row  a  beryl,  and  an 
onyx,  and  a  jasper:  they  shall  he  set  in 
gold  in  their  inclosings. 

21  And  the  stones  shall  be  with  the  names 
of  the  children  of  Israel,  twelve,  according 
to  their  names,  like  the  engravings  of  a 
signet ;  every  one  with  his  name  shall  they 
be  according  to  the  twelve  tribes. 

22  T[  And  thou  shalt  make  upon  the 
breastplate  chains  at  the  ends  of  wreathen 
work  of  pure  gold. 

23  And  thou  shalt  make  upon  the  breast- 
plate two  rings  of  gold,  and  shalt  put  the 
two  rings  on  the  two  ends  of  the  breast- 
plate. 

24  And  thou  shalt  put  the  two  wreathen 
chains  of  gold  in  the  two  rings  ivhich  are  on 
the  ends  of  the  breastplate. 

25  And  the  other  two  ends  of  the  two 
wreathen  chaim  thou  shalt  ftisten  in  the 
tAvo  ouches,  and  put  tJiem  on  the  shoulder- 
pieces  of  the  ephod  before  it. 

26  1  And  thou  shalt  make  two  rings  of 
gold,  and  thou  shalt  put  them  upon  the 
tAVO  ends  of  the  breastplate  in  the  border 
thereof,  Avhich  is  in  the  side  of  the  ephod 
InAvard. 

27  And  two  other  rings  of  gold  thou  shalt 
make,  and  shalt  put  them  on  the  two  sides 
of  the  ephod  underneath,  toward  the  fore- 
part tlicreof,  over  against  the  other  couj)- 
ling  tlicreof,  above  the  curious  girdle  of 
the  ephod. 

28  And  they  shall  bind  the  breastplate  by 
the  rings  thereof  unto  the  rings  of  the 
ephod  Avith  a  lace  of  blue,  that  it  may 
be  aboAX  the  curious  girdle  of  the  ephod, 
and  that  the  breastplate  be  not  loosed 
from  the  ephod. 

29  And  Aaron  shall  bear  the  names  of 
the  children  of  Israel  in  the  breastplate 
of  judgment  upon  his  heart,  Avhen  he 
goeth  in  unto  the  holy  ^jZace,  for  a  me- 
morial before  the  Loud  continually. 

30  11  And  thou  shalt  put  in  the  breast- 
plate of  judgment  the  Urim  and  the  Thum- 
mim ;  and  they  shall  be  u])on  Aaron's 
heart,  Avhen  he  gocth  in  before  the  Lord: 
and  Aaron  shall  bear  the  judgment  of  tlie 

86 


children  of  Israel  iipon  his  heart  before  the 
LoKD  continually. 

31  ^  And  thou  shalt  make  the  robe  of  the 
ephod  all  of  blue. 

33  And  there  shall  be  a  hole  in  the  top  of 
it,  in  the  midst  thereof:  it  shall  have  a 
binding  of  Avoven  Avork  round  about  the 
hole  of  it,  as  it  Avere  the  hole  of  an  haber- 
geon, that  it  be  not  rent. 

33  T[  And  hencath  upon  the  hem  of  it  thou 
shalt  make  pomegranates  of  blue,  and  of 
purple,  and  of  scarlet,  round  about  the  hem 
thereof;  and  bells  of  gold  between  them 
round  about : 

34  A  golden  bell  and  a  pomegranate,  a 
golden  bell  and  a  pomegranate,  upon  the 
hem  of  the  robe  round  about. 

35  And  it  shall  be  upon  Aaron  to  min- 
ister: and  his  sound  shall  be  heard  when 
he  goeth  in  unto  the  holy  place  before 
the  Lord,  and  Avheu  he  cometh  out,  that 
he  die  not. 

36  H  And  thou  shalt  make  a  plate  of  pure 
gold,  and  grave  upon  it,  like  the  engravings 
of  a  signet,  HOLINESS  TO  THE  LORD. 

37  And  thou  shalt  put  it  on  a  blue  lace, 
that  it  may  be  upon  the  mitre ;  upon  the 
forefront  of  the  mitre  it  shall  be. 

38  And  it  shall  be  upon  Aaron's  forehead, 
that  Aaron  may  bear  the  iniquity  of  the 
holy  things,  which  the  children  of  Israel 
shall  halloAV  in  all  their  holy  gifts ;  and  it 
shall  be  ahvays  upon  his  forehead,  that 
they  may  be  accepted  before  the  Lord. 

39  1  And  thou  shalt  embroider  the  coat 
of  fine  linen,  and  thou  shalt  make  the 
mitre  of  fine  linen,  and  thou  shalt  make 
the  girdle  o/"  needlcAvork. 

40  T[  And  for  Aaron's  sons  thou  shalt 
make  coats,  and  thou  shalt  make  for  them 
girdles,  and  bonnets  shalt  thou  make  for 
them,  for  glory  and  for  beauty. 

41  And  tliou  shalt  put  them  upon  Aaron 
thy  brother,  and  his  sons  Avith  him;  and 
shalt  anoint  them,  and  consecrate  them, 
and  sanctify  them,  tliat  they  may  minister 
unto  me  in  the  priest's  office. 

42  And  thou  shalt  make  them  linen 
breeches  to  cover  their  nakedness;  from 
the  loins  even  unto  the  thighs  they  shall 
reach : 

43  And  they  shall  be  upon  Aaron,  and 
upon  his  sons,  Avhen  they  come  in  unto 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  or 
Avhen   thcv   come   near  unto  the  altar  to 


EXODUS. 


minister  iu  tlie  lioly  place;  tliat  they  bear 
not  iniquity,  and  die :  it  shall  he  a  statute 
lor  ever  unto  him  £ind  his  seed  after  him. 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 

AND  this  is  the  thing  that  thou  shalt 
do  unto  them  to  hallow  them,  to 
minister  unto  me  in  the  priest's  office: 
Take  one  young  bullock,  and  two  rams 
without  blemish, 

2  And  unleavened  bread,  and  cakes  un- 
leavened tempered  with  oil,  and  wafers 
unleavened  anointed  with  oil :  of  wheaten 
flour  shalt  thou  make  them. 

3  And  thou  shalt  put  them  into  one  bas- 
ket, and  bring  them  in  the  basket,  with 
the  bullock  and  the  two  rams, 

4  And  Aaron  and  his  sons  thou  shalt 
bring  unto  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation,  and  shalt  wash  them 
with  water. 

5  And  thou  shalt  take  the  garments,  and 
put  upon  Aaron  the  coat,  and  the  robe  of 
the  ephod,  and  the  ei:)hod,  and  the  breast- 
plate, and  gird  him  with  the  curious  girdle 
of  the  ephod: 

6  And  thou  shalt  put  the  mitre  upon  his 
head,  and  put  the  holy  crown  upon  the 
mitre. 

7  Then  shalt  thou  take  the  anointing  oil, 
and  pour  it  upon  his  head,  and  anoint  him. 

8  And  thou  shalt  bring  his  sons,  and  put 
coats  upon  them. 

9  And  thou  shalt  gird  them  with  girdles, 
Aaron  and  his  sons,  and  put  the  bonnets 
on  them:  and  the  priest's  office  shall  be 
theirs  for  a  perpetual  statute:  and  thou 
shalt  consecrate  Aaron  and  his  sons. 

10  And  thou  shalt  cause  a  bullock  to  be 
brought  before  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation; and  Aaron  and  his  sons  shall 
put  their  hands  upon  the  head  of  the  bull- 
ock. 

11  And  thou  shalt  kill  the  bullock  before 
the  Lord,  by  the  door  of  the  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation. 

12  And  thou  shalt  take  of  the  blood  of 
the  bullock,  and  put  it  upon  the  horns 
of  the  altar  with  thy  finger,  and  pour  all 
the  blood  beside  the  bottom  of  the  altar. 

13  And  thou  shalt  take  all  the  fat  that 
covereth  the  imvards,  and  the  caul  that 
is  above  the  liver,  and  the  two  kidneys, 
and  the  fat  that  is  upon  them,  and  bum 
them  upon  the  altar. 


1-4  But  the  flesh  of  the  bullock,  and  his 
skin,  and  his  dung,  shalt  thou  burn  with 
fire  without  the  camp :  it  is  a  sin  offering. 

15  1[  Thou  shalt  also  take  one  ram  ;  and 
Aaron  and  his  sons  shall  put  their  hands 
upon  the  head  of  the  ram, 

16  And  thou  shalt  slay  the  ram,  and  thou 
shalt  take  his  blood,  and  sprinkle  it  round 
about  upon  the  altar. 

17  And  thou  shalt  cut  the  ram  in  pieces, 
and  wash  the  inwards  of  him,  and  his  legs, 
and  put  tJiem  unto  his  pieces,  and  unto  his 
head. 

18  And  thou  shalt  burn  the  whole  ram 
upon  the  altar  :  it  is  a  bitrnt  offering  unto 
the  Lord  :  it  is  a  sweet  savour,  an  offering 
made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord. 

19  T[  And  thou  shalt  take  the  other  ram ; 
and  Aaron  and  his  sons  shall  put  their 
hands  upon  the  head  of  the  ram. 

20  Then  shalt  thou  kill  the  ram,  and  take 
of  his  blood,  and  put  it  upon  the  tip  of  the 
right  ear  of  Aaron,  and  upon  the  tip  of  the 
right  ear  of  his  sons,  and  upon  the  thumb 
of  their  right  hand,  and  upon  the  great  toe 
of  their  right  foot,  and  sprinkle  the  blood 
upon  the  altar  round  about. 

21  And  thou  shalt  take  of  the  blood  that 
is  upon  the  altar,  and  of  the  anointing  oil, 
and  sprinkle  it  upon  Aaron,  and  upon  his 
garments,  and  upon  his  sons,  and  upon  the 
garments  of  his  sons  with  him:  and  he 
shall  be  hallowed,  and  his  garments,  and 
his  sons,  and  his  sons'  garments  with 
him. 

22  Also  thou  shalt  take  of  the  ram  the  fat 
and  the  rump,  and  the  fat  that  covereth  the 
inwards,  and  the  caul  ah(yve  the  liver,  and 
the  two  kidneys,  and  the  fat  that  is-  upon 
them,  and  the  right  shoulder;  for  it  is  a 
ram  of  consecration: 

23  And  one  loaf  of  bread,  and  one  cake  of 
oiled  bread,  and  one  wafer  out  of  the  bas- 
ket of  the  unleavened  bread  that  is  before 
the  Lord  : 

24  And  thou  shalt  put  all  in  the  hands  of 
Aaron,  and  in  the  hands  of  his  sons ;  and 
shalt  waA'e  them  for  a  wave  offering  before 
the  Lord. 

25  And  thou  shalt  receive  them  of  their 
hands,  and  burn  them  upon  the  altar  for  a 
burnt  offering,  for  a  sweet  savour  before 
the  Lord:  it  is  an  offering  made  by  fire 
unto  the  Lord. 

26  And  thou  shalt  take  the  breast  of  the 

87 


EXODUS. 


ram  of  Aaron's  consecration,  and  ■wave  it 
fonx  wave  olFcriug  before  the  Loud:  and  it 
shall  be  thy  part. 

27  And  thou  shalt  sanctify  the  breast  of 
the  Avave  ofrerin<c,  and  the  shoulder  of  the 
heave  offering,  which  is  waved,  and  which 
is  heaved  up,  of  the  ram  of  the  consecra- 
tion, even  of  that  whicli  is  for  Aaron,  and  of 
that  which  is  for  his  sons  : 

28  And  it  shall  be  Aaron's  and  his  sons' 
by  a  statute  for  ever  from  the  children  of 
Israel;  for  it  is  a  heave  offering:  and  it 
shall  be  a  heave  offering  from  the  children 
of  Israel  of  the  sacrifice  of  their  peace  offer- 
ings,  even  their    heave  offering   imto  the 

LOKD. 

29  ^  And  the  holy  garments  of  Aaron 
shall  be  his  sons'  after  him,  to  be  anointed 
therein,  and  to  be  consecrated  in  them. 

30  A7ul  that  son  that  is  i)riest  in  his  stead 
shall  put  them  on  seven  days,  when  he 
Cometh  into  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation to  minister  in  the  holy  phtee. 

31  H  And  thou  shalt  take  the  ram  of  the 
consecration,  and  seethe  his  flesh  in  the 
holy  place. 

33  And  Aaron  and  his  sons  shall  eat  the 
flesh  of  the  ram,  and  the  bread  that  is 
in  the  basket,  by  the  door  of  the  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation. 

3:{  And  they  shall  eat  those  things  where- 
with the  atonement  was  made,  to  conse- 
crate and  to  sanctify  them:  but  a  stranger 
shall  not  eat  thereof,  because  they  are  holy. 

34  And  if  aught  of  the  flesh  of  the  con- 
secrations, or  of  the  bread,  remain  unto 
the  morning,  then  thou  shalt  burn  the 
remainder  with  fire:  it  shall  not  be  eaten, 
because  it  is  holy. 

35  And  thus  shalt  thou  do  unto  Aaron, 
and  to  his  sons,  according  to  all  things 
which  I  have  commanded  thee:  seven 
days  shalt  thou  consecrate  them. 

36  And  thou  shalt  offer  every  day  a  bull- 
ock for  a  sin  offering  for  atonement :  and 
thou  shalt  cleanse  the  altar,  when  thou 
hast  made  an  atonement  for  it,  and  thou 
shalt  anoint  it,  to  sanctify  it. 

37  Seven  days  thou  shalt  make  an  atone- 
ment for  the  altar,  and  sanctify  it ;  and  it 
shall  be  an  altar  most  holy :  whatsoever 
toucheth  the  altar  shall  be  holy. 

38  t  Now  this  is  that  which  thou  shalt 
offer  upon  the  altar;  two  lambs  of  the 
first  year  day  by  day  continually. 


30  The  one  lamb  thou  shalt  offer  in  the 
moiTiing;  and  the  other  lamb  thou  shalt 
offer  at  even : 

40  And  with  the  one  lamb  a  tenth  deal  of 
flour  mingled  with  the  fourth  part  of  a  hin 
of  beaten  oil ;  and  the  fourth  part  of  a  hin 
of  wine/or  a  drink  offering. 

41  And  the  other  lamb  thou  shalt  offer 
at  even,  and  shalt  do  thereto  according  to 
the  meat  offering  of  the  morning,  and  ac- 
cording to  the  drink  offering  thereof,  for 
a  sweet  savour,  an  offering  made  by  fire 
unto  the  Lord. 

42  This  shall  be  a  continual  burnt  offer- 
ing throughout  your  generations  at  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation 
before  the  Lord,  where  I  will  meet  you, 
to  speak  there  unto  thee. 

43  And  there  I  will  meet  with  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  and  the  tabernacle  shall  be 
sanctified  by  my  glory. 

44  And  I  will  sanctify  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation,  and  the  altar:  I  will 
sanctify  also  both  Aaron  and  his  sons,  to 
minister  to  me  in  the  priest's  oflSce. 

45  ^  And  I  will  dwell  among  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  will  be  their  God. 

46  And  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord  their  God,  that  brought  them  forth 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  that  I  may  dwell 
among  them :  I  am  the  Lord  their  God. 


A 


CHAPTER  XXX. 
N  D  thou  Shalt  make  an  altar  to  burn 
incense  upon :  of  shittim  wood  shalt 
thou  make  it. 

2  A  cubit  sJiall  be  the  length  thereof,  and 
a  cubit  the  breadth  thereof;  foursquare 
shall  it  be :  and  two  cubits  sliall  be  the 
height  thereof:  the  horns  thereof  shall  be 
of  the  same. 

3  And  thou  shalt  overlay  it  with  pure 
gold,  the  top  thereof,  and  the  sides  thereof 
round  about,  and  the  horns  thereof;  and 
thou  Shalt  make  wwio  it  a  crown  of  gold 
round  about. 

4  And  tAvo  golden  rings  shalt  thou  make 
to  it  Tinder  the  crowni  of  it,  by  the  two 
comers  thereof,  upon  the  two  sides  of  it 
Shalt  thou  maketY;  and  they  shall  be  for 
places  for  the  staves  to  bear  it  withal. 

5  And  thou  shalt  make  the  staves  of 
shittim  wood,  and  overlay  them  with  gold. 

6  And  thou  shalt  put  it  before  the  vail 
that  is  by  the  ark  of  the  testimony,  before 


EXODUS. 


the  racrcy  seat  that  is  over  the  testimony, 
where  I  will  meet  Avith  thee. 

7  And  Aaron  shall  burn  thereon  sweet  in- 
cense every  morning:  when  he  dresseth 
the  lamps,  he  shall  burn  incense  upon  it. 

8  And  when  Aaron  lighteth  the  lamps 
at  even,  he  shall  burn  incense  upon  it,  a 
perpetual  incense  before  the  Lord  through- 
out your  generations. 

9  Ye  shall  oflfer  no  strange  incense  there- 
on, nor  burnt  sacrifice,  nor  meat  oflfering ; 
neither  shall  ye  pour  drink  offering  thereon. 

10  And  Aaron  shall  make  an  atonement 
upon  the  horns  of  it  once  in  a  year  with 
the  blood  of  the  sin  offering  of  atone- 
ments; once  in  the  year  shall  he  make 
atonement  upon  it  throughout  your  gener- 
ations: it  is  most  holy  unto  the  Lord. 

11  TI  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

12  When  thou  takest  the  sum  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  after  their  number,  then 
shall  they  give  every  man  a  ransom  for  his 
soul  unto  the  Lord,  when  thou  numberest 
them ;  that  there  be  no  plague  among 
them,  when  thou  immberest  them. 

13  This  they  shall  give,  every  one  that 
passeth  among  them  that  are  numbered, 
half  a  shekel  after  the  shekel  of  the  sanc- 
tuary: (a  shekel  is  twenty  gerahs:)  a  half 
shekel  shall  be  the  offering  of  the  Lord. 

14  Every  one  that  passeth  among  them 
that  are  numbered,  from  twenty  years  old 
and  above,  shall  give  an  ofiering  unto  the 
Lord. 

15  The  rich  shall  not  give  more,  and  the 
poor  shall  not  give  less,  than  half  a  shekel, 
when  theij  give  an  offering  unto'the  Lord, 
to  make  an  atonement  for  your  souls. 

16  And  thou  shalt  take  the  atonement 
money  of  the  children  of  Israel,  and  shalt 
appoint  it  for  the  service  of  the  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation ;  that  it  may  be  a  me- 
morial unto  the  children  of  Israel  before  the 
Lord,  to  make  an  atonement  for  your  souls. 

17  H  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

18  Thou  shalt  also  make  a  laver  o/*  brass, 
and  his  foot  also  of  brass,  to  wash  ivithal: 
and  thou  shalt  put  it  between  the  tab- 
ernacle of  the  congregation  and  the  altar, 
and  thou  shalt  put  water  therein. 

19  For  Aaron  and  his  sons  shall  wash  their 
hands  and  their  feet  thereat : 

20  When  they  go  into  the  tabernacle  of 


the  congregation,  they  shall  wash  with 
water,  that  they  die  not;  or  when  they 
come  near  to  the  altar  to  minister,  to  burn 
offering  made  by  tire  unto  the  Lord: 

21  So  they  shall  wash  their  hands  and 
their  feet,  that  they  die  not :  and  it  shall 
be  a  statute  for  ever  to  them,  even  to  him 
and  to  his  seed  throughout  their  genera- 
tions. 

22  •[[  Moreover  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

23  Take  thou  also  imto  thee  principal 
spices,  of  pure  myrrh  five  hundred  s7icJccl% 
and  of  sweet  cinnamon  half  so  much,  eve7i 
two  hundred  and  fifty  shekels,  and  of  sweet 
calamus  two  hundred  and  fifty  shekels, 

24  And  of  cassia  five  hundred  shekels,  after 
the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary,  and  of  oil  olive 
a  hin: 

25  And  thou  shalt  make  it  an  oil  of  holy 
ointment,  an  ointment  comjjound  after  the 
art  of  the  apothecary :  it  shall  be  a  holy 
anointing  oil. 

26  And  thou  shalt  anoint  the  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation  therewith,  and  the  ark 
of  the  testimony, 

27  And  the  table  and  all  his  vessels,  and 
the  candlestick  and  his  vessels,  and  the 
altar  of  incense, 

28  And  the  altar  of  burnt  offering  with 
all  his  vessels,  and  the  laver  and  his  foot. 

29  And  thou  shalt  sanctify  them,  that  they 
may  be  most  holy:  whatsoever  toucheth 
them  shall  be  holy. 

30  And  thou  shalt  anoint  Aaron  and  his 
sons,  and  consecrate  them,  that  tliey  may 
minister  unto  me  in  the  priest's  office. 

31  And  thou  shalt  speak  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  saying.  This  shall  be  a  holy 
anointing  oil  unto  me  throughout  your 
generations. 

33  Upon  man's  flesh  shall  it  not  be  pour- 
ed, neither  shall  ye  make  any  other  like  it, 
after  the  composition  of  it :  it  is  holy,  and 
it  shall  be  holy  unto  you. 

33  AVhosoever  compoundeth  any  like  it, 
or  whosoever  putteth  amj  of  it  upon  a 
stranger,  shall  even  be  cut  off  from  his 
people. 

34  T[  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
Take  unto  thee  sweet  sinces,  stacte,  and 
onycha,  and  galbanum;  tJiese  sweet  spices 
with  pure  frankincense :  of  each  shall  there 
be  a  like  weight: 

85  And  thou  shalt  make  it  a  perfume,  a 


EXODUS. 


confection  after  the  art  of  the  apothecary, 
tempered  together,  pure  atid  holj': 

36  And  thou  shalt  beat  some  of  it  very 
small,  and  put  of  it  before  the  testimony 
in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 
where  I  Avill  meet  with  thee:  it  shall  be 
unto  you  most  hoi}'. 

37  And  as  for  the  perfume  which  thou 
shalt  make,  ye  shall  not  make  to  your- 
selves according  to  the  composition  there- 
of:   it   shall  be   unto   thee    holy   for  the 

LOKD. 

38  Whosoever  shall  make  like  unto  that, 
to  smell  thereto,  shall  even  be  cut  off  from 
his  jjeople. 

CHAPTER  XXXI. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 
3  See,  I  have  called  by  name  Bezalcel  the 
son  of  Uri,  the  son  of  Hur,  of  the  tribe 
of  Judah: 

3  And  I  have  filled  him  with  the  spirit 
of  God,  in  wisdom,  and  in  understanding, 
and  in  knowledge,  and  in  all  manner  of 
workmanship, 

4  To  devise  cunning  works,  to  work  in 
gold,  and  in  silver,  and  in  brass, 

5  And  in  cutting  of  stones,  to  set  them, 
and  in  carving  of  timber,  to  work  in  all 
manner  of  workmanship. 

G  And  I,  behold,  I  have  given  with  him 
Aholiab,  the  son  of  Ahisamach,  of  the 
tribe  of  Dan :  and  in  the  hearts  of  all 
that  are  Avise  hearted  I  have  put  wisdom, 
that  they  may  make  all  that  I  have  com- 
manded thee; 

7  The  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and 
the  ark  of  the  testimony,  and  the  mercy 
seat  that  is  thereupon,  and  all  the  furniture 
of  the  tabernacle, 

8  And  the  table  and  his  furniture,  and 
the  pure  candlestick  with  all  his  furniture, 
and  the  altar  of  incense, 

9  And  the  altar  of  burnt  offering  with  all 
his  furniture,  and  the  laver  and  his  foot, 

10  And  the  clothes  of  service,  and  the 
holy  garments  for  Aaron  the  priest,  and 
the  garments  of  his  sons,  to  minister  in 
the  priest's  office, 

11  And  the  anointing  oil,  and  sweet 
incense  for  the  holy  2)face :  according  to  all 
that  I  have  commanded  thee  shall  they  do. 

12  1  And  the  Lokd  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

13  Speak  thou  also  unto  the  children  of 

90  ~ 


Israel,  saying.  Verily  my  sabbaths  ye  shall 
keep :  for  it  j.s'  ;v  sign  between  me  and  you 
throughout  your  generations;  that  ye  may 
know  that  I  am  the  Lord  that  doth  sanc- 
tify you. 

14  Ye  shall  keep  the  sabbath  therefore; 
for  it  is  holy  unto  you.  Every  one  that 
defileth  it  shall  surely  be  put  to  death :  for 
whosoever  doeth  any  work  therein,  that 
soul  shall  be  cut  off  from  among  his  people. 

15  Six  days  may  Avork  be  done ;  but  in  the 
seventh  is  the  sabbath  of  rest,  holy  to  the 
Lord:  whosoever  doeth  atty  work  in  the 
sabbath  day,  he  shall  surely  be  put  to 
death. 

16  Wherefore  the  children  of  Israel  shall 
keep  the  sal)bath,  to  observe  the  sabbath 
throughout  their  generations,  for  a  per- 
petual covenant. 

17  It  is  a  sign  betAveen  me  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  for  CA'er :  for  i?i  six  days  the 
Lord  made  heaven  and  earth,  and  on  the 
seventh  day  he  rested,  and  AA^as  refreshed. 

18  TI  And  he  gave  unto  Moses,  Avhen  he 
had  made  an  end  of  communing  Avith  him 
ujiion  mount  Sinai,  tAvo  tables  of  testimony, 
tables  of  stone,  Avritten  with  the  finger  of 
God. 

CHAPTER  XXXn. 

AND  AA'hen  the  people  saw  that  Moses 
delayed  to  come  doAvn  out  of  the 
mount,  the  people  gathered  themsehes 
together  unto  Aaron,  and  said  xmto  him. 
Up,  make  us  gods,  Avhich  shall  go  before 
us ;  for  as  for  this  Moses,  the  man  that 
brought  us  up  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
Ave  Avot  not  AAhat  is  become  of  him. 

2  And  Aaron  said  unto  them,  Break  off 
the  golden  earrings,  Avhich  are  in  the  ears 
of  your  Avives,  of  your  sons,  and  of  your 
daughters,  and  bring  i?iem  unto  me. 

3  And  all  the  peoi)le  brake  ofl'  the  golden 
earrings  Avhich  icere  in  their  ears,  and 
brought  them  unto  Aaron. 

4  And  he  received  iliem  at  their  hand, 
and  fashioned  it  Avith  a  graving  tool,  after 
he  had  made  it  a  molten  calf:  and  they 
said,  These  be  thy  gods,  0  Israel,  Avhich 
brought  thee  up  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

5  And  Avhen  Aaron  saAv  it,  he  built  an 
altar  before  it ;  and  Aaron  made  proclam- 
ation, and  said.  To  morrow  is  a  feast  to 
the  Lord. 

G  And  the}'  rose  up  early  on  the  morrow, 
and   offered  burnt  offerings,  and  brought 


EXODUS. 


peace  ofterings;  and  the  people  sat  down 
to  cat  and  to  drink,  and  rose  up  to  play. 

7  H  And  the  Lord  said  luito  Moses,  Go, 
get  thee  down;  for  thy  people,  which  thou 
broughtest  out  of  the  laud  of  Egypt,  have 
corrupted  ihcrntielves: 

8  They  have  turned  aside  quickly  out  of 
the  way  which  I  commanded  them:  they 
have  made  them  a  molten  calf,  and  have 
worshipped  it,  and  have  sacriticed  there- 
unto, and  said.  These  he  thy  gods,  O  Israel, 
which  have  brought  thee  up  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt. 

9  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  I  have 
seen  this  people,  and,  behold,  it  h  a  stiff- 
necked  people : 

10  NoAV  therefore  let  me  alone,  that  my 
wrath  may  wax  hot  against  them,  and  that 
I  may  consume  them :  and  I  will  make  of 
thee  a  great  nation. 

11  And  Moses  besought  the  Lord  liis 
God,  and  said.  Lord,  why  doth  thy  wrath 
wax  hot  against  thy  people,  which  thou 
hast  brought  forth  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt  with  great  power,  and  with  a 
mighty  hand? 

12  Wherefore  should  the  Egyptians  speak, 
and  say.  For  mischief  did  he  bring  them 
out,  to  slay  them  in  the  mountains,  and  to 
consiime  them  from  the  face  of  the  earth  ? 
Turn  from  thy  fierce  wrath,  and  repent  of 
this  evil  against  thy  people. 

13  Remember  Abraham,  Isaac,  and  Israel, 
thy  servants,  to  whom  thou  swarest  by 
thine  own  self,  and  saidst  unto  them,  I 
will  multiply  your  seed  as  the  stars  of 
heaven,  and  all  this  land  that  I  have  spok- 
en of  will  I  give  unto  your  seed,  and  they 
shall  inherit  it  for  ever. 

14  And  the  Lord  repented  of  the  evil 
which  he  thought  to  do  unto  his  jieople. 

15  H  And  Moses  turned,  and  wx'ut  down 
from  the  mount,  and  the  two  tables  of  the 
testimony  were  in  his  hand :  the  tables  were 
written  on  both  their  sides ;  on  the  one 
side  and  on  the  other  xoere  they  written. 

16  And  the  tables  were  the  work  of  God, 
and  the  writing  was  the  writing  of  God, 
graven  upon  the  tables. 

17  And  when  Joshua  heard  the  noise  of 
the  people  as  they  shouted,  he  said  unto 
Moses,  There  is  a  noise  of  war  in  the  camp. 

18  And  he  said.  It  is  not  the  voice  of 
tliem  that  shout  for  mastery,  neither  is  it 
the  voice  of  them  that  cry  for  being  over- 


come ;  but  the  noise  of  them  that  sing  do  I 
hear. 

19  H  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon  as 
he  came  nigh  unto  the  camp,  that  he  saw 
the  calf,  and  the  dancing:  and  Moses' 
anger  waxed  hot,  and  he  cast  the  tables 
out  of  his  hands,  and  brake  them  beneath 
the  mount. 

20  And  he  took  the  calf  which  they  had 
made,  and  burnt  it  in  the  fire,  and  ground 
it  to  powder,  and  strewed  it  upon  the 
water,  and  made  the  children  of  Israel 
drink  of  it. 

21  And  Moses  said  unto  Aaron,  What  did 
this  people  unto  thee,  that  thou  hast 
brought  so  great  a  sin  upon  them  ? 

22  And  Aaron  said,  Let  not  the  anger  of 
my  lord  wax  hot :  thou  knowest  the 
people,  that  they  are  set  on  mischief 

23  For  they  said  unto  me.  Make  us  gods, 
which  shall  go  before  us :  for  as  for  this 
Moses,  the  man  that  brought  us  up  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt,  we  wot  not  what  is 
become  of  him. 

24  And  I  said  unto  them.  Whosoever  hath 
any  gold,  let  them  break  it  off.  So  they 
gave  it  me :  then  I  cast  it  into  the  fire,  and 
there  came  out  this  calf 

25  li  And  when  Moses  saw  that  the  people 
were  naked,  (for  Aaron  had  made  them 
naked  unto  iJieir  shame  among  their  ene- 
mies,)    • 

26  Then  Moses  stood  in  the  gate  of  the 
camp,  and  said,  Who  is  on  the  Lord's 
side?  let  7din  come  unto  me.  And  all  the 
sons  of  Levi  gathered  themselves  together 
unto  him. 

27  And  he  said  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel,  Put  every  man  his 
sword  by  his  side,  o«fZ  go  in  and  out  from 
gate  to  gate  throughout  the  camp,  and 
slay  every  man  his  brother,  and  every  man 
his  companion,  and  every  man  his  neigh- 
bour. 

28  And  the  children  of  Levi  did  according 
to  the  word  of  Moses :  and  there  fell  of  the 
people  that  day  about  three  thousand  men. 

29  For  Moses  had  said.  Consecrate  your- 
selves to  day  to  the  Lord,  even  every  man 
upon  his  son,  and  upon  his  brother;  that 
he  may  bestow  upon  you  a  blessing  this 
day. 

30  Tl"  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow, 
that  Moses  said  unto  the  people,  Ye  have 
sinned  a  great  sin:   and  now  I  will  go  up 


EXODUS. 


unto  the  Lord  ;  pcradventure  I  shall  make 
an  atoncmeut  for  your  siu. 

31  And  Moses  returned  unto  the  Lord, 
and  said,  Oh,  this  people  have  sinned  a 
great  sin,  and  have  made  them  gods  of  gold. 

32  Yet  now,  if  thou  wilt  forgive  their 
sin  — ;  and  if  not,  blot  me,  I  pray  thee, 
out  of  thy  book  which  thou  hast  written. 

33  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Who- 
soever hath  sinned  against  me,  him  will  I 
blot  out  of  my  book. 

34  Therefore  now  go,  lead  the  people 
unto  the  2)Iace  of  which  I  have  spoken 
unto  thee:  behold,  mine  Angel  shall  go 
before  thee :  nevertheless,  in  the  day  when 
I  A'isit,  I  will  visit  their  sin  upon  them. 

35  And  the  Lord  plagued  the  people, 
because  they  made  the  calf,  which  Aaron 
made. 

CHAPTER  XXXIIL 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  De- 
part, a7id  go  up  hence,  thou  and  the 
peojjle  which  thou  hast  brought  up  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt,  unto  the  land  which 
I  sware  unto  Abraham,  to  Isaac,  and  to 
Jacob,  saying,  Unto  thy  seed  will  I  give  it : 

2  And  I  will  send  an  Angel  before  thee ; 
and  I  will  drive  out  the  Canaanite,  the 
Amorite,  and  the  Hittite,  and  the  Periz- 
zite,  the  Hivite,  and  the  Jebusite: 

3  Unto  a  land  flowing  with  milk  and 
honey:  for  I  Avill  not  go  up  in  the  midst 
of  thee ;  for  thou  art  a  stifftiecked  people  : 
lest  I  consume  thee  in  the  way. 

4  II  And  when  the  people  heard  these  evil 
tidings,  they  mourned:  and  no  man  did 
put  on  him  his  ornaments. 

5  For  the  Lord  had  said  unto  Moses,  Say 
unto  the  children  of  Israel,  Ye  are  a  stiff- 
necked  people:  I  will  come  up  into  the 
midst  of  thee  in  a  moment,  and  consume 
thee:  therefore  now  put  off  thy  ornaments 
from  thee,  that  I  may  know  what  to  do 
unto  thee. 

6  And  the  children  of  Israel  stripped 
themselves  of  their  ornaments  by  the 
mount  Horeb. 

7  And  Moses  took  the  tabernacle,  and 
pitched  it  without  the  camp,  afar  off  from 
the  camp,  and  called  it  the  Tabernacle  of 
the  congregation.  And  it  came  to  pass, 
that  eveiy  one  which  sought  the  Lord 
went  out  unto  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation, which  was  without  the  camp. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Moses  went 

■  92 


out  unto  the  tabernacle,  that  all  the  people 
rose  up,  and  stood  every  man  at  his  tent 
door,  and  looked  after  Moses,  tmtil  he  was 
gone  into  the  tabeniacle. 

9  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  Moses  entered 
into  the  tabernacle,  the  cloudy  pillar  de- 
scended, and  stood  at  the  door  of  the  tab- 
ernacle, and  the  LojiD  talked  with  Moses. 

10  And  all  the  people  saw  the  cloudy 
pillar  stand  at  the  tabernacle  door:  and 
all  the  people  rose  up  and  worshipped, 
every  man  in  his  tent  door. 

11  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses  face 
to  face,  as  a  man  speaketh  unto  his  friend. 
And  he  turned  again  into  the  camp;  but 
his  servant  Joshua,  the  son  of  Mun,  a 
young  man,  departed  not  out  of  the  tab- 
ernacle. 

12  1  And  Moses  said  unto  the  Lord,  See, 
thou  sayest  unto  me,  Bring  up  this  people: 
and  thou  hast  not  let  me  know  whom 
thou  wilt  send  with  me.  Yet  thou  hast 
said,  I  know  thee  by  name,  and  thou  hast 
also  found  grace  in  my  sight. 

13  NoAv  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  if  I  have 
fovmd  grace  in  thy  sight,  shew  me  noAV 
thy  way,  that  I  may  know  thee,  that  I  may 
find  grace  in  thy  sight :  and  consider  that 
this  nation  is  thy  people. 

14  And  he  said.  My  j^resence  shall  go 
with  thee^  and  I  will  give  thee  rest. 

15  And  he  said  imto  him,  If  thy  pres- 
ence go  not  %oith  me,  carry  us  not  up  hence. 

16  For  wherein  shall  it  be  known  here 
that  I  and  thy  people  have  found  grace 
in  thy  sight  ?  is  it  not  in  that  thou  goest 
with  us?  So  shall  we  be  separated,  I  and 
thy  people,  from  all  the  people  that  are 
upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 

17  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  I  will 
do  this  thing  also  that  thou  hast  spoken: 
for  thou  hast  found  grace  in  my  sight,  and 
I  know  thee  by  name. 

18  And  he  said,  I  beseech  thee,  shew  me 
thy  glory. 

19  And  he  said,  I  will  make  all  my  good- 
ness pass  before  thee,  and  I  will  proclaim 
the  name  of  the  Lord  before  thee;  and 
will  be  gracious  to  whom  I  will  be  gra- 
cious, and  will  shew  mercy  on  whom  I 
will  shew  mercy. 

20  And  he  said,  Thou  canst  not  see  my 
fiice:  for  there  shall  no  man  see  me,  and 
live. 

21  And  the  Lord  said,  Behold,  there  v.v  a 


EXODUS. 


place  by  me,  aud  thou  shalt  staud  upon  a 
rock: 

22  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  while  my 
glory  passeth  by,  that  I  will  put  thee  in 
a  cleft  of  the  rock,  and  will  cover  thee 
with  my  hand  while  I  pass  by : 

23  And  I  will  take  away  mine  hand,  and 
thou  shalt  see  my  back  parts ;  but  my 
face  shall  not  be  seen. 

CHAPTER  XXXIV. 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Hew 
thee  two  tables  of  stone  like  unto 
the  first :  and  I  will  Avrite  upon  these  tables 
the  words  that  were  in  the  first  tables, 
which  thou  brakest. 

2  And  be  ready  in  the  morning,  and  come 
up  in  the  morning  unto  mount  Sinai,  and 
present  thyself  there  to  me  in  the  top  of 
the  mount. 

3  And  no  man  shall  come  up  with  thee, 
neither  let  any  man  be  seen  throughout 
all  the  mount ;  neither  let  the  flocks  nor 
herds  feed  before  that  mount. 

4  ^  And  he  hewed  two  tables  of  stone 
like  unto  the  first,  and  Moses  rose  up 
eai-ly  in  the  morning,  and  went  up  unto 
mount  Sinai,  as  the  Lord  had  commanded 
him,  and  took  in  his  hand  the  two  tables 
of  stone. 

5  And  the  Lord  descended  in  the  cloud, 
and  stood  with  him  there,  and  jproclaimed 
the  name  of  the  Lord. 

6  And  the  Lord  passed  by  before  him, 
and  proclaimed,  The  Lord,  The  Lord 
God,  merciful  and  gracious,  longsuffering, 
and  abundant  in  goodness  and  truth, 

7  Keeping  mercy  for  thousands,  forgiving 
iniquity  and  transgression  and  sin,  and 
that  will  by  no  means  clear  the  gtdlty ; 
visiting  the  iniquity  of  the  fathers  upon 
the  children,  and  upon  the  children's  chil- 
dren, unto  the  third  and  to  the  fourth 
generatio7i, 

8  And  Moses  made  haste,  and  bowed  his 
head  toward  the  earth,  and  worshipped. 

9  And  he  said.  If  now  I  have  found  grace 
in  thy  sight,  O  Lord,  let  my  Lord,  I  pray 
thee,  go  among  us ;  for  it  is  a  stifTneckcd 
people;  and  pardon  our  iniquity  and  our 
sin,  and  take  us  for  thine  inheritance. 

10  1[  And  he  said.  Behold,  I  make  a 
covenant:  before  all  thy  people  I  will  do 
marvels,  such  as  have  not  been  done  in 
all  the  earth,  nor  in  anv  nation :   and  all 


the  people  among  which  thou  art  shall 
see  the  work  of  the  Lord  :  for  it  is  a 
terrible  thing  that  I  will  do  with  thee. 

11  Observe  thou  that  which  I  command 
thee  this  day:  behold,  I  drive  out  before 
thee  the  Amorite,  and  the  Canaanite,  and 
the  Hittite,  and  the  Perizzite,  and  the 
Hivite,  and  the  Jebusite. 

12  Take  heed  to  thyself,  lest  thou  make 
a  covenant  with  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land  whither  thou  goest,  lest  it  be  for  a 
snare  in  the  midst  of  thee  : 

13  But  ye  shall  destroy  their  altars,  break 
their  images,  and  cut  down  their  groves  : 

14  For  thou  shalt  worship  no  other  god : 
for  the  Lord,  whose  name  is  Jealous,  is  a 
jealous  God. 

15  Lest  thou  make  a  covenant  with  the 
inhabitants  of  the  land,  and  they  go  a 
whoring  after  their  gods,  and  do  sacrifice 
unto  their  gods,  and  one  call  thee,  and 
thou  eat  of  his  sacrifice; 

16  And  thou  take  of  their  daughters 
unto  thy  sons,  and  their  daughters  go  a 
whoring  after  their  gods,  and  make  thy 
sons  go  a  whoring  after  their  gods. 

17  Thou  shalt  make  thee  no  molten 
gods. 

18  1  The  feast  of  unleavened  bread  shalt 
thou  keep.  Seven  days  thou  shalt  eat  un- 
leavened bread,  as  I  commanded  thee,  in 
the  time  of  the  month  Abib :  for  in  the 
month  Abib  thou  camest  out  from  Egypt. 

19  All  that  openeth  the  matrix  is  mine; 
and  every  firstling  among  thy  cattle,  whe- 
ther ox  or  sheep,  that  is  male. 

20  But  the  firstling  of  an  ass  thou  shalt 
redeem'  with  a  lamb :  and  if  thou  redeem 
him  not,  then  shalt  thou  break  his  neck. 
All  the  firstborn  of  thy  sons  thou  shalt 
redeem.  And  none  shall  appear  before 
me  empty. 

21  IT  Six  days  thou  shalt  work,  but  on 
the  seventh  day  thou  shalt  rest :  in  earing 
time  and  in  harvest  thou  shalt  rest. 

22  Tf  And  thou  shalt  observe  the  feast 
of  weeks,  of  the  firstfruits  of  wheat  har- 
vest, and  the  feast  of  ingathering  at  the 
year's  end. 

23  H  Thrice  in  the  year  shall  all  your 
men  children  appear  before  the  Lord  God, 
the  God  of  Israel. 

24  For  I  will  cast  out  the  nations  before 
thee,  and  enlarge  thy  borders :  neither 
shall  any  man  desire  thy  land,  when  thou 


EXODUS. 


Shalt   go  up    to  appear  before  the  Lokd 
thy  God  thrice  in  the  year. 

25  Thou  Shalt  not  offer  the  blood  of 
my  sacritice  Avith  leaven;  neither  shall  the 
sacrifice  of  the  feast  of  the  passover  be 
left  unto  the  morning. 

26  The  first  of  the  firstfruits  of  thy  land 
thou  Shalt  bring  unto  the  house  of  the 
Loud  thy  God.  Thou  shalt  not  seethe  a 
kid  in  his  mother's  milk. 

27  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Write 
thou  these  words:  for  after  the  tenor  of 
these  words  I  have  made  a  covenant  with 
thee  and  with  Israel. 

28  And  he  was  there  with  the  Lord  forty 
days  and  forty  nights ;  he  did  neither  eat 
bread,  nor  drink  water.  And  He  wrote 
upon  the  tables  the  words  of  the  covenant, 
the  ten  commandments. 

29  ^  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Moses 
came  down  from  mount  Sinai  with  the 
two  tables  of  testimony  in  Moses'  hand, 
when  he  came  down  from  the  mount, 
that  Moses  wist  not  that  the  skin  of  his 
face  shone  while  he  talked  with  him. 

30  And  when  Aaron  and  all  the  children 
of  Israel  saw  Moses,  behold,  the  skin  of 
his  face  shone;  and  they  were  afraid  to 
come  nigh  him. 

31  And  Moses  called  unto  them;  and 
Aaron  and  all  the  rulers  of  the  congre- 
gation returned  unto  him:  and  Moses 
talked  with  them. 

32  And  afterward  all  the  children  of 
Israel  came  nigh:  and  he  gave  them  in 
commandment  all  that  the  Lord  had 
spoken  with  him  in  mount  Sinai. 

33  And  till  Moses  had  done  speaking 
with  them,  he  put  a  vail  on  his  face. 

34  But  when  Moses  went  in  before  the 
Lord  to  speak  with  him,  he  took  the 
vail  off,  until  he  came  out.  And  he  came 
out,  and  spake  unto  the  children  of  Israel 
that  which  he  was  commanded. 

35  And  the  children  of  Israel  saw  the 
face  of  Moses,  that  the  skin  of  Moses' 
face  shone:  and  Moses  put  the  vail  upon 
his  face  again,  until  he  went  in  to  speak 
with  Him. 

CHAPTER  XXXV. 

AND  Moses  gathered  all  the  congrega- 
tion   of    the    children    of   Israel    to- 
gether,  and    said    unto    them,   These    arc 
the  words    which    the    Lord    hath    com- 
i  manded,  that  yc  should  do  them. 


2  Six  days  shall  Avork  be  done,  but  on 
the  seventh  day  there  shall  be  to  you  a 
holy  day,  a  sabbath  of  rest  to  the  Lord  : 
whosoever  doeth  Avork  therein  shall  be 
put  to  death. 

3  Ye  shall  kindle  no  fire  throughout  your 
habitations  upon  the  sabbath  Any. 

4  T[  And  Moses  spake  unto  all  the  con- 
gregation of  the  children  of  Israel,  say- 
ing. This  is  the  thing  which  the  Lord 
commanded,  saying, 

5  Take  ye  from  among  you  an  offering 
unto  the  Lord:  whosoever  U  of  a  willing 
heart,  let  him  bring  it,  an  offering  of  the 
Lord  ;  gold,  and  silver,  and  brass, 

6  And  blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and 
fine  linen,  and  goats'  haii\ 

7  And  rams'  skins  dyed  red,  and  badgers' 
skins,  and  shittim  wood, 

8  And  oil  for  the  light,  and  spices  for 
anointing  oil,  and  for  the  SAveet  incense, 

9  And  onj'x  stones,  and  stones  to  be  set 
for  the  ephod,  and  for  the  breastplate. 

10  And  every  Avise  hearted  among  you 
shall  come,  and  make  all  that  the  Lord 
hath  commanded; 

11  The  tabernacle,  his  tent,  and  his  cov- 
ering, his  taches,  and  his  boards,  his  bars, 
his  pillars,  and  his  sockets ; 

12  The  ark,  and  the  staves  thereof,  with  the 
mercy  seat,  and  the  Aail  of  the  coA'ering; 

13  The  table,  and  his  staA'es,  and  all  his 
A'cssels,  and  the  shCAvbread  ; 

14  The  candlestick  also  for  the  light, 
and  his  furniture,  and  his  lamps,  with 
the  oil  for  the  light ; 

15  And  the  incense  altar,  and  his  staves, 
and  the  anointing  oil,  and  the  SAveet  in- 
cense, and  the  hanging  for  the  door  at  the 
entering  in  of  the  tabernacle; 

16  The  altar  of  burnt  offering,  with  his 
brazen  grate,  his  staves,  and  all  his  Acssels, 
the  laver  and  his  foot ; 

17  The  hangings  of  the  court,  his  pillars, 
and  their  sockets,  and  the  hanging  for  the 
door  of  the  court ; 

18  The  pins  of  the  tabernacle,  and  the 
pins  of  the  court,  and  their  cords; 

19  The  clothes  of  service,  to  do  service 
in  the  holy  place,  the  holy  garments  for 
Aaron  the  priest,  and  the  garments  of 
his  sons,  to  minister  in  the  priest's  office. 

20  ^  And  all  the  congregation  of  the 
children  of  Israel  departed  from  the  pres- 
ence of  Moses. 


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EXODUS. 


21  And  they  came,  every  one  wliose 
heart  stirred  him  up,  and  every  one  whom 
his  spirit  made  willing,  and  they  brought 
the  Lord's  ofi'erihg  to  the  work  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and  for 
all  his  service,  and  for  the  holy  gar- 
ments. 

22  And  they  came,  both  men  and  women, 
as  many  as  were  willing  hearted,  and 
brought  bracelets,  and  earrings,  and  rings, 
and  tablets,  all  jewels  of  gold:  and  every 
man  that  offered,  offered  an  ofi'ering  of  gold 
unto  the  Lord. 

23  And  every  man,  with  whom  was  found 
blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and  fine 
linen,  and  goats'  hair^  and  red  skins  of 
rams,  and  badgers'  skins,  brought  them. 

24  Every  one  that  did  offer  an  oflfering 
of  silver  and  brass  brought  the  Lord's 
offering :  and  every  man,  with  whom  was 
found  shittim  wood  for  any  work  of  the 
service,  brought  it. 

25  And  all  the  women  that  were  wise 
hearted  did  spin  with  their  hands,  and 
brought  that  which  they  had  spun,  hoth 
of  blue,  and  of  purple,  and  of  scarlet,  and 
of  fine  linen. 

26  And  all  the  women  whose  heart  stirred 
them  up  in  wisdom  spun  goats'  hair. 

27  And  the  rulers  brought  onyx  stones, 
and  stones  to  be  set,  for  the  ephod,  and 
for  the  breastplate ; 

28  And  spice,  and  oil  for  the  light,  and 
for  the  anointing  oil,  and  for  the  sweet 
incense. 

29  The  children  of  Israel  brought  a  will- 
ing offering  unto  the  Lord,  every  man 
and  woman,  whose  heart  made  them 
willing  to  bring  for  all  manner  of  work, 
which  the  Lord  had  commanded  to  be 
made  by  the  hand  of  Moses, 

30  *![  And  Moses  said  unto  the  children 
of  Israel,  See,  the  Lord  bath  called  by 
name  Bezalcel  the  son  of  Uri,  the  son 
of  Hur,  of  the  tribe  of  Judah; 

31  And  he  hath  filled  him  Avith  the  spirit 
of  God,  in  wisdom,  in  understanding,  and 
in  knowledge,  and  in  all  manner  of  work- 
manship; 

32  And  to  devise  curious  works,  to  work 
in  gold,  and  in  silver,  and  in  brass, 

33  And  in  the  cutting  of  stones,  to  set 
them.,  and  in  carving  of  wood,  to  make 
any  manner  of  cunning  work. 

34  And  he  hath  put  in  his  heart  that  he 


may  teach,  hotli  he,  and  Aholiab,  the  son  of 
Ahisamach,  of  the  tribe  of  Dan. 
3.5  Them  hath  he  filled  Avith  wisdom  of 
heart,  to  work  all  manner  of  work,  of  the 
engraver,  and  of  the  cunning  workman, 
and  of  the  embroiderer,  in  blue,  and  in 
purple,  in  scarlet,  and  in  fine  linen,  and  of 
the  Aveaver,  even  of  them  that  do  any  work, 
and  of  those  that  devise  cunning  Avork. 

CHAPTER  XXXVL 

THEN  wrought  Bezalecl  and  Aholiab, 
and  every  Avise  hearted  man,  in  Avhom 
the  Lord  put  Avisdom  and  understanding 
to  know  how  to  work  all  manner  of  work 
for  the  service  of  the  sanctuarA',  according 
to  all  that  the  Lord  had  commanded. 

2  And  Moses  called  Bezalecl  and  Aholiab, 
and  every  wise  hearted  man,  in  whose 
heart  the  Lord  had  put  wisdom,  even  every 
one  whose  heart  stirred  him  up  to  come 
unto  the  work  to  do  it : 

3  And  they  received  of  Moses  all  the  of- 
fering, which  the  children  of  Israel  had 
brought  for  the  Avork  of  the  serAice  of  the 
sanctuary,  to  make  it  withal.  And  they 
brought  yet  unto  him  free  offerings  every 
morning. 

4  And  all  the  wise  men,  that  wrought 
all  the  AVork  of  the  sanctuary,  came  every 
man  from  his  work  which  they  made; 

5  1[  And  they  spake  unto  Moses,  saying, 
The  people  bring  much  more  than  enough 
for  the  service  of  the  work,  which  the 
Lord  commanded  to  make. 

6  And  Moses  gave  commandment,  and 
they  caused  it  to  be  proclaimed  through- 
out the  camp,  saying.  Let  neither  man  nor 
woman  make  any  more  work  for  the  offer- 
ing of  the  sanctuary.  So  the  people  were 
restrained  from  bringing. 

7  For  the  stuff  they  had  was  sufficient  for 
all  the  Avork  to  make  it,  and  too  much. 

8  H  And  every  wise  hearted  man  among 
them  that  wrought  the  work  of  the  taber- 
nacle made  ten  curtains  of  fine  twined  lin- 
en, and  blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet :  with 
cherubim  of  cunning  work  made  he  them. 

9  The  length  of  one  curtain  ivas  twenty 
and  eight  cubits,  and  the  breadth  of  one 
curtain  four  cubits:  the  curtains  were  all  of 
one  size. 

10  And  he  coupled  the  five  curtains  one 
imto  another:  and  the  other  five  curtains  he 
coupled  one  unto  another. 


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EXODUS. 


11  Aud  he  made  loops  of  blue  ou  the 
edge  of  one  curtain  from  the  selvedge  in 
the  coupling:  likewise  he  made  in  the 
uttermost  side  of  another  curtain,  in  the 
coupling  of  the  second. 

12  Fifty  loops  made  he  in  one  curtain, 
and  fifty  loops  made  he  in  the  edge  of  the 
curtain  which  was  in  the  coupling  of  the 
second:  the  loops  held  one  curtain  to 
another. 

13  And  he  made  fifty  laches  of  gold,  and 
coupled  the  curtains  one  unto  another  with 
the  taches :  so  it  became  one  tabernacle. 

14  ^  And  he  made  curtains  of  goats'  hair 
for  the  tent  over  the  tabernacle :  eleven 
curtains  he  made  them. 

15  The  length  of  one  curtain  was  thirty 
cubits,  and  four  cubits  was  the  breadth  of 
one  curtain:  the  eleven  curtains  were  of 
one  size. 

16  And  he  coupled  five  curtains  by  them- 
selves, and  six  curtains  by  themselves. 

17  And  he  made  fifty  loops  upon  the 
uttermost  edge  of  the  curtain  in  the  coup- 
ling, and  fifty  loops  made  he  upon  the 
edge  of  the  curtain  which  coupleth  the 
second. 

18  And  he  made  fifty  taches  of  brass  to 
couple  the  tent  together,  that  it  might  be 
one. 

19  And  he  made  a  covering  for  the  tent  of 
rams'  skins  dyed  red,  and  a  covering  of 
badgers'  skins  above  that. 

20  1  And  he  made  boards  for  the  taber- 
nacle of  shittim  wood,  standing  up. 

21  The  length  of  a  board  was  ten  cubits, 
and  the  breadth  of  a  board  one  cubit  and 
a  half. 

22  One  board  had  two  tenons,  equally 
distant  one  from  another :  thus  did  he 
make  for  all  the  boards  of  the  tabernacle. 

23  And  he  made  boards  for  the  taber- 
nacle ;  twenty  boards  for  the  south  side 
southward : 

24  And  forty  sockets  of  silver  he  made 
under  the  twenty  boards ;  two  sockets 
under  one  board  for  his  two  tenons,  and 
two  sockets  under  another  board  for  his 
two  tenons. 

25  And  for  the  other  side  of  the  taber- 
nacle, which  is  toward  the  north  corner, 
he  made  twenty  boards, 

26  And  their  forty  sockets  of  silver;  two 
sockets  under  one  board,  and  two  sockets 
under  another  board. 

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^i*  And  for  the  sides  of  the  tabernacle 
westward  he  made  six  boards. 

28  And  two  boards  made  he  for  the  cor- 
ners of  the  tabernacle  in  the  two  sides. 

29  And  they  were  coupled  beneath,  and 
coupled  together  at  the  head  thereof,  to 
one  ring :  thus  he  did  to  both  of  them  in 
both  the  corners. 

30  And  there  were  eight  boards ;  and  their 
sockets  tvet-e  sixteen  sockets  of  silver,  under 
every  board  two  sockets. 

31  ^  And  he  made  bars  of  shittim  wood; 
five  for  the  boards  of  the  one  side  of  the 
tabernacle, 

32  And  five  bars  for  the  boards  of  the 
other  side  of  the  tabernacle,  and  five  bars 
for  the  boards  of  the  tabernacle  for  the 
sides  westward. 

33  And  he  made  the  middle  bar  to  shoot 
through  the  boards  from  the  one  end  to 
the  other, 

34  And  he  overlaid  the  boards  with  gold, 
and  made  their  rings  of  gold  to  be  places 
for  the  bars,  and  overlaid  the  bars  with 
gold. 

35  H  And  he  made  a  vail  of  blue,  and 
purple,  and  scarlet,  and  fine  twined  linen: 
with  cherubim  made  he  it  of  cunning 
work. 

36  And  he  made  thereunto  four  pillars  of 
shittim  wood,  and  overlaid  them  with  gold : 
their  hooks  wei'e  of  gold ;  and  he  cast  for 
them  four  sockets  of  silver. 

37  T[  And  he  made  a  hanging  for  the 
tabernacle  door  of  blue,  and  purple,  and 
scarlet,  and  fine  twined  linen,  of  needle- 
work ; 

38  And  the  five  pillars  of  it  with  their 
hooks :  and  he  overlaid  their  chapiters  and 
their  fillets  with  gold:  but  their  five  sock- 
ets were  o/ brass. 

CHAPTER   XXXVII. 

AND  Bezaleel  made  the  ark  o/"  shittim 
wood :  two  cubits  aud  a  half  ?to.s  the 
length  of  it,  and  a  cubit  and  a  half  the 
breadth  of  it,  and  a  cubit  and  a  half  the 
height  of  it : 

2  And  he  overlaid  it  with  pure  gold 
within  and  without,  and  made  a  crown  of 
gold  to  it  round  about. 

3  And  he  cast  for  it  four  rings  of  gold, 
to  be  set  by  the  four  comers  of  it;  even 
two  rings  upon  the  one  side  of  it,  and  two 
rings  upon  the  other  side  of  it. 


EXODUS. 


4  And  lie  made  staves  of  shittim  wood, 
and  overlaid  tliem  with  gold. 

5  And  be  put  the  staves  into  the  rings 
by  the  sides  of  the  ark,  to  bear  the  ark. 

6  1  And  he  made  the  mercy  seat  oj  pure 
gold :  two  cubits  and  a  half  was  the  length 
thereof,  and  one  cubit  and  a  half  the 
breadth  thereof 

7  And  he  made  two  cherubim  of  gold, 
beaten  out  of  one  piece  made  he  them, 
on  the  two  ends  of  the  mercy  seat ; 

8  One  cherub  on  the  end  on  this  side, 
and  another  cherub  on  the  other  end  on 
that  side :  out  of  the  mercy  seat  made  he 
the  cherubim  on  the  two  ends  thereof. 

9  And  the  cherubim  spread  out  their 
wings  on  high,  and  covered  with  their 
wings  over  the  mercy  seat,  with  their 
faces  one  to  another;  even  to  the  mercy 
seatward  were  the  faces  of  the  cheru- 
bim. 

10  H  And  he  made  the  table  of  shittim 
wood:  two  cubits  was  the  length  thereof, 
and  a  cubit  the  breadth  thereof,  and  a  cubit 
and  a  half  the  height  thereof: 

11  And  he  overlaid  it  with  pure  gold,  and 
made  thereunto  a  ci-own  of  gold  round 
about. 

13  Also  he  made  thereimto  a  border  of 
a  handbreadth  round  about;  and  made  a 
crown  of  gold  for  the  border  thereof 
round  about. 

13  And  he  cast  for  it  four  rings  of  gold, 
and  put  the  rings  upon  the  four  corners 
that  loere  in  the  four  feet  thereof. 

14  Over  against  the  border  were  the 
rings,  the  places  for  the  staves  to  bear 
the  table. 

15  And  he  made  the  staves  of  shittim 
wood,  and  overlaid  them  with  gold,  to  bear 
the  table. 

16  And  he  made  the  vessels  which  v)ere 
upon  the  table,  his  dishes,  and  his  sjDOons, 
and  his  boAvls,  and  his  covers  to  cover 
withal,  o/"pure  gold. 

17  T[  And  he  made  the  candlestick  of 
I)ure  gold:  of  beaten  work  made  he  the 
candlestick;  his  shaft,  and  his  branch,  his 
bowls,  his  knops,  and  his  flowers,  were  of 
the  same : 

18  And  six  branches  going  out  of  the 
sides  thereof;  three  branches  of  the  can- 
dlestick out  of  the  one  side  thereof,  and 
three  branches  of  the  candlestick  out  of 
the  other  side  thereof: 


19  Three  bowls  made  alter  the  fashion  ] 
of  almonds  in  one  branch,  a  knop  and  i 
a  flower;  and  three  bowls  made  like  al-  j 
monds  in  another  branch,  a  knop  and  a 
flower:  so  throughout  the  six  branches  ! 
going  out  of  the  candlestick.  j 

20  And  in  the  candlestick  loere  four  bowls  \ 
made  like  almonds,   his    knops,    and    his 
flowers : 

21  And  a  knop  under  two  branches  of  the 
same,  and  a  knoj)  under  two  branches  of 
the  same,  and  a  knop  imder  two  branches 
of  the  same,  according  to  the  six  branches 
going  out  of  it. 

22  Their  knops  and  their  branches  were 
of  the  same:  all  of  it  was  one  beaten  work 
of  pure  gold. 

23  And  he  made  his  seven  lamps,  and 
his  snutfers,  and  his  snuflfdishes,  of  pure 
gold. 

24  Of  a.  talent  of  pure  gold  made  he  it,  and 
all  the  vessels  thereof. 

25  li  And  he  made   the  incense  altar  of 
shittim  wood  :  the  length  of  it  was  a  cubit, 
and  the  breadth  of  it  a  cubit ;  it  was  four- 
square; and  two  cubits  was  the  height  of  i 
it;  the  horns  thereof  were  of  the  same.  j 

26  And  he  overlaid  it  with  ]3ure  gold,  botli  \ 
the  top  of  it,  and  the  sides  thereof  round  j 
about,  and  the  horns  of  it :  also  he  made  | 
unto  it  a  crown  of  gold  round  about.  I 

27  And  he  made  two  rings  of  gold    for  \ 
it    under  the  crown   thereof,  by  the  two 
corners  of  it,  upon  the  two  sides  thereof, 
to    be    places    for  the   staves  to    bear    it 
withal. 

28  And  he  made  the  staves  of  shittim 
wood,  and  overlaid  them  Avith  gold. 

29  i  And  he  made  the  holy  anointing 
oil,  and  the  pure  incense  of  sweet  spices, 
according  to  the  work  of  the  apothecary. 

CHAPTER  XXXVIII. 

AND  he  made  the  altar  of  burnt  offering 
of  shittim  wood :  five  cubits  ivas  the 
length  thereof,  and  five  cubits  the  breadth 
thereof;  it  was  foursquare;  and  three  cu- 
bits the  height  thereof. 

2  And  he  made  the  horns  thereof  on  the 
four  corners  of  it ;  the  horns  thereof  were 
of  the  same:  and  he  overlaid  it  with  brass. 

3  And  he  made  all  the  vessels  of  the  altar,  j 
the  pots,  and  the  shovels,  and  the  basins, 
a)id  the  fleshhooks,   and  the  firepans:   all 
the  vessels  thereof  made  he  o/ brass. 


EXODUS. 


4  And  be  made  lor  the  altar  a  brazen  grate 
of  network,  under  tbe  compass  tbereof, 
beneatb  unto  tbe  midst  of  it. 

5  And  be  cast  four  rings  for  the  four  ends 
of  the  grate  of  brass,  to  be  places  for  the 
staves. 

6  And  be  made  tbe  staves  of  sbittim 
wood,  and  overlaid  them  with  brass. 

7  And  be  put  the  staves  into  tbe  rings  on 
tbe  sides  of  tbe  altar,  to  bear  it  Avitbal;  he 
made  tbe  altar  hollow  with  boards. 

8  H  And  he  made  the  laver  of  brass,  and 
the  foot  of  it  of  brass,  of  tbe  looking- 
glasses  of  the  women  assembling,  which 
assembled  at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation. 

9  %  And  he  made  tbe  court :  on  the  south 
side  southward  tbe  hangings  of  tbe  court 
xoere  of  fine  twined  linen,  a  bimdred  cu- 
bits: 

10  Their  pillars  were  twenty,  and  their 
brazen  sockets  twenty;  the  hooks  of  the 
pillars  and  their  fillets  were  o/ silver. 

11  And  for  the  north  side  the  hangings 
were  a  hundred  cubits,  their  pillars  rvere 
twenty,  and  their  sockets  of  brass  twenty ; 
the  books  of  tbe  pillars  and  their  fillets 
of  silver. 

13  And  for  the  west  side  were  hangings 
of  fifty  cubits,  their  pillars  ten,  and  their 
sockets  ten;  the  books  of  the  pillars  and 
their  fillets  of  silver. 

13  And  for  the  east  side  eastward  fifty 
cubits. 

11  Tbe  hangings  of  tbe  one  side  of  the 
gate  were  fifteen  cubits ;  their  pillars  three, 
and  their  sockets  three. 

15  And  for  tbe  other  side  of  the  court 
gate,  on  this  band  and  that  hand,  icere 
hangings  of  fifteen  cubits ;  their  pillars 
three,  and  their  sockets  three. 

16  All  tbe  hangings  of  the  court  round 
about  were  of  fine  tAvined  linen. 

17  And  the  sockets  for  tbe  pillars  were  of 
brass ;  tbe  books  of  the  pillars  and  their 
fillets  of  silver  ;  and  tbe  overlaying  of  their 
chapiters  of  silver ;  and  all  the  pillars  of 
the  court  were  filleted  with  silver. 

18  And  the  hanging  for  tbe  gate  of  the 
court  was  needlework,  of  blue,  and  purple, 
and  scarlet,  and  fine  twined  linen:  and 
twenty  cubits  was  the  length,  and  tbe 
height  in  the  breadth  was  five  cubits, 
answerable  to  tbe  hangings  of  tbe  court. 

19  And  their  pillars  were  four,  and  their 

98 


sockets  of  brass  four ;  their  hooks  of  sil- 
ver, and  tbe  overlaying  of  their  chapiters 
and  their  fillets  of  silver. 

20  And  all  tbe  pins  of  the  tabernacle,  and 
of  the  court  round  about,  were  of  brass. 

21  T[  This  is  the  sum  of  the  tabernacle, 
even  of  tbe  tabernacle  of  testimony,  as  it 
was  counted,  according  to  the  command- 
ment of  Moses,  for  the  service  of  the 
Levites,  by  the  hand  of  Ithamar,  son  to 
Aaron  the  priest. 

23  And  Bezaleel  the  son  of  Uri,  the  son 
of  Hur,  of  the  tribe  of  Judah,  made  all 
that  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

23  And  with  him  was  Aholiab,  son  of 
Abisamach,  of  the  tribe  of  Dan,  an  en- 
graver, and  a  cunning  workman,  and  an 
embroiderer  in  blue,  and  in  purple,  and 
in  scarlet,  and  fine  linen. 

24  All  the  gold  that  was  occupied  for 
tbe  work  in  all  tbe  work  of  the  holy  place, 
even  tbe  gold  of  the  ofliering,  "was  twenty 
and  nine  talents,  and  seven  hundred  and 
thirty  shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  tbe 
sanctuary. 

25  And  the  silver  of  them  that  were  num- 
bered of  the  congregation  ica^  a  hundred 
talents,  and  a  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
threescore  and  fifteen  shekels,  after  the 
shekel  of  tbe  sanctuary: 

26  A  bckab  for  every  man,  that  is,  half 
a  shekel,  after  tbe  shekel  of  the  sanctuary, 
for  every  one  that  went  to  be  numbered, 
from  twenty  years  old  and  upward,  for 
six  hundred  thousand  and  three  thousand 
and  five  hundred  and  fifty  meii. 

27  And  of  the  bundred  talents  of  silver 
were  cast  the  sockets  of  tbe  sanctuary, 
and  the  sockets  of  the  vail;  a  hundred 
sockets  of  the  bundred  talents,  a  talent 
for  a  socket. 

28  And  of  tbe  thousand  seven  hundred 
scA'enty  and  five  shekels  he  made  books 
for  tbe  pillars,  and  overlaid  their  chapi- 
ters, and  filleted  tbcm. 

29  And  tbe  brass  of  the  oflering  was 
seventy  talents,  and  two  thousand  and 
four  hundred  shekels. 

30  And  therewith  be  made  the  sockets 
to  tbe  door  of  tbe  tabernacle  of  tbe  con- 
gregation, and  the  brazen  altar,  and  the 
brazen  grate  for  it,  and  all  the  vessels  of 
the  altar, 

31  And  tbe  sockets  of  the  court  round 
about,  and  the  sockets  of  the  coui-t  gate, 


EXODUS. 


and  all  the  pins   of   the   tabernacle,   and 
all  the  pins  of  the  court  round  about. 

CHAPTER  XXXIX. 

AND  of  the  blue,  and  purple,  and 
scarlet,  they  made  clothes  of  service, 
to  do  service  in  the  holy  place^  and  made 
the  holy  garments  for  Aaron;  as  the  Lord 
commanded  Moses. 

2  And  he  made  the  ephod  of  gold,  blue,  and 
purple,  and  scarlet,  and  fine  twined  linen. 

3  And  they  did  beat  the  gold  into  thin 
plates,  and  cut  it  into  wires,  to  work  it  in 
the  blue,  and  in  the  puiijle,  and  in  the 
scarlet,  and  in  the  fine  linen,  with  cun- 
ning work. 

4  They  made  shoulderpieces  for  it,  to 
couple  it  together:  by  the  two  edges  was 
it  coupled  together. 

5  And  the  curious  girdle  of  his  ephod, 
that  was  upon  it,  iwts  of  the  same,  accord- 
ing to  the  work  thereof;  of  gold,  blue, 
and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and  fine  twined 
linen;  as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

6  TI  And  they  wrought  onyx  stones  in- 
closed in  ouches  of  gold,  graven,  as 
signets  are  graven,  with  the  names  of 
the  children  of  Israel. 

7  And  he  put  them  on  the  shoulders 
of  the  ephod,  that  they  ahonld  be  stones  for 
a  memorial  to  the  children  of  Israel;  as 
the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

8  ^  And  he  made  the  breastplate  of  cun- 
ning work,  like  the  work  of  the  ephod; 
of  gold,  blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and 
fine  twined  linen. 

9  It  was  foursquare;  they  made  the  breast- 
plate double :  a  span  ivas  the  length  there- 
of, and  a  span  the  breadth  thereof,  being 
doubled. 

10  And  they  set  in  it  four  rows  of  stones : 
the  Jird  row  «•«.<?  a  sardius,  a  topaz,  and 
a  carbuncle :  this  ?ra.s  the  first  row. 

11  And  the  second  row,  an  emerald,  a 
sapphire,  and  a  diamond. 

12  And  the  third  ro"vv,  a  ligure,  an  agate, 
and  an  amethyst. 

13  And  the  fourth  row,  a  beryl,  an  OT\yx, 
and  a  jasper:  they  were  inclosed  in  ouches 
of  gold  in  their  inclosings. 

1-4  And  the  stones  were  according  to  the 
names  of  the  children  of  Israel,  twelve, 
accordincr  to  their  names,  like  the  engrav- 


15  And  they  made  upon  the  breastplate 
chains  at  the  ends,  of  wreathen  work  of 
pure  gold. 

16  And  they  made  tAvo  ouches  of  gold, 
and  two  gold  rings,  and  put  the  two  rings 
in  the  two  ends  of  the  breastplate. 

17  And  they  put  the  two  wreathen 
chains  of  gold  in  the  two  rings  on  the 
ends  of  the  breastplate. 

18  And  the  two  ends  of  the  two  wreathen 
chains  they  fastened  in  the  two  ouches, 
and  put  them  on  the  shoulderjiieces  of 
the  ephod,  before  it. 

19  And  they  made  t^vo  rings  of  gold,  and 
put  them  on  the  two  ends  of  the  breast- 
plate, upon  the  border  of  it,  which  was 
on  the  side  of  the  ephod  inward. 

20  And  they  made  two  other  golden  rings, 
and  put  them  on  the  two  sides  of  the 
ephod  underneath,  toward  the  forepart  of 
it,  over  against  the  other  coupling  there- 
of, above  the  curious  girdle  of  the  ephod. 

21  And  they  did  bind  the  breastplate  by 
his  rings  xxnto  the  rings  of  the  ephod  with 
a  lace  of  blue,  that  it  might  be  above  the 
curious  girdle  of  the  ephod,  and  that  the 
breastplate  might  not  be  loosed  from  the 
ephod ;  as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

22  1  And  he  made  the  robe  of  the  ephod 
c/ woven  work,  all  of  blue. 

23  And  there  ivas  a  hole  in  the  midst  of 
the  robe,  as  the  hole  of  an  habergeon,  vnt?i 
a  band  round  about  the  hole,  that  it  should 
not  rend. 

24  And  they  made  upon  the  hems  of 
the  robe  pomegranates  of  blue,  and  pur- 
ple, and  scarlet,  aiul  twined  linen. 

25  And  they  made  bells  of  pure  gold,  and 
put  the  bells  between  the  pomegranates 
upon  the  hem  of  the  robe,  round  about 
between  the  pomegranates ; 

26  A  bell  and  a  pomegranate,  a  bell  and 
a  pomegranate,  round  about  the  hem  of 
the  robe  to  minister  in;  as  the  Lord 
commanded  Moses. 

27  11  And  they  made  coats  of  fine  linen 
of  woven  work  for  Aaron,  and  for  his 
sons, 

28  And  a  mitre  of  fine  linen,  and  goodly 
bonnets  of  fine  linen,  and  linen  breeches 
o/fine  twined  linen, 

29  And  a  girdle  of  fine  twined  linen,  and 
blue,  and   purple,  and  scarlet,  if  needlc- 


ings  of  a  signet,  every  one  with  his  name>    work ;    as   the  Lord  commanded  Moses 


according  to  the  twelve  tribes 


H  And  they  made  the  plate  of  the  holy 


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crown  of  \mYii  ^old,  and  wrote  upon  it  a 
writinf?,  like  to  the  engravings  of  a  signet, 
HOLINESS  TO  THE  LORD. 

31  And  they  tied  imto  it  a  lace  of  bine, 
to  fasten  it  on  high  upon  the  mitre;  as 
the  Loud  commanded  Moses. 

33  Ti  Thus  was  all  the  work  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  tent  of  the  congregation 
finished:  and  the  children  of  Israel  did 
according  to  all  that  the  Lord  commanded 
Moses,  so  did  they. 

33  1  And  they  brought  the  tabernacle 
unto  Moses,  the  tent,  and  all  his  furniture, 
his  taches,  his  boards,  his  bars,  and  his 
jnllars,  and  his  sockets ; 

34  And  the  covering  of  rams'  skins  dyed 
red,  and  the  covering  of  badgers'  skins, 
and  the  vail  of  the  covering ; 

35  The  ark  of  the  testimony,  and  the 
staves  thereof,  and  the  mercy  seat ; 

36  The  table,  and  all  the  vessels  thereof, 
and  the  shewbread; 

37  The  pure  candlestick,  with  the  lamps 
thereof,  even  with  the  lamps  to  be  set  in 
order,  and  all  the  vessels  thereof,  and  the 
oil  for  light ; 

33  And  the  golden  altar,  and  the  anoint- 
ing oil,  and  the  sweet  incense,  and  the 
hanging  for  the  tabernacle  door  ; 

39  The  brazen  altar,  and  his  grate  of 
brass,  his  staves,  and  all  his  vessels,  the 
laver  and  his  foot ; 

40  The  hangings  of  the  court,  his  pillars, 
and  his  sockets,  and  the  hanging  for  the 
court  gate,  his  cords,  and  his  pins,  and  all 
the  vessels  of  the  service  of  the  tabernacle, 
for  the  tent  of  the  congregation  ; 

41  The  clothes  of  service  to  do  service  in 
the  holy  plnce^  and  the  holy  garments  for 
Aaron  the  priest,  and  his  sons'  garments, 
to  minister  in  the  priest's  office. 

42  According  to  all  that  the  Lord  com- 
manded Moses,  so  the  children  of  Israel 
made  all  the  work. 

43  And  Moses  did  look  upon  all  the 
work,  and,  behold,  they  had  done  it  as 
the  Lord  had  commanded,  even  so  had 
they  done  it :  and  Moses  blessed  them. 

CHAPTER  XL. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 
2  On   the    first    day   of  the    first  month 
Shalt   thou   set  up  the  tabernacle   of  the 
tent  of  the  congregation. 
100 


3  And  thou  shalt  put  therein  the  ark  of 
the  testimony,  and  cover  the  ark  with  the 
vail. 

4  And  thou  shalt  bring  in  the  table,  and 
set  in  order  the  things  that  are  to  be  set 
in  order  upon  it ;  and  thou  shalt  bring  in 
the  candlestick,  and  light  the  lamps 
thereof. 

5  And  thou  shalt  set  the  altar  of  gold  for 
the  incense  before  the  ark  of  the  testi- 
mony, and  put  the  hanging  of  the  door 
to  the  tabernacle. 

6  And  thou  shalt  set  the  altar  of  the 
burnt  offering  before  the  door  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  tent  of  the  congregation. 

7  And  thou  shalt  set  the  laver  between 
the  tent  of  the  congregation  and  the  altar, 
and  shalt  put  water  therein. 

8  And  thou  shalt  set  up  the  court  round 
about,  and  hang  up  the  hanging  at  the 
court  gate. 

9  And  thou  shalt  take  the  anointing 
oil,  and  anoint  the  tabernacle,  and  all  that 
is  therein,  and  shalt  hallow  it,  and  all 
the  vessels  thereof:   and  it  shall  be  holy. 

10  And  thou  shalt  anoint  the  altar  of 
the  burnt  offering,  and  all  his  vessels,  and 
sanctify  the  altar:  audit  shall  be  an  altar 
most  holj'. 

11  And  thou  shalt  anoint  the  laver  and 
his  foot,  and  sanctify  it. 

12  And  thou  shalt  bring  Aaron  and  his 
sons  unto  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation,  and  wash  them  with 
water. 

13  And  thou  shalt  put  upon  Aaron 
the  holy  garments,  and  anoint  him,  and 
sanctify  him;  that  he  may  minister  unto 
me  in  the  priest's  office. 

14  And  thou  shalt  bring  his  sons,  and 
clothe  them  with  coats  : 

15  And  thou  shalt  anoint  them,  as  thou 
didst  anoint  their  father,  that  they  may 
minister  unto  r.  e  in  the  priest's  office  :  for 
their  anointing  shall  surely  be  an  everlast- 
ing priesthood  throughout  their  genera- 
tions. 

16  Thus  did  Moses :  according  to  all  that 
the  Lord  commanded  him,  so  did  he. 

17  T[  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  first 
month  in  the  second  year,  on  the  first  day 
of  the  month,  that  the  tabernacle  was  rear- 
ed up. 

18  And  Moses  reared  up  the  tabernacle, 
and  fastened  his  sockets,  and   set  up  the 


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boards  thereof,  and  put  in  the  bars  there- 
of, and  reared  up  his  pillars. 

19  And  he  spread  abroad  the  tent  over 
the  tabernacle,  and  put  the  covering  of  the 
tent  above  upon  it;  as  the  Lokd  command- 
ed Moses. 

20  t  And  he  took  and  put  the  testimony 
into  the  ark,  and  set  the  staves  on  the  ark, 
and  put  the  mercy  seat  above  upon  the  ark : 

21  And  he  brought  the  ark  into  the  taber- 
nacle, and  set  up  the  vail  of  the  covering, 
and  covered  the  ark  of  the  testimony;  as 
the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

22  1i  And  he  put  the  table  in  the  tent  of 
the  congregation,  upon  the  side  of  the 
tabernacle  northward,  without  the  vail. 

23  And  he  set  the  bread  in  order  upon 
it  before  the  Lord  ;  as  the  Lord  had  com- 
manded Moses. 

24  H  And  he  put  the  candlestick  in  the 
tent  of  the  congregation,  over  against  the 
table,  on  the  side  of  the  tabernacle  south- 
ward. 

25  And  he  lighted  the  lamps  before  the 
Lord  ;  as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

26  H  And  he  put  the  golden  altar  in  the 
tent  of  the  congregation  before  the  vail : 

27  And  he  burnt  sweet  incense  thereon; 
as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

28  H  And  he  set  up  the  hanging  at  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle. 

29  And  he  put  the  altar  of  burnt  offering 
by  the  door  of  the  tabei'nacle  of  the  tent  of 


the  congregation,  and  offered  ui^on  it  the 
burnt  offering  and  the  meat  offering ;  as 
the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

30  %  And  he  set  the  laver  between  the 
tent  of  the  congregation  and  the  altar,  and 
put  water  there,  to  wash  withal 

31  And  Moses  and  Aaron  and  his  sons 
washed  their  hands  and  their  feet  thereat : 

32  When  they  w^ent  into  the  tent  of  the 
congregation,  and  when  they  came  near 
unto  the  altar,  they  washed;  as  the  Lord 
commanded  Moses. 

33  And  he  reared  up  the  court  round 
about  the  tabernacle  and  the  altar,  and 
set  up  the  hanging  of  the  court  gate.  So 
Moses  finished  the  work. 

34  ^  Then  a  cloud  covered  the  tent  of  the 
congregation,  and  the  glory  of  the  Lord 
filled  the  tabernacle. 

35  And  Moses  was  not  able  to  enter  into 
the  tent  of  the  congregation,  because  the 
cloud  abode  thereon,  and  the  glory  of  the 
Lord  filled  the  tabernacle. 

36  And  when  the  cloud  was  taken  up 
from  over  the  taberaacle,  the  children  of 
Israel  went  onward  in  all  their  journeys: 

37  But  if  the  cloud  were  not  taken  up, 
then  they  journeyed  not  till  the  day  that  it 
was  taken  up. 

38  For  the  cloud  of  the  Lord  was  upon 
the  tabernacle  by  day,  and  fire  was  on  it 
by  night,  in  the  sight  of  all  the  house  of 
Israel,  throughout  all  their  journeys. 


THE  THIRD  BOOK  OF  MOSES,  CALLED 

LEVITICUS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

AND  the  Lord  called  unto  Moses,  and 
spake  unto  him  out  of  the  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation,  saying, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
say  imto  them,  If  any  man  of  you  bring  an 
offering  unto  the  Lord,  ye  shall  bring  your 
offering  of  the  cattle,  even  of  the  herd,  and 
of  the  flock. 

3  If  his  offering  be  a  burnt  sacrifice  of  the 
herd,  let  him  offer  a  male  without  blemish : 
he  shall  offer  it  of  his  own  voluntary  will 


at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation before  the  Lord, 

4  And  he  shall  put  his  hand  upon  the 
head  of  the  burnt  offering;  and  it  shall 
be  accepted  for  him  to  make  atonement 
for  him. 

5  And  he  shall  kill  the  bullock  before 
the  Lord:  and  the  priests,  Aaron's  sons, 
shall  bring  the  blood,  and  sprinkle  the 
blood  round  about  upon  the  altar  that  is 
by  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation.  

ioi 


LEVITICUS. 


6  And  he  shall  flay  the  burnt   offering,  ]  the  priests :  and  he  shall  take  thereout  his 
and  cut  it  into  his  pieces.  handful  of  the  flour  thereof,  and  of  the  oil 

7  And  the  sons  of  Aaron  the  priest  shall  !  thereof,  with  all  the  frankincense  thereof; 


put  fire  upon  the  altar,  and  lay  the  Avood 
in  order  upon  the  fire : 

8  And  the  priests,  Aaron's  sons,  shall  lay 
the  parts,  the  head,  and  the  fot,  in  order 
upon  the  wood  that  is  on  the  fire  which  is 
upon  the  altar : 

9  But  his  inwards  and  his  legs  shall  he 
wash  in  water:  and  the  priest  shall  burn 
all  on  the  altar,  to  be  a  burnt  sacrifice,  an 
offering  made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet  savour 
unto  the  Lord. 

10  TI  And  if  his  offering  be  of  the  flocks, 
namely,  of  the  sheep,  or  of  the  goats,  for 
a  burnt  sacrifice ;  he  shall  bring  it  a  male 
without  blemish. 

11  And  he  shall  kill  it  on  the  side  of  the 
altar  northward  before  the  Loud:  and  the 
priests,  Aaron's  sons,  shall  sprinkle  his 
blood  round  about  upon  the  altar. 

13  And  he  shall  cut  it  into  his  pieces, 
with  his  head  and  his  fat :  and  the  priest 
shall  lay  them  in  order  on  the  wood  that 
is  on  the  fire  Avhich  is  upon  the  altar: 

13  But  he  shall  wash  the  inwards  and 
the  legs  Avith  Avater:  and  the  priest  shall 
bring  it  all,  and  burn  it  upon  the  altar: 
it  is  a  burnt  sacrifice,  an  offering  made 
by  fire,  of  a  sweet  saA'our  unto  the  Lord. 

14  ^  And  if  the  burnt  sacrifice  for  his 
offering  to  the  Lord  be  of  fowls,  then  he 
shall  bring  his  offering  of  turtledoA'cs,  or 
of  young  pigeons. 

15  And  the  priest  shall  bring  it  unto  the 
altar,  and  wring  off  his  head,  and  burn  it 
on  the  altar ;  and  the  blood  thereof  shall 
be  Avrung  out  at  the  side  of  the  altar : 

16  And  he  shall  pluck  aAvay  his  crop  with 
his  feathers,  and  cast  it  beside  the  altar  on 
the  east  part,  by  the  place  of  the  ashes. 

17  And  he  shall  cleaAC  it  Avith  the  wings 
thereof,  but  shall  not  divide  it  asunder: 
and  the  i^riest  shall  burn  it  upon  the  altar, 
upon  the  Avood  that  is  iipon  the  fire :  it 
is  a  burnt  sacrifice,  an  offering  made  by 
tire,  of  a  sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  IL 

AND  when  any  will  offer  a  meat  offer- 
ing unto  the  Lord,  his  offering  shall 
be  of  fine  flour ;  and  he  shall  pour  oil  upon 
it,  and  i^ut  frankincense  thereon. 
2  And  he  shall  bring  it  to  Aaron's  sons 

103 


and  the  priest  shall  burn  the  memorial  of 
it  upon  the  altar,  to  be  an  offering  made  by 
fire,  of  a  SAveet  savour  unto  the  Lord: 

3  And  the  remnant  of  the  meat  offering 
s7iaU  be  Aaron's  and  his  sons' :  it  is  a  thing 
most  holy  of  the  offerings  of  the  Lord 
made  by  fire. 

4  ^  And  if  thou  bring  an  oblation  of  a 
meat  offering  baken  in  the  oven,  it  shall  be 
unleavened  cakes  of  fine  flour  mingled  Avith 
oil,  or  unleavened  Avafers  anointed  Avith  oil. 

5  II  And  if  thy  oblation  be  a  meat  offering 
bake7i  in  a  pan,  it  shall  be  of  fine  flour  im- 
leaAxned,  mingled  Avith  oil. 

6  Thou  Shalt  part  it  in  pieces,  and  pour 
oil  thereon:  it  j.s a  meat  ottering. 

7  "i  And  if  thy  oblation  be  a  meat  offering 
baken  in  the  ftyingpan,  it  shall  be  made  of 
fine  flour  Avith  oil. 

8  And  thou  shalt  bring  the  meat  offering 
that  is  made  of  these  things  unto  the 
Lord  :  and  when  it  is  presented  unto  the 
priest,  he  shall  bi'ing  it  unto  the  altar. 

9  And  the  priest  shall  take  from  the  meat 
offering  a  memorial  thereof,  and  shall 
burn  it  upon  the  altar:  it  is  an  ofiering 
made  by  fire,  of  a  SAveet  saA'our  imto  the 
Lord. 

10  And  that  A\^hich  is  left  of  the  meat  offer- 
ing shall  be  Aaron's  and  his  sons':  it  is  a 
thing  most  holy  of  the  offerings  of  the 
Lord  made  by  fire. 

11  No  meat  offering,  Avhich  ye  shall  bring 
unto  the  Lord,  shall  be  made  Avith  leaA'en : 
for  ye  shall  burn  no  leaven,  nor  any  honey, 
in  any  offering  of  the  Lord  made  by  fire. 

12  1[  As  for  the  oblation  of  the  firstfruits, 
ye  shall  offer  them  unto  the  Lord  :  but 
they  shall  not  be  burnt  on  the  altar  for 
a  SAveet  savour. 

13  And  every  oblation  of  thy  meat  offer- 
ing shalt  thou  season  with  salt ;  neither 
Shalt  thou  sufler  the  salt  of  the  covenant 
of  thy  God  to  be  lacking  from  thy  meat 
offering :  Avith  all  thine  oflerings  thou  shalt 
offer  salt. 

14  And  if  thou  offer  a  meat  offering  of 
thy  firstfruits  unto  the  Lord,  thou  shalt 
offer  for  the  meat  offering  of  thy  first- 
fruits  green  ears  of  corn  dried  by  the 
fire,  even  corn  beaten  out  of  full  ears. 

15  And   thou   shalt   put  oil  ui)on  it,  and 


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lay  frankincense  thereon :  it  in  a  meat  ofler- 
ing. 

16  And  tlie  priest  shall  burn  the  memorial 
of  it,  jMirt  of  the  beaten  corn  thereof,  and 
part  of  the  oil  thereof,  with  all  the  frank- 
incense thereof:  it  is  an  offering  made  by 
tire  unto  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  III. 

AND  if  his  oblation  be  a  sacrifice  of 
peace  offering,  if  he  offer  it  of  the 
herd,  whether  it  he  a  male  or  female,  he 
shall  offer  it  without  blemish  before  the 
Lord. 

2  And  he  shall  lay  his  hand  upon  the  head 
of  his  offering,  and  kill  it  at  the  door  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation  :  and 
Aaron's  sons  the  priests  shall  sprinkle  the 
-blood  upon  the  altar  round  about. 

3  And  he  shall  offer  of  the  sacrifice  of 
the  peace  offering  an  offering  made  by  fire 
unto  the  Lord  ;  the  fat  that  covereth  the 
inwards,  and  all  the  fixt  that  is  upon  the 
inwai-ds, 

4  And  the  two  kidneys,  and  the  fat  that  is 
on  them,  which  is  by  the  flanks,  and  the 
caul  above  the  liver,  with  the  kidneys,  it 
shall  he  take  away. 

5  And  Aaron's  sons  shall  burn  it  on  the 
altar  upon  the  burnt  sacrifice,  which  is 
upon  the  wood  that  is  on  the  fire :  it  is  an 
offering  made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet  savoar 
unto  the  Lord. 

6  T[  And  if  his  offering  for  a  sacrifice  of 
peace  offering  unto  the  Lord  be  of  the 
flock,  male  or  female,  he  shall  offer  it 
without  blemish. 

7  If  he  offer  a  lamb  for  his  offering,  then 
shall  he  ofier  it  before  the  Lord. 

8  And  he  shall  lay  his  hand  upon  the  head 
of  his  offering,  and  kill  it  before  the  tab- 
ernacle of  the  congregation:  and  Aaron's 
sons  shall  sprinkle  the  blood  thereof  round 
about  upon  the  altar. 

9  And  he  shall  offer  of  the  sacrifice  of  the 
peace  offering  an  offering  made  by  fire 
unto  the  Lord  ;  the  fat  thereof,  and  the 
whole  rump,  it  shall  he  take  off  hard  by 
the  backbone ;  and  the  fat  that  covereth 
the  inwards,  and  all  the  fat  that  is  upon 
the  inwards, 

10  And  the  two  kidneys,  and  the  fat  that 
is  upon  them,  which  is  by  the  flanks,  and 
the  caul  above  the  liver,  with  the  kidneys, 
it  shall  he  take  away. 


11  And  the  priest  shall  burn  it  upon  the 
altar:  it  is  the  food  of  the  offering  made 
by  fire  imto  the  Lord. 

13  1[  And  if  his  offering  be  a  goat,  then 
he  shall  offer  it  before  the  Lord. 

13  And  he  shall  lay  his  hand  upon  the 
head  of  it,  and  kill  it  before  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation:  and  the  sons 
of  Aaron  shall  sprinkle  the  blood  thereof 
upon  the  altar  round  about. 

14  And  he  shall  offer  thereof  his  offer- 
ing, even  an  offering  made  by  fire  unto  the 
Lord  ;  the  fat  that  covereth  the  inwards, 
and  all  the  fat  that  is  upon  the  inwards, 

15  And  the  two  kidneys,  and  the  fat  that 
is  ujjon  them,  Avhich  is  by  the  flanks,  and 
the  caul  above  the  liver,  with  the  kidneys, 
it  shall  he  take  away, 

16  And  the  priest  shall  burn  them  upon 
the  altar:  it  is  the  food  of  the  offering 
made  by  fire  for  a  sweet  savour :  all  the 
fat  is  the  Lord's. 

17  It  shall  be  a  perpetual  statute  for  j^our 
generations  throughout  all  your  dwellings, 
that  ye  eat  neither  fat  nor  blood. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  say- 
ing. If  a  soul  shall  sin  through  ignorance 
against  any  of  the  commandments  of  the 
Lord  concerning  things  which  ought  not  to 
be  done,  and  shall  do  against  any  of 
them: 

3  If  the  priest  that  is  anointed  do  sin 
according  to  the  sin  of  the  people ;  then 
let  him  bring  for  his  sin,  Avhich  he  hath 
sinned,  a  young  bullock  without  blemish 
unto  the  Lord  for  a  sin  offering. 

4  And  he  shall  bring  the  bullock  unto 
the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation before  the  Lord  ;  and  shall  lay  his 
hand  upon  the  bullock's  head,  and  kill  the 
bullock  before  the  Lord. 

5  And  the  priest  that  is  anointed  shall 
take  of  the  bullock's  blood,  and  bring  it 
to  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation : 

6  And  the  priest  shall  dip  his  finger  in 
the  blood,  and  sprinkle  of  the  blood  seven 
times  before  the  Lord,  before  the  vail  of 
the  sanctuary. 

7  And  the  priest  shall  put  some  of  the 
blood  upon  the  horns  of  the  altar  of  sweet 
incense  before  the  Lord,  which  is  in  the 

103 


LEVITICUS. 


tabernacle  ot  tJae  congregation;  and  shall 
pour  all  the  blood  of  the  bullock  at  the 
bottom  of  the  altar  of  the  burnt  offering, 
which  is  at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation. 

8  And  he  shall  take  off  from  it  aU  the  fat 
of  the  bullock  for  the  sin  offering ;  the  fat 
that  covereth  the  inwards,  and  all  the  fat 
that  is  upon  the  inwards, 

9  And  the  two  kidneys,  and  the  flit  that 
is  upon  them,  which  is  by  the  flanks,  and 
the  caul  above  the  liver,  with  the  kidneys, 
it  shall  he  take  away, 

10  As  it  was  taken  off  from  the  bullock 
of  the  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings  :  and  the 
priest  shall  burn  them  upon  the  altar  of 
the  burnt  offering. 

11  And  the  skin  of  the  bullock,  and  all  his 
flesh,  with  his  head,  and  with  his  legs,  and 
his  inwards,  and  his  dung, 

13  Even  the  whole  bullock  shall  he  carry 
forth  without  the  camp  unto  a  clean  place, 
where  the  ashes  are  poured  out,  and  burn 
him  on  the  wood  with  fire:  where  the 
ashes  are  poured  out  shall  he  be  burnt. 

13  1  And  if  the  whole  congregation  of 
Israel  sin  through  ignorance,  and  the 
thing  be  hid  from  the  eyes  of  the  assem- 
bly, and  they  have  done  somewhat  against 
any  of  the  commandments  of  the  Lord 
concernhuj  thimjs  which  should  not  be 
done,  and  are  guilty ; 

14  When  the  sin,  which  they  have  sin- 
ned against  it,  is  known,  then  the  congre- 
gation shall  ofier  a  young  bullock  for  the 
sin,  and  bring  him  before  the  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation. 

15  And  the  elders  of  the  congregation 
shall  lay  their  hands  upon  the  head  of 
the  bullock  before  the  Lord  ;  and  the 
bullock  shall  be  killed  before  the  Lord. 

16  And  the  priest  that  is  anointed  shall 
bring  of  the  bullock's  blood  to  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation : 

17  And  the  priest  shall  dip  liis  finger  m 
some  of  the  blood,   and   sprinkle   it  seven 

I  times  before  the  Lord,  even  before  the  vail. 
j  18  And  he  shall  put  some  of  the  blood 
j  upon  the  horns  of  the  altar  which  is 
before  the  Lord,  that  is-  in  the  taberna- 
cle of  the  congregation,  and  shall  pour 
out  all  the  blood  at  the  bottom  of  the 
altar  of  the  burnt  offering,  which  is  at 
the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation. 


19  And  he  shall  take  all  his  fat  from  him, 
and  burn  it  upon  the  altar. 

20  And  he  shall  do  with  the  bullock 
as  he  did  with  the  bullock  for  a  sin  offer- 
ing, so  shall  he  do  with  this :  and  the 
priest  shall  make  an  atonement  for  them, 
and  it  shall  be  forgiven  them. 

21  And  he  shall  carry  forth  the  bullock 
without  the  camp,  and  burn  him  as  he 
burned  the  first  bullock :  it  is  a  sin  offer- 
ing for  the  congregation. 

22  •[  When  a  ruler  hath  sinned,  and  done 
somewhat  through  ignorance  against  any  of 
the  commandments  of  the  Lord  his  God 
concerning  things  which  should  not  be 
done,  and  is  guilty ; 

23  Or  if  his  sin,  Avherein  he  hath  sinned, 
come  to  his  knowledge ;  he  shall  bring 
his  offering,  a  kid  of  the  goats,  a  male 
without  blemish: 

24  And  he  shall  lay  his  hand  upon  the 
head  of  the  goat,  and  kill  it  in  the  place 
where  they  kill  the  burnt  offering  before 
the  Lord  :  it  is  a  sin  offering. 

25  And  the  priest  shall  take  of  the  blood 
of  the  sin  offering  with  his  finger,  and 
put  it  upon  the  horns  of  the  altar  of 
burnt  offering,  and  shall  pour  out  his 
blood  at  the  bottom  of  the  altar  of  burnt 
offering. 

26  And  he  shall  burn  all  his  fat  upon 
the  altar,  as  the  fat  of  the  sacrifice  of 
peace  offerings:  and  the  priest  shall  make 
an  atonement  for  him  as  concerning  his 
sin,  and  it  shall  be  forgiven  him. 

27  1[  And  if  any  one  of  the  common 
l^eople  sin  through  ignorance,  while  he 
doetli  somewhat  against  any  of  the  com- 
mandments of  the  Lord  concerning  things 
which  ought  not  to  be  done,  and  be  guilty; 

28  Or  if  his  sin,  which  he  hath  sinned, 
come  to  his  knowledge ;  then  he  shall 
bring  his  offering,  a  kid  of  the  goats,  a 
female  without  blemish,  for  his  sin  which 
he  hath  sinned. 

29  And  he  shall  lay  his  hand  upon  the 
!  head  of  the  sin  offering,  and  slay  the  sin 

offering  in  the  place  of  the  burnt  offering. 

30  And  the  priest  shall  take  of  the  blood 
thereof  with  his  finger,  and  put  it  upon 
the  horns  of  the  altar  of  burnt  offering:, 
and  shall  pour  out  all  the  blood  thereof 
at  the  bottom  of  the  altar. 

31  And  he  shall  take  away  all  the  fat 
thereof,    as   the   fat   is   taken   aAvay   from 


104 


LEVITICUS. 


off  the  sacritice  of  peace  offerings;  and 
the  priest  shall  burn  it  upon  the  altar  for 
a  sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord;  and  the 
priest  shall  make  an  atonement  for  him, 
and  it  shall  be  forgiven  him. 
33  And  if  he  bring  a  lamb  for  a  sin  offer- 
ing, he  shall  bring  it  a  female  -without 
blemish. 

33  And  he  shall  lay  his  hand  upon  the 
head  of  the  sin  offering,  and  slay  it  for 
a  sin  offering  in  the  place  where  they  kill 
the  burnt  offering. 

34  And  the  priest  shall  take  of  the  blood 
of  the  sin  offering  Avith  his  finger,  and 
put  it  upon  the  horns  of  the  altar  of 
burnt  offering,  and  shall  pour  out  all  the 
blood  thereof  at  the  bottom  of  the  altar: 

35  And  he  shall  take  away  all  the  fat 
thereof,  as  the  fat  of  the  lamb  is  taken 
away  from  the  sacrifice  of  the  peace 
offerings;  and  the  priest  shall  burn  them 
upon  the  altar,  according  to  the  offerings 
made  by  fire  unto  the  Lokd:  and  the 
priest  shall  make  an  atonement  for  his 
sin  that  he  hath  committed,  and  it  shall  be 
forgiven  him. 

CHAPTER  V. 

AND  if  a  soul  sin,  and  hear  the  voice  of 
swearing,  and  is  a  witness,  whether 
he  hath  seen  or  known  of  it;  if  he  do 
not  utter  it^  then  he  shall  bear  his  iniquity. 

2  Or  if  a  soul  touch  any  unclean  thing, 
whether  it  be  a  carcass  of  an  unclean 
beast,  or  a  carcass  of  unclean  cattle,  or 
the  carcass  of  unclean  creejoing  things,  and 
if  it  be  hidden  from  him ;  he  also  shall  be 
unclean,  and  guilty. 

3  Or  if  he  touch  the  uncleanness  of  man, 
whatsoever  uncleanness  it  be  that  a  man 
shall  be  defiled  withal,  and  it  be  hid  from 
him ;  when  he  knoweth  of  it,  then  he 
shall  be  guilty. 

4  Or  if  a  soul  swear,  pronouncing  with 
his  lips  to  do  evil,  or  to  do  good,  what- 
soever it  be  that  a  man  shall  pronounce 
with  an  oath,  and  it  be  hid  from  him ;  Avhen 
he  knoweth  of  it,  then  he  shall  be  guilty  in 
one  of  these. 

5  And  it  shall  be,  when  he  shall  be  guilty 
in  one  of  these  things,  that  he  shall  con- 
fess that  he  hath  sinned  in  that  tiling: 

6  And  he  shall  bring  his  trespass  offering 
unto  the  Lord  for  his  sin  which  he  hath 
sinned,  a  female  from  the  flock,  a  lamb,  or 
a  kid  of  the  goats,  for  a  sin  offering;    and 


the  priest   shall   make  an  atonement  for 
him  concerning  his  sin. 

7  And  if  he  be  not  able  to  bring  a  lamb, 
then  he  shall  bring  for  his  trespass,  which 
he  hath  committed,  two  turtledoves,  or 
two  young  pigeons,  unto  the  Lord;  one 
for  a  sin  offering,  and  the  other  for  a 
burnt  offering. 

8  And  he  shall  bring  them  unto  the  priest, 
who  shall  offer  that  Avhich  is  for  the  sin 
offering  first,  and  wring  off  his  head 
from  his  neck,  but  shall  not  divide  it 
asunder : 

9  And  he  shall  sprinkle  of  the  blood  of 
the  sin  offering  upon  the  side  of  the  altar ; 
and  the  rest  of  the  blood  shall  be  wrung 
out  at  the  bottom  of  the  altar:  it  i«  a  sin 
offering. 

10  And  he  shall  offer  the  second  for  a 
burnt  offering,  according  to  the  manner: 
and  the  priest  shall  make  an  atonement 
for  him  for  his  sin  which  he  hath  sinned, 
and  it  shall  be  forgiven  him. 

11  1  But  if  he  be  not  able  to  bring  two 
turtledoves,  or  two  young  pigeons,  then 
he  that  sinned  shall  bring  for  his  offering 
the  tenth  part  of  an  ephah  of  fine  flour 
for  a  sin  offering;  he  shall  put  no  oil 
upon  it,  neither  shall  he  put  any  frank- 
incense thereon :  for  it  is  a  sin  offering. 

12  Then  shall  he  bring  it  to  the  priest, 
and  the  priest  shall  take  his  handful  of  it, 
evai  a  memorial  thereof,  and  burn  it  on 
the  altar,  according  to  the  offerings  made 
by  fire  unto  the  Lord  :  it  is  a  sin  offer- 
ing. 

13  And  the  priest  shall  make  an  atone- 
ment for  him  as  touching  his  sin  that  he 
hath  sinned  in  one  of  these,  and  it  shall 
be  forgiven  him :  and  tJie  remnant  shall  be 
the  priest's,  as  a  meat  offering. 

14  1[  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

15  If  a  soul  commit  a  trespass,  and  sin 
through  ignorance,  in  the  holy  things  of 
the  Lord  ;  then  he  shall  bring  for  his  tres- 
pass unto  the  Lord  a  ram  without  blem- 
ish out  of  the  flocks,  with  thy  estimation 
by  shekels  of  silver,  after  the  shekel  of 
the  sanctuary,  for  a  trespass  offering: 

16  And  he  shall  make  amends  for  the 
harm  that  he  hath  done  in  the  holy  thing, 
and  shall  add  the  fifth  part  thereto,  and 
give  it  unto  the  priest:  and  the  priest 
shall   make    an   atonement   for   him   with 

105  ' 


LEVITICUS. 


the  ram  of  the  trespass  offeriug,  and  it 
shall  be  forgiven  him. 

17  ^  And  if  a  soul  sin,  and  commit  an}' 
of  these  things  which  are  forbidden  to 
be  done  by  the  commandments  of  the 
Lord;  though  he  -wist  it  not,  yet  is  he 
guilty,  and  shall  bear  his  iniquity. 

18  And  he  shall  bring  a  ram  without 
blemish  out  of  the  flock,  with  thy  estima- 
tion, for  a  trespass  offering,  unto  the 
priest:  and  the  priest  shall  make  an 
atonement  for  him  concerning  his  igno- 
rance wherein  he  erred  and  wist  it  not, 
and  it  shall  be  forgiven  him. 

19  It  is  a  trespass  offering:  he  hath  cer- 
tainly trespassed  against  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  YL 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 

2  If  a  soul  sin,  and  commit  a  trespass 
against  the  Lord,  and  lie  unto  his  neigh- 
bour in  that  which  was  delivered  him 
to  keep,  or  in  fellowship,  or  in  a  thing 
taken  away  by  violence,  or  hath  deceived 
his  neighbour; 

3  Or  have  found  that  which  was  lost,  and 
lieth  concerning  it,  and  sweareth  falsely; 
in  any  of  all  these  that  a  man  doeth,  sin- 
ning therein : 

4  Then  it  shall  be,  because  he  hath  sin- 
ned, and  is  guilty,  that  he  shall  restore 
that  which  he  took  violentlj'  away,  or  the 
thing  which  he  hath  deceitfully  gotten,  or 
that  which  was  delivered  him  to  keep,  or 
the  lost  thing  which  he  found, 

5  Or  all  that  about  which  he  hath  sworn 
falsely;  he  shall  even  restore  it  in  the 
principal,  and  shall  add  the  fifth  part 
more  thereto,  and  give  it  unto  him  to 
whom  it  appertaineth,  in  the  day  of  his 
trespass  offering. 

6  And  he  shall  bring  his  trespass  offer- 
ing unto  the  Lord,  a  ram  without  blem- 
ish out  of  the  flock,  with  thy  estimation, 
for  a  trespass  offering,  unto  the  priest: 

7  And  the  priest  shall  make  an  atone- 
ment for  him  before  the  Lord  :  and  it , 
shall  be  forgiven  him  for  any  thing  of  all 
that  he  hath  done  in  trespassing  therein. 

8  H  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 

9  Command  Aaron  and  his  sons,  saying, 
This  is  the  law  of  the  burnt  offering :  It  is 
the  burnt  offering,  because  of  the  burning 

106 


upon  the  altar  all  night  unto  the  morning, 
and  the  fire  of  the  altar  shall  be  burning 
in  it. 

10  And  the  priest  shall  put  on  his  linen 
garment,  and  his  linen  breeches  shall  he 
put  upon  his  flesh,  and  take  up  the  ashes 
which  the  fire  hath  consumed  with  the 
burnt  offering  on  the  altar,  and  he  shall 
put  them  beside  the  altar. 

11  And  he  shall  put  off  his  garments,  and 
put  on  other  garments,  and  carry  forth 
the  ashes  without  the  camp  unto  a  clean 
place. 

12  And  the  fire  upon  the  altar  shall  be 
burning  in  it ;  it  shall  not  be  put  out : 
and  the  priest  shall  burn  wood  on  it  every 
morning,  and  lay  the  burnt  oflTering  in 
order  upon  it;  and  he  shall  burn  thereon 
the  fat  of  the  peace  offerings. 

13  The  fire  shall  ever  be  burning  uj^on 
the  altar;  it  shall  never  go  out. 

11  ^  And  this  is  the  law  of  the  meat  of- 
fering: The  sons  of  Aaron  shall  offer  it 
before  the  Lord,  before  the  altar. 

15  And  he  shall  take  of  it  his  handful, 
of  the  flour  of  the  meat  oflfering,  and  of 
the  oil  thereof,  and  all  the  frankincense 
which  is  ujion  the  meat  offering,  and  shall 
burn  it  upon  the  altar  for  a  sweet  savour, 
ez;e?i  the  memorial  of  it,  unto  the  Lord. 

16  And  the  remainder  thereof  shall  Aaron 
and  his  sons  eat :  with  unleavened  bread 
shall  it  be  eaten  in  the  holy  place;  in  the 
court  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation 
they  shall  eat  it. 

17  It  shall  not  be  baken  with  leaven.  I 
have  given  it  unto  them  for  their  portion  of 
my  offerings  made  by  fire;  it  is  most  holy, 
as  is  the  sin  ofiering,  and  as  the  trespass 
offering. 

18  All  the  males  among  the  children  of 
Aaron  shall  eat  of  it.  It  shall  he  a  statute 
for  ever  in  your  generations  concerning 
the  offerings  of  the  Lord  made  by  fire: 
every  one  that  toucheth  them  shall  be 
holy. 

19  1[  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

20  This  is  the  offering  of  Aaron  and  of  his 
sons,  which  they  shall  offer  xmto  the  Lord 
in  the  day  when  he  is  anointed;  the  tenth 
part  of  an  ephah  of  fine  flour  for  a  meat 
offering  perpetual,  half  of  it  in  the  morn- 
ing, and  half  thereof  at  night. 

21  In  a  pan  it  shall   be  made  with  oil; 


LEVITICUS. 


and  when  it  is  baken,  thou  shalt  bring  it 
in :  a7id  the  baken  pieees  of  the  meat  offer- 
ing Shalt  thou  offer  fo7'  a  sweet  savour 
unto  the  Lord. 

22  And  the  priest  of  his  sons  that  is  an- 
ointed in  his  stead  shall  offer  it:  it  is  a 
statute  for  ever  unto  the  Lord  ;  it  shall 
be  wholly  burnt. 

23  For  every  meat  offering  for  the  priest 
shall  be  v.'holly  burnt:  it  shall  not  be 
eaten. 

24  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

25  Speak  unto  Aaron  and  to  his  sons,  say- 
ing. This  is  the  law  of  the  sin  offering :  In 
the  place  where  the  burnt  offering  is  kiUed 
shall  the  sin  offering  be  killed  before  the 
Lord  :  it  is  most  holy. 

26  The  priest  that  offereth  it  for  sin  shall 
eat  it :  in  the  holy  place  shall  it  be  eaten, 
in  the  court  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation. 

27  Whatsoever  shall  touch  the  flesh  there- 
of shall  be  holy:  and  when  there  is  sprin- 
kled of  the  blood  thereof  upon  any  gar- 
ment, thou  shalt  wash  that  whereon  it 
was  sprinkled  in  the  holy  place. 

28  But  the  earthen  vessel  wherein  it  is 
sodden  shall  be  broken :  and  if  it  be  sodden 
in  a  brazen  pot,  it  shall  be  both  scoured, 
and  rinsed  in  water. 

29  All  the  males  among  the  priests  shall 
eat  thereof:  it  is  most  holy. 

30  And  no  sin  offering,  whereof  «?<?/  of  the 
blood  is  brought  into  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation  to  reconcile  u'ithal  in  the  holy 
place,  shall  be  eaten :  it  shall  be  burnt  in 
the  fire. 

CHAPTER  VII. 

LIKEWISE  this  is  the  law  of  the  tres- 
pass offering :  it  is  most  holy. 

2  In  the  place  where  they  kill  the  burnt 
offering  shall  they  kill  the  trespass  offer- 
ing :  and  the  blood  thereof  shall  he  sprin- 
kle round  about  upon  the  altar. 

3  And  he  shall  offer  of  it  all  the  fiit  there- 
of; the  rump,  and  the  fat  that  covereth  the 
inwards, 

4  And  the  two  kidneys,  and  the  fat  that  is 
on  them,  which  is  by  the  flanks,  and  the 
caul  that  is  above  the  liver,  with  the  kid- 
neys, it  shall  he  take  away : 

5  And  the  priest  shall  burn  them  upon 
the  altar /or  an  offei-ing  made  by  fire  unto 
the  Lord  :  it  is-  a  trespass  offering. 


6  Every  male  among  the  priests  shall  eat 
thereof:  it  shall  be  eaten  in  the  holy  place : 
it  is  most  holy. 

7  As  the  sin  offering  is,  so  is  the  trespass 
offering :  there  is  one  law  for  them  :  the 
priest  that  maketh  atonement  therewith 
shall  have  it. 

8  And  the  priest  that  offereth  any  man's 
burnt  offering,  even  the  priest  shall  have  to 
himself  the  skin  of  the  burnt  offering 
which  he  hath  offered. 

9  And  all  the  meat  offering  that  is  baken 
in  the  oven,  and  all  that  is  dressed  in  the 
fryiugpan,  and  in  the  pan,  shall  be  the 
priest's  that  offereth  it. 

10  And  every  meat  offering,  mingled 
with  oil,  and  dry,  shall  all  the  sons  of 
Aaron  have,  one  rt-s-  much  as  another. 

11  And  this  is  the  law  of  the  sacrifice  of 
peace  offerings,  which  he  shall  offer  unto 
the  Lord. 

12  If  he  ofler  it  for  a  thanksgiving,  then 
he  shall  offer  with  the  sacrifice  of  thanks- 
giving imleavened  cakes  mingled  Avith  oil, 
and  imleavened  wafers  anointed  with  oil, 
and  cakes  mingled  with  oil,  of  fine  flour, 
fried. 

13  Besides  the  cakes,  he  shall  offer  for 
his  offering  leavened  bread  with  the  sacri- 
fice of  thanksgiving  of  his  peace  offerings. 

14  And  of  it  he  shall  offer  one  out  of  the 
whole  oblation  for  a  heave  ofiering  unto 
the  Lord,  a7id  it  shall  be  the  priest's  that 
sprinkleth  the  blood  of  the  peace  offerings. 

15  And  the  flesh  of  the  sacrifice  of  his 
peace  offerings  for  thanksgiving  shall  be 
eaten  the  same  day  that  it  is  offered;  he 
shall  not  leave  any  of  it  until  the  morning. 

16  But  if  the  sacrifice  of  his  offering  be 
a  vow,  or  a  voluntary  offering,  it  shall  be 
eaten  the  same  day  that  he  offereth  his 
sacrifice;  and  on  the  morrow  also  the 
remainder  of  it  shall  be  eaten: 

17  But  the  remainder  of  the  flesh  of  the 
sacrifice  on  the  third  day  shall  be  burnt 
with  fire. 

18  And  if  anij  of  the  flesh  of  the  sacrifice 
of  his  peace  offerings  be  eaten  at  all  on 
the  third  day,  it  shall  not  be  accepted, 
neither  shall  it  be  imputed  unto  him  that 
oflereth  it:  it  shall  be  an  abomination, 
and  the  soul  that  eateth  of  it  shall  bear  his 
iniquity. 

19  And  the  flesh  that  toucheth  any  un- 
clean   thing    shall   not  be   eaten;    it   shall 

107 


LEVITICUS. 


be  burnt  with  tire:  and  as  for  the  flesh, 
all  that  be  clean  shall  eat  thereof. 

20  But  the  soul  that  eateth  of  the  flesh 
of  the  sacrifice  of  peace  ofTeriui^-s,  that 
jicrtain  unto  the  Lokd,  having  his  uu- 
cleanness  upon  him,  even  that  soul  shall 
be  cut  off  from  his  people. 

21  Moreover  the  soul  that  shall  touch  any 
unclean  thing,  as  the  uncleanness  of  man, 
or  any  unclean  beast,  or  any  abominable 
unclean  thing,  and  eat  of  the  flesh  of  the 
sacrifice  of  peace  offerings,  which  pertain 
imto  the  Lord,  even  that  soul  shall  be 
cut  off  from  his  people. 

22  ^  And  the  Lokd  spake  imto  Moses, 
saying, 

23  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
saying.  Ye  shall  eat  no  manner  of  fat,  of 
ox,  or  of  sheep,  or  of  goat. 

24  And  the  fat  of  the  beast  that  dieth 
of  itself,  and  the  fat  of  that  which  is  torn 
with  beasts,  may  be  used  in  any  other  use : 
but  ye  shall  in  no  Avise  eat  of  it. 

25  For  whosoever  eateth  the  fat  of  the 
beast,  of  which  men  offer  an  offering  made 
by  fire  unto  the  Lord,  even  the  soul  that 
eateth  it  shall  be  cut  off  from  his  people. 

26  Moreover  ye  shall  eat  no  manner  of 
blood,  whether  it  be  of  fowl  or  of  beast,  in 
any  of  your  dwellings. 

27  Whatsoever  soul  it  he  that  eateth  any 
manner  of  blood,  even  that  soul  shall  be 
cut  oft"  from  his  people. 

28  1  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

29  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  say- 
ing. He  that  offereth  the  sacrifice  of  his 
peace  offerings  unto  the  Lord,  shall  bring 
his  oblation  unto  the  Lord  of  the  sacrifice 
of  his  peace  offerings. 

SO  His  own  hands  shall  bring  the  offerings 
of  the  Lord  made  by  fire,  the  M  Avith 
the  breast ;  it  shall  he  bring,  that  the  breast 
may  be  Avaved  for  a  Avave  offering  before 
the  Lord. 

31  And  the  priest  shall  burn  the  fat  upon 
the  altar:  but  the  breast  shall  be  Aaron's 
and  his  sons'. 

33  And  the  right  shoulder  shall  ye  give 
unto  the  priest  for  a  heave  offering  of 
the  sacrifices  of  your  peace  offerings, 

33  He   among  the  sons    of   Aaron,   that 

offereth  the  blood  of  the  peace  offerings, 

and  the  fat,  shall  have  the  right  shoulder 

for  hisi  part. 

— 


34  For  the  AvaA'e  breast  and  the  heave 
shoulder  have  I  taken  of  the  children  of 
Israel  from  off  the  sacrifices  of  their  peace 
offerings,  and  have  given  them  unto  Aaron 
the  priest,  and  unto  his  sons,  by  a  statute 
for  ever,  from  among  the  children  of  Is- 
rael. 

35  1  This  is  the  portion  of  the  anointing 
of  Aaron,  and  of  the  anointing  of  his  sons, 
out  of  the  offerings  of  the  Lord  made  by 
fire,  in  the  day  when  he  presented  them 
to  minister  imto  the  Lord  in  the  priest's 
oflSce; 

36  Which  the  Lord  commanded  to  be 
given  them  of  the  children  of  Israel,  in 
the  day  that  he  anointed  them,  by  a  statute 
for  ever  throughout  their  generations. 

37  This  IS  the  laAv  of  the  burnt  offering, 
of  the  meat  offering,  and  of  the  sin  offer- 
ing, and  of  the  trespass  offering,  and  of 
the  consecrations,  and  of  the  sacrifice  of 
the  peace  offerings ; 

38  Which  the  Lord  commanded  Moses  in 
mount  Sinai,  in  the  day  that  he  command- 
ed the  children  of  Israel  to  offer  their 
oblations  unto  the  Lord,  in  the  Avilderness 
of  Sinai. 

CHAPTER  VIIL 
the    Lord    spake    unto    Moses, 
saymg, 

2  Take  Aaron  and  his  sons  Avith  him, 
and  the  garments,  and  the  anointing  oil, 
and  a  bullock  for  the  sin  offering,  and  tAVO 
rams,  and  a  basket  of  xmleavened  bread; 

3  And  gather  thou  all  the  congregation 
together  unto  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation. 

4  And  Moses  did  as  the  Lord  commanded 
him;  and  the  assembl}'  Avas  gathered 
together  unto  the  door  of  the  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation. 

5  And  Moses  said  unto  the  congregation, 
This  is  the  thing  Avhich  the  Lord  com- 
manded to  be  done. 

G  And  Moses  brought  Aaron  and  his 
sons,  and  Avashed  them  Avith  AA'ater. 

7  And  he  put  upon  him  the  coat,  and 
girded  him  Avith  the  girdle,  and  clothed 
him  Avith  the  robe,  and  put  the  cpliod 
upon  him,  and  he  girded  him  Avith  the 
curious  girdle  of  the  ephod,  and  boiind  it 
unto  him  thercAvith. 

8  And  he  put  the  breastplate  upon  him : 
also  he  put  In  the  breastplate  the  Ui'im 
and  the  Thunimim. 


A  ND 

-l\^  savi 


LEVITICUS. 


9  Aud  liu  put  the  mitre  upon  his  head ; 
also  upon  the  mitre,  even  upon  his  fore- 
front, did  he  put  the  golden  plate,  the 
holy  croAvn;  as  the  Lord  commanded 
Moses. 

10  And  Moses  took  the  anointing:  oil,  and 
anointed  the  tabernacle  aud  all  that  was 
therein,  and  sanctified  them. 

11  And  he  sprinkled  thereof  upon  the 
altar  seven  times,  and  anointed  the  altar 
and  all  his  vessels,  both  the  laver  and 
his  foot,  to  sanctify  them. 

12  And  he  poured  of  the  anointing 
oil  upon  Aaron's  head,  and  anointed  him, 
to  sanctify  hira. 

13  And  Moses  brought  Aaron's  sons,  and 
put  coats  upon  them,  and  girded  them 
with  girdles,  aud  put  bonnets  upon  them ; 
as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

14  And  he  brought  the  bullock  for  the 
sin  offering :  and  Aaron  and  his  sons  laid 
their  hands  upon  the  head  of  the  bullock 
for  the  sin  offering. 

15  And  he  slew  it;  and  Moses  took  the 
blood,  and  put  it  upon  the  horns  of  the 
altar  round  about  with  his  finger,  and 
purified  the  altar,  and  poured  the  blood 
at  the  bottom  of  the  altar,  and  sanctified 
it,  to  make  reconciliation  upon  it. 

16  And  he  took  all  the  fat  that  was  upon 
the  inwards,  and  the  caul  above  the  liver, 
and  the  two  kidneys,  and  their  fat,  and 
Moses  burned  it  upon  the  altar. 

17  But  the  bullock,  and  his  hide,  his  flesh, 
and  his  dung,  he  burnt  with  fire  without 
the  camiJ ;  as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

18  TI  And  he  brought  the  ram  for  the 
burnt  offering :  and  Aaron  and  his  sons  laid 
their  hands  \ipon  the  head  of  the  ram. 

19  And  he  killed  it;  and  Moses  sprinkled 
the  blood  upon  the  altar  round  about. 

20  And  he  cut  the  ram  into  pieces; 
and  Moses  burnt  the  head,  and  the  pieces, 
and  the  fat. 

21  And  he  washed  the  inwards  and  the 
legs  in  water  ;  and  Moses  burnt  the  whole 
ram  upon  the  altar:  it  n^as  a  burnt  sacrifice 
for  a  sweet  savour,  and  an  offering  made 
by  fire  unto  the  Lord  ;  as  the  Lord  com- 
manded Moses. 

23  t  And  he  brought  the  other  ram,  the 
ram  of  consecration :  aud  Aaron  and  his 
sons  laid  their  hands  upon  the  head  of  the 
ram. 

28  And  he   slew  it;   aud  Moses  took  of 


the  blood  of  it,  and  put  it  upon  the  tip 
of  Aaron's  right  ear,  and  upon  the  thumb 
of  his  right  hand,  and  upon  the  great  toe 
of  his  right  foot. 

24  And  he  brought  Aaron's  sons,  and 
Moses  put  of  the  blood  iipon  the  tip  of 
their  right  ear,  and  upon  the  thumbs  of 
their  right  hands,  and  upon  the  great  toes 
of  their  right  feet :  and  Moses  sprinkled 
the  blood  iipon  the  altar  round  about. 

25  And  he  took  the  fat,  and  the  rump, 
and  all  the  fat  that  was  upon  the  inwards, 
and  the  caul  above  the  liver,  and  the  two 
kidneys,  and  their  fat,  and  the  right 
shoulder : 

26  And  out  of  the  basket  of  unleavened 
bread,  that  ivas  before  the  Lord,  he  took 
one  unleavened  cake,  and  a  cake  of  oiled 
bread,  and  one  wafer,  and  put  them  on 
the  fat,  and  upon  the  right  shoulder : 

27  Aud  he  put  all  upon  Aaron's  hands, 
and  upon  his  son's  hands,  and  waved  them 
for  a  wave  offering  before  the  Lord. 

28  And  Moses  took  them  from  off  their 
hands,  and  burnt  them  on  the  altar  upon 
the  burnt  offering:  they  were  consecra- 
tions for  a  sweet  savour :  it  is  an  offering 
made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord. 

29  And  Moses  took  the  breast,  and  waved 
it  for  a  wave  oflering  before  the  Lord  : 
for  of  the  ram  of  consecration  it  was 
Moses'  puirt;  as  the  Lord  commanded 
Moses. 

30  And  Moses  took  of  the  anointing 
oil,  and  of  the  blood  which  was  upon 
the  altar,  and  sprinkled  it  upon  Aaron, 
and  upon  his  garments,  and  upon  his 
sons,  and  upon  his  son's  garments,  with 
him ;  and  sanctified  Aaron,  and  his  gar- 
ments, and  his  sons,  and  his  sons'  gar- 
ments with  him. 

31  TI  Aud  Moses  said  iinto  Aaron  and  to 
his  sons,  Boil  the  flesh  at  the  door  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation;  and 
there  eat  it  with  the  bread  that  is  in  the 
basket  of  consecrations,  as  I  commanded, 
saying,  Aaron  and  his  sons  shall  eat  it. 

33  And  that  which  remaineth  of  the 
flesh. and  of  the  bread  shall  ye  bum  with 
fire. 

33  And  ye  shall  not  go  out  of  the  door 
of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation  in 
seven  days,  until  the  days  of  your  conse- 
cration be  at  an  end :  for  seven  days  shall 
he  consecrate  you. 

109 


LEVITICUS. 


34  As  he  hath  done  this  day,  so  the  Lord 
hath  commanded  to  do,  to  make  an  atone- 
ment for  you. 

35  Therefore  shall  ye  abide  at  the  door 
of  the  tabernacle  of  the  coni^regation  day 
and  night  seven  days,  and  keep  the  charge 
of  the  Lord,  that  ye  die  not :  for  so  I  am 
commanded. 

36  So  Aaron  and  his  sons  did  all  things 
•which  the  Lord  commanded  by  the  hand 
of  Moses. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

AND  it    came   to  pass   on  the    eighth 
day,  that  Moses  called  Aaron  and  his 
sons,  and  the  elders  of  Israel; 

2  And  he  said  unto  Aaron,  Take  thee 
a  young  calf  for  a  sin  offering,  and  a  ram 
for  a  burnt  offering,  without  blemish, 
and  offer  litem  before  the  Lord. 

3  And  unto  the  children  of  Israel  thou 
Shalt  speak,  saying,  Take  ye  a  kid  of  the 
goats  for  a  sin  offering;  and  a  calf  and  a 
lamb,  both  of  the  first  year,  Avithout  blem- 
ish, for  a  burnt  offering ; 

4  Also  a  bullock  and  a  ram  for  peace  of- 
ferings, to  sacrifice  before  the  Lord;  and 
a  meat  offering  mingled  with  oil :  for  to 
day  the  Lord  will  appear  unto  you. 

5  TI  And  they  brought  t?iat  which  Moses 
commanded  before  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation :  and  all  the  congregation 
drew  near  and  stood  before  the  Lord. 

6  And  Moses  said.  This  is  the  thing  which 
the  Lord  commanded  that  ye  should  do : 
and  the  glory  of  the  Lord  shall  appear 
unto  you. 

7  And  Moses  said  unto  Aaron,  Go  unto 
the  altar,  and  offer  thy  sin  ottering,  and 
th}^  burnt  offering,  and  make  an  atone- 
ment for  thyself,  and  for  the  people:  and 
offer  the  offering  of  the  people,  and 
make  an  atonement  for  them ;  as  the 
Lord  commanded. 

8  ^  Aaron  therefore  went  unto  the  altar, 
and  slew  the  calf  of  the  sin  offering,  which 
tens  for  himself 

9  And  the  sons  of  Aaron  brought  the 
blood  unto  him :  and  he  dipped  his  finger 
in  the  blood,  and  put  it  upon  the  horns 
of  the  altar,  and  poured  out  the  blood  at 
the  bottom  of  the  altar : 

10  But  the  fat,  and  the  kidneys,  and  the 
caixl  aboA'e  the  liver  of  the  sin  offering, 
he  burnt  upon  the  altar;  as  the  Lord 
commanded  Moses. 

110 


11  And  the  flesh  and  the  hide  he  burnt 
with  fire  without  the  camp. 

12  And  he  slew  the  burnt  offering;  and 
Aaron's  sons  presented  unto  him  the  l)lood, 
Avhich  he  sprinkled  round  about  upon 
the  altar. 

13  And  they  presented  the  burnt  offer- 
ing imto  him,  with  the  pieces  thereof, 
and  the  head:  and  he  burnt  tJimi  upon 
the  altar. 

14  And  he  did  wash  the  inwards  and 
the  legs,  and  burnt  iJio/i  \ipon  the  burnt 
offering  on  the  altar. 

15  ^  And  he  brought  the  people's  offer- 
ing, and  took  the  goat,  which  was  the  sin 
offering  for  the  people,  and  slew  it,  and 
offered  it  for  sin,  as  the  first. 

16  And  he  brought  the  burnt  offering, 
and  offered  it  according  to  the  manner. 

17  And  he  brought  the  meat  offering, 
and  took  a  handful  thereof,  and  burnt  it 
upon  the  altar,  besides  the  burnt  sacri- 
fice of  the  morning. 

18  He  slew  also  the  bullock  and  the 
ram  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings, 
which  was  for  the  people :  and  Aaron's 
sons  presented  unto  him  the  blood, 
which  he  sprinkled  upon  the  altar  round 
about, 

19  And  the  M  of  the  bullock  and  of  the 
ram,  the  nimp,  and  that  Avhich  covcreth 
the  imcards,  and  the  kidneys,  and  the 
caul  abot'e  the  liver  : 

20  And  they  put  the  fat  upon  the  breasts, 
and  he  burnt  the  fat  upon  the  altar  : 

21  And  the  breasts  and  the  right  shoulder 
Aaron  waved  for  a  wave  offering  before 
the  Lord  ;  as  Moses  commanded. 

23  And  Aaron  lifted  up  his  hand  toward 
the  people,  and  blessed  them ;  and  came 
down  from  offering  of  the  sin  offering, 
and  the  burnt  offering,  and  peace  offerings. 

23  And  Moses  and  Aaron  went  into  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and  came 
out,  and  blessed  the  people:  and  the 
glory  of  the  Lord  appeared  unto  all  the 
people. 

21  And  there  came  a  fire  out  from  before 
the  Lord,  and  consumed  upon  the  altar 
the  burnt  offering  and  the  fat  :  wliich  when 
all  the  people  saw,  they  shouted,  and  fell  on 
their  faces. 

CHAPTER  X. 

AND   Nadab    and    Abihu,   the    sons   of 
Aaron,  took  either  of  them  his  ecu- 


LEVITICUS. 


ser,  and  put  lire  tliorcin,  unci  put  incense 
thereon,  and  offered  strange  fire  before 
the  Lord,  which  he  commanded  them  not. 

2  And  there  Aveut  out  fire  from  the  Lord, 
and  devoured  them,  and  they  died  before 
the  Lord. 

3  Then  Moses  said  unto  Aaron,  This  is  it 
that  the  Lord  spake,  saying,  I  will  be 
sanctified  in  them  that  come  nigh  me, 
and  before  all  the  people  I  will  be  glori- 
fied.    And  Aaron  held  his  peace. 

4  And  Moses  called  Mishael  and  Elza- 
phan,  the  sons  of  Uzziel  the  iincle  of 
Aaron,  and  said  unto  them,  Come  near, 
carry  your  brethren  from  before  the  sanc- 
tuary out  of  the  camp. 

5  So  they  went  near,  and  carried  them  in 
their  coats  out  of  the  camp ;  as  Moses 
had  said. 

6  And  Moses  said  unto  Aaron,  and  unto 
Eleazar  and  unto  Ithamar,  his  sons.  Un- 
cover not  your  heads,  neither  rend  your 
clothes;  lest  ye  die,  and  lest  wrath  come 
upon  all  the  people :  but  let  your  breth- 
ren, the  whole  house  of  Israel,  bewail  the 
burning  which  the  Lord  hath  kindled. 

7  And  ye  shall  not  go  out  from  the  door 
of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  lest 
ye  die :  for  the  anointing  oil  of  the  Lord 
is  upon  you.  And  they  did  according  to 
the  word  of  Moses. 

8  K  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Aaron, 
saying, 

9  Do  not  drink  wine  nor  strong  drink, 
thou,  nor  thy  sons  with  thee,  when  ye 
go  into  the  tabernacle  of  the  congrega- 
tion, lest  ye  die :  it  sJiall  he  a  statute  for 
ever  throughout  your  generations  : 

10  And  that  ye  may  put  difference  be- 
tween, holy  and  unholy,  and  between  un- 
clean and  clean ; 

11  And  that  ye  may  teach  the  children 
of  Israel  all  the  statutes  which  the  Lord 
hath  sj^okcn  unto  them  by  the  hand  of 
Moses. 

12  1  And  Moses  spake  unto  Aaron,  and 
imto  Eleazar  and  unto  Ithamar,  his  sons 
that  were  left,  Take  the  meat  offering 
that  remaineth  of  the  offerings  of  the 
Lord  made  by  fire,  and  eat  it  without 
leaven  beside  the  altar  :  for  it  is  most  holy. 

13  And  ye  shall  eat  it  in  the  holy  place, 
because  it  is  thy  due,  and  thy  sons'  due, 
of  the  sacrifices  of  the  Lord  made  by 
fire :  for  so  I  am  commanded. 


14  And  the  wave  breast  and  heave  should- 
er shall  ye  eat  in  a  clean  place ;  thou,  and 
thy  sons,  and  thy  daughters  with  thee  :  for 
they  he  thy  due,  and  thy  sons'  due,  which 
are  given  out  of  the  sacrifices  of  peace 
oflTerings  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

15  The  heave  shoulder  and  the  wave  breast 
shall  they  bring  with  the  off"erings  made  by 
fire  of  the  flit,  to  wave  it  for  a  wave  off"ering 
before  the  Lord  ;  and  it  shall  be  thine,  and 
thy  sons'  with  thee,  by  a  statute  for  ever ; 
as  the  Lord  hath  commanded. 

16  TI  And  Moses  diligently  sought  the  goat 
of  the  sin  oflFering,  and,  behold,  it  was 
burnt :  and  he  was  angry  with  Eleazar  and 
Ithamar,  the  sons  of  Aaron  which  xcere  left 
alive^  saying, 

17  Wherefore  have  ye  not  eaten  the  sin 
offering  in  the  holy  place,  seeing  it  is  most 
holy,  and  God  hath  given  it  you  to  bear 
the  iniquity  of  the  congregation,  to  make 
atonement  for  them  before  the  Lord  ? 

18  Behold,  the  blood  of  it  was  not  brought 
in  within  the  'holy  place:  ye  should  indeed 
haA'e  eaten  it  in  the  holy  place,  as  I  com- 
manded. 

19  And  Aaron  said  unto  Moses,  Behold, 
this  day  have  they  offered  their  sin  off"er- 
ing  and  their  burat  offering  before  the 
Lord  ;  and  such  things  have  befallen  me : 
and  if  I  had  eaten  the  sin  offering  to  day, 
should  it  have  been  accepted  in  the  sight 
of  the  Lord  ? 

20  And  when  Moses  heard  that,  he  was 
content. 

CHAPTER  XL 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses  and 
to  Aaron,  saying  unto  them, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  say- 
ing. These  are  the  beasts  which  ye  shall  cat 
among  all  the  beasts  that  are  on  the  earth. 

3  Whatsoever  parteth  the  hoof,  and  is 
clovenfooted,  and  cheweth  the  cud,  among 
the  beasts,  that  shall  ye  eat. 

4  Nevertheless,  these  shall  ye  not  eat  of 
them  that  chew  the  cud,  or  of  them  that 
divide  the  hoof:  as  the  camel,  because  he 
cheweth  the  cud,  but  divideth  not  the 
hoof;  he  is  unclean  nnto  you. 

5  And  the  conej^  because  he  cheweth.  the 
cud,  but  divideth  not  the  lioof ;  he  is  un- 
clean unto  you. 

6  And  the  hare,  because  he  cheweth  tlie 
cud,  biit  divideth  not  the  hoof;  he  is  un- 
clean unto  you.  

111 


LEVITICUS. 


7  Aud  llie  swiuc,  tiiougli  he  divide  tlie 
hoof,  and  be  cloveufooted,  yet  he  cheweth 
not  the  cud ;  he  is  vinclean  to  j-ou. 

8  Of  their  flesh  shall  ye  not  cat,  and  their 
carcass  shall  ye  not  touch;  they  are  un- 
clean to  you. 

9  •}  These  shall  3'e  eat  of  all  that  are  in  the 
waters :  Avhatsoever  hath  tins  and  scales 
in  the  -waters,  in  the  seas,  and  in  the  rivers, 
them  shall  ye  eat. 

10  And  all  that  have  not  fins  and  scales 
in  the  seas,  and  in  the  rivers,  of  all  that 
move  in  the  waters,  and  of  any  living  thing 
which  is  in  the  waters,  they  sJiall  be  an 
abomination  unto  you : 

11  They  shall  be  even  an  abomination 
unto  you;  ye  shall  not  eat  of  their  flesh, 
but  yc  shall  have  their  carcasses  in  abom- 
ination. 

12  Whatsoever  hath  no  fins  nor  scales  in 
the  waters,  that  shall  be  an  abomination 
unto  you. 

13  ^  And  these  are  they  which  ye  shall 
have  in  abomination  among  the  fowls; 
they  shall  not  be  eaten,  they  are  an  abom- 
ination: the  eagle,  and  the  ossifrage,  and 
the  ospray, 

14  And  the  Tulture,  and  the  kite  after 
his  kind; 

15  Every  raven  after  his  kind ; 

16  And  the  owl,  and  the  nighthawk,  and 
the  cuckoo,  and  the  hawk  after  his  kind, 

17  And  the  little  owl,  and  the  cormorant, 
and  the  great  owl, 

18  And  the  swan,  and  the  i^elican,  and  the 
gier  eagle, 

19  And  the  stork,  the  heron  after  her 
kind,  and  the  lapwing,  and  the  bat. 

20  All  fowls  that  creep,  going  upon  all 
four,  s?mll  he  an  abomination  unto  you. 

21  Yet  these  may  ye  eat  of  every  flying 
creeping  thing  that  goeth  upon  all  four, 
which  have  legs  above  their  feet,  to  leap 
withal  upon  the  earth ; 

22  Even  these  of  them  yc  may  eat ;  the 
locust  after  his  kind,  and  the  bald  locust 
after  his  kind,  and  the  beetle  after  his  kind, 
and  the  grasshopper  after  his  kind. 

23  But  all  other  flying  creeping  things, 
which  have  four  feet,  sJiall  be  an  abomin- 
ation unto  you. 

24  And  for  these  ye  sliall  be  unclean  : 
whosoever  toucheth  the  carcass  of  them 
shall  be  unclean  until  the  even. 

25  And  whosoever  beareth  aiujht  of  the 

_ 


carcass  of  them  shall  wash  his  clotiies,  and 
be  unclean  until  the  even. 

26  The  carcasses  of  every  beast  which  divid- 
eth  the  hoof,  and  is  not  dovenfooted,  nor 
cheweth  the  cud,  are  imclean  xmto  you : 
every  one  that  toucheth  them  shall  be  un- 
clean. 

27  And  whatsoever  goeth  upon  his  paws, 
among  all  manner  of  beasts  that  go  on  all  \ 
four,  those  are  unclean  unto  you :   whoso 
toucheth  their  carcass  shall  be  unclean  un- 
til the  even. 

28  And  he  that  beareth  the  carcass  of 
them  shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  be  un- 
clean until  the  even :  they  are  unclean  unto 
you. 

29  ^  These  also  sJiall  be  unclean  unto  you 
among  the  creeping  things  that  creep  upon 
the  earth;  the  weasel,  and  the  mouse,  and 
the  tortoise  after  his  kind, 

30  And  the  ferret,  and  the  chameleon,  and 
the  lizard,  and  the  snail,  and  the  mole. 

31  These  are  unclean  to  you  among  all 
that  creejj:  whosoever  doth  touch  them, 
when  they  be  dead,  shall  be  unclean  until 
the  even. 

32  Aud  upon  whatsoever  any  of  them, 
when  they  are  dead,  doth  fall,  it  shall  be 
unclean;  whether  it  be  any  vessel  of  wood, 
or  raiment,  or  skin,  or  sack,  Avhatsoever 
vessel  it  be,  wherein  a7iy  work  is  done,  it 
must  be  put  into  water,  and  it  shall  be  un- 
clean until  the  even;  so  it  shall  be  cleansed. 

33  And  every  earthen  vessel,  whereinto 
any  of  them  fallcth,  Avhatsoever  vi  in  it 
shall  be  unclean ;  and  ye  shall  break  it. 

34  Of  all  meat  which  may  be  eaten,  that 
on  which  snch  water  cometh  shall  be 
unclean :  and  all  drink  that  may  be  drunk 
in  every  such  vessel  shall  be  unclean. 

35  And  every  thing  whereupon  auy  part 
of  their  carcass  fallcth  shall  be  unclean ; 
ivhcther  it  be  oven,  or  ranges  for  pots,  they 
shall  be  broken  down :  for  they  are  un- 
clean, and  shall  be  unclean  unto  you. 

36  Nevertheless  a  fountain  or  ])it,  wherein 
there  is  plenty  of  water,  shall  be  clean : 
but  that  which  toucheth  their  carcass  shall 
be  unclean. 

37  And  if  any  part  of  their  carcass  fall 
upon  any  sowing  seed  which  is  to  be  sown, 
it  shall  be  clean. 

38  But  if  any  water  be  put  upon  the  seed, 
and  any  part  of  their  carcass  fall  thereon, 
it  shall  be  unclean  unto  you. 


LEVITICUS. 


o9  Aud  if  any  beast,  of  which  ye  may  eat, 
die;  he  that  toucheth  the  carcass  thereof 
sliall  be  unclean  until  the  even. 

40  And  he  that  eateth  of  the  carcass  of  it 
shall  Avash  his  clothes,  and  be  unclean  until 
tlie  CA-en :  he  also  that  beareth  the  carcass 
of  it  shall  Avash  his  clothes,  and  be  unclean 
until  the  eAcn. 

41  Aud  CA'ery  creeping  thing  that  creepeth 
uijon  the  earth  shall  be  an  abomination ;  it 
shall  not  be  eaten. 

42  WhatsocA'er  goeth  upon  the  belly,  and 
AvhatsocA-er  goeth  upon  all  four,  or  Avhat- 
socA-er  hath  more  feet  among  all  creeping 
things  that  creep  upon  the  earth,  them  ye 
shall  not  eat ;  for  they  are  an  abomination. 

43  Ye  shall  not  make  your  selA'es  abomi- 
nable M'ith  any  creeping  thing  that  creep- 
eth, neither  shall  ye  make  yourselves  un- 
clean Avith  them,  that  ye  should  be  defiled 
thereby. 

44  For  I  am  the  Lord  your  God  :  A^e  shall 
therefore  sanctify  youi'selves,  and  ye  shall 
be  holy;  for  I  am  holy:  neither  shall  ye 
defile  yourselves  Avith  any  manner  of  creep- 
ing thing  that  creepeth  upon  the  earth. 

45  For  I  am  the  Lord  that  bringeth  you  up 
out  of  the  land  of  EgA-pt,  to  be  your  God : 
ye  shall  therefore  be  holy,  for  I  am  holy. 

46  This  is  the  law  of  the  beasts,  and  of 
the  fowl,  and  of  every  living  creature  that 
moveth  in  the  waters,  and  of  every  crea- 
ture that  creepeth  upon  the  earth  : 

47  To  make  a  difi"erence  betAveen  the 
unclean  and  the  clean,  and  betAveen  the 
beast  that  may  be  eaten  and  the  beast 
that  may  not  be  eaten. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

AN  D    the    Lord    spake    unto    Moses, 
saying, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  say- 
ing, If  a  Avoraan  have  conceived  seed,  and 
borne  a  man  child,  then  she  shall  be  un- 
clean seven  days ;  according  to  the  days 
of  the  separation  for  her  infirmity  shall 
she  be  unclean. 

3  And  in  the  eighth  day  the  flesh  of 
his  foreskin  shall  be  circumcised. 

4  And  she  shall  then  continue  in  the 
blood  of  her  purifying  three  and  thirty 
days;  she  shall  touch  no  hallowed  thing, 
nor  come  into  the  sanctuary,  until  the 
days  of  her  purifying  be  fulfilled. 

5  But  if  she  bear  a  maid  child,  then  she 

8 


shall  be  unclean  tAvo  Aveeks,  as  in  her 
separation :  and  she  shall  continue  in  the 
blood  of  her  purifying  threescore  and  six 
days. 

6  And  Avhen  the  days  of  her  purifying 
are  fulfilled,  for  a  son,  or  for  a  daughter, 
she  shall  bring  a  liimb  of  the  first  year 
for  a  burnt  oflering,  and  a  young  pigeon, 
or  a  turtledove,  for  a  sin  oflfering,  unto 
the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  con-  i 
gregation,  unto  the  priest : 

7  Who  shall  otfer  it  before  the  Lord, 
and  make  an  atonement  for  her;  and  she 
shall  be  cleansed  from  the  issue  of  her 
blood.  This  is  the  laAV  for  her  that  hath 
borne  a  male  or  a  female. 

8  And  if  she  be  not  able  to  bring  a  lamb, 
then  she  shall  bring  tAvo  turtles,  or  tAvo 
young  pigeons;  the  one  for  the  burnt  of- 
fering, and  the  other  for  a  sin  offering : 
and  the  priest  shall  make  an  atonement 
for  her,  and  she  shall  be  clean. 

CHAPTER  XIIL 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses  and 
Aaron,  saying, 

2  When  a  man  shall  have  in  the  skin  of 
his  flesh  a  rising,  a  scab,  or  bright  spot, 
and  it  be  in  the  skin  of  his  flesh  like  the 
plague  of  leprosy;  then  he  shall  be 
brought  unto  Aaron  the  priest,  or  unto 
one  of  his  sous  the  priests: 

3  And  the  priest  shall  look  on  the  plague 
in  the  skin  of  the  flesh :  and  wJieu  the 
hair  in  the  plague  is  turned  white,  and 
the  plague  in  sight  he  deeper  than  the 
skin  of  his  flesh,  it  is  a  plague  of  leprosy: 
and  the  priest  shall  look  on  him,  and  pro- 
nounce him  unclean. 

4  If  the  bright  spot  he  white  in  the  skin 
of  his  flesh,  and  in  sight  he  not  deeper  than 
the   skin,    and   the    hair    thereof   be   not  j 
turned  Avhite ;  then  the  priest  shall  shut 
up  him  that  hath  the  plagiie  seven  days  : 

5  And  the  priest  shall  look  on  him  the 
seventh  day :  and,  behold,  if  the  plague 
in  his  sight  be  at  a  stay,  and  the  plague 
spread  not  in  the  skin;  then  the  priest 
shall  shut  him  up  seA'en  days  more : 

6  And  the  priest  shall  look  on  him  again 

the  seventh  day:  and,  behold,  i/the  plague 

he  somewhat  dark,  anrl  the  plague  spread 

not  in  the  skin,  the  priest  shall  pronounce 

him   clean :   it  is  hut  a  scab :  and  he  shall  j 

wash  his  clothes,  and  be  clean.  | 

_-  ' 


LEVITICUS. 


7  But  if  the  scab  spread  much  abroad  in 
the  skin,  after  that  he  hath  been  seen  of 
the  priest  for  his  cleansing,  he  shall  be 
seen  of  the  priest  again : 

8  And  if  the  priest  see  that,  behold,  the 
scab  spreadeth  in  the  skin,  then  the  priest 
shall  pronounce  him  unclean :  it  is  a  lej)- 
rosy. 

9  T[  When  the  plague  of  leprosy  is  in 
a  man,  then  he  shall  be  brought  unto  the 
Ijriest ; 

10  And   the   priest   shall  see  him:   and,  ' 
behold,  if  the  rising  he  white  in  the  skin,  j 
and   it   have   turned  the  hair  white,   and 
there  he  quick  raw  flesh  in  the  rising; 

11  It  is  an  old  leprosy  in  the  skin  of  his 
flesh,  and  the  priest  shall  pronounce  him 
unclean,  and  shall  not  shut  him  up  :  for 
he  is  unclean. 

12  And  if  a  leprosy  break  out  abroad  in 
the  skin,  and  the  leprosy  cover  all  the 
skin  of  Mm  that  hath  the  plague  from 
his  head  even  to  his  foot,  wheresoever  the 
priest  looketh ; 

13  Then  the  priest  shall  consider:  and, 
behold,  if  the  leprosy  have  covered  all 
his  flesh,  he  shall  pronounce  him  clean 
that  hath  the  plague:  it  is  all  turned 
white :  he  is  clean. 

14  But  when  raw  flesh  ajipeareth  in  him, 
he  shall  be  unclean. 

15  And  the  priest  shall  see  the  raw  flesh, 
and  pronounce  him  to  be  unclean  :  for  the 
raw  flesh  is  unclean  :  it  is  a  lepros3% 

16  Or  if  the  raw  flesh  tuna  again,  and  be 
changed  unto  white,  he  shall  come  unto 
the  priest ; 

17  And  the  priest  shall  see  him :  and, 
behold,  (/"the  plague  be  turned  into  white ; 
then  the  priest  shall  pronounce  him  clean 
that  halh  the  plague  :  he  is  clean. 

18  ^  The  flesh  also,  in  which,  cveyi  in  the 
skin  thereof,  was  a  boil,  and  is  healed, 

19  And  in  the  place  of  the  boil  there  be 
a  Avhite  rising,  or  a  bright  spot,  white, 
and  somewhat  reddish,  and  it  be  shewed 
to  the  priest ; 

20  And   if,  when  the  priest  seeth  it,  be- 
hold, it  he  in   sight  lower  than  the  skin, 
and  the  hair  thereof  be  turned  Avhite ;  the  j 
priest  shall  pronounce  him  unclean  :  it  is  a 
plague  of  leprosy  broken  out  of  the  boil. 

21  But  if  the  priest  look  on  it,  and,  be- 
hold, there  he  no  white  hairs  therein,  and 
if  it  he  not  lower  than  the  skin,  but  he 

m 


somewhat  dark ;  then  the  priest  shall  shut 
him  up  seven  days  : 

22  And  if  it  spread  much  abroad  in  the 
skin,  then  the  priest  shall  pronounce  him 
unclean :  it  is  a  plague. 

23  But  if  the  bright  spot  stay  in  his  place, 
and  spread  not,  it  is  a  burning  boil;  and 
the  priest  shall  pronounce  him  clean. 

24  ^  Or  if  there  be  amj  flesh,  in  the  skin 
whereof  thei'e  is  a  hot  burning,  and  the 
quicli  flesJi  that  bumeth  have  a  white  bright 
spot,  somewhat  reddish,  or  white ; 

25  Then  the  priest  shall  look  upon  it: 
and,  behold,  if  the  hair  in  the  bright  spot 
be  turned  white,  and  it  he  in  sight  deep- 
er than  the  skin ;  it  is  a  leprosj'  broken 
out  of  the  burning :  wherefore  the  priest 
shall  pronounce  him  unclean:  it  is  the 
plague  of  leprosy. 

26  But  if  the  priest  look  on  it,  and,  be- 
hold, tJiere  he  no  white  hair  in  the  bright 
spot,  and  it  be  no  lower  than  the  other 
skin,  but  he  somcAvhat  dark;  then  the 
priest  shall  shut  him  up  seven  days  : 

27  And  the  priest  shall  look  upon  him 
the  seventh  day :  a?id  if  it  be  spread  much 
abroad  in  the  skin,  then  the  priest  shall 
pronounce  him  unclean:  it  is  the  plagive 
of  leprosy. 

28  And  if  the  bright  sj^ot  stay  in  his 
place,  a?id  spread  not  in  the  skin,  but  it 
he  somewhat  dark ;  it  is  a  rising  of  the 
burning,  and  the  jiriest  shall  pronounce 
him  clean:  for  it  is  an  inflammation  of 
the  burning. 

29  H  If  a  man  or  woman  have  a  plague 
upon  the  head  or  the  beard ; 

30  Then  the  pi-iest  shall  see  the  plague: 
and,  behold,  if  it  he  in  sight  deeper  than 
the  skin,  and  there  he  in  it  a  yellow  thin 
hair;  then  the  priest  shall  pronounce  him 
unclean :  it  is  a  dry  scall,  even  a  Icprosj- 
upon  the  head  or  beard. 

31  And  if  the  priest  look  on  the  plague  of 
the  scall,  and,  behold,  it  he  not  in  sight 
deeper  than  the  skin,  and  tliat  there  is  no 
black  hair  in  it;  then  the  priest  shall 
shut  up  him  that  hath  the  plague  of  the 
scall  seven  days : 

32  And  in  the  seventh  day  the  priest 
shall  look  on  the  plague:  and,  behold,  if 
the  scall  spread  not,  and  there  be  in  it  no 
yellow  hair,  and  the  scall  he  not  in  sight 
deeper  than  the  skin ; 

33  He  shall  be  shaven,  but  the  scall  shall 


LEVITICUS. 


he  not  shave ;  and  the  priest  shall  shut  up 
Mm  that  hath  the  scall  seven  daj^s  more : 

34  And  in  the  seventh  day  the  priest 
shall  look  on  the  scall :  and,  behold,  if 
the  scall  be  not  spread  in  the  skin,  nor 
he  in  sight  deeper  than  the  skin ;  then  the 
priest  shall  pronounce  him  clean :  and  he 
shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  be  clean. 

35  But  if  the  scall  spread  much  in  the 
skin  after  his  cleansing ; 

36  Then  the  priest  shall  look  on  him: 
and,  behold,  if  the  scall  be  spread  in  the 
skin,  the  priest  shall  not  seek  for  yellow 
hair ;  he  is  unclean. 

37  But  if  the  scall  be  in  his  sight  at  a 
stay,  and  thol  there  is  black  hair  grown 
up  therein;  the  scall  is  healed,  he  U 
clean:  and  the  priest  shall  pronounce 
him  clean. 

38  T[  If  a  man  also  or  a  woman  have  in 
the  skin  of  their  flesh  bright  spots,  even 
white  bright  spots ; 

39  Then  the  priest  shall  look:  and,  be- 
hold, if  the  bright  spots  in  the  skin  of 
their  flesh  he  darkish  white,  it  is  a  freckled 
spot  that  groweth  in  the  skin  :  he  is  clean. 

40  And  the  man  whose  hair  is  fallen  ofl' 
his  head,  he  is  bald ;  Tjet  is  he  clean. 

41  And  he  that  hath  his  hair  fallen  off 
from  the  part  of  his  head  toward  his  face, 
he  is  forehead  bald;  yet  is  he  clean. 

42  And  if  there  be  in  the  bald  head,  or 
bald  forehead,  a  white  reddish  sore ;  it  is 
a  leprosy  sprung  up  in  his  bald  head,  or 
his  bald  forehead. 

43  Then  the  priest  shall  look  upon  it : 
and,  behold,  if  the  rising  of  the  sore  he 
white  reddish  in  his  bald  head,  or  in  his 
bald  forehead,  as  the  leprosy  appeareth  in 
the  skin  of  the  flesh ; 

44  He  is  a  leprous  man,  he  is  unclean : 
the  priest  shall  pronounce  him  utterly 
unclean ;  his  j^lague  is  in  his  head. 

45  And  the  leper  in  whom  the  plague  is, 
his  clothes  shall  be  rent,  and  his  head 
bare,  and  he  shall  put  a  covering  upon 
his  upper  lip,  and  shall  cry,  Unclean, 
unclean. 

46  All  the  days  wherein  the  plague  shall 
he  in  him  he  shall  be  detiled;  he  is  un- 
clean: he  shall  dwell  alone;  without  the 
camp  sliall  his  habitation  he. 

47  1i  The  garment  also  that  the  plague 
of  leprosy  is  in,  ivhether  it  be  a  woollen 
garment,  or  a  linen  garment ; 


48  Whether  it  be  in  the  Avarp,  or  woof, 
of  linen,  or  of  woollen;  whether  in  a 
skin,  or  in  any  thing  made  of  skin ; 

49  And  if  the  plague  be  greenish  or  red- 
dish in  the  garment,  or  in  the  skin,  either 
in  the  warp,  or  in  the  woof,  or  in  any 
thing  of  skin;  it  is  a  plague  of  leprosy, 
and  shall  be  shewed  unto  the  jiriest : 

50  And  the  priest  shall  look  upon  the 
plague,  and  shut  up  it  that  hath  the  plagtie 
seven  days : 

51  And  he  shall  look  on  the  plague  on 
the  seventh  day :  if  the  plague  be  spread 
in  the  garment,  either  in  the  warp,  or  in 
the  woof,  or  in  a  skin,  or  in  any  work  that 
is  made  of  skin;  the  plague  is  a  fretting 
leprosy ;  it  is  unclean. 

52  He  shall  therefore  burn  that  garment, 
whether  warp  or  woof,  in  Avoollen  or  in 
linen,  or  any  thing  of  skin,  Avherein  the 
plague  is:  for  it  is  a  fretting  leprosy;  it 
shall  be  burnt  in  the  fire. 

53  And  if  the  priest  shall  look,  and,  be- 
hold, the  plague  be  not  spread  in  the 
garment,  either  in  the  warp,  or  in  the 
woof,  or  in  any  thing  of  skin  ; 

54  Then  the  priest  shall  command  that 
they  wash  the  tiling  wherein  the  plagtie 
i%  and  he  shall  shut  it  up  seven  days 
more : 

55  And  the  priest  shall  look  on  the 
plague,  after  that  it  is  washed:  and,  be- 
hold, if  the  plague  have  not  changed 
his  colour,  and  the  plague  be  not  spread, 
it  is  unclean;  thou  shalt  burn  it  in  the 
fire;  it  is  fret  inward,  ivhether  it  he  bare 
within  or  without. 

56  And  if  the  priest  look,  and,  behold, 
the  plague  he  somewhat  dark  after  the 
washing  of  it;  then  he  shall  rend  it  out 
of  the  garment,  or  out  of  the  skin,  or 
ottt  of  the  warp,  or  out  of  the  woof: 

57  And  if  it  appear  still  in  the  garment, 
either  in  the  warp,  or  in  the  woof,  or  in 
any  thing  of  skin ;  it  is  a  spreading  plague  : 
thott  Shalt  burn  that  wherein  the  plague 
is  with  fire. 

58  And  the  garment,  either  warp,  or 
woof,  or  whatsoever  thing  of  skin  it  be, 
which  thott  Shalt  wash,  if  the  plague 
be  departed  from  them,  then  it  shall 
be  washed  the  second  time,  and  shall  be 
clean. 

59  This  is  the  law  of  the  plague  of  lep- 
rosy  in   a  garment    of  woollen    or   linen, 


LEVITICUS. 


either  in  the  warp,  or  Avoof,  or  anj'  thing 
of  skins,  to  pronounce  it  clean,  or  to  pro- 
nounce it  unclean. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 

2  This  shall  be  the  law  of  the  leper  in  the 
day  of  his  cleansing :  He  shall  be  brought 
unto  the  priest: 

3  And  the  priest  shall  go  forth  out  of  the 
camp;  and  the  priest  shall  look,  and, 
behold,  if  the  plague  of  leprosy  be  healed 
in  the  leper; 

4  Then  shall  the  priest  command  to  take 
for  him  that  is  to  be  cleansed  two  birds 
alive  and  clean,  and  cedar  wood,  and 
scarlet,  and  hyssop : 

5  And  the  priest  shall  command  that  one 
of  the  birds  be  killed  in  an  earthen  vessel 
over  running  water. 

6  As  for  the  living  bird,  he  shall  take  it, 
and  the  cedar  wood,  and  the  scarlet,  and 
the  hyssop,  and  shall  dip  them  and  the 
living  bird  in  the  blood  of  the  bird  tliat 
ivas  killed  over  the  running  water: 

7  And  he  shall  sprinkle  upon  him  that 
is  to  be  cleansed  from  the  leprosy  seven 
times,  and  shall  pronounce  him  clean,  and 
shall  let  the  living  bird  loose  into  the  open 
field. 

8  And  he  that  is  to  be  cleansed  shall  wash 
his  clothes,  and  shave  off  all  his  hair,  and 
Avash  himself  in  water,  that  he  may  be 
clean:  and  after  that  he  shall  come  into 
the  camp,  and  shall  tarry  abroad  out  of 
his  tent  seven  days. 

9  But  it  shall  be  on  the  seventh  day,  that 
he  shall  shave  all  his  hair  off  his  head  and 
his  beard  and  his  CA'cbrows,  even  all  his 
hair  he  shall  shave  off:  and  he  shall  wash 
his  clothes,  also  he  shall  Avash  his  flesh 
in  AA^ater,  and  he  shall  be  clean. 

10  And  on  the  eighth  day  he  shall  take 
tAVo  he  lambs  without  blemish,  and  one 
ewe  lamb  of  the  first  year  without  blem- 
ish, and  three  tenth  deals  of  fine  flour 
for  a  meat  offering,  mingled  Avith  oil,  and 

one  log  of  oil. 

11  And  the  priest  that  maketh  Jdm  clean 
shall  present  the  man  that  is  to  bo  made 
clean,  and  those  things,  before  the  Loud, 
at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation. 

13  And  the  priest  shall  take  one  ho  lamb. 


and  offer  him  for  a  trespass  offering,  and 
the  log  of  oil,  and  Avave  them  for  a  wave 
offering  before  the  Lord  : 

13  And  he  shall  slay  the  lamb  in  the  place 
where  he  shall  kill  the  sin  offering  and  the 
burnt  offering,  in  the  holy  place:  for  as 
the  sin  offering  is  the  priest's,  so  is  the  tres- 
pass offering  :  it  is  most  holy  : 

14  And  the  priest  shall  take  sonie  of  the 
blood  of  the  trespass  offering,  and  the 
priest  shall  put  it  upon  the  tip  of  the  right 
ear  of  him  that  is  to  be  cleansed,  and 
upon  the  thumb  of  his  right  hand,  and 
upon  the  great  toe  of  his  right  foot. 

15  And  the  priest  shall  take  some  of  the 
log  of  oil,  and  pour  it  into  the  palm  of 
his  OAvn  left  hand : 

16  And  the  priest  shall  dip  his  right 
finger  in  the  oil  that  is  in  his  left  hand, 
and  shall  sprinkle  of  the  oil  Avith  his  finger 
seven  times  before  the  Lord  : 

17  And  of  the  rest  of  the  oil  that  is  in 
his  hand  shall  the  priest  put  upon  the  tip 
of  the  right  ear  of  him  that  is  to  be 
cleansed,  and  upon  the  thumb  of  his 
right  hand,  and  upon  the  great  toe  of  his 
right  foot,  upon  the  blood  of  the  trespass 
offering : 

18  And  the  remnant  of  the  oil  that  is  in 
the  pi-iest's  hand  he  shall  pour  upon  the 
head  of  him  that  is  to  be  cleansed:  and 
the  priest  shall  make  an  atonement  for 
him  before  the  Lord. 

19  And  the  priest  shall  offer  the  sin  offer- 
ing, and  make  an  atonement  for  him  that 
is  to  be  cleansed  from  his  uncleanness  ;  and 
afterward  he  shall  kill  the  burnt  offering : 

20  And  the  priest  shall  offer  the  burnt 
offering  and  the  meat  offering  upon  the 
altar :  and  the  priest  shall  make  an  atone- 
ment for  him,  and  he  shall  be  clean. 

21  And  if  he  be  poor,  and  cannot  get  so 
much ;  then  he  shall  take  one  lamb  for  a 
trespass  offering  to  be  waA'ed,  to  make  an 
atonement  for  him,  and  one  tenth  deal  of 
fine  flour  mingled  AA'ith  oil  for  a  meat 
offering,  and  a  log  of  oil ; 

22  And  two  turtledoves,  or  two  young 
pigeons,  such  as  he  is  able  to  get ;  and  the 
one  shall  be  a  sin  offering,  and  the  other 
a  burnt  offering. 

23  And  he  shall  bring  them  on  the  eighth 
day  for  his  cleansing  unto  the  priest,  unto 
the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congrega- 
tion, before  the  Lord. 


I,EVITICUS. 


24  And  the  priest  shall  take  the  lamb  of 
the  trespass  offering,  and  the  log  of  oil, 
and  the  priest  shall  wave  them  for  a  wave 
oflFering  before  the  Lord  : 

25  And  he  shall  kill  the  lamb  of  the  tres- 
pass offering,  and  the  priest  shall  take  some 
of  the  blood  of  the  trespass  offering,  and 
put  it  upon  the  tip  of  the  right  ear  of  him 
that  is  to  be  cleansed,  and  upon  the  thumb 
of  his  right  hand,  and  upon  the  great  toe 
of  his  right  foot. 

26  And  the  priest  shall  pour  of  the  oil  into 
the  palm  of  his  own  left  hand : 

27  And  the  priest  shall  sprinkle  with  his 
right  finger  smtie  of  the  oil  that  is  in  his 
left  hand  seven  times  before  the  Lord  : 

28  And  the  priest  shall  put  of  the  oil  that 
is  in  his  hand  upon  the  tip  of  the  right 
ear  of  him  that  is  to  be  cleansed,  and  upon 
the  thumb  of  his  right  hand,  and  upon  the 
great  toe  of  his  right  foot,  upon  the  place 
of  the  blood  of  the  trespass  offering : 

29  And  the  rest  of  the  oil  that  is  in  the 
priest's  hand  he  shall  put  i;pon  the  head 
of  him  that  is  to  be  cleansed,  to  make  an 
atonement  for  him  before  the  Lord. 

30  And  he  shall  offer  the  one  of  the  turtle- 
doves, or  of  the  young  pigeons,  such  as  he 
can  get ; 

31  Even  such  as  he  is  able  to  get,  the  one 
for  a  sin  offering,  and  the  other  for  a 
burnt  offering,  with  the  meat  offering: 
and  the  priest  shall  make  an  atonement 
for  him  that  is  to  be  cleansed  before  the 
Lord. 

32  This  is  the  law  of  Mm  in  whom  is 
the  plague  of  leprosy,  whose  hand  is  not 
able  to  get  tTmt  which  pertaineth  to  his 
cleansing. 

33  H  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses  and 
unto  Aaron,  saying, 

34  When  ye  be  come  into  the  land  of 
Canaan,  which  I  give  to  you  for  a  posses- 
sion, and  I  put  the  plague  of  leprosy  in  a 
house  of  the  land  of  your  possession ; 

35  And  he  that  owneth  the  house  shall 
come  and  tell  the  pi-iest,  saying.  It  seemeth 
to  me  there  is  as  it  were  a  plague  in  the 
house : 

36  Then  the  priest  shall  command  that 
they  empty  the  house,  before  the  priest  go 
i7ito  it  to  see  the  plague,  that  all  that  is  in 
the  house  be  not  made  unclean  :  and  after- 
waixl  the  priest  shall  go  in  to  see  the 
house: 


37  And  he  shall  look  on  the  plague,  and, 
behold,  if  the  plague  be  in  the  walls  of 
the  house  with  hollow  streaks,  greenish  or 
reddish,  which  in  sight  are  lower  than  the 
wall; 

38  Then  the  priest  shall  go  out  of  the 
house  to  the  door  of  the  house,  and  shut 
up  the  house  seven  days : 

39  And  the  priest  shall  come  again  the 
seventh  day,  and  shall  look :  and,  behold, 
*/  the  plague  be  spread  in  the  walls  of  the 
house ; 

40  Then  the  priest  shall  command  that 
they  take  away  the  stones  in  which  the 
plague  is,  and  they  shall  cast  them  into  an 
unclean  place  without  the  city : 

41  And  he  shall  cause  the  house  to  be 
scraped  within  round  about,  and  they  shall 
pour  out  the  dust  that  they  scrape  off 
without  the  city  into  an  unclean  place : 

42  And  they  shall  take  other  stones,  and 
put  them  in  the  place  of  those  stones  ;  and 
he  shall  take  other  mortar,  and  shall  plas- 
ter the  house. 

43  And  if  the  plague  come  again,  and 
break  out  in  the  house,  after  that  he  hath 
taken  aAvay  the  stones,  and  after  he  hath 
scraped  the  house,  and  after  it  is  jjlastered; 

44  Then  the  priest  shall  come  and  look, 
and,  behold,  if  the  plague  be  spread  in 
the  house,  it  is  a  fretting  leprosy  in  the 
house  :  it  is  unclean. 

45  And  he  shall  break  down  the  house, 
the  stones  of  it,  and  the  timber  thereof, 
and  all  the  mortar  of  the  house;  and  he 
shall  carry  them  forth  out  of  the  city  into 
an  unclean  place. 

46  Moreover,  he  that  goeth  into  the  house 
all  the  while  that  it  is  shut  up  shall  be  un- 
clean until  the  even. 

47  And  he  that  lieth  in  the  house  shall 
wash  his  clothes ;  and  he  that  eateth  in  the 
house  shall  wash  his  clothes. 

48  And  if  the  priest  shall  come  in,  and 
look  112)071  it^  and,  behold,  the  plague  hath 
not  spread  in  the  house,  after  the  house 
w^as  j)lastered;  then  the  priest  shall  pro- 
nounce the  house  clean,  because  the  plague 
is  healed. 

49  And  he  shall  take  to  cleanse  the  house 
two  birds,  and  cedar  wood,  and  scarlet,  and 
hyssop : 

50  And  he  shall  kill  the  one  of  the  birds 
in  an  earthen  vessel  over  running  Avater : 

51  And  he  shall  take  the  cedar  wood,  and 

117 


LEVITICUS. 


the  hyssop,  and  the  scarlet,  and  the  living 
bird,  and  dip  them  in  the  blood  of  the  slain 
bird,  and  in  the  running  water,  and  sprin- 
kle the  house  seven  times : 
53  And  he  shall  cleanse  the  house  with 
the  blood  of  the  bird,  and  with  the  run- 
ning water,  and  with  the  living  bird,  and 
with  the  cedar  wood,  and  with  the  hyssoi>, 
and  with  the  scarlet : 

53  But  he  shall  let  go  the  living  bird  out 
of  the  city  into  the  open  fields,  and  malce 
an  atonement  for  the  house :  and  it  shall  be 
clean. 

54  This  is  the  law  for  all  manner  of  plague 
of  leprosy,  and  scall, 

55  And  for  the  leprosy  of  a  garment,  and 
of  a  house, 

56  And  for  a  rising,  and  for  a  scab,  and  for 
a  bright  spot : 

57  To  teach  when  it  is  unclean,  and  when 
it  is  clean :  this  is  the  law  of  leprosy. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses  and 
to  Aaron,  saying, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
say  unto  them,  When  any  man  hath  a  run- 
ning issue  out  of  his  flesh,  hecause  of  his 
issue  he  is  unclean. 

3  And  this  shall  be  his  uncleanness  in  his 
issue  :  whether  his  ilesh  run  with  his  issue, 
or  his  flesh  be  stopped  from  his  issue,  it  is 
his  uncleanness. 

4  Every  bed,  whereon  he  lieth  that  hath 
the  issue,  is  unclean :  and  every  thing, 
whereon  he  sitteth,  shall  be  unclean. 

5  And  whosoever  toucheth  his  bed  shall 
wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe  Jiimselfm  water, 
and  be  unclean  until  the  even. 

6  And  he  that  sitteth  on  any  thiug  where- 
on he  sat  that  hath  the  issue  shall  wasli 
his  clothes,  and  bathe  JiimseJfm  water,  and 
be  unclean  until  the  even. 

7  And  he  that  toucheth  the  flesh  of  him 
that  hath  the  issue  shall  wash  his  clothes, 
and  bathe  Jiimselfm  water,  and  be  unclean 
until  the  even. 

8  And  if  he  that  hath  the  issue  sjjit  upon 
him  that  is  clean;  then  he  shall  wash  his 
clothes,  and  bathe  himself  in  water,  and  be 
unclean  until  the  even. 

9  And  what  saddle  soever  he  rideth  upon 
that  hath  the  issue  shall  be  unclean. 

10  And   whosoever    toucheth   any  thing 

that    was    under    him    shall    be    unclean 
_ 


until  the  even:  and  he  that  beareth  any 
of  those  thiugs  shall  Avash  his  clothes,  and 
bathe  himself  in  water,  and  be  unclean  until 
the  even. 

11  And  whomsoever  he  toucheth  that 
hath  the  issue,  and  hath  not  rinsed  his 
hands  in  water,  he  shall  wash  his  clothes, 
and  bathe  himself  in  water,  and  be  unclean 
until  the  even. 

12  And  the  vessel  of  earth,  that  he  touch- 
eth Avhich  hath  the  issue,  shall  be  broken : 
and  every  vessel  of  wood  shall  be  rinsed  in 
water. 

13  And  when  he  that  hath  an  issue  is 
cleansed  of  his  issue,  then  he  shall  number 
to  himself  seven  days  for  his  cleansing, 
and  wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe  his  flesh  in 
running  water,  and  shall  be  clean. 

14  And  on  the  eighth  day  he  shall  take 
to  him  two  turtledoves,  or  two  young 
pigeons,  and  come  before  the  Lokd  unto 
the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation, and  give  them  unto  the  priest: 

15  And  the  priest  shall  offer  them,  the 
one  for  a  sin  ofiering,  and  the  other  /or  a 
burnt  offering;  and  the  priest  shall  make 
an  atonement  for  him  before  the  Lord  for 
his  issue. 

16  And  if  any  man's  seed  of  copulation 
go  out  from  him,  then  he  shall  wash  all 
his  flesh  in  water,  and  be  unclean  until 
the  even. 

17  And  every  garment,  and  every  skin, 
whereon  is  the  seed  of  copulation,  shall 
be  washed  with  water,  and  be  unclean  un- 
til the  even. 

18  The  Avoman  also  with  whom  man  shall 
lie  with  seed  of  copulation,  they  shall  both 
bathe  themselves  in  water,  and  be  unclean 
until  the  even. 

19  ^  And  if  a  woman  have  an  issue,  and 
her  issue  in  her  flesh  be  blood,  she  shall  be 
put  apart  seven  days :  and  whosoever  touch- 
eth her  shall  be  unclean  until  the  even. 

20  And  every  thing  that  she  lieth  upon 
in  her  sepai-ation  shall  be  unclean:  every 
thing  also  that  she  sitteth  upon  shall  be 
unclean. 

21  And  whosoever  toucheth  her  bed  shall 
wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe  himself  in 
water,  and  be  unclean  until  the  even. 

23  And  whosoever  toucheth  any  thing 
that  she  sat  upon  shall  wash  his  clothes, 
and  bathe  himself  in  water,  and  be  unclean 
until  the  even. 


LEVITICUS. 


23  And  if  it  be  on  her  bed,  or  on  any  thing 
whereon  she  sitteth,  when  he  toucheth  it, 
he  shall  he  unclean  until  the  even. 

24  And  if  any  man  lie  with  her  at  all,  and 
her  flowers  he  upon  him,  he  shall  be  un- 
clean seven  days ;  and  all  the  bed  whereon 
he  lieth  shall  be  unclean. 

25  And  if  a  woman  have  an  issue  of  her 
blood  many  days  out  of  the  time  of  her 
separation,  or  if  it  run  beyond  the  time  of 
her  separation;  all  the  days  of  the  issue 
of  her  uncleanness  shall  be  as  the  days 
of  her  separation :  she  sJiall  be  unclean. 

26  Every  bed  whereon  she  lieth  all  the 
days  of  her  issue  shall  be  unto  her  as  the 
bed  of  her  separation :  and  whatsoever  she 
sitteth  upon  shall  be  unclean,  as  the  xm- 
cleauuess  of  her  separation. 

27  And  whosoever  toucheth  those  things 
shall  be  unclean,  and  shall  wash  his 
clothes,  and  bathe  himself  in  water,  and 
be  unclean  until  the  even. 

28  But  if  she  be  cleansed  of  her  issue, 
then  she  shall  number  to  herself  seven 
days,  and  after  that  she  shall  be  clean. 

29  And  on  the  eighth  day  she  shall  take 
unto  her  two  turtles,  or  two  young 
pigeons,  and  bring  them  unto  the  priest, 
to  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation. 

30  And  the  priest  shall  offer  the  one  for 
a  sin  offering,  and  the  other  for  a  burnt 
ofleriug;  and  the  priest  shall  make  an 
atonement  for  her  before  the  Lord  for 
the  issue  of  her  uncleanness. 

31  Thus  shall  ye  separate  the  children  of 
Israel  from  their  uncleanness;  that  they 
die  not  in  their  uncleanness,  when  they 
defile  ray  tabernacle  that  is  among  them. 

32  This  is  the  law  of  him  that  hath  an 
issue,  and  of  him  whose  seed  goeth  from 
him,  and  is  defiled  therewith; 

33  And  of  her  that  is  sick  of  her  flowers, 
and  of  him  that  hath  an  issue,  of  the  man, 
and  of  the  woman,  and  of  him  that  lieth 
with  her  that  is  unclean. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

AND  the  LoKB  spake  unto  Moses 
after  the  death  of  the  two  sons  of 
Aaron,  when  they  offered  before  the 
Lord,  and  died ; 

2  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Speak 
unto  Aaron  thy  brother,  that  he  come 
not  at  all  times  into  the  holy  place  within 


the  vail  before  the  mercy  seat,  which  is 
upon  the  ark;  that  he  die  not:  for  I  will 
appear  in  the  cloud  upon  the  mercy  seat. 

3  Thus  shall  Aaron  come  into  the  holy 
place;  with  a  young  bullock  for  a  sin 
offering,  and  a  ram  for  a  burnt  offering. 

4  He  shall  put  on  the  holy  linen  coat, 
and  he  shall  have  the  linen  breeches  upon 
his  flesh,  and  shall  be  girded  with  a  linen 
girdle,  and  with  the  linen  mitre  shall  he 
be  attired :  these  are  holy  garments ;  there- 
fore shall  he  wash  his  flesh  in  water,  and 
so  put  them  on. 

5  And  he  shall  take  of  the  congregation  of 
the  children  of  Israel  two  kids  of  the  coats 
for  a  sin  offering,  and  one  ram  for  a 
burnt  offering. 

6  And  Aaron  shall  offer  his  bullock  of  the 
sin  oflfering,  which  is  for  himself,  and 
make  an  atonement  for  himself,  and  for 
his  house. 

7  And  he  shall  take  the  two  goats,  and 
present  them  before  the  Lord  at  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

8  And  Aaron  shall  cast  lots  upon  the  two 
goats;  one  lot  for  the  Lord,  and  the 
other  lot  for  the  scapegoat. 

9  And  Aaron  shall  bring  the  goat  uj)on 
which  the  Lord's  lot  fell,  and  offer  him 
for  a  sin  offering. 

10  But  the  goat,  on  which  the  lot  fell  to 
be  the  scapegoat,  shall  be  i:)resented  alive 
before  the  Lord,  to  make  an  atonement 
with  him,  and  to  let  him  go  for  a  scape- 
goat into  the  wilderness. 

11  And  Aaron  shall  bring  the  bullock 
of  the  sin  offering,  which  is  for  himself,  and 
shall  make  an  atonement  for  himself,  and 
for  his  house,  and  shall  kill  the  bullock 
of  the  sin  offering  which  is  for  himself: 

12  And  he  shall  take  a  censer  full  of 
burning  coals  of  fire  from  off  the  altar 
before  the  Lord,  and  his  hands  full  of 
sweet  incense  beaten  small,  and  bring  it 
within  the  vail : 

13  And  he  shall  put  the  incense  upon 
the  fire  before  the  Lord,  that  the  cloud 
of  the  incense  may  cover  the  mercy  scat 
that  is  upon  the  testimony,  that  he  die 
not: 

14  And  he  shall  take  of  the  blood  of  the 

bullock,   and  sprinkle    it   with  his    finger 

upon  the  mercy  seat  eastward  ;  and  before 

the  mercy  seat  shall  he   sprinkle   of  the 

blood  with  his  finger  seven  times. 
_ 


LEVITICUS. 


15  H  Then  shall  he  kill  the  goat  of  the 
sin  ofi'ering,  that  is  for  the  people,  and 
bring  his  blood  within  the  vail,  and  do 
with  that  blood  as  he  did  with  the  blood 
of  the  bullock,  and  sprinkle  it  upon  the 
mercy  seat,  and  before  the  mercy  seat : 

16  And  he  shall  make  an  atonement  for 
the  holy  place,  because  of  the  uncleanncss 
of  the  children  of  Israel,  and  because  of 
their  transgressions  in  all  their  sins :  and 

I  so  shall  he  do  for  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation,  that  remaineth  among  them 
in  the  midst  of  their  uncleanness. 

17  And  there  shall  be  no  man  in  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation  when  he 
goeth  in  to  make  an  atonement  in  the 
holy  2)lace,  until  he  come  out,  and  have 
made  an  atonement  for  himself,  and  for 
his  household,  and  for  all  the  congregation 
of  Israel. 

18  And  he  shall  go  out  unto  the  altar 
that  is  before  the  Lord,  and  make  an 
atonement  for  it ;  and  shall  take  of  the 
blood  of  the  bullock,  and  of  the  blood  of 
the  goat,  and  put  it  upon  the  horns  of 
the  altar  round  about. 

19  And  he  shall  sprinkle  of  the  blood 
upon  it  with  his  finger  seven  times,  and 
cleanse  it,  and  hallow  it  from  the  unclean- 
ness of  the  children  of  Israel. 

20  ^  And  when  he  hath  made  an  end 
of  reconciling  the  holy  place,  and  the  tab- 
ernacle of  the  congregation,  and  the  altar, 
he  shall  bring  the  live  goat : 

21  And  Aaron  shall  lay  both  his  hands 
upon  the  head  of  the  live  goat,  and  con- 
fess over  him  all  the  iniquities  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  all  their  transgres- 
sions in  all  their  sins,  putting  them  upon 
the  head  of  the  goat,  and  shall  send  7iim 
away  by  the  hand  of  a  fit  man  into  the 
wilderness : 

22  And  the  goat  shall  bear  upon  him  all 
their  iniquities  unto  a  land  not  inhabited : 
and  he  shall  let  go  the  goat  in  the  wilder- 
ness. 

23  And  Aaron  shall  come  into  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation,  and  shall  put 
off  the  linen  garments,  which  he  put  on 
when  he  went  into  the  holy  place,  and 
shall  leave  them  there  : 

24  And  he  shall  wash  his  flesh  with  water 
in  the  holy  place,  and  i)ut  on  his  gar- 
ments, and  come  forth,  and  offer  his  burnt 
offering,   and   the   burnt    offering   of  the 


people,  and  make  an  atonement  for  him- 
self, and  for  the  people. 

25  And  the  fat  of  the  sin  offering  shall 
he  burn  upon  the  altar. 

26  And  he  that  let  go  the  goat  for  the 
scapegoat  shall  wash  his  clothes,  and 
bathe  his  flesh  in  water,  and  afterward 
come  into  the  camp. 

27  And  the  bullock  for  the  sin  offer- 
ing, and  the  goat  for  the  sin  offering, 
whose  blood  was  brought  in  to  make 
atonement  in  the  holy  place,  shall  one 
carry  forth  without  the  camp ;  and  they 
shall  bum  in  the  fire  their  skins,  and 
their  flesh,  and  their  dung. 

28  And  he  that  burneth  them  shall  wash 
his  clothes,  and  bathe  his  flesh  in  water, 
and  afterward  he  shall  come  into  the  camp. 

29  1  And  this  shall  be  a  statute  for  ever 
unto  you:  that  in  the  seventh  month,  on 
the  tenth  day  of  the  month,  ye  shall 
aflQict  your  souls,  and  do  no  work  at  all, 
whether  it  be  one  of  your  own  country,  or 
a  stranger  that  sojourneth  among  you : 

30  For  on  that  day  shall  the  priest  make 
an  atonement  for  you,  to  cleanse  you, 
that  ye  may  be  clean  from  all  your  sins 
before  the  Lord. 

31  It  shall  be  a  sabbath  of  rest  unto  you, 
and  ye  shall  afflict  your  souls,  by  a  statute 
for  ever. 

32  And  the  priest,  whom  he  shall  anoint, 
and  whom  he  shall  consecrate  to  minis- 
ter in  the  priest's  oflfice  in  his  father's 
stead,  shall  make  the  atonement,  and 
shall  put  on  the  linen  clothes,  even  the 
holy  garments : 

33  And  he  shall  make  an  atonement 
for  the  holy  sanctuary,  and  he  shall  make 
an  atonement  for  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation,  and  for  the  altar:  and  he 
shail  make  an  atonement  for  the  priests, 
and  for  all  the  people  of  the  congrega- 
tion. 

34  And  this  shall  be  an  everlasting  stat- 
ute unto  you,  to  make  an  atonement  for 
the  children  of  Israel  for  all  their  sins 
once  a  year.  And  he  did  as  the  Lord 
commanded  Moses. 

CHAPTER  XVIL 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 
2  Speak  unto  Aaron,  and  unto  his  sons, 
and  unto  all  the   children   of  Israel,  and 


120 


LEVITICUS. 


say  unto   them ;   This  is  the  thing  which  I 
the  Lord  hath  commanded,  saying, 

3  What  man  soever  there  he  of  the  house 
of  Israel,  that  killeth  an  ox,  or  lamb,  or 
goat,  in  the  camp,  or  that  killeth  it  out 
of  the  camp, 

4  And  bringeth  it  not  unto  the  door  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  to  offer 
an  offering  unto  the  Lord  before  the  tab- 
ernacle of  the  Lord;  blood  shall  be  im- 
puted unto  that  man;  he  hath  shed  blood; 
and  that  man  shall  be  cut  off  from  among 
his  people : 

5  To  the  end  that  the  children  of  Israel 
may  bring  their  sacrifices,  which  they 
offer  in  the  open  field,  even  that  they 
may  bring  them  unto  the  Lord,  unto  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 
unto  the  priest,  and  offer  them  for  peace 
offerings  unto  the  Lord. 

6  And  the  priest  shall  sprinkle  the  blood 
upon  the  altar  of  the  Lord  at  the  door 
of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and 
burn  the  fat  for  a  sweet  savour  unto  the 
Lord. 

7  And  they  shall  no  more  offer  their  sac- 
rifices imto  devils,  after  whom  they  have 
gone  a  whoring.  This  shall  be  a  statute 
for  ever  unto  them  throughout  their  gen- 
erations. 

8  H  And  thou  shalt  say  unto  them. 
Whatsoever  man  there  he  of  the  house  of 
Israel,  or  of  the  strangers  which  sojourn 
among  you,  that  offereth  a  burnt  offering 
or  sacrifice, 

9  And  bringeth  it  not  unto  the  door  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  to  offer 
it  unto  the  Lord  ;  even  that  man  shall  be 
cut  off  from  among  his  people. 

10  ^  And  whatsoever  man  there  he  of  the 
house  of  Israel,  or  of  the  strangers  that 
sojourn  among  you,  that  eateth  any  man- 
ner of  blood ;  I  will  even  set  my  face 
against  that  30ul  that  eateth  blood,  and 
Avill  cut  him  ofi"  from  among  his  peo- 
ple. 

11  For  the  life  of  the  flesh  U  in  the 
blood;  and  I  have  given  it  to  you  upon 
the  altar  to  make  an  atonement  for  your 
souls :  for  it  is  the  blood  that  maketh  an 
atonement  for  the  soul. 

12  Therefore  I  said  unto  the  children  of 
Israel,  No  soul  of  you  shall  eat  blood, 
neither  shall  any  stranger  that  sojourneth 
among  you  eat  blood. 


13  And  whatsoever  man  there  he  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  or  of  the  strangers  that 
sojourn  among  you,  which  hunteth  and 
catcheth  any  beast  or  fowl  that  may  be 
eaten;  he  shall  even  pour  out  the  blood 
thereof,  and  cover  it  with  dust. 

14  For  it  is  the  life  of  all  flesh;  the  blood 
of  it  is  for  the  life  thereof:  therefore  I  said 
unto  the  children  of  Israel,  Ye  shall  eat 
the  blood  of  no  manner  of  flesh ;  for  the 
life  of  all  flesh  is  the  blood  thereof:  who- 
soever eateth  it  shall  be  cut  off. 

15  And  every  soul  that  eateth  that  which 
died  of  itself  or  that  which  was  torn  icitJi 
heasis,  whether  it  he  one  of  your  own  coun- 
try, or  a  stranger,  he  shall  both  wash  his 
clothes,  and  bathe  himself  in  water,  and  be 
unclean  until  the  even:  then  shall  he  be 
clean. 

16  But  if  he  wash  thern  not,  nor  bathe  his 
flesh ;  then  he  shall  bear  his  iniquity. 

CHAPTER  XVnL 

AN  D  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 

2  Speak  iinto  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
say  unto  them,  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

3  After  the  doings  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
wherein  ye  dwelt,  shall  ye  not  do :  and 
after  the  doings  of  the  land  of  Canaan, 
whither  I  bring  you,  shall  ye  not  do :  nei- 
ther shall  ye  walk  in  their  ordinances. 

4  Ye  shall  do  my  judgments,  and  keep 
mine  ordinances,  to  walk  therein :  I  am 
the  Lord  your  God. 

5  Ye  shall  therefore  keep  my  statutes, 
and  my  judgments :  which  if  a  man  do, 
he  shall  live  in  them  :  I  am  the  Lord. 

6  ^  None  of  you  shall  approach  to  any 
that  is  near  of  kin  to  him,  to  uncover 
their  nakedness  :  I  am  the  Lord. 

7  The  nakedness  of  thy  father,  or  the 
nakedness  of  thy  mother,  shalt  thou  not 
uncover:  she  is  thy  mother;  thou  shalt 
not  uncover  her  nakedness. 

8  The  nakedness  of  thy  father's  wife  shalt 
thou  not  uncover:  it  is  thy  father's  naked- 
ness. 

9  The  nakedness  of  "thy  sister,  the  daugh- 
ter of  thy  lather,  or  daughter  of  thy 
mother,  tchether  she  he  bom  at  home,  or 
bom  abroad,  ei'en  their  nakedness  thou 
shalt  not  uncover. 

10  The  nakedness  of  thy  son's  daughter, 
or  of  thy  daughter's  daughter,  even  their 

121 


LEVITICUS. 


for 


nakedness  thou    slialt   not    uncover 
theirs  is  thhie  own  nakedness. 

11  The  nakedness  of  thy  father's  wife's 
daughter,  befi:otteu  of  thy  iiither,  she  is  thy 
sister,  thou  shalt  not  uncover  her  naked- 
ness. 

12  Thou  Shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness 
of  thy  father's  sister:  she  is  thy  father's 
near  kinswoman. 

13  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness 
of  til}'  mother's  sister:  for  she  w  thy 
mother's  near  kinswoman. 

14  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness 
of  thy  father's  brother,  thou  shalt  not  ap- 
proach to  his  wife  :  she  is  thine  aunt. 

15  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness 
of  thy  daughter  in  law:  she  is  thy  son's 
wife;  thou  shalt  not  uncover  her  naked- 
ness. 

16  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness 
of  thy  brother's  wife:  it  is  thy  brother's 
nakedness. 

17  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness 
of  a  woman  and  her  daughter,  neither 
shalt  thou  take  her  son's  daughter,  or  her 
daughter's  daughter,  to  uncover  her  naked- 
ness ;  for  they  are  her  near  kinswomen  :  it 
is  M'ickedness. 

18  Neither  shalt  thou  take  a  wife  to  her 
sister,  to  vex  her,  to  uncover  her  naked- 
ness, besides  the  other  in  her  life  time. 

19  Also  thou  shalt  not  approach  unto 
a  woman  to  uncover  her  nakedness,  as  long 
as  she  is  put  ai)art  for  her  uncleanness. 

20  Moreover  thou  shalt  not  lie  carnally 
witli  thy  neighbour's  wife,  to  defile  thyself 
with  her. 

21  And  thou  shalt  not  let  any  of  thy  seed 
pass  through  t/ie  fire  to  Molech,  neither 
shalt  thou  profane  the  name  of  thy  God :  I 
am  the  Lokd. 

22  Thou  slialt  not  lie  with  mankind,  as 
with  womankind:  it  j.s  abomination. 

23  Neither  shalt  thou  lie  with  any  beast 
to  defile  thyself  therewith:  neither  shall 
any  woman  stand  before  a  beast  to  lie 
down  thereto  :  it  is  confusion. 

;34  Defile  not  ye  yourselves  in  any  of 
these  things :  for  in  all  these  the  nations 
are  defiled  which  I  cast  out  before  you : 

25  And  the  land  is  defiled  :  therefore  I  do 
visit  the  inicpiity  thereof  upon  it,  and  the 
land  it^^elf  vomiteth  out  her  inhabitants. 

26  Ye  shall  therefore  keep  my  statutes 
and  my  judgments,  and  shall  not  commit 


any  of  these  abominations;  neither  any  of 
your  own  nation,  nor  any  stranger  that 
sojourneth  among  you : 

27  (For  all  these  abominations  have  the 
men  of  the  land  done,  which  were  before 
you,  and  the  land  is  defiled  ;) 

28  That  the  land  spew  not  you  out  also, 
when  ye  defile  it,  as  it  spewed  out  the 
nations  that  were  before  you. 

29  For  whosoever  shall  commit  any  of 
these  abominations,  even  the  souls  that 
commit  tfierti  shall  be  cut  off  from  among 
their  people. 

30  Therefore  shall  ye  keep  mine  ordi- 
nance, that  ye  commit  not  ayiy  om  of  these 
abominable  customs,  which  were  com- 
mitted before  you,  and  that  ye  defile  not 
yourselves  therein:  I  am  the  Lokd  your 
God. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

AND  the  LoKU  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 

2  Speak  unto  all  the  congregation  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  say  unto  them,  Ye 
shall  be  holy :  for  I  the  Lord  your  God  atn 
holy. 

3  1  Ye  shall  fear  every  man  his  mother, 
and  his  father,  and  keep  my  sablmths :  I 
am  the  Lord  your  God. 

4  1  Turn  ye  not  unto  idols,  nor  make  to 
yourselves  molten  gods:  I  am  the  Lord 
your  God. 

5  1i  And  if  ye  offer  a  sacrifice  of  peace 
offerings  unto  the  Lord,  ye  shall  offer  it  at 
your  own  will. 

6  It  shall  be  eaten  the  same  day  ye  offer 
it,  and  on  the  morrow :  and  if  aught  re- 
main until  the  third  day,  it  shall  be  burnt 
in  the  fire. 

7  And  if  it  be  eaten  at  all  on  the  third  day, 
it  is  abominable;  it  shall  not  be  accepted. 

8  Therefore  every  one  that  eateth  it  shall 
bear  his  iniquity,  because  he  hath  profaned 
the  hallowed  thing  of  the  Lord;  and  that 
soul  shall  be  cut  off  from  among  his  people. 

9  1  And  when  ye  reap  the  harvest  of  your 
land,  thou  shalt  not  wholly  reap  the  corners 
of  thy  field,  neither  shalt  thou  gather  the 
gleanings  of  thy  harvest. 

10  And  thou  shalt  not  glean  thy  vineyard, 
neither  shalt  thou  gather  every  grape  of  thy 
vineyard;  thou  shalt  leave  them  for  the 
poor  and  stranger :  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

11  H  Ye  shall  not  steal,  neither  deal  false- 
ly, neither  lie  one  to  another. 


LEVITICUS. 


12  11  And  yc  shall  not  swear  bj-  my  name 
falsely,  neither  shall  tluni  profane  the 
name  of  thy  God :  I  <xm  the  Lord. 

13  H  Thou  Shalt  not  defraud  thy  neigh- 
bour, neither  rob  Jiim :  the  wages  of  him 
that  is  hired  shall  not  abide  with  thee  all 
night  until  the  morning. 

14  M  Thou  Shalt  not  curse  the  deaf,  nor 
put  a  stumblingblock  before  the  blind,  but 
Shalt  fear  thy  God  :  I  am  the  Lord. 

15  1  Yc  shall  do  no  unrighteousness  in 
judgment;  thou  shalt  not  respect  the  per- 
son of  the  poor,  nor  honour  the  person  of 
the  mighty :  but  in  righteousness  shalt 
thou  judge  thy  neighbour. 

l(i  M  Thou  shalt  not  go  up  and  down  as  a 
talebearer  among  thy  people;  neither  shalt 
thou  stand  against  the  blood  of  thy  neigh- 
bour: I  aia  the  Lord. 

17  11  Thou  Shalt  not  hate  thy  brother  in 
thine  heart:  thou  shalt  in  any  wise  re- 
buke thy  neighbour,  and  not  sutler  sin 
upon  him. 

IS  H  Thou  shalt  not  avenge,  nor  bear  any 
grudge  against  the  children  of  thy  people, 
but  thou  Shalt  love  thy  neighbour  as  thy- 
self: I  am  the  Loud. 

19  H  Yc  shall  keep  my  statutes.  Thou 
shalt  not  let  thy  cattle  gender  with  a  di- 
verse kind:  thou  shalt  not  sow  thy  field 
with  mingled  seed:  neither  shall  a  gar- 
ment mingled  of  linen  and  woollen  come 
upon  thee. 

20  ir  And  whosoever  lieth  carnally  Avith 
a  woman,  that  is  a  bondmaid,  betrothed 
to  a  husband,  and  not  at  all  redeemed, 
nor  freedom  given  her ;  she  shall  be 
scourged:  they  shall  not  be  put  to  death, 
because  she  was  not  free. 

21  And  he  shall  bring  his  trespass  offering 
inito  the  Lord,  unto  the  door  of  the  taber- 
iu\cle  of  the  congregation,  even  a  ram  for  a 
trespass  otfering. 

22  And  the  priest  sliall  make  an  atone- 
ment for  him  with  the  ram  of  the  tres- 
pass ottering  before  the  Lord  for  his  sin 
which  he  hath  done;  and  the  sin  which 
he  hath  done  shall  be  forgiven  him. 

23  If  And  when  yc  shall  conve  into  the 
land,  and  shall  have  planted  all  manner 
of  trees  for  food,  then  ye  shall  count  the 
fruit  thereof  as  uncircumcised:  three  years 
shall  it  be  jvs  uncircumcised  inito  you :  it 
shall  not  be  eaten  of 

24  But  in  the  fourth  vcar  all  the  fruit 


tlicreof  shall  be  holy  to  praise  the  Lord 
u'Uhal. 

25  And  in  the  lifth  year  shall  ye  eat  of  the 
fruit  thereof,  that  it  may  yield  unto  you  the 
increase  thereof:  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

20  If  Ye  shall  not  eat  any  tJibty  with 
the  blood :  neither  shall  ye  use  enchant- 
ment, nor  observe  times. 

27  Ye  shall  not  round  the  corners  of  your 
heads,  neither  shalt  thou  mar  the  cornere 
of  thy  beard. 

28  Ye  shall  not  make  any  cuttings  in  your 
llcsh  for  the  dead,  nor  print  any  marks  upon 
you :  I  am  the  Lord. 

29  1[  Do  not  prostitute  thy  daughter,  to 
cause  her  to  be  a  whore;  lest  the  land  fall 

1  to  whoredom,  and  the  laud  become  full  of 
wickedness. 

30  If  Yc  shall  keep  my  sabbaths,  and  rev- 
erence my  sanctuary:  I  am  the  Lord. 

31  If  Regard  not  them  that  have  familiar 
spirits,  neither  seek  after  wizards,  to  be 
defiled  by  them :  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

32  If  Thou  shalt  rise  up  before  the  hoary 
head,  and  honour  the  face  of  the  old  man, 
and  fear  thy  God:  I  am  the  Lord. 

33  If  And  if  a  stranger  sojourn  with  thee 
in  your  land,  ye  shall  not  vex  him. 

34  But  the  'stranger  that  dwcllcth  with 
you  shall  be  unto  you  as  one  born  among 
you,  and  thou  shalt  love  him  as  thyself; 
for  ye  were  strangers  in  the  land  of  Egypt : 
I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

35  If  Ye  shall  do  no  unrighteousness  in 
judgment,  iu  meteyard,  in  w^eight,  or  in 
measure. 

30  Just  balances,  just  weights,  a  just 
ephah,  and  a  just  bin,  shall  yc  have:  I 
am  the  Lord  your  God,  which  brought  you 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

37  Therefore  shall  ye  observe  all  my  stat- 
utes, and  all  my  judgments,  and  do  Ihcm : 
I  am  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  XX. 

AN  D  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 

2  Again,  thou  shalt  say  to  the  children  of 

Israel,  Whosoever  he  he  of  the  children  of 

j  Israel,  or  of  the  strangers  that  sojourn  in 

Israel,   that  giveth   any  of  his   seed   unto 

Molech;    he  shall  surely  be  put  to  death: 

the  people  of  the  land  shall  stone  him  with 

stones. 

8  And  I  will  set  ray  face  against  that  man, 
_ 


LEVITICUS. 


aud  will  cut  him  oil'  from  amoug  his  peo- 
ple ;  because  he  hath  given  of  his  seed 
unto  Molech,  to  defile  my  sanctuary,  and 
to  profane  my  holy  name. 

4  And  if  the  people  of  the  land  do  any 
ways  hide  their  eyes  from  the  man,  when 
he  giveth  of  his  seed  unto  Molech,  and  kill 
him  not ; 

5  Then  I  will  set  my  face  against  that  man, 
and  against  his  family,  and  will  cut  him 
off,  and  all  that  go  a  whoring  after  him, 
to  commit  whoredom  with  Molech,  from 
among  their  people. 

6  1  And  the  soul  that  turneth  after  such 
as  have  familiar  spirits,  and  after  wizards, 
to  go  a  whoring  after  them,  I  will  even 
set  my  face  against  that  soul,  and  Avill 
cut  him  off  from  among  his  people. 

7  ^  Sanctify  yourselves  therefore,  and  be 
ye  holy:  for  I  am  the  Lokd  j'our  God. 

8  And  ye  shall  keep  my  statutes,  aud  do 
them  :  I  am  the  Lord  which  sanctify  you. 

9  1  For  every  one  that  curseth  his  father 
or  his  mother  shall  be  surely  put  to 
death:  he  hath  cursed  his  father  or  his 
mother ;  his  blood  shall  he  upon  him. 

10  ■[[  And  the  man  that  committeth  adul- 
tery with  another  man's  wife,  even  he  that 
committeth  adultery  with  his  neighbour's 
wife,  the  adulterer  and  the  adulteress 
shall  surely  be  put  to  death. 

11  And  the  man  that  lieth  with  his  fa- 
ther's wife  hath  uncovered  his  father's 
nakedness :  both  of  them  shall  surely  be 
put  to  death ;  their  blood  shall  he  upon 
them. 

12  And  if  a  man  lie  with  his  daughter 
in  law,  both  of  them  shall  surely  be  put 
to  death:  they  have  wrought  confusion; 
their  blood  shall  he  upon  them. 

13  If  a  man  also  lie  with  mankind,  as  he 
lieth  with  a  woman,  both  of  them  have 
committed  an  abomination :  they  shall 
surely  be  put  to  death;  their  blood  shall  he 
u])on  them. 

14  And  if  a  man  take  a  wife  and  her 
mother,  it  is  wickedness :  they  shall  be 
burnt  with  fire,  l)oth  he  and  they;  that 
there  be  no  wickedness  among  you. 

15  And  if  a  man  lie  with  a  beast,  he 
shall  surely  be  put  to  death ;  aud  ye  shall 
slay  the  beast. 

16  And  if  a  woman  approach  unto  any 
beast,  and  lie  down  thereto,  thou  shalt 
kill  the  woman,  and  the  beast :  they  shall 
_  — 


surely  be  put  to  death;  their  blood  sTiall 
he  upon  them. 

17  And  if  a  man  shall  take  his  sister,  his 
father's  daughter,  or  his  mother's  daugh- 
ter, and  see  her  nakedness,  and  she  see 
his  nakedness;  it  is  a  wicked  thing;  and 
they  shall  be  cut  off  in  the  sight  of  their 
people:  he  hath  uncovered  his  sister's 
nakedness ;  he  shall  bear  his  iniquity. 

18  And  if  a  man  shall  lie  with  a  woman 
having  her  sickness,  and  shall  uncover  her 
nakedness ;  he  hath  discovered  her  fount- 
ain, and  she  hath  uncovered  the  fountain 
of  her  blood  :  and  both  of  them  shall  be 
cut  off  from  among  their  people. 

19  And  thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  naked- 
ness of  thy  mother's  sister,  nor  of  thy 
father's  sister;  for  he  uncovereth  his  near 
kin :  they  shall  bear  their  iniquity. 

20  And  if  a  man  shall  lie  with  his  uncle's 
wife,  he  hath  uncovered  his  uncle's  naked- 
ness :  they  shall  bear  their  sin ;  they  shall 
die  childless. 

21  And  if  a  man  shall  take  his  brother's 
wife,  it  is  an  unclean  thing:  he  hath  un- 
covered his  brother's  nakedness ;  they  shall 
be  childless. 

22  T[  Ye  shall  therefore  keep  all  my  stat- 
utes, and  all  my  judgments,  and  do  them: 
that  the  land,  whither  I  bring  you  to 
dwell  therein,  spew  you  not  out. 

23  And  ye  shall  not  walk  in  the  manners 
of  the  nation,  which  I  cast  out  before  you : 
for  they  committed  all  these  things,  and 
therefore  I  abhorred  them. 

24  But  I  have  said  unto  you.  Ye  shall 
inherit  their  laud,  and  I  will  give  it  imto 
you  to  possess  it,  a  land  that  floweth  with 
milk  aud  honey :  I  am  the  Lord  your  God, 
which  have  separated  you  from  oth^r  peo- 
ple. 

25  Ye  shall  therefore  put  difference  be- 
tween clean  beasts  and  unclean,  and  be- 
tween unclean  fowls  and  clean :  aud  ye 
shall  not  make  your  souls  abominable 
by  beast,  or  by  fowl,  or  by  any  manner 
of  liA'ing  thing  that  creepeth  on  the 
ground,  which  I  have  separated  from 
you  as  unclean. 

26  And  ye  shall  be  holy  unto  mc:  for  I 
the  Lord  am  holy,  aud  have  severed  you 
from  other  people,  that  ye  should  be  mine. 

27  T  A  man  also  or  woman  that  hath  a 
familiar  spirit,  or  that  is  a  wizard,  shall 
surely  be  put  to  death:   they  shall  stone 


LEVITICUS. 


them   with  stones;     their    blood    shall  be 
upon  them. 

CHAPTER  XXI. 

AND  the  Lord  said  iiuto  Moses,  Speak 
unto  the  priests  the  sons  of  Aaron, 
and  say  unto  them.  There  shall  none  be 
defiled  for  the  dead  among  his  i)eople: 
3  But  for  his  kin,  that  is  near  unto  him, 
that  i.s-,  for  his  mother,  and  for  his  father, 
and  for  his  son,  and  for  his  daughter,  and 
for  his  brother, 

3  And  for  his  sister  a  virgin,  that  is 
nigh  unto  him,  which  hath  had  no  hus- 
band ;   for  her  may  he  be  defiled. 

4  But  he  shall  not  defile  himself,  being  a 
chief  man  among  his  people,  to  profane 
himself. 

5  They  shall  not  make  baldness  upon 
their  head,  neither  shall  they  shave  off 
the  comer  of  their  beard,  nor  make  any 
Cuttings  in  their  flesh. 

6  They  shall  be  holy  unto  their  God,  and 
not  profane  the  name  of  their  God:  for 
the  offerings  of  the  Lord  made  by  fire, 
a7icl  the  bread  of  their  God,  they  do  offer : 
therefore  they  shall  be  holy. 

7  They  shall  not  take  a  wife  that  is  a 
whore,  or  profane;  neither  shall  they 
take  a  woman  put  away  from  her  hus- 
band :  for  he  is  holy  unto  his  God. 

8  Thou  Shalt  sanctify  him  therefore;  for 
he  offereth  the  bread  of  thy  God :  he  shall 
be  holy  unto  thee ;  for  I  the  Lord,  which 
sanctify  you,  am  holy. 

9  1  And  the  daughter  of  any  priest,  if  she 
profane  herself  by  playing  the  whore,  she 
profaneth  her  father:  she  shall  be  burnt 
with  fire. 

10  And  7ie  that  is  the  high  priest  among 
his  brethren,  upon  whose  head  the  anoint- 
ing oil  was  poured,  and  that  is  consecrated 
to  put  on  the  garments,  shall  not  uncover 
his  head,  nor  rend  his  clothes ; 

11  Neither  shall  he  go  in  to  any  dead 
body,  nor  defile  himself  for  his  father,  or 
for  his  mother ; 

12  Neither  shall  he  go  out  of  the  sanc- 
tuary, nor  profane  the  sanctuary  of  his 
God ;  for  the  crown  of  the  anointing  oil 
of  his  God  is  upon  him :  I  am  the  Lord. 

13  And  he  shall  take  a  wife  in  her  virgin- 

14  A  widow,  or  a  divorced  woman,  or 
profane,  o?*    a  harlot,  these  shall   he  not 


take:    but  he  shall  take  a  virgin  of  his 
OAvn  people  to  wife. 

15  Neither  shall  he  j>rofane  his  seed 
among  his  people:  for  I  the  Lord  do 
sanctify  him. 

16  H  And  the  Lord  spake  imto  Moses, 
saying, 

17  Speak  unto  Aaron,  saying,  Whosoever 
he  be  of  thy  seed  in  their  generations  that 
hath  a7i7/  blemish,  let  him  not  approach 
to  offer  the  bread  of  his  God. 

18  For  whatsoever  man  Jie  be  that  hath 
a  blemish,  he  shall  not  approach :  a  blind 
man,  or  a  lame,  or  he  that  hath  a  flat  nose, 
or  any  thing  superfluous, 

19  Or  a  man  that  is  brokenfooted,  or 
brokenhanded, 

20  Or  crookbacked,  or  a  dwarf,  or  that 
hath  a  blemish  in  his  eye,  or  be  scurvy, 
or  scabbed,  or  hath  his  stones  broken ; 

21  No  man  that  hath  a  blemish  of  the 
seed  of  Aaron  the  priest  shall  come  nigh 
to  offer  the  offerings  of  the  Lord  made 
by  fire:  he  hath  a  blemish;  he  shall  not 
come  nigh  to  offer  the  bread  of  his  God. 

22  He  shall  eat  the  bread  of  his  God,  both 
of  the  most  holy,  and  of  the  holy. 

23  Only  he  shall  not  go  in  unto  the  vail, 
nor  come  nigh  unto  the  altar,  because  he 
hath  a  blemish;  that  he  profane  not  my 
sanctuaries:  for  I  the  Lord  do  sanctify 
them. 

24  And  Moses  told  it  unto  Aaron,  and  to 
his  sons,  and  unto  all  the  children  of  Israel. 

CHAPTER  XXII. 

AND    the    Lord    sjjake  unto    Moses, 
saying, 

2  Speak  unto  Aaron  and  to  his  sons,  that 
they  separate  themselves  from  the  holy 
things  of  the  children  of  Israel,  and  that 
they  profane  not  my  holy  name  ifi  those 
things  which  they  hallow  unto  me:  I  am 
the  Lord. 

3  Say  unto  them,  Whosoever  he  be  of  all 
your  seed  among  your  generations,  that 
goeth  unto  the  holy  things,  which  the 
children  of  Israel  hallow  unto  the  Lord, 
having  his  uncleanness  upon  him,  that 
soul  shall  be  cut  off  from  my  presence: 
I  am  the  Lord. 

4  What  man  soever  of  the  seed  of  Aaron 
is  a  leper,  or  hath  a  running  issue ;  he 
shall  not  eat  of  the  holy  things,  until  he 
be  clean.    And  whoso  toucheth  any  thing 

"  125"^ 


LEVITICUS. 


that  is  unclean  by  the  dead,  or  a  man 
whose  seed  goeth  from  him ; 

5  Or  whosoever  toucheth  any  creeping 
thing,  whereby  he  may  be  made  unclean, 
or  a  man  of  whom  he  may  take  imclean- 
ncss,  whatsoever  uncleanuess  he  hath ; 

6  The  soul  which  hath  touched  any  such 
shall  be  unclean  until  even,  and  shall  not 
eat  of  the  holy  things,  unless  he  wash  his 
flesh  with  water. 

7  And  when  the  sun  is  down,  he  shall 
be  clean,  and  shall  afterward  eat  of  the 
holy  things ;  because  it  is  his  food. 

8  That  which  dieth  of  itself,  or  is  torn 
with  heast.%  he  shall  not  eat  to  defile  him- 
self therewith :  I  am  the  Lord. 

9  They  shall  therefore  keep  mine  ordi- 
nance, lest  they  bear  sin  for  it,  and  die 
therefore,  if  they  profane  it:  I  the  Lord 
do  sanctify  them. 

10  There  shall  no  stranger  eat  of  the  holy 
thing:  a  sojourner  of  the  priest,  or  a  hired 
servant,  shall  not  eat  of  the  holy  thing. 

11  But  if  the  priest  buy  any  soul  with 
his  money,  he  shall  eat  of  it,  and  he 
that  is  born  in  his  house :  they  shall  eat 
of  his  meat. 

12  If  the  priest's  daughter  also  be  mar- 
ried unto  a  stranger,  she  may  not  eat  of 
an  ofl'ering  of  the  holy  things. 

13  But  if  the  priest's  daughter  be  a 
widow,  or  divorced,  and  have  no  child, 
and  is  returned  unto  her  father's  house, 
as  in  her  youth,  she  shall  eat  of  her  fa- 
ther's meat:  but  there  shall  no  stranger 
eat  thereof 

14  %  And  if  a  man  eat  of  the  holy  thing 
unwittingly,  then  he  shall  put  the  fifth 
j)art  thereof  unto  it,  and  shall  give  it 
unto  the  priest  with  the  holy  thing. 

15  And  they  shall  not  profane  the  holy 
things  of  the  children  of  Israel,  which 
they  offer  unto  the  Lord  ; 

16  Or  suffer  them  to  bear  the  iniquity 
of  trespass,  when  they  eat  their  holy 
things:  for  I  the  Lord  do  sanctify 
them. 

17  Ti  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saj'ing, 

18  Speak  unto  Aaron,  and  to  his  sons, 

and  unto  all  the  children  of  Israel,   and 

say  unto  them,   Whatsoever  he  he  of  the 

house    of  Israel,    or   of   the   strangers    in 

Israel,   that  will  offer  his  oblation  for  all 

his   vows,   and  for  all    his  freewill    offer- 
_ 


ings,  which  they  will  offer  unto  the  Lord 
for  a  burnt  offering; 

19  Ye  shall  offer  at  your  own  will  a  male 
without  blemish,  of  the  beeves,  of  the 
sheep,  or  of  the  goats. 

20  But  whatsoever  hath  a  blemish,  that 
shall  ye  not  offer:  for  it  shall  not  be  ac- 
ceptable for  you. 

21  And  whosoever  otfereth  a  sacrifice  of 
peace  offerings  unto  the  Lord  to  accom- 
plish his  vow,  or  a  freewill  offering  in 
beeves  or  sheep,  it  shall  be  perfect  to  be 
accepted ;  there  shall  be  no  blemish  therein. 

22  Blind,  or  broken,  or  maimed,  or  hav- 
ing a  wen,  or  scun^y,  or  scabbed,  ye  shall 
not  offer  these  unto  the  Lord,  nor  make 
an  offering  by  fire  of  them  upon  the 
altar  unto  the  Lord. 

23  Either  a  bullock  or  a  lamb  that  hath 
any  thing  superfluous  or  lacking  in  his 
parts,  that  mayest  thou  offer  for  a  freewill 
offering;  but  for  a  vow  it  shall  not  be 
accepted. 

24  Ye  shall  not  offer  xmto  the  Lord  that 
which  is  bruised,  or  crushed,  or  broken, 
or  cut;  neither  shall  ye  make  any  offering 
thereof  in  your  land. 

25  Neither  from  a  stranger's  hand  shall 
ye  offer  the  bread  of  your  God  of  any  of 
these;  because  their  corruption  is  in 
them,  ayid  blemishes  be  in  them :  they 
shall  not  be  accepted  for  you. 

26  TI  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

27  When  a  bullock,  or  a  sheep,  or  a  goat, 
is  brought  forth,  then  it  shall  be  seven 
days  under  the  dam;  and  from  the  eighth 
day  and  thenceforth  it  shall  be  accepted 
for  an  offering  made  by  fire  unto  the 
Lord. 

28  And  whether  it  be  cow  or  ewe,  ye  shall 
not  kill  it  and  her  young  both  in  one  day. 

29  And  when  ye  will  offer  a  sacrifice  of 
thanksgiving  unto  the  Lord,  offer  it  at 
your  own  will. 

30  On  the  same  day  it  shall  be  eaten  up; 
ye  shall  leave  none  of  it  until  the  morrow: 
I  am  the  Lord. 

31  Therefore  shall  ye  keep  my  command- 
ments, and  do  them :  I  am  the  Lord. 

32  Neither  shall  ye  profane  my  holy 
name;  but  I  will  be  halloAvcd  among  the 
children  of  Israel:  I  am  the  Lord  wjiich 
hallow  you, 

33  That   brought    vou    out    of  the   land 


LEVITICUS. 


of  Egypt,  to  be  your  God:  I  am  the 
Lord. 

CHAPTER  XXIII. 

AND  the  LoKD  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 

2  Speak  unto  the  chiklren  of  Israel,  and 
say  unto  them,  Concernhig  the  feasts  of 
the  Lord,  which  ye  shall  proclaim  to  be 
holy  convocations,  even  these  are  my  feasts. 

3  Six  days  shall  work  be  done:  biit  the 
seventh  day  is  the  sabbath  of  rest,  a  holy 
convocation;  ye  shall  do  no  work  therein: 
it  is  the  sabbath  of  the  Lord  in  all  your 
dwellings. 

4  1  These  are  the  feasts  of  the  Lord,  even 
holy  convocations,  which  ye  shall  pro- 
claim in  their  seasons. 

5  In  the  fourteenth  day  of  the  first  month 
at  even  is  the  Lord's  passover. 

6  And  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  same 
month  is  the  feast  of  unleavened  bread 
unto  the  Lord  :  scA^en  days  ye  must  eat 
unleavened  bread. 

7  In  the  first  day  ye  shall  have  a  holy 
conA'ocation :  ye  shall  do  no  servile  work 
therein. 

8  But  ye  shall  offer  an  offering  made  by 
fire  unto  the  Lord  seven  days:  in  the 
seventh  day  is  a  holy  convocation:  ye 
shall  do  no  servile  work  therein. 

9  Tl  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

10  Speak  unto  the  childrenof  Israel,  and 
say  unto  them,  When  ye  be  come  into  the 
land  which  I  give  unto  you,  and  shall  reap 
the  harvest  thereof,  then  ye  shall  bring  a 
sheaf  of  the  firstfruits  of  your  harvest  unto 
the  priest : 

11  And  he  shall  wave  the  sheaf  before  the 
Lord,  to  be  accepted  for  you :  on  the  mor- 
row after  the  sabbath  the  priest  shall  wave 
it. 

12  And  ye  shall  offer  that  day  when  ye 
wave  the  sheaf  a  he  lamb  without  blemish 
of  the  first  year  for  a  burnt  oflfering  unto 
the  Lord. 

13  And  the  meat  offering  thereof  shall  he 
tAvo  tenth  deals  of  fine  flour  mingled  Avith 
oil,  an  offering  made  by  fire  unto  the 
Lord  for  a  SAveet  savour :  and  the  drink 
offering  thereof  shall  he  of  wine,  the  fourth 
part  of  a  hin. 

14  And  ye  shall  eat  neither  bread,  nor 
parched  com,  nor  green  ears,  until  the 
selfsame    day  that    ye    have   brought    an 


ottering  ixnto  your  God:  it  shall  he  a  statute 
for  ever  throughout  your  genei-ations  in 
all  your  dAvellings. 

15  H  And  ye  shall  count  unto  yoxi  from 
the  morrow  after  the  sabbath,  from  the 
day  that  ye  brought  the  sheaf  of  the  wave 
offering;  seven  sabbaths  shall  be  complete: 

16  Even  unto  the  morrow  after  the  sca'- 
enth  sabbath  shall  ye  uumbcr  fifty  days; 
and  ye  shall  offer  a  new  meat  offering 
unto  the  Lord. 

17  Te  shall  bring  out  of  j'our  habitations 
two  wave  loaves  of  tAvo  tenth  deals :  they 
shall  be  of  fine  flour;  they  shall  be  baken 
with  leaven;  they  are  the  firstfruits  imto 
the  Lord. 

18  And  ye  shall  offer  Avith  the  bread  seven 
lambs  Avithout  blemish  of  the  first  year, 
and  one  young  bullock,  and  tAvo  rams : 
they  shall  be  for  a  burnt  offering  unto  the 
Lord,  with  their  meat  offering,  and  their 
drink  offerings,  even  an  offering  made  by 
fire,  of  SAveet  savour  unto  the  Lord. 

19  Then  ye  shall  sacrifice  one  kid  of  the 
goats  for  a  sin  offering,  and  tAvo  lambs  of 
the  first  year  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offer- 
ings. 

20  And  the  priest  shall  wave  them  with 
the  bread  of  the  fii-stfruits  for  a  Avave  of- 
fering before  the  Lord,  with  the  tAvo 
lambs :  they  shall  be  holy  to  the  Lord  for 
the  priest. 

21  And  ye  shall  proclaim  on  the  selfsame 
day,  that  it  may  be  a  holy  convocation 
unto  you:  ye  shall  do  no  servile  Avork 
tJierein:  it  sJiall  he  a  statute  for  CA'er  in  all 
your  dwellings  throughout  your  genera- 
tions. 

22  1[  And  when  ye  reap  the  harvest  of 
your  land,  thou  shalt  not  make  clean  rid- 
dance of  the  corners  of  thy  field  when  thou 
reapest,  neither  shalt  thou  gather  any 
gleaning  of  thy  harvest:  thou  shalt  leave 
them  unto  the  poor,  and  to  the  stranger : 
I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

23  IT  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

24  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  say- 
ing, In  the  seventh  month,  in  the  first  clay 
of  the  month,  shall  ye  have  a  sabbath,  a 
memorial  of  bloAving  of  trumpets,  a  holy 
convocation, 

25  Ye  shall  do  no  servile  work  therein: 
but  ye  shall  offer  an  offering  made  by 
fire  unto  the  Lord. 

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LEVITICUS, 


26  H  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

27  Also  on  the  tenth  day  of  this  seventh 
month  there  shall  be  a  day  of  atonement:  it 
shall  be  a  holy  conA'ocation  unto  you;  and 
ye  shall  afflict  your  souls,  and  offer  an 
oflFering  made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord. 

28  And  ye  shall  do  no  work  in  that  same 
day:  for  it  i.s  a  day  of  atonement,  to  make 
an  atonement  for  you  before  the  Lord 
your  God. 

29  For  whatsoever  soul  it  be  that  shall  not 
be  afflicted  in  that  same  day,  he  shall  be 
cut  oflf  from  anions:  his  people. 

30  And  whatsoever  soul  it  be  that  doeth 
any  work  in  that  same  day,  the  same  soul 
will  I  destroy  from  amone;  his  people. 

31  Ye  shall  do  no  manner  of  Avork:  it 
sJiall  be  a  statute  for  ever  throughout  your 
generations  in  all  your  dwellings. 

32  It  shaU  be  unto  you  a  sabbath  of  rest, 
and  3'e  shall  afflict  your  souls  :  in  the  ninth 
day  of  the  month  at  even,  from  even  unto 
even,  shall  ye  celebrate  your  sabbath. 

33  %  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

34  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  saj'- 
ing,  The  fifteenth  day  of  this  seventh 
month  sliaU  be  the  feast  of  tabernacles  for 
seven  days  unto  the  Lord. 

35  On  the  first  day  sJiall  be  a  holy  convoca- 
tion :  3'e  shall  do  no  servile  work  therein. 

36  Seven  days  ye  shall  ofier  an  offering 
made  by  fire  imto  the  Lord;  on  the  eighth 
day  shall  be  a  holy  convocation  unto  you, 
and  ye  shall  offer  an  offering  made  by 
fire  unto  the  Lord  :  it  w  a  solemn  assem- 
bly; and  ye  shall  do  no  servile  Avork 
tlierein. 

37  These  are  the  feasts  of  the  Lord,  which 
ye  shall  proclaim  to  be  holy  convocations, 
to  offer  an  offering  made  by  fire  unto  the 
Lord,  a  burnt  offering,  and  a  meat  oflTer- 
ing,  a  sacrifice,  and  drink  oflTerings,  every 
thing  upon  his  day: 

38  Beside  the  sabbaths  of  the  Lord,  and 
beside  your  gifts,  and  beside  all  your  vows, 
and  beside  all  your  freewill  ofierings,  which 
ye  give  unto  the  Lord. 

39  Also  in  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  seventh 

month,  when  ye  have  gathered  in  the  fruit 

of  the  land,  ye  shall  keep  a  feast  unto  the 

Lord  seven   days :    on   the  first  day  i^haU 

he  a  sabbath,  and  on  the  eighth  day  shall 

be  a  sabbath. 

— 


40  And  ye  shall  take  you  on  the  first  day 
the  boughs  of  goodly  trees,  branches  of 
palm  trees,  and  the  boughs  of  thick  trees, 
and  willows  of  the  brook;  and  ye  shall  re- 
joice before  the  Lord  your  God  seven  days. 

41  And  ye  shall  keep  it  a  feast  unto  the 
Lord  seven  days  in  the  year :  it  shall  be  a 
statute  for  ever  in  your  generations;  ye 
shall  celebrate  it  in  the  seventh  month. 

42  Ye  shall  dwell  in  booths  seven  days; 
all  that  are  Israelites  born  shall  dwell  in 
booths : 

43  That  your  generations  may  know  that 
I  made  the  children  of  Israel  to  dwell  in 
booths,  when  I  brought  them  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt :  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

44  And  Moses  declared  unto  the  children 
of  Israel  the  feasts  of  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 

AN  D  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 

2  Command  the  children  of  Israel,  that 
they  bring  unto  thee  pure  oil  elive  beaten 
for  the  light,  to  cause  the  lamps  to  bum 
continually. 

3  Without  the  vail  of  the  testimony,  in 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  shall 
Aaron  order  it  from  the  evening  unto  the 
morning  before  the  Lord  continually :  it 
shall  be  a  statute  for  ever  in  3'our  genera- 
tions. 

4  He  shall  order  the  lamps  upon  the  pure 
candlestick  before  the  Lord  continuall}'. 

5  Ti  And  thou  shalt  take  fine  flour,  and 
bake  twelve  cakes  thereof:  two  tenth  deals 
shall  be  in  one  cake. 

6  And  thou  shalt  set  them  in  two  rows, 
six  on  a  row,  upon  the  pure  table  before 
the  Lord. 

7  And  thou  shalt  put  pure  frankincense 
upon  eac/i  row,  that  it  may  be  on  the  bread 
for  a  memorial,  eveji  an  offering  made  by 
fire  unto  the  Lord. 

8  Every  sabbath  he  shall  set  it  in  order 
before  the  Lord  continually,  being  taken 
from  the  children  of  Israel  by  an  everlast- 
ing covenant. 

9  And  it  shall  be  Aaron's  and  his  sons' ; 
and  they  shall  eat  it  in  the  holy  place: 
for  it  is  most  holy  unto  him  of  the  offer- 
ings of  the  Lord  made  by  fire  by  a  per- 
petual statute. 

10  ^  And  the  son  of  an  Israelitish  woman, 
whose   father  was  an  Eg^-ptian,  went  out 


LEVITICUS. 


among  the  children  of  Israel:  and  this 
son  of  the  Israclitish  ivomau  and  a  man  of 
Israel  strove  together  in  the  camp; 

11  And  the  Israelitish  woman's  son  blas- 
phemed the  name  of  the  Loud,  and  cursed. 
And  they  brought  him  unto  Moses:  (and 
his  mother's  name  teas  Shelomith,  the 
daughter  of  Dibri,  of  the  tribe  of  Dan:) 

12  And  they  put  him  in  ward,  that  the 
mind  of  the  Lord  might  be  shewed  them. 

13  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 

14  Bring  forth  him  that  hath  cursed  with- 
out the  camp ;  and  let  all  that  heard  him 
lay  their  hands  upon  his  head,  and  let  all 
the  congregation  stone  him. 

15  And  thou  shalt  speak  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  saying,  Whosoever  curseth 
his  God  shall  bear  his  sin. 

16  And  he  that  blasphemeth  the  name 
of  the  Lord,  he  shall  surel}'  be  put  to 
death,  and  all  the  congregation  shall  cer- 
tainly stone  him:  as  well  the  stranger,  as 
he  that  is  bora  in  the  land,  when  he  blas- 
phemeth the  name  of  the  Loud^  shall  be 
put  to  death, 

17  1  And  he  that  killeth  any  man  shall 
surely  be  put  to  death. 

18  And  he  that  killeth  a  beast  shall  make 
it  good ;  beast  for  beast. 

19  And  if  a  man  cause  a  blemish  in  his 
neighbour;  as  he  hath  doue,  so  shall  it  be 
done  to  him ; 

20  Breach  for  breach,  eye  for  eye,  tooth 
for  tooth:  as  he  hath  caused  a  blemish 
in  a  man,  so  shall  it  be  done  to  him  again. 

21  And  he  that  killeth  a  beast,  he  shall 
restore  it :  and  he  that  killeth  a  man,  he 
shall  be  put  to  death. 

23  Ye  shall  have  one  manner  of  law,  as 
well  for  the  stranger,  as  for  one  o*f  your 
own  country :  for  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

23  1  And  Moses  spake  to  the  children 
of  Israel,  that  they  should  bring  forth 
him  that  had  cursed  out  of  the  camp, 
and  stone  him  with  stones :  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  did  as  the  Lord  commanded 
Moses. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 

AND  the  Lord  spake    unto  Moses   in 
-  mount  Sinai,  saying, 
2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
say  unto   them,   When  ye  come  into  the  ! 
land  which  I  give  you,  then  shall  the  land  ! 
keep  a  sabbath  unto  the  Lord.  i 

9 


3  Six  years  thou  shalt  sow  thy  tield,  and 
six  years  tho\i  shalt  prune  thy  vineyard, 
and  gather  in  the  fruit  thereof; 

4  But  in  the  seventh  year  shall  be  a  sab- 
bath of  rest  unto  the  land,  a  sabbath  for 
the  Lord  :  thou  shalt  neither  sow  thy  held, 
nor  prune  thy  vineyard. 

5  That  which  groweth  of  its  own  accord 
of  thy  harvest  thou  chalt  not  reap,  neither 
gather  the  grapes  of  thy  vine  undressed: 
for  it  is  a  year  of  rest  unto  the  land. 

6  And  the  sabbath  of  the  laud  shall  be 
meat  for  you ;  for  thee,  and  for  thy  serv- 
ant, and  for  thy  maid,  and  for  thy  hired 
servant,  and  for  thy  stranger  that  so- 
journeth  with  thee, 

7  And  for  thy  cattle,  and  for  the  beast 
that  are  in  thy  land,  shall  all  the  increase 
thereof  be  meat. 

8  Ti  And  thou  shalt  number  seven  sab- 
baths of  years  unto  thee,  seven  times 
seven  years ;  and  the  space  of  the  seven 
sabbaths  of  years  shall  be  unto  thee  forty 
and  nine  years. 

9  Then  shalt  thou  cause  the  trumpet 
of  the  jubilee  to  sound  on  the  tenth  cJuij 
of  the  seventh  month,  in  the  day  of  atone- 
ment shall  ye  make  the  trumpet  sound 
throughout  all  your  land. 

10  And  ye  shall  liallow  the  fiftieth  year, 
and  proclaim  liberty  throughout  all  the 
land  unto  all  the  inhabitants  thereof:  it 
shall  be  a  jubilee  unto  you;  and  ye  sliall 
return  every  man  unto  his  possession, 
and  ye  shall  return  every  man  unto  his 
family. 

11  A  jubilee  shall  that  fiftieth  year  be 
unto  you:  ye  shall  not  sow,  neither  reap 
that  which  groweth  of  itself  in  it,  nor 
gather  i7ie  grapes  in  it  of  thy  vine  un- 
dressed. 

12  For  it  is  the  ju1)ilee;  it  shall  be  holy 
unto  you :  ye  shall  eat  the  increase  there- 
of out^f  the  field. 

13  In  the  year  of  this  jubilee  ye  shall 
return  every  man  unto  his  possession. 

14  And  if  thou  sell  aught  unto  thy  neigh- 
bour, or  buyest  anght  of  thy  neighbour's 
hand,  ye  shall  not  oppress  one  another : 

15  According  to  the  number  of  years  after 
the  jubilee  thou  shalt  buy  of  thy  neigh- 
bour, a7id  according  unto  the  number  of 
years  of  the  fruits  he  shall  sell  unto  thee: 

16  According  to  the  multitude  of  years 
thou  shalt  increase  the  price  thereof,  and 

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LEVITICUS. 


according  to  the  fewness  of  ye-.irs  thou 
Shalt  diminish  the  price  of  it :  for  accord- 
ing to  the  number  of  the  years  of  the 
fruits  doth  he  sell  unto  thee. 


17  Ye  shall  not  therefore  oppress  one 
another;  but  thou  shalt  fear  thy  God:  for 
I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

18  H  Wherefore  ye  shall  do  my  statutes, 
and  keep  my  judgments,  and  do  them; 
and  ye  shall  dwell  in  the  land  in  safety. 

19  And  the  laud  shall  yield  her  fruit,  and 
ye  shall  eat  your  fill,  and  dwell  therein  in 
safety. 

20  And  if  ye  shall  say.  What  shall  we  eat 
the  seventh  year?  behold,  we  shall  not 
sow,  nor  gather  in  our  increase : 

21  Then  I  will  command  my  blessing 
upon  you  in  the  sixth  year,  and  it  shall 
bring  forth  fruit  for  three  years. 

22  And  ye  shall  sow  the  eighth  year,  and 
eat  yet  of  old  fruit  until  the  ninth  year; 
until  her  fruits  come  in  ye  shall  eat  of  the 
old  store. 

23  ^  The  land  shall  not  be  sold  for  ever: 
for  the  land  is  mine;  for  ye  are  strangers 
and  sojourners  with  me. 

24  And  in  all  the  land  of  yotxr  possession 
ye  shall  grant  a  redemption  for  the  land.       | 

25  %  If  thy  brother  be  waxen  poor,  and  | 
hath  sold  away  some  of  his  possession,  ; 
and  if  any  of  his  kin  come  to  redeem  it,  ' 
then  shall  he  redeem  that  which  his  ■ 
brother  sold.  | 

26  And  if  the  man  have  none  to  redeem  j 
it,  and  himself  be  able  to  redeem  it ;  j 

27  Then  let  him  count  the  years  of  the  i 
sale  thereof,  and  restore  the  ovei-plus  unto  | 
the  man  to  whom  he  sold  it;  that  he  may  I 
retuni  unto  his  possession.  i 

28  But  if  he  be  not  able  to  restore  it  to  ' 
him,  then  that  which  is  sold  shall  remain  ■ 
in  the  hand  of  him   that   hath  bought  it 
until  the  year  of  jubilee :  and  in  the  jubi- 
lee it   shall  go   out,  and  he   shall   return 
unto  his  possession. 

29  And  if  a  man  sell  a  dwellinghouse  in  a 
walled  city,  then  he  may  redeem  it  with- 
in a  whole  year  after  it  is  sold;  vnthin  a 
full  year  may  he  redeem  it. 

30  And  if  it  be  not  redeemed  within 
the  space  of  a  full  year,  then  the  house 
that  is  in  the  walled  city  shall  be  estab- 
lished for  ever  to  him  that  bought  it 
throughout  his  generations :  it  shall  not  ; 
go  out  in  the  jubilee. 

iao 


31  But  the  houses  of  the  villages  which 
have  no  wall  round  about  them  shall  be 
counted  as  the  fields  of  the  country :  they 
may  be  redeemed,  and  they  shall  go  out  in 
the  jubilee. 

32  Notwithstanding  the  cities  of  the 
Levites,  and  the  houses  of  the  cities  of 
their  possession,  may  the  Levites  redeem 
at  any  time. 

33  And  if  a  man  purchase  of  the  Levites, 
then  the  house  that  was  sold,  and  the  city 
of  his  possession,  shall  go  out  in  tJie  year 
of  jubilee:  for  the  houses  of  the  cities  of 
the  Levites  are  their  possession  among 
the  children  of  Israel. 

34  But  the  field  of  the  suburbs  of  their 
cities  may  not  be  sold;  for  it  is  their 
perpetual  possession. 

35  ■[  And  if  thy  brother  be  waxen  poor, 
and  fallen  in  decay  with  thee ;  then  thou 
shalt  relieve  him :  yea,  though  he  he  a  stran- 
ger, or  a  sojourner;  that  he  may  live  with 
thee. 

36  Take  thou  no  usurj-  of  him,  or  increase: 
but  fear  thy  God;  that  thy  brother  may 
live  with  thee. 

37  Thou  shalt  not  give  him  thy  money 
upon  usury,  nor  lend  him  thy  victuals  for 
increase. 

38  I  am  the  Lord  your  God,  which 
brought  you  forth  out  of  the  land  of 
Egj'pt,  to  give  you  the  land  of  Canaan, 
and  to  be  your  God. 

39  H  And  if  thy  brother  that  dmUcih  by 
thee  be  waxen  poor,  and  be  sold  unto 
thee;  thou  shalt  not  compel  him  to  sen^e 
as  a  bondserA-ant : 

40  But  as  a  hired  sen^ant,  and  as  a  so- 
journer, he  shall  be  with  thee,  and  shall 
serve  thee  unto  the  year  of  jubilee: 

41  An'd  then  shall  he  depart  from  thee, 
both  he  and  his  children  with  him,  and 
shall  return  unto  his  OAvn  foraily,  and 
unto  the  possession  of  his  fathers  shall 
he  return. 

42  For  they  are  my  servants,  which  I 
brought  forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt: 
they  shall  not  be  sold  as  bondmen. 

43  Thou  shalt  not  rule  over  him  with 
rigour;  but  shalt  fear  thy  God. 

44  Both  thy  bondmen,  and  thy  bond- 
maids, which  thou  shalt  have,  shall  he  of 
the  heathen  that  are  round  about  you; 
of  them  shall  ye  buy  bondmen  and  bond- 
maids. 


LEVITICUS. 


45  Moreover,  of  the  children  of  the  stran- 
gers that  do  sojourn  among  you,  of  them 
shall  ye  huy,  and  of  their  families  that 
are  with  you,  which  they  begat  in  your 
land :   and  they  shall  be  your  j^ossession. 

46  And  ye  shall  take  them  as  an  inheri- 
tance for  your  children  after  you,  to  in- 
herit them  for  a  possession ;  they  shall  be 
your  bondmen  for^ever:  but  over  your 
brethren  the  children  of  Israel,  ye  shall 
not  rule  one  over  another  with  rigour. 

47  ^  And  if  a  sojourner  or  stranger 
wax  rich  by  thee,  and  thy  brother  that 
dwelUth  by  him  Avax  poor,  and  sell  himself 
unto  the  stranger  or  sojourner  by  thee, 
or  to  the  stock  of  the  stranger's  family : 

48  After  that  he  is  sold  he  may  be  re- 
deemed again;  one  of  his  brethren  may 
redeem  him : 

49  Either  his  uncle,  or  his  uncle's  son, 
may  redeem  him,  or  amj  that  is  nigh  of 
kin  unto  him  of  his  fiimily  may  redeem 
him;  or  if  he  be  able,  he  may  redeem  him- 
self. 

60  And  he  shall  reckon  with  him  that 
bought  him  from  the  year  that  he  was 
sold  to  him  unto  the  year  of  jubilee: 
and  the  price  of  his  sale  shall  be  according 
unto  the  number  of  years,  according  to 
the  time  of  a  hired  serv^ant  shall  it  be 
with  him. 

51  If  there  he  yet  many  years  behind^  ac- 
cording unto  them  he  shall  give  again 
the  price  of  his  redemption  out  of  the 
money  that  he  was  bought  for, 

52  And  if  there  remain  but  few  years 
unto  the  year  of  jubilee,  then  he  shall 
count  with  him,  and  according  unto  his 
years  shall  he  give  him  again  the  price  of 
his  redemption. 

53  And  as  a  yearly  hired  servant  shall 
he  be  with  him:  and  the  other  shall  not 
rule  with  rigour  over  him  in  thy  sight. 

54  And  if  he  be  not  redeemed  in  these  I 
years,  then  he  shall  go  out  in  the  year  of 
jubilee,  both  he,  and  his  children  with  him. 

55  For  unto  me  the  children  of  Israel 
are  servants ;  they  are  my  servants  whom 
I  brought  forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt : 
I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

CHAPTER  XXVL 

YE  shall  make  you  no  idols  nor  graven 
image,  neither  rear  you  up  a  standing 
image,  neither  shall  ye  set  up  any  image  of  I 


stone  in  your  land,  to  bow  down  unto 
it :  for  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

2  ^  Ye  shall  keep  my  sabbaths,  and  rever- 
ence my  sanctuary :  I  am  the  Lord. 

3  Tl  If  ye  walk  in  my  statutes,  and  keep 
my  commandments,  and  do  them ; 

4  Then  I  will  give  you  rain  in  due  season, 
and  the  land  shall  yield  her  increase,  and 
the  trees  of  the  field  shall  yield  their  fruit. 

5  And  your  threshing  shall  reach  unto 
the  vintage,  and  the  vintage  shall  reach 
unto  the  sowing  time :  and  ye  shall  cat 
your  bread  to  the  full,  and  dwell  in  your 
land  safely. 

6  And  I  will  give  peace  in  the  land,  and 
ye  shall  lie  down,  and  none  shall  make 
t/oii  afraid :  and  I  will  rid  evil  beasts  out 
of  the  land,  neither  shall  the  sword  go 
through  your  land. 

7  And  ye  shall  chase  your  enemies,  and 
they  shall  fall  before  you  by  the  sword. 

8  And  five  of  you  shall  chase  a  hundred, 
and  a  hundred  of  you  shall  put  ten  thou- 
sand to  flight :  and  your  enemies  shall  fall 
before  you  by  the  sword. 

9  For  I  will  have  respect  unto  you,  and 
make  you  fruitful,  and  multiply  you,  and 
establish  my  covenant  with  you. 

10  And  ye  shall  eat  old  store,  and  bring 
forth  the  old  because  of  the  new. 

11  And  I  will  set  my  tabernacle  among 
you  :  and  my  soul  shall  not  abhor  you. 

12  And  I  will  walk  among  you,  and  will 
be  your  God,  and  ye  shall  be  my  people. 

13  I  am  the  Lord  your  God,  which 
brought  you  forth  out  of  the  land  of 
Eg3'pt,  that  ye  should  not  be  their  bond- 
men;  and  I  have  broken  the  bands  of 
your  yoke,  and  made  you  go  upright. 

14  '^  But  if  ye  will  not  hearken  unto  me, 
and  will  not  do  all  these  commandments ; 

15  And  if  ye  shall  despise  my  statutes, 
or  if  your  soul  abhor  my  judgments,  so 
that  ye  will  not  do  all  my  commandments, 
but  that  ye  break  my  covenant : 

16  I  also  will  do  this  unto  you;  I  will 
even  appoint  over  you  terror,  consump- 
tion, and  the  burning  ague,  that  shall 
consume  the  eyes,  and  cause  sorrow  of 
heart :  and  ye  shall  sow  your  seed  in  vain, 
for  your  enemies  shall  eat  it. 

17  And  I  will  set  my  face  against  yoti, 
and  ye  shall  be  slain  before  your  enemies: 
they  that  hate  you  shall  reign  over  you; 
and  ye  shall  flee  when  none  pursueth  you. 

131 


LEVITICUS. 


18  And  if  ye  will  not  yet  for  all  this 
hearken  unto  me,  then  I  will  punish  you 
seven  times  more  for  your  sins. 

19  And  I  will  break  the  pride  of  your 
power;  and  I  will  make  your  heaven  as 
iron,  and  your  earth  as  brass : 

20  And  your  strength  shall  be  spent  in 
vain:  for  your  land  shall  not  yield  her 
increase,  neither  shall  the  trees  of  the  land 
yield  their  fruits. 

21  1  And  if  ye  walk  contrary  unto  me, 
and  Avill  not  hearken  unto  me;  I  will 
bring  seven  times  more  plagues  upon 
you  according  to  your  sins. 

23  I  will  also  send  wild  beasts  among 
you,  Avhich  shall  rob  you  of  your  children, 
and  destroy  your  cattle,  and  make  you 
few  in  number;  and  your  hUjh  ways  shall 
be  desolate. 

23  And  if  ye  will  not  be  reformed  by  me 
by  these  things,  but  will  walk  contrary  un- 
to me; 

24  Then  will  I  also  walk  contrary  unto 
you,  and  will  punish  you  yet  seven  times 
for  your  sins. 

25  And  I  will  bring  a  sword  upon  you, 
that  shall  avenge  the  quarrel  of  my  cov- 
enant :  and  when  ye  are  gathered  together 
within  your  cities,  I  will  send  the  pesti- 
lence among  you ;  and  ye  shall  be  delivered 
into  the  hand  of  the  enemy. 

26  And  when  I  have  broken  the  stalT  of 
your  bread,  ten  women  shall  bake  your 
bread  in  one  oven,  and  they  shall  deliver 
you  your  bread  again  by  weight:  and  ye 
shall  eat,  and  not  be  satisfied. 

27  And  if  ye  will  not  for  all  this  hearken 
unto  me,  but  walk  contrary  unto  me  ; 

28  Then  I  will  walk  contrary  unto  you 
also  in  fury;  and  I,  even  I,  will  chastise 
you  seven  times  for  your  sins. 

29  And  ye  shall  eat  the  flesh  of  your  sons, 
and  the  flesh  of  your  daughters  shall  ye 
eat. 

30  And  I  will  destroy  your  high  places, 
and  cut  down  your  images,  and  cast  your 
carcasses  upon  the  carcasses  of  your  idols, 
and  my  soul  shall  abhor  you. 

31  And  I  will  make  your  cities  waste,  and 
bring  your  sanctuaries  unto  desolation,  and 
I  will  not  smell  the  savour  of  your  sweet 
odours. 

83  And  I  will  bring  the  land  into  deso- 
lation :  and  your  enemies  w^hich  dwell 
therein  shall  be  astonished  at  it. 

133 


33  And  I  will  scatter  you  among  the 
heathen,  and  will  draAV  out  a  sword  after 
you  :  and  your  land  shall  be  desolate,  and 
your  cities  waste. 

34  Then  shall  the  land  enjoy  her  sabbaths, 
as  long  as  it  lieth  desolate,  and  ye  be  in 
your  enemies'  land;  even  then  shall  the 
land  rest,  and  enjoy  her  sabbaths. 

35  As  long  as  it  lie^i  desolate  it  shall 
rest ;  because  it  did  not  rest  in  your  sab- 
baths, when  ye  dwelt  upon  it. 

36  And  upon  them  that  arc  left  alive  of 
you  I  will  send  a  faintness  into  their  hearts 
in  the  lands  of  their  enemies ;  and  the 
sound  of  a  shaken  leaf  shall  chase  them ; 
and  they  shall  flee,  as  fleeing  from  a  sword; 
and  they  shall  fall  when  none  pursueth. 

37  And  they  shall  fall  one  upon  another, 
as  it  were  before  a  sword,  when  none  pur- 
sueth :  and  ye  shall  have  no  power  to  stand 
before  your  enemies. 

33  And  ye  shall  perish  among  the  heathen, 
and  the  laud  of  your  enemies  shall  eat 
you  up. 

39  And  they  that  are  left  of  you  shall  pine 
away  in  their  iniquity  in  your  enemies' 
lands ;  and  also  in  the  iniquities  of  their 
fathers  shall  they  pine  away  with  them. 

40  If  they  shall  confess  their  iniquity,  and 
the  iniquity  of  their  fathers,  with  their  tres- 
pass which  they  trespassed  against  me,  and 
that  also  they  have  walked  conti-ary  unto 
me; 

41  And  thai  I  also  have  walked  contrary 
unto  them,  and  have  brought  them  into 
the  land  of  their  enemies  ;  if  then  their  un- 
circumcised  hearts  be  humbled,  and  they 
then  accept  of  the  punishment  of  their 
iniquity : 

42  Then  will  I  remember  my  covenant 
Avith  Jacob,  and  also  my  covenant  wuth 
Isaac,  and  also  my  covenant  with  Abraham 
will  I  remember;  and  I  will  remember  the 
land. 

43  The  land  also  shall  be  left  of  them, 
and  shall  enjoy  her  salibaths,  while  she 
lieth  desolate  without  them  :  and  they  shall 
accept  of  the  punishment  of  their  iniciuity; 
because,  even  because  they  despised  my 
judgments,  and  because  their  soul  abhorred 
my  statutes. 

44  And  yet  for  all  that,  when  they  be  in 
the  land  of  their  enemies,  I  will  not  cast 
them  away,  neither  will  1  abhor  them,  to 
destroy  them  utterly,  and    to   break  my 


LEVITICUS. 


covenant  with  them :  for  I  «?r<,  the  Lord 
their  God. 

45  But  I  will  for  their  sakes  remember 
the  covenant  of  their  ancestors,  whom  I 
brought  forth  out  of  the  land  of  Eg3'pt 
in  the  sight  of  the  heathen,  that  I  might 
be  their  God :  I  am  the  Lord. 

46  These  are  the  statutes  and  judgments 
and  laws,  which  the  Lord  made  between 
him  and  the  children  of  Israel  in  mount 
Sinai  by  the  hand  of  Moses. 

CHAPTER  XXVII. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
say  unto  them.  When  a  man  shall  make  a 
singular  vow,  the  persons  aliall  he  for  the 
Lord  by  thy  estimation. 

3  And  thy  estimation  shall  be  of  the  male 
from  twenty  years  old  even  unto  sixty 
years  old,  even  thy  estimation  shall  be 
fifty  shekels  of  silver,  after  the  shekel  of 
the  sanctuary. 

4  And  if  it  he  a  female,  then  thy  estima- 
tion shall  be  thirty  shekels. 

5  And  if  it  he  from  five  years  old  even 
unto  twenty  years  old,  then  thy  estima- 
tion shall  be  of  the  male  twenty  shekels, 
and  for  the  female  ten  shekels. 

6  And  if  it  he  from  a  month  old  even 
unto  five  years  old,  then  thy  estimation 
shall  be  of  the  male  five  shekels  of  sil- 
vei",  and  for  the  female  thy  estimation  shaU 
he  three  shekels  of  silver. 

7  And  if  it  he  from  sixty  years  old  and 
above ;  if  it  he  a  male,  then  thy  estimation 
shall  be  fifteen  shekels,  and  for  the  female 
ten  shekels. 

8  But  if  he  be  poorer  than  thy  estimation, 
then  he  shall  present  himself  before  the 
priest,  and  the  priest  shall  value  him ;  ac- 
cording to  his  ability  that  vowed  shall  the 
priest  value  him. 

9  And  if  it  he  a  beast,  whereof  men  bring 
an  offering  unto  the  Lord,  all  that  any  man 
giveth  of  such  unto  the  Lord  shall  be  holy. 

10  He  shall  not  alter  it,  nor  change  it,  a 
good  for  a  bad,  or  a  bad  for  a  good :  and  if 
he  shall  at  all  change  beast  for  beast,  then 
it  and  the  exchange  thereof  shall  be  holy. 

11  And  if  it  he  any  unclean  beast,  of  Avhich 
they  do  not  offer  a  sacrifice  unto  the  Lord, 
then  he  shall  present  the  beast  before  the 
priest : 


12  And  the  priest  shall  value  it,  whether 
it  be  good  or  bad:  as  thou  valuest  it,  who 
art  the  jjriest,  so  shall  it  be. 

13  But  if  he  will  at  all  redeem  it,  then  he 
shall  add  a  fifth  2>rtr^  thereof  unto  thy  es- 
timation. 

14  TI  And  when  a  man  shall  sanctify  his 
house  to  he  holy  unto  the  Lord,  then  the 
priest  shall  estimate  it,  whether  it  be  good 
or  bad :  as  the  priest  shall  estimate  it,  so 
shall  it  stand. 

15  And  if  he  that  sanctified  it  will  redeem 
his  house,  then  he  shall  add  the  fifth  ixirt 
of  the  money  of  thy  estimation  unto  it,  and 
it  shall  be  his. 

16  And  if  a  man  shall  sanctify  unto  the 
Lord  some  part  of  a  field  of  his  posses- 
sion, then  thy  estimation  shall  be  according 
to  the  seed  thereof:  a  homer  of  barley 
seed  fihali  he  valued  at  fifty  shekels  of  silver. 

17  If  he  sanctify  his  field  from  the  year 
of  jubilee,  according  to  thy  estimation  it 
shall  stand. 

18  But  if  he  sanctify  his  field  after  the 
jubilee,  then  the  priest  shall  reckon  unto 
him  the  money  according  to  tlie  years 
that  remain,  even  unto  the  year  of  the 
jubilee,  and  it  shall  be  abated  from  thy 
estimation. 

19  And  if  he  that  sanctified  the  field  will 
in  any  wise  redeem  it,  then  he  shall  add 
the  fifth  part  of  the  money  of  thy  estima- 
tion imto  it,  and  it  shall  be  assured  to  him. 

20  And  if  he  will  not  redeem  the  field, 
or  if  he  have  sold  the  field  to  another  man, 
it  shall  not  be  redeemed  any  more. 

21  But  the  field,  when  it  goeth  out  in  the 
jubilee,  shall  be  holy  unto  the  Lord,  as 
a  field  devoted ;  the  possession  thereof  shall 
be  the  priest's. 

22  And  if  a  man  sanctify  unto  the  Lord 
a  field  Avhich  he  hath  bought,  which  is 
not  of  the  fields  of  his  possession; 

23  Then  the  priest  shall  reckon  unto  him 
the  worth  of  thy  estimation,  even  unto  the 
year  of  the  jubilee:  and  he  shall  give  thine 
estimation  in  that  day,  as  a  holy  thing  unto 
the  Lord. 

24  In  the  year  of  the  jubilee  the  field  shall 
return  unto  him  of  whom  it  Avas  bought, 
even  to  him  to  whom  the  possession  of  the 
land  did  helong. 

25  And  all  thy  estimations  shall  be  ac- 
cording to  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary: 
twenty  gerahs  shall  be  the  shekel. 

133 


NUMBERS. 


26  H  Only  the  firstling  of  the  beasts, 
which  should  be  the  Lord's  tirstliug,  no 
man  shall  sanctify  it;  whether  it  be  ox, 
or  sheep:  it  is  the  Lord's, 

27  And  if  it  be  of  an  unclean  beast,  then 
he  shall  redeem  it  according  to  thine 
estimation,  and  shall  add  a  fifth  part  of 
it  thereto :  or  if  it  be  not  redeemed,  then  it 
shall  be  sold  according  to  thy  estimation. 

28  Notwithstanding,  no  devoted  thing, 
that  a  man  shall  devote  unto  the  Lord 
of  all  that  he  hath,  bvt7i  of  man  and  beast, 
and  of  the  field  of  his  possession,  shall 
be  sold  or  redeemed :  every  devoted  thing 
is  most  holy  unto  the  Lord. 

29  None  devoted,  which  shall  be  devoted 
of  men,  shall  be  redeemed;  6«i -shall  surely 
be  put  to  death. 


30  And  all  the  tithe  of  the  land,  whet/ter  of 
the  seed  of  the  land,  or  of  the  fruit  of  the 
tree,  is  the  Lord's  :  it  is  holy  unto  the  Lord. 

31  And  if  a  man  will  at  all  redeem  ang?it 
of  his  tithes,  he  shall  add  thereto  the  fifth 
pa7-t  thereof 

33  And  concerning  the  tithe  of  the  herd, 
or  of  the  flock,  ene)i  of  whatsoever  passeth 
under  the  rod,  the  tenth  shall  be  holy  unto 
the  Lord. 

33  He  shall  not  search  whether  it  be  good 
or  bad,  neither  shall  he  change  it :  and  if 
he  change  it  at  all,  then  both  it  and  the 
change  thereof  shall  be  holy ;  it  shall  not 
be  redeemed. 

34  These  are  the  commandments,  which 
the  Lord  commanded  Moses  for  the 
children  of  Israel  in  mount  Sinai. 


THE  FOURTH  BOOK  OF  MOSES,  CALLED 

NUMBEHS. 


CHAPTER  L 

AND  the  Lord  si)ake  unto  Moses  in 
the  wilderness  of  Sinai,  in  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation,  on  the  first  clay 
of  the  second  mouth,  in  the  second  year 
after  they  were  come  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  saying, 

2  Take  ye  the  sum  of  all  the  congrega- 
tion of  the  children  of  Israel,  after  their 
families,  by  the  house  of  their  fathers, 
with  the  number  of  their  names,  every 
male  by  their  polls; 

3  From  twenty  years  old  and  upward, 
all  that  are  able  to  go  forth  to  Avar  in 
Israel:  thou  and  Aaron  shall  number 
them  by  their  armies, 

4  And  with  you  there  shall  be  a  man  of 
every  tribe ;  every  one  head  of  the  house 
of  his  fathers. 

5  1  And  these  are  the  names  of  the  men 
that  shall  stand  with  you:  of  the  tribe  of 
Reuben ;  Elizur  the  son  of  Shedeur. 

6  Of  Simeon;  Shelumiel  the  son  of  Zuri- 
shaddai. 

7  Of  Judah;  Nahshon  the  son  of  Ammin- 
adab. 

8  Of  Issachar ;  Nethaneel  the  son  of  Zuar. 

"  134 


9  Of  Zebulun ;  Eliab  the  son  of  Helon. 

10  Of  the  children  of  Joseph:  of  Ephraim; 
Elishama  the  son  of  Ammihud  :  of  Manas- 
seh ;  Gamaliel  the  son  of  Pedahzur. 

11  Of  Benjamin;  Abidan  the  son  of 
Gideoni. 

13  Of  Dan;  Ahiezer  the  son  of  Ammi- 
shaddai. 

13  Of  Asher;  Pagiel  the  son  of  Ocran. 

14  Of  Gad  ;  Eliasaph  the  son  of  DeueL 

15  Of  Naphtali ;  Ahira  the  son  of  Euan. 

16  These  were  the  renoAvned  of  the  con- 
gregation, princes  of  the  tribes  of  their 
fathers,  heads  of  thousands  in  Israel. 

17  H  And  Moses  and  Aaron  took  these 
men  Avhich  are  expressed  by  their  names: 

18  And  they  assembled  all  the  eongrega- 
tion  together  on  the  first  clay  of  the 
second  month,  and  they  declared  their 
pedigrees  after  their  families,  by  the  house 
of  their  fathers,  according  to  the  number 
of  the  names,  from  twenty  years  old  and 
upward,  by  their  polls. 

19  As  the  Lord  commanded  Moses,  so  he 
numbered  theni  in  the  Avilderncss  of  Sinai. 

20  And  the  children  of  Reuben,  Israel's 
eldest  son,  by  their  genei'ations,  after  their 


NUMBERS. 


families,  by  the  house  of  their  fathers,  j 
according  to  the  number  of  the  names,  j 
by  their  polls,  every  male  from  twenty 
years  old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able 
to  go  forth  to  war ; 

21  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
eveii  of  the  tribe  of  Reuben,  were  forty 
and  six  thousand  and  five  hundred. 

22  H  Of  the  children  of  Simeon,  by  their 
generations,  after  their  families,  by  the 
house  of  their  fathers,  those  that  were 
numbered  of  them,  according  to  the  num- 
ber of  the  names,  by  their  polls,  every 
male  from  twenty  years  old  and  upward, 
all  that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  war; 

23  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
even  of  the  tribe  of  Simeon,  loere  fifty  and 
nine  thousand  and  three  hundred. 

24  H  Of  the  children  of  Gad,  by  their  gen- 
erations, after  their  families,  by  the  house 
of  their  fathers,  according  to  the  number 
of  the  names,  from  twenty  years  old  and 
upward,  all  that  were  able  to  go  forth  to 
war; 

25  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
even  of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  loere  forty  and  five 
thousand  six  hundred  and  fifty. 

26  1  Of  the  children  of  Judah,  by  their 
generations,  after  their  families,  by  the 
house  of  their  fathers,  according  to  the 
number  of  the  names,  from  twenty  years 
old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able  to  go 
forth  to  war; 

27  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
even  of  the  tribe  of  Judah,  were  threescore 
and  fourteen  thousand  and  six  hundred. 

28  1  Of  the  children  of  Issachar,  by  their 
generations,  after  their  families,  by  the 
house  of  their  fathers,  according  to  the 
number  of  the  names,  from  twenty  years 
old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able  to  go 
forth  to  war; 

29  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
even  of  the  tribe  of  Issachar,  %oere  fifty  and 
four  thousand  and  four  hundred. 

30  1  Of  the  children  of  Zebulun,  by  their 
generations,  after  their  families,  by  the 
house  of  their  fathers,  according  to  the 
number  of  the  names,  from  twenty  years 
old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able  to  go 
forth  to  war ; 

31  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
even  of  the  tribe  of  Zebulun,  were  fifty 
and  seven  thousand  and  four  hundred. 

33  T[  Of  the  children  of  Joseph,  namely,  of 


the  children  of  Ephraim,  by  their  gen- 
erations, after  their  families,  by  the  house 
of  their  fothers,  according  to  the  number 
of  the  names,  from  twenty  years  old  and 
upward,  all  that  were  able  to  go  forth  to 
war ; 

33  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
even  of  the  tribe  of  Ephraim,  were  forty 
thousand  and  five  hundred. 

34  T[  Of  the  children  of  Manasseh,  by  their 
generations,  after  their  families,  by  the 
house  of  their  fathers,  according  to  the 
number  of  the  names,  from  twenty  years 
old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able  to  go 
forth  to  war ; 

35  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
even  of  the  tribe  of  Manasseh,  wer-e  thirty 
and  two  thousand  and  two  hundred. 

30  H  Of  the  children  of  Benjamin,  by 
their  generations,  after  their  families,  by 
the  house  of  their  fathers,  according  to 
the  number  of  the  names,  from  twenty 
years  old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able 
to  go  forth  to  war ; 

37  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
even  of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  tco-e  thirty 
and  five  thousand  and  four  hundred. 

38  T[  Of  the  children  of  Dan,  by  their  gen- 
erations, after  their  families,  by  the  house 
of  their  fixthers,  according  to  the  number 
of  the  names,  from  twenty  years  old  and 
upward,  all  that  were  able  to  go  forth  to 
war; 

39  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
etwi.  of  the  tribe  of  Dan,  were  threescore 
and  two  thousand  and  seven  hundred. 

40  IT  Of  the  children  of  Asher,  by  their 
generations,  after  their  families,  by  the 
house  of  their  fathers,  according  to  the 
number  of  the  names,  from  twenty  years 
old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able  to 
go  forth  to  war ; 

41  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
even  of  the  tribe  of  Asher,  were  forty  and 
one  thousand  and  five  hundred. 

42  1  Of  the  children  of  Naphtali,  through- 
out their  generations,  after  their  families, 
by  the  house  of  their  fathers,  according  to 
the  number  of  the  names,  from  twenty 
years  old  and  upward,  all  that  were  able 
to  go  forth  to  war; 

43  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
even  of  the  tribe  of  Naphtali,  we^'e  fifty  and 
three  thousand  and  four  hundred. 

44  These  are  those  that  were  numbered, 

135 


NUMBERS. 


which    Moses  and  Aaron  numbered,  and  | 
the   princes  of  Israel,  belmj  twelve  men: 
each  one  was  for  the  house  of  his  fathers. 

45  So  were  all  those  that  Avere  numbered  | 
of  the  children  of  Israel,  by  the  house  of! 
their   fathers,  from  twenty  years  old  and 

!  upward,  all  that  were  able  to  go  forth  to 
j  war  in  Israel ; 

46  Even  all  thej'  that  were  numbered  were 
six  hundred  thousand  and  three  thousand 
and  five  hundred  and  fifty. 

47  *\  But  the  Levites  after  the  tribe  of 
their  fathers  were  not  numbered  among 
them. 

48  For  the  Lord  had  spoken  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

49  Only  thou  shalt  not  number  the  tribe 
of  Levi,  neither  take  the  sum  of  them 
among  the  children  of  Israel : 

50  But  thou  shalt  appoint  the  Levites 
over  the  tabernacle  of  testimony,  and  over 
all  the  vessels  thereof,  and  over  all  things 
that  belong  to  it :  they  shall  bear  the  taber- 
nacle, and  all  the  vessels  thereof;  and  they 
shall  minister  unto  it,  and  shall  encamp 
round  about  the  tabernacle. 

51  And  when  the  tabernacle  setteth  for- 
ward, the  Levites  shall  take  it  down ;  and 
when  the  tabernacle  is  to  be  pitched,  the 
Levites  shall  set  it  up:  and  the  stranger 
that  cometh  nigh  shall  be  put  to  death. 

52  And  the  children  of  Israel  shall  pitch 
their  tents,  evei*y  man  by  his  own  camp, 
and  every  man  by  his  own  standard, 
throughout  their  hosts. 

53  But  the  Levites  shall  pitch  round 
about  the  tabernacle  of  testimony,  that 
there  be  no  Avrath  upon  the  congregation 
of  the  children  of  Israel :  and  the  Levites 
shall  keep  the  charge  of  the  tabernacle  of 
testimony. 

54  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  accord- 
ing to  all  that  the  Lord  commanded 
Moses,  so  did  they. 

CHAPTER  II. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto   Moses  and 
unto  Aaron,  sa'  ing, 

2  Every  man  of  the  children  of  Israel  shall 
pitch  by  his  own  standard,  with  the  ensign 
of  their  father's  house :  far  off  about  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation  shall  they 
pitch. 

3  And  on  the  east  side  toward  the  rising 
of  the  sun  shall  they  of  the  standard  of 

136 


the  camp  of  Judah  pitch  throughout  their 
armies :  and  Nahshon  the  son  of  Am- 
minadab  mJtall  he  captain  of  the  children  of 
Judah. 

4  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were  num- 
bered of  them,  v:ere  threescore  and  four- 
teen thousand  and  six  hundred. 

5  And  those  that  do  pitch  next  unto  him 
shall  he  the  tribe  of  Issachar :  and  Nethan- 
eel  the  son  of  Zuar  shall  he  captain  of 
the  children  of  Issachar. 

6  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were  num- 
bered thereof,  were  fifty  and  four  thousand 
and  four  hundred. 

7  TJien  the  tribe  of  Zebulun:  and  Eliab 
the  son  of  Helon  shall  he  captain  of  the 
children  of  Zebulun. 

8  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were  num- 
bered thereof,  were  fifty  and  seven  thou- 
sand and  four  hundred. 

9  All  that  were  numbered  in  the  camp 
of  Judah  were  a  hundred  thousand  and 
fourscore  thousand  and  six  thousand  and 
four  hundred,  throughout  their  armies : 
these  shall  first  set  forth. 

10  ^  On  the  south  side  shall  be  the  stand- 
ard of  the  camp  of  Reuben  according  to 
their  armies:  and  the  captain  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Reuben  shall  he  Elizur  the  son  of 
Shedeur. 

11  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were 
numbered  thereof,  were  forty  and  six  thou- 
sand and  five  hundred. 

12  And  those  which  pitch  by  him  shall 
he  the  tribe  of  Simeon:  and  the  captain  of 
the  children  of  Simeon  shall  he  Shelumiel 
the  son  of  Zurishaddai. 

13  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were 
numbered  of  them,  were  fifty  and  nine  thou- 
sand and  three  hundred. 

14  Then  the  tribe  of  Gad :  and  the  captain 
of  the  sons  of  Gad  shall  he  Eliasaph  the  son 
of  Reuel. 

15  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were 
numbered  of  them,  were  forty  and  five 
thousand  and  six  hundred  and  fifty. 

16  All  that  were  numbered  in  the  camp 
of  Reuben  were  a  hundred  thousand  and 
fifty  and  one  thousand  and  four  hundred 
and  fifty,  throughout  their  armies:  and 
the}'  shall  set  forth  in  the  second  rank. 

17  T[  Then  the  tabernacle  of  the  congrega- 
tion shall  set  forward  with  the  camp  of 
the  Levites  in  the  midst  of  the  camp:  as 
they  encamp,  so  shall  they   set  forward. 


NUMBERS. 


every  man   in   his  place   by  their   stand- 
ards. 

18  1  On  the  west  side  shall  be  the  stand- 
ard of  the  camp  of  Ephraim  accordins^  to 
their  armies:  and  the  captain  of  the  sons 
of  Ephraim  shall  he  Elishama  the  son  of 
Aramihud. 

19  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were 
numbered  of  them,  were  forty  thousand 
and  five  hiandred. 

20  And  by  him  shall  he  the  tribe  of  Man- 
asseh :  and  the  captain  of  the  children  of 
Manasseh  shall  he  Gamaliel  the  son  of  Ped- 
ahzur. 

21  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were 
numbered  of  them,  were  thirty  and  two 
thousand  and  two  hundred. 

22  Then  the  tribe  of  Benjamin :  and  the 
captain  of  the  sons  of  Benjamin  shall  he 
Abidan  the  son  of  Gideoni. 

23  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were 
numbered  of  them,  were  thirty  and  five 
thousand  and  four  hundred. 

24  All  that  were  numbered  of  the  camp 
of  Ephraim  ivei'e  a  hundred  thousand  and  i 
eight  thousand  and  a  hundred,  throughout 
their  armies:  and  they  shall  go  forward  in 
the  third  rank. 

25  H  The  standard  of  the  camp  of  Dan 
shall  be  on  the  north  side  by  their  armies : 
and  the  captain  of  the  children  of  Dan  shall 
he  Ahiezer  the  son  of  Ammishaddai. 

26  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were  j 
numbered  of  them,  were  threescore  and  j 
two  thousand  and  seven  hundred. 

27  And  those  that  encamp  by  him  shall 
he  the  tribe  of  Asher:  and  the  captain  of 
the  children  of  Asher  sJiall  be  Pagiel  the 
son  of  Ocran. 

28  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were 
numbered  of  them,  viere  forty  and  one 
thousand  and  five  hundred. 

29  1[  Then  the  tribe  of  Naphtali:  and  the 
captain  of  the  children  of  Naphtali  shall  he 
Ahira  the  son  of  Enan. 

30  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were 
numbered  of  them,  were  fifty  and  three 
thousand  and  four  hundred. 

31  All  they  that  were  numbered  in  the 
camp  of  Dan  were  a  hundred  thousand  and 
fifty  and  seven  thousand  and  six  hundred: 
they  shall  go  hindmost  with  their  stand- 
ards. 

33  U  These  are  those  which  were  number- 
ed of  the  children  of  Israel  by  the  ho^^se 


of  their  fathers :  all  those  that  were  num- 
bered of  the  camps  throughout  their  hosts 
viere  six  hundred  thousand  and  three  thou- 
sand and  five  hundred  and  fifty. 

33  But  the  Levites  were  not  numbered 
among  the  children  of  Israel;  as  the  Lokd 
commanded  Moses. 

34  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  accord- 
ing to  all  that  the  Lord  commanded  Mo- 
ses :  so  they  pitched  by  their  standards,  and 
so  they  set  forward,  every  oue  after  their 
fxmilies,  according  to  the  house  of  their 
fathers. 

CHAPTER  HI. 

THESE  also  are  the  generations  of  Aaron 
and  Moses,  in  the  day  that  the  Lord 
spake  with  Moses  in  mount  Sinai. 

2  And  these  are  the  names  of  the  sons  of 
Aaron;  Nadab  the  firstborn,  and  Abihu, 
Eleazar,  and  Ithamar. 

3  These  are  the  names  of  the  sons  of 
Aarou,  the  priests  which  were  anointed, 
whom  he  consecrated  to  minister  in  the 
priest's  office. 

4  And  Nadab  and  Abihu  died  before  the 
Lord,  when  they  ofl'ercd  strange  fire  be- 
fore the  Lord,  in  the  wilderness  of  Sinai, 
and  they  had  no  children :  and  Eleazar 
and  Ithamar  ministered  in  the  priest's 
office  in  the  sight  of  Aaron  their  f:\ther. 

5  Tl  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 

6  Bring  the  tribe  of  Levi  near,  and  pre- 
sent them  before  Aaron  the  priest,  that 
they  may  minister  unto  him. 

7  And  they  shall  keej)  his  charge,  and 
the  charge  of  the  whole  congregation 
before  the  tabernacle  of  the  congrega- 
tion, to  do  the  service  of  the  taberna- 
cle. 

8  And  they  shall  keep  all  the  instruments 
of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and 
the  charge  of  the  children  of  Israel,  to  do 
the  service  of  the  tabernacle. 

9  And  thou  shalt  give  the  Levites  unto 
Aaron  and  to  his  sons  :  they  are  wholly 
given  unto  him  out  of  the  children  of 
Israel. 

10  And  thou  shalt  appoint  Aaron  and  his 
sons,  and  they  shall  wait  on  their  priest's 
office :  and  the  stranger  that  cometh  nigh 
shall  be  put  to  death. 

11  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 

12  And  I,  behold,  I  have  taken  the  Levites 

137 


NUMBERS. 


from  among  the  children  of  Israel  instead 
of  all  the  firstborn  that  openeth  the  matrix 
among  the  children  of  Israel :  therefore  the 
Levites  shall  be  mine ; 

13  Because  all  the  firstborn  are  mine; 
for  on  the  day  that  I  smote  all  the  first- 
born in  the  land  of  Eg^'pt  I  hallowed 
unto  me  all  the  firstborn  in  Israel,  both 
man  and  beast:  mine  they  shall  be:  I  am 
the  Lord. 

14  1|  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses  in 
the  wilderness  of  Sinai,  saying, 

15  Number  the  children  of  Levi  after  the 
house  of  their  fixthers,  by  their  families : 
every  male  from  a  month  old  and  upward 
Shalt  thou  number  them. 

16  And  Moses  numbered  them  according 
to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  as  he  was  com- 
manded. 

17  And  these  were  the  sons  of  Levi  by 
their  names;  Gershon,  and  Kohath,  and 
Merari. 

18  And  these  are  the  names  of  the  sons 
of  Gershon  by  their  flimilies ;  Libni,  and 
Shimei. 

19  And  the  sons  of  Kohath  by  their  fam- 
ilies; Amram,  and  Izehar,  Hebron,  and 
Uzziel. 

20  And  the  sons  of  Merari  by  their  fam- 
ilies ;  Mahli,  and  Mushi.  These  are  the 
families  of  the  Levites  according  to  the 
house  of  their  fathers. 

21  Of  Gershon  icas  the  family  of  the  Lib- 
nites,  and  the  fiimily  of  the  Shimites: 
these  are  the  families  of  the  Gershou- 
ites. 

22  Those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
according  to  the  number  of  all  the  males, 
from  a  month  old  and  upward,  even  those 
that  were  numbered  of  them  were  seven 
thousand  and  five  hundred. 

23  The  families  of  the  Gershonites  siiall 
pitch  behind  the  tabernacle  westward, 

24  And  the  chief  of  the  house  of  the  fii- 
ther  of  the  Gershonites  shall  be  Eliasaph  the 
son  of  Lael. 

25  And  the  charge  of  the  sons  of  Gershon 
in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation  sJiall 
he  the  tabernacle,  and  the  tent,  the  cov- 
ering thereof,  and  the  hanging  for  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congrega- 
tion, 

26  And  the  hangings  of  the  court,  and 
the  curtain  for  the  door  of  the  court, 
which    is    by  the   tabernacle,  and  by  the 

138 


i  altar  round  about,  and  the  cords  of  it,  for 
all  the  service  thereof 

27  II  And  of  Kohath  was  the  family  of 
the  Amramites,  and  the  family  of  the 
Izeharites,  and  the  family  of  the  Hebron- 
ites,  and  the  family  of  the  Uzzielites: 
these  are  the  families  of  the  Kohathites. 

28  In  the  number  of  all  the  males, 
from  a  month  old  and  upward,  were 
eight  thousand  and  six  hundred,  keeping 

I  the  charge  of  the  sanctuary. 

29  The  families  of  the  'sons  of  Kohath 
!  shall  pitch  on  the  side  of  the  tabernacle 
I  southward. 

30  And  the  chief  of  the  house  of  the 
father  of  the  families  of  the  Kohathites 
shall  he  Elizaphan  the  son  of  Uzziel. 

31  And  their  charge  shall  he  the  ark,  and 
the  table,  and  the  candlestick,  and  the 
altars,  and  the  vessels  of  the  sanctuary 
wherewith  they  minister,  and  the  hang- 
ing, and  all  the  service  thereof 

32  And  Eleazar  the  son  of  Aaron  the 
priest  shall  he  chief  over  the  chief  of  the 
Levites,  and  have  the  oversight  of  them 
that  keep  the  charge  of  the  sanctuary. 

33  H  Of  Merari  %cm  the  family  of  'the 
Mahlites,  and  the  family  of  the  Mushites: 
these  are  the  families  of  Merari. 

34  And  those  that  wore  numbered  of 
them,  according  to  the  number  of  all  the 
males,  from  a  month  old  and  upward,  were 
six  thousand  and  two  hundred. 

35  And  the  chief  of  the  house  of  the 
father  of  the  families  of  Merari  was  Zuriel 
the  son  of  Abihail :  these  shall  pitch  on 
the  side  of  the  tabernacle  northward. 

36  And  under  the  custody  and  charge  of 
the  sons  of  Merari  shall  be  the  boards  of 
the  tabeniacle,  and  the  bars  thereof,  and 
the  pillars  thereof,  and  the  sockets  thereof, 
and  all  the  vessels  thereof,  and  all  that 
serveth  thereto, 

37  And  the  pillars  of  the  court  round 
about,  and  their  sockets,  and  their  pins, 
and  their  cords. 

38  ^  But  those  that  encamp  before  the  tab- 
ernacle toward  the  east,  everi  before  the  tab- 
ernacle of  the  congregation  eastward,  shall 

\  be  Moses,  and  Aaron  and  his  sons,  keeping 
the  charge  of  the  sanctuar}-  for  the  charge 
of  the  children  of  Israel ;  and  the  stranger 
that  cometh  nigh  shall  be  put  to  death. 

39  All  that  were  numbered  of  the  Le- 
'  vites,  which  Moses  and  Aaron  numbered  at 


NUMBERS. 


the  commandment  of  the  Lord,  through- 
out their  families,  all  the  males  from  a 
month  old  and  upward,  were  twenty  and 
two  thousand. 

40  1  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
Number  all  the  firstborn  of  the  males  of 
the  children  of  Israel  from  a  month  old 
and  upward,  and  take  the  number  of  their 
names. 

41  And  thou  shalt  take  the  Levites  for  me 
( I  am  the  Lord  )  instead  of  all  the  firstborn 
among  the  children  of  Israel ;  and  the  cat- 
tle of  the  Levites  instead  of  all  the  firstlings 
among  the  cattle  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

42  And  Moses  numbered,  as  the  Lord 
commanded  him,  all  the  firstborn  among 
the  children  of  Israel. 

43  And  all  the  firstborn  males  by  the 
number  of  names,  from  a  month  old  and 
iipward,  of  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  were  twenty  and  two  thousand  two 
hundred  and  threescore  and  thirteen. 

44  Tl  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

45  Take  the  Levites  instead  of  all  the 
firstborn  among  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
the  cattle  of  the  Levites  instead  of  their 
cattle;  and  the  Levites  shall  be  mine:  I 
am  the  Lord. 

46  And  for  those  that  are  to  be  redeemed 
of  the  two  hundred  and  threescore  and 
thirteen  of  the  firstborn  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  which  are  more  than  the  Levites; 

47  Thou  shalt  even  take  five  shekels 
apiece  by  the  poll,  after  the  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary  shalt  thou  take  them :  (the  she- 
kel is  twenty  gerahs :) 

48  And  thou  shalt  give  the  money,  where- 
with the  odd  number  of  them  is  to  be  re- 
deemed, unto  Aaron  and  to  his  sons. 

49  And  Moses  took  the  redemption 
money  of  them  that  were  OA'er  and  above 
them  that  were  redeemed  by  the  Levites  : 

50  Of  the  firstborn  of  the  children  of 
Israel  took  he  the  money;  a  thousand 
three  hundred  and  threescore  and  five 
shekeh,  after  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary : 

51  And  Moses  gave  the  money  of  them 
that  were  redeemed  unto  Aaron  and  to 
his  sons,  according  to  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses  and 
unto  Aaron,  saying. 


3  Take  the  sum  of  the  sons  of  Kohath 
from  among  the  sons  of  Levi,  after  their 
families,  by  the  house  of  their  fathers, 

3  From  thirty  years  old  and  upward  even 
until  fifty  years  old,  all  that  enter  into  the 
host,  to  do  the  work  in  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation. 

4  This  sJiall  he  the  service  of  the  sons  of 
Kohath  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation, about  the  most  holy  things. 

5  1  And  when  the  camp  setteth  forward, 
Aaron  shall  come,  and  his  sons,  and  they 
shall  take  down  the  covering  vail,  and 
cover  the  ark  of  testimony  with  it : 

6  And  shall  put  thereon  the  covering  of 
badgers'  skins,  and  shall  spread  over  it  a 
cloth  wholly  of  blue,  and  shall  put  in  the 
staves  thereof. 

7  And  upon  the  table  of  shewbread  they 
shall  spread  a  cloth  of  blue,  and  put 
thereon  the  dishes,  and  the  spoons,  and 
the  bowls,  and  covers  to  cover  withal : 
and  the  continual  bread  shall  be  thereon  : 

8  And  they  shall  spread  upon  them  a 
cloth  of  scarlet,  and  cover  the  same  with 
a  covering  of  badgers'  skins,  and  shall  put 
in  the  staves  thereof 

9  And  they  shall  take  a  cloth  of  blue,  and 
cover  the  candlestick  of  the  light,  and  his 
lamps,  and  his  tongs,  and  his  snuffdishes, 
and  all  the  oil  vessels  thereof,  wherewith 
they  minister  unto  it : 

10  And  they  shall  put  it  and  all  the  vessels 
thereof  within  a  covering  of  badgers'  skins, 
and  shall  put  it  upon  a  bar. 

11  And  upon  the  golden  altar  they  shall 
spread  a  cloth  of  blue,  and  cover  it  with 
a  covering  of  badgers'  skins,  and  shall  put 
to  the  staves  thereof: 

12  And  they  shall  take  all  the  instruments 
of  ministry,  wherewith  they  minister  in 
the  sanctuary,  and  put  theui  in  a  cloth  of 
blue,  and  cover  them  with  a  covering  of 
badgers'  skins,  and  shall  put  them  on  a 
bar. 

13  And  they  shall  take  away  the  ashes 
from  the  altar,  and  spread  a  purple  cloth 
thereon : 

14  And  they  shall   put  upon  it    all    the 

vessels  thereof,  wherewith  they   minister 

about  it,  even  the  censers,  the  fleshhooks, 

and   the  shovels,   and  the  basins,   all  the 

vessels  of  the  altar;  and  they  shall  spread 

upon  it  a  covering  of  badgers'  skins,  and 

put  to  the  staves  of  it. 
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NUMBERS. 


15  And  when  Aaron  and  his  sons  have 
made  an  cud  of  coverint^  the  sanctuary, 
and  all  the  vessels  of  the  sanctuary,  as  the 
camp  is  to  set  forward;  after  that,  the 
sons  of  Kohath  shall  come  to  bear  it: 
but  they  shall  not  touch  atiy  holy  thing, 
lest  they  die.  These  thbujx  are  the  burden 
of  the  sons  of  Kohath  in  the  tabernacle  of 
the  conj^regation. 

16  Ti  And  to  the  office  of  Eleazar  the  son 
of  Aaron  the  priest  j)ertaineth  the  oil  for 
the  light,  and  the  sweet  incense,  and  the 
daily  meat  ofi'ering,  and  the  anointing  oil, 
and  the  oversight  of  all  the  tabernacle, 
and  of  all  that  therein  i.s,  in  the  sanctuary, 
and  in  the  vessels  thereof. 

17  ^  And  the  Lokd  spake  unto  Moses  and 
unto  Aaron,  saying, 

18  Cut  ye  not  ofi'  the  tribe  of  the  fami- 
lies of  the  Kohathites  from  among  the 
Levites : 

19  But  thus  do  unto  them,  that  they  may 
live,  and  not  die,  when  they  approach  unto 
the  most  holy  things :  Aaron  and  his  sons 
shall  go  in,  and  appoint  them  every  one 
to  his  service  and  to  his  burden : 

20  But  they  shall  not  go  in  to  see  when 
the  holy  things  are  covered,  lest  they  die. 

21  %  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

22  Take  also  the  sum  of  the  sons  of 
Gershon,  throughout  the  houses  of  their 
fathers,  by  their  families  ; 

23  From  thirty  years  old  and  upward 
until  fifty  years  old  shalt  thou  number 
them ;  all  that  enter  in  to  perform  the 
service,  to  do  the  Avork  in  the  taberaacle 
of  the  congregation. 

24  This  i.s  the  serA-icc  of  the  families  of 
the  Gershonites,  to  serve,  and  for  burdens: 

25  And  they  shall  bear  the  curtains  of  the 
tabernacle,  and  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation, his  covering,  and  the  covering 
of  the  badgers'  skins  that  U  above  upon 
it,  and  the  hanging  for  the  door  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 

26  And  the  hangings  of  the  court,  and 
the  hanging  for  the  door  of  the  gate  of 
the  court,  which  in  by  the  tabernacle  and 
by  the  altar  roimd  about,  and  their  cords, 
and  all  the  instruments  of  their  service, 
and  all  that  is  made  for  them:  so  shall 
they  ser\'e. 

27  At  the  appointment  of  Aaron  and  his 
sons   shall  be  all  the  service  of  the  sons 


of  the  Gershonites,  in  all  their  burdens, 
and  in  all  their  service:  and  ye  shall 
appoint  unto  them  in  charge  all  their 
burdens. 

28  This  w  the  service  of  the  families  of 
the  sons  of  Gershon  in  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation:  and  their  charge  ahall 
he  under  the  hand  of  Ithamar  the  son  of 
Aaron  the  priest. 

29  TI  As  for  the  sons  of  Merari,  thou  shalt 
number  them  after  their  families,  by  the 
house  of  their  fathers; 

30  From  thirty  years  old  and  upward 
even  unto  fifty  years  old  shalt  thou  num- 
ber them,  every  one  that  cntereth  into 
the  service,  to  do  the  work  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation. 

31  And  this  is  the  charge  of  their  burden, 
according  to  all  their  service  in  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation;  the  boards  of 
the  tabernacle,  and  the  bars  thereof,  and 
the  pillars  thereof,  and  sockets  thereof, 

32  And  the  pillars  of  the  court  round 
about,  and  their  sockets,  and  their  pins, 
and  their  cords,  with  all  their  instruments, 
and  with  all  their  service  :  and  by  name  ye 
shall  reckon  the  instruments  of  the  charge 
of  their  burden. 

33  This  is  the  service  of  the  families  of 
the  sons  of  Merari,  according  to  all  their 
service,  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congrega- 
tion, under  the  hand  of  Ithamar  the  son  of 
Aaron  the  priest. 

34  H  And  Moses  and  Aaron  and  the  chief 
of  the  congregation  numbered  the  sons 
of  the  Kohathites  after  their  families,  and 
after  the  house  of  their  fathers, 

35  From  thirty  years  old  and  upward  even 
unto  fifty  years  old,  every  one  that  cnter- 
eth into  the  service,  for  the  work  in  the 
taberaacle  of  the  congregation : 

36  And  those  that  were  numbered  of  them 
by  their  families  Avere  two  thousand  seven 
hundred  and  fifty. 

37  These  were  they  that  were  numbered 
of  the  families  of  the  Kohathites,  all  that 
might  do  service  in  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation,  which  Moses  and  Aaron  did 
number  according  to  the  commandment 
of  the  Lokd  by  the  hand  of  Moses. 

38  And  those  that  Averc  numbered  of  the 
sons  of  Gershon,  throughout  their  fiimilics, 
and  by  the  house  of  their  fathers, 

39  From  thirty  years  old  and  upAvard  even 
unto  fifty  years  old,  every  one  that  enter- 


NUMBERS. 


cth   iuto  the   service,  lor  the  -work  in  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 

40  Even  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  throughout  their  families,  by  the 
house  of  their  fathers,  were  two  thousand 
and  six  hundred  and  thirty. 

41  These  are  they  that  were  numbered 
of  the  families  of  the  sons  of  Gcrshon,  of 
all  that  might  do  service  in  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation,  whom  Moses 
and  Aaron  did  number  according  to  the 
commandment  of  the  Lord. 

42  ^  And  those  that  were  numbered  of 
the  families  of  the  sons  of  Merari,  through- 
out their  families,  by  the  house  of  their 
fathers, 

43  From  thirty  years  old  and  upward 
even  unto  fifty  years  old,  every  one  that 
entereth  into  the  service,  for  the  work  in 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 

44  Even  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them  after  their  families,  were  three  thou- 
sand and  two  hundred. 

45  These  he  those  that  were  numbered 
of  the  families  of  the  sons  of  Merari,  whom 
Moses  and  Aaron  numbered  according  to 
the  word  of  the  Lord  by  the  hand  of 
Moses. 

46  All  those  that  were  numbered  of  the 
Levites,  Avhom  Moses  and  Aaron  and  the 
chief  of  Israel  numbered,  after  their  fami- 
lies, and  after  the  house  of  their  fathers, 

47  From  thirty  years  old  and  upward 
even  unto  fifty  years  old,  every  one  that 
came  to  do  the  service  of  the  ministrj'^, 
and  the  service  of  the  burden  in  the  tab- 
ernacle of  the  congregation, 

48  Even  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  were  eight  thousand  and  fiA'e  hund- 
red and  fourscore. 

49  According  to  the  commandment  of  the 
Lord  they  were  numbered  by  the  hand  of 
Moses,  every  one  according  to  his  serv- 
ice, and  according  to  his  burden :  thus 
were  they  numbered  of  him,  as  the  Lord 
commanded  Moses. 

CHAPTER  Y. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  \into  Moses,  say- 
ing, 

2  Command  the  children  of  Israel,  that 
they  put  out  of  the  camp  eveiy  leper, 
and  every  one  that  hath  an  issue,  and 
whosoever  is  defiled  by  the  dead : 

3  Both  male  and  female  shall  ye  put  out, 


without  the  camp  shall  ye  put  them;  that 
they  defile  not  their  camps,  in  the  midst 
whereof  I  dwell. 

4  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  so,  and 
put  them  out  without  the  camp :  as  the 
Lord  spake  imto  Moses,  so  did  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

5  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

6  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  When 
a  man  or  woman  shall  commit  any  sin 
that  men  commit,  to  do  a  trespass  against 
the  Lord,  and  that  person  be  guilty ; 

7  Then  they  shall  confess  their  sin  which 
they  have  done:  and  he  shall  recompense 
his  trespass  with  the  principal  thereof, 
and  add  unto  it  the  fifth  /ja?'<  thereof,  and 
give  it  unto  lain  against  whom  he  hath 
trespassed. 

8  But  if  the  man  have  no  kinsman  to 
recompense  the  trespass  unto,  let  the 
trespass  be  recompensed  unto  the  Lord, 
even  to  the  priest ;  beside  the  ram  of  the 
atonement,  whereby  an  atonement  shall 
be  made  for  him. 

9  And  every  offering  of  all  the  holy 
things  of  the  children  of  Israel,  which 
they  bring  unto  the  priest,  shall  be  his. 

10  And  everj'  man's  hallowed  things 
shall  be  his:  whatsoever  any  man  giveth 
the  priest,  it  shall  be  his. 

11  If  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

12  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
say  unto  them.  If  any  man's  wife  go  aside, 
and  commit  a  trespass  against  him, 

13  And  a  man  lie  with  her  carnally,  and 
it  be  hid  from  the  eyes  of  her  husband, 
and  be  kept  close,  and  she  be  defiled, 
and  there  he  no  witness  against  her,  neither 
she  be  taken  with  the  manner  ; 

14  And  the  spirit  of  jealousy  come  upon 
him,  and  he  be  jealous  of  his  wife,  and 
she  be  defiled;  or  if  the  spirit  of  jealousy 
come  upon  him,  and  he  be  jealous  of  his 
wife,  and  she  be  not  defiled : 

15  Then  shall  the  man  bring  his  wife  unto 
the  priest,  and  he  shall  bring  her  offering 
for  her,  the  tenth  pari  of  an  ephali  of  bar- 
ley meal;  he  shall  pour  no  oil  upon  it, 
nor  put  frankincense  thereon;  for  it  i.s-  an 
oflfering  of  jealousy,  an  ofiering  of  memo- 
rial, bringing  iniquity  to  remembraucc. 

16  And  the  i)riest  shall  bring  her  near, 
and  set  her  before  the  Lord: 

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NUMBERS. 


17  And  the  priest  shall  take  holy  "water 
in  an  earthen  vessel ;  and  of  the  dust  that 
is  in  the  floor  of  the  tabernacle  the  priest 
shall  take,  and  put  it  into  the  water: 

18  And  the  priest  shall  set  the  woman 
before  the  Lord,  and  uncover  the  wo- 
man's head,  and  put  the  offering  of  me- 
morial in  her  hands,  which  is  the  jealousy 
offering:  and  the  priest  shall  have  in  his 
hand  the  bitter  water  that  causeth  the 
curse: 

19  And  the  priest  shall  charge  her  by  an 
oath,  and  say  imto  the  woman,  If  no  man 
have  lain  with  thee,  and  if  thou  hast  not 
gone  aside  to  uncleanness  with  aiiother  in- 
stead of  thy  husband,  be  thou  free  from 
this  bitter  water  that  causeth  the  curse  : 

20  But  if  thou  hast  gone  aside  to  another 
instead  of  thy  husband,  and  if  thou  be  de- 
filed, and  some  man  have  lain  with  thee 
besides  thine  husband: 

21  Then  the  priest  shall  charge  the  wo- 
man with  an  oath  of  cursing,  and  the  priest 
shall  say  unto  the  woman,  The  Lord  make 
thee  a  curse  and  an  oath  among  thy  peo- 
ple, when  the  Lord  doth  make  thy  thigh 
to  rot,  and  thy  belly  to  swell; 

23  And  this  water  that  causeth  the  curse 
shall  go  into  thy  bowels,  to  make  thy  belly 
to  swell,  and  thy  thigh  to  rot.  And  the  wo- 
man shall  say,  Amer,  amen. 

23  And  the  priest  shall  write  these  curses 
in  a  book,  and  he  shall  blot  them  out  with 
the  bitter  water : 

24  And  he  shall  cause  the  woman  to 
drink  the  bitter  water  that  causeth  the 
curse:  and  the  water  that  causeth  the 
curse  shall  enter  into  her,  and  become  bit- 
ter. 

25  Then  the  priest  shall  take  the  jealousy 
offering  out  of  the  woman's  hand,  and  shall 
wave  the  offering  before  the  Lord,  and 
offer  it  upon  the  altar: 

26  And  the  priest  shall  take  a  handful  of 
the  offering,  even  the  memorial  thereof,  and 
burn  it  upon  the  altar,  and  afterward  shall 
cause  the  woman  to  drink  the  water. 

27  And  when  he  hath  made  her  to  drink 
the  water,  then  it  shall  come  to  pass,  tJiat 
if  she  be  defiled,  and  have  done  trespass 
against  her  husband,  that  the  water  that 
causeth  the  curse  shall  enter  into  her,  and 
become  bitter,  and  her  belly  shall  swell,  and 
her  thigh  shall  rot:  and  the  woman  shall 
be  a  curse  among  her  people. 

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26  And  if  the  woman  be  not  defiled,  but 
be  clean ;  then  she  shall  be  free,  and  shall 
conceive  seed. 

29  This  is  the  law  of  jealousies,  when  a 
wife  goeth  aside  to  another  instead  of  her 
husband,  and  is  defiled  ; 

30  Or  when  the  spirit  of  jealousy  cometh 
upon  him,  and  he  be  jealous  over  his  wife, 
and  shall  set  the  woman  before  the  Lord, 
and  the  priest  shall  execute  upon  her  all 
this  law. 

31  Then  shall  the  man  be  guiltless  from 
iniquity,  and  this  woman  shall  bear  her  in- 
iquity. 

CHAPTER  VL 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
say  unto  them.  When  either  man  or  wo- 
man shall  separate  themselves  to  vow  a  vow 
of  a  Nazarite,  to  separate  them^lves  unto 
the  Lord; 

3  He  shall  separate  himself  ir ova.  wine  and 
strong  drink,  and  shall  drink  no  vinegar 
of  wine,  or  vinegar  of  strong  drink,  nei- 
ther shall  he  drink  any  liquor  of  grapes, 
nor  eat  moist  grapes,  or  dried. 

4  All  the  days  of  his  separation  shall  he 
eat  nothing  that  is  made  of  the  vine  tree, 
from  the  kernels  even  to  the  husk. 

5  All  the  days  of  the  vow  of  his  separa- 
tion there  shall  no  razor  come  upon  his 
head:  until  the  days  be  fulfilled,  in  the 
which  he  separateth  himself  wuio  the  Lord, 
he  shall  be  holy,  and  shall  let  the  locks  of 
the  hair  of  his  head  grow. 

6  All  the  days  that  he  separateth  himself 
unto  the  Lord  he  shall  come  at  no  dead 
body. 

7  He  shall  not  make  himself  unclean  for 
his  father,  or  for  his  mother,  for  his  broth- 
er, or  for  his  sisteiv  when  they  die:  be- 
cause the  consecration  of  his  God  is  upon 
his  head. 

8  All  the  days  of  his  separation  he  is  holy 
unto  the  Lord. 

9  And  if  any  man  die  very  suddenly  by 
him,  and  he  hath  defiled  the  head  of  his 
consecration;  then  he  shall  shave  his  head 
in  the  day  of  his  cleansing,  on  the  seventh 
day  shall  he  shave  it. 

10  And  on  the  eighth  day  he  shall  bring 
two  turtles,  or  two  young  pigeons,  to  the 
priest,  to  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation : 


NUMBERS. 


11  And  the  priest  shall  offer  the  one  for  a 
sin  oflering,  and  the  other  for  a  burnt 
ofiering,  and  make  an  atonement  for  him, 
for  that  he  sinned  by  the  dead,  and  shall 
hallow  his  head  that  same  day, 

12  And  he  shall  consecrate  unto  the  Lord 
the  days  of  his  separation,  and  shall  bring 
a  lamb  of  the  first  year  for  a  trespass 
offering:  but  the  days  that  were  before 
shall  be  lost,  because  his  separation  was 
defiled. 

13  H  And  this  is  the  law  of  the  Nazarite : 
when  the  days  of  his  separation  are  ful- 
filled, he  shall  be  brought  unto  the  door  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation : 

14  And  he  shall  offer  his  offering  unto  the 
Lord,  one  he  lamb  of  the  first  year  with- 
out blemish  for  a  burnt  offering,  and  one 
ewe  lamb  of  the  first  year  without  blemish 
for  a  sin  offering,  and  one  ram  without 
blemish  for  peace  offerings, 

15  And  a  basket  of  unleavened  bread, 
cakes  of  fine  flour  mingled  with  oil,  and 
wafers  of  unleavened  bread  anointed  with 
oil,  and  their  meat  offering,  and  their  drink 
ofi'erings. 

16  And  the  priest  shall  bring  t?)em  before 
the  Lord,  and  shall  oflfer  his  sin  offering, 
and  his  burnt  offering : 

17  And  he  shall  ofier  the  ram /or  a  sacrifice 
of  peace  offerings  unto  the  Lord,  with  the 
basket  of  unleavened  bread:  the  priest 
shall  offer  also  his  meat  oflFering,  and  his 
drink  offering. 

18  And  the  Nazarite  shall  shave  the  head 
of  his  separation  at  the  door  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation,  and  shall  take 
the  hair  of  the  head  of  his  separation, 
and  put  it  in  the  fire  which  is  under  the 
sacrifice  of  the  peace  offerings. 

19  And  the  priest  shall  take  the  sodden 
shoulder  of  the  ram,  and  one  unleavened 
cake  out  of  the  basket,  and  one  unleav- 
ened wafer,  and  shall  put  tlwm  upon  the 
hands  of  the  Nazarite,  after  the  hair  of  his 
separation  is  shaven : 

20  And  the  priest  shall  wave  them  for 
a  wave  offering  before  the  Lord  :  this  is 
holy  for  the  priest,  with  the  wave  breast 
and  heave  shoulder :  and  after  that  the  Naz- 
arite may  drink  wine. 

21  This  is  the  law  of  the  Nazarite  who 
hath  vowed,  and  of  his  offering  unto  the 
Lord  for  his  separation,  besides  that  that 
his  hand  shall  get:   according  to  the  vow 


Avhich  he  voAved,  so  he  must  do  after  the 
law  of  his  separation. 

22  TI  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

23  Speak  unto  Aaron  and  unto  his  sons, 
saying.  On  this  wise  ye  shall  bless  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  saying  unto  them, 

24  The  Lord  bless  thee,  and  keep  thee : 

25  The  Lord  make  his  face  shine  upon 
thee,  and  be  gracious  unto  thee : 

26  The  Lord  lift  up  his  countenance  upon 
thee,  and  give  thee  peace. 

27  And  they  shall  put  my  name  upon  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  I  will  bless  them. 

CHAPTER  VII. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  on  the  day  that 
Moses  had  fully  set  up  the  taber- 
nacle, and  had  anointed  it,  and  sanctified 
it,  and  all  the  instruments  thereof,  both 
the  altar  and  all  the  vessels  thereof,  and 
had  anointed  them,  and  sanctified  them  ; 

2  That  the  princes  of  Israel,  heads  of  the 
house  of  their  fathers,  who  were  the  princes 
of  the  tribes,  and  were  over  them  that  were 
numbered,  offered : 

3  And  they  brought  their  offering  before 
the  Lord,  six  covered  wagons,  and  twelve 
oxen ;  a  wagon  for  two  of  the  princes, and 
for  each  one  an  ox :  and  they  brought  them 
before  the  tabernacle. 

4  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 

5  Take  it  of  them,  that  they  may  be  to  do 
the  service  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation; and  thou  shalt  give  them  unto  the 
Levites,  to  every  man  according  to  his  serv- 
ice. 

6  And  Moses  took  the  wagons  and  the 
oxen,  and  gave  them  unto  the  Levites. 

7  Tavo  wagons  and  four  oxen  he  gave 
unto  the  sons  of  Gershon,  according  to 
their  service : 

8  And  four  wagons  and  eight  oxen  he 
gave  unto  the  sons  of  Merari,  according 
unto  their  service,  under  the  hand  of 
Ithamar  the  son  of  Aaron  the  priest. 

9  But  unto  the  sons  of  Kohath  he  gave 
none :  because  the  service  of  the  sanctuary 
belonging  unto  them  was  that  they  should 
bear  upon  their  shoulders. 

10  IF  And  the  princes  offered  for  dedicat- 
ing of  the  altar  in  the  day  that  it  was 
anointed,  even  the  princes  offered  their 
offering  before  the  altar.  

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NUMBERS. 


11  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  They 
shall  offer  their  offering,  each  prince  on 
his  day,  for  the  dedicating  of  the  altar. 

12  ^  And  he  that  offered  his  offering  the 
first  day  was  Nahshon  the  son  of  Ammi- 
nadab,  of  the  tribe  of  Judah: 

13  And  his  offering  was  one  silver  charger, 
the  weight  whereof  wtvi  a  hundred  and 
thirty  shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of  seventy 
shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary; 
both  of  them  were  full  of  fine  flour  mingled 
with  oil  for  a  meat  offering : 

14  One  spoon  of  ten  shekels  of  gold,  full 
of  incense: 

15  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one 
lamb  of  the  first  year,  for  a  burnt  offering :  | 

16  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering :  ! 

17  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings,  i 
two  oxen,  five  rams,  five  he  goats,  five  | 
lambs  of  the  first  year :  this  iva^t  the  offer-  j 
ing  of  Nahshon  the  son  of  Amminadab.        j 

18  TI  On  the  second  day  Nethaneel  the  ! 
son  of  Zuar,  prince  of  Issachar,  did  offer : 

19  He  offered  for  his  offeriug  one  silver  | 
charger,  the  weight  whereof  was  a  hund-  j 
red  and  thirty  shekels,  one  silver  howl  of  j 
seventy  shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the  j 
sanctuary ;  both  of  them  full  of  fine  flour  j 
mingled  with  oil  for  a  meat  offering :  ! 

20  One  spoon  of  gold  of  ten  shekels,  full  of  j 
incense :  j 

21  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  lamb  j 
of  the  first  year,  for  a  burnt  offering :  j 

22  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offer- 
ing: 

23  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings, 
two  oxen,  five  rams,  five  he  goats,  five 
lambs  of  the  first  year:  this  rvas  the  offer- 
ing of  Nethaneel  the  son  of  Zuar. 

24  H  On  the  third  day  Eliab  the  son  of 
Helon,  prince  of  the  children  of  Zebulun, 
did  offer  : 

25  His  offering  ivas  one  silver  charger, 
the  weight  whereof  tvas  a  hundred  and 
thirty  shiekels,  one  silver  bowl  of  seventy 
shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary; 
both  of  them  full  of  fine  flour  mingled 
with  oil  for  a  meat  offering : 

26  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  sJiekels,  full 
of  incense : 

27  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  lamb 
of  the  first  year,  for  a  burnt  offering : 

28  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  olTering : 

29  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings, 
two   oxen,   five  rams,   five   he  goats,  five 


lambs  of  the  first  year:  this  loas  the  offer- 
ing of  Eliab  the  son  of  Helon. 

30  1  On  the  fourth  day  Elizur  the  son  of 
Shedeur,  prince  of  the  children  of  Reuben, 
did  offer  : 

31  His  offering  was  one  silver  charger  of 
the  weight  of  a  hundred  and  thirty  shekels, 
one  silver  bowl  of  seventy  shekels,  after 
the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary ;  both  of  them 
full  of  fine  flour  mingled  with  oil  for  a 
meat  offering : 

33  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels,  full 
of  incense : 

33  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  lamb 
of  the  first  year,  for  a  burnt  offering: 

34  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering : 

35  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  ofierings, 
two  oxen,  five  rams,  five  he  goats,  five 
lambs  of  the  first  year :  this  was  the  offer 
ing  of  Elizur  the  son  of  Shedeur. 

36  Ti  On  the  fifth  day  Shelumiel  the  son 
of  Zurishaddai,  prince  of  the  children  of 
Simeon,  did  offer: 

37  His  offering  loas  one  silver  charger, 
the  weight  whereof  was  a  hundred  and 
thirty  shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of  seventy 
shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary; 
both  of  them  full  of  fine  flour  mingled 
with  oil  for  a  meat  offering : 

38  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels, 
full  of  incense : 

39  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  lamb 
of  the  first  year,  for  a  burnt  offering: 

40  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offer- 
ing: 

41  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings, 
two  oxen,  five  rams,  five  he  goats,  five 
lambs  of  the  first  year :  this  was  the  ofier- 
ing  of  Shelumiel  the  son  of  Zurishaddai. 

42  ^  On  the  sixth  day  Eliasaph  the  son 
of  Deuel,  prince  of  the  children  of  Gad, 
offered  : 

43  His  offering  teas  one  silver  charger  of 
the  weight  of  a  hundred  and  thirty  shekels, 
a  silver  bowl  of  seventy  shekels,  after 
the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary;  both  of  them 
full  of  fine  flour  mingled  with  oil  for  a 
meat  offering : 

44  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  sJtckch,  full 
of  incense : 

45  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  lamb 
of  the  first  year,  for  a  burnt  ofiering : 

46  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering: 

47  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings, 
two   oxen,   five  rams,   five  he  goats,  five 


NUMBERS. 


lambs  of  the  first  year  :   this  was  the  olier- 
ing  of  Eliasaph  the  son  of  Deuel. 

48  H  On  the  seventh  clay  Elishama  the 
son  of  Ammihud,  prince  of  the  children  of 
Ephraim,  offered: 

49  His  offering  was  one  silver  charger, 
the  weight  whereof  was  a  hundred  and 
thirty  shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of  seventy 
shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary; 
both  of  them  full  of  fine  flour  mingled 
with  oil  for  a  meat  offering : 

50  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels,  full 
of  incense : 

51  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  lamb 
of  the  first  year,  for  a  burnt  offering: 

53  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offer- 
ing: 

53  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings, 
two  oxen,  five  rams,  five  he  goats,  five 
lambs  of  the  first  year:  this  wa^  the  offer- 
ing of  Elishama  the  son  of  Ammihud. 

54  T[  On  the  eighth  day  offered  Gamaliel 
the  son  of  Pedahzur,  prince  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Manasseh: 

55  His  offering  was  one  silver  charger  of 
the  weight  of  a  hundred  and  thirty  shekels, 
one  silver  bowl  of  seventy  shekels,  after 
the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary;  both  of 
them  full  of  fine  flour  mingled  with  oil 
for  a  meat  offering: 

56  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels, 
full  of  incense: 

57  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  lamb 
of  the  flrst  year,  for  a  burnt  offering : 

58  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  ofi'ering : 

59  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  ofierings, 
two  oxen,  five  rams,  five  he  goats,  five 
lambs  of  the  first  year :  this  was  the  offer- 
ing of  Gamaliel  the  son  of  Pedahzur. 

60  T[  On  the  ninth  day  Abidan  the  son  of 
Gideoni,  prince  of  the  children  of  Benja- 
min, offered: 

61  His  offering  was  one  silver  charger, 
the  weight  whereof  was  a  hundred  and 
thirty  shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of  seventy 
shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary; 
both  of  them  full  of  fine  flour  mingled 
with  oil  for  a  meat  offering: 

62  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  s/iekels,  full 
of  incense : 

63  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  lamb 
of  the  first  year,  for  a  burnt  offering : 

64  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering : 

65  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings, 

two   oxen,   five  rams,   five   he  goats,  five 
__ 


lambs  of  the  first  year :  this  was  the  offer- 
ing of  Abidan  the  sou  of  Gideoni. 

66  T[  On  the  tenth  day  Ahiezer  the  son 
of  Ammishaddai,  prince  of  the  children  of 
Dan,  offered: 

67  His  offering  was  one  silver  charger, 
the  weight  whereof  toas  a  hundred  and 
thirty  shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of  seventy 
shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary ; 
both  of  them  full  of  fine  flour  mingled 
with  oil  for  a  meat  offering  : 

68  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels,  full 
of  incense: 

69  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  lamb 
of  the  flrst  year,  for  a  burnt  oftering : 

70  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offer- 
ing: 

71  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings, 
two  oxen,  five  rams,  five  he  goats,  five 
lambs  of  the  first  year :  this  rvas  the  offer- 
ing of  Ahiezer  the  son  of  Ammishaddai. 

73  1  On  the  eleventh  day  Pagiel  the  son 
of  Ocran,  prince  of  the  children  of  Asher, 
offered : 

73  His  offering  was  one  silver  charger, 
the  weight  whereof  ivas  a  hundred  and 
thirty  shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of  seventy 
shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary; 
both  of  them  fiill  of  fine  flour  mingled 
with  oil  for  a  meat  offering: 

74  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels,  full 
of  incense : 

75  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  lamb 
of  the  first  year,  for  a  burnt  offering: 

76  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering: 

77  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offerings, 
two  oxen,  five  rams,  fiA'e  he  goats,  five 
lambs  of  the  first  year:  this  was  the  offer- 
ing of  Pagiel  the  son  of  Ocran. 

78  H  On  the  twelfth  day  Ahira  the  son  of 
Enan,  prince  of  the  children  of  Naphtali, 
offered : 

79  His  offering  was  one  silver  charger,  the 
weight  whereof  ivas  a  hundred  and  thirty 
s7iekels,  one  silver  bowl  of  seventy  shekels, 
after  the  shekel  of  the  sanctiaary;  both  of 
them  full  of  fine  flour  mingled  with  oil  for 
a  meat  offering: 

80  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels,  full  of 
incense : 

81  One  young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  lamb 
of  the  flrst  year,  for  a  burnt  offering : 

83  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering : 

83  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  jjeace  offerings, 

two   oxen,   five   rams,   five   he  goats,   five 


NUMBERS. 


lambs    of   the    tirst    year:   this    was    the 
offering  of  Ahira  the  son  of  Enau. 

84  This  xcas  the  dedication  of  the  altar, 
in  the  day  when  it  was  anointed,  by  the 
princes  of  Israel :  twelve  chargers  of  sil- 
ver, twelve  silver  bowls,  twelve  spoons  of 
gold: 

85  Each  charger  of  silver  weighing  a  hun- 
dred and  thirty  shekels,  each  bowl  seventy : 
all  the  silver  vessels  loeighcd  two  thousand 
and  four  hundred  shekels,  after  the  shekel 
of  the  sanctuary: 

8G  The  golden  spoons  were  twelve,  full 
of  incense,  weighing  ten  shekels  apiece,  after 
the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary:  all  the  gold 
of  the  spoons  was  a  hundred  and  twenty 
shekels. 

87  All  the  oxen  for  the  burnt  offering  were 
twelve  bullocks,  the  rams  twelve,  the 
lambs  of  the  first  year  twelve,  with  their 
meat  offering :  and  the  kids  of  the  goats 
for  sin  offering  twelve. 

88  And  all  the  oxen  for  the  sacrifice  of 
the  peace  offei-ings  were  twenty  and  four 
bullocks,  the  rams  sixty,  the  he  goats 
sixty,  the  lambs  of  the  first  year  sixty. 
This  was  the  dedication  of  the  altar,  after 
that  it  was  anointed. 

89  And  when  Moses  was  gone  into  the 
tabernacle   of  the   congregation  to   speak 


7  And  thus  shalt  thou  do  unto  them,  to 
cleanse  them :  Sprinkle  water  of  purifying 
upon  them,  and  let  them  shave  all  their 
flesh,  and  let  them  wash  their  clothes,  and 
so  make  themselves  clean. 

8  Then  let  them  take  a  young  bullock 
with  his  meat  offering,  even  fine  flour 
mingled  with  oil,  and  another  young  bull- 
ock Shalt  thou  take  for  a  sin  offering. 

9  And  thou  shalt  bring  the  Levites  before 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation:  and 
thou  shalt  gather  the  whole  assembly  of 
the  children  of  Israel  together. 

10  And  thou  shalt  bring  the  Levites  be- 
fore the  Lord  :  and  the  children  of  Israel 
shall  put  their  hands  upon  the  Levites : 

11  And  Aaron  shall  offer  the  Levites  be- 
fore the  Lord  for  an  offering  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  that  they  may  execute  the 
ser^'ice  of  the  Lord. 

12  And  the  Levites  shall  lay  their  hands 
upon  the  heads  of  the  bullocks:  and  thou 
shalt  offer  the  one  for  a  sin  offering,  and 
the  other  for  a  burnt  offering,  unto  the 
Lord,  to  make  an  atonement  for  the 
LcAites. 

13  And  thou  shalt  set  the  Levites  before 
Aaron,  and  before  his  sons,  and  offer  them 
for  an  offering  unto  the  Lord. 

14  Thus  shalt  thou  separate  the  Levites 


with  him,  then  he  heard  the  voice  of  one  '  from  among  the   children  of  Israel :  and 


speaking  unto  him  from  off  the  mercy  seat 
that  2oas  upon  the  ark  of  testimony,  from 
between  the  two  cherubim :  and  he  spake 
unto  him. 

CHAPTER  VIIL 

AN  D  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 
3  Speak  unto  Aaron,  and  say  unto  him, 
When  thou  lightest  the  lamps,  the  seven 
lamps  shall   give  light    over    against  the 
candlestick. 
3  And  Aaron  did  so ;  he  lighted  the  lamps 


the  Levites  shall  be  mine. 

15  And  after  that  shall  the  Levites  go  in 
to  do  the  service  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation  :  and  thou  shalt  cleanse  them, 
and  offer  them /or  an  offering. 

16  For  they  are  wholly  given  unto  me 
from  among  the  children  of  Israel ;  in- 
stead of  such  as  open  every  womb,  even 
instead  of  the  firstborn  of  all  the  children 
of  Israel,  have  I  taken  them  unto  me. 

17  For  all  the  firstborn  of  the  children 
of  Israel  are  mine,   both  man  and   beast: 


thereof  over  against  the  candlestick,  as  the    on  the  day  that  I  smote   every  firstborn 
Lord  commanded  Moses.  |  in  the  land   of  Egypt  I  sanctified   them 

4  And  this  work  of  the  candlestick  was  of  j  for  myself. 

beaten  gold ;  unto  the  shaft  thereof,  iinto     18  And  I  have  taken  the  Levites  for  all 
the    flowers    thereof,    loas    beaten    work  :  j  the  firstborn  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
according    unto    the    pattern    which    the  j    19  And  I  have  given  the  Levites  as  a  gift 


Lord  had  shewed  Moses,  so  he  made  the 
candlestick. 

5  H  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

6  Take  the  Levites  from  among  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  and  cleanse  them. 

-  ^^  ______ 


to  Aaron  and  to  his  sons  from  among 
the  children  of  Israel,  to  do  the  service 
of  the  children  of  Israel  in  the  taberna- 
cle of  the  congregation,  and  to  make  an 
I  atonement  for  the  children  of  Israel :  that 
'  tliere   be   no    plague   among   the   children 


NUMBERS. 


of  Israel,  when  the  children  of  Israel  come 
nigh  unto  the  sanctuary. 

20  And  Moses,  and  Aaron,  and  all  the 
congregation  of  the  children  of  Israel,  did 
to  the  Levites  according  unto  all  that  the 
Lord  commanded  Moses  concerning  the 
Levites,  so  did  the  children  of  Israel  unto 
them. 

21  And  the  Levites  were  purified,  and 
they  washed  their  clothes ;  and  Aaron 
offered  them  as  an  offering  before  the 
Lord;  and  Aaron  made  an  atonement  for 
them  to  cleanse  them. 

22  And  after  that  went  the  Levites  in  to 
do  their  service  in  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation  before  Aaron,  and  before 
his  sons :  as  the  Lord  had  commanded 
Moses  concerning  the  Levites,  so  did  they 
unto  them. 

23  H  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

24  This  is  it  that  belongeth  unto  the  Le- 
vites :  from  twenty  and  five  years  old 
and  upward  they  shall  go  in  to  wait  up- 
on the  service  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation : 

25  And  from  the  age  of  fifty  years  they 
shall  cease  waiting  upon  the  service  there- 
of, and  shall  serve  no  more : 

26  But  shall  minister  with  their  brethren 
in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  to 
keep  the  charge,  and  shall  do  no  service. 
Thus  Shalt  thou  do  unto  the  Levites  touch- 
ing their  charge. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

AN  D  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses  in 
the  wilderness  of  Sinai,  in  the  first 
month  of  the  second  year  after  they  were 
come  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  saying, 

2  Let  the  children  of  Israel  also  keep  the 
passover  at  his  appointed  season. 

3  In  the  fourteenth  day  of  this  month, 
at  even,  ye  shall  keep  it  in  his  appointed 
season:  according  to  all  the  rites  of  it,  and 
according  to  all  the  ceremonies  thereof, 
shall  ye  keep  it. 

4  And  Moses  spake  unto  the  children 
of  Israel,  that  they  should  keep  the  pass- 
over. 

5  And  they  kept  the  passover  on  the  four- 
teenth day  of  the  first  month  at  even  in 
the  wilderness  of  Sinai:  according  to  all 
that  the  Lord  commanded  Moses,  so  did 
the  children  of  Israel. 


6  1  And  there  were  certain  men,  who 
were  defiled  by  the  dead  body  of  a  man, 
that  they  could  not  keep  the  passover  on 
that  day :  and  they  came  before  Moses  and 
before  Aaron  on  that  day. 

7  And  those  men  said  unto  him.  We  are 
defiled  by  the  dead  body  of  a  man :  where- 
fore are  we  kept  back,  that  we  may  not 
offer  an  offering  of  the  Lord  in  his  ap- 
pointed season  among  the  children  of  Is- 
rael? 

8  And  Moses  said  unto  them.  Stand  still, 
and  I  will  hear  what  the  Lord  will  com- 
mand concerning  you. 

9  H  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 

10  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  say- 
ing, If  any  man  of  you  or  of  your  posterity 
shall  be  unclean  by  reason  of  a  dead  body, 
or  be  in  a  journey  afar  off,  yet  he  shall  keep 
the  passover  unto  the  Lord. 

11  The  fourteenth  day  of  the  second 
month  at  even  they  shall  keep  it,  and  eat  it 
with  unleavened  bread  and  bitrer  herbs. 

12  They  shall  leave  none  of  it  unto  the 
morning,  nor  break  any  bone  of  it :  accord- 
ing to  all  the  ordinances  of  the  passover 
they  shall  keep  it. 

13  But  the  man  that  is  clean,  and  is  not  in 
a  journey,  and  forbeareth  to  keep  the  pass- 
over,  even  the  same  soul  shall  be  cut  oflT 
from  among  his  people :  because  he 
brought  not  the  offering  of  the  Lord  in  his 
appointed  season,  that  man  shall  bear  his 
sin. 

14  And  if  a  stranger  shall  sojourn  among 
you,  and  will  keep  the  passover  unto  the 
Lord;  according  to  the  ordinance  of  the 
passover,  and  according  to  the  manner 
thereof,  so  shall  he  do :  ye  shall  have  one 
ordinance,  both  for  the  stranger,  and  for 
him  that  was  born  in  the  land. 

15  1  And  on  the  day  that  the  tabernacle 
was  reared  up  the  cloud  covered  the  tab- 
ernacle, namely,  the  tent  of  the  testimon}' : 
and  at  even  there  was  upon  the  tabernacle 
as  it  were  the  appearance  of  fire,  until  the 
morning. 

16  So  it  was  alway :  the  cloud  covered  it 
by  day,  and  the  appearance  of  fire  by  night. 

17  And  when  the  cloud  was  taken  up 
from  the  tabernacle,  then  after  that  the 
children  of  Israel  journeyed:  and  in  the 
l)lace  where  the  cloud  abode,  there  the 
children  of  Israel  pitched  their  tents. 


NUMBERS. 


18  At  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  the 
children   of  Israel  journeyed,  and  at  the 
commandment  of  the  Lord  they  pitched: 
as  long  as  the  cloud  abode  ujjon  the  taber- 
I  nacle  they  rested  in  their  tents. 
I    19  And  when  the  cloud  tarried  long  upon 
i  the  tabernacle  many  days,  then  the  children 
of  Israel  kept  the  charge  of  the  Lord,  and 
journeyed  not. 
30  And  so  it  was,  when  the  cloud  was  a 
few  days  upon  the  tabernacle;  according  to 
the  commandment  of  the  Lord  they  abode 
in  their  tents,  and  according  to  the  com- 
mandment of  the  Lord  they  journeyed. 
21   And  so  it  was,  when  the  cloud  abode 
from  even  unto  the  morning,  and  that  the 
cloud  was  taken  up  in  the  morning,  then 
they  journeyed:  whether  it  was  by  day  or 
by  night  that  the  cloud  was  taken  up,  they 
journeyed. 
23  Or  iL'hether  it  were  two  days,  or  a  month, 
or  a  year,  that  the  cloud  tarried  upon  the 
tabernacle,  remaining  thereon,  the  children 
of  Israel  abode  in  their  tents,  and  journej'- 
ed  not :    but  when  it  was  taken  up,  they 
journeyed, 
23  At  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  they 
rested  in  their  tents,  and  at  the  command- 
ment   of  the  Lord  they  journeyed :  they 
kept  the  charge  of  the  Lord,  at  the  com- 
mandment of  the  Lord  by  the  hand  of 
Moses. 

CHAPTER  X. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 

2  Make  thee  two  trumpets  of  silver;  of 
a  whole  piece  shalt  thou  make  them  :  that 
thou  mayest  use  them  for  the  calling  of  the 
assembly,  and  for  the  journeying  of  the 
camps. 

3  And  when  they  shall  blow  with  them, 
all  the  assembly  shall  assemble  themselves 
to  thee  at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation. 

4  And  if  they  blow  hut  with  one  trximpei., 
then  the  princes,  which  are  heads  of  the 
thousands  of  Israel,  shall  gather  them- 
selves unto  thee. 

5  When  ye  blow  an  alarm,  then  the  camps 
that  lie  on  the  east  parts  shall  go  forward. 

6  When  ye  blow  an  alarm  the  second 
time,  then  the  camps  that  lie  on  the  south 
side  shall  take  their  journey:  they  shall 
blow  an  alarm  for  their  journeys. 

7  But  when  the   congregation  is  to  be 

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gathered  together,  ye  shall  blow,  but  ye 
shall  not  sound  an  alarm. 

8  And  the  sons  of  Aaron,  the  priests,  shall 
blow  with  the  trumpets  ;  and  they  shall  be 
to  you  for  an  ordinance  for  ever  through- 
out your  generations. 

9  And  if  ye  go  to  war  in  your  land 
against  the  enemy  that  oppresseth  you, 
then  3'e  shall  blow  an  alarm  with  the 
trumpets;  and  ye  shall  be  reraemberod 
before  the  Lord  your  God,  and  ye  shall  be 
saved  from  your  enemies. 

10  Also  in  the  day  of  your  gladness,  and 
in  your  solemn  days,  and  in  the  begin- 
nings of  your  months,  ye  shall  blow  with 
the  trumpets  over  your  burnt  offerings, 
and  over  the  sacritices  of  your  peace 
offerings ;  that  they  may  be  to  you  for  a 
memorial  before  your  God :  I  am  the  Lord 
your  God. 

11  H  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  twentieth 
daij  of  the  second  month,  in  the  second 
year,  that  the  cloud  was  taken  up  from  off 
the  tabernacle  of  the  testimony. 

12  And  the  children  of  Israel  took  their 
journeys  out  of  the  wilderness  of  Sinai; 
and  the  cloud  rested  in  the  wilderness  of 
Paran. 

13  And  they  first  took  their  journey  ac- 
cording to  the  commandment  of  the  Lord 
by  the  hand  of  Moses. 

14  t  In  the  first  place  went  the  standard 
of  the  camp  of  the  children  of  Judah  ac- 
cording to  their  armies  :  and  over  his  host 
was  Nahshon  the  son  of  Amminadab. 

15  And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Issachar  was  Nethaneel  the  son 
of  Zuar. 

16  And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Zebulun  was  Eliab  the  son  of 
Helon. 

17  And  the  tabernacle  was  taken  down; 
and  the  sons  of  Gershon  and  the  sons 
of  Merari  set  forward,  bearing  the  taber- 
nacle. 

18  H  And  the  standard  of  the  camp  of 
Reuben  set  forward  according  to  their 
armies :  and  over  his  host  was  Elizur  the 
son  of  Shedeur. 

19  And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Simeon  was  Shelumiel  the  son 
of  Zurishaddai. 

20  And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Gad  was  Eliasaph  the  son  of 
Deuel. 


NUMBERS. 


21  And  the  Kohathites  set  forward,  bear- 
ing the  sanctuary :  and  the  other  did  set 
up  the  tabernacle  against  they  came. 

22  II  And  the  standard  of  the  camp  of  the 
children  of  Ephraim  set  forward  according 
to  their  armies  :  and  over  his  host  was  Eli- 
shama  the  son  of  Ammihud. 

23  And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of 
the  children  of  Manasseh  was  Gamaliel  the 
son  of  Pedahzur. 

24  And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Benjamin  was  Abidan  the  son 
of  Gideoni. 

25  1  And  the  standard  of  the  camp  of 
the  children  of  Dan  set  forward,  whicJi 
was  the  rearward  of  all  the  camps  through- 
out their  hosts  :  and  over  his  host  was  Ahi- 
ezer  the  son  of  Ammishaddai. 

26  And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Asher  was  Pagiel  the  son  of 
Ocran, 

27  And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Naphtali  was  Ahira  the  son  of 
Enan. 

28  Thus  were  the  joumeyings  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  according  to  their  armies, 
when  they  set  forward. 

29  H  And  Moses  said  unto  Hobab,  the  son 
of  Raguel  the  Midianite,  Moses'  father  in 
law,  We  are  journeying  unto  the  place  of 
which  the  Lord  said,  I  will  give  it  you : 
come  thou  with  us,  and  we  will  do  thee 
good:  for  the  Lord  hath  spoken  good 
concerning  Israel. 

30  And  he  said  unto  him,  I  will  not  go ; 
but  I  will  depart  to  mine  own  land,  and  to 
my  kindred. 

31  And  he  said,  Leave  us  not,  I  pray  thee ; 
forasmuch  as  thou  knowest  how  we  are  to 
encamp  in  the  wilderness,  and  thou  mayest 
be  to  us  instead  of  eyes. 

32  And  it  shall  be,  if  thou  go  with  us, 
yea,  it  shall  be,  that  what  goodness  the 
Lord  shall  do  unto  us,  the  same  will  we 
do  unto  thee. 

33  T[  And  they  departed  from  the  mount 
of  the  Lord  three  days'  journey :  and  the 
ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  went 
before  them  in  the  three  days'  journey,  to 
search  out  a  resting  place  for  them. 

34  And  the  cloud  of  the  Lord  was  upon 
them  by  day,  when  they  went  out  of  the 
camp. 

35  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  ark 
set   forward,  that    Moses   said,    Rise    up. 


Lord,  and  let  thine  enemies  be  scattered; 
and  let  them  that  hate  thee  flee  before  thee. 
36  And  when  it  rested,  he  said.  Return, 
O  Lord,  unto  the  many  thousands  of  Is- 
rael. 

CHAPTER  XI. 

AND  when  the  people  complained,  it 
displeased  the  Lord:  and  the  Lord 
heard  it;  and  his  anger  was  kindled; 
and  the  fire  of  the  Lord  burnt  among 
them,  and  consumed  them  that  were  in  the 
uttermost  parts  of  the  camp. 

2  And  the  people  cried  unto  Moses; 
and  when  Moses  prayed  unto  the  Lord, 
the  fire  was  quenched. 

3  And  he  called  the  name  of  the  place 
Taberah:  because  the  fire  of  the  Lord 
burnt  among  them. 

4  If  And  the  mixed  multitude  that  %vas 
among  them  fell  a  lusting:  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  also  wept  again,  and  said, 
Who  shall  give  us  flesh  to  eat  ? 

5  We  remember  the  fish,  which  we  did 
eat  in  Egypt  freely;  the  cucumbers,  and 
the  melons,  and  the  leeks,  and  the  onions, 
and  the  garlic: 

6  But  now  our  soul  is  dried  away:  there 
is  nothing  at  all,  besides  this  manna, 
befo)-e  our  eyes. 

7  And  the  manna  ^cas  as  coriander  seed, 
and  the  colour  thereof  as  the  colour  of 
bdellium. 

8  And  the  people  went  about,  and  gath- 
ered it,  and  ground  it  in  mills,  or  beat  it 
in  a  mortar,  and  baked  it  in  pans,  and 
made  cakes  of  it :  and  the  taste  of  it  was 
as  the  taste  of  fresh  oil. 

9  And  when  the  dew  fell  upon  the  camp 
in  the  night,  the  manna  fell  upon  it. 

10  H  Then  Moses  heard  the  people  weep 
throughout  their  families,  every  man  in 
the  door  of  his  tent:  and  the  anger  of  the 
Lord  was  kindled  greatly;  Moses  also 
was  displeased. 

11  And  Moses  said  unto  the  Lord, 
Wherefore  hast  thou  afflicted  thy  serv- 
ant? and  wherefore  have  I  not  found 
favour  in  thy  sight,  that  thou  layest  the 
burden  of  all  this  people  upon  me? 

12  Have  I  conceived  all  this  people? 
have  I  begotten  them,  that  thou  should- 
est  say  unto  me,  Carry  them  in  thy  bosom, 
as  a  nursing  father  beareth  the  sucking 
child,  unto  the  land  which  thou  swarest 
unto  their  fathers  ? 


NUMBERS. 


13  Whence  should  I  haAc  flesh  to  give 
unto  all  this  people?  for  they  weep  unto 
mc,  saying,  Give  us  flesh,  that  we  may  eat. 

14  I  am  not  able  to  bear  all  this  people 
alone,  because  it  is  too  heavy  for  me. 

15  And  if  thou  deal  thus  Avith  me,  kill 
me,  I  pray  thee,  out  of  hand,  if  I  have 
found  favour  in  thy  sight;  and  let  me 
not  see  my  wretchedness. 

16  H  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
Gather  unto  me  seventy  men  of  the  elders 
of  Israel,  whom  thou  knowest  to  be  the 
elders  of  the  people,  and  officers  over 
them ;  and  bring  them  unto  the  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation,  that  they  may  stand 
there  with  thee. 

17  And  I  will  come  down  and  talk  with 
thee  there :  and  I  will  take  of  the  spirit 
which  is  upon  thee,  and  will  put  it  upon 
them;  and  they  shall  bear  the  burden 
of  the  people  with  thee,  that  thou  bear 
it  not  thyself  alone. 

18  And  say  thou  unto  the  people,  Sanctify 
yourselves  against  to  morrow,  and  ye 
shall  eat  flesh:  for  ye  have  wept  in  the 
ears  of  the  Lord,  saying.  Who  shall  give 
us  flesh  to  eat?  for  it  was  well  with  us 
in  Egypt :  therefore  the  Lord  will  give  you 
flesh,  and  ye  shall  eat. 

19  Ye  shall  not  eat  one  day,  nor  two  days, 
nor  five  days,  neither  ten  days,  nor  twenty 
days ; 

20  But  even  a  whole  month,  until  it  come 
out  at  your  nostrils,  and  it  be  loathsome 
unto  you :  because  that  ye  have  despised 
the  Lord  which  is  among  you,  and  have 
wept  before  him,  saying,  Why  came  we 
forth  out  of  Egypt  ? 

21  And  Moses  said.  The  people,  among 
whom  I  am^  are  six  hundred  thousand  foot- 
men ;  and  thou  hast  said,  I  will  give  them 
flesh,  that  they  may  eat  a  whole  month. 

22  Shall  the  flocks  and  the  herds  be 
slain  for  them,  to  suffice  them?  or  shall 
all  the  fish  of  the  sea  be  gathered  together 
for  them,  to  suffice  them? 

23  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Is 
the  Lord's  hand  waxed  short?  thou  shalt 
see  now  whether  my  word  shall  come  to 
pass  unto  thee  or  not. 

24  1[  And  Moses  went  out,  and  told  the 
people  the  words  of  the  Lord,  and  gath- 
ered the  seventy  men  of  the  elders  of  the 
people,  and  set  them  round  about  the 
tabernacle. 

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25  And  the  Lord  came  down  in  a  cloud, 
and  spake  unto  him,  and  took  of  the 
si:)irit  that  was  upon  him,  and  gave  it  unto 
the  seventy  elders:  and  it  came  to  pass, 
that,  when  the  spirit  rested  upon  them, 
they  prophesied,  and  did  not  cease. 

26  But  there  remained  two  of  the  men 
in  the  camp,  the  name  of  the  one  was 
Eldad,  and  the  name  of  the  other  Medad: 
and  the  spirit  rested  upon  them;  and 
they  vjere  of  them  that  were  written,  but 
went  not  out  unto  the  tabernacle:  and 
they  prophesied  in  the  camp. 

27  And  there  ran  a  young  man,  and  told 
Moses,  and  said,  Eldad  and  Medad  do 
prophesy  in  the  camp. 

28  And  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  the  servant 
of  Moses,  one  of  his  young  men,  answered 
and  said.  My  lord  Moses,  forbid  them. 

29  And  Moses  said  unto  him,  Enviest 
thou  for  my  sake?  would  God  that  all 
the  Lord's  people  were  prophets,  and  that 
the  Lord  would  put  his  Spirit  upon  them. 

30  And  Moses  gat  him  into  the  camp,  he 
and  the  elders  of  Israel. 

31  H  And  there  went  forth  a  wind  from 
the  Lord,  and  brought  quails  from  the 
sea,  and  let  tJiem  fall  by  the  camp,  as  it 
were  a  day's  journey  on  this  side,  and  as 
it  were  a  day's  journey  on  the  other  side, 
round  about  the  camp,  and  as  it  were 
two  cubits  Mg?i  upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 

32  And  the  people  stood  up  all  that  day, 
and  all  tJiat  night,  and  all  the  next  day, 
and  they  gathered  the  quails :  he  that  gath- 
ered least  gathered  ten  homers :  and  they 
spread  tTiem  all  abroad  for  themselves 
round  about  the  camp. 

33  And  while  the  flesh  was  yet  between 
their  teeth,  ere  it  was  chewed,  the  wrath 
of  the  Lord  was  kindled  against  the  peo- 
ple, and  the  Lord  smote  the  people  with 
a  very  great  plague. 

34  And  he  called  the  name  of  that  place 
Kibroth-hattaavah :  because  there  they 
buried  the  people  that  lusted. 

a5  And  the  people  journeyed  from  Kib- 
roth-hattaavah unto  Hazeroth;  and  abode 
at  Hazeroth. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

AND  Miriam  and  Aaron  spake  against 
Moses  because  of  the  Ethiopian 
woman  Avhom  he  had  married :  for  he  had 
married  an  Ethiopian  woman. 


NUMBERS. 


2  And  they  said,  Hath  the  Lord  indeed 
spoken  only  by  Moses  ?  hath  he  not  spoken 
also  by  us  ?  And  the  Lord  heard  it. 

3  (Now  the  man  Moses  was  very  meek, 
above  all  the  men  which  were  upon  the 
face  of  the  earth.) 

4  And  the  Lord  spake  suddenly  unto 
Moses,  and  unto  Aaron,  and  unto  Miriam, 
Come  out  ye  three  unto  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation.  And  they  three  came 
out. 

5  And  the  Lord  came  down  in  the  pillar 
of  the  cloud,  and  stood  in  the  door  of  the 
tabernacle,  and  called  Aaron  and  Miriam : 
and  they  both  came  forth. 

6  And  he  said,  Hear  now  my  words:  If 
there  be  a  prophet  among  you,  I  the  Lord 
will  make  myself  known  unto  him  in  a 
vision,  and  will  speak  unto  him  in  a 
dream. 

7  My  servant  Moses  is  not  so,  who  Lh  faith- 
ful in  all  mine  house. 

8  With  him  will  I  speak  mouth  to  mouth, 
even  apparently,  and  not  in  dark  speeches ; 
and  the  similitude  of  the  Lord  shall  he 
behold :  wherefore  then  were  ye  not  afraid 
to  speak  against  my  servant  Moses  ? 

9  And  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  kindled 
against  them ;  and  he  departed. 

10  And  the  cloud  departed  from  off  the 
tabernacle;  and,  behold,  Miriam  became 
leprous,  w?dte  as  snow :  and  Aaron  looked 
upon  Miriam,  and,  behold,  she  was  lep- 
rous. 

11  And  Aaron  said  unto  Moses,  Alas,  my 
lord,  I  beseech  thee,  lay  not  the  sin  upon 
us,  wherein  we  have  done  foolishly,  and 
wherein  we  have  sinned. 

13  Let  her  not  be  as  one  dead,  of  whom 
the  flesh  is  half  consumed  when  he  cometh 
out  of  his  mother's  womb. 

13  And  Moses  cried  unto  the  Lord,  say 
ing.  Heal  her  now,  O  God,  I  beseech  thee. 

14  H  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  If 
her  father  had  but  spit  in  her  face,  should 
she  not  be  ashamed  seven  days?  let  her 
be  shut  out  from  the  camp  seven  days, 
and  after  that  let  her  be  received  in  again. 

15  And  Miriam  was  shut  out  from  the 
camp  seven  days:  and  the  people  jour- 
neyed not  till  Miriam  was  brought  in 
again. 

16  And  afterward  the  people  removed 
from  Hazeroth,  and  pitched  in  the  wilder- 
ness of  Paran. 


CHAPTER  XIII. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 

2  Send  thou  men,  that  they  may  search 
the  land  of  Canaan,  which  I  give  unto  the 
children  of  Israel :  of  every  tribe  of  their 
fathers  shall  ye  send  a  man,  every  one  a 
ruler  among  them. 

3  And  Moses  by  the  commandment  of 
the  Lord  sent  them  from  the  wilderness 
of  Paran :  all  those  men  were  heads  of  the 
children  of  Israel. 

4  And  these  were  their  names:  Of  the 
tribe  of  Reuben,  Shammua  the  son  of 
Zaccur, 

5  Of  the  tribe  of  Simeon,  Shaphat  the 
son  of  Hori. 

6  Of  the  tribe  of  Judah,  Caleb  the  son  of 
Jephuuneh. 

7  Of  the  tribe  of  Issachar,  Igal  the  son 
of  Joseph. 

8  Of  the  tribe  of  Ephraim,  Oshea  the 
son  of  Nun. 

9  Of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  Palti  the  son 
of  Raphu. 

10  Of  the  tribe  of  Zebulun,  Gaddiel  the 
son  of  Sodi. 

11  Of  the  tribe  of  Joseph,  namely,  of  the 
tribe  of  Manasseh,  Gaddi  the  son  of  Susi. 

12  Of  the  tribe  of  Dan,  Ammiel  the  son  of 
Gemalli. 

13  Of  the  tribe  of  Asher,  Sethur  the  son 
of  Michael. 

14  Of  the  tribe  of  Naphtali,  Nahbi  the 
son  of  Vophsi. 

15  Of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  Geuel  the  son 
of  Machi. 

16  These  are  the  names  of  the  men  which 
Moses  sent  to  spy  out  the  land.  And 
Moses  called  Oshea  the  son  of  Nun,  Je- 
hoshua. 

17  H  And  Moses  sent  them  to  spy  out 
the  land  of  Canaan,  and  said  unto  them, 
Get  you  up  this  way  southward,  and  go 
up  into  the  mountain : 

18  And  see  the  land,  what  it  is;  and  the 
people  that  dwelleth  therein,  whether  they 
he  strong  or  weak,  few  or  many ; 

19  And  what  the  land  is  that  they  dwell 
in,  whether  it  be  good  or  bad;  and  what 
cities  they  be  that  they  dwell  in,  whether 
in  tents,  or  in  strong  holds ; 

20  And  what  the  land  is,  whether  It  be 
fat  or  lean,  whether  there  be  wood  there- 
in, or  not.    And  be  ye  of  good  courage, 

151 


NUMBERS. 


and  bring  of  the  fruit  of  the  land.  Now 
the  time  ivas  the  time  of  the  first  ripe 
grapes. 

21  U  So  they  went  up,  and  searched  the 
land  from  the  wilderness  of  Zin  unto 
Rehob,  as  men  come  to  Hamath. 

22  And  they  ascended  by  the  south,  and 
came  unto  Hebron;  where  Ahiman,  She- 
shai,  and  Talmai,  the  children  of  Anak, 
were.  (Now  Hebron  was  built  seven  years 
before  Zoan  in  Egypt.) 

23  And  they  came  unto  the  brook  of 
Eshcol,  and  cut  down  from  thence  a 
branch  with  one  cluster  of  grapes,  and 
they  bare  it  between  two  upon  a  staflf; 
and  they  brought  of  the  pomegranates,  and 
of  the  figs. 

24  The  place  was  called  the  brook  Esh- 
col, because  of  the  cluster  of  grapes  which 
the  children  of  Israel  cut  down  from 
thence. 

25  And  thoy  returned  from  searching 
of  the  land  after  forty  days. 

26  ^  And  they  went  and  came  to  Moses, 
and  to  Aaron,  and  to  all  the  congregation 
of  the  children  of  Israel,  unto  the  wilder- 
ness of  Paran,  to  Kadesh;  and  brought 
back  Avord  unto  them,  and  unto  all  the 
congregation,  and  shewed  them  the  fruit 
of  the  land. 

27  And  they  told  him,  and  said.  We  came 
unto  the  land  whither  thou  sentest  us, 
and  surely  it  floweth  with  milk  and  honey ; 
and  this  is  the  fruit  of  it. 

28  Nevertheless  the  people  be  strong  that 
dwell  in  the  land,  and  the  cities  are  walled, 
and  ver}'  great :  and  moreover  we  saw  the 
children  of  Anak  there. 

29  The  Amalekites  dwell  in  the  land  of 
the  south:  and  the  Hittites,  and  the  Jeb- 
usites,  and  the  Amorites,  dwell  in  the 
mountains :  and  the  Canaanites  dwell  by 
the  sea,  and  by  the  coast  of  Jordan. 

30  And  Caleb  stilled  the  people  before 
Moses,  and  said.  Let  us  go  up  at  once, 
and  possess  it ;  for  we  are  Avell  able  to 
overcome  it. 

31  But  the  men  that  Avent  up  with  him 
said,  We  be  not  able  to  go  up  against  the 
people;  for  they  are  stronger  than  we. 

82  And  they  brought  up  an  evil  report 
of  the  land  which  they  had  searched 
unto  the  children  of  Israel,  saying,  The 
land,  through  which  we  have  gone  to 
search  it,  i.s  a  land  that  eateth  up  the  in- 
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habitants  thereof;  and  all  the  people  that 
we  saw  in  it  are  men  of  a  great  stature. 
33  And  there  we  saw  the  giants,  the  sons 
of  Anak,  which  come  of  the  giants:  and  we 
were  in  our  own  sight  as  grasshoppers, 
and  so  we  were  in  their  sight. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

AND    all    the    congregation    lifted    up 
their  voice,  and  cried;  and  the  people 
wept  that  night. 

2  And  all  the  children  of  Israel  mur- 
mured against  Moses  and  against  Aaron : 
and  the  whole  congregation  said  unto 
them,  Would  God  that  we  had  died  in 
the  land  of  Egypt!  or  would  God  we 
had  died  in  this  wilderness ! 

3  And  wherefore  hath  the  Lord  brought 
us  unto  this  land,  to  fall  by  the  sword, 
that  our  wives  and  our  children  should 
be  a  prey?  were  it  not  better  for  us  to 
return  into  Egypt  V 

4  And  they  said  one  to  another.  Let  us 
make  a  captain,  and  let  us  return  into 
Egypt. 

5  Then  Moses  and  Aaron  fell  on  their 
faces  before  all  the  assembly  of  the  con- 
gregation of  the  children  of  Israel. 

6  1i  And  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  and 
Caleb  the  son  of  Jephunneh,  wfdch  were 
of  them  that  searched  the  land,  rent  their 
clothes : 

7  And  they  spake  unto  all  the  company 
of  the  children  of  Israel,  saying,  The  land, 
which  we  passed  through  to  search  it,  is 
an  exceeding  good  land. 

8  If  the  Lord  delight  in  us,  then  he  will 
bring  us  into  this  land,  and  give  it  us; 
a  land  which  floweth  with  milk  and 
honey. 

9  Only  rebel  not  )'e  against  the  Lord, 
neither  fear  ye  the  people  of  the  land ;  for 
they  ai-e  bread  for  us :  their  defence  is 
departed  from  them,  and  the  Lord  is 
with  us :  fear  them  not. 

10  But  all  the  congregation  bade  stone 
them  with  stones.  And  the  glory  of  the 
Lord  appeared  in  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation  before  all  the  children  of 
Israel. 

11  H  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  How 
long  Avill  this  people  provoke  me?  and 
how  long  will  it  be  ere  they  believe  me, 
for  all  the  signs  Avhich  I  have  shewed 
amoug  them? 


NUMBERS. 


12  I  will  smite  them  with  the  pestilence, 
and  disinherit  them,  and  will  make  of  thee 
a  greater  nation  and  mightier  than  they. 

18  Tf  And  Moses  said  unto  the  Lord,  Then 
the  Egyptians  shall  hear  it,  (for  thou 
hroughtest  up  this  people  in  tliy  might 
from  among  them ;) 

14  And  they  will  tell  it  to  the  inhabitants 
of  this  laud :  for  they  have  heard  that  thou 
Lord  art  among  this  people,  that  thou 
Lord  art  seen  face  to  face,  and  that  thy 
cloud  staudeth  over  them,  and  that  thou 
goest  before  them,  by  daytime  in  a  pillar 
of  a  cloud,  and  iu  a  pillar  of  tire  by  night. 

15  If  Now  i/thou  Shalt  kill  all  this  people 
as  one  man,  then  the  nations  which  have 
heard  the  fame  of  thee  Avill  speak,  saying, 

16  Because  the  Lord  was  not  able  to 
bring  this  people  into  the  land  which  he 
sware  unto  them,  therefore  he  hath  slain 
them  in  the  wilderness. 

17  And  now,  I  beseech  thee,  let  the  power 
of  my  Lord  be  great,  according  as  thou 
hast  spoken,  saying, 

18  The  Lord  is  longsufifering,  and  of  great 
mercy,  forgiving  iniquity  and  transgres- 
sion, and  by  no  means  clearing  the  guilty, 
visiting  the  iniquity  of  the  fathers  upon 
the  children  unto  the  third  and  fourth  gen- 
eration. 

19  Pardon,  I  beseech  thee,  the  iniquity  of 
this  people  according  unto  the  greatness 
of  thy  mercy,  and  as  thou  hast  forgiven 
this  people,  from  Egypt  even  until  now. 

20  And  the  Lord  said,  I  have  pardoned 
according  to  thy  word: 

21  But  as  truly  as  I  live,  all  the  earth  shall 
be  filled  with  the  glory  of  the  Lord. 

22  Because  all  those  men  which  have 
seen  my  glory,  and  my  miracles,  which 
1  did  in  Egypt  and  in  the  wilderness,  and 
have  tempted  me  now  these  ten  times,  and 
have  not  hearkened  to  my  voice ; 

23  Surely  they  shall  not  see  the  land 
which  I  sware  unto  their  fathers,  neither 
shall  any  of  them  that  provoked  me  see  it : 

24  But  my  servant  Caleb,  because  he  had 
another  spirit  with  him,  and  hath  followed 
me  fully,  him  will  I  bring  into  the  land 
whereinto  he  went ;  and  his  seed  shall  pos- 
sess it. 

25  (Now  the  Amalekites  and  the  Canaan- 
ites  dwelt  iu  the  valley.)  To  morrow  turn 
you,  and  get  you  into  the  wilderness  by 
the  way  of  the  Red  sea. 


2(5 1[  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses  and 
unto  Aaron,  saying, 

27  How  long  shall  I  bear  with  this  evil  con- 
gregation, which  murmur  against  me?  I 
have  heard  the  murmurings  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  which  they  murmur  against  me. 

28  Say  unto  them,  As  tridy  as  I  live,  saith 
the  Lord,  as  ye  have  spoken  in  mine  ears, 
so  will  I  do  to  you : 

29  Your  carcasses  shall  fall  in  this  wilder- 
ness, and  all  that  were  numbered  of  you, 
according  to  your  whole  number,  from 
twenty  years  old  and  upward,  which  have 
murmiired  against  me, 

30  Doubtless  ye  shall  not  come  into  the 
land,  co7icerning  which  I  sware  to  make  you 
dwell  therein,  save  Caleb  the  son  of  Je- 
phunneh,  and  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun. 

31  But  your  little  ones,  which  ye  said 
should  be  a  prey,  them  will  I  bring  in,  and 
they  shall  know  the  land  which  ye  have 
despised. 

32  But  as  for  you,  your  carcasses,  they 
I  shall  fall  in  this  wilderness. 

33  And  your  children  shall  wander  in  the 
wilderness  forty  years,  and  bear  your 
whoredoms,  until  your  carcasses  be  wasted 
in  the  wilderness. 

34  After  the  number  of  the  days  in  which 
ye  searched  the  land,  eveti  forty  days,  each 
day  for  a  year,  shall  ye  bear  your  iniquities, 
eve}i  forty  years,  and  ye  shall  know  my 
breach  of  promise. 

35  I  the  Lord  have  said,  I  will  surely  do 
it  unto  all  this  evil  congregation,  that  are 
gathered  together  against  me:  in  this  wil- 
derness they  shall  be  consumed,  and  there 
they  shall  die. 

36  And  the  men  which  Moses  sent  to 
search  the  land,  who  returned,  and  made 
all  the  congregation  to  murmur  against 
him,  by  bringing  up  a  slander  upon  the 
land, 

37  Even  those  men  that  did  bring  up 
the  evil  report  upou  the  land,  died  by  the 
plague  before  the  Lord. 

38  But  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  and  Caleb 
the  son  of  Jephunueh,  tvhich  were  of  the 
men  that  went  to  search  the  land,  lived 
still. 

39  And  Moses  told  these  sayings  unto 
all  the  children  of  Israel :  and  the  people 
mourned  greatly. 

40  *[[  And  they  rose  up  early  in  the 
morning,  and  gat  them  up  into  the  top 


153 


NUMBERS. 


of  the  mountain,  saying,  Lo,  we  he  here, 
and  will  go  up  unto  the  place  which  the 
Lord  hath  promised :  for  we  have  sinned. 

41  And  Moses  said,  Wherefore  now  do  je 
transgress  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  ? 
but  it  shall  not  prosper. 

42  Go  not  up,  for  the  Lord  is  not  among 
you;  that  ye  be  not  smitten  before  your 
enemies. 

43  For  the  Amalekites  and  the  Canaanites 
are  there  before  you,  and  ye  shall  fall  by 
the  sword:  because  ye  are  turned  away 
from  the  Lord,  therefore  the  Lord  will 
not  be  with  you. 

44  But  they  presumed  to  go  up  unto  the 
hill  top:  nevertheless  the  ark  of  the  cov- 
enant of  the  Lord,  and  Moses,  departed  not 
out  of  the  camp. 

45  Then  the  Amalekites  came  down,  and 
the  Canaanites  which  dwelt  in  that  hill, 
and  smote  them,  and  discomfited  them, 
evefi  unto  Hormah. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
say  unto  them,  When  ye  be  come  into  the 
land  of  your  habitations,  which  I  give  unto 
yon, 

3  And  will  make  an  ofiering  by  fire  unto 
the  Lord,  a  burnt  offering,  or  a  sacrifice 
in  performing  a  vow,  or  in  a  freewill 
offering,  or  in  your  solemn  feasts,  to  make 
a  sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord,  of  the  herd, 
or  of  the  flock : 

4  Then  shall  he  that  offereth  his  offering 
unto  the  Lord  bring  a  meat  offering  of  a 
tenth  deal  of  flour,  mingled  with  the  fourth 
part  of  a  hin  of  oil. 

5  And  the  fourth  part  of  a  hin  of  wine 
for  a  drink  offering  shalt  thou  prepare 
with  the  burnt  offering  or  sacrifice,  for  one 
lamb. 

6  Or  for  a  ram,  thou  shalt  prepare  for  a 
meat  offering  two  tenth  deals  of  flour,  min- 
gled with  the  third  pat-t  of  a  hin  of  oil. 

7  And  for  a  drink  offering  thou  shalt  offer 
the  third  part  of  a  hin  of  wine,  for  a  sweet 
savour  unto  the  Lord. 

8  And  when  thou  preparest  a  bullock  for 
a  burnt  offering,  or  for  a  sacrifice  in  per- 
forming a  vow,  or  peace  offerings  unto  the 
Lord; 

9  Then  shall  he  bring  with  a  bullock  a 

154 


meat  ofl'ering  of  three  tenth  deals  of  flour, 
mingled  with  half  a  hin  of  oil. 

10  And  thou  shalt  bring  for  a  drink  of- 
fering half  a  hin  of  wine,  for  an  offering 
made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet  savour  unto  the 
Lord. 

11  Thus  shall  it  be  done  for  one  bull- 
ock, or  for  one  ram,  or  for  a  lamb,  or  a  kid. 

12  According  to  the  number  that  ye  shall 
prepare,  so  shall  ye  do  to  every  one  ac- 
cording to  their  number. 

13  All  that  are  born  of  the  country  shall 
do  these  things  after  this  manner,  in  of- 
fering an  offering  made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet 
savour  unto  the  Lord. 

14  And  if  a  stranger  sojourn  with  you, 
or  whosoever  be  among  you  in  your  gen- 
erations, and  will  offer  an  offering  made  by 
fire,  of  a  sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord  ;  as 
ye  do,  so  he  shall  do. 

15  One  ordinance  shall  be  both  for  you  of 
the  congregation,  and  also  for  the  stranger 
that  sojourneth  tvith  tjmi,  an  ordinance  for 
ever  in  your  generations :  as  ye  are,  so  shall 
the  stranger  be  before  the  Lord. 

16  One  law  and  one  manner  shall  be 
for  you,  and  for  the  stranger  that  so- 
journeth with  you. 

17  1  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

18  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
say  unto  them.  When  ye  come  into  the 
land  w^hither  I  bring  you, 

19  Then  it  shall  be,  that,  when  ye  eat  of 
the  bread  of  the  land,  ye  shall  offer  up  a 
heave  offering  unto  the  Lord. 

20  Ye  shall  offer  up  a  cake  of  the  first 
of  your  dough  for  a  heave  offering:  as 
ye  do  the  heave  offering  of  the  threshing- 
floor,  so  shall  ye  heave  it. 

21  Of  the  first  of  your  dough  ye  shall  give 
unto  the  Lord  a  heave  offering  in  your 
generations. 

22  11  And  if  ye  have  erred,  and  not  ob- 
served all  these  commandments,  which 
the  Lord  hath  spoken  unto  Moses, 

23  Even  all  that  the  Lord  hath  com- 
manded you  by  the  hand  of  Moses,  from 
the  day  that  the  Lord  commanded  Mo- 
ses, and  henceforward  among  your  gen- 
erations ; 

24  Then  it  shall  be,  if  aiujht  be  committed 
by  ignorance  without  the  knowledge  of 
the  congregation,  that  all  the  congregation 
shall  offer  one  young  bullock  for  a  burnt 


NUMBEKS. 


offering,  for  a  sweet  savour  unto  the 
Lord,  with  his  meat  offering,  and  his  drink 
offering,  according  to  the  manner,  and  one 
kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offering. 

25  And  the  priest .  shall  make  an  atone- 
ment for  all  the  congregation  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  and  it  shall  be  forgiven 
them ;  for  it  is  ignorance :  and  they  shall 
bring  their  offering,  a  sacrifice  made  by 
fire  unto  the  Lord,  and  their  sin  offering 
before  the  Lord,  for  their  ignorance : 

26  And  it  shall  be  forgiven  all  the  con- 
gregation of  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
the  stranger  that  sojourneth  among  them; 
seeing  all  the  people  were  in  ignorance. 

27  If  And  if  any  soul  sin  through  igno- 
rance, then  he  shall  bring  a  she  goat  of  the 
first  year  for  a  sin  offering. 

28  And  the  priest  shall  make  an  atone- 
ment for  the  soul  that  sinneth  ignorantly, 
when  he  sinneth  by  ignorance  before  the 
Lord,  to  make  an  atonement  for  him ;  and 
it  shall  be  forgiven  him, 

29  Ye  shall  have  one  law  for  him  that 
sinneth  through  ignorance,  both  for  him 
that  is  born  among  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  for  the  stranger  that  sojourneth  among 
them. 

30  1  But  the  soul  that  doeth  aught  pre- 
sumptuously, whetfier  he  be  born  in  the 
land,  or  a  stranger,  the  same  reproacheth 
the  Lord;  and  that  soul  shall  be  cut  off 
from  among  his  people. 

31  Because  he  hath  despised  the  word 
of  the  Lord,  and  hath  broken  his  com- 
mandment, that  soul  shall  utterly  be  cut 
off;  his  iniquity  shall  be  upon  him. 

32  t  And  while  the  children  of  Israel 
•were  in  the  wilderness,  they  found  a  man 
that  gathered  sticks  upon  the  sabbath 
day. 

33  And  they  that  found  him  gathering 
sticks  brought  him  unto  Moses  and  Aaron, 
and  unto  all  the  congregation. 

34  And  they  put  him  in  ward,  because  it 
was  not  declared  what  should  be  done  to 
him. 

35  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  The 
man  shall  be  surely  put  to  death :  all  the 
congregation  shall  stone  him  with  stones 
without  the  camp. 

36  And  all  the  congregation  brought 
him  without  the  camp,  and  stoned  him 
with  stones,  and  he  died;  as  the  Lord 
commanded  Moses. 


37  1[  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

38  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
bid  them  that  they  make  them  fringes 
in  the  borders  of  their  garments,  through- 
out their  generations,  and  that  they  put 
upon  the  fringe  of  the  borders  a  ribband 
of  blue : 

39  And  it  shall  be  unto  you  for  a  fringe, 
that  ye  may  look  upon  it,  and  remember 
all  the  commandments  of  the  Lord,  and 
do  them;  and  that  ye  seek  not  after  your 
own  heart  and  your  own  eyes,  after  which 
ye  use  to  go  a  whoring : 

40  That  ye  may  remember,  and  do  all  my 
commandments,  and  be  holy  unto  your 
God. 

41  I  am  the  Lord  your  God,  which 
brought  you  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
to  be  your  God :  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

NOW  Korah,  the  son  of  Izhar,  the 
son  of  Kohath,  the  son  of  Levi,  and 
Dathan  and  Abiram,  the  sons  of  Eliab, 
and  On,  the  son  of  Peleth,  sons  of  Reuben, 
took  rneti : 

2  And  they  rose  up  before  Moses,  with 
certain  of  the  children  of  Israel,  two  hund- 
red and  fifty  princes  of  the  assembly, 
famous  in  the  congregation,  men  of  re- 
nown: 

3  And  they  gathered  themselves  to- 
gether against  Moses  and  against  Aaron, 
and  said  unto  them.  Ye  take  too  much 
upon  you,  seeing  all  the  congregation  are 
holy,  every  one  of  them,  and  the  Lord 
is  among  them :  wherefore  then  lift  ye 
up  yourselves  above  the  congregation  of 
the  Lord  ? 

4  And  when  Moses  heard  it,  he  fell  upon 
his  face : 

5  And  he  spake  unto  Korah  and  unto 
all  his  company,  saying.  Even  to  morrow 
the  Lord  will  shew  who  are  his,  and  who 
is  holy;  and  will  cause  him  to  come  near 
unto  him  :  even  him  whom  he  hath  chosen 
will  he  cause  to  come  near  unto  him. 

6  This  do ;  Take  you  censers,  Korah,  and 
all  his  company ; 

7  And  put  fire  therein,  and  put  incense  in 
them  before  the  Lord  to  morrow :  and  it 
shall  be  that  the  man  whom  the  Lord 
doth  choose,  he  shall  be  holy:  ye  take  too 
much  upon  you,  ye  sons  of  Levi. 

155 


NUMBERS. 


8  And  Moses  said  unto  Korah,  Hear,  I 
pray  you,  ye  sous  of  Levi : 

9  Seemeth  it  but  a  small  thing  unto  you, 
that  the  God  of  Israel  hath  separated  you 
from  the  congregation  of  Israel,  to  bring 
you  near  to  himself  to  do  the  service  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord,  and  to  stand 
before  the  congregation  to  minister  unto 
them? 

10  And  he  hath  brought  thee  near  to 
him,  and  all  thy  brethren  the  sons  of  Levi 
with  thee :  and  seek  ye  the  priesthood 
also? 

11  For  which  cause  both  thou  and  all 
thy  company  are  gathered  together  against 
the  Lord  :  and  what  is  Aaron,  that  ye 
murmur  against  him  ? 

12  T[  And  Moses  sent  to  call  Dathan 
and  Abiram,  the  sons  of  Eliab ;  which 
said.  We  will  not  come  up : 

13  7s  it  a  small  thing  that  thou  hast 
biought  us  up  out  of  a  land  that  floweth 
with  milk  and  honey,  to  kill  us  in  the 
wilderness,  except  thou  make  thyself  alto- 
gether a  prince  over  us  ? 

14  Moreover,  thou  hast  not  brought  us 
into  a  land  that  floweth  with  milk  and 
honey,  or  given  us  inheritance  of  fields 
and  vineyards  :  wilt  thou  put  out  the  eyes 
of  these  men?  we  will  not  come  tap. 

15  And  Moses  was  very  wroth,  and  said 
unto  the  Lord,  Respect  not  thou  their 
offering:  I  have  not  taken  one  ass  from 
them,  neither  have  I  hurt  one  of  them. 

16  And  Moses  said  unto  Korah,  Be  thou 
and  all  thy  company  before  tb-?  Lord, 
thou,  and  they,  and  Aaron,  to  morrow : 

17  And  take  every  man  his  censer,  and 
put  incense  in  them,  and  bring  ye  before 
the  Lord  every  man  his  censer,  two  hund- 
red and  fifty  censers  ;  thou  also,  and  Aaron, 
each  of  you  his  censer. 

18  And  they  took  every  man  his  censer, 
and  put  fire  in  them,  and  laid  incense  there- 
on, and  stood  in  the  door  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation  with  Moses  and 
Aaron. 

19  And  Korah  gathered  all  the  congrega- 
tion against  them  unto  the  door  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation:  and  the 
glory  of  the  Lord  appeared  unto  all  the 
congregation. 

20  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses  and 
unto  Aaron,  saying, 

21  Separate  yourselves  from  among  this 


congregation,   that  I  may  consume  them 
in  a  moment. 

22  And  they  fell  upon  their  faces,  and 
said,  O  God,  the  God  of  the  spirits  of  all 
flesh,  shall  one  man  sin,  and  wilt  thou 
be  wroth  with  all  the  congregation  ? 

23  ^  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

24  Speak  unto  the  congregation,  saying, 
Get  you  up  from  about  the  tabernacle  of 
Korah,  Dathan,  and  Abiram. 

25  And  Moses  rose  up  and  went  unto 
Dathan  and  Abiram;  and  the  elders  of 
Israel  followed  him. 

26  And  he  spake  unto  the  congregation, 
saying.  Depart,  I  pray  you,  from  the  tents 
of  these  wicked  men,  and  touch  nothing 
of  theirs,  lest  ye  be  consumed  in  all  their 
sins. 

27  So  they  gat  tip  from  the  tabernacle 
of  Korah,  Dathan,  and  Abiram,  on  every 
side:  and  Dathan  and  Abiram  came  out, 
and  stood  in  the  door  of  their  tents,  and 
their  wives,  and  their  sons,  and  their  little 
children. 

28  And  Moses  said,  Hereby  ye  shall  know 
that  the  Lord  hath  sent  me  to  do  all 
these  works ;  for  I  have  not  done  them  of 
mine  own  mind. 

29  If  these  men  die  the  common  death 
of  all  men,  or  if  they  be  visited  after  the 
visitation  of  all  men ;  tfieu  the  Lord  hath 
not  sent  me. 

30  But  if  the  Lord  make  a  new  thing, 
and  the  earth  open  her  mouth,  and  swal- 
low them  up,  with  all  that  appertain  unto 
them,  and  they  go  down  quick  into  the 
pit;  then  ye  shall  understand  that  these 
men  have  provoked  the  Lord. 

31 1  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  had  made 
an  end  of  speaking  all  these  words,  that 
the  ground  clave  asunder  that  was  under 
them: 

32  And  the  earth  opened  her  mouth,  and 
swallowed  them  up,  and  their  houses,  and 
all  the  men  that  appertained  unto  Korah, 
and  all  their  goods. 

33  They,  and  all  that  appertabied  to  them, 
went  down  alive  into  the  pit,  and  the  earth 
closed  upon  them  :  and  they  perished  from 
among  the  congregation. 

34  And  all  Israel  that  were  round  about 
them  fled  at  the  cry  of  them:  for  they 
said.  Lest  the  earth  swallow  us  up  also. 

35  And  there  came   out  a  fire  from  the 


156 


NUMBERS. 


Lord,  and  consumed  the  two  hundred  and 
fifty  men  that  olfercd  incense. 

36  H  And  the  Lokd  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

37  Speak  unto  Eleazar  the  son  of  Aaron 
the  priest,  that  he  take  up  the  censers  out 
of  the  burning,  and  scatter  thou  the  fire 
yonder ;  for  they  are  hallowed. 

38  The  censers  of  these  sinners  against 
their  own  souls,  let  them^  make  them 
broad  plates  for  a  covering  of  the  altar: 
for  they  offered  them  before  the  Lord, 
therefore  they  are  hallowed:  and  they 
shall  be  a  sign  unto  the  children  of  Israel. 

39  And  Eleazar  the  priest  took  the  brazen 
censers,  wherewith  they  that  were  burnt 
had  offered;  and  they  were  made  broad 
plates  foi'  a  covering  of  the  altar  : 

40  To  6e  a  memorial  unto  the  children 
of  Israel,  that  no  stranger,  which  is  not 
of  the  seed  of  Aaron,  come  near  to  offer 
incense  before  the  Lord-,  that  he  be  not 
as  Korah,  and  as  his  company:  as  the  Lord 
said  to  him  by  the  hand  of  Moses. 

41  T[  But  on  the  morrow  all  the  congre- 
gation of  the  children  of  Israel  murmured 
against  Moses  and  against  Aaron,  saying. 
Ye  have  killed  the  people  of  the  Lord. 

42  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  con- 
gregation was  gathered  against  Moses  and 
against  Aaron,  that  they  looked  toward 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation:  and, 
behold,  the  cloud  covered  it,  and  the  glory 
of  the  Lord  appeared. 

43  And  Moses  and  Aaron  came  before  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

44  Tl  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

45  Get  you  up  from  among  this  congrega- 
tion, that  I  may  consume  them  as  in  a 
moment.     And  they  fell  upon  their  faces. 

46  H  And  Moses  said  unto  Aaron,  Take 
a  censer,  and  put  flre  therein  from  off  the 
altar,  and  put  on  incense,  and  go  quickly 
unto  the  congregation,  and  make  an  atone- 
ment for  them :  for  there  is  wrath  gone 
out  from  the  Lord  ;  the  plague  is  begun. 

47  And  Aaron  took  as  Moses  commanded, 
and  ran  into  the  midst  of  the  congrega- 
tion; and,  behold,  the  plague  was  begun 
among  the  people :  and  he  put  on  incense, 
and  made  an  atonement  for  the  people. 

4S  And  he  stood  between  the  dead  and 
the  living ;  and  the  plague  was  stayed. 
49  Now   they   that    died    in    the    plague 


were  fourteen  thousand  and  seven  hund- 
red, besides  them  that  died  about  the 
matter  of  Korah. 

50  And  Aaron  retunied  unto  Moses  unto 
the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation :  and  the  plague  was  stayed. 

CHAPTER  XVII. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
take  of  every  one  of  them  a  rod  accord- 
ing to  the  house  of  tJieir  fathers,  of  all 
their  princes  according  to  the  house  of 
their  fathers,  twelve  rods :  write  thou 
every  man's  name  upon  his  rod. 

3  And  thou  shalt  write  Aaron's  name 
upon  the  rod  of  Levi :  for  one  rod  ^JiaJl  he 
for  the  head  of  the  house  of  their  fathers. 

4  And  thou  shalt  lay  them  up  in  the 
tabeniacle  of  the  congregation  before  the 
testimony,  where  I  will  meet  Avith  you. 

5  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  the 
man's  rod,  whom  I  shall  choose,  shall 
blossom:  and  I  will  make  to  cease  from 
n  i  the  murmurings  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  whereby  they  murmur  against  you. 

6  ll  And  Moses  spake  unto  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  every  one  of  their  princes 
gave  him  a  rod  apiece,  for  each  prince 
one,  according  to  their  fathers'  houses, 
eveyi  twelve  rods  :  and  the  rod  of  Aaron 
wa^  among  their  rods. 

7  And  Moses  laid  up  the  rods  before 
the  Lord  in  the  tabernacle  of  witness. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  on  the  mor- 
row Moses  went  into  the  tabernacle  of 
witness ;  and,  behold,  the  rod  of  Aaron 
for  the  house  of  Levi  was  budded,  and 
brought  forth  buds,  and  bloomed  blos- 
soms, and  yielded  almonds, 

9  And  Moses  brought  out  all  the  rods 
from  before  the  Lord  unto  all  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel :  and  they  looked,  and  took 
every  man  his  rod. 

10  TI  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
Bring  Aaron's  rod  again  before  the  testi- 
mony, to  be  kept  for  a  token  against  the 
rebels ;  and  thou  shalt  quite  take  away  their 
murmurings  from  me,  that  they  die  not. 

11  And  Moses  did  so:  as  the  Lord  com- 
manded him,  so  did  he. 

12  And  the  children  of  Israel  sj^ake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  Behold,  we  die,  we  perish, 
we  all  perish. 

157  ' 


NUMBERS. 


13  Whosoever  coraeth  any  thing  near 
unto  the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord  shall 
die:  shall  we  be  consumed  with  dying? 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  Aaron,  Thou 
and  thy  sons  and  thy  father's  house 
with  thee  shall  bear  the  iniquity  of  the 
sanctuary:  and  thou  and  thy  sons  with 
thee  shall  bear  the  iniquity  of  your  priest- 
hood, 

2  And  thy  brethren  also  of  the  tribe  of 
Levi,  the  tribe  of  thy  father,  bring  thou 
with  thee,  that  they  may  be  joined  unto 
thee,  and  minister  unto  thee:  but  thou 
and  thy  sons  with  thee  shall  minister  be- 
fore the  tabernacle  of  witness. 

3  And  they  shall  keep  thy  charge,  and 
the  charge  of  all  the  tabernacle :  only  they 
shall  not  come  nigh  the  vessels  of  the 
sanctuary  aud  the  altar,  that  neither  they, 
nor  ye  also,  die. 

4  And  they  shall  be  joined  unto  thee, 
and  keep  the  charge  of  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation,  for  all  the  service  of 
the  tabernacle:  and  a  stranger  shall  not 
come  nigh  unto  you. 

5  And  ye  shall  keep  the  charge  of  the 
sanctuary,  and  the  charge  of  the  altar; 
that  there  be  no  wrath  any  more  upon 
the  children  of  Israel. 

6  And  I,  behold,  I  have  taken  your  breth- 
ren the  Levites  from  among  the  children 
of  Israel:  to  you  Oiey  are  given  an  a  gift 
for  the  Lord,  to  do  the  service  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

7  Therefore  thou  and  thy  sous  with  thee 
shall  keep  your  priest's  office  for  every 
thing  of  the  altar,  and  within  the  vail;  and 
ye  shall  serve :  I  have  given  your  priest's 
office  ^into  yon  as  a  service  of  gift :  and 
the  stranger  that  cometh  nigh  shall  be  put 
to  death. 

8  ^  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Aaron,  Be- 
hold, I  also  have  given  thee  the  charge 
of  mine  heave  offerings  of  all  the  hallowed 
things  of  the  children  of  Israel ;  unto  thee 
have  I  given  them  by  reason  of  the  anoint- 
ing, and  to  thy  sons,  by  an  ordinance  for 
ever. 

9  This  shall  be  thine  of  the  most  holy 
things,  reserved  from  the  fire:  every  obla- 
tion of  theirs,  every  meat  offering  of  theirs, 
and  every  sin  offering  of  theirs,  and  every 
trespass  oflfering  of  theirs,  which  they  shall 


render  unto  me,  shaU  be  most  holy  for  thee 
aud  for  thy  sons. 

10  In  the  most  holy  place  shalt  thou  eat 
it ;  every  male  shall  eat  it :  it  shall  be  holy 
unto  thee. 

11  And  this  is  thine;  the  heave  offering  of 
their  gift,  with  all  the  wave  offerings  of  the 
children  of  Israel:  I  have  given  them  unto 
thee,  and  to  thy  sons  and  to  thy  daughters 
with  thee,  by  a  statute  for  ever :  every  one 
that  is  clean  in  thy  house  shall  eat  of  it. 

12  All  the  best  of  the  oil,  and  all  the  best 
of  the  wine,  and  of  the  wheat,  the  first- 
fruits  of  them  which  they  shall  offer  unto 
the  Lord,  them  have  I  given  thee. 

13  And  whatsoever  is  first  ripe  in  the 
land,  which  they  shall  bring  unto  the 
Lord,  shall  be  thine;  every  one  that  is 
clean  in  thine  house  shall  eat  of  it. 

14  Every  thing  devoted  in  Israel  shall  be 
thine. 

15  Every  thing  that  openeth  the  matrix 
in  all  flesh,  which  they  bring  unto  the 
Lord,  loheiher  it  be  of  men  or  beasts,  shall 
be  thine:  nevertheless  the  firstborn  of  man 
Shalt  thou  surely  redeem,  and  the  firstling 
of  unclean  beasts  shalt  thou  redeem. 

16  And  those  that  are  to  be  redeemed 
from  a  month  old  shalt  thou  redeem,  ac- 
cording to  thine  estimation,  for  the  money 
of  five  shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary,  which  is  twenty  gerahs. 

17  But  the  firstling  of  a  cow,  or  the  first- 
ling of  a  sheep,  or  the  firstling  of  a  goat, 
thou  shalt  not  redeem;  they  are  holy:  thou 
shalt  sprinkle  their  blood  upon  the  altar, 
and  shalt  burn  their  fat  for  an  offering 
made  by  fire,  for  a  sweet  savour  unto  the 
Lord. 

18  And  the  flesh  of  them  shall  be  thine, 
as  the  wave  breast  and  as  the  right  shoulder 
are  thine. 

19  All  the  heave  offerings  of  the  holy 
things,  which  the  children  of  Israel  offer 
unto  the  Lord,  have  I  given  thee,  and  thy 
sons  and  thy  daughters  with  thee,  by  a 
statute  for  ever:  it  is  a  covenant  of  salt  for 
ever  before  the  Lord  unto  thee  and  to  thy 
seed  with  thee. 

20  1  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Aaron, 
Thou  shalt  have  no  inheritance  in  their 
land,  neither  shalt  thou  have  any  part 
among  them :  I  am  thy  part  and  thine  in- 
heritance among  the  children  of  Israel. 

21  And,  behold,  I  have  given  the  children 


158 


NUMBERS. 


of  Levi  all  the  tenth  iu  Israel  for  an  inher- 
itance, for  their  service  which  they  serve, 
even  the  ser\icc  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation. 

23  Neither  must  the  children  of  Israel 
henceforth  come  nigh  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation,  lest  they  bear  sin,  and  die. 

23  But  the  Levites  shall  do  the  service  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and 
they  shall  bear  their  iniquity :  it  shall  he  a 
statute  for  ever  throughout  your  genera- 
tions, that  among  the  children  of  Israel 
they  have  no  inheritance. 

24  But  the  tithes  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
which  they  offer  an  a  heave  offering  unto 
the  Lord,  I  have  given  to  the  Levites  to 
inherit :  therefore  I  have  said  unto  them. 
Among  the  children  of  Israel  they  shall 
have  no  inheritance. 

25  ^  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

26  Thus  speak  unto  the  Levites,  and  say 
unto  them.  When  ye  take  of  the  children 
of  Israel  the  tithes  which  I  have  given  you 
from  them  for  your  inheritance,  then  ye 
shall  offer  up  a  heave  offering  of  it  for  the 
Lord,  even  a  tenth  part  of  the  tithe. 

27  And  this  5'our  heave  offering  shall  be 
reckoned  unto  you,  as  though  it  were  the 
com  of  the  threshingtloor,  and  as  the  ful- 
ness of  the  winepress. 

28  Thus  ye  also  shall  offer  a  heave  offer- 
ing unto  the  Lord  of  all  your  tithes, 
which  ye  receive  of  the  children  of  Israel ; 
and  ye  shall  give  thereof  the  Lord's  heaA'e 
offering  to  Aaron  the  priest. 

29  Out  of  all  your  gifts  ye  shall  offer  every 
heave  offering  of  the  Lord,  of  all  the  best 
thereof,  even  the  hallowed  part  thereof  out 
of  it. 

30  Therefore  thou  shalt  say  unto  them. 
When  ye  have  heaved  the  best  thereof 
from  it,  then  it  shall  be  counted  unto 
the  Levites  as  the  increase  of  the  thresh- 
iugfioor,  and  as  the  increase  of  the  wine- 
press. 

31  And  ye  shall  eat  it  in  every  place,  ye 
and  your  households  :  for  it  is  your  re- 
ward for  your  sers'ice  iu  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation. 

32  And  ye  shall  bear  no  sin  by  reason 
of  it,  when  ye  have  heaved  from  it  the 
best  of  it :  neither  shall  ye  pollute  the 
holy  things  of  the  children  of  Israel,  lest 
ye  die. 


CHAPTER  XIX. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  imto  Moses  and 
unto  Aaron,  saying, 

2  This  is  the  ordinance  of  the  law  wiiich 
the  Lord  hath  commanded,  saying.  Speak 
unto  the  children  of  Israel,  that  they  bring 
thee  a  red  heifer  Avithout  spot,  wherein  is 
no  blemish,  a7id  upon  which  never  came 
yoke. 

3  And  ye  shall  give  her  unto  Eleazar  the 
priest,  that  he  may  bring  her  forth  with- 
out the  camp,  and  one  shall  slay  her  before 
his  face : 

4  And  Eleazar  the  priest  shall  take  of 
her  blood  with  his  finger,  and  sprinkle  of 
her  blood  directly  before  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation  seven  times. 

5  And  07ie  shall  bum  the  heifer  in  his 
sight;  her  skin,  and  her  flesh,  and  her 
blood,  with  her  dung,  shall  he  bum  : 

6  And  the  priest  shall  take  cedar  wood, 
and  hyssop,  and  scarlet,  and  cast  it  into  the 
midst  of  the  burning  of  the  heifer. 

7  Then  the  priest  shall  wash  his  clothes, 
and  he  shall  bathe  his  flesh  in  water,  and 
afterward  he  shall  come  into  the  camp, 
and  the  x>n<ist  shall  be  unclean  until  the 
even. 

8  And  he  that  buraeth  her  shall  wash  his 
clothes  in  water,  and  bathe  his  flesh  in 
water,  and  shall  be  unclean  until  the  even. 

9  And  a  man  that  is  clean  shall  gather  up 
the  ashes  of  the  heifer,  and  lay  them  up 
without  the  camp  in  a  clean  place,  and  it 
shall  be  kept  for  the  congregation  of  the 
children  of  Israel  for  a  water  of  separation : 
it  is  a  purification  for  sin. 

10  And  he  that  gathereth  the  ashes  of 
the  heifer  shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  be 
unclean  until  the  even:  and  it  shall  be 
unto  the  children  of  Israel,  and  unto  the 
stranger  that  sojoumeth  among  them,  for  a 
statute  for  ever. 

11  IF  He  that  toucheth  the  dead  body  of 
any  man  shall  be  unclean  seven  days. 

12  He  shall  purify  himself  with  it  on  the 
third  day,  and  on  the  seventh  day  he  shall 
be  clean:  but  if  he  purify  not  himself  the 
third  day,  then  the  seventh  day  he  shall 
not  be  clean. 

13  Whosoever  toucheth  the  dead  body  of 
any  man  that  is  dead,  and  purifieth  not 
himself,  defileth  the  tabernacle  of  the 
Lord  ;  and  that  soul  shall  be  cut  off 
from  Israel :   because  the  water  of  separa- 

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of  Levi  all  the  tenth  iu  Israel  for  an  inher- 
itance, for  their  service  "which  they  serve 
even  the  seniec  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation. 

22  Neither  must  the  children  of  Israel 
henceforth  come  nigh  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation,  lest  they  bear  sin,  and  die. 

23  But  the  Lcvites  shall  do  the  scnice  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and 
they  shall  bear  their  iniquity :  it  shall  be  a 
statute  for  ever  throughout  your  genera- 
tions, that  among  the  children  of  Israel 
they  have  no  inheritance. 

24  But  the  tithes  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
which  they  offer  oa  a  heave  offering  unto 
the  Lord,  I  have  given  to  the  Levites  tn 
inherit:  therefore  I  have  said  unto  thein 
Among  the  children  of  Israel  they  sha:. 
have  no  inheritance. 

25  *',  And  the  Lokd  spake  unto  Most- 
saying, 

26  Thus  gpeak  unto  the  Levites,  and  Ba\ 
unto  them.  When  ye  take  of  the  children 
of  Israel  the  tithes  which  I  have  given  you  I 
from  them  for  your  inheritance,  then  yf 
shall  offer  up  a  heave  offering  of  it  for  th' 
LoBD,  «*7i  a  tenth  part  of  the  tithe. 

27  And  this  your  heave  oflering  Bhall  b< 
reckoned  unto  you,  u  though  U  urre  th( 
com  of  the  threshingfloor,  and  as  the  ful 
ncK  of  the  winepress. 

38  Thus  ye  also  shall  offer  a  heave  - 
ing  unto    the    Lokd    of  all    your  t 
which  ye  r,.<  ,.\^-..  ,.r  ,^,.  .    ■.■.:.'.     r  • 
and  ye  sL 
offeriui:  ♦ 

2»^  -hail  offer' 

J»«^  ...  ofaUthe 

thereof,  evcu  Uic  Ljiaowe*!  part  thereof  oui 
of  it 

30  Therefore  thon  sbmlt  say  l: 
When  ye   hare   beared   the   b' 
from   it,  then   it   thall  be  ^r- 
the  Lerites  m  the  iiicrea<c<^ 
nisfooi;  and  m  the  increat 


CHAPTER  XIX. 


31  And  je  shall  eat  it 
aad  j« 

■■^rd  for  yo^ 

the  conLTt: 
22  Al: 
of  it.  V  • 
best  of 


AD  the  Lokd  spake  unto  Moses  and 
iito  Aaron,  saying, 
~  ^^s  is  the  ordinance  of  the  law  -wlileh 
the  JUD  hath  commanded,  saying,  Sjx'nk 
uut(iie  children  of  Israel,  that  they  bring 
thee  red  heifer  without  spot,  wherein  is 
no  umish,  and  upon  which  never  came 
yok. 

3  Ai  ye  shall  give  her  unto  Eleazar  the 
prie,  that  he  may  bring  her  forth  with- 
out i;  cam}),  and  one  shall  slay  her  before 
hi«  hi : 

4  Al  Eleazar  the  priest  shall  take  of 
her  bod  with  his  linger,  and  sprinkle  of 

:  directly  before  the  tabernacle  of 
L^ation  seven  times, 
'  '•  shall   burn   the  heifer  in   his 
'    skin,  and   her    flesh,    and   her 
!j  her  dung,  shall  he  burn  : 
'r  jtriest  shall  take  cedar  wood, 
;-,  and  scarlet,  and  cast  it  into  the 
laii       ibe  burning  of  the  heifer. 
7  TJii  the  priest  shall  woth  liis  clothes, 
'   lU  bathe  his  llesh  in  water,  and 
he  shall   come  into   the   camp, 
iest  shall  be  unclean  until  the 

that  bumeth  her  shall  wash  his 
water,  and   bathe   his   flesh  in 
Khali  be  unclean  until  the  even, 
an  that  is  clean  shall  gather  up  ' 
of   the  heifer,  and  lay  theni  up 
'    camp  in  a  dean  jJace,  and  it 
]  t  for  the  congregation  of  the 
J'^^a,el  for  a  water  of  separation  : 
'  ation  for  sin. 
(I-ai   L'tthereth  the    ashes  of 
}jis  clothes,  and  be 
n :    and   it   shall  be 
and  unio  the 
.  ung  them,  for  a 

body  of 


NUMBERS. 


14  Wherefore  it  is  said  in  the  book  of 
the  wars  of  the  Lord,  What  he  did  in  the 
Red  sea,  and  in  the  brooks  of  Arnon, 

15  And  at  the  stream  of  the  brooks  that 
goeth  down  to  the  dAvelling  of  Ar,  and 
lieth  upon  the  border  of  Moab. 

16  And  from  thence  tJiey  ii'ent  to  Beer:  that 
is  the  well  whereof  the  Lokd  spake  unto 
Moses,  Gather  the  people  together,  and  I 
will  give  them  water. 

17  t  Then  Israel  sang  this  song.  Spring 
up,  O  well ;  sing  ye  unto  it : 

18  The  princes  digged  the  well,  the  nobles 
of  the  people  digged  it,  by  tJie  direction,  of 
the  lawgiver,  with  their  staves.     And  from 

I  the  wilderness  they  went  to  Mattauah : 
I    19  And  from  Mattanah  to  Nahaliel:  and 
j  from  Nahaliel  to  Bamoth: 
I    20  And  from   Bamoth  in  the  valley,  that 
!  in  in  the  country  of  Moab,  to  the  top  of 
Pisgah,  which  looketh  toward  Jesliimon. 

21  1[  And  Israel  sent  messengers  unto 
Sihon  king  of  the  Amorites,  saying, 

22  Let  me  pass  through  thy  land:  we 
will  not  turn  into  the  fields,  or  into  the 

j  vine3'ards;  we  will  not  drink  of  the  waters 
of  the  well :  hut  we  Avill  go  along  by  the 
king's  high  Avay,  until  we  be  past  thy  bor- 
ders. 

23  And  Sihon  would  not  suffer  Israel 
to  pass  through  his  border:  but  Sihon 
gathered  all  his  people  together,  and  went 
out  against  Israel  into  the  wilderness :  and 
he  came  to  Jahaz,  and  fought  against  Israel. 

24  And  Israel  smote  him  with  the  edge 
of  the  sword,  and  possessed  his  laud  from 
Arnon  unto  Jabbok,  even  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Ammon :  for  the  border  of  the 
children  of  Ammon  toas  strong. 

25  And  Israel  took  all  these  cities  :  and 
Israel  dwelt  in  all  the  cities  of  the  Amor- 
ites, in  Heshbon,  and  in  all  the  villages 
thereof. 

26  For  Heshbon  was  the  city  of  Sihon 
the  king  of  the  Amorites,  who  had  fought 
against  the  former  king  of  Moab,  and  taken 
all  his  land  out  of  his  hand,  even  unto 
Arnon. 

27  Wherefore  they  that  speak  in  proverbs 
say,  Come  into  Heshbon,  let  the  city  of 
Sihon  be  built  and  prepared : 

28  For  there  is  a  fire  gone  out  of  Hesh- 
bon, a  flame  from  the  city  of  Sihon:  it 
hath  consumed  Ar  of  Moab,  and  the  lords 
of  the  high  jAaces  of  Arnon. 

102 


29  Woe  to  thee,  Moab !  thou  art  undone, 
O  people  of  Chemosh :  he  hath  given  his 
sons  that  escaped,  and  his  daughters,  into 
captivity  unto  Sihon  king  of  the  Amorites. 

30  We  have  shot  at  them;  Heshbon  is 
perished  even  unto  Dibon,  and  we  have 
laid  them  waste  even  unto  Nophah,  Avhich 
reacheth  unto  Medeba. 

31  T[  Thus  Israel  dwelt  in  the  land  of  the 
Amorites. 

32  And  Moses  sent  to  spy  out  Jaazer,  and 
they  took  the  villages  thereof,  and  drove 
out  the  Amorites  that  were  there. 

33  *\  And  they  turned  and  went  up  by  the 
way  of  Bashan  :  and  Og  the  king  of  Bashan 
Avent  out  against  them,  he,  and  all  his  peo- 
ple, to  the  battle  at  Edrei. 

34  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Fear 
him  not :  for  I  have  delivered  him  into 
thy  hand,  and  all  his  people,  and  his  land ; 
and  thou  shalt  do  to  him  as  thou  didst 
unto  Sihon  king  of  the  Amorites,  which 
dwelt  at  Heshbon. 

35  So  they  smote  him,  and  his  sons,  and 
all  his  people,  until  there  was  none  left 
him  alive  :  and  they  possessed  his  laud. 

CHAPTER  XXII. 

AN  D  the  children  of  Israel  set  forward, 
and   pitched   in  the  plains   of  Moab 
on  this  side  Jordan  hy  Jericho. 

2  ^  And  Balak  the  son  of  Zippor  saw  all 
that  Israel  had  done  to  the  Amorites. 

3  And  Moab  was  sore  afraid  of  the  peo- 
ple, because  they  ivere  many:  and  Moab 
was  distressed  because  of  the  children  of 
Israel. 

4  And  Moab  said  unto  the  elders  of  Mid- 
ian.  Now  shall  this  company  lick  up  all 
that  are  round  about  us,  as  the  ox  licketh 
up  the  grass  of  the  field.  And  Balak  the 
son  of  Zippor  xcas  king  of  the  Moabites  at 
that  time. 

5  He  sent  messengers  therefore  unto  Ba- 
laam the  son  of  Beor  to  Pethor,  which 
IS  by  the  river  of  the  land  of  the  children 
of  his  people,  to  call  him,  saying,  Behold, 
there  is  a  people  come  out  from  Egypt: 
behold,  they  cover  the  face  of  the  earth, 
and  they  abide  over  against  me : 

6  Come  now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  curse 
me  this  people;  for  they  are  too  mighty 
for  me:  peradventure  I  shall  prevail,  that 
we  may  smite  them,  and  that  I  may  drive 
them  out  of  the  laud:  for  I  wot  that  he 


NUMBERS. 


■whom   thou   blessest    is   blessed,    and   he 
whom  thou  cursest  is  cursed. 

7  And  the  elders  of  Moab  and  the  elders 
of  Midian  departed  with  the  rewards  of 
divination  in  their  hand;  and  they  came 
unto  Balaam,  and  spake  imto  him  the 
words  of  Balak. 

8  And  he  said  unto  them.  Lodge  here  this 
night,  and  I  will  bring  you  word  again, 
as  the  Lord  shall  speak  unto  me :  and 
the  princes  of  Moab  abode  with  Balaam. 

9  And  God  came  unto  Balaam,  and  said. 
What  men  are  these  with  thee  ? 

10  And  Balaam  said  unto  God,  Balak  the 
son  of  Zippor,  king  of  Moab,  hath  sent 
unto  me,  saying, 

11  Behold,  there  is  a  people  come  out 
of  Egypt,  which  covereth  the  face  of  the 
earth :  come  now,  curse  me  them ;  perad- 
venture  I  shall  be  able  to  overcome  them, 
and  drive  them  out. 

12  And  God  said  unto  Balaam,  Thou 
Shalt  not  go  with  them ;  thou  shalt  not 
curse  the  people  :  for  they  are  blessed. 

13  And  Balaam  rose  up  in  the  morning, 
and  said  unto  the  princes  of  Balak,  Get 
3'ou  into  your  land :  for  the  Lord  re- 
fuseth  to  give  me  leave  to  go  with  you. 

14  And  the  princes  of  Moab  rose  up, 
and  they  Avent  unto  Balak,  and  said,  Ba- 
laam refuseth  to  come  with  us. 

15  ^  And  Balak  sent  yet  again  princes, 
more,  and  more  honourable  than  they. 

16  And  they  came  to  Balaam,  and  said 
to  him,  Thus  saith  Balak  the  son  of  Zip- 
por, Let  nothing,  I  pray  thee,  hinder 
thee  from  coming  unto  me : 

17  For  I  will  promote  thee  unto  veiy 
great  honour,  and  I  will  do  whatsoever 
thou  sayest  unto  me:  come  therefore, 
I  pray  thee,  curse  me  this  people. 

18  And  Balaam  answered  and  said  unto 
the  servants  of  Balak,  If  Balak  would  give 
me  his  house  full  of  silver  and  gold,  I 
cannot  go  beyond  the  word  of  the  Lord 
my  God,  to  do  less  or  more. 

19  Now  therefore,  I  pray  you,  tarry  ye 
also  here  this  night,  that  I  may  know 
what  the  Lord  will  say  i;uto  me  more. 

20  And  God  came  unto  Balaam  at  night, 
and  said  unto  him.  If  the  men  come  to 
call  thee,  rise  up,  atid  go  with  them ;  but 
yet  the  word  which  I  shall  saj'  unto  thee, 
that  shalt  thou  do. 

21  And  Balaam  rose  up  in  the  morning, 


and   saddled   his  ass,  and   went  with  the 
princes  of  Moab. 

22  ^  And  God's  anger  was  kindled  be- 
cause he  went :  and  the  angel  of  the  Lord 
stood  in  the  way  for  an  adversary  against 
him.  Now  he  was  riding  upon  his  ass, 
and  his  two  servants  were  with  him. 

23  And  the  ass  saw  the  angel  of  the  Lord 
standing  in  the  way,  and  his  sword  drawn 
in  his  hand :  and  the  ass  turned  aside  out 
of  the  way,  and  went  into  the  field :  and 
Balaam  smote  the  ass,  to  turn  her  into  the 
way. 

24  But  the  angel  of  the  Lord  stood  in 
a  path  of  the  vineyards,  a  wall  being  on 
this  side,  and  a  wall  on  that  side. 

25  And  when  the  ass  saw  the  angel  of 
the  Lord,  she  thrust  herself  unto  the  wall, 
and  crushed  Balaam's  foot  against  the 
wall :  and  he  smote  her  again. 

26  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  went  fur- 
ther, and  stood  in  a  narrow  place,  where 
loas  no  way  to  turn  either  to  the  right 
hand  or  to  the  left. 

27  And  when  the  ass  saw  the  angel  of  the 
Lord,  she  fell  down  imder  Balaam :  and 
Balaam's  anger  was  kindled,  and  he  smote 
the  ass  with  a  staff. 

28  And  the  Lord  opened  the  mouth  of 
the  ass,  and  she  said  unto  Balaam,  What 
have  I  done  unto  thee,  that  thou  hast  smit- 
ten me  these  three  times  ? 

29  And  Balaam  said  unto  the  ass,  Be- 
cause thou  hast  mocked  me :  1  would  there 
were  a  sword  in  mine  hand,  for  noAv  w^ould 
I  kill  thee. 

30  And  the  ass  said  unto  Balaam,  Am  not 
I  thine  ass,  ujjon  which  thou  hast  ridden 
ever  since  /  teas  thine  unto  this  day  ?  was  I 
ever  wont  to  do  so  unto  thee?  And  he 
said.  Nay. 

31  Then  the  Lord  opened  the  eyes  of  Ba- 
laam, and  he  saw  the  angel  of  the  Lord 
standing  in  the  way,  and  his  sword  drawn 
in  his  hand :  and  he  bowed  down  his  head^ 
and  fell  flat  on  his  flice. 

32  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  unto 
him,  Wherefore  hast  thou  smitten  thine 
ass  these  three  times  ?  Behold,  I  went  oi;t 
to  withstand  thee,  because  thy  way  is  per- 
verse before  me : 

33  And  the  ass  saw  me,  and  turned  from 
me  these  three  times  :  unless  she  had  turn- 
ed  from  me,  surely  now  also  I  had  slain 

'  thee,  and  saved  her  alive. 

"  163  " 


NUMBERS. 


M  Aud  Balaiiin  said  unto  the  angel  of 
the  Lord,  I  have  sinned;  for  I  knew  not 
that  thou  stoodest  in  the  way  against  me : 
now  tlierefore,  if  it  displease  thee,  I  will 
get  me  back  again. 

35  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  unto 
Balaam,  Go  with  the  men:  but  only  the 
word  that  I  shall  speak  imto  thee,  that 
thou  Shalt  speak.  So  Balaam  went  with 
the  princes  of  Balak. 

36  H  And  when  Balak  heard  that  Balaam 
was  come,  he  went  out  to  meet  him  unto 
a  city  of  Moab,  which  is  in  the  border  of 
Arnon,  which  is  in  the  iitmost  coast. 

37  Aud  Balak  said  unto  Balaam,  Did  I 
not  earnestly  send  unto  thee  to  call  thee  ? 
wherefore  camest  thou  not  unto  me?  am 
I  not  able  indeed  to  promote  thee  to 
honour? 

38  And  Balaam  said  unto  Balak,  Lo,  I 
am  come  unto  thee :  have  I  now  any  power 
at  all  to  say  any  thing  ?  the  word  that  God 
putteth  in  my  mouth,  that  shall  I  speak. 

39  And  Balaam  went  with  Balak,  and  they 
came  unto  Kirjath-hiTzoth. 

40  And  Balak  offered  oxen  and  sheep,  and 
sent  to  Balaam,  and  to  the  princes  that 
were  with  him. 

41  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow, 
that  Balak  took  Bala;vm,  and  brought  him 
up  into  the  high  places  of  Baal,  that  thence 
he  might  see  the  utmost  part  of  the  people. 

CHAPTER  XXiri. 

AND  Balajim  said  unto  Balak,  Build  me 
here  seven  altars,  and  prepare  me  here 
seven  oxen  and  seven  rams. 
3  And  Balak  did  as  Balaam  had  spoken ; 
and    Balak   and   Balivam   offered   on  every 
altar  a  bullock  and  a  ram. 

3  And  Balaam  said  unto  Balak,  Stand  by 
thy  burnt  offering,  and  I  Avill  go :  peradven- 
ture  the  Lord  will  come  to  meet  me ;  aud 
whatsoever  he  sheweth  me  I  will  tell  thee. 
And  he  Avent  to  a  high  place. 

4  And  God  met  Balaam  :  and  he  said  unto 
him,  I  have  i:)repared  seven  altars,  aud  I 
have  offered  upon  every  altar  a  bullock  and 
a  ram. 

5  And  the  Lord  put  a  word  in  Balaam's 
mouth,  and  said,  Return  unto  Balak,  and 
thus  thou  Shalt  speak. 

6  And  he  returned  unto  him,  aud,  lo,  he 
stood  by  his  burnt  sacrifice,  he,  and  all  the 
princes  of  Moab. 

104 


7  And  he  took  up  his  parable,  and  said, 
Balak  the  king  of  Moab  hath  brought 
me  from  Aram,  out  of  the  mountains  of 
the  east,  saybig,  Come,  curse  me  Jacob, 
and  come,  defy  Israel. 

8  How  shall  I  curse,  whom  God  hath  not 
cursed  ?  or  how  shall  I  defy,  whom  the  Lord 
hath  not  defied? 

9  For  from  the  top  of  the  rocks  I  see  him, 
and  from  the  hills  I  behold  him:  lo,  the 
people  shall  dwell  alone,  and  shall  not  be 
reckoned  among  the  nations. 

10  Who  can  count  the  dust  of  Jacob,  and 
the  number  of  the  fourth  part  of  Israel? 
Let  me  die  the  death  of  the  righteous,  and 
let  my  last  end  be  like  his ! 

11  And  Balak  said  unto  Balaam,  What 
hast  thou  done  unto  me?  I  took  thee  to 
curse  mine  enemies,  and,  behold,  thou  hast 
blessed  ihejyi  altogether. 

12  And  he  answered  and  said,  Must  I  not 
take  heed  to  speak  that  which  the  Lord 
hath  put  in  my  mouth? 

13  And  Balak  said  unto  him,  Come,  I 
pray  thee,  with  me  unto  another  place, 
from  whence  thou  mayest  see  them :  thou 
Shalt  see  but  the  utmost  part  of  them,  and 
Shalt  not  see  them  all :  and  curse  me  them 
from  thence. 

14  H  And  he  brought  him  into  the  field 
of  Zophim,  to  the  top  of  Pisgah,  and  built 
seven  altars,  and  offered  a  bullock  aud  a 
ram  on  every  altar. 

15  Aud  he  said  unto  Balak,  Stand  here  by 
thy  burnt  offering,  while  I  meet  the  Lord 
yonder.   • 

16  And  the  Lord  met  Balaam,  and  put 
a  word  in  his  mouth,  aud  said.  Go  again 
unto  Balak,  and  say  thus. 

17  And  when  he  came  to  him,  behold,  he 
stood  b}'  his  burnt  offering,  and  the  i:)rinces 
of  Moab  Avith  him.  Aud  Balak  said  unto 
him,  What  hath  the  Lord  spoken? 

18  And  he  took  up  his  parable,  and  said. 
Rise  up,   Balak,  and  hear ;    hearkeu   unto  ■ 
me,  thou  son  of  Zippor: 

19  God  i$  not  a  man,  that  he  should  lie; 
neither  the  son  of  man,  that  he  should 
repent :  hath  he  said,  and  shall  he  not  do 
it?  or  hath  he  spoken,  and  shall  he  not 
make  it  good  ? 

20  Behold,  I  have  received  comrna7>dment 
to  bless:  and  he  hath  blessed;  and  I  can- 
not reverse  it. 

21  He  hath  not  beheld  iniquity  in  Jacob, 


NUMBERS. 


neither  hatli  lie  seen  perverseuess  in  Is- 
rael: the  Lord  his  God  is  M'ith  him,  and 
the  shout  of  a  king  is  among  them. 
23  God  brought  them  out  of  Egypt ;  he 
hath  as  it  were  the  strength  of  a  uni- 
corn. 

23  Surely  there  is  no  enchantment  against 
Jacob,  neither  is  there  any  divination 
against  Israel:  according  to  this  time  it 
shall  be  said  of  Jacob  and  of  Israel,  What 
hath  God  wrought ! 

24  Behold,  the  people  shall  rise  up  as  a 
great  lion,  and  lift  up  himself  as  a  young 
lion:  he  shall  not  lie  down  until  he  cat 
of  the  prey,  and  drink  the  blood  of  the  slain. 

25  II  And  Balak  said  unto  Balaam,  Neither 
curse  them  at  all,  nor  bless  them  at  all. 

26  But  Balaam  answered  and  said  unto 
Balak,  Told  not  I  thee,  saying.  All  that  the 
Lord  speaketh,  that  I  must  do  ? 

27  H  And  Balak  said  unto  Balaam,  Come, 
I  pray  thee,  I  will  bring  thee  unto  another 
place ;  peradventure  it  will  please  God  that 
thou  mayest  curse  me  them  from  thence. 

28  And  Balak  brought  Balaam  unto  the 
top  of  Peor,  that  looketh  toward  Jeshimon. 

29  And  Balaam  said  unto  Balak,  Build  me 
here  seven  altars,  and  prepare  me  here 
seven  bullocks  and  seven  rams. 

30  And  Balak  did  as  Balaam  had  said,  and 
offered  a  bullock  and  a  ram  on  every  altar. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 

AN  D  when  Balaam  saw  that  it  pleased 
■  the  Lord  to  bless  Israel,  he  went  not, 
as  at  other  times,  to  seek  for  enchant- 
ments, but  he  set  his  face  toward  the  wil- 
derness. 

2  And  Balaam  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and 
he  saw  Israel  abiding  in  his  tents  accord- 
ing to  their  tribes  ;  and  the  Spirit  of  God 
came  upon  him. 

3  And  he  took  up  his  parable,  and  said, 
Balaam  the  son  of  Beor  hath  said,  and 
the  man  whose  eyes  are  open  hath  said : 

4  He  hath  said,  which  heard  the  words  of 
God,  which  saw  the  vision  of  the  Al- 
mighty, falling  i7ito  a  trance^  but  having  his 
eyes  open: 

5  How  goodly  are  thy  tents,  O  Jacob,  and 
thy  tabernacles,  O  Israel ! 

6  As  the  valleys  are  they  spread  forth,  as 
gardens  by  the  river's  side,  as  the  trees  of 
lignaloes  which  the  Lord  hath  planted, 
a7ul  as  cedar  trees  beside  the  waters. 


7  He  shall  pour  the  water  out  of  his 
buckets,  and  his  seed  shall  he  in  many 
Avaters,  and  his  king  shall  be  higher  than 
Agag,  and  his  kingdom  shall  be  exalted. 

8  God  brought  him  forth  out  of  Egypt ; 
he  hath  as  it  were  the  strength  of  a  uni- 
corn :  he  shall  eat  up  the  nations  his  en- 
emies, and  shall  break  their  bones,  and 
pierce  them  through  with  his  arrows. 

9  He  couched,  he  lay  down  as  a  lion,  and 
as  a  great  lion :  who  shall  stir  him  up  ? 
Blessed  is  he  that  blesseth  thee,  and  cursed 
is  he  that  curseth  thee. 

10  1  And  Balak's  anger  was  kindled 
against  Balaam,  and  he  smote  his  hands 
together:  and  Balak  said  unto  Balaam,  I 
called  thee  to  curse  mine  enemies,  and, 
behold,  thou  hast  altogether  blessed  them 
these  three  times. 

11  Therefore  now  flee  thou  to  thy  place: 
I  thought  to  promote  thee  unto  great 
honour ;  but,  lo,  the  Lord  hath  ke^^t  thee 
back  from  honour. 

12  And  Balaam  said  unto  Balak,  Spake 
I  not  also  to  thy  messengers  which  thou 
sentest  unto  me,  saying, 

13  If  Balak  would  give  me  his  house  full 
of  silver  and  gold,  I  cannot  go  beyond  the 
commandment  of  the  Lord,  to  do  either 
good  or  bad  of  mine  own  mind ;  hut  what 
the  Lord  saith,  that  will  I  speak  ? 

14  And  now,  behold,  I  go  unto  my  peo- 
ple: come  therefore^  and  I  will  advertise 
thee  what  this  people  shall  do  to  thy  peo- 
ple in  the  latter  days. 

15  T[  And  he  took  up  his  parable,  and 
said,  Balaam  the  son  of  Beor  hath  said,  and 
the  man  whose  eyes  are  open  hath  said: 

16  He  hath  said,  which  heard  the  words 
of  God,  and  knew  the  knowledge  of  the 
Most  High,  whicJi  saw  the  vision  of  the 
Almighty,  falling  i7ito  a  trance,  but  having 
his  eyes  open: 

17  I  shall  see  him,  but  not  now:  I  shall 
behold  him,  but  not  nigh :  there  shall 
come  a  Star  out  of  Jacob,  and  a  Sceptre 
shall  rise  out  of  Israel,  and  shall  smite 
the  corners  of  Moab,  and  destroy  all  the 
children  of  Sheth. 

18  And  Edom  shall  be  a  possession, 
Seir  also  shall  be  a  possession  for  his 
enemies ;  and  Israel  shall  do  valiantly. 

19  Out  of  Jacob  shall  come  he  that  shall 
have  dominion,  and  shall  destroy  him  that 
remaineth  of  the  city. 

165 


NUMBERS. 


20  "I  Aud  Avheu  he  looked  ou  Amalek,  he  | 
took  up  his  parable,  aud  said,  Amalek  was 
the  first  of  the  nations;  but  his  latter  end 
shall  he  that  he  perish  for  ever. 

21  And  he  looked  on  the  Kenites,  and 
took  up  his  parable,  and  said,  Strong  is 
thy  dwell ingplace,  and  thou  puttest  thy 
nest  in  a  rock. 

22  Nevertheless  the  Kenite  shall  be 
wasted,  until  Asshur  shall  carry  thee  away 
captive. 

23  And  he  took  up  his  parable,  and  said, 
Alas,  w^ho  shall  live  when  God  doeth 
this! 

24  And  ships  shall  come  from  the  coast 
of  Chittim,  and  shall  afflict  Asshur,  and 
shall  afflict  Eber,  and  he  also  shall  perish 
for  ever. 

25  And  Balaam  rose  up,  and  went  and 
returned  to  his  place :  and  Balak  also  went 
his  way. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 

AND  Israel  abode  in  Shittim,  and  the 
people   began  to  commit  whoredom 
with  the  daughters  of  Moab. 

2  And  they  called  the  people  unto  the 
sacrifices  of  their  gods :  and  the  people 
did  eat,  and  bowed  down  to  their  gods. 

3  And  Israel  joined  himself  unto  Baal- 
peor:  and  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was 
kindled  against  Israel. 

4  Aud  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Take 
all  the  heads  of  the  people,  and  hang  them 
up  before  the  Lord  against  the  sun,  that 
the  fierce  anger  of  the  Lord  may  be  turned 
away  from  Israel. 

5  And  Moses  said  unto  the  judges  of 
Israel,  Slay  ye  every  one  his  men  that 
were  joined  unto  Baal-peor. 

6  ^  And,  behold,  one  of  the  children 
of  Israel  came  and  brought  imto  his 
brethren  a  Midianitish  woman  in  the  sight 
of  Moses,  and  in  the  sight  of  all  the  con- 
gregation of  the  children  of  Israel,  who 
were  weeping  before  the  door  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation. 

7  And  when  Phinehas,  the  son  of  Eleazar, 
the  son  of  Aaron  the  priest,  saw  it,  he 
rose  up  from  among  the  congregation, 
and  took  a  javelin  in  his  hand ; 

8  And  he  went  after  the  man  of  Israel  into 

the  tent,  and  thrust  both  of  them  through, 

the  man  of  Israel,  and  the  woman  through 

her  belly.     So  the  plague  was  stayed  from 

the  children  of  Israel, 
— 


9  And  those  that  died  in  the  jjlague  wei-c 
twenty  and  four  thousand. 

10  1  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

11  Phinehas,  the  son  of  Eleazar,  the  son  of 
Aaron  the  priest,  hath  turned  uxy  wrath 
away  from  the  children  of  Israel,  while  he 
was  zealous  for  my  sake  among  them, 
that  I  consumed  not  the  children  of  Is- 
rael in  my  jealousy. 

12  Wherefore  say.  Behold,  I  give  unto 
him  my  covenant  of  peace : 

13  And  he  shall  have  it,  and  his  seed 
after  him,  even  the  covenant  of  an  ever- 
lasting priesthood ;  because  he  was  zealous 
for  his  God,  and  made  an  atonement  for  the 
children  of  Israel. 

14  Now  the  name  of  the  Israelite  that 
was  slain,  even  that  Avas  slain  with  the 
Midianitish  woman,  was  Zimri,  the  son  of 
Salu,  a  prince  of  a  chief  house  among  the 
Simeonites. 

15  Aud  the  name  of  the  Midianitish  wo- 
man that  was  slain  was  Cozbi,  the  daughter 
of  Zur ;  he  vjas  head  over  a  people,  and  of 
a  chief  house  in  Midian. 

16  %  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

17  Vex  the  Midianites,  and  smite  them : 

18  For  they  vex  you  with  their  wiles, 
wherewith  they  have  beguiled  you  in  the 
matter  of  Peor,  and  in  the  matter  of  Coz- 
bi, the  daughter  of  a  prince  of  Midian, 
their  sister,  which  was  slain  in  the  day  of 
the  plague  for  Peor's  sake. 

CHAPTER  XXVL 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  the  plague, 
that  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses  and 
unto  Eleazar  the  son  of  Aaron  the  priest, 
saying, 

2  Take  the  sum  of  all  the  congregation 
of  the  children  of  Israel,  from  twenty 
years  old  and  upward,  throughout  their 
Mhers'  house,  all  that  are  able  to  go  to 
war  in  Israel. 

3  And  Moses  and  Eleazar  the  priest  spake 
with  them  in  the  plains  of  Moab  by  Jor- 
dan near  Jericho,  saying, 

4  Take  the  svm  of  the  people,  from  twenty 
years  old  and  upward ;  as  the  Lord  com- 
manded Moses  and  the  children  of  Israel, 
which  went  forth  out  of  the  land  of  Eg>-pt. 

5  ^  Reuben,  the  eldest  son  of  Israel:  the 
!  children    of   Reuben ;     Hanoch,    of  wJiom 


NUMBERS. 


cometh  the  family  of  the  Hauochites:    of 
Pallu,  the  family  of  the  Palluites : 

6  Of  Hezrou,  the  family  of  the  Hezronites: 
of  Carmi,  the  family  of  the  Carmites. 

7  These  are  the  families  of  the  Reuben- 
Ites:  and  they  that  were  numbered  of 
them  were  forty  and  three  thousand  and 
seven  hundred  and  thirty. 

8  And  the  sons  of  Pallu ;  Eliab. 

9  And  the  sons  of  Eliab ;  Nemuel,  and 
Dathan,  and  Abiram.  This  is  that  Dathan 
and  Abiram,  which  were  famous  in  the 
congregation,  who  strove  against  Moses 
and  against  Aaron  in  the  company  of 
Korah,  when  they  strove  against  the  Lord  : 

10  And  the  earth  opened  her  mouth,  and 
swallowed  them  up  together  with  Korah, 
when  that  company  died,  what  time  the 
fire  devoured  two  hundred  and  fifty  men: 
and  they  became  a  sign. 

11  Notwithstanding  the  children  of  Korah 
died  not. 

12  1  The  sons  of  Simeon  after  their 
families:  of  Nemuel,  the  family  of  the 
Nemuelites:  of  Jamin,  the  family  of  the 
Jaminites:  of  Jachin,  the  family  of  the 
Jachinites : 

13  Of  Zerah,  the  family  of  the  Zarhites : 
of  Shaul,  the  family  of  the  Shaulites. 

14  These  are  the  families  of  the  Simeon- 
ites,  twenty  and  two  thousand  and  two 
hundred. 

15  H  The  children  of  Gad  after  their  fam- 
ilies: of  Zephon,  the  family  of  the  Zephon- 
ites :  of  Haggi,  the  family  of  the  Kaggites : 
of  Shuni,  the  family  of  the  Shunites: 

16  Of  Ozni,  the  family  of  the  Oznites:  of 
Eri,  the  family  of  the  Erites: 

17  Of  Arod,  the  family  of  the  Arodites : 
of  Areli,  the  family  of  the  Arelites. 

18  These  are  the  families  of  the  children 
of  Gad  according  to  those  that  were  num- 
bered of  them,  forty  thousand  and  five 
hundred. 

19  Ti  The  sons  of  Judah  were  Er  and  Onan : 
and  Er  and  Onan  died  in  the  land  of  Ca- 
naan. 

20  And  the  sons  of  Judah  after  their  fam- 
ilies were;  of  Shelah,  the  family  of  the 
Shelanites:  of  Pharez,  the  family  of  the 
Pharzites:  of  Zerah,  the  family  of  the 
Zarhites. 

21  And  the  sons  of  Pharez  were;  of 
Hezron,  the  family  of  the  Hezronites:  of 
Hamul,  the  family  of  the  Hamulites. 


22  These  are  the  families  of  Judah  accord- 
ing to  those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
threescore  and  sixteen  thousand  and  five  | 
hundred.  i 

23  ^  Of  the  sons  of  Issachar  after  their  | 
families :  of  Tola,  the  family  of  the  Tola- 
ites :  of  Pua,  the  familj'  of  the  Punites : 

24  Of  Jashub,  the  family  of  the  Jashub- 
ites :  of  Shimron,  the  family  of  the  Shim- 
ronites. 

25  These  are  the  families  of  Issachar  ac- 
cording to  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  threescore  and  four  thousand  and 
three  hundred. 

26  •[  Of  the  sons  of  Zebulun  after  their 
families:  of  Sered,  the  family  of  the  Sard- 
ites:  of  Elon,  the  family  of  the  Elonites: 
of  Jahleel,  the  family  of  the  Jahleelites. 

27  These  are  the  families  of  the  Zebulun- 
ites  according  to  those  that  were  num- 
bered of  them,  threescore  thousand  and 
five  hundred. 

28  1[  The  sons  of  Joseph  after  their  fam- 
ilies were  Manasseh  and  Ephraim. 

29  Of  the  sons  of  Manasseh :  of  Machir, 
the  family  of  the  Maehirites :  and  Machir 
begat  Gilead:  of  Gilead  cmne  the  family 
oftheGileadites, 

30  These  are  the  sons  of  Gilead:  of  Jeezer, 
the  family  of  the  Jeezerites :  of  Helek,  the 
family  of  the  Helekites: 

31  And  of  Asriel,  the  family  of  the  Asricl- 
ites :  and  of  Shechem,  the  family  of  the 
Shecheraites: 

33  And  of  Shemida,  the  family  of  the 
Shemidaites:  and  of  Hepher,  the  family 
of  the  Hepherites. 

33  ^  And  Zelophehad  the  son  of  Hepher 
had  no  sons,  but  daughters :  and  the  names 
of  the  daughters  of  Zelophehad  were  ^lah- 
lah,  and  Noah,  Hoglah,  Milcah,  and  Tirzah. 

34  These  are  the  families  of  Manasseh, 
and  those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
fifty  and  two  thousand  and  seven  hund- 
red. 

35  ^  These  are  the  sons  of  Ephraim  after 
their  families:  of  Shuthelah,  the  family  of 
the  Shuthalhites :  of  Becher,  the  family  of 
the  Bachrites :  of  Tahan,  the  family  of  the 
Tahanites. 

36  And  these  are  the  sons  of  Shuthelah : 
of  Eran,  the  family  of  the  Eranites. 

37  These  are  the  families  of  the  sons  of 
Ephraim  according  to  those  that  Avere 
numbered  of  them,  thirty  and  two  thou- 

107  ~ 


NUMBERS. 


sand  and  live  huudred.     These  are  the  sons 
of  Joseph  after  their  families. 

38  1[  The  sons  of  Benjamin  after  their 
families:  of  Bela,  the  family  of  the  Be- 
laites:  of  Ashbel,  the  fomily  of  the  Ash- 
belites :  of  Ahii-am,  the  family  of  the  Ahi- 
ramites  : 

39  Of  Shnpham,  the  family  of  the  Shu- 
phamites  :  of  Ilupham,  the  family  of  the 
Huphamites. 

40  And  the  sons  of  Bela  were  Ard  and 
Naaman :  of  Ard,  the  family  of  the  Ard- 
ites:  and  of  Naaman,  the  family  of  the 
Naamites. 

41  These  are  the  sons  of  Benjamin  after 
their  families:  and  they  that  were  num- 
bered of  them  tvere  forty  and  five  thousand 
and  six  hundred. 

43  ^  These  are  the  sons  of  Dan  after 
their  families:  of  Shuham,  the  family  of 
the  Shuhamites.  These  are  the  families 
of  Dan  after  their  families. 

43  All  the  tlimilies  of  the  Shuhamites, 
according  to  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  were  threescore  and  four  thousand 
and  four  hundred. 

44:  ^  Of  the  children  of  Asher  after  their 
families :  of  Jimua,  the  family  of  the  Jim- 
uites:  of  Jesui,  the  family  of  the  Jesuites: 
of  Beriah,  the  family  of  the  Beriites. 

45  Of  the  sons  of  Beriah:  of  Heber,  the 
family  of  the  Heberites :  of  Malchiel,  the 
family  of  the  Malchielites. 

46  And  the  name  of  the  daughter  of 
Asher  was  Sarah. 

47  These  are  the  families  of  the  sons  of 
Asher  according-  to  those  that  were  num- 
bered of  them;  w7io  were  fifty  and  three 
thousand  and  four  huudred. 

48  TI  0/"  the  sons  of  Naphtali  after  their 
families :  of  Jahzeel,  the  family  of  the 
Jahzeelites:  of  Guui,  the  family  of  the 
G unites : 

49  Of  Jczer,  the  family  of  the  Jezerites : 
of  Shillem,  the  family  of  the  Shillemites. 

50  These  are  the  families  of  Naphtali 
according  to  their  families  :  and  they  that 
were  numbered  of  them  v;ere  forty  and 
five  thousand  and  four  hundred. 

51  These  u^rc  the  numbered  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  six  hundred  thousand  and 
a  thousand  seven  hundred  and  thirty. 

52  1  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

53  Unto  these  the  land  shall  be  divided 

168 


for  an  inheritance  according  to  the  num- 
ber of  names. 

54  To  many  thou  shalt  give  the  more 
inheritance,  and  to  few  thou  shalt  give 
the  less  inheritance :  to  every  one  shall 
his  inheritance  be  given  according  to 
those  that  were  numbered  of  him. 

55  Notwithstanding  the  land  shall  be 
divided  by  lot:  according  to  the  names 
of  the  tribes  of  their  fathers  they  shall 
inherit. 

56  According  to  the  lot  shall  the  pos- 
session thereof  be  divided  between  many 
and  few. 

57  II  And  these  are  they  that  were  num- 
bered of  the  Levites  after  their  families : 
of  Gershon,  the  family  of  the  Gershon 
ites:  of  Kohath,  the  family  of  the  Ko- 
hathites :  of  Merari,  the  family  of  the 
Merarites. 

58  These  are  the  families  of  the  Levites : 
the  family  of  the  Libnites,  the  family  of 
the  Hebronites,  the  family  of  the  Mahl- 
ites,  the  family  of  the  Mushites,  the  flim- 
ily  of  the  Korathites.  And  Kohath  begat 
Am  ram. 

59  And  the  name  of  Amram's  wife  xvas 
Jochebed,  the  daughter  of  Levi,  whom  her 
mother  bare  to  Levi  in  Egypt :  and  she 
bare  unto  Amram,  Aaron  and  Moses,  and 
Miriam  their  sister. 

60  And  unto  Aaron  was  born  Nadab  and 
Abihu,  Eleazar  and  Ithamar. 

61  And  Nadab  and  Abihu  died,  when 
they  offered  strange  fire  before  the  Lord. 

63  And  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them  were  twenty  and  three  thousand, 
all  males  from  a  month  old  and  upward: 
for  they  were  not  numbered  among  the 
children  of  Israel,  because  there  was  no 
inheritance  given  them  among  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

63  TI  These  are  they  that  were  numbered 
by  Moses  and  Eleazar  the  priest,  who 
numbered  the  children  of  Israel  in  the 
plains  of  Moab  by  Jordan  near  Jericho. 

64  But  among  these  there  was  not  a  man 
of  them  whom  Moses  and  Aaron  the  priest 
numbered,  when  they  numbered  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  in  the  wilderness  of  Sinai. 

65  For  the  Lord  had  said  of  them,  They 
shall  surely  die  in  the  wilderness.  And 
there  was  not  left  a  man  of  them,  save 
Caleb  the  son  of  Jephunueh,  and  Joshua 

i  the  son  of  Nun. 


NUMBERS. 


CHAPTER  XXVII. 

THEN  caiue  the  daiij^htcrs  of  Zelophe- 
had,  the  sou  of  Plephei-,  the  son  of 
Gilcad,  the  son  of  Machir,  the  son  of  Ma- 
nasseh,  of  the  families  of  Manasseh  the 
son  of  Joseph :  and  these  are  the  names  of 
his  daughters ;  Mahlah,  Noah,  and  Hoglah, 
aud  Mileah,  and  Tirzah. 

2  And  they  stood  before  Moses,  and  before 
Eleazar  the  priest,  and  before  the  princes 
and  all  the  congregation,  by  the  door  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  saying, 

3  Our  father  died  in  the  wilderness,  and 
he  was  not  in  the  company  of  them  that 
gathered  themselves  together  against  the 
Lord  in  the  company  of  Korali ;  but  died 
in  his  own  sin,  and  had  no  sons. 

4  Why  should  the  name  of  our  father  be 
done  away  from  among  his  family,  because 
he  hath  no  son  ?  Give  unto  us  therefore  a 
])ossession  among  the  brethren  of  our  fa- 
ther. 

5  And  Moses  brought  their  cause  before 
the  Lord. 

6  1j  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 

7  The  daughters  of  Zelophehad  speak 
right :  thou  shalt  surely  give  them  a  pos- 
session of  an  inheritance  among  their  fa- 
ther's brethren ;  and  thou  shalt  cause  the 
inheritance  of  their  father  to  pass  unto 
them. 

8  And  thou  shalt  speak  imto  the  children 
of  Israel,  saying,  If  a  man  die,  and  have 
no  son,  then  ye  shall  cause  his  inheritance 
to  pass  unto  his  daughter. 

9  And  if  he  have  no  daughter,  then  ye 
shall  give  his  inheritance  unto  his  brethren. 

10  And  if  he  have  no  brethren,  then  ye 
shall  give  his  inheritance  unto  his  father's 
brethren. 

11  And  if  his  father  have  no  brethren, 
then  ye  shall  give  his  inheritance  unto  his 
kinsman  that  is  next  to  him  of  his  family, 
and  he  shall  i)osscss  it :  aud  it  shall  be  un- 
to the  children  of  Israel  a  statute  of  judg- 
ment, as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

12  TI  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Get 
thee  up  into  this  mount  Abarim,  and.  see 
the  land  which  I  have  given  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

13  And  when  thou  hast  seen  it,  thou  also 
shalt  be  gathered  unto  thy  people,  as  Aaron 
thy  brother  was  gathered. 

14  For  ye  rebelled  against  my  command 


meut  in  the  desert  of  Ziu,  in  the  strife  of 
the  congregation,  to  sanctify  me  at  the 
water  before  their  eyes :  that  in  the  water 
of  Meribah  in  Kadesh  in  the  wilderness  of 
Zin. 

15  If  And  Moses  si>ake  unto  the  Lord,  say- 

16  Let  the  Lord,  the  God  of  the  spirits 
of  all  flesh,  set  a  man  over  the  congrega- 
tion, 

17  Which  may  go  out  before  them,  and 
which  may  go  in  before  them,  and  which 
may  lead  them  out,  and  which  may  bring 
them  in;  that  the  congregation  of  the 
Lord  be  not  as  sheep  which  have  no  shep- 
herd. 

18  U  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses,  Take 
thee  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  a  man  in 
whom  is  the  spirit,  and  lay  thine  hand  up- 
on him ; 

19  And  set  him  before  Eleazar  the  priest, 
and  before  all  the  congregation ;  and  give 
him  a  charge  in  their  sight. 

20  And  thou  shalt  put  some  of  thine  hon- 
our upon  him,  that  all  the  congregation  of 
the  children  of  Israel  may  be  obedient. 

21  And  he  shall  stand  before  Eleazar  the 
priest,  who  shall  ask  counsel  for  him  after 
the  judgment  of  Urim  before  the  Lord  : 
at  his  word  shall  they  go  out,  and  at  his 
word  they  shall  come  in,  both  he,  and  all 
the  children  of  Israel  with  him,  even  all 
the  congregation. 

22  And  Moses  did  as  the  Lord  command- 
ed him :  and  he  took  Joshua,  and  set  him 
before  Eleazar  the  priest,  and  before  all  the 
congregation : 

23  And  he  laid  his  hands  upon  him,  aud 
gave  him  a  charge,  as  the  Lord  command- 
ed by  the  hand  of  Moses. 

CHAPTER  XXVIIL 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 

2  Command  the  children  of  Israel,  and  say 
xmto  them.  My  oflering,  and  my  bread  for 
my  sacrifices  made  by  fire,  for  a  sweet 
savour  unto  me,  shall  ye  observe  to  ofler 
unto  me  in  their  due  season. 

3  And  thou  shalt  say  unto  them,  This  is 
the  offering  made  by  fire  which  ye  shall 
ofier  unto  the  Lord  ;  two  lambs  of  the 
first  year  without  spot  day  by  day,  for  a 
continual  burnt  offering. 

4  The  one  lamb  shalt  thou  offer  in  the 


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morning,  and  the  other  lamb  shalt  thou 
ofier  at  even ; 

5  And  a  tenth  part  of  an  ei)hah  of  flonr  for 
a  meat  ottering,  mingled  with  the  fourth 
part  of  a  bin  of  beaten  oil. 

0  It  is  a  continual  burnt  offering,  which 
was  ordained  in  mount  Sinai  for  a  sweet 
savour,  a  sacrifice  made  by  fire  unto  the 
Lord. 

7  And  the  drink  offering  thex-eof  sJiall  be 
the  fourth  jmrt  of  a  bin  for  the  one  lamb : 
in  the  holy  pla^e  shalt  thou  cause  the 
strong  wine  to  be  poured  unto  the  Lokd 

for  a  drink  offering. 

8  And  the  other  lamb  shalt  thou  offer  at 
even :  as  the  meat  offering  of  the  morn- 
ing, and  as  the  drink  offering  thereof,  thou 
shalt  offer  it,  a  sacrifice  made  by  fire,  of  a 
sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord. 

9  H  And  on  the  sabbath  day  two  lambs 
of  the  first  year  without  spot,  and  two 
tenth  deals  of  flour  for  a  meat  offering, 
mingled  with  oil,  and  the  drink  offering 
thereof: 

10  This  iff  the  burnt  offering  of  every  sab- 
bath, beside  the  continual  burnt  offering, 
and  his  drink  offering. 

11  1  And  in  the  beginnings  of  your 
months  ye  shall  offer  a  burnt  offering 
unto  the  Lord  ;  two  young  bullocks,  and 
one  ram,  seven  lambs  of  the  first  year  with- 
out spot ; 

12  And  three  tenth  deals  of  flour  for  a 
meat  offering,  mingled  with  oil,  for  one 
bullock;  and  two  tenth  deals  of  flour /or 
a  meat  offering,  mingled  with  oil,  for  one 
ram; 

13  And  a  several  tenth  deal  of  flour 
mingled  with  oil  for  a  meat  offering  unto 
one  lamb ;  for  a  burnt  offering  of  a  sweet 
savour,  a  sacrifice  made  by  fire  imto  the 
Lord. 

14  And  their  drink  offerings  shall  be  half 
a  hin  of  wine  unto  a  bullock,  and  the  third 
part  of  a  hin  unto  a  ram,  and  a  fourth 
part  of  a  hin  unto  a  lamb :  this  is  the  burnt 
offering  of  every  month  throughout  the 
months  of  the  year. 

15  And  one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offer- 
ing unto  the  Lord  shall  be  offered,  beside 
the  continual  burnt  offering,  and  his  drink 
offering. 

16  And  in  the  fourteenth  day  of  the  first 
month  is  the  passover  of  the  Lord. 

17  And  in  the  fifteenth  day  of  this  mouth 

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is  the  feast :  seven  days  shall  unleavened 
bread  be  eaten. 

18  In  the  first  da}'  shall  be  a  holy  con- 
vocation ;  ye  shall  do  no  manner  of  servile 
work  therein  : 

19  But  ye  shall  offer  a  sacrifice  made  by 
fire  for  a  burnt  offering  unto  the  Lord; 
two  young  bullocks,  and  one  ram,  and 
seven  lambs  of  the  first  year:  they  shall 
be  unto  you  without  blemish. 

20  And  their  meat  offering  shall  be  of  flour 
mingled  with  oil :  three  tenth  deals  shall 
ye  offer  for  a  bullock,  and  two  tcuth  deals 
for  a  ram ; 

21  A  several  tenth  deal  shalt  thou  offer 
for  every  lamb,  throughout  the  seven 
lambs : 

22  And  one  goat  for  a  sin  offering,  to 
make  an  atonement  for  you. 

23  Ye  shall  offer  these  beside  the  burnt 
offering  in  the  morning,  which  is  for  a  con- 
tinual burnt  offering. 

24  After  this  manner  ye  shall  offer  daily, 
throughout  the  seven  days,  the  meat  of 
the  sacrifice  made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet 
savour  unto  the  Lord:  it  shall  be  offered 
beside  the  continual  burnt  offering,  and  his 
drink  offering. 

25  And  on  the  seventh  day  ye  shall  have 
a  holy  convocation ;  ye  shall  do  no  servile 
work. 

26  TI  Also  in  the  day  of  the  flrstfruits, 
when  ye  bring  a  new  meat  offering  unto 
the  Lord,  after  your  weeks  be  out,  ye  shall 
have  a  holy  convocation;  ye  shall  do  no 
servile  work : 

27  But  ye  shall  offer  the  burnt  offering 
for  a  sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord  ;  two 
young  bullocks,  one  ram,  seven  lambs  of 
the  first  year ; 

28  And  their  meat  offering  of  flour  min- 
gled with  oil,  three  tenth  deals  unto  one 
bullock,  two  tenth  deals  unto  one  ram, 

29  A  several  tenth  deal  unto  one  lamb, 
throughout  the  seven  lambs ; 

30  And  one  kid  of  the  goats,  to  make  au 
atonement  for  you. 

31  Ye  shall  offer  ihein  beside  the  continual 
burnt  offering,  and  his  meat  offering, 
(they  shall  be  unto  you  without  blemish,) 
and  their  drink  offerings. 


A   ND 
-TX.  firs 


CHAPTER  XXIX. 

in  the    seventh   month,    on    the 
first  daij  of  the  month,  ye  shall  have 


NUMBERS. 


a  holy  convocation ;  j'c  shall  do  no  servile 
work :  it  is  a  day  of  blowing  the  trumpets 
unto  you. 

2  And  ye  shall  qflfer  a  burnt  offering  for 
a  sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord  ;  one  young 
bullock,  one  ram,  and  seven  lambs  of  the 
first  year  without  blemish : 

3  And  their  meat  offering  shall  he  of  flour 
mingled  with  oil,  three  tenth  deals  for  a 
bullock,  and  two  tenth  deals  for  a  ram, 

4  And  one  tenth  deal  for  one  lamb, 
throughout  the  seven  lambs : 

5  And  one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offer- 
ing, to  make  an  atonement  for  you : 

6  Beside  the  burnt  offering  of  the  month, 
and  his  meat  offering,  and  the  daily  burnt 
offering,  and  his  meat  offering,  and  their 
drink  offerings,  according  unto  their  man- 
ner, for  a  sweet  savour,  a  sacrifice  made  by 
fire  unto  the  Lokd. 

7  T[  And  ye  shall  have  on  the  tenth  day 
of  this  seventh  month  a  holy  convoca- 
tion ;  and  ye  shall  afflict  your  souls :  ye 
shall  not  do  any  work  therein : 

8  But  ye  shall  offer  a  burnt  offering  unto 
the  Lord  for  a  sweet  savour ;  one  young 
bullock,  one  ram,  and  seven  lambs  of  the 
first  year ;  they  shall  be  unto  you  without 
blemish.  ^ 

9  And  their  meat  offering  ahall  he  of 
flour  mingled  with  oil,  three  tenth  deals 
to  a  bullock,  and  two  tenth  deals  to  one 
ram, 

10  A  several  tenth  deal  for  one  lamb, 
throughout  the  seven  lambs : 

11  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offer- 
ing; beside  the  sin  offering  of  atonement, 
and  the  continual  burnt  offering,  and  the 
meat  ofiering  of  it,  and  their  drink  offer- 
ings. 

12  H  And  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the 
seventh  month  ye  shall  have  a  holy  con- 
vocation ;  ye  shall  do  no  servile  work,  and 
ye  shall  keep  a  feast  unto  the  Lord  seven 
days : 

13  And  ye  shall  offer  a  burnt  offering,  a 
sacrifice  made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet  savour 
unto  the  Lord;  thirteen  young  bullocks, 
two  rams,  and  fourteen  lambs  of  the  first 
year;  they  shall  be  without  blemish: 

14  And  their  meat  offering  shall  he  of 
flour  mingled  with  oil,  three  tenth  deals 
unto  every  bullock  of  the  thirteen  bull- 
ocks, two  tenth  deals  to  each  ram  of  the 
two  rams. 


15  And  a  several  tenth  deal  to  each  lamb 
of  the  fourteen  lambs : 

16  And  one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin 
offering;  beside  the  continual  burnt  of- 
fering, his  meat  ofiering,  and  his  drink 
offering. 

17  H  And  on  the  second  day  ye  shall  offer 
twelve  young  bullocks,  two  rams,  fourteen 
lambs  of  the  first  year  without  spot: 

18  And  their  meat  offering  and  their 
drink  offerings  for  the  bullocks,  for  the 
rams,  and  for  the  lambs,  shall  he  according 
to  their  number,  after  the  manner: 

19  And  one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin 
offering ;  beside  the  continual  burnt  offer- 
ing, and  the  meat  offering  thereof,  and 
their  drink  offerings. 

20  Tl  And  on  the  third  day  eleven  bull- 
ocks, two  rams,  fourteen  lambs  of  the  first 
year  without  blemish : 

21  And  their  meat  offering  and  their  drink 
offerings  for  the  bullocks,  for  the  rams, 
and  for  the  lambs,  shall  he  according  to 
their  number,  after  the  manner: 

22  And  one  goat /or  a  sin  offering;  })eside 
the  continual  burnt  ofiering,  and  his  meat 
offering,  and  his  drink  offering. 

23  H  And  on  the  fourth  day  ten  bullocks, 
two  rams,  and  fourteen  lambs  of  the  first 
year  without  blemish : 

24  Their  meat  offering  and  their  drink  of- 
ferings for  the  bullocks,  for  the  rams,  and 
for  the  lambs,  shall  he  according  to  their 
number,  after  the  manner: 

25  And  one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin 
offering ;  beside  the  continual  burnt  offer- 
ing, his  meat  offering,  and  his  drink  offer- 
ing- 

26  T[  And  on  the  fifth  day  nine  bullocks, 
two  rams,  and  fourteen  Iambs  of  the  first 
year  without  spot : 

27  And  their  meat  offering  and  their  drink 
offerings  for  the  bullocks,  for  the  rams,  and 
for  the  lambs,  shall  he  according  to  their 
number,  after  the  manner: 

28  And  one  goat /or  a  sin  offering;  beside 
the  continual  burnt  offering,  and  his  meat 
offering,  and  his  drink  ofiering. 

29  T[  And  on  the  sixth  day  eight  bullocks, 
two  i*ams,  and  fourteen  lambs  of  the  first 
year  without  blemish : 

30  And  their  meat  offering  and  their  drink 
offerings  for  the  bullocks,  for  the  rams, 
and  for  the  lambs,  shall  he  according  to 
their  number,  after  the  manner: 


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31  And  one  goat /or  a  sin  offering  ;  beside 
the  continual  burnt  offering,  his  meat  offer- 
ing, and  his  drink  offering. 

32  ^  And  on  the  seventh  day  seven  bull- 
ocks, two  rams,  and  fourteen  lambs  of  the 
first  year  without  blemish  : 

33  And  their  meat  offering  and  their  drink 
offerings  for  the  bullocks,  for  the  rams, 
and  for  the  lambs,  shall  he  according  to 
their  number,  after  the  manner: 

34  And  one  goat /or  a  sin  offering;  beside 
the  continual  burnt  offering,  his  meat  offer- 
ing, and  his  drink  offering. 

35  T  On  the  eighth  day  ye  shall  have  a 
solemn  assembly:  ye  shall  do  no  servile 
work  therein: 

36  But  ye  shall  offer  a  burnt  offering,  a 
sacrifice  made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet  savour 
unto  the  Lord  :  one  bullock,  one  ram,  sev- 
en lambs  of  the  first  year  without  blemish  : 

37  Their  meat  offering  and  their  drink 
offerings  for  the  bullock,  for  the  ram,  and 
for  the  lambs,  shall  he  according  to  their 
number,  after  the  manner : 

38  And  one  goat  for  a  sin  offering ;  beside 
the  continual  burnt  offering,  and  his  meat 
offering,  and  his  drink  offering. 

39  These  things  ye  shall  do  unto  the 
Lord  in  your  set  feasts,  beside  your  vows, 
and  your  freewill  offerings,  for  your  burnt 
offerings,  and  for  your  meat  offerings,  and 
for  your  drink  offerings,  and  for  your  peace 
offerings. 

40  And  Moses  told  the  children  of  Israel 
according  to  all  that  the  Lord  commanded 
Moses. 

CHAPTER  XXX. 

AND  Moses  spake  unto  the  heads  of 
the  tribes  concerning  the  children  of 
Israel,  saying.  This  is  the  thing  which  the 
Lord  hath  commanded. 

2  If  a  man  vow  a  vow  unto  the  Lord,  or 
swear  an  oath  to  bind  his  soul  with  a  bond ; 
he  shall  not  break  his  Avord,  he  shall  do 
according  to  all  that  proceedeth  out  of 
his  mouth. 

3  If  a  Avoraan  also  vow  a  vow  unto  the 
Lord,  and  bind  Jierself  by  a  bond,  heing 
in  her  flither's  house  in  her  youth ; 

4  And  her  father  hear  her  vow,  and  her 
bond  wherewith  she  hath  bound  her  soul, 
and  her  father  shall  hold  his  jjeace  at 
her;  then  all  her  vows  shall  stand,  and 
every  bond  wherewith  she  hath  bound 
her  soul  shall  stand. 

173 


5  But  if  her  father  disallow  her  in  the 
day  that  he  heareth,  not  any  of  her  vows, 
or  of  her  bonds  whercAvith  she  hath  bound 
her  soul,  shall  stand ;  and  the  Lord  shall 
forgive  her,  because  her  father  disallowed 
her. 

6  And  if  she  had  at  all  a  husband,  when 
she  vowed,  or  uttered  aught  out  of  her 
lips,  Avherewith  she  bound  her  soul ; 

7  And  her  husband  heard  i7,  and  held  his 
peace  at  her  in  the  day  that  he  heard  it: 
then  her  a'ows  shall  stand,  and  her  bonds 
AvhercAvith  she  bound  her  soul  shall  stand. 

8  But  if  her  husband  disallowed  her  on 
the  day  that  he  heard  it^  then  he  shall 
make  her  vow  which  she  voAved,  and  that 
which  she  uttered  with  her  lips,  where- 
with she  bound  her  soul,  of  none  effect; 
and  the  Lord  shall  forgive  her. 

9  But  every  vow  of  a  widow,  and  of 
her  that  is  divorced,  AvhercAvith  they  have 
bound  their  souls,  shall  stand  against  her. 

10  And  if  she  vowed  in  her  husband's 
house,  or  bound  her  soul  by  a  bond  with 
an  oath ; 

11  And  her  husband  heard  ?7,  and  held 
his  peace  at  her,  and  disallowed  her  not : 
then  all  her  vows  shall  stand,  and  every 
bond  wherewith  she  bound  her  soul  shall 
#and. 

12  But  if  her  husband  hath  utterly  made 
them  void  on  the  day  he  heard  them ;  then 
whatsoever  proceeded  out  of  her  lips  con- 
cerning her  vows,  or  concerning  the  bond 
of  her  soul,  shall  not  stand:  her  hus- 
band hath  made  them  void ;  and  the  Lord 
shall  forgive  her. 

13  Every  voav,  and  every  binding  oath  to 
aflSict  the  soul,  her  husband  may  estab- 
lish it,  or  her  husband  may  make  it 
void. 

14  But  if  her  husband  altogether  hold 
his  peace  at  her  from  day  to  day;  then 
he  establisheth  all  her  voavs,  or  all  her 
bonds,  Avhich  are  uj^on  her:  he  confirm- 
eth  them,  because  he  held  his  peace  at 
her  in  the  day  that  he  heard  them. 

15  But  if  he  shall  any  ways  make  them 
void  after  that  he  hath  heard  them;  then 
he  shall  bear  her  iniquity. 

16  These  are  the  statutes,  Avhich  the 
Lord  commanded  Moses,  betAveen  a  man 
and  his  Avife,  betAveen   the  lather  and  his 

i  daughter,  heing   yet   in   her  youth  in  her 
I  father's  house. 


NUMBERS. 


CHAPTER  XXXI. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 

2  Avenge  the  children  of  Israel  of  the 
Midianites:  afterward  shalt  thou  be  gath- 
ered unto  thy  people. 

3  And  Moses  spake  unto  the  people, 
saying,  Arm  some  of  yourselves  unto  the 
war,  and  let  them  go  against  the  Midian- 
ites, and  avenge  the  Lord  of  Midian. 

4  Of  eveiy  tribe  a  thousand,  throughout 
all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  shall  ye  send  to 
the  war. 

5  So  there  were  delivered  out  of  the 
thousands  of  Israel,  a  thousand  of  evei-y 
tribe,  twelve  thousand  armed  for  Avar. 

6  And  Moses  sent  them  to  the  war,  a 
thousand  of  evenj  tribe,  them  and  Phin- 
ehas  the  son  of  Eleazar  the  priest,  to  the 
war,  with  the  holy  instruments,  and  the 
trumpets  to  blow  in  his  hand. 

7  And  they  warred  against  the  Midian- 
ites, as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses; 
and  they  slew  all  the  males. 

8  And  they  slew  the  kings  of  Midian, 
beside  the  rest  of  them  that  were  slain; 
namely,  Evi,  and  Rekem,  and  Zur,  and 
Hur,  and  Reba,  five  kings  of  Midian:  Ba- 
laam also  the  son  of  Beor  they  slew  with 
the  sword. 

9  And  the  children  of  Israel  took  all 
the  women  of  Midian  captives,  and  their 
little  ones,  and  took  the  spoil  of  all  their 
cattle,  and  all  their  flocks,  and  all  their 
goods. 

10  And  they  burnt  all  their  cities  where- 
in they  dwelt,  and  all  their  goodly  castles, 
with  fire. 

11  And  they  took  all  the  spoil,  and  all 
the  prey,  both  of  men  and  of  beasts. 

12  And  they  brought  the  captives,  and 
the  prey,  and  the  spoil,  unto  Moses  and 
Eleazar  the  priest,  and  unto  the  congre- 
gation of  the  children  of  Israel,  unto  the 
camp  at  the  plains  of  Moab,  which  are 
by  Jordan  near  Jericho. 

13  TI  And  Moses,  and  Eleazar  the  priest, 
and  all  the  princes  of  the  congregation, 
Avent  forth  to  meet  them  without  the  camp. 

14  And  Moses  was  wroth  Avith  the 
officers  of  the  host,  xoith  the  captains  over 
thousands,  and  captains  OA^er  hundreds, 
Avhich  came  from  the  battle. 

15  And  Moses  said  unto  them,  Have  ye 
saved  all  the  Avomen  alive  ? 


16  Behold,  these  caused  the  children  of 
Israel,  through  the  counsel  of  Balaam,  to 
commit  trespass  against  the  Lord  in  the 
matter  of  Peor,  and  there  was  a  plague 
among  the  congregation  of  the  Lord. 

17  Now  therefore  kill  every  male  among 
the  little  ones,  and  kill  every  woman  that 
hath  known  man  by  lying  Avith  him. 

18  But  all  the  women  children,  that  have 
not  knoAvn  a  man  by  lying  Avith  him,  keep 
alive  for  yourselves. 

19  And  do  ye  abide  without  the  camp 
seven  days:  Avhosoever  hath  killed  any 
person,  and  whosoever  hath  touched  any 
slain,  purify  hotJi  yourselves  and  your  cap- 
tives on  the  third  day,  and  on  the  seventh 
day. 

20  And  purify  all  ymir  raiment,  and  all 
that  is  made  of  skins,  and  all  Avork  of 
goats'  haU\  and  all  things  made  of  wood. 

21  H  And  Eleazar  the  priest  said  unto  the 
men  of  war  which  Avent  to  the  battle.  This 
is  the  ordinance  of  the  law  Avhich  the  Lord 
commanded  Moses ; 

22  Only  the  gold,  and  the  sih'er,  the  brass, 
the  iron,  the  tin,  and  the  lead, 

23  Evciy  thing  that  may  abide  the  fire, 
ye  shall  make  it  go  through  the  fire,  and 
it  shall  be  clean:  nevertheless  it  shall  be 
purified  with  the  Avater  of  separation :  and 
all  that  abideth  not  the  fire  ye  shall  make 
go  through  the  water. 

24  And  ye  shall  Avash  your  clothes  on 
the  seventh  day,  and  ye  shall  be  clean, 
and  afterward  ye  shall  come  into  the  camp. 

25  II  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

26  Take  the  sum  of  the  prey  that  Avas 
taken,  both  of  man  and  of  beast,  thou, 
and  Eleazar  the  priest,  and  the  chief  fa- 
thers of  the  congregation : 

27  And  divide  the  prey  into  two  parts ; 
between  them  that  took  the  war  upon 
them,  AA'ho  Aveut  out  to  battle,  and  be- 
tAveen  all  the  congregation. 

28  And  levy  a  tribute  unto  the  Lord  of 
the  men  of  war  AA'hich  went  out  to  bat- 
tle: one  soul  of  five  hundred,  both  of 
the  persons,  and  of  the  beeves,  and  of 
the  asses,  and  of  the  sheep : 

29  Take  it  of  their  half,  and  give  it  unto 
Eleazar  the  priest,  for  a  heave  offering 
of  the  Lord. 

30  And  of  the  children  of  Israel's  half, 
thou  Shalt  take  one   portion  of  fifty,  of 


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the  persons,  of  the  beeves,  of  the  asses, 
aud  of  the  flocks,  of  all  manner  of  beasts, 
and  give  them  unto  the  Levites,  which 
keep  the  charge  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
Lord. 

31  And  Moses  and  Eleazar  the  priest  did 
as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

33  And  the  booty,  being  the  rest  of  the 
prey  which  the  men  of  war  had  caught, 
was  six  hundred  thousand  and  seventy 
thousand  and  five  thousand  sheep, 

33  And  threescore  and  twelve  thousand 
beeves, 

34  And  threescore  aud  one  thousand 
asses, 

35  And  thirty  and  two  thousand  persons 
in  all,  of  women  that  had  not  known 
man  by  lying  with  him. 

36  And  the  half,  ivhich  v;as  the  portion 
of  them  that  went  out  to  war,  Avas  in 
number  three  hundred  thousand  and 
seven  and  thirty  thousand  and  five  hund- 
red sheep : 

37  And  the  Lord's  tribute  of  the  sheep 
was  six  hundred  and  threescore  and  fifteen. 

38  Aud  the  beeves  wey-e  thirty  and  six 
thousand ;  of  which  the  Lord's  tribute 
was  threescore  and  twelve. 

39  And  the  asses  were  thirty  thousand 
aud  five  hundred ;  of  which  the  Lord's 
tribute  was  threescore  and  one. 

40  And  the  persons  icere  sixteen  thou- 
sand; of  which  the  Lord's  tribute  was 
thirty  and  two  persons. 

41  And  Moses  gave  the  tribute,  loJiich 
was  the  Lord's  heave  otfering,  unto  Elea- 
zar the  priest,  as  the  Lord  commanded 
Moses. 

42  And  of  the  children  of  Israel's  half, 
which  Moses  divided  from  the  men  that 
warred, 

43  (Now  the  half  that  pertained  imto  the 
congregation  was  three  hundred  thousand 
aud  thirty  thousand  and  seven  thousand 
and  five  hundred  sheep, 

44  And  thirty  and  six  thousand  beeves, 
4.5   And    thirty  thousand  asses  and  five 

hundred, 

4G  And  sixteen  thousand  persons,) 
47  Even  of  the  children  of  Israel's  half, 
Moses  took  one  portion  of  fifty,  both  of 
man  and  of  beast,  and  gave  them  unto  the 
Levites,  which  kept  the  charge  of  the  tab- 
ernacle of  the  Lord;  as  the  Lord  com- 
manded Moses. 

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48  11  Aud  the  officers  which  ivere  over 
thousands  of  the  host,  the  captains  of 
thousands,  and  captains  of  hundreds,  came 
near  unto  Moses : 

49  And  they  said  unto  Moses,  Thy  serv- 
ants have  taken  the  sum  of  the  men  of  war 
which  are  under  our  charge,  and  there  lack- 
eth  not  one  man  of  us. 

50  We  have  therefore  brought  an  oblation 
for  the  Lord,  what  every  man  hath  gotten, 
of  jewels  of  gold,  chains,  and  bracelets, 
rings,  earriugs,  and  tablets,  to  make  an 
atonement  for  our  souls  before  the  Lord. 

51  And  Moses  and  Eleazar  the  priest  took 
the  gold  of  them,  even  all  wrought  jewels. 

53  And  all  the  gold  of  the  otfering  that 
they  offered  up  to  the  Lord,  of  the  cap- 
tains of  thousands,  and  of  the  captains  of 
hundreds,  was  sixteen  thousand  seven 
hundred  and  fifty  shekels. 

53  {For  the  men  of  war  had  taken  spoil, 
every  man  for  himself.) 

54  And  Moses  and  Eleazar  the  priest  took 
the  gold  of  the  captains  of  thousands  and 
of  hundreds,  and  brought  it  into  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation, /o?*  a  memorial 
for  the  children  of  Israel  before  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  XXXII. 

NOW  the  children  of  Reuben  and  the 
children  of  Gad  had  a  very  great  mul- 
titixde  of  cattle :  and  when  they  saw  the 
land  of  Jazer,  aud  the  laud  of  Gilead, 
that,  behold,  the  place  was  a  place  for 
cattle ; 

3  The  children  of  Gad  aud  the  children 
of  Reubeu  came  aud  spake  uuto  Moses, 
and  to  Eleazar  the  priest,  aud  unto  the 
princes  of  the  congregation,  saying, 

3  Ataroth,  aud  Dibou,  and  Jazer,  and 
Nimrah,  and  Heshbon,  and  Elealeh,  and 
Shebam,  and  Nebo,  aud  Beon, 

4  Even  the  country  which  the  Lord  smote 
before  the  congregation  of  Israel,  w  a  laud 
for  cattle,  and  thy  servants  have  cattle : 

5  Wherefore,  said  they,  if  we  have  found 
grace  in  thy  sight,  let  this  land  be  given 
unto  thy  servants  for  a  possession,  aiid 
bring  us  not  over  Jordan. 

6  H  And  Moses  said  imto  the  children 
of  Gad  and  to  the  children  of  Reuben, 
Shall  your  brethren  go  to  war,  and  shall  ye 
sit  here? 

7  And  wherefore  discourage  ye  the  licart 
of  the  children  of  Israel  from  going  over 


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into  the  laud  which  the  Lord  hath  given 
them? 

8  Thus  did  your  fathers,  when  I  sent 
them  from  Kadesh-barnea  to  see  the  land. 

9  For  when  they  went  up  unto  the  valley 
of  Eshcol,  and  saw  the  land,  they  dis- 
couraged the  heart  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, that  they  should  not  go  into  the 
land  which  the  Lord  had  given  them. 

10  And  the  Lord's  anger  was  kindled  the 
same  time,  and  he  sware,  saying, 

11  Surely  none  of  the  men  that  came  up 
out  of  Egypt,  from  twenty  years  old  and 
upward,  shall  see  the  land  which  I  sware 
unto  Abraham,  unto  Isaac,  and  unto  Jacob ; 
because  they  have  not  wholly  followed 
me: 

13  Save  Caleb  the  son  of  Jephunneh  the 
Kenezite,  and  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun :  for 
they  have  wholly  followed  the  Lord. 

13  And  the  Lord's  anger  was  kindled 
against  Israel,  and  he  made  them  wander 
in  the  wilderness  forty  years,  until  all  the 
generation,  that  had  done  evil  in  the  sight 
of  the  Lord,  was  consumed. 

14  And,  behold,  ye  are  risen  up  in  your 
fathers'  stead,  an  increase  of  sinful  men,  to 
augment  yet  the  fierce  anger  of  the  Lord 
toward  Israel. 

15  For  if  ye  turn  away  from  after  him, 
he  will  yet  again  leave  them  in  the  wil- 
derness ;  and  ye  shall  destroy  all  this 
people. 

16  1[  And  they  came  near  unto  him,  and 
said.  We  will  build  sheepfolds  here  for 
our  cattle,  and  cities  for  our  little  ones : 

17  But  we  ourselves  will  go  ready  armed 
before  the  children  of  Israel,  until  we  have 
brought  them  unto  their  place:  and  our 
little  ones  shall  dwell  in  the  fenced 
cities,  because  of  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land. 

18  We  will  not  return  unto  our  houses, 
until  the  children  of  Israel  have  inherited 
every  man  his  inheritance : 

19  For  we  will  not  inherit  with  them  on 
yonder  side  Jordan,  or  forwai-d;  because 
our  inheritance  is  fallen  to  us  on  this  side 
Jordan  eastward. 

20  ^[  And  Moses  said  unto  them,  If  ye 
will  do  this  thing,  if  ye  will  go  armed  be- 
fore the  Lord  to  war, 

21  And  will  go  all  of  you  armed  over 
Jordan  before  the  Lord,  until  he  hath 
driven  out  his  enemies  from  before  him. 


22  And  the  land  be  subdued  before  the 
Lord  :  then  afterward  ye  shall  return,  and 
be  guiltless  before  the  Lord,  and  before 
Israel ;  and  this  land  shall  be  your  pos- 
session before  the  Lord. 

23  But  if  ye  will  not  do  so,  behold,  ye 
have  sinned  against  the  Lord:  and  be 
sure  your  sin  will  find  you  out. 

24  Build  you  cities  for  your  little  ones, 
and  folds  for  your  sheep;  and  do  that 
which  hath  proceeded  out  of  your  mouth. 

25  And  the  children  of  Gad  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Reuben  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing. Thy  servants  will  do  as  my  lord  com- 
mandeth. 

26  Our  little  ones,  our  wives,  our  flocks, 
and  all  our  cattle,  shall  be  there  in  the 
cities  of  Gilead : 

27  But  thy  servants  will  pass  over,  every 
man  armed  for  war,  before  the  Lord  to 
battle,  as  my  lord  saith. 

28  So  concerning  them  Moses  command- 
ed Eleazar  the  priest,  and  Joshua  the  son 
of  Nun,  and  the  chief  fathers  of  the  tribes 
of  the  children  of  Israel: 

29  And  Moses  said  unto  them.  If  the 
children  of  Gad  and  the  children  of  Reu- 
ben will  pass  with  you  over  Jordan,  every 
man  armed  to  battle,  before  the  Lord,  and 
the  land  shall  be  subdued  before  you ;  then 
ye  shall  give  them  the  land  of  Gilead  for 
a  possession  : 

30  But  if  they  will  not  pass  over  with 
you  armed,  they  shall  have  possessions 
among  you  in  the  land  of  Canaan. 

31  And  the  children  of  Gad  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Reuben  answered,  saying.  As  the 
Lord  hath  said  unto  thy  servants,  so  will 
we  do. 

32  We  will  pass  over  armed  before  the 
Lord  into  the  land  of  Canaan,  that  the 
possession  of  our  inheritance  on  this  side 
Jordan  may  be  ours. 

33  And  Moses  gave  unto  them,  even  to  the 
children  of  Gad,  and  to  the  children  of 
Reuben,  and  unto  half  the  tribe  of  Manas- 
seh  the  son  of  Joseph,  the  kingdom  of  Si- 
hon  king  of  the  Amorites,  and  the  king- 
dom of  Og  king  of  Bashan,  the  land,  with 
the  cities  thereof  in  the  coasts,  even  the 
cities  of  the  country  round  about. 

34  IT  And  the  children  of  Gad  built  Dibon, 
and  Ataroth,  and  Aroer, 

35  And  Atroth,  Shophan,  and  Jaazer,  and 
Jogbehah, 

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3(3  Aud  Beth-uimrah,  and  Bctli-Laran, 
fenced  cities  ;  and  folds  for  slieep. 

37  And  the  children  of  Reuben  built 
Heshbon,  and  Elealch,  and  Kirjathaim, 

38  And  Nebo,  and  Baal-mcon,  (their  names 
being  changed,)  and  Shibraah:  and  gave 
other  names  unto  the  cities  which  they 
builded. 

39  And  the  children  of  Machir  the  son  of 
Manasseh  went  to  Gilead,  and  took  it, 
and  dispossessed  the  Amorite  which  w<is 
in  it. 

40  And  Moses  gave  Gilead  unto  Machir 
the  son  of  Manasseh ;  and  he  dwelt  therein. 

41  And  Jair  the  son  of  Manasseh  went 
and  took  the  small  towns  thereof,  and 
called  them  Havoth-jair. 

42  Aud  Nobah  went  and  took  Kenath, 
and  the  villages  thereof,  and  called  it 
Nobah,  after  his  own  name. 

CHAPTER  XXXIir. 

THESE  are  the  journeys  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  which  went  forth  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt  with  their  armies 
under  the  hand  of  Moses  and  Aaron. 

2  And  Moses  wrote  their  goings  out  ac- 
cording to  their  journeys  by  the  com- 
mandment of  the  Lord:  and  these  are 
their  jounieys  according  to  their  goings 
out. 

3  And  they  departed  from  Rameses  iu 
the  first  month,  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the 
first  month;  on  the  morrow  after  the  pass- 
over  the  children  of  Israel  went  out  with  a 
high  hand  in  the  sight  of  all  the  Egyptians. 

4  For  the  Egyptians  buried  all  their  first- 
born, which  the  Lord  had  smitten  among 
them :  upon  their  gods  also  the  Lord  exe- 
cuted judgments. 

5  And  the  children  of  Israel  removed 
from  Rameses,  and  pitched  in  Succoth. 

6  And  they  departed  from  Succoth,  and 
pitched  iu  Etham,  which  is  in  the  edge  of 
the  wilderness. 

7  And  they  removed  from  Etham,  aud 
turned  again  unto  Pi-hahiroth,  which  in 
before  Baal-zephou:  and  they  pitched  be- 
fore Migdol. 

8  And  they  departed  from  before  Pi- 
hahiroth,  and  pa.ssed  through  the  midst 
of  the  sea  into  the  wilderness,  and  Avent 
three  days'  journey  in  the  wilderness  of 
Etham,  and  pitched  in  Marah. 

9  And   they   removed   from  Marah,  and 

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came  unto  Elim :  and  iu  Elim  were  twelve 
fountains  of  water,  and  threescore  and 
ten  palm  trees  ;  aud  they  pitched  there. 

10  And  they  removed  from  Elim,  aud  en- 
camped by  the  Red  sea. 

11  And  they  removed  from  the  Red  sea, 
and  encamped  in  the  wilderness  of  Sin. 

13  And  they  took  their  journey  out  of 
the  wilderness  of  Sin,  and  encamped  in 
Dophkah. 

13  And  they  departed  from  Dophkah,  and 
encamped  in  Alush. 

14  And  they  removed  from  Alush,  and 
encamped  at  Rephidim,  Avhere  was  no 
water  for  the  people  to  drink. 

15  And  they  departed  from  Rephidim, 
and  pitched  in  the  wilderness  of  Sinai. 

16  Aud  they  removed  from  the  desert  of 
Sinai,  and  pitched  at  Kibroth-hattaavah. 

17  And  they  departed  from  Kibroth-hat- 
taavah,  and  encamped  at  Hazeroth. 

18  And  they  departed  from  Hazeroth,  and 
pitched  in  Rithmah. 

19  And  they  departed  from  Rithmah,  and 
pitched  at  Rimmon-parez. 

20  And  they  departed  from  Rimmon-parez, 
and  pitched  in  Libnah. 

21  And  they  removed  from  Libnah,  and 
pitched  at  Rissah. 

22  And  they  journeyed  from  Rissah,  and 
pitched  in  Kehelathah. 

23  And  they  went  from  Kehelathah,  and 
pitched  in  mount  Shapher. 

24  And  they  removed  from  mount 
Shapher,  and  encamped  in  Haradah. 

25  And  they  removed  from  Haradah,  and 
pitched  in  Makheloth. 

26  And  they  removed  from  Makheloth, 
and   encamped  at  Tahath. 

27  And  they  departed  from  Tahath,  and 
pitched  at  Tarah. 

28  And  they  removed  from  Tarah,  and 
pitched  in  Mithcah. 

29  And  they  went  from  Mithcah,  and 
pitched  in  Hashmonah. 

30  And  they  departed  from  Hashmonah, 
and  encamped  at  Moseroth. 

31  And  they  departed  from  Moseroth,  and 
pitched  in  Bene-jaakan. 

32  And  they  removed  from  Bene-jaakan, 
and  encamped  at  Hor-hagidgad. 

33  Aud  they  went  from  Hor-liagidgad, 
and  pitched  in  Jotbathah. 

34  And  they  removed  froni  Jotbathah, 
and  encamped  at  E))ronah. 


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35  And  they  departed  from  Ebrouah, 
and  encamped  at  Ezion-gaber. 

36  And  tbey  removed  from  Ezion-gaber, 
and  pitched  in  the  wilderness  of  Zin, 
which  is  Kadesh. 

37  And  they  removed  from  Kadesh,  and 
pitched  in  mount  Hor,  in  the  edge  of  the 
laud  of  Edom. 

38  And  Aaron  the  priest  went  up  into 
mount  Hor  at  the  commandment  of  the 
Lord,  and  died  there,  in  the  fortieth  year 
after  the  children  of  Israel  were  come  out 
of  the  land  of  Egj'pt,  in  the  first  day  of  the 
fifth  month. 

39  And  Aaron  loas  a  hundred  and  twenty 
and  three  years  old  when  he  died  in  mount 
Hor. 

40  And  king  Arad  the  Canaanite,  which 
dwelt  in  the  south  in  the  land  of  Canaan, 
heard  of  the  coming  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael. 

41  And  they  departed  from  mount  Hor, 
and  pitched  in  Zalmonah. 

42  And  they  departed  from  Zalmonah, 
and  pitched  in  Punon. 

43  And  they  departed  from  Punon,  and 
pitched  in  Oboth. 

44  And  they  departed  from  Oboth,  and 
pitched  in  Ije-abarim,  in  the  border  of 
Moab. 

45  And  they  departed  from  lim,  and 
pitched  in  Dibou-gad. 

46  And  they  removed  from  Dibon-gad, 
and  encamped  in  Alraon-diblatliaim. 

47  And  they  removed  from  Almon- 
diblathaim,  and  pitched  in  the  mountains 
of  Abarim,  before  Nebo. 

48  And  they  departed  from  the  moun- 
tains of  Abarim,  and  pitched  in  the  plains 
of  Moab  by  Jordan  near  Jericho. 

49  And  they  pitched  by  Jordan,  from 
Beth-jesimoth  even  unto  Abel-shittim  in 
the  i)lains  of  Moab. 

50  II  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses  in 
the  plains  of  Moal)  by  Jordan  near  Jericho, 
saying, 

51  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  say  unto  them.  When  ye  are  passed 
over  Jordan  into  the  land  of  Ca- 
naan; 

52  Then  ye  shall  drive  out  all  the  inhab- 
itants of  the  land  from  before  you,  and 
destroy  all  their  pictures,  and  destroy  all 
their  molten  images,  and  quite  pluck  down 
all  their  high  places: 

13 


53  And  ye  shall  dispossess  the  inhabitants 
of  the  land,  and  dAvell  therein :  for  I  have 
given  you  the  land  to  possess  it. 

54  And  ye  shall  divide  the  land  by  lot  for 
an  inheritance  among  your  families;  and 
to  the  more  ye  shall  give  the  more  inherit- 
ance, and  to  the  fewer  ye  shall  give  the 
less  inheritance:  every  man's  inheritance 
shall  be  in  the  place  Avhere  his  lot  falleth ; 
according  to  the  tribes  of  your  fathers 
ye  shall  inherit. 

55  But  if  ye  will  not  drive  out  the  inhab- 
itants of  the  land  from  before  you ;  then 
it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  those  which  ye 
let  remain  of  them  sliall  be  pricks  in  your 
eyes,  and  thorns  in  your  sides,  and  shall 
vex  you  in  the  land  wlierein  ye  dwell. 

56  Moreover  it  shall  come  to  pass,  t?iai 
I  shall  do  unto  you,  as  I  thought  to  do 
unto  them. 

CHAPTER  XXXIV. 

AND    the    Lord    spake    unto    Moses, 
saying, 

2  Command  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
say  unto  them.  When  ye  come  into  the 
land  of  Canaan;  (this  is  the  land  that 
shall  fall  unto  you  for  an  inheritance,  eneti 
the  land  of  Cauaixn  Avith  the  coasts 
thereof:) 

3  Then  your  south  quarter  shall  be 
from  the  wilderness  of  Ziu  along  by  the 
coast  of  Edom,  and  your  south  border 
shall  be  the  outmost  coast  of  the  salt 
sea  eastward : 

4  And  your  border  shall  turn  from  the 
south  to  the  ascent  of  Akrabbim,  and  pass 
on  to  Zin:  and  the  going  forth  thereof 
shall  be  from  the  soutli  to  Kadesh-barnea, 
and  shall  go  on  to  Hazar-addar,  and  pass 
on  to  Azmon : 

5  And  the  border  shall  fetch  a  compass 
from  Azmon  unto  the  river  of  Egypt,  and 
the  goings  out  of  it  shall  be  at  the  sea. 

6  And  as  for  the  western  border,  ye  shall 
even  have  the  great  sea  for  a  border :  this 
shall  be  your  west  border. 

7  And  this  shall  be  your  north  border: 
from  the  great  sea  ye  shall  point  out  for 
you  mount  Hor : 

8  From  mount  Hor  ye  shall  point  out 
your  border  unto  the  entrance  of  Hamath  ; 
and  the  goings  forth  of  the  border  shall 
be  to  Zedad : 

9  H  And  the  border  shall  go  on  to  Ziphron, 


NUMBERS. 


and  the  goings  out  of  it  shall  be  at 
Hazar-enau:  this  shall  be  your  north  bor- 
der. 

10  And  ye  shall  point  out  your  east  border 
from  Hazar-enan  to  Shepham: 

11  And  the  coast  shall  go  down  from 
Shepham  to  Riblah,  on  the  east  side  of 
Aiu;    and  the  border  shall   descend,  and 

i  shall  reach  unto  the  side  of  the   sea  of 
Chinuereth  eastward : 

12  And  the  border  shall  go  down  to  Jor- 
dan, and  the  goings  out  of  it  shall  be  at 
the  salt  sea:  this  shall  be  your  land  with 
the  coasts  thereof  round  about. 

lo  And  Moses  commanded  the  children 
of  Israel,  saying.  This  is  the  land  Avhicli  ye 
shall  inherit  by  lot,  which  the  Lord  com- 
manded to  give  unto  the  nine  tribes,  and 
to  the  half  tribe: 

14  For  the  tribe  of  the  children  of  Reuben 
according  to  the  house  of  their  fathers,  and 
the  tribe  of  the  children  of  Gad  according 
to  the  house  of  their  flithers,  have  re- 
ceived tJieir  inheritance ;  and  half  the  tribe 
of  Manasseh  have  received  their  inherit- 
ance : 

15  The  two  tribes  and  the  half  tribe  have 
received  their  inheritance  on  this  side  Jor- 
dan near  Jericho  eastward,  toward  the  sun- 
rising. 

16  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 

17  These  are  the  names  of  the  men  whicli 
shall  divide  the  land  unto  you:  Eleazar  the 
l)ricst,  and  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun. 

18  And  ye  shall  take  one  prince  of  every 
tribe,  to  divide  the  land  by  inheritance. 

19  And  the  names  of  the  men  are  these : 
Of  the  tribe  of  Judah,  Caleb  the  son  of 
Jephunneh. 

20  And  of  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
Simeon,  Shemuel  the  son  of  Ammihud. 

21  Of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  Elidad  the 
son  of  Chislon. 

22  And  the  prince  of  the  tribe  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Dan,  Bukki  the  son  of  Jogll. 

23  The  prince  of  the  children  of  Joseph, 
for  the  tribe  of  the  children  of  Manasseh, 
Hanniel  the  son  of  Ephod. 

24  And  the  prince  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Ephraim,  Kemuel  the  son  of 
Shiphtan. 

25  And  the  prince  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Zebulun,  Elizaphan  the  son  of 
Parnach. 

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26  And  the  prince  of  the  tribe  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Issachar,  Paltiel  the  son  of  Azzan. 

27  And  the  prince  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Asher,  Ahihud  the  son  of 
Shelomi. 

28  And  the  prince  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Naphtali,  Pedahel  the  son  of 
Ammihud. 

29  These  are  they  whom  the  Lord  com- 
manded to  divide  the  inheritance  unto 
the  children  of  Israel  in  the  land  of  Ca- 
naan. 

CHAPTER   XXXV. 

AND   the  Lord   spake   unto  Moses  in 
the  plains   of  Moab  by  Jordan  near 
Jericho,  saying, 

2  Command  the  children  of  Israel,  that 
they  give  unto  the  Levites,  of  the  inheri- 
tance of  their  possession,  cities  to  dwell 
in;  and  ye  shall  give  also  unto  the  Levites 
suburbs  for  the  cities  round  about  them. 

3  And  the  cities  shall  they  have  to  dwell 
in;  and  the  suburbs  of  them  shall  be  for 
their  cattle,  and  for  their  goods,  and  for 
all  their  beasts. 

4  And  the  suburbs  of  the  cities,  which 
ye  shall  give  unto  the  Levites,  shall  reach 
from  the  wall  of  the  city  and  outward  a 
thousand  cubits  round  about. 

5  And  ye  shall  measure  from  without  the 
city  on  the  east  side  two  thousand  cubits, 
and  on  the  south  side  two  thousand  cubits, 
and  on  the  west  side  two  thousand  cubits, 
aud  on  the  north  side  two  thousand  cubits; 
and  the  city  shall  he  in  the  midst:  this  shall 
be  to  them  the  suburbs  of  the  cities. 

6  And  among  the  cities  which  ye  shall 
give  unto  the  Levites  there  shall  be  six 
cities  for  refuge,  which  ye  shall  appoint 
for  the  manslayer,  that  he  may  flee  thith- 
er: and  to  them  ye  shall  add  forty  aud 
two  cities. 

7  So  all  the  cities  which  ye  shall  give  to 
the  Levites  shall  be  forty  and  eight  cities : 
them  shall  ye  give  with  their  suburbs. 

8  And  the  cities  which  ye  shall  give  sJmll 
be  of  the  possession  of  the  children  of 
Israel:  from  them  that  have  many  ye  shall 
give  many;  but  from  tJiem  that  have  few 
ye  shall  give  few:  every  one  shall  give  of 
his  cities  unto  the  Levites  according  to 
his  inheritance  which  he  inheriteth. 

9  H  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

10  Speak   unto    the    children    of  Israel, 


NUMBERS. 


aud  say  unto  them,  When  ye  be  come 
over  Jordan  into  the  land  of  Canaan, 

11  Then  ye  shall  appoint  you  cities  to 
be  cities  of  refuge  for  you ;  that  the 
slayer  may  flee  thither,  which  killeth  any 
person  at  unawares. 

12  And  they  shall  be  unto  you  cities  for 
refuge  from  the  avenger;  that  the  man- 
slayer  die  not,  until  he  stand  before  the 
congregation  in  judgment. 

13  And  of  these  cities  which  ye  shall 
give,  six  cities  shall  ye  have  for  refuge. 

14  Ye  shall  give  three  cities  on  this  side 
Jordan,  and  three  cities  shall  ye  give  in 
the  laud  of  Canaan,  which  shall  be  cities 
of  refuge. 

15  These  six  cities  shall  be  a  refuge,  both 
for  the  children  of  Israel,  and  for  the 
stranger,  and  for  the  sojourner  among 
them;  that  every  one  that  killeth  any 
person  unawares  ma}'^  flee  thither. 

16  And  if  he  smite  him  with  an  instni- 
ment  of  iron,  so  that  he  die,  he  is  a 
murderer:  the  murderer  shall  surely  be 
put  to  death. 

17  Aud  if  he  smite  him  with  throwing  a 
stone,  wherewith  he  may  die,  and  he  die, 
he  is  a  murderer :  the  murderer  shall  surely 
be  put  to  death. 

18  Or  if  he  smite  him  with  a  hand  wea- 
pon of  wood,  wherewith  he  may  die,  and 
he  die,  he  i.s  a  murderer:  the  murderer 
shall  surelj'  be  put  to  death. 

19  The  revenger  of  blood  himself  shall 
slay  the  murderer:  when  he  meeteth  him, 
he  shall  slay  him, 

20  But  if  he  thrust  him  of  hatred,  or 
hurl  at  him  by  laying  of  wait,  that  he  die ; 

21  Or  in  enmity  smite  him  with  his  hand, 
that  he  die:  he  that  smote  Jiim  shall 
surely  be  put  to  death;  for  he  is  a  mur- 
derer: the  revenger  of  blood  shall  slay 
the  murderer,  when  he  meeteth  him. 

22  But  if  he  thrust  him  suddenly  with- 
out enmity,  or  have  cast  upon  him  any 
thing  without  laying  of  wait, 

23  Or  with  any  stone,  wherewith  a  man 
may  die,  seeing  Mm  not,  and  cast  it  upon 
him,  that  he  die,  and  teas  not  his  enemy, 
neither  sought  his  harm  : 

24  Then  the  congregation  shall  judge 
between  the  slayer  and  the  revenger  of 
blood  according  to  these  judgments : 

25  And  the  congregation  shall  deliver 
the  slayer   out    of  the   hand    of  the   re- 


venger of  blood,  and  the  congregation 
shall  restore  him  to  the  city  of  his  ref- 
uge, whither  he  was  fled:  and  he  shall 
abide  in  it  unto  the  death  of  the  high 
priest,  which  was  anointed  with  the  holy  oil. 

26  But  if  the  slayer  shall  at  any  time 
come  without  the  border  of  the  city  of 
his  refuge,  whither  he  was  fled; 

27  And  the  revenger  of  blood  find  him 
without  the  borders  of  the  city  of  his 
refuge,  and  the  revenger  of  blood  kill  the 
slayer;  he  shall  not  be  guilty  of  blood  : 

28  Because  he  should  have  remained  in 
the  city  of  his  refuge  until  the  death  of 
the  high  priest:  but  after  the  death  of 
the  high  priest  the  slayer  shall  return 
into  the  land  of  his  i)Ossession. 

29  So  these  thiiitjs  shall  be  for  a  statute 
of  judgment  unto  you  throughout  your 
generations  in  all  your  dwellings. 

30  Whoso  killeth  any  person,  the  mur- 
derer shall  be  put  to  death  by  the  mouth 
of  witnesses:  but  one  witness  shall  not 
testify  against  any  person  to  cause  him  to 
die. 

31  Moreover  ye  shall  take  no  satisfac- 
tion for  the  life  of  a  murderer,  which  is 
guilty  of  death:  but  he  shall  be  surely 
put  to  death. 

32  And  ye  shall  take  no  satisfaction  for 
him  that  is  fled  to  the  city  of  his  refuge, 
that  he  should  come  again  to  dwell  in  the 
land,  until  the  death  of  the  priest. 

33  So  ye  shall  not  pollute  the  land  where- 
in ye  are :  for  blood  it  detileth  the  land : 
and  the  land  cannot  be  cleansed  of  the 
blood  that  is  shed  therein,  but  by  the 
blood  of  him  that  shed  it. 

34  Defile  not  therefore  the  land  which  ye 
shall  inhabit,  wherein  I  dwell:  for  I  the 
Lord  dwell  among  the  children  of  Israel. 

CHAPTER  XXXVI. 

AND  the  chief  fathers  of  the  families 
of  the  children  of  Gilead,  the  son  of 
Machir,  the  son  of  Manasseh,  of  the  fami- 
lies of  the  sons  of  Josei:)h,  came  near,  and 
spake  before  Moses,  and  before  the  princes, 
the  chief  fathers  of  the  children  of  Israel: 
2  And  they  said.  The  Lord  commanded 
my  lord  to  give  the  land  for  an  inheritance 
by  lot  to  the  children  of  Israel :  and  my 
lord  was  commanded  by  the  Lord  to  give 
the  inheritance  of  Zelophehad  our  brother 
unto  his  daughters. 

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DEUTERONOMY. 


8  And  if  they  be  married  to  any  of  the 
sons  of  the  other  tribes  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  then  shall  their  inheritance  be  taken 
from  the  inheritance  of  our  fathers,  and 
shall  be  put  to  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe 
whereunto  they  are  received:  so  shall  it 
be  taken  from  the  lot  of  our  inherit- 
ance. 

4  And  when  the  jubilee  of  the  children  of 
Israel  shall  be,  then  shall  their  inheritance 
be  put  unto  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe 
whereunto  they  are  received :  so  shall  their 
inheritance  be  taken  away  from  the  in- 
heritance of  the  tribe  of  our  fathers. 

5  And  Moses  commanded  the  children 
of  Israel  according  to  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  saying.  The  tribe  of  the  sous  of 
Joseph  hath  said  well. 

6  This  is  the  thing  which  the  Lorb  doth 
command  concerning  the  daughters  of 
Zelophehad,  saying.  Let  them  marry  to 
whom  they  think  best ;  only  to  the  fam- 
ily of  the  tribe  of  their  father  shall  they 
marry. 

7  So  shall  not  the  inheritance  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  remove  from  tribe  to  tribe : 
for  every  one  of  the  children  of  Israel  shall 


keep    himself  to   the  inheritance    of   the 
tribe  of  his  fathers. 

8  And  every  daughter,  that  possesseth 
an  inheritance  in  any  tribe  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  shall  be  wife  unto  one  of  the 
family  of  the  tribe  of  her  father,  that  the 
children  of  Israel  may  enjoy  every  man 
the  inheritance  of  his  fathers. 

9  Neither  shall  the  inheritance  remove 
from  o?<«  tribe  to  another  tribe;  but  every 
one  of  the  tribes  of  the  children  of  Israel 
shall  keep  himself  to  his  own  inheritance. 

10  Even  as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses, 
so  did  the  daughters  of  Zelophehad : 

11  For  Mahlah,  Tirzah,  and  Hoglah,  and 
Milcah,  and  Noah,  the  daughters  of  Zelo- 
phehad, were  married  unto  their  father's 
brothers'  sons: 

12  And  they  were  married  into  the  fami- 
lies of  the  sons  of  Manasseh  the  son  of 
Joseph,  and  their  inheritance  remained 
in  the  tribe  of  the  family  of  their  father. 

13  These  are  the  commandments  and  the 
judgments,  which  the  Lord  commanded, 
by  the  hand  of  Moses,  unto  the  children 
of  Israel  in  the  plains  of  ;Moab  by  Jordan 
near  Jericho. 


THE    FIFTH    BOOK    OF    MOSES,    CALLED 


DEUTERONOMY. 


CHAPTER  I. 

THESE  he  the  Avords  which  Moses 
spake  unto  all  Israel  on  this  side  Jor- 
dan in  the  wilderness,  in  the  plain  over 
against  the  Red  sea,  between  Paran,  and 
Tophel,  and  Laban,  and  Hazeroth,  and 
Dizahab. 

2  {There  are  eleven  days'  journey  from 
Horeb  by  the  way  of  mount  Seir  unto 
Kadesh-barnea. ) 

3  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  foi-tieth 
year,  in  the  eleventh  month,  on  the  first 
daij  of  the  month,  ihot  Moses  spake  unto 
the  children  of  Israel,  according  unto 
all  that  the  Lord  had  given  him  in  com- 
mandment unto  them  ; 

4  After  he  had  slain  Sihou  the  king  of 
the  Amorites,   which  dwelt   in   Heshbou, 

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and  Og  the  king  of  Bashan,  which  dwelt 
at  Astaroth  in  Edrei: 

5  Ou  this  side  Jordan,  in  the  land  of 
Moab,  began  Moses  to  declare  this  law, 
saying, 

6  The  Lord  our  God  spake  unto  us 
in  Horeb,  saying.  Ye  have  dwelt  long 
enough  in  this  mount : 

7  Turn  you,  and  take  your  jouniey,  and 
go  to  the  mount  of  the  Amorites,  and  iinto 
all  the  places  nigh  thereunto,  in  the  plain, 
ill  the  hills,  and  in  the  vale,  and  in  the 
south,  and  by  the  sea  side,  to  the  laud 
of  the  Canaauites,  and  unto  Lebanon, 
unto  the  great  river,  the  river  Euphrates. 

8  Behold,  I  have  set  the  land  Ijcfore  you: 
go  in  and  possess  the  laiul  Avhich  the 
Lord  sware  unto  your  fathers,  Abraham, 


DEUTERONOMY. 


Isaac,  and  Jacob,  to  give  unto  them  and 
to  their  seed  after  them. 

9  II  And  I  spake  unto  you  at  that  time, 
saying,  I  am  not  able  to  bear  you  myself 
alone : 

10  The  Lord  your  God  hath  multiplied 
you,  and,  behold,  ye  are  this  day  as  the 
stars  of  heaven  for  multitude. 

11  (The  Lord  God  of  your  fathers  make 
you  a  thousand  times  so  many  more  as  ye 
are,  and  bless  you,  as  he  hath  promised 
you!) 

12  How  can  I  myself  alone  bear  your 
cumbrance,  and  your  burden,  and  your 
strife  ? 

lo  Take  you  wise  men,  and  understand- 
ing, and  known  among  your  tribes,  and 
I  Avill  make  them  rulers  over  you. 

14  And  ye  answered  me,  and  said,  The 
thing  which  thou  hast  spoken  is  good  for 
us  to  do. 

15  So  I  took  the  chief  of  your  tribes, 
wise  men,  and  known,  and  made  them 
heads  over  you,  captains  over  thousands, 
and  captains  over  hundreds,  and  captains 
over  fifties,  and  captains  over  tens,  and 
officers  among  your  tribes. 

16  And  I  charged  your  judges  at  that 
time,  saying.  Hear  the  causes  between  your 
brethren,  and  judge  righteously  between 
everT/  man  and  his  brother,  and  the  stran- 
ger that  is  with  him. 

17  Ye  shall  not  respect  persons  in  judg- 
ment; but  ye  sliall  hear  the  small  as  well 
as  the  great ;  ye  shall  not  be  afraid  of  the 
face  of  man;  for  the  judgment  is  God's: 
and  the  cause  that  is  too  hard  for  you, 
bring  it  unto  me,  and  I  will  hear  it. 

18  And  I  commanded  you  at  that  time 
all  the  things  which  ye  should  do. 

19  11  And  when  we  departed  from  Horeb, 
we  went  through  all  that  great  and  terrible 
wilderness,  which  ye  saw  by  the  way  of 
the  mountain  of  the  Amorites,  as  the 
Lord  our  God  commanded  us;  and  we 
came  to  Kadesh-barnea. 

20  And  I  said  unto  you.  Ye  are  come 
unto  the  mountain  of  the  Amorites, 
which  the  Loud  our  God  doth  give  unto 
us. 

21  Behold,  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  set 
the  land  before  thee:  go  up  ajul  possess 
it,  as  the  Lord  God  of  thy  fathers  hath 
said  unto  thee;  fear  not,  neither  be  dis- 
couraged. 


22  t  And  ye  came  near  unto  me  every  one 
of  you,  and  said,  We  will  send  men  be- 
fore us,  and  they  shall  search  us  out  the 
land,  and  bring  us  word  again  by  what  way 
we  must  go  up,  and  into  what  cities  we 
shall  come. 

23  And  the  saying  pleased  me  well;  and 
I  took  twelve  men  of  you,  one  of  a 
tribe: 

24  And  they  turned  and  went  up  into 
the  mountain,  and  came  unto  the  valley 
of  Eshcol,  and  searched  it  out. 

25  And  they  took  of  the  fruit  of  the 
land  in  their  hands,  and  brought  it  down 
unto  us,  and  brought  us  word  again,  and 
said,  It  is  a,  good  land  which  the  Lord 
our  God  doth  give  us. 

26  Notwithstanding  ye  would  not  go  up, 
but  rebelled  against  the  commandment  of 
the  Lord  your  God : 

27  And  ye  murmured  in  your  tents,  and 
said,  Because  the  Lord  hated  us,  he  hath 
brought  us  forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
to  deliver  us  into  the  hand  of  the  Amo- 
rites, to  destroy  us. 

28  Whither  shall  we  go  up?  our  brethren 
have  discouraged  our  heart,  saying.  The 
people  is  greater  and  taller  than  we;  the 
cities  are  great  and  walled  up  to  heaven ; 
and  moreover  we  have  seen  the  sons  of 
the  Anakim  there. 

29  Then  I  said  unto  you.  Dread  not,  nei- 
ther be  afraid  of  them. 

30  The  Lord  your  God  which  goeth  be- 
fore you,  he  shall  fight  for  you,  accord- 
ing to  all  that  he  did  for  you  in  Egypt  be- 
fore your  eyes ; 

31  And  in  the  wilderness,  where  thou  hast 
seen  how  that  the  Lord  thy  God  bare 
thee,  as  a  man  doth  bear  his  son,  in  all 
the  way  that  ye  went,  until  ye  came  into 
this  place. 

32  Yet  in  this  thing  ye  did  not  believe  the 
Lord  your  God, 

33  Who  went  in  the  way  before  you,  to 
search  you  out  a  place  to  pitch  your  tents 
i?i,  in  fire  b}'  night,  to  shew  you  by  what 
way  ye  should  go,  and  in  a  cloud  by  day. 

34  And  the  Lord  heard  the  voice  of  your 
words,  and  was  wrotli,  and  sware,  saying, 

35  Surely  there  shall  not  one  of  these 
men  of  this  evil  generation  see  that  good 
land,  which  I  sware  to  give  imto  your  fa- 
thers, 

36  Save  Calel>  the  son  of  Jeiihunnch;  he 

181  " 


DEUTERONOMY. 


shall  see  it,  and  to  him  will  I  g-ive  the 
land  that  he  hath  trodden  upon,  and  to 
his  children,  because  he  hath  wholly  fol- 
lowed the  Lord. 

37  Also  the  Lord  was  angry  with  me 
for  your  sakes,  sajing.  Thou  also  shalt 
not  go  in  thither. 

38  But  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  which 
standeth  before  thee,  he  shall  go  in  thith- 
er :  encourage  him :  for  he  shall  cause 
Israel  to  inherit  it. 

39  Moreover  your  little  ones,  which  ye 
said  should  be  a  prey,  and  your  children, 
which  in  that  day  had  no  knowledge  be- 
tween good  and  evil,  they  shall  go  in 
thither,  and  unto  them  will  I  give  it,  and 
they  shall  possess  it. 

40  But  as  for  you,  turn  you,  and  take 
your  journey  into  the  wilderness  by  the 
way  of  the  Red  sea. 

41  Then  ye  answered  and  said  unto  me, 
We  have  sinned  against  the  Lord,  avc  will 
go  up  and  fight,  according  to  all  that  the 
Lord  our  God  commanded  us.  And  when 
yc  had  girded  on  every  man  his  weapons 
of  war,  ye  were  ready  to  go  up  into  the 
hill. 

42  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me.  Say  unto 
them.  Go  not  up,  neither  fight ;  for  I  am 
not  among  you;  lest  ye  be  smitten  be- 
fore your  enemies. 

43  So  I  spake  unto  you;  and  ye  would 
not  hear,  but  rebelled  against  the  com- 
mandment of  the  Lord,  and  went  j^re- 
sumptuously  up  into  the  hill. 

44  And  the  Amorites,  Avhich  dwelt  in 
that  mountain,  came  out  against  you,  and 
chased  you,  as  bees  do,  and  destroyed 
you  in  Seir,  even  unto  Hormah. 

45  And  ye  returned  and  wept  before  the 
Lord  ;  but  the  Lord  would  not  hearken 
to  your  voice,  nor  give  ear  unto  you. 

46  So  ye  abode  in  Kadesh  many  days, 
according  unto  the  days  that  ye  abode 
tJtere. 

CHAPTER  IL 

THEN  we  turned,  and  took  our  jouraey 
into  the  wilderness  by  the  way  of  the 
Red  sea,  as  the  Lord  spake  unto  me  :  and 
we  compassed  mount  Seir  many  days. 

2  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  me,  saying, 

3  Ye  have  compassed  this  mountain  long- 
enough  :  turn  you  northward. 

4  And  command  thou  the  people,  saying, 
Ye  are  to  pass  through  the  coast  of  your 

"182" 


brethren  the  children  of  Esau,  which  dwell 
in  Seir;  and  they  shall  be  afraid  of  you: 
take  ye  good  heed  unto  yourselves  there- 
fore: 

5  Meddle  not  with  them;  for  I  will  not 
give  you  of  their  land,  no,  not  so  much 
as  a  footbreadth ;  because  I  have  given 
mount  Seir  unto  Esau  for  a  possession. 

6  Ye  shall  buy  meat  of  them  for  money, 
that  ye  may  eat;  and  ye  shall  also  buy 
water  of  them  for  money,  that  ye  may 
drink. 

7  For  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  blessed 
thee  in  all  the  works  of  thy  hand :  he 
kuoweth  thy  walking  through  this  great 
wilderness :  these  forty  years  the  Lord 
thy  God  hath,  been  with  thee ;  thou  hast 
lacked  nothing. 

8  And  when  Ave  passed  by  from  our  breth- 
ren the  children  of  Esau,  which  dAvelt  in 
Seir,  through  the  way  of  the  plain  from 
Elath,  and  from  Ezion-gaber,  we  turned 
and  passed  by  the  way  of  the  wilderness 
of  Moab. 

9  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Distress 
not  the  Moabites,  neither  contend  Avith 
them  in  battle:  for  I  will  not  giAc  thee 
of  their  land  for  a  possession ;  because  I 
have  given  Ar  unto  the  children  of  Lot  for 
a  possession. 

10  The  Emim  dwelt  therein  in  times  past, 
a  people  great,  and  many,  and  tall,  as  the 
Anakim ; 

11  Which  also  were  accounted  giants,  as 
the  Anakim;  but  the  Moabites  call  them 
Emim. 

13  The  Horim  also  dwelt  in  Seir  before- 
time;  but  the  children  of  Esau  succeeded 
them,  Avhen  they  had  destroyed  them  from 
before  them,  and  dwelt  in  their  stead;  as 
Israel  did  unto  the  land  of  his  possession, 
Avhich  the  Lord  gave  unto  them. 

13  NoAV  rise  up,  said  /,  and  get  you  over 
the  brook  Zered.  And  Ave  Avent  over  the 
brook  Zered. 

14  And  the  space  in  which  avc  came  from 
Kadesli-barnea,  until  Ave  Avere  come  over 
the  brook  Zered,  loas  thirty  and  eight 
years;  until  all  the  generation  of  the  men 
of  AA'ar  Avere  Avasted  out  from  among  the 
host,  as  the  Lord  sAvare  unto  them. 

15  For  indeed  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was 
against  them,  to  destroy  them  from  among 
the  host,  until  they  were  consumed.  i 

16  Tf  So  it  came   to   ]>ass,    AA'hen   all   the 


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men    of   war  were    consumed    and    dead 
from  among  the  people, 

17  That  the  Lokd  spake  unto  me,  saying, 

18  Thou  art  to  pass  over  through  Ar,  the 
coast  of  Moab,  this  day : 

19  And  vjhen  thou  eomest  nigh  over  against 
the  children  of  Ammon,  distress  them  not, 
nor  meddle  with  them :  for  I  will  not  give 
thee  of  the  land  of  the  children  of  Ammon 
amj  possession;  because  1  have  given  it 
unto  the  children  of  Lot  for  a  possession. 

20  (That  also  was  accounted  a  land  of 
giants :  giants  dwelt  therein  in  old  time ; 
and  the  Ammonites  call  them  Zamzum- 
mim ; 

21  A  people  great,  and  many,  and  tall,  as 
the  Anakim ;  but  the  Lokd  destroyed  them 
before  them ;  and  they  succeeded  them, 
and  dwelt  in  their  stead : 

23  As  he  did  to  the  children  of  Esau, 
which  dwelt  in  Seir,  when  he  destroyed 
the  Horim  from  before  them;  and  they 
succeeded  them,  and  dwelt  in  their  stead 
even  unto  this  day : 

23  And  the  Avim  which  dwelt  in  Haze- 
rim,  eve7i  unto  Azzah,  the  Caphtorim, 
which  came  forth  out  of  Caphtor,  de- 
stroyed them,  and  dwelt  in  their  stead.) 

24  11  Rise  ye  up,  take  your  journey,  and 
pass  over  the  river  Arnon :  behold,  I  have 
given  into  thine  hand  Sihon  the  Amor- 
ite,  king  of  Heshbon,  and  his  land :  begin 
to  possess  it^  and  contend  with  him  in 
battle. 

25  This  day  will  I  begin  to  put  the  dread 
of  thee  and  the  fear  of  thee  upon  the  na- 
tions that  are  under  the  whole  heaven, 
who  shall  hear  report  of  thee,  and  shall 
tremble,  and  be  in  anguish  because  of  thee. 

26  H  And  I  sent  messengers  out  of  the 
wilderness  of  Kedemoth  unto  Sihon  king 
of  Heshbon  with  Avords  of  peace,  saying, 

27  Let  me  pass  through  thy  land:  I  will 
go  along  by  the  high  way,  I  will  neither 
turn  unto  the  right  hand  nor  to  the  left. 

28  Thou  Shalt  sell  me  meat  for  money, 
that  I  may  eat ;  and  give  me  water  for 
money,  that  I  may  drink :  only  I  will  i^ass 
through  on  my  feet : 

29  (As  the  children  of  Esau  which  dwell 
in  Seir,  and  the  Moabites  which  dwell  in 
Ar,  did  unto  me:)  until  I  shall  pass  over 
Jordan  into  the  land  which  the  Lord  our 
God  giveth  us. 

30  But   Sihon  king   of  Heshbon  would 


not  let  us  pass  bj'^  him :  for  the  Lord 
thy  God  hardened  his  spirit,  and  made 
his  heart  obstinate,  that  he  might  deliver 
him  into  thy  hand,  as  appeareth  this  day. 

31  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Behold, 
I  have  begun  to  give  Sihon  and  his  land 
before  thee  :  begin  to  possess,  that  thou 
mayest  inherit  his  land. 

32  Then  Sihon  came  out  against  us,  he 
and  all  his  people,  to  fight  at  Jahaz. 

33  And  the  Lord  our  God  delivered  him 
before  us ;  and  we  smote  him,  and  his 
sons,  and  all  his  people. 

34  And  we  took  all  his  cities  at  that 
time,  and  utterly  destroyed  the  men,  and 
the  women,  and  the  little  ones,  of  every 
city,  we  left  none  to  remain : 

35  Only  the  cattle  we  took  for  a  prey 
unto  ourselves,  and  the  spoil  of  the  cities 
which  we  took. 

36  From  Aroer,  which  is  by  the  brink  of 
the  river  of  Arnon,  and  from  the  city  that 
is  by  the  river,  even  unto  Gilead,  there 
was  not  one  city  too  strong  for  us :  the 
Lord  our  God  delivered  all  unto  us : 

37  Only  unto  the  land  of  the  children 
of  Ammon  thou  camest  not,  nor  unto  any 
place  of  the  river  Jabbok,  nor  unto  the 
cities  in  the  mountains,  nor  unto  whatso- 
ever the  Lord  our  God  forbade  us. 

CHAPTER  IIL 

THEN  we  turned,  and  went  up  the  way 
to  Bashan:  and  Og  the  king  of  Ba- 
shan  came  out  against  us,  he  and  all  his 
people,  to  battle  at  Edrei. 

2  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me.  Fear  him 
not :  for  I  will  deliver  him,  and  all  his 
people,  and  his  land,  into  thy  hand;  and 
thou  Shalt  do  unto  him  as  thOR  didst 
unto  Sihon  king  of  the  Amorites,  which 
dwelt  at  Heshbon. 

3  So  the  Lord  our  God  delivered  into 
our  hands  Og  also,  the  king  of  Bashan, 
and  all  his  people:  and  we  smote  him 
until  none  Avas  left  to  him  remaining. 

4  And  we  took  all  his  cities  at  that  time, 
there  was  not  a  city  which  we  took  not 
from  them,  threescore  cities,  all  the  re- 
gion of  Argob,  the  kingdom  of  Og  in  Ba- 
shan. 

5  All  these  cities  v^ere  fenced  with  high 
walls,  gates,  and  bars;  beside  unwalled 
towns  a  great  many. 

6  And  we  utterly  destroyed  them,  as  we 


DEUTERONOMY. 


did  unto  Sihon  king  of  Heshbon,  utterly 
destroying  the  men,  women,  and  children, 
of  every  city. 

7  But  all  the  cattle,  and  the  spoil  of 
the  cities,  we  took  for  a  prey  to  ourselves. 

8  And  we  took  at  that  time  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  two  kings  of  the  Amorites 
the  land  that  was  on  this  side  Jordan, 
from  the  river  of  Arnon  unto  mount 
Hermon  ; 

9  {Which  Hermon  the  Sidonians  call  Si- 
rion ;  and  the  Amorites  call  it  Shenir ;) 

10  All  the  cities  of  the  plain,  and  all 
Gilead,  and  all  Bashan,  unto  Salchah  and 
Edrei,  cities  of  the  kingdom  of  Og  in 
Bashan. 

11  For  only  Og  king  of  Bashan  remained 
of  the  remnant  of  giants  ;  behold,  his  bed- 
stead 7oas  a  bedstead  of  iron ;  is  it  not  in 
Rabbath  of  the  children  of  Aramon  ?  nine 
cubits  was  the    length  thereof,  and    four 

I  cubits  the  breadth  of  it,  after  the  cubit 
of  a  man. 

13  And  this  land,  %ohich  we  possessed  at 
that  time,  from  Aroer,  which  is  by  the 
river  Arnon,  and  half  mount  Gilead,  and 
the  cities  thereof,  gave  I  unto  the  Reuben- 
ites  and  to  the  Gadites. 

13  And  the  rest  of  Gilead,  and  all  Bashan, 
being  the  kingdom  of  Og,  gave  I  unto  the 
half  tribe  of  Manasseh;  all  the  region  of 
Argob,  with  all  Bashan,  which  was  called 
the  land  of  giants. 

14  Jair  the  son  of  Manasseh  took  all  the 
country  of  Argob  unto  the  coasts  of 
Geshuri  and  Mauchathi;  and  called  them 
after  his  own  name,  Bashan-havoth-jair, 
unto  this  day. 

15  And  I  gave  Gilead  unto  Machir. 

16  And  unto  the  Reubcnites  and  unto 
the  Gadites  I  gave  from  Gilead  even  unto 
the  river  Arnon  half  the  valley,  and  the 
border  even  unto  the  river  Jabbok,  which 
is  the  border  of  the  children  of  Amnion ; 

17  The  plain  also,  and  Jordan,  and  the 
coast  thereof^  from  Chinnereth  even  unto 
the  sea  of  the  plain,  even  the  salt  sea, 
under  Ashdoth-pisgah  eastward. 

18  ^  And  I  commanded  you  at  that  time, 
saying.  The  Lord  your  God  hath  given 
you  this  land  to  possess  it:  ye  shall  pass 
over  armed  before  your  brethren  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  all  t?iat  are  meet  for  the 
war. 

19  But  your  wives,  and  your  little  ones, 

_  _ 


and  your  cattle,  {for  I  know  that  ye  have 
much  cattle,)  shall  abide  in  your  cities 
which  I  have  given  you ; 

20  Until  the  Lord  have  given  rest  unto 
your  brethren,  as  well  as  unto  you,  and 
loitil  they  also  possess  the  land  which  the 
Lord  your  God  hath  given  them  beyond 
Jordan:  and  the7i  shall  ye  return  every 
man  unto  his  possession,  which  I  have 
given  you, 

21  t  And  I  commanded  Joshua  at  that 
time,  saying.  Thine  eyes  have  seen  all  that 
the  Lord  your  God  hath  done  unto  these 
two  kings:  so  shall  the  Lord  do  unto 
all  the  kingdoms  whither  thou  passest. 

22  Ye  shall  not  fear  them :  for  the  Lord 
your  God  he  shall  light  for  you. 

23  And  I  besought  the  Lord  at  that  time, 
saying, 

24  O  Lord  God,  thou  hast  begun  to  shew 
thy  servant  thy  greatness,  and  thy  mighty 
hand:  for  what  God  is  there  in  heaven  or 
in  earth,  that  can  do  according  to  thy 
works,  and  according  to  thy  might? 

25  I  pray  thee,  let  me  go  over,  and  see 
the  good  land  that  is  beyond  Jordan,  that 
goodly  mountain,  and  Lebanon. 

26  But  the  Lord  w^as  wroth  Avith  me  for 
your  sakes,  and  would  not  hear  me:  and 
the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Let  it  suffice  thee; 
speak  no  more  unto  me  of  this  matter. 

27  Get  thee  up  into  the  top  of  Pisgah, 
and  lift  up  thine  eyes  westward,  and 
northward,  and  southward,  and  eastward, 
and  behold  it  with  thine  eyes:  for  thou 
Shalt  not  go  over  this  Jordan. 

28  But  charge  Joshua,  and  encourage 
him,  and  strengthen  him :  for  he  shall  go 
over  before  this  people,  and  he  shall  cause 
them  to  inherit  the  land  which  thou  shalt 
see. 

29  So  we  abode  in  the  valley  over  against 
Beth-peor. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

NOW  therefore  hearken,  O  Israel,  unto 
the  statutes  and  unto  the  judgments, 
which  I  teach  you,  for  to  do  them,  that  ye 
may  live,  and  go  in  and  possess  the  land 
which  the  Lord  God  of  your  fathers  giv- 
eth  you. 

2  Ye  shall  not  add  unto  the  word  which  I 
command  you,  neither  shall  ye  diminish 
aught  from  it,  that  ye  may  keep  the  com- 
mandments of  the  Lord  your  God  which 
I  command  you. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


3  Your  eyes  have  seen  what  the  Lord 
did  because  of  Baal-peor:  for  all  the  men 
that  followed  Baal-peor,  the  Lokd  thy 
God  hath  destroyed  them  from  among 
you. 

4  But  ye  that  did  cleave  uuto  the  Lord 
your  God  are  alive  every  one  of  you  this 
day. 

5  Behold,  I  have  taught  you  statutes 
and  judgments,  even  as  the  Lord  my  God 
commanded  me,  that  ye  should  do  so  in 
the  land  whither  ye  go  to  possess  it. 

6  Keep  therefore  and  do  them;  for  this 
in  your  wisdom  and  your  understanding  in 
the  sight  of  the  nations,  which  shall  hear 
all  these  statutes,  and  say.  Surely  this  great 
nation  h  a  wise  and  understanding  people. 

7  For  what  nation  is  there  so  great,  who 
hath  God  .so  nigh  unto  them,  as  the  Lord 
our  God  is  in  all  things  that  we  call  upon 
hhw  for? 

8  And  what  nation  is  there  so  great,  that 
hath  statutes  and  judgments  so  righteous 
as  all  this  law,  which  I  set  before  you  this 
day? 

9  Only  take  heed  to  thyself,  and  keep  thy 
soul  diligently,  lest  thou  forget  the  things 
which  thine  eyes  have  seen,  and  lest 
they  depart  from  thy  heart  all  the  days 
of  thy  life:  but  teach  them  thy  sons,  and 
thy  sons'  sons ; 

10  Specially  the  day  that  thou  stoodest 
before  the  Lord  thy  God  in  Horeb, 
when  the  Lord  said  unto  me.  Gather 
me  the  people  together,  and  I  will  make 
them  hear  my  words,  that  they  may  learn 
to  fear  me  all  the  days  that  they  shall  live 
upon  the  earth,  and  that  they  may  teach 
their  children. 

11  And  ye  came  near  and  stood  under  the 
mountain ;  and  the  mountain  burned  with 
fire  unto  the  midst  of  heaven,  with  dark- 
ness, clouds,  and  thick  darkness. 

12  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  you  out  of 
the  midst  of  the  fire :  ye  heard  the  voice  of 
the  words,  but  saw  no  similitude;  only 
ye  heard  a  voice. 

13  And  he  declared  unto  you  his  cove- 
nant, which  he  commanded  you  to 
perform,  men  ten  commandments;  and 
he  wrote  them  upon  two  tables  of  stone. 

14  H  And  the  Lord  commanded  me  at 
that  time  to  teach  you  statutes  and  judg- 
ments, that  ye  might  do  them  in  the 
land  Avhither  ye  go  over  to  possess  it. 


15  Take  ye  therefore  good  heed  unto 
yourselves ;  for  ye  saw  no  manner  of  simil- 
itude on  the  day  tliat  the  Lord  spake 
unto  you  in  Horeb  out  of  the  midst  of 
the  fire; 

16  Lest  ye  corrupt  yourselves,  and  make 
you  a  graven  image,  the  similitude  of  any 
figure,  the  likeness  of  male  or  female, 

17  The  likeness  of  any  beast  that  is  on 
the  earth,  the  likeness  of  any  winged 
fowl  that  flieth  in  the  air, 

18  The  likeness  of  any  thing  that  creep- 
eth  on  the  ground,  the  likeness  of  any  fish 
that  is  in  the  waters  beneath  the  earth : 

19  And  lest  thou  lift  up  thine  eyes  unto 
heaven,  and  when  thou  seest  the  sun,  and 
the  moon,  and  the  stars,  even  all  the 
host  of  heaven,  shouldest  be  driven  to 
worship  them,  and  serve  them,  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  hath  divided  unto  all  na- 
tions under  the  whole  heaven. 

20  But  the  Lord  hath  taken  you,  and 
brought  you  forth  out  of  the  iron  furnace, 
even  out  of  Egypt,  to  be  unto  him  a  people 
of  inheritance,  as  ye  are  this  day. 

21  Furthermore  the  Lord  was  angry  with 
me  for  your  sakes,  and  sware  that  I  should 
not  go  over  Jordan,  and  that  I  should 
not  go  in  unto  that  good  land,  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee  for  an  inher- 
itance: 

22  But  I  must  die  in  this  land,  I  must  not 
go  over  Jordan :  but  ye  shall  go  over,  and 
possess  that  good  land. 

23  Take  heed  unto  yourselves,  lest  ye 
forget  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  your  God, 
which  he  made  with  you,  and  make  you 
a  graven  image,  or  the  likeness  of  any 
thing ^  which  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  for- 
bidden thee. 

24  For  the  Lord  thy  God  is  a  consuming 
fire,  even  a  jealous  God. 

25  1  When  thou  shalt  beget  children, 
and  children's  children,  and  ye  shall  have 
remained  long  in  the  land,  and  shall  cor- 
rupt yourselves,  and  make  a  graven  image, 
or  the  likeness  of  any  thing,  and  shall 
do  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  thy  God, 
to  provoke  him  to  anger ; 

26  I  call  heaven  and  earth  to  witness 
against  you  this  day,  that  ye  shall  soon 
utterly  perish  from  off  the  land  whereunto 
ye  go  over  Jordan  to  possess  it ;  ye  shall 
not  ]3rolong  yonr  days  upon  it,  but  shall 
utterly  be  destroyed. 

185  ' 


DEUTERONOMY. 


27  And  tlie  Lord  shall  scatter  you  among 
the  nations,  and  ye  shall  be  left  few  in 
number  among  the  heathen,  whither  the 
Lord  shall  lead  yon. 

28  And  there  ye  shall  serve  gods,  the 
work  of  men's  hands,  wood  and  stone, 
which  neither  see,  nor  hear,  nor  eat,  nor 
smell. 

29  But  if  from  thence  thou  shalt  seek 
the  Lord  thy  God,  thou  shalt  find  hirn^  if 
thou  seek  him  with  all  thy  heart  and  with 
all  thy  soul. 

30  When  thou  art  in  tribulation,  and  all 
these  things  are  come  upon  thee,  even  in 
the  latter  days,  if  thou  turn  to  the  Lord  thy 
God,  and  shalt  be  obedient  unto  his  voice; 

31  (For  the  Lord  thy  God  i.s  a  merciful 
God;)  he  will  not  forsake  thee,  neither 
destroy  thee,  nor  forget  the  covenant  of 
thy  fathers,  which  he  sware  imto  them. 

33  For  ask  now  of  the  days  that  are  past, 
which  were  before  thee,  since  the  day  that 
God  created  man  upon  the  earth,  and  a.sA; 
from  the  one  side  of  heaven  unto  the 
other,  whether  there  hath  been  amj  siich 
tJibig  as  this  great  thing  is,  or  hath  been 
heard  like  it? 

33  Did  ever  people  hear  the  voice  of  God 
si)eal<ing  out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire,  as 
thou  hast  heard,  and  live? 

34  Or  hath  God  assayed  to  go  and  take 
him  a  nation  from  the  midst  of  another 
nation,  by  temptations,  by  signs,  and  by 
wonders,  and  by  war,  and  by  a  mighty 
hand,  and  by  a  stretched  out  arm,  and  by 
great  terrors,  according  to  all  that  the 
Lord  your  God  did  for  you  in  Egypt 
before  your  eyes? 

35  Unto  thee  it  was  shewed,  that  thou 
mightest  know  that  the  Lord  he  is  God ; 
there  is  none  else  beside  him. 

36  Out  of  heaven  he  made  thee  to  hear 
his  voice,  that  he  might  instruct  thee :  and 
upon  earth  he  shewed  thee  his  great  fire ; 
and  thou  heardest  his  words  out  of  the 
midst  of  the  fire. 

j    37  And   because   he   loved    thy  fathers, 
I  therefore  he  chose  their  seed  after  them, 
i  and   brought   thee  out  in  his  sight  with 
his  mighty  power  out  of  Egypt ; 

38  To  drive  out  nations  from  before  thee 
greater  and  mightier  than  thou  art,  to 
bring  thee  in,  to  give  thee  their  land  for 
an  inl^eritance,  as  it  is  this  day. 

39  Know  therefore  this  day,  and  consider 

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it  in  thine  heart,  that  the  Lord  he  is  God 
in  heaven  above,  and  upon  the  earth 
beneath  :  there  is  none  else. 

40  Thou  shalt  keep  therefore  his  statutes, 
and  his  commandments,  which  I  command 
thee  this  day,  that  it  may  go  well  with 
thee,  and  with  thy  children  after  thee,  and 
that  thou  mayest  prolong  thy  days  upon 
the  earth,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth 
thee,  for  ever. 

41  1[  Then  Moses  severed  three  cities  on 
this  side  Jordan  toward  the  sun  rising ; 

43  That  the  slayer  might  flee  thither, 
which  should  kill  his  neighbour  unawares, 
and  hated  him  not  in  times  past;  and 
that  fleeing  unto  one  of  these  cities  he 
might  live : 

43  Namely,  Bezer  in  the  wilderness,  in 
the  plain  country,  of  the  Reubenites ;  and 
Ramoth  in  Gilead,  of  the  Gadites;  and 
Golan  in  Bashan,  of  the  Manassites. 

44  H  And  this  is  the  law  which  Moses  set 
before  the  children  of  Israel : 

45  These  are  the  testimonies,  and  the 
statutes,  and  the  judgments,  which  Moses 
spake  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  after 
they  came  forth  out  of  Egypt, 

46  On  this  side  Jordan,  in  the  valley  over 
against  Beth-peor,  in  the  land  of  Sihon 
king  of  the  Amorites,  who  dwelt  at  Hesh- 
bon,  whom  Moses  and  the  children  of  Is- 
rael smote,  after  they  were  come  forth  out 
of  Egypt : 

47  And  they  possessed  his  land,  and  the 
land  of  Og  king  of  Bashan,  two  kings  of 
the  Amorites,  which  were  on  this  side  Jor- 
dan toward  the  sunrising ; 

48  From  Aroer,  which  is  by  the  bank 
of  the  river  Anion,  even  unto  mount  Sion, 
which  is  Hermon, 

49  And  all  the  plain  on  this  side  Jordan 
eastward,  even  unto  the  sea  of  the  plain, 
under  the  springs  of  Fisgah. 

CHAPTER  V. 

AND  Moses  called  all  Israel,  and  said 
unto  them.  Hear,  O  Israel,  the  stat- 
utes and  judgments  which  I  speak  in  your 
cars  this  day,  that  ye  may  learn  them,  and 
keep  and  do  them. 

3  The  Lord  our  God  made  a  covenant 
with  us  in  Horeb. 

3  The  Lord  made  not  this  covenant  with 
our  fathers,  but  with  xas,  even  us,  who  are 
all  of  us  here  alive  this  day. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


4  The  XORD  talked  Avith  you  face  to  face 
iu  the  mount  out  of  the  midst  of  the 
fire, 

5  (I  stood  between  the  Lokd  and  you  at 
that  time,  to  sliew  you  the  word  of  the 
Lord:  for  ye  were  afraid  by  reason  of  the 
fire,  and  went  not  up  into  the  mount,) 
saying, 

6  H  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  which 
brought  thee  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
from  the  house  of  bondage. 

7  Thou  shalt  have  none  other  gods  before 
me. 

8  Thou  shalt  not  make  thee  amj  graven 
image,  or  any  likeness  of  amj  thing  that  is 
in  heaven  above,  or  that  is  in  the  earth 
beneath,  or  that  is  in  the  waters  beneath 
the  earth: 

9  Thou  shalt  not  bow  down  thyself  unto 
them,  nor  serve  them :  for  I  the  Loud  thy 
God  am  a  jealous  God,  visiting  the  iniq- 
uity of  the  fathers  upon  the  children  unto 
the  third  and  fourth  generation  of  them 
that  hate  me, 

10  And  shewing  mercy  unto  thousands  of 
them  that  love  me  and  keep  my  command- 
ments. 

11  Thou  shalt  not  take  the  name  of  the 
Lord  thy  God  in  vain:  for  the  Lord  will 
not  hold  fiim  guiltless  that  taketh  his  name 
in  vain. 

13  Keep  the  sabbath  day  to  sanctify  it, 
as  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  commanded 
thee. 

13  Six  days  thou  shalt  labour,  and  do  all 
thy  work : 

14  But  the  seventh  day  is  the  sa])batli  of 
the  Lord  thy  God :  in  it  thou  shalt  not  do 
any  work,  thou,  nor  thy  son,  nor  thy  daugh- 
ter, nor  thy  manservant,  nor  thy  maidserv- 
ant, nor  thine  ox,  nor  thine  ass,  nor  any 
of  thy  cattle,  nor  thy  stranger  that  is  within 
thy  gates ;  that  thy  manservant  and  thy 
maidservant  may  rest  as  well  as  thou. 

15  And  remember  that  thou  wast  a  serv- 
ant in  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  that  the 
Lord  thy  God  brought  thee  out  thence 
through  a  mighty  hand  and  by  a  stretched 
out  arm :  therefore  the  Lord  thy  God  com- 
manded thee  to  keep  the  sabbath  day. 

16  H  Honour  thy  father  and  thy  mother, 
as  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  commanded 
thee  ;  that  thy  days  may  be  prolonged,  and 
that  it  may  go  well  with  thee,  in  the  land 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee. 


17  Thou  Shalt  not  kill. 

18  Neither  shalt  thou  commit  adultery. 

19  Neither  shalt  thou  steal. 

20  Neither  shalt  thou  bear  false  witness 
against  thy  neighbour. 

21  Neither  shalt  thou  desire  thy  neigh- 
bour's Avife,  neither  shalt  thou  covet  thy 
neighbour's  house,  his  field,  or  his  man- 
servant, or  his  maidservant,  his  ox,  or  his 
ass,  or  any  thing  that  esthy  neighbour's. 

22  II  These  words  the  Lord  spake  unto 
all  your  assembly  in  the  mount  out  of  the 
midst  of  the  fire,  of  the  cloud,  and  of  the 
thick  darkness,  with  a  great  voice ;  and  he 
added  no  more.  And  he  Avrote  them  in  two 
tables  of  stone,  and  delivered  them  unto 
me. 

23  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  ye  heard  the 
voice  out  of  the  midst  of  the  darkness, 
(for  the  mountain  did  burn  with  fire,)  that 
3'e  came  near  imto  me,  even  all  the  heads  of 
your  tribes,  and  your  elders; 

24  And  3'e  said,  Behold,  the  Lord  our 
God  hath  shewed  us  his  glory  and  his 
greatness,  and  we  have  heard  his  voice 
out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire:  we  have  seen 
this  day  that  God  doth  talk  with  man,  and 
he  liveth. 

25  Now  therefore  why  should  we  die  ?  for 
this  great  fire  will  consume  us  :  if  we  hear 
the  voice  of  the  Lord  our  God  any  more, 
then  we  shall  die. 

26  For  who  is  there  of  all  flesh,  that  hath 
heard  the  voice  of  the  living  God  speaking 
out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire,  as  we  Jiave^  and 
lived? 

27  Go  thou  near,  and  hear  all  that  the 
Lord  our  God  shall  say;  and  speak  thou 
unto  us  all  that  the  Lord  our  God  shall 
speak  unto  thee ;  and  we  will  hear  it^  and 
do  it. 

28  And  the  Lord  heard  the  voice  of 
your  words,  when  ye  spake  unto  me ;  and 
the  Lord  said  unto  me,  I  have  heard  the 
voice  of  the  words  of  this  people,  which 
they  have  spoken  unto  thee:  they  have 
well  said  all  that  they  have  spoken. 

29  Oh  that  there  were  such  a  heart  in 
them,  that  they  would  fear  me,  and  keep 
all  my  commandments  always,  that  it 
might  be  well  with  them,  and  with  their 
children  for  ever ! 

30  Go  say  to  them,  Get  you  into  your 
tents  again. 

31  But  as  for  thee,  stand  thou  here  by 

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me,   and  I  will  speak  unto  thee  all  the  ]  thee  great  and  goodly  cities,  which  thou 


comroandrnentfi,  and  the  statutes,  and  thf; 
judgments,  which  thou  shalt  teach  them, 
that  they  may  do  intern  in  the  land  which 
I  give  them  to  possess  it. 

32  Ye  shall  observe  to  do  therefore  as 
the  Lord  your  God  hath  commanded  you: 
ye  shall  not  turn  aside  to  the  right  hand 
or  to  the  left. 

33  Ye  shall  walk  in  all  the  ways  which 
the  Lord  your  God  hath  commanded  you, 
that  ye  may  live,  and  thrd  it  may  be  well  [ 
with  you,  and  that  ye  may  x^rolong  yrmr 
days    in    the    land    which    ye    shall    pos 


CHAPTER  VL 

NOW  these  are  the  commandments, 
the  statutes,  and  the  judgments, 
which  the  Lord  your  God  commanded 
to  teach  you,  that  ye  might  do  t/t^n  in 
the  land  whither  ye  go  to  j^ossess  it: 
2  That  thou  mightest  fear  the  Lord  thy 
God,  to  keep  all  his  statutes  and  his  com- 
mandments, which  I  command  thee,  thou, 
and  thy  son,  and  thy  son's  son,  all  the 
days  of  thy  life;  and  that  thy  days  may 
be  prolonged. 


buildedftt  not, 

11  And  houses  full  of  all  good  thinr/n, 
which  thou  filledst  not,  and  wells  digged, 
which  thou  diggedst  not,  vineyards  and 
olive  trees,  which  thou  plantedst  not; 
when  thou  shalt  have  eaten  and  be  full ; 

12  T^ten  beware  lest  thou  forget  the  Lord, 
which  brought  thee  forth  out  of  the  land 
of  Egypt,  from  the  house  of  bondage. 

13  Thou  shalt  fear  the  Lord  thy  God,  and 
ser\'e  him,  and  shalt  swear  by  his  name. 

14  Ye  shall  not  go  after  other  gods,  of 
the  gods  of  the  people  which  are  round 
about  you ; 

1.5  (For  the  Lord  thy  God  w  a  jealous 
God  among  you ; )  lest  the  anger  of  the 
Lord  thy  God  be  kindled  against  thee, 
and  destroy  thee  from  off  the  face  of  the 
earth. 

16  •[  Ye  shall  not  tempt  the  Lord  your 
God,  as  ye  tempted  Mm  in  Massah. 

17  Ye  shall  diligently  keep  the  command- 
ments of  the  Lord  your  God,  and  his  tfjs- 
timonies,  and  his  statutes,  which  he  hath 
commanded  thee. 

18  And  thou  shalt  do  tluit  which  U  right 
and  good  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord;  that 


3  •[  Hear  therefore,  O  Israel,  and  observe  j  it  may  be  well  with  thee,  and  that  thou 
to  do  it ;  that  it  may  be  well  with  thee,  i  mayest  go  in   and  possess  the  good  land 
and  that  ye  may  increase  mightily,  as  the  i  which  the  Lord  sware  unto  thy  fixthers. 
Lord  God  of  thy  fathers  hath   promised  \    19  To  cast  out  all   thine   enemies   from 
thee,  in  the  land  that  lloweth  with  milk  I  before  thee,  as  the  Lord  hath  si)oken. 


and  honey. 

4  Hear,  O  Israel:  The  Lord  our  God  U 
one  Lord  : 

5  And  thou  shalt  love  the  Lord  thy 
God  with  all  thine  heart,  and  with  all 
thy  soul,  and  with  all  thy  might. 

6  And  these  words,  which  I  command 
thee  this  day,  shall  be  in  thine  heart: 

7  And  thou  shalt  teach  them  diligently 
unto  thy  children,  and  shalt  talk  of  them 


20  And  when  thy  son  asketh  thee  in 
time  to  come,  saying,  "What  rn/Mn  the  tes- 
timonies, and  the  statutes,  and  the  judg- 
ments, which  the  Lord  our  God  hath 
commanded  you? 

21  Then  thou  shalt  say  unto  thy  son. 
We  were  Pharaoh's  bondmen  in  Egypt; 
and  the  Lord  brought  us  out  of  Egypt 
with  a  mighty  hand : 

22  And  the  Lord  shewed  signs  and  won- 


when  thou  sittest  in  thine  house,  and  when    ders,  great   and  sore,   upon  Egypt,  upon 
thou  walkest  by  the  way,  and  when  thou  j  Pharaoh,    and    upon    all    his    household. 


liest  down,  and  when  thou  risest  up. 
8  And   thou  shalt   bind   them    for  a  sign 


before  our  eyes : 
23  And  he  brought  us  out  from  thence. 


upon    thine   hand,   and   they   shall   be   as  ,  that  he  might  bring  us  in,  to  give  us  the 


frontlets  between  thine  eyes. 
9  And   thou  shalt  write  them   upon   the 
posts  of  thy  house,  and  on  thy  gates. 


land  which  he  sware  unto  our  fathers. 
24  And  the  Lord  commanded  us  to  do 
all  these  statutes,  to  fear  the  Lord  our 


10   And  it  shall  be,  when  the  Lord  thy    God,  for  our  good  always,  that  he  might 
God    shall    have    brought    thee    into    the    preserve  us  alive,  fis  it  in  at  this  day. 
land  which  he  sware  unto  thy  fathers,  to  I    25  And  It  shall  be  our  righteousness,  if 
[Abraham,  to  Is.'iac,  and  to  Jacob,  to  give  '  we  observe  to  do  all  these  commandments 


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before    the    Loud    our    cJoil.   as    ho   hath 
commanded  tis. 

CHAPTER   VII. 

WHEN  theLoitD  thy  God  shall  bring- 
thee  into  the  land  ■whither  thou 
goest  to  possess  it,  and  hath  east  ont  many 
nations  before  thee,  the  Hittites,  and  the 
Girpishites,  and  the  Amorites,  and  the 
Cauminites,  and  the  Peri/.zites,  and  the 
Hivites,  and  the  Jebnsites,  seven  nations 
tjreater  and  miuhtier  than  thou; 

2  And  when  the  Lo\i\^  thy  (lod  shall  de- 
liver them  before  thee;  thou  shalt  smite 
them,  and  utterly  destroy  them  ;  thou  shalt 
make  no  covenant  with  them,  nor  shew 
mercy  unto  them  : 

8  Neither  shalt  thou  make  marriages 
with  them;  thy  daughter  thou  shalt  not 
pvc  unto  his  son,  nor  his  daughter  shalt 
thou  take  unto  thy  smi. 

4  For  they  will  turn  away  thy  son  from 
following  me,  that  they  may  serve  other 
gods:  so  will  the  anger  of  the  Lord  be 
kindled  against  you,  and  destroy  thee  sud- 
denly. 

5  lint  thus  shall  ye  deal  with  them;  ye 
shall  destroy  their  altars,  and  break  down 
their  images,  and  cut  down  their  groves, 
and  burn  their  graven  images  with  tire. 

(>  For  thou  (xr(  a  holy  people  unto  the 
Loud  thy  God:  the  Loud  thy  liod  hath 
chosen  thee  to  be  a  special  people  unto 
himself,  above  all  people  that  on-  upon 
the  face  of  the  earth. 

7  The  LoKi>  did  not  set  his  love  \ipon 
yoxi,  nor  choose  you,  because  ye  were 
more  in  number  than  any  peoi)le ;  for  ye 
ttrir  the  fewest  of  all  people: 

8  But  because  the  Loud  loved  you,  and 
because  he  would  keep  the  oath  which  ho 
had  sworn  unto  your  fatliers,  hath  the 
Loud  brought  you  out  with  a  mighty 
hand,  and  redeemed  yon  out  of  the  house 
of  bondmen,  from  the  hand  of  Pharaoh 
king  of  Egypt. 

i)  Know  therefore  that  the  Loud  thy  God, 
he  /.<  (n>d,  the  faithful  God,  which  keepeth 
covenant  and  mercy  with  them  that  love 
him  and  keep  his  commandments  to  a 
thousand  genemtious  ; 

10  And  re]myeth  them  that  hate  him 
to  their  fai-e,  to  destroy  then\  :  he  will 
not  be  slack  to  him  that  hateth  him, 
bo  will  repay  him  to  his  face. 


11  Thou  shalt  therefore  keep  the  com- 
mandments, and  the  statutes,  and  the 
judgments,  which  1  command  thee  this 
day,  to  do  I  hem. 

1'2  *',  Wherefore  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if 
ye  hearken  to  these  j\ulgmcnts,  and  keep 
and  do  them,  that  the  Lord  thy  God 
shall  keep  unto  thee  the  covenant  and  the 
mercy  which  he  sware  unto  thy  fathers  : 

13  And  he  will  love  thee,  and  bless  thee, 
and  multiply  thee:  he  Avill  also  bless  the 
fruit  of  thy  womb,  and  the  fruit  of  thy 
land,  thy  corn,  and  thy  Avine,  and  thine 
oil.  the  increase  of  thy  kine,  and  the 
flocks  of  thy  sheep,  in  the  land  which 
he  sware  unto  thy  fathers  to  give  thee. 

14  Thou  shalt  bo  blessed  above  all  peo- 
ple:  there  shall  not  be  male  or  female 
barren  among  you,  or  among  your  cattle. 

15  And  the  I.oud  Avill  take  away  from 
thee  all  sickness,  and  will  put  none  of 
the  evil  diseases  of  Egypt,  which  thou 
knowest,  upon  thee;  but  will  lay  them 
upon  all  than  that  hate  thee. 

10  And  thon  shalt  cousume  all  the 
people  Avhieh  the  Lord  thy  CJod  shall 
deliver  thee  ;  thine  eye  shall  have  no  pity 
upim  them:  neither  shalt  thou  serve  their 
gods;  tV>r  that  »'i7/  Ih'  a  snare  \into  thee. 

17  If  thou  shalt  say  in  thine  heart.  These 
nations  arc  more  than  1;  how  can  1  dis- 
possess them? 

IS  Tho\i  shalt  not  be  afraid  of  them : 
hut  shalt  Mcll  remember  what  the  Lord 
thy  God  did  unto  Pharaoh,  and  unto  all 
Egypt ; 

lU  The  great  temptations  whiih  thine 
eyes  saw,  and  the  signs,  niul  the  wi>ndcrs, 
and  the  mighty  hand,  and  the  stretched 
out  arm,  whereby  the  Loud  thy  God 
brought  thee  out  :  so  shall  the  Loud  thy 
God  do  unto  all  the  people  of  whom 
thou  art  afraid. 

'20  Moreover  the  Loud  thy  God  will 
scud  the  hornet  among  them,  until  they 
that  are  left,  and  liide  themselves  from 
thee,  be  destroyed. 

21  Thou  shalt  not  be  allrighted  at  them: 
for  the  Loud  thy  God  in  among  you,  a 
mighty  God  and  terrible. 

22  And  the  Lord  thy  God  will  put  out 
those  nations  before  thee  by  little  and 
little:  thou  nu\yest  not  ci>nsumc  them 
at  once,  lest  the  beasts  of  the  tleld 
incri'ase  upon  thee. 

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23  But  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  deliver 
them  unto  thee,  and  shall  destroy  them 
with  a  mighty  destruction,  until  they  be 
destroyed. 

24  And  he  shall  deliver  their  kings  into 
thine  hand,  and  thou  shalt  destroy  their 
name  from  under  heaven :  there  shall  no 
man  be  able  to  stand  before  thee,  until  thou 
have  destroyed  them. 

25  The  graven  images  of  their  gods  shall 
ye  bum  with  fire :  thou  shalt  not  desire 
tte  silver  or  gold  that  is  on  them,  nor  take 
it  unto  thee,  lest  thou  be  snared  therein : 
for  it  is  an  abomination  to  the  Lord  thy 
God. 

26  Neither  shalt  thou  bring  an  abomina- 
tion into  thine  house,  lest  thou  be  a 
cursed  thing  like  it :  but  thou  shalt  utterly 
detest  it,  and  thou  shalt  utterly  abhor  it ; 
for  it  is  a  cursed  thing. 

CHAPTER  VIIL 

ALL  the  commandments  which  I  com- 
-  mand  thee  this  day  shall  ye  observe 
to  do,  that  ye  may  live,  and  multiply,  and 
go  in  and  possess  the  land  which  the  Lord 
sware  unto  your  fathers. 

2  And  thou  shalt  remember  all  the  way 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  led  thee  these 
forty  3'ears  in  the  wilderness,  to  humble 
thee,  ajid  to  prove  thee,  to  know  what 
was  in  thine  heart,  whether  thou  wouldest 
keep  his  commandments,  or  no. 

3  And  he  humbled  thee,  and  suffered 
thee  to  hunger,  and  fed  thee  with  manna, 
which  thou  knewest  not,  neither  did  thy 
fathers  know;  that  he  might  make  thee 
know  that  man  doth  not  live  by  bread 
only,  but  by  every  word  that  proceedeth 
out  of  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  doth  man 
live. 

4  Thy  raiment  waxed  not  old  upon  thee, 
neither  did  thy  foot  swell,  these  forty 
years. 

5  Thou  shalt  also  consider  in  thine  heart, 
that,  as  a  man  chasteneth  his  son,  so  the 
Lord  thy  God  chasteneth  thee. 

6  Therefore  thou  shalt  keep  the  com- 
mandments of  the  Lord  thy  God,  to  walk 
in  his  ways,  and  to  fear  him. 

7  For  the  Lord  thy  God  bringeth  thee 
into  a  good  land,  a  land  of  brooks  of  water, 
of  fountains  and  depths  that  spring  out 
of  A'alleys  and  hills  ; 

8  A  land  of  wheat,  and  barley,  and  vines, 

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and  tig  trees,  and  pomegranates ;  a  land 
of  oil  olive,  and  honey ; 

9  A  land  wherein  thou  shalt  eat  bread 
without  scarceness,  thou  shalt  not  lack 
any  t7ii7if/  in  it ;  a  land  whose  stones  are 
iron,  and  out  of  whose  hills  thou  mayest 
dig  brass. 

10  When  thou  hast  eaten  and  art  full, 
then  thou  shalt  bless  the  Lord  thy  God  for 
the  good  land  which  he  hath  given  thee. 

11  Beware  that  thou  forget  not  the  Lord 
thy  God,  in  not  keeping  his  command- 
ments, and  his  judgments,  and  his  statutes, 
which  I  command  thee  this  day : 

12  Lest  when  thou  hast  eaten  and  art  full, 
and  hast  built  goodly  houses,  and  dwelt 
therein  ; 

13  And  whe?i  thy  herds  and  thy  flocks 
multiply,  and  thy  silver  and  thy  gold  is 
multiplied,  and  all  that  thou  hast  is  multi- 
plied ; 

14  Then  thine  heart  be  lifted  up,  and  thou 
forget  the  Lord  thy  God,  which  brought 
thee  forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  from 
the  house  of  bondage ; 

15  Who  led  thee  through  that  great  and 
terrible  wilderness,  %oherei7t  ivere  fiery  ser- 
pents, and  scorpions,  and  drought,  where 
there  was  no  water;  who  brought  thee  forth 
water  out  of  the  rock  of  flint ; 

16  Who  fed  thee  in  the  wilderness  with 
manna,  which  thy  fothers  kucAv  not,  that 
he  might  humble  thee,  and  that  he  might 
prove  thee,  to  do  thee  good  at  thy  latter  end; 

17  And  thou  say  in  thine  heart,  My  power 
and  the  might  of  inine  hand  hath  gotten 
me  this  wealth. 

18  But  thou  shalt  remember  the  Lord  thy 
God  :  for  it  is  he  that  giveth  thee  power  to 
get  wealth,  that  he  may  establish  his  cove- 
nant which  he  sware  unto  thy  fathers,  as  it 
is  this  day. 

19  And  it  shall  be,  if  thou  do  at  all  forget 
the  Lord  thy  God,  and  walk  after  other 
gods,  and  serve  them,  and  Avorship  them, 
I  testify  against  you  this  day  that  ye  shall 
surely  perish. 

20  As  the  nations  which  the  Lord 
destroyeth  before  your  face,  so  shall  ye 
perish ;  because  ye  would  not  be  obedient 
unto  the  voice  of  the  Lord  your  God. 


H 


CHAPTER  IX. 
EAR,  O  Israel :  Thou  art  to  pass  over 
Jordan  this  daj',  to  go  in  to  possess 


DEUTERONOMr. 


nations  greater  aud  mightier  than  thyself, 
cities  great  and  fenced  up  to  heaven, 

2  A  people  great  and  tall,  the  children  of 
the  Anakiin,  whom  thou  kuowest,  and  of 
v)liom  thou  hast  heard  my^  Who  can  stand 
before  the  children  of  Anak ! 

3  Understand  therefore  this  day,  that  the 
Lord  thy  God  is  he  which  goeth  over 
before  thee;  as  a  consuming  tire  he  shall 
destroy  them,  and  he  shall  bring  them 
down  before  thy  face :  so  shalt  thou  drive 
them  out,  and  destroy  them  quickly,  as 
the  Loud  hath  said  unto  thee. 

4  Speak  not  thou  in  thine  heart,  after  that 
the  Lord  thy  God  hath  cast  them  out  from 
before  thee,  saying.  For  my  righteousness 
the  Lord  hath  brought  me  in  to  possess 
this  land:  but  for  the  wickedness  of  these 
nations  the  Lord  doth  drive  them  out 
from  before  thee. 

5  Not  for  thy  righteousness,  or  for  the 
uprightness  of  thine  heart,  dost  thou  go 
to  possess  their  land :  but  for  the  Avieked- 
ness  of  these  nations  the  Lord  thy  God 
doth  drive  them  out  from  before  thee, 
and  that  he  may  perform  the  word  which 
the  Lord  sware  unto  thy  fathers,  Abra- 
ham, Isaac,  and  Jacob. 

6  Understand  therefore,  that  the  Lord 
thy  God  giveth  thee  not  this  good  land 
to  possess  it  for  thy  righteousness;  for 
thou  art  a  stiflFnecked  people. 

7  H  Remember,  aud  forget  not,  how  thou 
provokedst  the  Lord  thy  God  to  Avrath  in 
the  wilderness :  from  the  day  that  thou 
didst  depart  out  of  the  land  of  Eg>iit, 
until  ye  came  unto  this  place,  ye  have 
been  rebellious  against  the  Lord. 

8  Also  in  Horeb  ye  provoked  the  Lord 
to  wrath,  so  that  the  Lord  was  angry  with 
you  to  have  destroyed  you. 

9  When  I  was  gone  up  into  the  mount 
to  receive  the  tables  of  stone,  even  the 
tables  of  the  covenant  which  the  Lord 
made  with  you,  then  I  abode  in  the  mount 
forty  days  and  forty  nights ;  I  neither  did 
eat  bread  nor  drink  water: 

10  And  the  Lord  delivered  unto  me  two 
tables  of  stone  written  with  the  finger  of 
God;  and  on  them  was  writteti  according 
to  all  the  words  which  the  Lord  spake 
Avith  you  in  the  mount,  out  of  the  midst 
of  the  fire,  in  the  day  of  the  assembly. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of 
forty    days     and    forty    nights,     t?Mt     the 


Lord  gave  me  the  two  tables  of  btone, 
even  the  tables  of  the  covenant. 

12  Aud  the  Lord  said  unto  me.  Arise, 
get  thee  down  quickly  from  hence ;  for 
thy  people  which  thou  hast  brought  forth 
out  of  Egji^t  have  corrupted  themselves  ,- 
they  are  quickly  turned  aside  out  of  the 
way  which  I  commanded  them ;  they  have 
made  them  a  molten  image. 

13  Furthermore  the  Lord  spake  unto 
me,  saying,  I  have  seen  this  people,  and, 
behold,  it  is  a  stiffnecked  people: 

14  Let  me  alone,  that  I  may  destroy  them, 
and  blot  out  their  name  from  under  heaven : 
and  I  will  make  of  thee  a  nation  mightier 
and  greater  than  they. 

15  So  I  turned  and  came  down  from  the 
mount,  and  the  mount  burned  with  fire: 
and  the  two  tables  of  the  covenant  were 
in  my  two  hands. 

16  And  I  looked,  and,  behold,  ye  had 
sinned  against  the  Loud  your  God,  and 
had  made  you  a  molten  calf:  ye  had 
turned  aside  quickly  out  of  the  way 
which  the  Lord  had  commanded  you. 

17  And  I  took  the  two  tables,  and  cast 
them  out  of  my  two  hands,  and  brake 
them  before  your  eyes. 

18  And  I  fell  down  before  the  Lord,  as 
at  the  first,  forty  days  and  forty  nights : 
I  did  neither  eat  bread  nor  drink  water, 
because  of  aU  your  sins  which  j-e  sinned, 
in  doing  wickedly  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord,  to  provoke  him  to  anger. 

19  For  I  was  afraid  of  the  anger  and  hot 
displeasure,  wherewith  the  Lord  was 
wroth  against  you  to  destroy  you.  But 
the  Lord  hearkened  unto  me  at  that 
time  also. 

20  And  the  Lord  was  A'cry  angry  with 
Aaron  to  have  destroyed  him:  and  I 
prayed  for  Aaron  also  the  same  time. 

21  And  I  took  your  sin,  the  calf  which 
ye  had  made,  and  burnt  it  with  fire,  and 
stamped  it,  and  ground  it  very  small,  even 
until  it  was  as  small  as  dust:  and  I  cast 
the  dust  thereof  into  the  brook  that  de- 
scended out  of  the  mount. 

22  And  at  Taberah,  and  at  Massah,  and 
at  Kibroth-hattaavah,  ye  provoked  the 
Lord  to  Avrath. 

23  Likewise  when  the  Loud  sent  you 
from  Kadesh-barnea,  saying,  Go  up  and 
possess  the  land  which  I  have  given  you ; 
then    ye   rebelled    against   the    command-  | 


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ment  of  the  Lokd  your  God,  and  ye  be- 
lieved liim  not,  nor  hearkened  to  his 
voice. 

24  Ye  have  been  rebellious  against  the 
Lord  from  the  day  that  I  knew  you. 

25  Thus  I  fell  down  before  the  Lord 
forty  days  and  forty  nights,  as  I  fell  down 
at  the  first ;  because  the  Lord  had  said  he 
would  destroy  you. 

26  I  prayed  therefore  unto  the  Lord,  and 
said,  O  Lord  God,  destroy  not  thy  people 
and  thine  inheritance,  which  thou  hast  re- 
deemed through  thy  greatness,  which  thou 
hast  brought  forth  out  of  Egypt  with  a 
mighty  hand. 

27  Remember  thy  servants,  Abraham, 
Isaac,  and  Jacob;  look  not  unto  the 
stubbornness  of  this  people,  nor  to  their 
wickedness,  nor  to  their  sin : 

28  Lest  the  land  whence  thou  broughtest 
us  out  say.  Because  the  Lord  was  not 
able  to  bring  them  into  the  land  which 
he  promised  them,  and  because  he  hated 
them,  he  hath  brought  them  out  to  slay 
them  in  the  wilderness. 

29  Yet  they  ai-e  thy  people  and  thine 
inheritance,  which  thou  broughtest  out 
by  thy  mighty  power  and  by  thy 
stretched  out  arm. 

CHAPTER  X. 

AT  that  time  the  Lord  said  unto  me, 
Hew  thee  two  tables  of  stone  like 
unto  the  first,  and  come  up  unto  me 
into  the  mount,  and  make  thee  an  ark 
of  wood. 

2  And  I  will  write  on  the  tables  the  words 
that  were  in  the  first  tables  which  thou 
brakest,  and  thou  shalt  put  them  in  the 
ark. 

3  And  I  made  an  ark  of  shittim  wood, 
and  hewed  two  tables  of  stone  like  unto 
the  first,  and  went  up  into  the  mount, 
having  the  two  tables  in  mine  hand. 

4  And  he  wrote  on  the  tables,  according 
to  the  first  writing,  the  ten  command- 
ments, which  the  Lord  spake  unto  you 
in  the  mount,  out  of  the  midst  of  the 
fire,  in  the  day  of  the  assembly :  and  the 
Lord  gave  them  unto  me. 

5  And  I  turned  myself  and  came  down 
from  the  mount,  and  put  the  tables  in 
the  ark  which  I  had  made ;  and  there 
they  be,  as  the  Lord  commanded  me. 

6  H  And  the  children  of  Israel  took  their 

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journey  from  Beeroth  of  the  children  of 
Jaakan  to  Mosera:  there  Aaron  died,  and 
there  he  was  buried ;  and  Eleazar  his  son 
ministered  in  the  priest's  oflB.ce  in  his 
stead. 

7  From  thence  they  journeyed  unto  Gud- 
godah ;  and  from  Gudgodah  to  Jotbath,  a 
land  of  rivers  of  waters. 

8  1|  At  that  time  the  Lord  separated 
the  tribe  of  Levi,  to  bear  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  the  Lord,  to  stand  before  the 
Lord  to  minister  unto  him,  and  to  bless 
in  his  name,  unto  this  day. 

9  Wherefore  Levi  hath  no  part  nor  in- 
heritance with  his  brethren;  the  Lord  is 
his  inheritance,  according  as  the  Lord 
thy  God  promised  him. 

10  And  I  stayed  in  the  mount,  according 
to  the  first  time,  forty  days  and  forty 
nights ;  and  the  Lord  hearkened  unto  me 
at  that  time  also,  a7id  the  Lord  would  not 
destroy  thee. 

11  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me.  Arise, 
take  thy  journey  before  the  people,  that 
they  may  go  in  and  possess  the  land, 
which  I  sware  unto  their  fathers  to  give 
unto  them. 

12  TI  And  now,  Israel,  what  doth  the 
Lord  thy  God  require  of  thee,  but  to 
fear  the  Lord  thy  God,  to  walk  in  all 
his  ways,  and  to  love  him,  and  to  serve 
the  Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy  heart  and 
with  all  thy  soul, 

13  To  keep  the  commandments  of  the 
Lord,  and  his  statutes,  which  I  command 
thee  this  day  for  thy  good  ? 

14  Behold,  the  heaven  and  the  heaven  of 
heavens  is  the  Lord's  thy  God,  the  earth 
also,  with  all  that  therein  is. 

15  Only  the  Lord  had  a  delight  in  thy 
fathers  to  love  them,  and  he  chose  their 
seed  after  them,  eye?i  you  above  all  people, 
as  it  is  this  day. 

16  Circumcise  therefore  the  foreskin  of 
your  heart,  and  be  no  more  stiflhecked. 

17  For  the  Lord  your  God  is  God  of 
gods,  and  Lord  of  lords,  a  great  God,  a 
mighty,  and  a  terrible,  which  regardeth 
not  persons,  nor  taketh  reward : 

18  He  doth  execute  the  judgment  of  the 
fatherless  and  widow,  and  loveth  the 
stranger,  in  giving  him  food  and  raiment. 

19  Love  ye  therefore  the  stranger:  for  ye 
were  strangers  in  the  land  of  Egypt. 

20  Thou  Shalt  fear  the  Lord  thy  God; 


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him  Shalt  thou  serve,   and  to   him    shalt 
thou  cleave,  and  swear  by  his  name. 

21  He  is  thy  praise,  and  he  is  thy  God, 
that  hath  done  for  thee  these  great  and 
terrible  things,  which  thine  eyes  have 
seen. 

22  Thy  fathers  went  down  into  Egypt 
with  threescore  and  ten  persons ;  and  now 
the  Lord  thy  God  hath  made  thee  as  the 
stars  of  heaven  for  multitude. 

CHAPTER  XI. 

THEREFORE  thou  shalt  love  the  Lord 
thy  God,  and  keep  his  charge,  and  his 
statutes,  and  his  judgments,  and  his  com- 
mandments, alway. 

2  And  know  ye  this  day:  for  I  speak 
not  with  your  children  which  have  not 
known,  and  which  have  not  seen  the  chas- 
tisement of  the  Lord  your  God,  his  great- 
ness, his  mighty  hand,  and  his  stretched 
orut  arm, 

3  And  his  miracles,  and  his  acts,  which 
he  did  in  the  midst  of  Egypt  unto  Pharaoh 
the  king  of  Egypt,  and  unto  all  his  land ; 

4  And  what  he  did  unto  the  army  of 
Egypt,  unto  their  horses,  and  to  their 
chariots ;  how  he  made  the  water  of  the 
Red  sea  to  overflow  them  as  they  pur- 
sued after  you,  and  hoio  the  Lord  hath 
destroyed  them  unto  this  day ; 

5  And  what  he  did  unto  you  in  the  wil- 
derness, until  ye  came  into  this  place ; 

6  And  Avhat  he  did  unto  Dathan  and 
Abirara,  the  sons  of  Eliab,  the  son  of 
Reuben  :  how  the  earth  opened  her  mouth, 
and  swallowed  them  up,  and  their  house- 
holds, and  their  tents,  and  all  the  sub- 
stance that  ivas  in  their  possession,  in  the 
midst  of  all  Israel : 

7  But  your  eyes  have  seen  all  the  great 
acts  of  the  Lord  which  he  did. 

8  Therefore  shall  ye  keep  all  the  com- 
mandments which  I  command  you  this 
day,  that  ye  may  be  strong,  and  go  in 
and  possess  the  laud,  whither  ye  go  to 
possess  it ; 

9  And  that  ye  may  prolong  your  days 
in  the  land,  which  the  Lord  sware  unto 
your  fathers  to  give  unto  them  and  to 
their  seed,  a  land  that  floweth  with  milk 
and  honey. 

10  1[  For  the  land,  whither  thou  goest  in 
to  possess  it,  is  not  as  the  land  of  Egypt, 
from   whence  ye   came   out,   where   thou 


sowedst  thy  seed,  and  wateredst  it  Avith 
thy  foot,  as  a  garden  of  herbs: 

11  But  the  land,  Avhither  ye  go  to  possess 
it,  is  a  land  of  hills  and  valleys,  atid 
drinketh  water  of  the  rain  of  heaven : 

12  A  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God  car- 
eth  for:  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  thy  God 
are  always  upon  it,  from  the  beginning 
of  the  year  even  unto  the  end  of  the 
year. 

13  H  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  ye 
shall  hearken  diligently  unto  my  com- 
mandments which  I  command  you  this 
day,  to  love  the  Lord  your  God,  and  to 
serve  him  with  all  your  heart  and  with  all 
3'our  soul, 

14  That  I  will  give  yoii  the  rain  of  your 
land  in  his  due  season,  the  first  rain  and 
the  latter  rain,  that  thou  mayest  gather  in 
thy  com,  and  thy  wine,  and  thine  oil. 

15  And  I  will  send  grass  in  thy  fields  for 
thy  cattle,  that  thou  mayest  eat  and  be 
full. 

16  Take  heed  to  yourselves,  that  your 
heart  be  not  deceived,  and  ye  turn  aside, 
and  serve  other  gods,  and  worship  them  ; 

17  And  the7i  the  Lord's  Avrath  be  kindled 
against  you,  and  he  shut  up  the  heaven, 
that  there  be  no  rain,  and  that  the  land 
yield  not  her  fruit;  and  lest  ye  perish 
quickly  from  off  the  good  land  which  the 
Lord  giveth  you. 

18  1[  Therefore  shall  ye  lay  up  these  my 
words  in  your  heart  and  in  your  soul,  and 
bind  them  for  a  sign  upon  j'our  hand,  that 
they  may  be  as  frontlets  between  your 
eyes. 

i.9  And  ye  shall  teach  them  your  chil- 
dren, speaking  of  them  when  thou  sittest 
in  thine  house,  and  when  thou  walkest  by 
the  way,  when  thou  liest  down,  and  when 
thou  risest  up. 

20  And  thou  shalt  write  them  xipon  the 
door  posts  of  thine  house,  and  upon  thy 
gates : 

21  That  your  days  may  be  multiplied, 
and  the  days  of  your  children,  in  the  land 
which  the  Lord  sware  unto  your  fathers 
to  give  them,  as  the  da4|s  of  heaven  upon 
the  earth. 

22  ^  For  if  ye  shall  diligently  keep  all 
these  commandments  which  I  command 
you,  to  do  them,  to  love  the  Lord  your 
God,  to  walk  in  all  his  ways,  and  to  cleave 
Tinto  him ; 

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23  Then  will  the  Lord  drive  out  all  these 
nations  from  before  you,  and  ye  shall 
possess  greater  nations  and  mightier  than 
yourselves. 

24  Every  place  whereon  the  soles  of 
your  feet  shall  tread  shall  be  yours: 
from  the  wilderness  and  Lebanon,  from 
the  river,  the  river  Euphrates,  even  unto 
the  uttermost  sea  shall  your  coast  be. 

25  There  shall  no  man  be  able  to  stand 
before  you:  for  the  Lord  your  God 
shall  lay  the  fear  of  you  and  the  dread  of 
you  upon  all  the  land  that  ye  shall  tread 
upon,  as  he  hath  said  unto  you. 

26  TI  Behold,  I  set  before  you  this  day  a 
blessing  and  a  curse ; 

27  A  blessing,  if  ye  obey  the  command- 
ments of  the  Lord  your  God,  which  I 
command  you  this  day : 

28  And  a  curse,  if  ye  will  not  obey  the 
commandments  of  the  Lord  your  God, 
but  turn  aside  out  of  the  way  which  I 
command  you  this  day,  to  go  after  other 
gods,  which  ye  have  not  known. 

29  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  the 
Lord  thy  God  hath  brought  thee  in  unto 
the  land  whither  thou  goest  to  possess 
it,  that  thou  shalt  put  the  blessing  upon 
mount  Gerizim,  and  the  curse  upon  mount 
Ebal. 

30  Are  they  not  on  the  other  side  Jor- 
dan, by  the  way  where  the  sun  goeth 
down,  in  the  land  of  the  Canaanites,  which 
dwell  in  the  champaign  over  against  Gil- 
gal,  beside  the  plains  of  Moreh? 

31  For  ye  shall  pass  over  Jordan  to  go  in 
to  possess  the  land  which  the  Lord  your 
God  giveth  you,  and  ye  shall  possess  it, 
and  dwell  therein. 

32  And  ye  shall  observe  to  do  all  the 
statutes  and  judgments  which  I  set  before 
you  this  day. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

THESE  are  the  statutes  and  judgments, 
which  ye  shall  obsers'e  to  do  in  the 
land,  which  the  Lord  God  of  thy  fathers 
giveth  thee  to  possess  it,  all  the  days  that 
ye  live  upon  the  earth. 

2  Ye  shall  utter%  destroy  all  the  places, 
wherein  the  nations  which  ye  shall  possess 
served  their  gods,  upon  the  high  mount- 
ains, and  upon  the  hills,  and  under  every 
green  tree : 

3  And  ye  shall  overthrow  their  altars,  and 
break  their  pillars,  and  burn  their  groves 


with  fire ;  and  ye  shall  hew  down  the  grav- 
en images  of  their  gods,  and  destroy  the 
names  of  them  out  of  that  place. 

4  Ye  shall  not  do  so  unto  the  Lord  your 
God. 

5  But  unto  the  place  which  the  Lord 
your  God  shall  choose  out  of  all  your 
tribes  to  put  his  name  there,  even  unto  his 
habitation  shall  ye  seek,  and  thither  thou 
Shalt  come : 

6  And  thither  ye  shall  bring  your  burnt 
oiferings,  and  your  sacrifices,  and  your 
tithes,  and  heave  oflFerings  of  your  hand, 
and  your  vows,  and  your  freewill  ofier- 
ings,  and  the  firstlings  of  your  herds  and 
of  your  flocks : 

7  And  there  ye  shall  eat  before  the  Lord 
your  God,  and  ye  shall  rejoice  in  all  that 
ye  put  your  hand  unto,  ye  and  your  house- 
holds, wherein  the  Lord  thy  God  hath 
blessed  thee. 

8  Ye  shall  not  do  after  all  the  things  that 
we  do  here  this  day,  every  man  whatso- 
ever is  right  in  his  own  eyes. 

9  For  ye  are  not  as  yet  come  to  the  rest 
and  to  the  inheritance,  which  the  Lord 
your  God  giveth  you. 

10  But  wheji  ye  go  over  Jordan,  and  dwell 
in  the  land  which  the  Lord  your  God  giv- 
eth you  to  inherit,  and  ivhen  he  giveth 
you  rest  from  all  your  enemies  round 
about,  so  that  ye  dwell  in  safety; 

11  Then  there  shall  be  a  place  which  the 
Lord  your  God  shall  choose  to  cause  his 
name  to  dwell  there;  thither  shall  ye 
bring  all  that  I  command  you ;  your  burnt 
offerings,  and  your  sacrifices,  your  tithes, 
and  the  heave  offering  of  your  hand,  and 
all  your  choice  vows  which  ye  vow  unto 
the  Lord  : 

12  And  ye  shall  rejoice  before  the  Lord 
your  God,  ye,  and  your  sons,  and  your 
daughters,  and  your  menser\-ants,  and 
your  maidservants,  and  the  Levite  that 
is  within  your  gates;  forasmuch  as  he 
hath  no  part  nor  inheritance  with  you. 

13  Take  heed  to  thyself  that  thou  offer 
not  thy  burnt  offerings  in  every  place  that 
thou  seest : 

14  But  in  the  place  which  the  Lord  shall 
choose  in  one  of  thy  tribes,  there  thou 
shalt  offer  thy  bunit  offerings,  and  there 
thou  ?lialt  do  all  that  I  command  thee. 

1.5  Notwithstanding,  thou  mayest  kill  and 
eat  flesh  in  all  thy  gates,  whatsoever  thy 


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soul  lusteth  after,  according  to  the  bless- 
ing of  the  Lord  thy  God  which  he  hath 
given  thee :  the  unclean  and  the  clean  may 
eat  thereof,  as  of  the  roebuck,  and  as  of 
the  hart. 

16  Only  ye  shall  not  eat  the  blood;  ye 
shall  pour  it  upon  the  earth  as  water. 

17  H  Thou  mayest  not  eat  within  thy  gates 
the  tithe  of  thy  corn,  or  of  thy  wine,  or  of 
thy  oil,  or  the  firstlings  of  thy  herds  or  of 
thy  flock,  nor  any  of  thy  vows  which  thou 
vowest,  nor  thy  freewill  offerings,  or  heave 
offering  of  thine  hand : 

18  But  thou  must  eat  them  before  the 
Lord  thy  God  in  the  place  which  the  Lord 
thy  God  shall  choose,  thou,  and  thy  son, 
and  thy  daughter,  and  thy  manservant,  and 
thy  maidservant,  and  the  Levite  that  is 
within  thy  gates:  and  thou  shalt  rejoice 
before  the  Lord  thy  God  in  all  that  thou 
puttest  thine  hands  unto. 

19  Take  heed  to  thyself  that  thou  forsake 
not  the  Levite  as  long  as  thou  livest  upon 
the  earth. 

20  1  When  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  en- 
large thy  border,  as  he  hath  promised  tliee, 
and  thou  shalt  say,  I  will  eat  flesh,  because 
thy  soul  longeth  to  eat  flesh;  thou  may- 
est eat  flesh,  whatsoever  thy  soul  lusteth 
after. 

21  If  the  place  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
hath  chosen  to  put  his  name  there  be  too 
far  from  thee,  then  thou  shalt  kill  of  thy 
herd  and  of  thy  flock,  which  the  Lord  hath 
given  thee,  as  I  have  commanded  thee,  ana 
thou  shalt  eat  in  thy  gates  whatsoever  thy 
soul  lusteth  after. 

22  Even  as  the  roebuck  and  the  hart  is 
eaten,  so  thou  shalt  eat  them  :  the  im clean 
and  the  clean  shall  eat  of  them  alike. 

23  Only  be  sure  that  thou  eat  not  the 
blood :  for  the  blood  is  the  life ;  and  thou 
mayest  not  eat  the  life  Avith  the  flesh. 

24  Thou  shalt  not  eat  it ;  thou  shalt  pour 
it  upon  the  earth  as  water. 

25  Thou  shalt  not  eat  it ;  that  it  may  go 
well  with  thee,  and  Avith  thy  children  after 
thee,  when  thou  shalt  do  that  which  is  right 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lord. 

26  Only  thy  holy  things  which  thou  hast, 
and  thy  vows,  thou  shalt  take,  and  go 
unto  the  place  which  the  Lord  shall 
choose: 

27  And  thou  shalt  ofler  thy  burnt  oflTer- 
ings,  the  flesh  and  the  blood,  upon  the 


altar  of  the  Lord  thy  God :  and  the  blood 
of  thy  sacrifices  shall  be  poured  out  upon 
the  altar  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  thou 
shalt  eat  the  flesh. 

28  Observe  and  hear  all  these  words 
which  I  command  thee,  that  it  may  go  well 
with  thee,  and  with  thy  children  after  thee 
for  ever,  Avhen  thou  doest  that  which  is 
good  and  right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord 
thy  God. 

29  H  When  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  cut 
off"  the  nations  from  before  thee,  whither 
thou  goest  to  possess  them,  and  thou 
succeedest  them,  and  dwellest  in  their 
land; 

30  Take  heed  to  thyself  that  thou  be  not 
snared  by  following  them,  after  that  they 
be  destroyed  from  before  thee;  and  that 
thou  inquire  not  after  their  gods,  saying, 
How  did  these  nations  ser\'e  their  gods? 
even  so  will  I  do  likewise. 

31  Thou  shalt  not  do  so  unto  the  Lord 
thy  God:  for  every  abomination  to  the 
Lord  which  he  hateth  have  they  done  unto 
their  gods;  for  even  their  sons  and  their 
daughters  they  have  burnt  in  the  fire  to 
their  gods. 

32  What  thing  soever  I  command  you, 
observe  to  do  it :  thou  shalt  not  add  there- 
to, nor  diminish  from  it. 

CHAPTER  XIIL 

IF  there  arise  among  you  a  prophet,  or 
a  dreamer  of  dreams,  and  givcth  thee  a 
sign  or  a  wonder, 

2  And  the  sign  or  the  wonder  come  to 
pass,  whereof  he  spake  unto  thee,  saying, 
Let  us  go  after  other  gods,  which  thou  hast 
not  known,  and  let  us  serve  them  ; 

3  Thou  shalt  not  hearken  unto  the  words 
of  that  prophet,  or  that  dreamer  of  dreams : 
for  the  Lord  your  God  proveth  you,  to 
know  whether  ye  love  the  Lord  your 
God  with  all  your  heart  and  with  all 
your  soul. 

4  Ye  shall  Avalk  after  the  Lord  your  God, 
and  fear  him,  and  keep  his  command- 
ments, and  obey  his  voice,  and  ye  shall 
sers'e  him,  and  cleave  unto  him. 

5  And  that  projjhet,  or  that  dreamer  of 
dreams,  shall  be  put  to  death;  because 
lie  hath  spoken  to  turn  you  away  from 
the  Lord  your  God,  which  brought  you 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  redeemed 
you    out    of   the   house    of   bondage,    to 

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thrust  thee  out  of  the  way  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  commanded  thee  to  walk 
in.  So  Shalt  thou  put  the  evil  away 
from  the  midst  of  thee. 

6  If  If  thy  brother,  the  son  of  thy 
mother,  or  thy  son,  or  thy  daughter,  or 
the  wife  of  thy  bosom,  or  thy  friend, 
which  is  as  thine  own  soul,  entice  thee 
secretly,  saying.  Let  ns  go  and  serve 
other  gods,  which  thou  hast  not  known, 
thou,  nor  thy  fathers ; 

7  Namely,  of  the  gods  of  the  people 
Avhich  are  round  about  you,  nigh  unto 
thee,  or  far  off  from  thee,  from  the  07ie 
end  of  the  earth  even  unto  the  other 
end  of  the  earth ; 

8  Thou  shalt  not  consent  unto  him,  nor 
hearken  unto  him;  neither  shall  thine 
eye  pity  him,  neither  shalt  thou  spare, 
neither  shalt  thou  conceal  him : 

9  But  thou  Shalt  surely  kill  him;  thine 
hand  shall  be  first  upon  him  to  put  him 
to  death,  and  afterwards  the  hand  of  all 
the  j)eople. 

10  And  thou  shalt  stone  him  with  stones, 
that  he  die;  because  he  hath  sought  to 
thrust  thee  away  from  the  Lokd  thy  God, 
Avhich  brought  thee  out  of  the  land  of 
Eg3'pt,  from  the  house  of  bondage. 

11  And  all  Israel  shall  hear,  and  fear, 
and  shall  do  no  more  any  such  wicked- 
ness as  this  is  among  you. 

12  T[  If  thou  shalt  hear  say  in  one  of 
thy  cities,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  hath 
given  thee  to  dwell  there,  saj-ing, 

13  Certain  men,  the  children  of  Belial, 
are  gone  out  from  among  you,  and  have 
withdrawn  the  inhabitants  of  their  city, 
saying,  Let  us  go  and  serve  other  gods, 
which  ye  have  not  known ; 

14  Then  shalt  thou  inquire,  and  make 
search,  and  ask  diligently;  and,  behold,  if 
it  be  truth,  «»rZ  the  thing  certain,  that 
such  abomination  is  wrought  among  you ; 

15  Thou  shalt  surely  smite  the  inhabit- 
ants of  that  city  Avith  the  edge  of  the 
sword,  destroying  it  utterly,  and  all  that 
is  therein,  and  the  cattle  thereof,  with  the 
edge  of  the  SAVord. 

16  And  thou  shalt  gather  all  the  spoil  of 
it  into  the  midst  of  the  street  thereof, 
and  shalt  burn  Avitli  fire  the  city,  and 
all  the  spoil  thereof  every  Avhit,  for  the 
Lord  thy  God:  and  it  shall  be  a  heap 
for  ever;  it  shall  not  be  built  asrain. 

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17  And  there  shall  cleave  nought  of  the 
cursed  thing  to  thine  hand :  that  the  Lord 
may  turn  from  the  fierceness  of  his  anger, 
and  shew  thee  mercy,  and  haA'e  compas- 
sion upon  thee,  and  multiply  thee,  as  he 
hath  sworn  unto  thy  fathers ; 

18  When  thou  shalt  hearken  to  the  voice 
of  the  Lord  thy  God,  to  keep  all  his 
commandments  Avhich  I  command  thee 
this  day,  to  do  that  which  is  right  in  the 
eyes  of  the  Lord  thy  God. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

YE  are  the  children  of  the  Lord  your 
God :  ye  shall  not  cut  yourselves,  nor 
make  any  baldness  betAveen  your  eyes  for 
the  dead. 
3  For  thou  art  a  holy  people  unto  the 
Lord  thy  God,  and  the  Lord  hath  chosen 
thee  to  be  a  peculiar  people  unto  him- 
self, above  all  the  nations  that  are  upon 
the  earth. 

3  1[  Thou  shalt  not  eat  any  abominable 
thing. 

4  These  are  the  beasts  which  ye  shall 
eat :  the  ox,  the  sheep,  and  the  goat, 

5  The  hart,  and  the  roebuck,  and  the 
fallow  deer,  and  the  wild  goat,  and  the 
pygarg,  and  the  Avild  ox,  and  the  chamois. 

6  And  every  beast  that  parteth  the  hoof, 
and  cleaveth  the  cleft  into  tAvo  claws,  and 
cheweth  the  cud  among  the  beasts,  that 
ye  shall  eat. 

7  Nevertheless  these  ye  shall  not  eat, 
of  them  that  chew  the  cud,  or  of  them 
that  diA'ide  the  cloven  hoof;  as  the  camel, 
and  the  hare,  and  the  coney :  for  they  chew 
the  cud,  but  divide  not  the  hoof;  therefore 
they  are  unclean  unto  you. 

8  And  the  SAvine,  because  it  diA'ideth  the 
hoof,  yet  cheweth  not  the  cud,  it  is  un- 
clean unto  you :  ye  shall  not  eat  of  their 
flesh,  nor  touch  their  dead  carcass. 

9  ^  These  ye  shall  eat,  of  all  that  aj-e 
in  the  Avaters :  all  that  haA'e  fins  and  scales 
shall  ye  eat : 

10  And  whatsoever  hath  not  fins  and 
scales  ye  may  not  eat ;  it  is  unclean  unto 
you. 

11  ^  Of  all  clean  birds  ye  shall  cat. 

13  But  these  are  they  of  which  ye  shall 
not  eat :  the  eagle,  and  the  ossifrage,  and 
the  ospray, 

13  And  the  glede,  and  the  kite,  and  the 
A-ulture  after  his  kind, 


DEUTERONOMY. 


1-i  And  every  laveu  after  his  kind, 

15  And  the  owl,  and  the  nighthawk,  and 
the  cuckoo,  and  the  hawk  after  his  kind, 

16  The  little  owl,  and  the  great  owl,  and 
the  swan, 

17  And  the  pelican,  and  the  gier  eagle, 
and  the  cormorant, 

18  And  the  stork,  and  the  heron  after  her 
kind,  and  the  lapwing,  and  the  bat. 

19  And  every  creeping  thing  that  flieth 
is  unclean  unto  you:  they  shall  not  be 
eaten. 

20  But  of  all  clean  fowls  ye  may  eat. 

21  H  Ye  shall  not  eat  of  any  thing  that 
dieth  of  itself:  thou  shalt  give  it  unto 
the  stranger  that  if  in  thy  gates,  that  he 
may  eat  it;  or  thou  mayest  sell  it  unto 
an  alien :  for  thou  art  a  holy  people  unto 
the  Lord  thy  God.  Thou  shalt  not  seethe 
a  kid  in  his  mother's  milk. 

22  Thou  shalt  truly  tithe  all  the  increase 
of  thy  seed,  that  the  field  bringeth  forth 
year  by  year. 

23  And  thou  shalt  eat  before  the  Lord 
thy  God,  in  the  place  which  he  shall 
choose  to  place  his  name  there,  the  tithe 
of  thy  corn,  of  thy  wine,  and  of  thine 
oil,  and  the  firstlings  of  thy  herds  and 
of  thy  flocks;  that  thou  mayest  learn  to 
fear  the  Lord  thy  God  always. 

24  And  if  the  way  be  too  long  for  thee, 
so  that  thou  art  not  able  to  carry  it;  w 
if  the  place  be  too  far  from  thee,  which 
the  Lord  thy  God  shall  choose  to  set 
his  name  there,  when  the  Lord  thy 
God  hath  blessed  thee : 

25  Then  shalt  thou  turn  it  into  money, 
and  bind  up  the  money  in  thine  hand,  and 
shalt  go  unto  the  place  w^hich  the  Lord 
thy  God  shall  choose : 

26  And  thou  shalt  bestow  that  money 
for  w^hatsoever  thy  soul  lusteth  after,  for 
oxen,  or  for  sheep,  or  for  wine,  or  for 
strong  drink,  or  for  whatsoever  thy  soul 
desireth:  and  thou  shalt  eat  there  before 
the  Lord  thy  God,  and  thou  shalt  rejoice, 
thou,  and  thine  household, 

27  And  the  Levite  that  is  within  thy 
gates ;  thou  shalt  not  forsake  him :  for 
he  hath  no  part  nor  inheritance  with 
thee. 

28  TI  At  the  end  of  three  years  thoTi  shalt 
bring  forth  all  the  tithe  of  thine  increase 
the  same  year,  and  shalt  lay  it  up  within 
thy  gates : 


29  And  the  Levite,  (because  he  hath  no 
part  nor  inheritance  with  thee,)  and  the 
stranger,  and  the  fatherless,  and  the  widow, 
which  are  within  thy  gates,  shall  come,  and 
shall  eat  and  be  satisfied;  that  the  Lord 
thy  God  may  bless  thee  in  all  the  work  of 
thine  hand  which  thou  doest. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

AT  the  end  of  a'ery  seven  years  thou 
shalt  make  a  release. 

2  And  this  is  the  manner  of  the  release: 
Every  creditor  that  lendeth  aught  unto 
his  neighbour  shall  release  it;  he  shall 
not  exact  it  of  his  neighbour,  or  of  his 
brother;  because  it  is  called  the  Lord's 
release. 

3  Of  a  foreigner  thou  mayest  exact  it 
again:  but  that  which  is  thine  with  thy 
brother  thine  hand  shall  release ; 

4  Save  when  there  shall  be  no  poor  among 
you ;  for  the  Lord  shall  greatly  bless  thee 
in  the  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
giveth  thee /or  an  inheritance  to  possess 
it: 

5  Only  if  thou  carefully  hearken  unto  the 
voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  to  obsei've 
to  do  all  these  commandments  which  I 
command  thee  this  day. 

6  For  the  Lord  thy  God  blesseth  thee, 
as  he  promised  thee:  and  thou  shalt  lend 
unto  many  nations,  but  thou  shalt  not  bor- 
row; and  thou  shalt  reign  over  many  na- 
tions, but  they  shall  not  reign  over  thee. 

7  T[  If  there  be  among  you  a  poor  man 
of  one  of  thy  brethren  within  any  of  thy 
gates  in  thy  land  which  the  Lord  thy 
God  giveth  thee,  thou  shalt  not  harden 
thine  heart,  nor  shut  thine  hand  from 
thy  poor  brother: 

8  But  thou  shalt  open  thine  hand  wide 
unto  him,  and  shalt  surely  lend  him  suf- 
ficient for  his  need,  in  that  which  he 
wanteth. 

9  Beware  that  there  be  not  a  thought 
in  thy  wicked  heart,  saying.  The  seventh 
year,  the  year  of  release,  is  at  hand ;  and 
thine  eye  be  evil  against  thy  poor  brother, 
and  thou  givest  him  nought;  and  he  cry 
unto  the  Lord  against  thee,  and  it  be  sin 
unto  thee. 

10  Thou  shalt  surely  give  him,  and  thine 
heart  shall  not  be  grieved  when  thou 
givest  unto  him:  because  that  for  this 
thing  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  bless  thee 

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in  all   thy  works,  and  in    all    that    thou 
puttest  thine  hand  unto. 

11  For  the  poor  shall  never  cease  out 
of  the  land:  therefore  I  command  thee, 
saying,  Thou  shalt  open  thine  hand  wide 
unto  thy  brother,  to  thy  poor,  and  to  thy 
needy,  in  thy  land. 

12  if  Atid  if  thy  brother,  a  Hebrew  man, 
or  a  Hebrew  Avoman,  be  sold  unto  thee, 
and  serve  thee  six  years ;  then  in  the 
seventh  year  thou  shalt  let  him  go  free 
from  thee. 

13  And  when  thou  sendest  hira  out  free 
from  thee,  thou  shalt  not  let  him  go  away 
empty: 

14  Thou  shalt  furnish  him  liberally  out  of 
thy  flock,  and  out  of  thy  floor,  and  out 
of  thy  winepress:  of  that  wherewith  the 
Lord  thy  God  hath  blessed  thee  thou 
shalt  give  unto  him. 

15  And  thou  shalt  remember  that  thou 
wast  a  bondman  in  the  land  of  Egypt, 
and  the  Lord  thy  God  redeemed  thee  : 
therefore  I  command  thee  this  thing  to 
day. 

16  And  it  shall  be,  if  he  say  unto  thee,  I 
will  not  go  away  from  thee;  because  he 
loveth  thee  and  thine  house,  because  he  is 
well  with  thee ; 

17  Then  thou  shalt  take  an  awl,  and 
thrust  it  through  his  ear  unto  the  door,  and 
he  shall  be  thy  servant  for  ever.  And  also 
unto  thy  maidservant  thou  shalt  do  like- 
wise. 

18  It  shall  not  seem  hard  unto  thee,  when 
thou  sendest  him  away  free  from  thee; 
for  he  hath  been  worth  a  double  hired  serv- 
ant to  thee,  in  serving  thee  six  years :  and 
the  Lord  thy  God  shall  bless  thee  in  all 
that  thou  doest. 

19  ^  All  the  firstling  males  that  come 
of  thy  herd  and  of  thy  flock  thou  shalt 
sanctify  unto  the  Lord  thy  God:  thou 
shalt  do  no  work  Avith  the  firstling  of  thy 
bullock,  nor  shear  the  firstling  of  thy 
sheep. 

20  Thou  shalt  cat  it  before  the  Lord  thy 
God  year  by  year  in  the  place  which  the 
Lord  shall  choose,  thou  and  thy  house- 
hold. 

21  And  if  there  be  cmjj  blemish  therein,  as 
if  it  be  lame,  or  blind,  or  fiave  any  ill 
blemish,  thou  shalt  not  sacrifice  it  unto  the 
Lord  thy  God. 

22  Thou  shalt  eat  it  within  thy  gates :  the 

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unclean  and  the   clean  i)erx.<y)t  shall  eat  it 
alike,  as  the  roebuck,  and  as  the  hart. 
23    Only  thou  shalt  not   eat    the  blood 
thereof;     thou    shalt    pour    it    upon    the 
ground  as  water. 

CHAPTER  XVL 

OBSERVE  the  mouth  of  Abib,  and 
keep  the  passover  unto  the  Lord  thy 
God :  for  in  the  month  of  Abib  the  Lord 
thy  God  brought  thee  forth  out  of  Egypt 
by  night. 

2  Thou  shalt  therefore  sacrifice  the  pass- 
over  unto  the  Lord  thy  God,  of  the  flock 
and  the  herd,  in  the  place  which  the  Lord 
shall  choose  to  place  his  name  there. 

3  Thou  shalt  eat  no  leavened  bread  with 
it ;  seven  days  shalt  thou  eat  unleavened 
bread  therewith,  even  the  bread  of  afflic- 
tion ;  for  thou  earnest  forth  out  of  the  land 
of  Egypt  in  haste:  that  thou  mayest  re- 
member the  day  when  thou  earnest  forth 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  all  the  days  of  thy 
life. 

4  And  there  shall  be  no  leavened  bread 
seen  with  thee  in  all  thy  coast  seven  days ; 
neither  shall  there  any  thing  of  the  flesh, 
which  thou  sacrificedst  the  first  day  at 
even,  remain  all  night  until  the  morn- 
ing. 

5  Thou  mayest  not  sacrifice  the  passover 
within  any  of  thy  gates,  which  the  Lord 
thy  God  giveth  thee  : 

6  But  at  the  place  which  the  Lord  thy 
God  shall  choose  to  place  his  name  in, 
there  thou  shalt  sacrifice  the  passover  at 
even,  at  the  going  down  of  the  sun,  at 
the  season  that  thou  earnest  forth  out  of 
Egypt. 

7  And  thou  shalt  roast  and  eat  it  in 
the  place  which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall 
choose:  and  thou  shalt  turn  in  the  morn- 
ing, and  go  unto  thy  tents. 

8  Six  days  thou  shalt  eat  unleavened 
bread:  and  on  the  seventh  day  shall  be  a 
solemn  assembly  to  the  Lord  thy  God: 
thou  shalt  do  no  Avork  thereiyi. 

9  1  Seven  Aveeks  shalt  thou  number  unto 
thee:  begin  to  number  the  seven  weeks 
from  siicJi  time  as  thou  beginnest  to  put  the 
sickle  to  the  corn. 

10  And  thou  shalt  keep  the  feast  of  weeks 
unto  the  Lord  thy  God  Avith  a  tribute  of 
a  frecAvill  offering  of  thine  hand,  which 
thou  shalt  glA'e  unto  the  Lord  thij  Gody 


DEUTERONOMY. 


accordiug    as    the    Lord   thy   God    hath 
blessed  thee : 

11  And  thou  shalt  rejoice  before  the  Lord 
thy  God,  thou,  and  thy  son,  and  thy  daugh- 
ter, and  thy  manservant,  and  thy  maidserv- 
ant, and  the  Levite  that  is  within  thy  gates, 
and  the  stranger,  and  the  fatherless,  and 
the  widow,  that  are  among  you,  in  the 
place  which  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  chosen 
to  place  his  name  there. 

12  And  thou  shalt  remember  that  thou 
wast  a  bondman  in  Egypt :  and  thou  shalt 
observe  and  do  these  statutes. 

13  H  Thou  shalt  observe  the  feast  of  taber- 
nacles seven  days,  after  that  thou  hast 
gathered  in  thy  corn  and  thy  wine : 

14  And  thou  shalt  rejoice  in  thy  feast, 
thou,  and  thy  son,  and  thy  daughter,  and 
thy  manservant,  and  thy  maidservant,  and 
the  Levite,  the  stranger,  and  the  fatherless, 
and  the  widow,  that  are  within  thy  gates. 

15  Seven  daj's  shalt  thou  keep  a  solemn 
feast  unto  the  Lord  thy  God  in  the  place 
which  the  Lord  shall  choose :  because  the 
Lord  thy  God  shall  bless  thee  in  all  thine 
increase,  and  in  ail  the  works  of  thine 
hands,  therefore  thou  shalt  surely  re- 
joice. 

16  T[  Three  times  in  a  year  shall  all  thy 
males  appear  before  the  Lord  thy  God  in 
the  place  which  he  shall  choose;  in  the 
feast  of  unleavened  bread,  and  in  the  feast 
of  weeks,  and  in  the  feast  of  tabernacles : 
and  they  shall  not  appear  before  the  Lord 
empty : 

17  Every  man  sJiall  give  as  he  is  able, 
according  to  the  blessing  of  the  Lord 
thy  God  which  he  hath  given  thee. 

18  If  Judges  and  officers  shalt  thou  make 
thee  in  all  thy  gates,  which  the  Lord  thy 
God  giveth  thee,  throughout  thy  tribes: 
and  they  shall  judge  the  people  with  just 
judgment. 

19  Thou  shalt  not  wrest  judgment;  thou 
shalt  not  respect  persons,  neither  take  a 
gift :  for  a  gift  doth  blind  the  eyes  of  the 
wise,  and  pervert  the  words  of  the  righte- 
ous. 

20  That  which  is  altogether  just  shalt 
thou  follow,  that  thou  mayest  live,  and 
inherit  the  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
giveth  thee. 

21  H  Thou  shalt  not  plant  thee  a  grove  of 
any  trees  near  unto  the  altar  of  the  Lord 
thy  God,  which  thou  shalt  make  thee. 


22  Neither  shalt  thou  set  thee  up  any 
image ;  which  the  Lord  thy  God  hateth. 

CHAPTER  XVIL 

THOU  shalt  not  sacrifice  unto  the 
Lord  thy  God  anij  bullock,  or  sheep, 
wherein  is  blemish,  or  any  evilfavoured- 
ness :  for  that  is  an  abomination  unto  the 
Lord  thy  God. 

2  T[  If  there  be  found  among  you,  within 
any  of  thy  gates  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
giveth  thee,  man  or  woman,  that  hath 
wrought  wickedness  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord  thy  God,  in  transgressing  his  cov- 
enant, 

3  And  hath  gone  and  served  other  gods, 
and  worshipped  them,  either  the  sun,  or 
moon,  or  any  of  the  host  of  heaven, 
which  I  have  not  commanded ; 

4  And  it  be  told  thee,  and  thou  hast  heard 
of  it,  and  inquired  diligently,  and,  behold, 
it  be  true,  aficl  the  thing  cei'tain,  that  such 
abomination  is  wrought  in  Israel: 

5  Then  shalt  thou  bring  forth  that  man 
or  that  woman,  which  have  committed 
that  wicked  thing,  unto  thy  gates,  even 
that  man  or  that  woman,  and  shalt  stone 
them  with  stones,  till  they  die. 

6  At  the  mouth  of  two  witnesses,  or 
three  witnesses,  shall  he  that  is  worthy 
of  death  be  put  to  death;  but  at  the 
mouth  of  one  witness  he  shall  not  be  put 
to  death. 

7  The  hands  of  the  witnesses  shall  be 
first  upon  him  to  put  him  to  death,  and 
afterward  the  hands  of  all  the  people. 
So  thou  shalt  put  the  evil  away  from 
among  you. 

8  T[  If  there  arise  a  matter  too  hard  for 
thee  in  judgment,  between  blood  and 
blood,  between  plea  and  plea,  and  be- 
tween stroke  and  stroke,  being  matters  of 
controversy  within  thy  gates :  then  shalt 
thou  arise,  and  get  thee  up  into  the  place 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  choose ; 

9  And  thou  shalt  come  unto  the  priests 
the  Levites,  and  unto  the  judge  that  shall 
be  in  those  days,  and  inquire;  and  they 
shall  shew  thee  the  sentence  of  judg- 
ment: 

10  And  thou  shalt  do  according  to  the 
sentence,  which  they  of  that  place  which 
the  Lord  shall  choose  shall  shew  thee; 
and  thou  shalt  observe  to  do  according  to 
all  that  they  inform  thee : 


DEUTERONOMY. 


11  According  to  tlie  senteuce  of  the  law 
which  they  shall  teach  thee,  and  according 
to  the  judgment  which  they  shall  tell 
thee,  thou  shalt  do:  thou  shalt  not  de- 
cline from  the  sentence  which  they  shall 
shew  thee,  to  the  right  hand,  nor  to  the 
left. 

13  And  the  man  that  will  do  presump- 
tuously, and  will  not  hearken  unto  the 
l)riest  that  standeth  to  minister  there 
before  the  Lord  thy  God,  or  unto 
the  judge,  even  that  man  shall  die :  and 
thou  shalt  put  away  the  evil  from  Is- 
rael. 

13  And  all  the  jieople  shall  hear,  and 
fear,  and  do  no  more  presumptuously. 

14  1|  "When  thou  art  come  unto  the  land 
Avhich  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee,  and 
shalt  possess  it,  and  shalt  dwell  therein, 
and  shalt  say,  1  will  set  a  king  over  me, 
like  as  all  the  nations  that  are  about 
me; 

15  Thou  shalt  in  any  wise  set  Mm  king 
over  thee,  whom  the  Lord  thy  God  shall 
choose :  one  from  among  thy  brethren  shalt 
thou  set  king  over  thee :  thou  mayest  not 
set  a  stranger  over  thee,  which  is  not  thy 
brother. 

16  But  he  shall  not  multiply  horses  to 
himself,  nor  cause  the  people  to  return  to 
Egypt,  to  the  end  that  he  should  multiply 
horses:  forasmuch  as  the  Lord  hath  said 
unto  you.  Ye  shall  henceforth  return  no 
more  that  way. 

17  Neither  shall  he  multiply  wives  to 
himself,  that  his  heart  turn  not  away: 
neither  shall  he  greatly  multiply  to  him- 
self silver  and  gold. 

18  And  it  shall  be,  when  he  sitteth  upon 
the  throne  of  his  kingdom,  that  he  shall 
write  him  a  copy  of  this  law  in  a  book  out 
of  that  which  is  before  the  i^riests  the  Le- 
vites : 

19  And  it  shall  be  with  him,  and  he 
shall  read  therein  all  the  days  of  his  life ; 
that  he  may  learn  to  fear  the  Lord  his 
God,  to  keep  all  the  words  of  this  law  and 
these  statutes,  to  do  them : 

20  That  his  heart  be  not  lifted  up  above 
his  brethren,  and  that  he  turn  not  aside 
from  the  commandment,  to  the  right 
hand,  or  to  the  left :  to  the  end  that  he 
may  prolong  his  days  in  his  kingdom, 
he,  and  his  children,  in  the  midst  of 
Israel. 

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CHAPTER  XVllI. 

THE  priests  the  Levites,  a7td  all  the 
tribe  of  Levi,  shall  have  no  part  nor 
inheritance  Avith  Israel :  they  shall  eat  the 
offerings  of  the  Lord  made  by  tire,  and 
his  inheritance. 

2  Therefore  shall  they  have  no  inherit- 
ance among  their  brethren:  the  Lord  is 
their  inheritance,  as  he  hath  said  unto 
them. 

3  Ti  And  this  shall  be  the  priest's  due 
from  the  people,  from  them  that  offer  a 
sacrifice,  whether  it  be  ox  or  sheep;  and 
they  shall  give  unto  the  priest  the  shoul- 
der, and  the  two  cheeks,  and  the  maw. 

4  The  firstfruit  also  of  thy  corn,  of  thy 
wine,  and  of  thine  oil,  and  the  first  of  the 
fleece  of  thy  sheep,  shalt  thou  give  him. 

5  For  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  chosen 
him  out  of  all  thy  tribes,  to  stand  to 
minister  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  him 
and  his  sons  for  ever. 

6  1  And  if  a  Levite  come  from  any  of 
thy  gates  out  of  all  Israel,  where  he  so- 
journed, and  come  with  all  the  desire  of 
his  mind  unto  the  place  which  the  Lord 
shall  choose; 

7  Then  he  shall  minister  in  the  name  of 
the  Lord  his  God,  as  all  his  brethren  the 
Levites  do^  which  stand  there  before  the 
Lord. 

8  They  shall  have  like  portions  to  eat, 
besides  that  which  cometh  of  the  sale  of 
his  patrimony. 

9  T[  When  thou  art  come  into  the  land 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee,  thou 
shalt  not  learn  to  do  after  the  abomina- 
tions of  those  nations. 

10  There  shall  not  be  found  among  you 
amj  one  that  maketh  his  son  or  his 
daughter  to  pass  through  the  fire,  or  that 
useth  divination,  or  an  observer  of  times, 
or  an  enchanter,  or  a  witch, 

11  Or  a  charmer,  or  a  consulter  with  fa- 
miliar spirits,  or  a  wizard,  or  a  necro- 
mancer. 

12  For  all  that  do  these  things  are  an 
abomination  ixnto  the  Lord:  and  because 
of  these  abominations  the  Lord  thy  God 
doth  drive  them  out  from  before  thee. 

13  Thou  shalt  be  perfect  with  the  Lord 
thy  God. 

14  For  these  nations,  which  thou  shalt 
possess,  hearkened  unto  observers  of 
times,    and    unto    diviners :    but    as    for 


DEUTERONOMY. 


tiiee,    the  Loud    thy    God   hath    uot   suf- 
fered thee  so  to  do. 

15  H  The  Lord  thy  God  will  raise  up 
unto  thee  a  Prophet  from  the  midst  of 
thee,  of  thy  brethren,  like  uuto  me ; 
unto  him  ye  shall  hearken ; 

16  According  to  all  that  thou  desiredst 
of  the  Lord  thy  God  in  Horeb  in  the 
day  of  the  assembly,  saying,  Let  me  not 
hear  again  the  voice  of  the  Lord  my 
God,  neither  let  me  see  this  great  fire 
any  more,  that  I  die  not. 

17  And  the  Lord  said  uuto  me.  They 
have  well  spoken  that  Avhich  they  have 
spoken. 

18  I  will  raise  them  up  a  Prophet  from 
among  their  brethren,  like  unto  thee,  and 
will  put  my  words  in  his  mouth ;  and 
he  shall  speak  unto  them  all  that  I  shall 
command  him. 

19  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  who- 
soever will  not  hearken  uuto  my  words 
which  he  shall  speak  in  my  name,  I  will 
require  it  of  him. 

20  But  the  prophet,  which  shall  pre- 
sume to  speak  a  word  in  my  name,  which 
I  have  uot  commanded  him  to  speak,  or 
that  shall  speak  in  the  name  of  other 
gods,  even  that  prophet  shall  die. 

21  And  if  thou  say  in  thine  heart.  How- 
shall  we  know  the  word  which  the  Lord 
hath  not  spoken  ? 

22  When  a  prophet  speaketh  in  the  name 
of  the  Lord,  if  the  thing  follow  not,  nor 
come  to  pass,  that  is  the  thing  which  the 
Lord  hath  not  spoken,  bid  the  jjrophet 
hath  spoken  it  presumptuously :  thou  shalt 
not  be  afraid  of  him. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

WHEN  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  cut  off' 
the  nations,  whose  land  the  Lord 
thy  God  giveth  thee,  and  thou  succeedest 
them,  and  dwellest  in  their  cities,  and  in 
their  houses ; 

2  Thou  shalt  separate  three  cities  for  thee 
in  the  midst  of  thy  land,  which  the  Lord 
thy  God  giveth  thee  to  possess  it. 

3  Thou  shalt  prepare  thee  a  way,  and 
divide  the  coasts  of  thy  land,  v/hich  the 
Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee  to  inherit,  into 
three  parts,  that  every  slayer  may  flee 
thither. 

4  Tf  And  this  is  the  case  of  the  slayer, 
which  shall  flee  thither,  that  he  may  live : 


Whoso  killeth  his  neighbour  ignorautiy, 
whom  he  hated  not  in  time  past; 

5  As  when  a  man  goeth  into  the  wood 
with  his  neighbour  to  hew  wood,  and  his 
hand  fetcheth  a  stroke  with  the  axe  to  cut 
down  the  tree,  and  the  head  slippeth  from 
the  helve,  and  lighteth  upon  his  neighbour, 
that  he  die ;  he  shall  flee  unto  one  of  those 
cities,  and  live : 

6  Lest  the  avenger  of  the  blood  pursue 
the  slayer,  while  his  heart  is  hot,  and  over- 
take him,  because  the  way  is  long,  and  slay 
him ;  whereas  he  was  not  worthy  of  death, 
inasmuch  as  he  hated  him  not  in  time  past. 

7  Wherefore  I  command  thee,  saying, 
Thou  shalt  separate  three  cities  for  thee. 

8  And  if  the  Lord  thy  God  enlarge  thy 
coast,  as  he  hath  sworn  unto  thy  fathers, 
and  give  thee  all  the  land  which  he  prom- 
ised to  give  unto  thy  fathers ; 

9  If  thou  shalt  keep  all  these  command- 
ments to  do  them.,  which  I  command  thee 
this  day,  to  love  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  to 
walk  ever  in  his  ways  ;  then  shalt  thou  add 
three  cities  more  for  thee,  beside  these 
three : 

10  That  innocent  blood  be  not  shed  in 
thy  land,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth 
thee  for  an  inheritance,  and  so  blood  be 
upon  thee. 

11  H  But  if  any  man  hate  his  neighbour, 
and  lie  in  wait  for  him,  and  rise  up  against 
him,  and  smite  him  mortally  that  he  die, 
and  tteeth  into  one  of  these  cities: 

12  Then  the  elders  of  his  city  shall  send 
and  fetch  him  thence,  and  deliver  him  into 
the  hand  of  the  avenger  of  blood,  that  he 
may  die. 

13  Thine  eye  shall  not  pity  him,  but  thou 
shalt  put  away  the  guilt  of  innocent  blood 
from  Israel,  that  it  may  go  well  with  thee. 

14  Tl  Thou  shalt  not  remove  thy  neigh- 
bour's landmark,  which  they  of  old  time 
have  set  in  thine  inheritance,  which  thou 
shalt  inherit  in  the  land  that  the  Lord 
thy  God  giveth  thee  to  possess  it. 

15  1i  One  witness  shall  not  rise  up  against 
a  man  for  any  iniquity,  or  for  any  sin,  in 
any  sin  that  he  sinneth :  at  the  mouth  of 
two  witnesses,  or  at  the  mouth  of  three 
witnesses,  shall  the  matter  be  established. 

16  T[  If  a  false  witness  rise  up  against  any 
man  to  testify  against  him  t?iat  wldch  is 
wrong ; 

17  Then  both  the  men,  between  whom 

201 


DEUTERONOMY. 


the  controversy  is,  shall  stand  before  the 
Lord,  before  the  priests  and  the  judges, 
which  shall  be  in  those  days  ; 

18  And  the  judges  shall  make  diligent  in- 
quisition :  and,  behold,  if  the  witness  be  a 
false  witness,  and  hath  testified  falsely 
against  his  brother ; 

I'J  Then  shall  ye  do  unto  him,  as  he  had 
thought  to  have  done  unto  his  brother: 
60  Shalt  thou  put  the  evil  away  from 
among  you. 

20  And  those  which  remain  shall  hear, 
and  fear,  and  shall  henceforth  commit  no 
more  any  such  evil  among  you. 

21  And  thine  eye  shall  not  pity ;  but  life 
shall  go  for  life,  eye  for  eye,  tooth  for  tooth, 
hand  for  hand,  foot  for  foot. 

CHAPTER  XX. 

WHEN  thou  goest  out  to  battle  against 
thine  enemies,  and  seest  horses,  and 
chariots,  and  a  people  more  than  thou,  be 
not  afraid  of  them :  for  the  Lord  thy  God 
is  with  thee,  which  brought  thee  up  out  of 
the  land  of  Egypt. 

2  And  it  shall  be,  when  ye  are  come  nigh 
unto  the  battle,  that  the  priest  shall  ap- 
proach and  speak  unto  the  people, 

3  And  shall  say  unto  them,  Hear,  O 
Israel,  ye  approach  this  day  unto  battle 
against  your  enemies :  let  not  your  hearts 
faint,  fear  not,  and  do  not  tremble,  neither 
be  ye  terrified  because  of  them ; 

4  For  the  Lord  your  God  is  he  that 
goeth  with  you,  to  fight  for  you  against 
your  enemies,  to  save  you. 

5  1  And  the  officers  shall  speak  unto  the 
people,  saying,  What  man  is  there  that 
hath  built  a  new  house,  and  hath  not  dedi- 
cated it?  let  him  go  and  return  to  his 
house,  lest  he  die  in  the  battle,  and  another 
man  dedicate  it. 

6  And  what  man  is  he  that  hath  planted  a 
vineyard,  and  hath  not  yet  eaten  of  it  ?  let 
him  also  go  and  return  unto  his  house, 
lest  he  die  in  the  battle,  and  another  man 
eat  of  it. 

7  And  what  man  is  there  that  hath  be- 
trothed a  wife,  and  hath  not  taken  her? 
let  him  go  and  return  unto  his  house, 
lest  he  die  in  the  battle,  and  another 
man  take  her. 

8  And  the  officers  shall  speak  further 
unto  the  people,  and  they  shall  say,  What 
man    is    there   tfiat    vi    fearful    and    faint- 


go    and    return 
brethren's  heart 


unto 
faint 


hearted?  let  him 
his  house,  lest  his 
as  well  as  his  heart. 

9  And  it  shall  be,  when  the  officers 
have  made  an  end  of  speaking  unto  the 
people,  that  they  shall  make  captains  of 
the  armies  to  lead  the  people. 

10  H  When  thou  comest  nigh  unto  a 
city  to  fight  against  it,  then  proclaim 
peace  unto  it. 

11  And  it  shall  be,  if  it  make  thee  answer 
of  peace,  and  open  unto  thee,  then  it 
shall  be,  that  all  the  people  that  is  found 
therein  shall  be  tributaries  unto  thee,  and 
they  shall  serve  thee. 

12  And  if  it  will  make  no  peace  with  thee, 
but  will  make  war  against  thee,  then  thou 
shalt  besiege  it : 

18  And  when  the  Lord  thy  God  hath 
delivered  it  into  thine  hands,  thou  shalt 
smite  every  male  thereof  with  the  edge 
of  the  sword : 

14  But  the  women,  and  the  little  ones, 
and  the  cattle,  and  all  that  is  in  the  city, 
even  all  the  spoil  thereof,  shalt  thou  take 
unto  thyself;  and  thou  shalt  eat  the  spoil 
of  thine  enemies,  which  the  Lord  thy 
God  hath  given  thee. 

15  Thus  shalt  thou  do  unto  all  the  cities 
wJiich  are  very  far  off  from  thee,  which 
are  not  of  the  cities  of  these  nations. 

16  But  of  the  cities  of  these  people, 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  doth  give  thee /or 
an  inheritance,  thou  shalt  saA'e  alive  noth- 
ing that  breatheth: 

17  But  thou  shalt  utterly  destroy  them ; 
namely,  the  Hittites,  and  the  Amorites, 
the  Canaauites,  and  the  Perizzites,  the 
Hivites,  and  the  Jebusites;  as  the  Lord 
thy  God  hath  commanded  thee : 

18  That  they  teach  you  not  to  do  after 
all  their  abominations,  which  they  have 
done  unto  their  gods;  so  should  ye  sin 
against  the  Lord  your  God. 

19  II  When  thou  shalt  besiege  a  city  a 
long  time,  in  making  war  against  it  to 
take  it,  thou  shalt  not  destroy  the  trees 
thereof  by  forcing  an  axe  against  them : 
for  thou  mayest  eat  of  them,  and  thou 
shalt  not  cut  them  down  (for  the  tree 
of  the  field  is  man's  life)  to  employ  them 
in  the  siege : 

20  Only  the  trees  which  thou  knowest 
that  they  be  not  trees  for  meat,  thou  shalt 
destroy  and  cut  them    down;    and  thou 


DEUTERONOMY. 


Shalt  build  bulwarks  against  the  city  that 
maketh  war  with  thee,  until  it  be  subdued. 

CHAPTER  XXI. 

IF  07ie  be  found  slain  in  the  land  which 
the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee  to 
possess  it,  lying  in  the  field,  and  it  be 
not  known  who  hath  slain  him : 

2  Then  thy  elders  and  thy  judges  shall 
come  forth,  and  they  shall  measure  unto 
the  cities  which  are  round  about  him  that 
is  slain : 

3  And  it  shall  be,  that  the  city  whicJi  is 
next  unto  the  slain  man,  even  the  elders 
of  that  city  shall  take  a  heifer,  which  hath 
not  been  wrought  with,  and  which  hath 
not  drawn  in  the  yoke ; 

4  And  the  elders  of  that  city  shall  bring 
down  the  heifer  unto  a  rough  valley,  which 
is  neither  eared  nor  sown,  and  shall  strike 
ofl'  the  heifer's  neck  there  m  the  valley. 

5  And  the  priests  the  sons  of  Levi  shall 
come  near;  for  them  the  Lord  thy  God 
hath  chosen  to  minister  unto  him,  and 
to  bless  in  the  name  of  the  Lord;  and 
by  their  word  shall  every  controversy  and 
every  stroke  be  (ried: 

6  And  all  the  elders  of  that  city,  that  are 
next  unto  the  slain  7na7i,  shall  wash  their 
hands  over  the  heifer  that  is  beheaded  in 
the  valley : 

7  And  they  shall  answer  and  say.  Our 
hands  have  not  shed  this  blood,  neither 
have  our  eyes  seen  it. 

8  Be  merciful,  O  Lord,  unto  thy  people 
Israel,  whom  thou  hast  redeemed,  anc^  lay 
not  innocent  blood  unto  thy  people  of 
Israel's  charge.  And  the  blood  shall  be 
forgiven  them. 

9  So  Shalt  thou  put  away  the  guilt  of 
innocent  blood  from  among  you,  when 
thou  Shalt  do  that  which  is  right  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord. 

10  H  When  thou  goest  forth  to  war 
against  thine  enemies,  and  the  Lord  thy 
God  hath  delivered  them  into  thine  hands, 
and  thou  hast  taken  them  captive, 

11  And  seest  among  the  captives  a  beauti- 
ful woman,  and  hast  a  desire  unto  her,  that 
thou  wouldest  have  her  to  thy  wife; 

12  Then  thou  shalt  bring  her  home  to 
thine  house ;  and  she  shall  shave  her  head, 
and  pare  her  nails ; 

13  And  she  shall  put  the  raiment  of  her 
captivity  from  off  her,  and  shall  remain  in 


thine  house,  and  bewail  her  father  and  her 
mother  a  full  month:  and  after  that  thou 
Shalt  go  in  unto  her,  and  be  her  husband, 
and  she  shall  be  thy  wife. 

14  And  it  shall  be,  if  thou  have  no  delight 
in  her,  then  thou  shalt  let  her  go  whither 
she  will ;  but  thou  shalt  not  sell  her  at  all 
for  money,  thou  shalt  not  make  merchan- 
dise of  her,  because  thou  hast  humbled 
her. 

15  H  If  a  man  have  two  wives,  one  be- 
loved, and  another  hated,  and  they  have 
borne  him  children,  both  the  beloved  and 
the  hated;  and  if  the  firstborn  son  be 
hers  that  was  hated  : 

16  Then  it  shall  be,  when  he  maketh  his 
sons  to  inherit  that  which  he  hath,  that 
he  may  not  make  the  son  of  the  beloved 
firstborn  before  the  son  of  the  hated, 
wfdch  is  indeed  the  firstborn: 

17  But  he  shall  acknowledge  the  son  of 
the  hated  for  the  firstborn,  by  giving  him 
a  double  portion  of  all  that  he  hath:  for 
he  is  the  beginning  of  his  strength;  the 
right  of  the  firstborn  is  his. 

IS  ^  If  a  man  have  a  stubborn  and  rebell- 
ious son,  which  will  not  obey  the  voice 
of  his  father,  or  the  voice  of  his  mother, 
and  that,  when  they  have  chastened  him, 
will  not  hearken  unto  them : 

19  Then  shall  his  father  and  his  mother 
lay  hold  on  him,  and  bring  him  out  unto 
the  elders  of  his  city,  and  unto  the  gate 
of  his  place ; 

20  And  they  shall  say  unto  the  elders  of 
his  city,  This  our  son  is  stubborn  and 
rebellious,  he  will  not  obey  our  voice ;  he 
is  a  glutton,  and  a  drunkard. 

21  And  all  the  men  of  his  city  shall 
stone  him  with  stones,  that  he  die:  so 
shalt  thou  put  evil  away  from  among 
you;  and  all  Israel  shall  hear,  and  fear. 

22  Tl  And  if  a  man  have  committed  a  sin 
worthy  of  death,  and  he  be  to  be  put  to 
death,  and  thou  hang  him  on  a  tree : 

23  His  body  shall  not  remain  all  night 
upon  the  tree,  but  thou  shalt  in  any  wise 
bury  him  that  day ;  (for  he  that  is  hanged 
is  accursed  of  God;)  that  thy  land  be 
not  defiled,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  giv- 
eth  thee /or  an  inhei'itance. 

CHAPTER  XXIL 

THOU  shalt  not  see  thy  brother's  ox 
or  his  sheep  go  astray,  and  hide  thy- 

203 


DEUTERONOMY. 


self  from  thein:    thou  shall  iu  auy  ease 
bring  them  again  unto  thy  brother. 

2  And  if  thy  brother  he  not  nigh  unto 
thee,  or  if  thou  know  him  not,  then  thou 
Shalt  bring  it  unto  thine  own  house,  and  it 
shall  be  with  thee  until  thy  brother  seek 
after  it,  and  thou  shalt  restore  it  to  him 
again. 

3  In  like  manner  shalt  thou  do  "vyith  his 
ass ;  and  so  shalt  thou  do  with  his  raiment ; 
and  with  all  lost  things  of  thy  brother's, 
whieh  he  hath  lost,  and  thou  hast  found, 
Shalt  thou  do  likewise:  thou  mayest  not 
hide  thyself 

4  H  Thou  shalt  not  see  thy  brother's  ass 
or  his  ox  fall  down  by  the  way,  and  hide 
thyself  from  them :  thou  shalt  surely  help 
him  to  lift  tJiem  up  again. 

5  If  The  woman  shall  not  wear  that  which 
pertaineth  unto  a  man,  neither  shall  a  man 
put  on  a  woman's  garment :  for  all  that  do 
so  are  abomination  unto  the  Lord  thy 
God. 

6  ^  If  a  bird's  nest  chance  to  be  before 
thee  in  the  way  in  any  tree,  or  on  the 
ground,  lohether  they  be  young  ones,  or 
eggs,  and  the  dam  sitting  upon  the  young, 
or  upon  the  eggs,  thou  shalt  not  take  the 
dam  with  the  young : 

7  But  thou  shalt  in  any  wise  let  the  dam 
go,  and  take  the  young  to  thee;  that  it 
may  be  well  with  thee,  and  that  thou  may- 
est prolong  tJiy  days. 

8  1  When  thou  buildest  a  new  house,  then 
thou  shalt  make  a  battlement  for  thy  roof, 
that  thoii  bring  not  blood  upon  thine 
house,  if  any  man  fall  from  thence. 

9  *^  Thou  shalt  not  sow  thy  vineyard  with 
divers  seeds:  lest  the  fruit  of  thy  seed 
which  thou  hast  sown,  and  the  fruit  of  thy 
vineyard,  be  defiled. 

10  T[  Thou  shalt  not  plough  with  an  ox 
and  an  ass  together. 

11  1[  Thou  shalt  not  wear  a  garment  of 
divers  sorts,  as  of  woollen  and  linen  to- 
gether. 

12  t  Thou  shalt  make  thee  fringes  upon 
the  four  quarters  of  thy  vesture,  wherewith 
thou  coverest  thyself. 

13  ^  If  any  man  take  a  wife,  and  go  in 
unto  her,  and  hate  her, 

14  And  give  occasions  of  speech  against 
her,  and  bring  up  an  evil  name  upon  her, 
and  say,  I  took  this  woman,  and  Avhen  I 
came  to  her,  I  found  her  not  a  maid : 

204 


15  Then  shall  the  lather  of  the  damsel, 
and  her  mother,  take  and  bring  forth  the 
tokens  of  the  damsel's  virginity  unto  the 
elders  of  the  city  in  the  gate : 

16  And  the  damsel's  father  shall  say  unto 
the  elders,  I  gave  my  daughter  unto  this 
man  to  wife,  and  he  hateth  her ; 

17  And,  lo,  he  hath  given  occasions  of 
speech  against  her\  saying,  I  found  not  thy 
daughter  a  maid;  and  yet  these  are  the 
tokens  of  my  daughter's  virginity.  And  they 
shall  spread  the  cloth  before  the  elders  of 
the  city. 

18  And  the  elders  of  that  city  shall  take 
that  man  and  chastise  him ; 

19  And  they  shall  amerce  him  in  a  hundred 
shekels  of  silver,  and  give  them  unto  the 
father  of  the  damsel,  because  he  hath 
brought  up  an  evil  name  upon  a  virgin  of 
Israel:  and  she  shall  be  his  wife;  he  may 
not  put  her  away  all  his  days. 

20  But  if  this  thing  be  true,  ajid  the  tokens 
o/"  virginity  be  not  found  for  the  damsel : 

21  Then  they  shall  bring  out  the  damsel 
to  the  door  of  her  father's  house,  and  the 
men  of  her  city  shall  stone  her  with  stones 
that  she  die;  because  she  hath  wrought 
folly  in  Israel,  to  play  the  whore  in  her 
father's  house :  so  shalt  thou  put  evil  away 
from  among  you. 

23  H  If  a  man  be  found  lying  with  a  wo- 
man married  to  a  husband,  then  they  shall 
both  of  them  die,  both  the  man  that  lay 
with  the  woman,  and  the  woman:  so  shalt 
thou  put  away  evil  from  Israel. 

23  J[  If  a  damsel  that  is  a  virgin  be  betroth- 
ed unto  a  husband,  and  a  man  find  her  in 
the  city,  and  lie  with  her ; 

24  Then  ye  shall  bring  them  both  out 
unto  the  gate  of  that  city,  and  ye  shall 
stone  them  with  stones  that  they  die; 
the  damsel,  because  she  cried  not,  being 
in  the  city;  and  the  man,  because  he  hath 
humbled  his  neighbour's  wife:  so  thou 
shalt  put  away  evil  from  among  you. 

25  1[  But  if  a  man  find  a  betrothed  damsel 
in  the  field,  and  the  man  force  her,  and 
lie  with  her;  then  the  man  only  that  lay 
with  her  shall  die  : 

26  But  unto  the  damsel  thou  shalt  do 
nothing;  there  is  in  the  damsel  no  sin 
ivorthy  of  death :  for  as  when  a  man  riseth 
against  his  neighbour,  and  slayeth  him, 
even  so  is  this  matter : 

27  For  he  found    her  in  the    field,   and 


DEUTERONOMY. 


the  betrothed  damsel  eried,  and  there  was 
none  to  save  her. 

28  1  If  a  man  find  a  damsel  that  is  a 
virgin,  which  is  not  betrothed,  and  lay 
hold  on  her,  and  lie  with  her,  and  they 
be  found; 

29  Then  the  man  that  lay  with  her  shall 
give  unto  the  damsel's  father  fifty  shekels 
of  silver,  and  she  shall  be  his  wife;  be- 
cause he  hath  humbled  her,  he  may  not 
put  her  away  all  his  days. 

30  1[  A  man  shall  not  take  his  father's 
wife,  nor  discover  his  father's  skirt. 

CHAPTER  XXIII. 

HE  that  is  wounded  in  the  stones,  or 
hath  his  privy  member  cut  off,  shall 
not  enter  into  the  congregation  of  the 
Lord. 

2  A  bastard  shall  not  enter  into  the  con- 
gregation of  the  Lord  ;  even  to  his  tenth 
generation  shall  he  not  enter  into  the  con- 
gregation of  the  Lord. 

3  An  Ammonite  or  Moabite  shall  not 
enter  into  the  congregation  of  the  Lord  ; 
even  to  their  tenth  generation  shall  they 
not  enter  into  the  congregation  of  the 
Lord  for  ever : 

4  Because  they  met  you  not  with  bread 
and  with  water  in  the  way,  when  ye  came 
forth  out  of  Egypt ;  and  because  they  hired 
against  thee  Balaam  the  son  of  Beor  of 
Pethor  of  Mesopotamia,  to  curse  thee. 

5  Nevertheless,  the  Lord  thy  God  would 
not  hearken  unto  Balaam ;  but  the  Lord 
thy  God  turned  the  curse  into  a  blessing 
unto  thee,  because  the  Lord  thy  God 
loved  thee. 

6  Thou  Shalt  not  seek  their  peace  nor 
their  prosperity  all  thy  days  for  ever. 

7  H  Thou  Shalt  not  abhor  an  Edomite; 
for  he  is  thy  brother:  thou  shalt  not 
abhor  an  Egyptian;  because  thou  wast  a 
stranger  in  his  land. 

8  The  children  that  are  begotten  of  them 
shall  enter  into  the  congregation  of  the 
Lord  in  their  third  generation. 

9  T[  When  the  host  goeth  forth  against 
thine  enemies,  then  keep  thee  from  every 
Avicked  thing. 

10  T[  If  there  be  among  j'ou  any  man, 
that  is  not  clean  by  reason  of  unclean- 
ness  that  chanceth  him  by  night,  then 
sliall  he  go  abroad  out  of  the  camp,  he 
shall  not  come  within  the  camp  : 


11  But  it  shall  be,  when  evening  cometh 
on,  he  shall  wash  himself  with  water :  and 
when  the  sun  is  down,  he  shall  come  into 
the  camp  again. 

12  H  Thou  shalt  have  a  place  also  with- 
out the  camp,  whither  thou  shalt  go  forth 
abroad : 

13  And  thou  shalt  have  a  paddle  upon 
thy  weapon;  and  it  shall  be,  when  thou 
wilt  ease  thyself  abroad,  thou  shalt  dig 
therewith,  and  shalt  turn  back  and  cover 
that  wliich  cometh  from  thee : 

14  For  the  Lord  thy  God  walketh  in 
the  midst  of  thy  camp,  to  deliver  thee, 
and  to  give  up  thine  enemies  before  thee; 
therefore  shall  thy  camp  be  holy :  that  he 
see  no  unclean  thing  in  thee,  and  tuni 
away  from  thee. 

15  H  Thou  shalt  not  deliver  unto  his 
master  the  servant  which  is  escaped  from 
his  master  unto  thee : 

16  He  shall  dwell  with  thee,  even  among 
you,  in  that  place  which  he  shall  choose 
in  one  of  thy  gates,  where  it  liketh  him 
best :  thou  shalt  not  oppress  him. 

17  If  There  shall  be  no  whore  of  the 
daughters  of  Israel,  nor  a  sodomite  of 
the  sons  of  Israel. 

18  Thou  shalt  not  bring  the  hire  of  a 
whore,  or  the  j^rice  of  a  dog,  into  the 
house  of  the  Lord  thy  God  for  any  vow: 
for  even  both  these  are  abomination  unto 
the  Lord  thy  God. 

19  T[  Thou  shalt  not  lend  upon  usury  to 
thy  brother;  usury  of  money,  usury  of 
victuals,  usury  of  any  thing  that  is  lent 
upon  usury : 

20  Unto  a  stranger  thou  mayest  lend 
upon  usury;  but  unto  thy  brother  thou 
shalt  not  lend  upon  usury :  that  the  Lord 
thy  God  may  bless  thee  in  all  that  thou 
settest  thine  hand  to  in  the  land  whither 
thou  goest  to  possess  it. 

21  TI  When  thou  shalt  vow  a  vow  unto 
the  Lord  thy  God,  thou  shalt  not  slack 
to  pay  it :  for  the  Lord  thy  God  will  surely 
require  it  of  thee ;  and  it  would  be  sin  in 
thee. 

22  But  if  thou  shalt  forbear  to  vow,  it 
shall  be  no  sin  in  thee. 

23  That  which  is  gone  out  of  thy  lips 
thou  shalt  keep  and  perform ;  e»en  a  free- 
will offering,  according  as  thou  hast  vowed 
unto  the  Lord  thy  God,  which  thou  hast 
promised  with  thy  mouth. 

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DEUTERONOMY. 


24  TI  "When  thou  comest  into  thy  neigh- 
bour's vineyard,  then  thou  mayest  eat 
grapes  thy  fill  at  thine  own  pleasure ; 
but  thou  shalt  not  put  any  in  thy  vessel. 

25  When  thou  comest  into  the  standing 
corn  of  thy  neighbour,  then  thou  mayest 
pluck  the  ears  with  thine  hand ;  but  thou 
shalt  not  move  a  sickle  unto  thy  neigh- 
bour's standing  corn. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 

WHEN  a  man  hath  taken  a  wife,  and 
married  her,  and  it  come  to  pass 
that  she  find  no  fixvour  in  his  eyes,  be- 
cause he  hath  found  some  uncleanness 
in  her:  then  let  him  write  her  a  bill  of 
divorcement,  and  give  it  in  her  hand,  and 
send  her  out  of  his  house. 

2  And  Avhen  she  is  departed  out  of  his 
house,  she  may  go  and  be  another  man's 
wife. 

3  And  {f  the  latter  husband  hate  her,  and 
write  her  a  bill  of  divorcement,  and  giv- 
eth  it  in  her  hand,  and  sendeth  her  out  of 
his  house;  or  if  the  latter  husband  die, 
which  took  her  to  he  his  wife; 

4  Her  former  husband,  which  sent  her 
away,  may  not  take  her  again  to  be  his 
wife,  after  that  she  is  defiled;  for  that  is 
abomination  before  the  Lord:  and  thou 
shalt  not  cause  the  laud  to  sin,  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee  for  an  inherit- 
ance. 

5  H  When  a  man  hath  taken  a  new  wife, 
he  shall  not  go  out  to  war,  neither  shall 
he  be  charged  with  any  business :  hid  he 
shall  be  free  at  home  one  year,  and  shall 
cheer  up  his  wife  which  he  hath  taken. 

6  T[  No  man  shall  take  the  nether  or  the 
upper  millstone  to  pledge:  for  he  taketh 
a  mail's  life  to  pledge. 

7  ^  If  a  man  be  found  stealing  any  of  his 
brethren  of  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
maketh  merchandise  of  him,  or  selleth 
him;  then  that  thief  shall  die;  and  thou 
shalt  put  evil  away  from  among  you. 

8  TI  Take  heed  in  the  plague  of  leprosy, 
that  thou  observe  diligently,  and  do  ac- 
cording to  all  that  the  priests  the  Levites 
shall  teach  you:  as  I  commanded  them, 
so  ye  shall  observe  to  do. 

9  Remember  what  the  Lord  thy  God  did 
unto  ^Miriam  by  the  way,  after  that  ye  were 
come  forth  out  of  Egypt. 

10  H  When  thou   dost  lend  thy  brother 


any  thing,  thou  shalt  not  go  into  his  house 
to  fetch  his  pledge. 

11  Thou  shalt  stand  abroad,  and  the  man 
to  whom  thou  dost  lend  shall  bring  out  the 
pledge  abroad  unto  thee. 

12  And  if  the  man  he  poor,  thou  shalt  not 
sleep  with  his  pledge  : 

13  In  any  case  thou  shalt  deliver  him  the 
pledge  again  when  the  sun  goeth  down, 
that  he  may  sleep  in  his  own  raiment,  and 
bless  thee:  and  it  shall  be  righteousness 
unto  thee  before  the  Lord  thy  God. 

14  H  Thou  shalt  not  oppress  a  hired  serv- 
ant that  is  poor  and  needy,  wliether  he  he  of 
thy  brethren,  or  of  thy  strangers  that  are 
ni  thy  land  within  thy  gates : 

15  At  his  day  thou  shalt  give  him  his  hire, 
neither  shall  the  sun  go  down  upon  it;  for 
he  is  poor,  and  setteth  his  heart  upon  it: 
lest  he  cry  against  thee  unto  the  Lord,  and 
it  be  sin  unto  thee. 

16  The  fathers  shall  not  be  put  to  death 
for  the  children,  neither  shall  the  children 
be  put  to  death  for  the  fathers :  every 
man  shall  be  put  to  death  for  his  own 
sin. 

17  T[  Thou  shalt  not  j^ervert  the  judgment 
of  the  stranger,  nor  of  the  fatherless ;  nor 
take  a  widow's  raiment  to  pledge : 

18  But  thou  shalt  remember  that  thou 
Avast  a  bondman  in  Egypt,  and  the  Lord 
thy  God  redeemed  thee  thence:  therefore 
I  command  thee  to  do  this  thing. 

19  T[  When  thou  cuttest  down  thine  har- 
vest in  thy  field,  and  hast  forgot  a  sheaf 
in  the  field,  thou  shalt  not  go  again  to 
fetch  it:  it  shall  be  for  the  stranger,  for 
the  fatherless,  and  for  the  widow:  that 
the  Lord  thy  God  may  bless  thee  in  all 
the  work  of  thine  hands. 

20  When  thou  beatest  thine  olive  tree, 
thou  shalt  not  go  over  the  boughs  again : 
it  shall  be  for  the  stranger,  for  the  fa- 
therless, and  for  the  widow. 

21  When  thou  gatherest  the  grapes  of 
thy  vineyard,  thou  shalt  not  glean  it  after- 
ward: it  shall  be  for  the  stranger,  for  the 
fatherless,  and  for  the  widow. 

22  And  thoii  shalt  remember  that  thou 
wast  a  bondman  in  the  land  of  Egypt: 
therefore  I  command  thee  to  do  this  thing. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 

IF  there  be  a  controversy  between  men, 
and  they  come  unto  judgment,  that  th£ 


DEUTERONOMY. 


judges  may  judge  them;  then  they  shall 
justify  the  righteous,  aud  condemu  the 
wicked. 

2  And  it  shall  be,  if  the  wicked  man  be 
worthy  to  be  beaten,  that  the  judge  shall 
cause  him  to  lie  doAvu,  and  to  be  beaten 
before  his  face,  according  to  his  fault,  by 
a  certain  number. 

3  Forty  stripes  he  may  give  him,  ayid  not 
exceed :  lest,  if  he  should  exceed,  and  beat 
him  above  these  with  many  stripes,  then 
thy  brother  should  seem  vile  unto  thee. 

4  ^1  Thou  Shalt  not  muzzle  the  ox  when 
he  treadcth  out  the  corn. 

5  1  If  brethren  dwell  together,  aud  one  of 
them  die,  and  have  no  child,  the  wife  of 
the  dead  shall  not  marry  without  unto  a 
stranger:  her  husband's  brother  shall  go 
in  imto  her,  and  take  her  to  him  to  wife, 
and  perform  the  duty  of  a  husband's  bro- 
ther unto  her. 

6  And  it  shall  be,  that  the  firstborn  which 
she  beareth  shall  succeed  in  the  name 
of  his  brother  which  u  dead,  that  his 
name  be  not  put  out  of  Israel. 

7  And  if  the  man  like  not  to  take  his 
brother's  wife,  then  let  his  brother's  wife 
go  up  to  the  gate  unto  the  eldei-s,  and 
say,  My  husband's  brother  refuseth  to 
raise  up  unto  his  brother  a  name  in 
Israel,  he  will  not  perform  the  duty  of 
my  husband's  brother. 

8  Then  the  elders  of  his  city  shall  call 
him,  and  speak  imto  him  :  and  if  he  stand 
to  it,  and  say,  I  like  not  to  take  her; 

9  Then  shall  his  brother's  wife  come  unto 
him  in  the  presence  of  the  elders,  and 
loose  his  shoe  from  off  his  foot,  and  spit 
in  his  face,  and  shall  answer  and  say,  So 
shall  it  be  done  unto  that  man  that  will 
not  build  \ap  his  brother's  house. 

10  And  his  name  shall  be  called  in  Israel, 
The  house  of  him  that  hath  his  shoe  loosed. 

11  11  When  men  strive  together  one  with 
another,  and  the  wife  of  the  one  draweth 
near  for  to  deliver  her  husband  out  of 
the  hand  of  him  that  smiteth  him,  and 
putteth  forth  her  hand,  and  taketh  him 
by  the  secrets : 

12  Then  thou  shalt  cut  off  her  hand, 
thine  eye  shall  not  pity  7ier. 

1.3  H  Thou  Shalt  not  have  in  thy  bag- 
divers  weights,  a  great  and  a  small : 

14  Thou  shalt  not  have  in  thine  house 
divers  measures,  a  great  and  a  small : 


15  But  thou  shalt  have  a  perfect  and 
just  weight,  a  perfect  and  just  measure 
shalt  thou  have :  that  thy  days  may  be 
lengthened  in  the  land  which  the  Lord 
thy  God  giveth  thee. 

1(5  For  all  that  do  such  things,  a7ul  all 
that  do  unrighteously,  are  an  abomination 
unto  the  Lord  thy  God. 

17  H  Remember  what  Amalek  did  unto 
thee  by  the  wa}',  when  ye  were  come  forth 
out  of  Egypt ; 

IS  How  he  met  thee  by  the  way,  and 
smote  the  hindmost  of  thee,  e^'e?/  all 
that  were  feeble  behind  thee,  when  thou 
wast  faint  and  weary ;  and  he  feared  not  God. 

19  Thei-cfore  it  shall  be,  Avhen  the  Lord 
thj'  God  hath  given  ihee  rest  from  all  thine 
enemies  round  about,  in  the  land  which 
the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee  for  an 
inheritance  to  possess  it,  that  thou  shalt 
blot  out  the  remembrance  of  Amalek  from 
under  heaven ;  thou  shalt  not  forget  it. 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 

AND  it  shall  be,  when  thou  art  come 
in  unto  the  land  which  the  Lord 
thy  God  giveth  thee  for  an  inheritance, 
and  possessest  it,  and  dwellest  therein ; 

2  That  thou  shalt  take  of  the  first  of  all 
the  fruit  of  the  earth,  which  thou  shalt 
bring  of  thy  land  that  the  Lord  thy  God 
giveth  thee,  and  shalt  put  it  in  a  basket, 
and  shalt  go  unto  the  place  Avhich  the 
Lord  thy  God  shall  choose  to  place  his 
name  there. 

3  And  thou  shalt  go  unto  the  priest  that 
shall  be  in  those  days,  and  say  unto  him, 
I  profess  this  day  unto  the  Lord  thy  God, 
that  I  am  come  unto  the  country  which 
the  Lord  sware  unto  our  fathers  for  to 
give  us. 

4  And  the  priest  shall  take  the  basket 
out  of  thine  hand,  and  set  it  down  before 
the  altar  of  the  Lord  thy  God. 

5  And  thou  shalt  speak  and  say  before 
the  Lord  thy  God,  A  Syrian  ready  to 
perish  teas  my  father ;  and  he  went  down 
into  Egypt,  and  sojourned  there  with  a 
few,  and  became  there  a  nation,  great, 
mighty,  and  populous : 

6  And  the  Egyptians  evil  entreated  us, 
and  afflicted  us,  and  laid  upon  us  hard 
bondage : 

7  And  when  we  cried  unto  the  Lord  God 
of  our  fathers,  the  Lord  heard  our  voice, 

207     ~ 


DEUTERONOMY. 


and  looked  on  our  affliction,  and  our  la- 
bour, and  our  oppression : 

8  And  the  Lokd  brought  us  forth  out 
of  Egypt  with  a  mighty  hand,  and  with 
an  outstretched  arm,  and  with  great  terri- 
bleness,  and  with  signs,  and  with  won- 
ders: 

9  And  he  hath  brought  us  into  this  place, 
and  hath  given  us  this  land,  even  a  land 
that  floweth  with  milk  and  honey. 

10  And  now,  behold,  I  have  brought  the 
firstfruits  of  the  land,  which  thou,  O  Lord, 
hast  given  me.  And  thou  shalt  set  it  be- 
fore the  LoRB  thy  God,  and  worship  before 
the  Lord  thy  God : 

11  And  thou  shalt  rejoice  in  every  good 
thing  which  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  given 
unto  thee,  and  unto  thine  house,  thou,  and 
the  Levite,  and  the  stranger  that  is  among 
you. 

12  1[  When  thou  hast  made  an  end  of 
tithing  all  the  tithes  of  thine  increase  the 
third  year,  lohich  is  the  year  of  tithing, 
and  hast  given  it  unto  the  Levite,  the 
stranger,  the  fatherless,  and  the  widow, 
that  they  may  eat  within  thy  gates,  and 
be  filled ; 

13  Then  thou  shalt  say  before  the  Lord 
thy  God,  I  have  brought  away  the  hal- 
lowed things  out  of  mine  house,  and  also 
have  given  them  unto  the  Levite,  and 
unto  The  stranger,  to  the  fatherless,  and 
to  the  widow,  according  to  all  thy  com- 
mandments which  thou  hast  commanded 
me:  I  have  not  transgressed  thy  com- 
mandments, neither  have  I  forgotten  them: 

14  I  have  not  eaten  thereof  in  my 
mourning,  neither  have  I  taken  away 
aught  thereof  for  ayiy  unclean  use,  nor 
given  aught  thereof  for  the  dead :  hut  I 
have  hearkened  to  the  voice  of  the  Lord 
my  God,  and  have  done  according  to  all 
that  thou  hast  commanded  me. 

15  Look  down  from  thy  holy  habitation, 
from  heaven,  and  bless  thy  people  Israel, 
and  the  land  which  thou  hast  given  us, 
as  thou  swarest  unto  our  fathers,  a  land 
that  floweth  with  milk  and  honey. 

16  II  This  day  the  Lord  thy  God  hath 
commanded  thee  to  do  these  statutes  and 
judgments :  thou  shalt  therefore  keep  and 
do  them  with  all  thine  heart,  and  with  all 
thy  soul. 

17  Thou  hast  avouched  the  Lord  this  day 

to  be  thy  God,  and  to  walk  in  his  ways, 
_ 


and  to  keep  his  statutes,  and  his  command- 
ments, and  his  judgments,  and  to  hearken 
unto  his  voice : 

18  And  the  Lord  hath  avouched  thee  this 
day  to  be  his  peculiar  people,  as  he  hath 
promised  thee,  and  that  thou  shouldest 
keep  all  his  commandments ; 

19  And  to  make  thee  high  above  all  na- 
tions which  he  hath  made,  in  praise,  and 
in  name,  and  in  honour;  and  that  thou 
mayest  be  a  holy  people  unto  the  Lord 
thy  God,  as  he  hath  spoken. 

CHAPTER  XXVIL 

AND  Moses  with  the  elders  of  Israel 
commanded  the  people,  saying.  Keep 
all  the  commandments  which  I  command 
you  this  day. 

2  And  it  shall  be,  on  the  day  when  ye 
shall  pass  over  Jordan  unto  the  land  which 
the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee,  that  thou 
shalt  set  thee  up  great  stones,  and  plaster 
them  with  plaster : 

3  And  thou  shalt  write  upon  them  all  the 
words  of  this  law,  when  thou  art  passed 
over,  that  thou  mayest  go  in  unto  the  land 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee,  a 
land  that  floweth  with  milk  and  honey ;  as 
the  Lord  God  of  thy  fathers  hath  prom- 
ised thee. 

4  Therefore  it  shall  be  when  ye  be  gone 
over  Jordan,  that  ye  shall  set  up  these 
stones,  which  I  command  you  this  day, 
in  mount  Ebal,  and  thou  shalt  plaster 
them  with  plaster. 

5  And  there  shalt  thou  build  an  altar  unto 
the  Lord  thy  God,  an  altar  of  stones :  thou 
shalt  not  lift  up  any  iron  tool  upon  them. 

6  Thou  shalt  build  the  altar  of  the  Lord 
thy  God  of  whole  stones :  and  thou  shalt 
offer  burnt  offerings  thereon  unto  the 
Lord  thy  God : 

7  And  thou  shalt  offer  peace  offerings, 
and  shalt  eat  there,  and  rejoice  before 
the  Lord  thy  God. 

8  And  thou  shalt  write  upon  the  stones 
all  the  words  of  this  law  very  plainly. 

9  T[  And  Moses  and  the  priests  the  Levitcs 
spake  unto  all  Israel,  saying.  Take  heed, 
and  hearken,  O  Israel ;  this  day  thou  art 
become  the  people  of  the  Lord  thy  God. 

10  Thou  shalt  therefore  obey  the  voice  of 
the  Lord  thy  God,  and  do  his  command- 
ments and  his  statutes,  which  I  command 
thee  this  day. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


11  1[  And  Moses  charged  the  people  the 
same  da}',  saying, 

12  These  shall  stand  upon  mount  Gerizim 
to  bless  the  people,  when  ye  are  come  over 
Jordan ;  Simeon,  and  Levi,  and  Judah,  and 
Issachar,  and  Joseph,  and  Benjamin : 

13  And  these  shall  stand  upon  mount  Ebal 
to  curse;  Reuben,  Gad,  and  Asher,  and 
Zebulun,  Dan,  and  Naphtali. 

14  T[  And  the  Levites  shall  speak,  and  say 
unto  all  the  men  of  Israel  with  a  loud 
voice, 

15  Cursed  be  the  man  that  maketh  atiy 
graven  or  molten  image,  an  abomination 
unto  the  Lord,  the  Avork  of  the  hands 
of  the  craftsman,  and  putteth  it  in  a  secret 
place:  and  all  the  people  shall  answer 
and  saj'.  Amen. 

16  Cursed  be  he  that  setteth  light  by  his 
father  or  his  mother:  and  all  the  people 
shall  say.  Amen. 

17  Cursed  be  he  that  removeth  his  neigh- 
bour's landmark :  and  all  the  people  shall 
say.  Amen. 

18  Cursed  be  he  that  maketh  the  blind  to 
wander  out  of  the  way  :  and  all  the  people 
shall  say.  Amen. 

19  Cursed  be  he  that  perverteth  the  judg- 
ment of  the  stranger,  fatherless,  and  wid- 
ow :  and  all  the  people  shall  saj/,  Amen. 

20  Cursed  be  he  that  lieth  with  his  father's 
wife;  because  he  uncovereth  his  father's 
skirt :  and  all  the  people  shall  say.  Amen. 

21  Cursed  be  he  that  lieth  with  any  manner 
of  beast:  and  all  the  people  shall  say, 
Amen. 

22  Cursed  be  he  that  lieth  with  his  sister, 
the  daughter  of  his  fother,  or  the  daughter 
of  his  mother :  and  all  the  people  shall  say, 
Amen. 

23  Cursed  be  he  that  lieth  with  his  mother 
in  law :  and  all  the  people  shall  say.  Amen. 

24  Cursed  be  he  that  smiteth  his  neigh- 
bour secretly:  and  all  the  people  shall  say, 
Amen. 

25  Cursed  be  he  that  taketh  reward  to 
slay  an  innocent  person:  and  all  the  peo- 
ple shall  say,  Amen. 

26  Cursed  be  he  that  confirmcth  not  all 
the  words  of  this  law  to  do  them :  and  all 
the  people  shall  say,  Amen. 

CHAPTER  XXVIIL 

ND    it   shall   come   to    pass,    if  thou 
Shalt   hearken    diligently    unto    the 


A 


voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  to  observe 
and  to  do  all  his  commandments  which 
I  command  thee  this  day,  that  the  Lord 
thy  God  Avill  set  thee  on  high  above  all 
nations  of  the  earth : 

2  And  all  these  blessings  shall  come  on 
thee,  and  overtake  thee,  if  thou  shalt 
hearken  unto  the  voice  of  the  Lord  thy 
God. 

3  Blessed  shalt  thou  be  in  the  city,  and 
blessed  slialt  thou  be  in  the  field. 

4  Blessed  shall  be  the  fruit  of  thy  body, 
and  the  fruit  of  thy  ground,  and  the  fruit 
of  thy  cattle,  the  increase  of  thy  kine,  and 
the  flocks  of  thy  sheep. 

5  Blessed  shall  be  thy  basket  and  thy 
store. 

6  Blessed  slialt  thou  be  when  thou  comest 
in,  and  blessed  shalt  thou  be  when  thou 
goest  out. 

7  The  Lord  shall  cause  thine  enemies 
that  rise  up  against  thee  to  be  smitten 
before  thy  face:  they  shall  come  out 
against  thee  one  way,  and  flee  before 
thee  seven  ways. 

8  The  Lord  shall  command  the  bless- 
ing upon  thee  in  thy  storehouses,  and 
in  all  that  thou  settest  thine  hand  unto; 
and  he  shall  bless  thee  in  the  land  which 
the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee. 

9  The  Lord  shall  establish  thee  a  holy 
people  unto  himself,  as  he  hath  sworn 
unto  thee,  if  thou  shalt  keep  the  com- 
mandments of  the  Lord  thy  God,  and 
walk  in  his  ways. 

10  And  all  people  of  the  earth  shall  see 
that  thou  art  called  by  the  name  of  the 
Lord  ;  and  they  shall  be  afraid  of  thee. 

11  And  the  Lord  shall  make  thee  plen- 
teous in  goods,  in  the  fruit  of  thy  body, 
and  in  the  fruit  of  thy  cattle,  and  in  the 
fruit  of  thy  ground,  in  the  land  which 
the  Lord  sware  unto  thy  fathers  to  give 
thee. 

12  The  Lord  shall  open  unto  thee  his 
good  treasure,  the  heaven  to  give  the 
rain  unto  thy  laud  in  his  season,  and  to 
bless  all  the  work  of  thine  hand:  and 
thou  shalt  lend  unto  many  nations,  and 
thou  shalt  not  borrow. 

13  And  the  Lord  shall  make  thee  the 
head,  and  not  the  tail;  and  thou  shalt  be 
above  only,  and  thou  shalt  not  be  be- 
neath; if  that  thou  hearken  unto  the 
commandments    of   the    Lord    thy    God, 

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DEUTERONOMY. 


which  1  command  thee  this  day,  to  ob- 
serve and  to  do  them: 

14  And  thou  shalt  not  go  aside  from 
any  of  the  words  which  I  command  thee 
this  day,  to  the  right  hand,  or  to  the  left, 
to  go  after  other  gods  to  serve  them. 

15  If  But  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  thou 
wilt  not  hearken  unto  the  voice  of  the 
LoKD  thy  God,  to  observe  to  do  all  his 
commandments  and  his  statutes  which 
I  command  thee  this  day;  that  all  these 
curses  shall  come  upon  thee,  and  over- 
take thee: 

16  Cursed  shalt  thou  he  in  the  city,  and 
cursed  ahalt  thou  he  in  the  field. 

17  Cursed  shall  he  thy  basket  and  thy 
store. 

18  Cursed  shall  he  the  fruit  of  thy  body, 
and  the  fruit  of  thy  land,  the  increase 
of  thy  kine,  and  the  flocks  of  thy  sheep. 

19  Cursed  shalt  thou  he  when  thou 
comest  in,  and  cursed  shalt  thou  he  when 
thou  gocst  out. 

20  The  Lord  shall  send  upon  thee  curs- 
ing, vexation,  and  rebuke,  in  all  that 
thou  settest  thine  hand  unto  for  to  do, 
until  thou  be  destroyed,  and  imtil  thou 
perish  quickly;  because  of  the  wicked- 
ness of  thy  doings,  whereby  thou  hast 
forsaken  me. 

21  The  Lord  shall  make  the  pestilence 
cleave  unto  thee,  imtil  he  have  con- 
sumed thee  from  off  the  land,  Avhither 
thou  goest  to  i)ossess  it. 

22  The  Lord  shall  smite  thee  with  a 
consumption,  and  with  a  fever,  and  with 
an  inflammation,  and  with  an  extreme 
burning,  and  with  the  sword,  and  with 
blasting,  and  with  mildew;  and  they 
shall  pursue  thee  until  thou  perish. 

23  And  thy  heaven  that  is  over  thy  head 
shall  be  brass,  and  the  earth  that  is  under 
thee  shall  he  iron. 

24  The  Lord  shall  make  the  rain  of  thy 
land  powder  and  dust:  from  heaven  shall 
it  come  down  upon  thee,  until  thou  be 
destroyed. 

25  The  Lord  shall  cause  thee  to  be  smit- 
ten before  thine  enemies:  thou  shalt  go 
out  one  way  against  them,  and  flee  seven 
waj's  before  them;  and  shalt  be  removed 
into  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth. 

26  And  thy  carcass  shall  be  meat  unto  all 
fowls  of  the  air,  and  unto  the  beasts  of  the 
earth,  and  no  man  shall  fray  them  away. 

210 


27  The  Lord  will  smite  thee  with  the 
botch  of  Egypt,  and  with  the  emerods, 
and  Avith  the  scab,  and  with  the  itch, 
whereof  thou  canst  not  be  healed. 

28  The  Lord  shall  smite  thee  with  mad- 
ness, and  blindness,  and  astonishment  of 
heart : 

29  And  thou  shalt  grope  at  noonday,  as 
the  blind  gropeth  in  darkness,  and  thou 
shalt  not  prosper  in  thy  ways  :  and  thou 
shalt  be  only  oppressed  and  spoiled  ever- 
more, and  no  man  shall  save  tfiee. 

30  Thou  shalt  betroth  a  wife,  and  an- 
other man  shall  lie  with  her:  thou  shalt 
build  a  house,  and  thou  shalt  not  dwell 
therein:  thou  shalt  plant  a  vineyard,  and 
Shalt  not  gather  the  grapes  thereof. 

31  Thine  ox  shall  be  slain  before  thine 
eyes,  and  thou  shalt  not  eat  thereof: 
thine  ass  shall  he  violently  taken  away 
from  before  thy  face,  and  shall  not  be 
restored  to  thee:  thy  sheep  shall  he  given 
unto  thine  enemies,  and  thou  shalt  have 
none  to  rescue  them. 

32  Thy  sons  and  thy  daughters  sJmU  he 
given  unto  another  people,  and  thine 
eyes  shall  look,  and  fail  with  longijig  tor 
them  all  the  day  long:  and  there  shall  he 
no  might  in  thine  hand. 

33  The  fruit  of  thy  land,  and  all  thy 
labours,  shall  a  nation  which  thou  know- 
est  not  eat  up ;  and  thou  shalt  be  only 
oppressed  and  crushed  alway : 

34  So  that  thou  shalt  be  mad  for  the 
sight  of  thine  eyes  which  thou  shalt  see. 

35  The  Lord  shall  smite  thee  in  the 
knees,  and  in  the  legs,  Avith  a  sore  botch 
that  cannot  be  healed,  from  the  sole  of 
thy  foot  unto  the  top  of  thy  head. 

36  The  Lord  shall  bring  thee,  and  thy 
king  which  thou  shalt  set  over  thee, 
unto  a  nation  which  neither  thou  nor 
thy  fathers  have  known ;  and  there  shalt 
thou  serve  other  gods,  wood  and  stone. 

37  And  thou  shalt  become  an  astonish- 
ment, a  proverb,  and  a  byword,  among  all 
nations  whither  the  Lord  shall  lead  thee, 

38  Thou  shalt  carry  much  seed  out  into 
the  field,  and  shalt  gather  hut  little  in; 
for  the  locust  shall  consume  it. 

39  Thou  shalt  plant  vineyards,  and  dress 
them,  but  shalt  neither  drink  of  the  wine, 
nor  gather  tlie  grapes;  for  the  worms  shall 
eat  them. 

40  Thou  shalt  have  olive  trees  through- 


DEUTERONOMY. 


out  all  thy  coasts,  but  thou  shalt  not 
anoint  thyself  with  the  oil;  for  thine 
olive  shall  cast  his  fruit. 

41  Thou  shalt  beget  sons  and  daughters, 
but  thou  shalt  not  enjoy  them;  for  they 
shall  go  into  captivity. 

43  All  thy  trees  and  fruit  of  thy  land 
shall  the  locust  consume. 

43  The  stranger  that  is  within  thee  shall 
get  up  above  thee  very  high;  and  thou 
shalt  come  down  very  low. 

44  He  shall  lend  to  thee,  and  thou  shalt 
not  lend  to  him:  he  shall  be  the  head, 
and  thou  shalt  be  the  tail. 

45  Moreover  all  these  curses  shall  come 
upon  thee,  and  shall  pursue  thee,  and 
overtake  thee,  till  thou  be  destroyed; 
because  thou  hearkenedst  not  unto  the 
voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  to  keep  his 
commandments  and  his  statutes  which  he 
commanded  thee. 

46  And  they  shall  be  upon  thee  for  a 
sign  and  for  a  wonder,  and  upon  thy 
seed  for  ever. 

47  Because  thou  servedst  not  the  Lord 
thy  God  with  joyfulness,  and  with  glad- 
ness of  heart,  for  the  abundance  of  all 
things  ; 

48  Therefore  shalt  thou  serve  thine 
enemies,  which  the  Lord  shall  send 
against  thee,  in  hunger,  and  in  thirst, 
and  in  nakedness,  and  in  want  of  all 
things:  and  he  shall  put  a  yoke  of  iron 
upon  thy  neck,  until  he  have  destroyed 
thee. 

49  The  Lord  shall  bring  a  nation  against 
thee  from  far,  from  the  end  of  the  earth, 
as  swift  as  the  eagle  flieth;  a  nation  whose 
tongue  thou  shalt  not  understand ; 

50  A  nation  of  fierce  countenance,  which 
shall  not  regard  the  person  of  the  old, 
nor  shew  favour  to  the  young : 

51  And  he  shall  eat  the  fruit  of  thy 
cattle,  and  the  fruit  of  thy  land,  until  thou 
be  destroyed :  which  also  shall  not  leave 
thee  eitJm-  corn,  wine,  or  oil,  or  the  in- 
crease of  thy  kine,  or  flocks  of  thy  sheep, 
until  he  have  destroyed  thee. 

52  And  he  shall  besiege  thee  in  all  thy 
gates,  until  thy  high  and  fenced  walls 
come  down,  wherein  thou  trustedst, 
throughout  all  thy  land:  and  he  shall 
besiege  thee  in  all  thy  gates  throughout 
all  thy  land,  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
hath  given  thee. 


53  And  thou  shalt  eat  the  fruit  of  thine 
own  body,  the  flesh  of  thy  sons  and  of 
thy  daughters,  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
hath  given  thee,  in  the  siege,  and  in  the 
straitness,  wherewith  thine  enemies  shall 
distress  thee : 

54  So  tJiat  the  man  that  is  tender  among 
you,  and  very  delicate,  his  eye  shall  be 
evil  toward  his  brother^  and  toward  the 
wife  of  his  bosom,  and  toward  the  rem- 
nant of  his  children  which  he  shall  leave : 

55  So  that  he  will  not  give  to  any  of 
them  of  the  flesh  of  his  children  whom 
he  shall  eat:  because  he  hath  nothing  left 
him  in  the  siege,  and  in  the  straitness, 
wherewith  thine  enemies  shall  distress 
thee  in  all  thy  gates. 

56  The  tender  and  delicate  woman  among 
you,  which  would  not  adventure  to  set 
the  sole  of  her  foot  upon  the  ground  for 
delicateness  and  tenderness,  her  eye  shall 
be  evil  toward  the  husband  of  her  bosom, 
and  toward  her  son,  and  toward  her  daugh- 
ter, 

57  And  toward  her  young  one  that  com- 
eth  out  from  between  her  feet,  and  toward 
her  children  which  she  shall  bear:  for 
she  shall  eat  them  for  want  of  all  things 
secretly  in  the  siege  and  straitness, 
wherewith  thine  enemy  shall  distress 
thee  in  thy  gates. 

58  If  thou  wilt  not  observe  to  do  all 
the  words  of  this  law  that  are  written  in 
this  book,  that  thou  mayest  fear  this 
glorious  and  fearful  name,  THE  LORD 
THY  GOD ; 

59  Then  the  Lord  will  make  thy  plagues 
wonderful,  and  the  plagues  of  thy  seed, 
ei'cn  great  plagues,  and  of  long  continu- 
ance, and  sore  sicknesses,  and  of  long 
continuance. 

60  Moreover,  he  will  bring  upon  thee  all 
the  diseases  of  Egypt,  which  thou  wast 
afraid  of;  and  they  shall  cleave  unto  thee. 

61  Also  every  sickness,  and  every  plague, 
which  is  not  written  in  the  book  of  this 
law,  them  will  the  Lord  bring  upon  thee, 
until  thou  be  destroyed. 

62  And  ye  shall  be  left  few  in  number, 
whereas  ye  were  af>  the  stars  of  heaven 
for  multitude ;  because  thou  wouldest  not 
obey  the  voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God. 

63  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  as  the 
Lord  rejoiced  over  you  to  do  you  good, 
and  to  multiply  you;  so  the  Lord  will 

211 


DEUTERONOMY. 


rejoice  over  you  to  destroy  you,  and  to 
bring  you  to  nought;  and  ye  shall  be 
plucked  from  off  the  land  whither  thou 
goest  to  possess  it. 

64  And  the  Loud  shall  scatter  thee  among 
all  people,  from  the  one  end  of  the  earth 
even  imto  the  other;  and  there  thou  shalt 
serve  other  gods,  which  neither  thou  nor 
thy  fathers  have  known,  even  wood  and 
stone. 

6.5  And  among  these  nations  shalt  thou 
find  no  case,  neither  shall  the  sole  of  thy 
foot  have  rest:  but  the  Lord  shall  give 
thee  there  a  trembling  heart,  and  faDing 
of  eyes,  and  sorrow  of  mind: 

66  And  thy  life  shall  hang  in  doubt  before 
thee;  and  thou  shalt  fear  day  and  night, 
and  shalt  have  none  assurance  of  thy  life: 

67  lu  the  morning  thou  shalt  say,  Would 
God  it  were  even!  and  at  even  thou  shalt 
say,  "Would  God  it  were  morning!  for  the 
fear  of  thine  heart  wherewith  thou  shalt 
fear,  and  for  the  sight  of  thine  eyes  which 
thou  shalt  see. 

68  And  the  Lord  shall  bring  thee  into 
Egypt  again  with  ships,  by  the  way  where- 
of I  si)ake  unto  thee,  Thou  shalt  see  it  no 
more  again:  and  there  ye  shall  be  sold 
unto  your  enemies  for  bondmen  and  bond- 
women, and  no  man  shall  buy  ymi. 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 

THESE  are  the  words  of  the  covenant, 
which  the  Lord  commanded  Moses 
to  make  with  the  children  of  Israel  in  the 
land  of  Moab,  besides  the  covenant  which 
he  made  with  them  in  Horeb. 

2  T[  And  Moses  called  unto  all  Israel,  and 
said  unto  them,  Ye  have  seen  all  that  the 
Lord  did  before  your  eyes  in  the  land  of 
Egyi)t  unto  Pharaoh,  and  unto  all  his  serv- 
ants, and  unto  all  his  land; 

3  The  great  temptations  which  thine  eyes 
have  seen,  the  signs,  and  those  great  mira- 
cles: 

4  Yet  the  Lord  hath  not  given  you  a 
heart  to  perceive,  and  eyes  to  see,  and 
ears  to  hear,  unto  this  day. 

5  And  I  have  led  you  forty  years  in 
the  wilderness:  your  clothes  are  not 
waxen  old  upon  you,  and  thy  shoe  is  not 
waxen  old  upon  thy  foot. 

6  Ye  have  not  eaten  bread,  neither  have 

ye  drunk  wine  or  strong  drink:    that  ye 

might  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 
_ 


7  And  when  ye  came  unto  this  place, 
Sihon  the  king  of  Heshbon,  and  Og  the 
king  of  Bashan,  came  out  against  us  unto 
battle,  and  we  smote  them : 

8  And  we  took  their  land,  and  gave  it 
for  an  inheritance  unto  the  Reubenites, 
and  to  the  Gadites,  and  to  the  half  tribe 
of  Manasseh. 

9  Keep  therefore  the  words  of  this  cov- 
enant, and  do  them,  that  ye  may  i^rosper 
in  all  that  ye  do. 

10  ^  Ye  stand  this  day  all  of  you  before 
the  Lord  your  God;  your  captains  of  your 
tribes,  your  elders,  and  your  officers,  vyith 
all  the  men  of  Israel, 

11  Your  little  ones,  your  wives,  and  thy 
stranger  that  is  in  thy  camp,  from  the 
hewer  of  thy  wood  unto  the  drawer  of 
thy  water: 

12  That  thou  shouldest  enter  into  cov- 
enant with  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  into 
his  oath,  which  the  Lord  thy  God  maketh 
with  thee  this  day : 

13  That  he  may  establish  thee  to  day  for 
a  people  unto  himself,  and  that  he  may 
be  unto  thee  a  God,  as  he  hath  said  unto 
thee,  and  as  he  hath  sworn  unto  thy  fa- 
thers, to  Abraham,  to  Isaac,  and  to  Jacob. 

14  Neither  -with  you  only  do  I  make  this 
covenant  and  this  oath ; 

15  But  with  Mm  that  standeth  here  with 
us  this  day  before  the  Lord  our  God,  and 
also  with  him  that  is  not  here  with  us  this 
day: 

16  (For  ye  know  how  we  have  dwelt  in 
the  land  of  Egypt;  and  how  we  came 
through  the  nations  which  ye  passed  by ; 

17  And  ye  have  seen  their  abominations, 
and  their  idols,  wood  and  stone,  silver  and 
gold,  which  imre  among  them : ) 

18  Lest  there  should  be  among  you  man, 
or  woman,  or  family,  or  tribe,  whose  heart 
turaeth  away  this  day  from  the  Lord  our 
God,  to  go  and  serve  the  gods  of  these 
nations;  lest  there  should  be  among  you  a 
root  that  beareth  gall  and  wormwood; 

19  And  it  come  to  pass,  when  he  heareth 
the  words  of  this  curse,  that  he  bless  him- 
self in  his  heart,  saying,  I  shall  have  peace, 
though  I  walk  in  the  imagination  of  mine 
heart,  to  add  drunkenness  to  thirst: 

20  The  Lord  will  not  spare  him,  but 
then  the  anger  of  the  Lord  and  his  jeal- 
ousy shall  smoke  against  that  man,  and 
all   the    curses    that    are  written   in    this 


DEUTERONOMY. 


book   shall  lie  upon  ban,  and  the   Lord 
shall  blot  out  his  name  from  under  heaven. 

21  And  the  Lokd  shall  sepanxtc  him  unto 
evil  out  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  aecord- 
ing  to  all  the  curses  of  the  covenant  that 
are  Avritten  in  this  book  of  the  law: 

22  So  that  the  generation  to  come  of 
3'our  children  that  shall  rise  up  after  you, 
and  the  stranger  that  shall  come  from  a 
far  laud,  shall  say,  when  they  see  the 
plagues  of  that  land,  and  the  sicknesses 
which  the  Lord  hath  laid  upon  it ; 

23  And  that  the  whole  land  thereof  is 
brimstone,  and  salt,  atid  burning,  t?iat  it 
is  not  sown,  nor  beareth,  nor  any  grass 
groweth  therein,  like  the  overthrow  of 
Sodom  and  Gomorrah,  Admah  and  Zeboim, 
which  the  Lord  overthrew  in  his  anger, 
and  in  his  wrath : 

24  Even  all  nations  shall  say,  Wherefore 
hath  the  Lord  done  thus  unto  this  land  ? 
what  meaneth  the  heat  of  this  great  anger? 

25  Then  men  shall  say.  Because  they  have 
forsaken  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  God  of 
their  fathers,  which  he  made  with  them 
when  he  brought  them  forth  out  of  the 
land  of  Egj'pt : 

26  For  the}'  went  and  served  other  gods, 
and  worshipped  them,  gods  whom  they 
knew  not,  and  whom  he  had  not  given  unto 
them: 

27  And  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  kindled 
against  this  land,  to  bring  upon  it  all  the 
curses  that  are  written  in  this  book : 

28  And  the  Lord  rooted  them  out  of 
their  land  in  anger,  and  in  wrath,  and  in 
great  indignation,  and  cast  them  into  an- 
other land,  as  it  is  this  day. 

29  The  secret  things  belmig  unto  the  Lord 
our  God:  but  those  things  which  are  re- 
vealed belong  unto  us  and  to  our  children 
for  ever,  that  we  may  do  all  the  words  of 
this  law. 

CHAPTER  XXX. 

AND  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  all 
these  things  are  come  upon  thee, 
the  blessing  and  the  curse,  which  I  have 
set  before  thee,  and  thou  shalt  call  t?Lem 
to  mind  among  all  the  nations,  whither 
the  Lord  thy  God  hath  driven  thee, 
2  And  Shalt  return  unto  the  Lord  thy 
God,  and  shalt  obey  his  A'oice  according 
to  all  that  I  command  thee  this  day,  thou 
and  thy  children,  with  all  thine  heart,  and 
with  all  thy  soul ; 


'6  That  then  the  Lord  thy  God  will  turn 
thy  captivit}',  and  have  compassion  upon 
thee,  and  will  return  and  gather  thee  from 
all  the  nations,  whither  the  Lord  thy  God 
hath  scattered  thee. 

4  If  any  of  thine  be  driven  out  unto  the 
outmost  parts  of  heaven,  from  thence  will 
the  Lord  thy  God  gather  thee,  and  from 
thence  will  he  fetch  thee : 

5  And  the  Lord  thy  God  will  bring  thee 
into  the  land  which  thy  fathers  possessed, 
and  thou  shalt  possess  it;  and  he  will  do 
thee  good,  and  multiply  thee  above  thy 
fathers. 

6  And  the  Lord  thy  God  will  circumcise 
thine  heart,  and  the  heart  of  thy  seed, 
to  love  the  Lord  thy  God  with  all  thine 
heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul,  that  thou 
mayest  live. 

7  And  the  Lord  thy  God  will  put  all 
these  curses  upon  thine  enemies,  and  on 
them  that  hate  thee,  which  persecuted 
thee. 

8  And  thou  shalt  return  and  obey  the  voice 
of  the  Lord,  and  do  all  his  commandments 
which  I  command  thee  this  day. 

9  And  the  Lord  thy  God  will  make  thee 
plenteous  in  every  work  of  thine  hand,  in 
the  fruit  of  thy  body,  and  in  the  fruit  of 
thy  cattle,  and  in  the  fruit  of  thy  land, 
for  good :  for  the  Lord  will  again  rejoice 
over  thee  for  good,  as  he  rejoiced  over 
thy  fathers : 

10  If  thou  shalt  hearken  unto  the  voice 
of  the  Lord  thy  God,  to  keep  his  com- 
mandments and  his  statutes  u'hich  are  writ- 
ten in  this  book  of  the  law,  and  if  thou 
turn  unto  the  Lord  thy  God  with  all 
thine  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul. 

11  TI  For  this  commandment  which  I 
command  thee  this  day,  it  is  not  hidden 
from  thee,  neither  is  it  far  oflf. 

12  It  is  not  in  heaven,  that  thou  shouldest 
say.  Who  shall  go  up  for  us  to  heaven, 
and  bring  it  unto  us,  that  we  may  hear 
it,  and  do  it  ? 

13  Neither  is  it  beyond  the  sea,  that  thou 
shouldest  say,  Who  shall  go  over  the  sea 
for  us,  and  bring  it  unto  us,  that  we  may 
hear  it,  and  do  it  ? 

14  But  the  word  is  very  nigh  unto  thee, 
in  thy  mouth,  and  in  thy  heart,  that  thou 
mayest  do  it. 

15  IF  See,  I  have  set  before  thee  this 
day  life  and  good,  and  death  and  evil ; 

213 


DEUTERONOMY. 


16  In  that  I  command  thee  this  day  to 
love  the  Lord  thy  God,  to  walk  in  his 
ways,  and  to  keep  his  commandments,  and 
his  statutes,  and  his  judgments,  that  thou 
mayest  live  and  multiply:  and  the  Lord 
thy  God  shall  bless  thee  in  the  land 
■whither  thou  goest  to  possess  it. 

17  But  if  thine  heart  turn  away,  so  that 
thou  wilt  not  hear,  but  shalt  be  drawn 
away,  and  worship  other  gods,  and  serve 
them ; 

18  I  denounce  unto  you  this  day,  that 
ye  shall  surely  perish,  and  t?iat  ye  shall 
not  i)rolong  yonr  days  upon  the  land, 
whither  thou  passest  over  Jordan  to  go 
to  possess  it. 

19  I  call  heaven  and  earth  to  record  this 
day  against  you,  that  I  have  set  before  you 
life  and  death,  blessing  and  cursing :  there- 
fore choose  life,  that  both  thou  and  thy 
seed  may  live : 

20  That  thou  mayest  love  the  Lord  thy 
God,  and  that  thou  mayest  obey  his  voice, 
and  that  thou  mayest  cleave  unto  him: 
for  he  is  thy  life,  and  the  length  of  thy 
days :  that  thou  mayest  dwell  in  the  land 
which  the  Lord  sware  unto  thy  fathers, 
to  Abraham,  to  Isaac,  and  to  Jacob,  to 
give  them. 

CHAPTER  XXXI. 

AND  Moses  went  and  sjiake  these  words 
unto  all  Israel. 
3  And  he  said  unto  them,  I  am  a  hundred 
and  twenty  years  old  this  day ;  I  can  no 
more  go  out  and  come  in:  also  the  Lord 
hath  said  unto  me,  Thou  shalt  not  go  over 
this  Jordan. 

3  The  Lord  thy  God,  he  will  go  over  be- 
fore thee,  and  he  will  destroy  these  nations 
from  before  thee,  and  thou  shalt  possess 
them :  and  Joshua,  he  shall  go  over  before 
thee,  as  the  Lord  hath  said. 

4  And  the  Lord  shall  do  unto  them  as  he 
did  to  Sihon  and  to  Og,  kings  of  the  Amo- 
rites,  and  unto  the  land  of  them,  whom 
he  destroyed. 

5  And  the  Lord  shall  give  them  up 
before  your  face,  that  ye  may  do  iinto 
them  according  unto  all  the  command- 
ments which  I  have  commanded  you. 

6  Be  strong  and  of  a  good  coui-age, 
fear  not,  nor  be  afraid  of  them:  for  the 
Lord  thy  God,  he  it  is  that  doth  go  with 
thee;  he  will  not  fail  thee,  nor  forsake 
thee. 

214 


7  1  And  Moses  called  unto  Joshua,  and 
said  unto  him  in  the  sight  of  all  Israel, 
Be  strong  and  of  a  good  courage :  for  thou 
must  go  with  this  people  unto  the  land 
which  the  Lord  hath  sworn  unto  their 
fathers  to  give  them ;  and  thou  shalt  cause 
them  to  inherit  it. 

8  And  the  Lord,  he  it  is  that  doth  go 
before  thee ;  he  will  be  with  thee,  he  will 
not  fail  thee,  neither  forsake  thee:  fear 
not,  neither  be  dismayed. 

9  II  And  Moses  wrote  this  law,  and  de- 
livered it  unto  the  priests  the  sons  of 
Levi,  which  bare  the  ark  of  the  covenant 
of  the  Lord,  and  unto  all  the  elders  of 
Israel. 

10  And  Moses  commanded  them,  saying, 
At  the  end  of  every  seven  years,  in  the 
solemnity  of  the  year  of  release,  in  the 
feast  of  tabernacles, 

11  When  all  Israel  is  come  t^  appear 
before  the  Lord  thy  God  in  the  place 
which  he  shall  choose,  thou  shalt  read 
this  law  before  all  Israel  in  their  hearing. 

12  Gather  the  peojjle  together,  men,  and 
women,  and  children,  and  thy  stranger 
that  is  within  thy  gates,  that  they  may 
hear,  and  that  they  may  learn,  and  fear 
the  Lord  your  God,  and  observ^e  to  do 
all  the  words  of  this  law : 

13  And  t?iat  their  children,  which  have 
not  known  a?iy  thing^  may  hear,  and 
learn  to  fear  the  Lord  your  God,  as 
long  as  ye  live  in  the  land  whither  ye 
go  over  Jordan  to  possess  it. 

14  T[  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
Behold,  thy  days  approach  that  thou 
must  die:  call  Joshua,  and  present  your- 
selves in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation, that  I  may  give  him  a  charge. 
And  Moses  and  Joshua  went,  and  pre- 
sented themselves  in  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation. 

15  And  the  Lord  appeared  in  the  tab- 
ernacle in  a  pillar  of  a  cloud:  and  the 
pillar  of  the  cloud  stood  over  the  door 
of  the  tabernacle. 

16  H  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
Behold,  thou  shalt  sleep  Avith  thy  fathers ; 
and  this  people  will  rise  up,  and  go  a 
whoring  after  the  gods  of  the  strangers 
of  the  land,  whither  they  go  to  he  among 
them,  and  will  forsake  me,  and  break 
ray  covenant  which  I  have  made  with 
them. 


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17  Then  my  anger  shall  be  kindled  against 
them  in  that  day,  and  I  will  forsake  them, 
and  I  will  hide  my  face  from  them,  and 
they  shall  be  devoured,  and  many  evils 
and  troubles  shall  befall  them;  so  that 
they  Avill  say  in  that  day.  Are  not  these 
evils  come  upon  us,  because  our  God  in 
not  among  us  ? 

18  And  I  will  surely  hide  my  face  in  that 
day  for  all  the  evils  which  they  shall  have 
wrought,  in  that  they  are  turned  uuto 
other  gods. 

19  Now  therefore  write  ye  this  song  for 
you,  and  teach  it  the  children  of  Israel: 
put  it  in  their  mouths,  that  this  song 
may  be  a  witness  for  me  against  the 
children  of  Israel. 

20  For  when  I  shall  have  brought 
them  into  the  land  which  I  sware 
unto  their  fathers,  that  floweth  with 
milk  and  honey;  and  they  shall  have 
eaten  and  filled  themselves,  and  waxen 
fat;  then  will  they  turn  unto  other  gods, 
and  serve  them,  and  provoke  me,  and 
break  my  covenant. 

21  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
many  evils  and  troubles  are  befallen 
them,  that  this  song  shall  testify  against 
them  as  a  witness;  for  it  shall  not  be 
forgotten  out  of  the  mouths  of  their 
seed:  for  I  know  their  imagination  which 
they  go  about,  even  now,  before  I  have 
brought  them  into  the  land  which  I 
sware. 

22  "ii  Moses  therefore  wrote  this  song 
the  same  day,  and  taught  it  the  children 
of  Israel. 

23  And  he  gave  Joshua  the  sou  of  Nun 
a  charge,  and  said.  Be  strong  and  of  a 
good  courage:  for  thou  shalt  bring  the 
children  of  Israel  into  the  land  which  I 
sware  unto  them :  and  I  will  be  with  thee. 

24  TI  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Moses 
had  made  an  end  of  writing  the  words 
of  this  law  in  a  book,  until  they  were 
finished, 

25  That  Moses  commanded  the  Levites, 
which  bare  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of 
the  Lord,  saying, 

26  Take  this  book  of  the  laAv,  and  put 
it  in  the  side  of  the  ark  of  the  covenant 
of  the  LoKD  your  God,  that  it  may  be 
there  for  a  witness  against  thee. 

27  For  I  know  thy  rebellion,  and  thy 
stiff  neck:   behold,  while  I  am  yet  alive 


with  you  this  day,  ye  have  been  rebel- 
lious against  the  Lokd;  and  how  much 
more  after  my  death  ? 

28  If  Gather  unto  me  all  the  elders  of 
your  tribes,  and  your  officers,  that  I  may 
sjDeak  these  words  in  their  ears,  and  call 
heaven  and  earth  to  record  against  them. 

29  For  I  know  that  after  my  death  ye 
will  utterly  corrupt  yourselves^  and  turn 
aside  from  the  way  which  I  have  com- 
manded you;  and  evil  will  befall  you  in 
the  latter  days;  because  ye  will  do  evil 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lokd,  to  provoke  him 
to  auger  through  the  work  of  your  hands. 

30  And  Moses  spake  in  the  ears  of  all 
the  congregation  of  Israel  the  words  of 
this  song,  until  they  were  ended. 

CHAPTER  XXXIL 

GIVE   ear,   O    ye  heavens,   and    1  will 
speak;  and  hear,  0  earth,  the  words 
of  my  mouth. 

2  My  doctrine  shall  drop  as  the  rain,  my 
speech  shall  distil  as  the  dew,  as  the 
small  rain  upon  the  tender  herb,  and  as 
the  showers  upon  the  grass  : 

3  Because  I  will  publish  the  name  of 
the  Lokd:  ascribe  ye  greatness  unto  our 
God. 

4  He  is  the  Rock,  his  work  is  perfect :  for 
all  his  ways  are  judgment :  a  God  of  truth 
and  without  iniquity,  just  and  right  is  he. 

5  They  have  corrupted  themselves,  their 
spot  is  not  the  spot  of  his  children:  tliey 
are  a  perverse  and  crooked  generation, 

6  Do  ye  thus  requite  the  Lokd,  O  fool- 
ish people  and  unwise?  is  not  he  thy  father 
tliai  hath  bought  thee?  hath  he  not  made 
thee,  and  established  thee? 

7  •[[  Remember  the  days  of  old,  consider 
the  years  of  many  generations :  ask  thy 
father,  and  he  will  shew  thee ;  thy  elders, 
and  they  will  tell  thee. 

8  When  the  Most  High  divided  to  the 
nations  their  inheritance,  when  he  separ- 
ated the  sons  of  Adam,  he  set  the  bounds 
of  the  people  according  to  the  number 
of  the  children  of  Israel. 

9  For  the  Lord's  portion  is  his  people; 
Jacob  is  the  lot  of  his  inheritance. 

10  He  found  him  in  a  desert  land,  and 
in  the  waste  howling  wilderness;  he  led 
him  about,  he  instructed  him,  he  kept 
him  as  the  apple  of  his  eye. 

11  As  an  eagle  stirreth  tip  her  nest,  flut- 

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tereth  over   her  youug,  spreadeth  abroad 
her  wings,  taketh  them,  beareth  them  on 
her  wings : 
13  So  the  Lord  alone  did  lead  him,  and 
there  teas  no  strange  god  Avith  him. 

13  He  made  him  ride  on  the  high  plaees 
of  the  earth,  that  he  might  eat  the  in- 
crease of  the  fields;  and  he  made  him  to 
suck  honey  out  of  the  rock,  and  oil  out 
of  the  flinty  rock ; 

14  Butter  of  kine,  and  milk  of  sheep, 
with  fat  of  lambs,  and  rams  of  the  breed 
of  Bashan,  and  goats,  with  the  fat  of 
kidneys  of  Avheat;  and  thou  didst  drink 
the  pure  blood  of  the  grape. 

15  ^  But  Jeshurun  waxed  fat,  and  kicked : 
thou  art  waxen  fat,  thou  art  grown  thick, 
thou  art  covered  vAth  fatnens  ;  then  he  for- 
sook God  ivifikh  made  him,  and  lightly 
esteemed  the  Rock  of  his  salvation. 

16  They  provoked  him  to  jealousy  with 
strange  gods^  with  abominations  provoked 
they  him  to  anger. 

17  They  sacrificed  unto  devils,  not  to 
God;  to  gods  whom  they  knew  not,  to 
new  (jods  that  came  newly  up,  whom  your 
fathers  feared  not. 

18  Of  the  Rock  that  begat  thee  thou  art 
unmindful,  and  hast  forgotten  God  that 
formed  thee. 

19  And  when  the  Lord  saw  i7,  he  ab- 
horred them^  because  of  the  provoking 
of  his  sons,  and  of  his  daughters. 

20  And  he  said,  I  will  hide  my  face  from 
them,  I  will  see  what  their  end  shall  be: 
for  they  are  a  ver}^  froward  generation, 
children  in  whom  is  no  faith. 

21  They  have  moved  me  to  jealousy  with 
tfiat  luJdch  is  not  God ;  they  have  provoked 
me  to  anger  with  their  vanities:  and  I 
will  move  them  to  jealousy  with  t?iose 
whicJi  are  not  a  people ;  I  will  provoke 
them  to  anger  with  a  foolish  nation. 

23  For  a  fire  is  kindled  in  mine  anger, 
and  shall  bum  unto  the  lowest  hell,  and 
shall  consume  the  earth  with  her  increase, 
and  set  on  fire  the  foundations  of  the 
mountains. 

23  I  will  heap  mischiefs  upon  them;  1 
will  si^end  mine  arrows  upon  them, 

24  They  shall  be  burnt  with  hunger,  and 
devoured  with  burning  heat,  and  with 
bitter  destruction :  I  will  also  send  the 
teeth  of  beasts  upon  them,  with  the  poi- 
son of  seri)ents  of  the  dust. 

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25  The  sword  without,  and  terror  with- 
in, shall  destroy  both  the  young  man  and 
the  virgin,  the  suckling  also  with  the  man 
of  gray  hairs. 

26  I  said,  I  would  scatter  them  into  cor- 
ners, I  would  make  the  remembrance 
of  them  to  cease  from  among  men : 

27  Were  it  not  that  I  feared  the  wrath 
of  the  enemy,  lest  their  adversaries  should 
behave  themselves  strangely,  a7id  lest  they 
should  say,  Our  hand  is  high,  and  the 
Lord  hath  not  done  all  this. 

28  For  they  a7'e  a  nation  void  of  counsel, 
neither  is  there  any  understanding  in  them. 

29  O  that  they  were  wise,  tJiat  they  under- 
stood this,  that  they  would  consider  their 
latter  end ! 

30  How  should  one  chase  a  thousand,  and 
two  put  ten  thousand  to  flight,  except 
their  Rock  had  sold  them,  and  the  Lord 
had  shut  them  up  ? 

31  For  their  rock  is  not  as  our  Rock, 
even  our  enemies  themselves  being  judges. 

33  For  their  vine  is  of  the  vine  of  Sodom, 
and  of  the  fields  of  Gomorrah :  their  grapes 
are  grapes  of  gall,  their  clusters  are  bitter: 

33  Their  wine  is  the  poison  of  dragons, 
and  the  cruel  venom  of  asps. 

34  Is  not  this  laid  up  in  store  with  me, 
and  sealed  up  among  my  treasures  ? 

35  To  me  belongeth  vengeance,  and  recom- 
pense ;  their  foot  shall  slide  in  diie  time : 
for  the  day  of  their  calamity  is  at  hand,  and 
the  things  that  shall  come  upon  them 
make  haste. 

36  For  the  Lord  shall  judge  his  people, 
and  repent  himself  for  his  servants,  when 
he  seeth  that  their  power  is  gone,  and  tJiere 
is  none  shut  up,  or  left. 

37  And  he  shall  say.  Where  are  their  gods, 
their  rock  in  whom  they  trusted, 

38  Which  did  eat  the  fat  of  their  sacrifices, 
a7ul  drank  the  wine  of  their  drink  oflfer- 
ings  ?  let  them  rise  up  and  help  you,  and 
be  your  protection. 

39  See  now  that  I,  even  I,  am  he,  and  there 
is  no  god  with  me :  I  kill,  and  I  make 
alive ;  I  wound,  and  I  heal :  neither  is  thei'e 
any  that  can  deliver  out  of  my  hand. 

40  For  I  lift  up  my  hand  to  heaven,  and 
say,  I  live  for  ever. 

41  If  I  whet  my  glittering  sword,  and 
mine  hand  take  hold  on  judgment ;  I  will 
render  A'engeance  to  mine  enemies,  and 
will  reward  them  that  hate  me. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


42  I  will  make  mine  arrows  drunk  with 
blood,  and  my  sword  shall  devour  flesh; 
mid  that  with  the  blood  of  the  slain  and 
of  the  captives,  from  the  beginning  of  re- 
venges upon  the  enemy. 

43  Rejoice,  O  ye  nations,  loith  his  people : 
for  he  will  avenge  the  blood  of  his  servants, 
and  will  render  vengeance  to  his  adversa- 
ries, and  will  be  merciful  unto  his  land,  and 
to  his  people. 

44  1[  And  Moses  came  and  spake  all  the 
words  of  this  song  in  the  ears  of  the  peo- 
ple, he,  and  Hoshea  the  son  of  Nun. 

45  And  Moses  made  an  end  of  speaking 
all  these  words  to  all  Israel : 

46  And  he  said  unto  them,  Set  your  hearts 
unto  all  the  words  which  I  testify  among 
you  this  day,  which  ye  shall  command  your 
children  to  observe  to  do,  all  the  words 
of  this  law. 

47  For  it  is  not  a  vain  thing  for  you ;  be- 
cause it  is  your  life :  and  through  this  thing 
ye  shall  jjrolong  your  days  in  the  land, 
whither  ye  go  over  Jordan  to  possess  it. 

48  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses  that 
selfsame  day,  saying, 

49  Get  thee  up  into  this  mountain  Abarim, 
unto  mount  Nebo,  which  is  in  the  land  of 
Moab,  that  is  over  against  Jericho ;  and 
behold  the  land  of  Canaan,  which  I  give 
unto  the  children  of  Israel  for  a  possession : 

50  And  die  in  the  mount  whither  thou 
goest  up,  and  be  gathered  unto  thy  peo- 
ple ;  as  Aaron  thy  brother  died  in  mount 
Hor,  and  was  gathered  unto  his  people : 

51  Because  ye  trespassed  against  me 
among  the  children  of  Israel  at  the  waters 
of  Mei-ibah-Kadesh,  in  the  wilderness  of 
Zin;  because  ye  sanctified  me  not  in  the 
midst  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

53  Yet  thou  shalt  see  the  land  before  thee  ; 
but  thou  shalt  not  go  thither  unto  the 
land  which  I  give  the  children  of  Israel. 

CHAPTER  XXXIII. 

AND   this   is   the  blessing,  wherewith 
Moses  the  man  of  God  blessed  the 
children  of  Israel  before  his  death. 

2  And  he  said.  The  Lord  came  from 
Sinai,  and  rose  up  from  Seir  unto  them ; 
he  shined  forth  from  mount  Paran,  and 
he  came  with  ten  thousands  of  saints : 
from  his  right  hand  loent  a  fiery  law  for 
them. 

3  Yea,  he  loved  the  people ;  all  his  saints 


are  in  thy  hand :  and  they  sat  down  at  thy 
feet ;  every  one  shall  receive  of  thy  words. 

4  Moses  commanded  us  a  law,  even  the 
inheritance  of  the  congregation  of  Jacob. 

5  And  he  was  king  in  Jeshurun,  when  the 
heads  of  the  people  and  the  tribes  of  Israel 
were  gathered  together. 

6  IT  Let  Reuben  live,  and  not  die ;  and 
let  not  his  men  be  few. 

7  If  And  this  is  the  blessing  of  Judah :  and 
he  said.  Hear,  Lord,  the  voice  of  Judah, 
and  bring  him  unto  his  people:  let  his 
hands  be  sufficient  for  him;  and  be  thou 
a  help  to  7dm  from  his  enemies. 

8  If  And  of  Levi  he  said,  Let  thy  Thum- 
mim  and  thy  Urim  be  with  thy  holy  one, 
whom  thou  didst  prove  at  Massah,  and 
with  whom  thou  didst  strive  at  the  waters 
of  Meribah ; 

9  Who  said  unto  his  father  and  to  his 
mother,  I  have  not  seen  him ;  neither  did 
he  acknowledge  his  brethren,  nor  knew 
his  own  children:  for  they  have  observed 
thy  word,  and  kept  thy  covenant. 

10  They  shall  teach  Jacob  thy  judgments, 
and  Israel  thy  law :  they  shall  put  incense 
before  thee,  and  whole  burnt  sacrifice 
upon  thine  altar. 

11  Bless,  Lord,  his  substance,  and  accept 
the  work  of  his  hands :  smite  through 
the  loins  of  them  that  rise  against  him, 
and  of  them  that  hate  him,  that  they  rise 
not  again. 

12  If  And  of  Benjamin  he  said.  The  be- 
loved of  the  Lord  shall  dwell  in  safety 
by  him ;  and  the  Lord  shall  cover  him  all 
the  day  long,  and  he  shall  dwell  between 
his  shoulders. 

13  If  And  of  Joseph  he  said.  Blessed  of 
the  Lord  be  his  land,  for  the  precious 
things  of  heaven,  for  the  dew,  and  for 
the  deep  that  coucheth  beneath, 

14  And  for  the  precious  fruits  brought 
forth  by  the  sun,  and  for  the  precious 
things  put  forth  by  the  moon, 

15  And  for  the  chief  things  of  the  ancient 
mountains,  and  for  the  precious  things  of 
the  lasting  hills, 

16  And  for  the  precious  things  of  the 
earth  and  fulness  thereof,  and  for  the 
good  will  of  him  that  dwelt  in  the  bush : 
let  the  blessing  come  upon  the  head  of  Jo- 
seph, and  upon  the  top  of  the  head  of  him 
that  was  separated  from  his  brethren. 

17  His  glory  is  like  the  firstling  of  his  bull- 

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DEUTERONOMY. 


ock,  and  his  horns  are  like  the  horns  of 
unicorns :  with  them  he  shall  push  the 
people  together  to  the  ends  of  the  earth : 
and  they  are  the  ten  thousands  of  Ephraim, 
and  they  are  the  thousands  of  Manasseh. 

18  If  And  of  Zebulun  he  said,  Rejoice, 
Zebulun,  in  thy  going  out ;  and,  Issachar, 
in  thy  tents. 

19  They  shall  call  the  people  unto  the 
mountain ;  there  they  shall  offer  sacrifices 
of  righteousness:  for  they  shall  suck  of 
the  abundance  of  the  seas,  and  of  treasures 
hid  in  the  sand. 

20  1[  And  of  Gad  he  said.  Blessed  he  he  that 
enlargeth  Gad:  he  dwelleth  as  a  lion,  and 
teareth  the  arm  with  the  crown  of  the 
head. 

21  And  he  provided  the  first  jiart  for 
himself,  because  there,  in  a  portion  of  the 
lawgiver,  was  he  seated ;  and  he  came  with 
the  heads  of  the  people,  he  executed  the 
justice  of  the  Lord,  and  his  judgments 
with  Israel. 

22  H  And  of  Dan  he  said,  Dan  is  a  lion's 
whelp  :  he  shall  leap  from  Bashan. 

23  H  And  of  Naphtali  he  said,  O  Naphtali, 
satisfied  Avith  favour,  and  full  with  the 
blessing  of  the  Lord,  possess  thou  the 
west  and  the  south. 

24  Tl  And  of  Asher  he  said.  Let  Asher  he 
blessed  with  children;  let  him  be  accept- 
able to  his  brethren,  and  let  him  dip  his 
foot  in  oil. 

25  Thy  shoes  shall  he  iron  and  brass  ;  and 
as  thy  days,  so  shall  thy  strength  he. 

26  ij  There  is  none  like  unto  the  God  of 
Jeshurun,  who  rideth  upon  the  heaven  in 
thy  help,  and  in  his  excellency  on  the  sky. 

27  The  eternal  God  is  thy  refuge,  and 
underneath  are  the  everlasting  arms :  and 
he  shall  thrust  out  the  enemy  from  before 
thee;  and  shall  say.  Destroy  tJiem. 

28  Israel  then  shall  dwell  in  safety  alone: 
the  fountain  of  Jacob  shall  he  upon  a  land 
of  corn  and  wine;  also  his  heavens  shall 
drop  down  dew. 

29  Happy  art  thou,  O  Israel :  who  is  like 
unto  thee,  O  people  saved  by  the  Lord, 
the  shield  of  thy  help,  and  who  is  the  sword 
of  thy  excellency!  and  thine  enemies  shall 


JIS 


be  foimd  liars  unto  thee;  and  thou  shalt 
tread  ujion  their  high  places. 

CHAPTER  XXXIV. 

AND  Moses  went  up  from  the  plains  of 
Moab  unto  the  mountain  of  Nebo,  to 
the  top  of  Pisgah,  that  is  over  against 
Jericho:  and  the  Lord  shewed  him  all 
the  land  of  Gilead,  unto  Dan, 

2  And  all  Naphtali,  and  the  land  of 
Ephraim,  and  Manasseh,  and  all  the  land 
of  Judah,  unto  the  utmost  sea, 

3  And  the  south,  and  the  plain  of  the 
valley  of  Jericho,  the  city  of  palm  trees, 
unto  Zoar, 

4  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  This  is  the 
land  which  I  sware  unto  Abraham,  unto 
Isaac,  and  unto  Jacob,  saying,  I  will  give  it 
unto  thy  seed :  I  have  caused  thee  to  see 
it  with  thine  eyes,  but  thou  shalt  not  go 
over  thither. 

5  1  So  Moses  the  servant  of  the  Lord 
died  there  in  the  land  of  Moab,  according 
to  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

6  And  he  buried  him  in  a  valley  in  the 
land  of  Moab,  over  against  Beth-peor :  but 
no  man  knoweth  of  his  sepulchre  unto  this 
day. 

7  T[  And  Moses  was  a  hundred  and  twenty 
years  old  when  he  died:  his  eye  was  not 
dim,  nor  his  natural  force  abated. 

8  T[  And  the  children  of  Israel  wept  for 
Moses  in  the  plains  of  Moab  thirty  days : 
so  the  days  of  weeping  and  mourning 
for  Moses  Avere  ended. 

9  H  And  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun  was  full 
of  the  spirit  of  wisdom;  for  Moses  had 
laid  his  hands  upon  him:  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  hearkened  unto  him,  and 
did  as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

10  ^  And  there  arose  not  a  prophet 
since  in  Israel  like  unto  Moses,  Avhom  the 
Lord  knew  face  to  face, 

11  In  all  the  signs  and  the  Avonders  Avhich 
the  Lord  sent  him  to  do  in  the  land  of 
Egypt,  to  Pharaoh,  and  to  all  his  serv- 
ants, and  to  all  his  laud, 

13  And  in  all  that  mighty  hand,  and  in  all 
the  great  terror  Avhich  Moses  sheAved  in 
the  sight  of  all  Israel. 


THE 


BOOK  OF  JOSHUA. 


CHAPTER  I, 

NOV/  after  the  death  of  Moses  the  serv- 
ant of  the  Lord,  it  eame  to  pass, 
that  the  Lord  spake  unto  Joshua  the 
son  of  Nun,  Moses'  minister,  saying, 
3  Moses  my  servant  is  dead ;  now  there- 
fore arise,  go  over  this  Jordan,  thou,  and 
all  this  people,  unto  the  land  whieh  I  do 
give  to  them,  even  to  the  children  of  Israel. 

3  Every  i^ace  that  the  sole  of  your  foot 
shall  tread  upon,  that  have  I  given  unto 
you,  as  I  said  unto  Moses, 

4  From  the  wilderness  and  this  Lebanon 
even  unto  the  great  river,  the  river  Euphra- 
tes, all  the  land  of  the  Hittites,  and  unto 
the  great  sea  toward  the  going  down  of  the 
sun,  shall  be  your  coast. 

5  There  shall  not  any  man  be  able  to 
stand  before  thee  all  the  days  of  thy  life : 
as  I  was  Avith  Moses,  so  I  will  be  with 
thee :  I  will  not  Ml  thee,  nor  forsake  thee. 

6  Be  strong  and  of  a  good  courage :  for 
unto  this  people  shalt  thou  divide  for  an 
inheritance  the  land,  which  I  sware  unto 
their  fathers  to  give  them. 

7  Only  be  thou  strong  and  very  coura- 
geous, that  thou  mayest  observe  to  do  ac- 
cording to  all  the  law,  which  Moses  my 
servant  commanded  thee:  turn  not  from 
it  to  the  right  hand  or  to  the  left,  that  thou 
mayest  prosper  whithersoever  thou  goest. 

8  This  book  of  the  law  shall  not  depart 
out  of  thy  mouth;  but  thou  shalt  medi- 
tate therein  day  and  night,  that  thou  may- 
est observe  to  do  according  to  all  that  is 
written  therein :  for  then  thou  shalt  make 
thy  way  prosperous,  and  then  thou  shalt 
have  good  success. 

9  Have  not  I  commanded  thee?  Be 
strong  and  of  a  good  courage;  be  not 
afraid,  neither  be  thou  dismayed:  for  the 
Lord  thy  God  is  with  thee  whithersoever 
thou  goest. 

10  '^  Then  Joshua  commanded  the  officers 
of  the  people,  saying, 

11  Pass  through  the  host,  and  command 
the  people,  saying.  Prepare  you  victuals; 
for  within  three  days  ye  shall  pass  over 


this  Jordan,  to  go  in  to  possess  the  land, 
which  the  Lord  your  God  giveth  you  to 
possess  it. 

12  t  And  to  the  Reubenites,  and  to  the 
Gadites,  and  to  half  the  tribe  of  Manas- 
seh,  spake  Joshua,  saying, 

13  Remember  the  word  which  Moses  the 
servant  of  the  Lord  commanded  you,  say- 
ing. The  Lord  your  God  hath  given  you 
rest,  and  hath  given  you  this  land. 

14  Your  wives,  your  little  ones,  and  your 
cattle,  shall  remain  in  the  land  which  Mo- 
ses gave  you  on  this  side  Jordan ;  but  ye 
shall  pass  before  your  brethren  armed,  all 
the  mighty  men  of  valour,  and  help  them ; 

15  Until  the  Lord  have  given  your  breth- 
ren rest,  as  he  hath  given  you,  and  they 
also  have  possessed  the  land  which  the 
Lord  your  God  giveth  them:  then  ye 
shall  return  unto  the  land  of  your  pos- 
session, and  enjoy  it,  which  Moses  the 
Lord's  servant  gave  you  on  this  side 
Jordan  toward  the  suurising. 

16  1[  And  they  answered  Joshua,  saying, 
All  that  thou  commandcst  us  we  will  do, 
and  whithersoever  thou  sendest  us,  we 
will  go. 

17  According  as  we  hearkened  unto  Mo- 
ses in  all  things,  so  will  we  hearken  unto 
thee:  only  the  Lord  thy  God  be  with 
thee,  as  he  was  with  Moses. 

18  Whosoever  he  he  that  doth  rebel 
against  thy  commandment,  and  will  not 
hearken  unto  thy  words  in  all  that  thou 
commandest  him,  he  shall  be  put  to 
death:  only  be  strong  and  of  a  good 
courage. 

CHAPTER  IL 

AND  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun  sent  out 
of  Shittim  two  men  to  spy  secretly, 
saying,  Go  view  the  land,  even  Jericho. 
And  they  went,  and  came  into  a  harlot's 
house,  named  Rahab,  and  lodged  there. 

2  And  it  was  told  the  king  of  Jericho, 
saying.  Behold,  there  came  men  in  hither 
to  night  of  the  children  of  Israel  to  search 
out  the  country. 

3  And  the  king  of  Jericho  sent  unto  Ra- 

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JOSHUA. 


hab,  saying,  Bring  forth  the  meu  that  are 
come  to  thee,  v/liich  are  entered  into 
thine  house :  for  they  be  come  to  search 
out  all  the  country. 

4  AjicI  the  woman  took  the  two  men, 
and  hid  them,  and  said  thus,  There  came 
men  unto  me,  but  I  wist  not  whence  they 
were: 

5  And  it  came  to  pass  about  the  time  of 
shutting  of  the  gate,  when  it  was  dark, 
that  the  meu  went  out ;  whither  the 
men  went,  I  wot  not :  pursue  after  them 
quickly ;  for  ye  shall  overtake  them. 

6  But  she  bad  brought  them  up  to  the 
roof  of  the  house,  and  hid  them  with  the 
stalks  of  flax,  Avhich  she  had  laid  in  order 
upon  the  roof. 

7  And  the  men  pursued  after  them  the 
way  to  Jordan  unto  the  fords :  and  as 
soon  as  they  which  pursued  after  them 
were  gone  out,  they  shut  the  gate. 

8  IF  And  before  they  were  laid  down,  she 
came  up  unto  them  upon  the  roof; 

9  And  she  said  unto  the  men,  1  know 
that  the  Lord  hath  given  you  the  land, 
and  that  your  terror  is  fallen  upon  us, 
and  that  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  land 
faint  because  of  you. 

10  For  we  have  heard  how  the  Lord 
dried  w^  the  water  of  the  Red  sea  for  you, 
when  ye  came  out  of  Egypt ;  and  what  ye 
did  unto  the  two  kings  of  the  Amorites, 
that  were  on  the  other  side  Jordan,  Sihon 
and  Og,  whom  ye  utterly  destroyed. 

11  And  as  soon  as  we  had  heard  thes^e 
things^  our  hearts  did  melt,  neither  did 
there  remain  any  more  courage  in  any 
man,  because  of  you :  for  the  Lord  your 
God,  he  is  God  in  heaven  above,  and  in 
earth  beneath. 

12  Now  therefore,  I  pray  you,  swear 
unto  me  by  the  Lord,  since  1  have  shewed 
you  kindness,  that  ye  will  also  shew  kind- 
ness unto  my  father's  house,  and  give  me  a 
true  token: 

13  And  that  ye  will  save  alive  my  father, 
and  my  mother,  and  my  brethren,  and  my 
sisters,  and  all  that  they  have,  and  deliver 
our  lives  from  death. 

14  And  the  men  answered  her,  Our  life 
for  yours,  if  ye  utter  not  this  our  business. 
And  it  shall  be,  when  the  Lord  hatli  given 
us  the  land,  that  we  Avill  deal  kindly  and 
truly  with  thee. 

15  Then  she  let  them  down  by  a  cord 

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through  the  window:  for  her  house  was 
upon  the  town  wall,  and  she  dwelt  upon 
the  wall. 

16  And  she  said  unto  them,  Get  you  to 
the  mountain,  lest  the  pursuers  meet  you; 
and  hide  yourselves  there  three  days,  un- 
til the  pursuers  be  returned :  and  afterward 
may  ye  go  your  way. 

17  And  the  men  said  unto  her,  We  will 
be  blameless  of  this  thine  oath  which  thou 
hast  made  us  swear. 

18  Behold,  w?ien  we  come  into  the  land, 
thou  Shalt  bind  this  line  of  scarlet  thread 
in  the  window  which  thou  didst  let  us 
down  by  :  and  thou  shalt  bring  thy  father, 
and  thy  mother,  and  thy  brethren,  and  all 
thy  father's  household,  home  unto  thee. 

19  And  it  shall  be,  that  whosoever  shall 
go  out  of  the  doors  of  thy  house  into  the 
street,  his  blood  shall  be  upon  his  head, 
and  we  will  be  guiltless:  and  whosoever 
shall  be  with  thee  in  the  house,  his  blood 
shall  be  on  our  head,  if  any  hand  be  upon 
him. 

20  And  if  thou  utter  this  our  business, 
then  we  will  be  quit  of  thine  oath  Avhich 
thou  hast  made  us  to  swear. 

21  And  she  said,  According  unto  your 
words,  so  be  it.  And  she  sent  them  away, 
and  they  departed:  and  she  bound  the 
scarlet  line  in  the  window. 

23  And  they  went,  and  came  unto  the 
mountain,  and  abode  there  three  days, 
until  the  pursuers  were  returned :  and 
the  pursuers  sought  tliem  throughout  all 
the  way,  but  found  them  not. 

23  Tl  So  the  two  men  returned,  and  de- 
scended from  the  mountain,  and  passed 
over,  and  came  to  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun, 
and  told  him  all  thi7if/s  that  befell  them  : 

24  And  they  said  unto  Joshua,  Truly  the 
Lord  hath  delivered  into  our  hands  all 
the  laud;  for  even  all  the  inhabitants  of 
the  country  do  faint  because  of  us. 

CHAPTER  IIL 

AN  D  Joshua  rose  early  in  the  morning; 
and  they  removed  from  Shittim,  and 
came  to  Jordan,  he  and  all  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  lodged  there  before  they 
passed  over. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass  after  three  days, 
that  the  officers  went  through  the  host; 

3  And  they  commanded  the  people,  saj'- 
ing.  When  ye  see  the  ark  of  the  covenant 


JOSHUA. 


of  the  Lord  your  God,  and  the  priests  the 
Levites  bearing  it,  then  ye  shall  remove 
from  your  place,  and  go  after  it. 

4  Yet  there  shall  be  a  space  between  you 
and  it,  about  two  thousand  cubits  by 
measure:  come  not  near  unto  it,  that  ye 
may  know  the  way  by  which  ye  must  go : 
for  ye  have  not  passed  this  way  heretofore. 

5  And  Joshua  said  unto  the  people.  Sanc- 
tify yourselves :  for  to  morrow  the  Lord 
will  do  wonders  among  you, 

6  And  Joshua  sjiake  unto  the  priests,  say- 
ing, Take  up  the  ark  of  the  covenant,  and 
pass  over  before  the  people.  And  they 
took  up  the  ark  of  the  covenant,  and  went 
before  the  people. 

7  If  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Joshua,  This 
day  will  I  begin  to  magnify  thee  in  the 
sight  of  all  Israel,  that  they  may  know 
that,  as  1  was  with  Moses,  so  I  will  be  with 
thee. 

8  And  thou  shalt  command  the  priests 
that  bear  the  ark  of  the  covenant,  saying, 
When  ye  are  come  to  the  brink  of  the 
water  of  Jordan,  ye  shall  stand  still  in 
Jordan. 

9  11  And  Joshua  said  unto  the  children 
of  Israel,  Come  hither,  and  hear  the  words 
of  the  Lord  your  God. 

10  And  Joshua  said.  Hereby  ye  shall  know 
that  the  living  God  is  among  you,  and  that 
he  will  without  fail  drive  out  from  before 
you  the  Canaanites,  and  the  Hittites,  and 
the  Hivites,  and  the  Perizzites,  and  the 
Girgashites,  and  the  Amorites,  and  the 
Jebusites. 

11  Behold,  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the 
Lord  of  all  the  earth  passeth  over  before 
you  into  Jordan. 

12  Now  therefore  take  you  twelve  men 
out  of  the  tribes  of  Israel,  out  of  every 
tribe  a  man. 

13  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  as  soon  as 
the  soles  of  the  feet  of  the  priests  that 
bear  the  ark  of  the  Lord,  the  Lord  of  all 
the  earth,  shall  rest  in  the  waters  of  Jor- 
dan, that  the  waters  of  Jordan  shall  be  cut 
off'  from  the  waters  that  come  down  from 
above;  and  they  shall  stand  upon  a  heap. 

14  H  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  people 
removed  from  their  tents,  to  pass  over 
Jordan,  and  the  priests  bearing  the  ark  of 
the  covenant  before  the  people ; 

15  And  as  they  that  bare  the  ark  were 
come  unto   Jordan,  and  the  feet   of  the 


priests  that  bare  the  ark  were  dipped  in 
the  brim  of  the  water,  (for  Jordan  over- 
floweth  all  his  banks  all  the  time  of  har- 
vest,) 

16  That  the  waters  which  came  down 
from  above  stood  atul  rose  up  upon  a  heap 
very  far  from  the  city  Adam,  that  is  beside 
Zaretan ;  and  those  that  came  down  toward 
the  sea  of  the  plain,  a^eu  the  salt  sea,  failed, 
a7id  were  cut  off:  and  the  people  passed 
over  right  against  Jericho. 

17  And  the  priests  that  bare  the  ark  of 
the  covenant  of  the  Lord  stood  firm  on 
dry  ground  in  the  midst  of  Jordan,  and  all 
the  Israelites  passed  over  on  dry  ground, 
until  all  the  people  were  passed  clean  over 
Jordan. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  the  peo- 
ple were   clean  passed   over  Jordan, 
that  the  Lord  spake  unto  Joshua,  saying, 

2  Take  you  twelve  men  out  of  the  people, 
out  of  every  tribe  a  man, 

3  And  command  ye  them,  saying,  Take 
you  hence  out  of  the  midst  of  Jordan,  out 
of  the  place  where  the  priests'  feet  stood 
firm,  twelve  stones,  and  ye  shall  carry 
them  over  with  you,  and  leave  them  in 
the  lodging  place,  where  ye  shall  lodge 
this  night. 

4  Then  Joshua  called  the  twelve  men, 
whom  be  had  prepared  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  out  of  every  tribe  a  man : 

5  And  Joshua  said  unto  them.  Pass  over 
before  the  ark  of  the  Lord  your  God  into 
the  midst  of  Jordan,  and  take  you  up  every 
man  of  you  a  stone  upon  his  shoulder,  ac- 
cording unto  the  number  of  the  tribes  of 
the  children  of  Israel : 

6  That  this  may  be  a  sign  among  you, 
that  when  your  children  ask  their  fathers 
in  time  to  come,  saying.  What  mea)i  ye  by 
these  stones? 

7  Then  ye  shall  answer  them.  That  the 
waters  of  Jordan  were  cut  off  before  the 
ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord;  when 
it  passed  over  Jordan,  the  waters  of  Jor- 
dan were  cut  off:  and  these  stones  shall 
be  for  a  memorial  unto  the  children  of  Is- 
rael for  ever. 

8  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  so  as 
Joshua  commanded,  and  took  up  twelve 
stones  out  of  the  midst  of  Jordan,  as  the 
Lord  spake  unto  Joshua,  according  to  the 
number  of  the  tribes  of  the  children  of 

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JOSHUA. 


Israel,  and  carried  them  over  with  them 
unto  the  place  -where  they  lodged,  and 
laid  them  down  there. 

9  And  Joshua  set  up  twelve  stones  in 
the  midst  of  Jordan,  in  the  place  where 
the  feet  of  the  priests  which  bare  the  ark 
of  the  covenant  stood:  and  they  are  there 
unto  this  day. 

10  TI  For  the  priests  which  bare  the  ark 
stood  in  the  midst  of  Jordan,  until  every 
thing  was  finished  that  the  Lord  com- 
manded Joshua  to  speak  unto  the  peo- 
ple, according  to  all  that  Moses  com- 
manded Joshua:  and  the  people  hasted 
and  passed  over. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  the 
people  were  clean  passed  over,  that  the 
ark  of  the  Lord  passed  over,  and  the 
priests,  in  the  presence  of  the  people. 

12  And  the  children  of  Reuben,  and  the 
children  of  Gad,  and  half  the  tribe  of 
Manasseh,  passed  over  armed  before  the 
children  of  Israel,  as  Moses  spake  unto 
them: 

13  About  forty  thousand  prepared  for 
war  passed  over  before  the  Lord  unto 
battle,  to  the  plains  of  Jericho. 

14  *ii  On  that  day  the  Lord  magnified 
Joshua  in  the  sight  of  all  Israel;  and 
they  feared  him,  as  they  feared  Moses,  all 
the  days  of  his  life. 

15  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Joshua, 
saying, 

16  Command  the  priests  that  bear  the 
ark  of  the  testimou}',  that  they  come  up 
out  of  Jordan. 

17  Joshua  therefore  commanded  the 
priests,  saying.  Come  ye  up  out  of  Jordan. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  priests 
that  bare  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the 
Lord  were  come  up  out  of  the  midst  of 
Jordan,  a}id  the  soles  of  the  priests'  feet 
were  lifted  up  unto  the  dry  laud,  that  the 
waters  of  Jordan  returned  unto  their 
place,  and  flowed  over  all  his  banks,  as 
ihey  did  before. 

19  1  And  the  people  came  up  out  of 
Jordan  on  the  tenth  da?/  of  the  first  month, 
and  encamped  in  Gilgal,  in  the  east  border 
of  Jericho. 

30  And  those  twelve  stones,  which  they 
took  out  of  Jordan,  did  Joshua  pitch  in 
Gilgal. 

21  And  he  spake  unto  the  children  of 
Israel,  saying,  When  your  children  shall 

222      ~ 


ask  their  fathers  in  time  to  come,  saying, 
What  77iea7i  these  stones  ? 

23  Then  ye  shall  let  your  children  know, 
saying,  Israel  came  over  this  Jordan  on 
dry  land. 

23  For  the  Lord  your  God  dried  up  the 
waters  of  Jordan  from  before  you,  until 
ye  were  passed  over,  as  the  Lord  your 
God  did  to  the  Red  sea,  which  he  dried 
up  from  before  us,  until  we  were  gone 
over : 

34  That  all  the  people  of  the  earth  might 
know  the  hand  of  the  Lord,  that  it  is 
mighty :  that  ye  might  fear  the  Lord 
your  God  for  ever.  ^ 

CHAPTER  V. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  the 
kings  of  the  Amorites,  Avhich  v:ere 
on  the  side  of  Jordan  westward,  and  all 
the  kings  of  the  Canaanites,  which  were 
by  the  sea,  heard  that  the  Lord  had  dried 
up  the  waters  of  Jordan  from  before  the 
children  of  Israel,  until  we  were  passed 
over,  that  their  heart  melted,  neither  was 
there  spirit  in  them  any  more,  because  of 
the  children  of  Israel. 

2  ^  At  that  time  the  Lord  said  unto 
Joshua,  Make  thee  sharp  knives,  and  cir- 
cumcise again  the  children  of  Israel  the 
second  time. 

3  And  Joshua  made  him  sharp  knives, 
and  circumcised  the  children  of  Israel  at 
the  hill  of  the  foreskins. 

4  And  this  is  the  cause  why  Joshua 
did  circumcise:  All  the  people  that  came 
out  of  Egypt,  that  loere  males,  even  all  the 
men  of  war,  died  in  the  wilderness  by  the 
way,  after  they  came  out  of  Egypt. 

5  Now  all  the  people  that  came  out  were 
circumcised ;  but  all  the  people  that  ivere 
born  in  the  wilderness  by  the  way  as  they 
came  forth  out  of  Egypt,  them  they  had 
not  circumcised. 

6  For  the  children  of  Israel  walked 
forty  years  in  the  wilderness,  till  all  the 
people  th/zi  were  men  of  war,  which  came 
out  of  Egypt,  were  consumed,  because 
they  obeyed  not  the  voice  of  the  Lord: 
unto  whom  the  Lord  sware  that  he  would 
not  shew  them  the  land,  which  the  Lord 
sware  unto  their  fathers  that  he  would 
give  us,  a  land  that  fioweth  with  milk 
and  honey. 

7  And  their  children,  wliom  he  raised  up 


JOSHUA. 


in  their  stead,  them  Joshua  circumcised: 
for  they  were  uncircumcised,  because  they 
had  not  circumcised  them  by  the  way. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  had 
done  circumcising  all  the  people,  that  they 
abode  in  their  places  in  the  camp,  till 
they  were  whole. 

9  And  the  Lord  said  nnto  Joshua, 
This  day  have  I  rolled  away  the  reproach 
of  Egypt  from  off  you.  Wherefore  the 
name  of  the  place  is  called  Gilgal  unto 
this  day. 

10  H  And  the  children  of  Israel  encamped 
in  Gilgal,  and  kept  the  passover  on  the 
fourteenth  day  of  the  month  at  even  in 
the  plains  of  Jericho. 

11  And  they  did  eat  of  the  old  com  of 
the  land  on  the  morrow  after  the  passover, 
unleavened  cakes,  and  parched  corn  in  the 
selfsame  day. 

13  T]  And  the  manna  ceased  on  the  morrow 
after  they  had  eaten  of  the  old  corn  of  the 
land;  neither  had  the  children  of  Israel 
manna  any  more ;  but  they  did  eat  of  the 
fruit  of  the  land  of  Canaan  that  year. 

13  Tl  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Joshua 
was  by  Jericho,  that  he  lifted  up  his  eyes 
and  looked,  and,  behold,  there  stood  a  man 
over  against  him  with  his  sword  drawn  in 
his  hand :  and  Joshua  went  unto  him, 
and  said  unto  him.  Art  thou  for  us,  or  for 
our  adversaries  ? 

14  And  he  said.  Nay;  but  as  captain  of 
the  host  of  the  Lord  am  I  now  come. 
And  Joshua  fell  on  his  face  to  the  earth, 
and  did  worship,  and  said  unto  him.  What 
saith  ray  lord  unto  his  servant  ? 

15  And  the  captain  of  the  Lord's  host 
said  unto  Joshua,  Loose  thy  shoe  from 
off  thy  foot;  for  the  place  whereon  thou 
standest  is  holy.    And  Joshua  did  so. 

CHAPTER  VL 

NOW  Jericho  was  straitly  shut  up 
because  of  the  children  of  Israel: 
none  went  out,  and  none  came  in. 
3  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Joshua,  See,  I 
have  given  into  thine  hand  Jericho,  and 
the  king  thereof,  and  the  mighty  men  of 
valour. 

3  And  ye  shall  compass  the  city,  all  ye  men 
of  war,  and  go  round  about  the  city  once. 
Thus  Shalt  thou  do  six  days. 

4  And  seven  priests  shall  bear  before  the 
ark  seven  trumpets   of  rams'  horns  :  and 


the  seventh  day  ye  shall  compass  the  city 
seven  times,  and  the  priests  shall  blow 
with  the  trumpets. 

5  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  when 
they  make  a  long  blast  with  the  ram's  horn, 
and  when  ye  hear  the  sound  of  the  trump- 
et, all  the  people  shall  shout  with  a  great 
shout ;  and  the  wall  of  the  city  shall  fall 
down  flat,  and  the  people  shall  ascend  up 
every  man  straight  before  him. 

6  T[  And  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun  called  the 
priests,  and  said  unto  them,  Take  up  the 
ark  of  the  covenant,  and  let  seven  priests 
bear  seven  trumpets  of  rams'  horns  before 
the  ark  of  the  Lord. 

7  And  he  said  unto  the  people.  Pass  on, 
and  compass  the  cit}',  and  let  him  that 
is  armed  pass  on  before  the  ark  of  the 
Lord. 

8  T[  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Joshua 
had  spoken  unto  the  people,  that  the  seven 
priests  bearing  the  seven  trumpets  of  rams' 
horns  passed  on  before  the  Lord,  and  blew 
with  the  trumpets:  and  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  the  Lord  followed  them. 

9  Tf  And  the  armed  men  Avent  before  the 
priests  that  blcAV  with  the  trumpets,  and 
the  rearward  came  after  the  ark,  the 
priests  going  on,  and  blowing  with  the 
trumpets. 

10  And  Joshua  had  commanded  the  peo- 
ple, saying,  Ye  shall  not  shout,  nor 
make  any  noise  with  your  voice,  neither 
shall  any  word  proceed  out  of  your 
mouth,  until  the  day  I  bid  you  shout; 
then  shall  ye  shout. 

11  So  the  ark  of  the  Lord  compassed 
the  city,  going  about  it  once:  and  they 
came  into  the  camp,  and  lodged  in  the 
camp. 

12  t  And  Joshua  rose  early  in  the  morn- 
ing, and  the  priests  took  up  the  ark  of 
the  Lord. 

13  And  seven  priests  bearing  seven 
trumpets  of  rams'  horns  before  the  ark 
of  the  Lord  went  on  continually,  and 
blew  with  the  trumpets :  and  the  armed 
men  went  before  them;  but  the  rearward 
came  after  the  ark  of  the  Lord,  the 
priests  going  on,  and  blowing  with  the 
trumpets. 

14  And  the  second  day  they  compassed 
the  city  once,  and  returned  into  the 
camp.     So  they  did  six  days. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  seventh 
"  ""  333 


JOSHUA. 


day,  that  they  rose  early  about  the  dawn- 
ing of  the  day,  and  compassed  the  city 
after  the  same  manner  seven  times:  only 
on  that  day  they  compassed  the  city  seven 
times. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  seventh 
time,  when  the  priests  blew  with  the 
trumpets,  Joshua  said  imto  the  people, 
Shout;  for  the  Lord  hath  given  you  the 
city. 

17  ^  And  the  city  shall  be  accursed,  even 
it,  and  all  that  are  therein,  to  the  Lord: 
only  Rahab  the  harlot  shall  live,  she  and 
all  that  are  Avith  her  in  the  house,  be- 
cause she  hid  the  messengers  that  we 
sent. 

18  And  ye,  in  any  wise  keep  T/mtrselves 
from  the  accursed  thing,  lest  ye  make 
yourselves  accursed,  when  ye  take  of  the 
accursed  thing,  and  make  the  camp  of 
Israel  a  curse,  and  trouble  it. 

19  But  all  the  silver,  and  gold,  and  ves- 
sels of  brass  and  iron,  are  consecrated 
unto  the  Lord:  they  shall  come  into  the 
treasury  of  the  Lord. 

20  So  the  people  shouted  when  the  prksts 
blew  with  the  trumpets;  and  It  came  to 
pass,  when  the  people  heard  the  sound 
of  the  trumpet,  and  the  people  shouted 
with  a  great  shout,  that  the  wall  fell 
down  flat,  so  that  the  people  went  up 
into  the  city,  every  man  straight  before 
him,  and  they  took  the  city, 

21  And  they  utterly  destroyed  all  that 
was  in  the  city,  both  man  and  woman, 
young  and  old,  and  ox,  and  sheep,  and 
ass,  with  the  edge  of  the  sword. 

22  But  Joshua  had  said  unto  the  two 
men  that  had  spied  out  the  country.  Go 
into  the  harlot's  house,  and  bring  out 
thence  the  woman,  and  all  that  she  hath, 
as  ye  sware  unto  her. 

23  And  the  young  men  that  were  spies 
went  in,  and  brought  out  Rahab,  and  her 
father,  and  her  mother,  and  her  breth- 
ren, and  all  that  she  had;  and  they 
brought  out  all  her  kindred,  and  left 
them  without  the  camp  of  Israel. 

24  And  they  burnt  the  city  with  fire, 
and  all  that  was  therein:  only  the  sil- 
ver, and  the  gold,  and  the  vessels  of 
brass  and  of  iron,  they  put  into  the  treas- 
ury of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

25  And  Joshua  saved  Rahab  the  harlot 
alive,  and  her  father's  household,  and  all 

224 


that  she  had;  and  she  dwelleth  in  Israel 
even  unto  this  day ;  because  she  hid  the 
messengers,  which  Joshua  sent  to  spy 
out  Jericho. 

26  TI  And  Joshua  adjured  them  at  that 
time,  saying,  Cursed  be  the  man  before 
the  Lord,  that  riseth  up  and  buildeth 
this  city  Jericho :  he  shall  lay  the  founda- 
tion thereof  in  his  firstborn,  and  in  his 
youngest  so7i  shall  he  set  up  the  gates  of 
it. 

27  So  the  Lord  was  with  Joshua;  and 
his  fame  was  noised  throughout  all  the 
country. 

CHAPTER  VIL 

BUT  the  children  of  Israel  committed 
a  tresi)ass  in  the  accursed  thing:  for 
Achan,  the  son  of  Carmi,  the  son  of 
Zabdi,  the  son  of  Zerah,  of  the  tribe  of 
Judah,  took  of  the  accursed  thing:  and 
the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  kindled 
against  the  children  of  Israel. 

2  And  Joshua  sent  men  from  Jericho 
to  Ai,  which  is  beside  Beth-aveu,  on  the 
east  side  of  Beth-el,  and  sjjake  unto  them, 
saying.  Go  up  and  view  the  country. 
And  the  men  went  up  and  viewed  Ai. 

3  And  they  returned  to  Joshua,  and  said 
unto  him,  Let  not  all  the  people  go  up; 
but  let  about  two  or  three  thousand  men 
go  up  and  smite  Ai ;  aiid  make  not  all  the 
people  to  labour  thither;  for  they  are  but 
few. 

4  So  there  went  up  thither  of  the  people 
about  three  thousand  men;  and  they  fled 
before  the  men  of  Ai. 

5  And  the  men  of  Ai  smote  of  them 
about  thirty  and  six  men :  for  they  chased 
them  from  before  the  gate  eve7i  unto 
Shebarim,  and  smote  them  in  the  going 
down :  wherefore  the  hearts  of  the  peo- 
ple melted,  and  became  as  Avater. 

6  11  And  Joshua  rent  his  clothes,  and  fell 
to  the  earth  upon  his  face  before  the  ark 
of  the  Lord  until  the  eventide,  he  and 
the  elders  of  Israel,  and  put  dust  upon 
their  heads. 

7  And  Joshua  said,  Alas,  O  Lord  God, 
wherefore  hast  thou  at  all  brought  this 
people  over  Jordan,  to  deliver  iis  into 
the  hand  of  the  Amorites,  to  destroy  us? 
would  to  God  we  had  been  content,  and 
dwelt  on  the  other  side  Jordan! 

8  O  Lord,  what  shall  I  say,  when  Israel 
turueth  their  backs  before  their  enemies! 


JOSHUA. 


9  For  the  Ctiiuuvuites  aud  all  the  iuhabit- 
aiits  of  the  hind  shall  hear  of  it,  and  shall 
environ  vis  round,  and  ciit  off  our  name 
from  the  earth:  aud  what  wilt  thou  do 
unto  thy  great  name  ? 

10  H  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Joshua, 
Get  thee  up ;  wherefore  liest  thou  thus 
upon  th}'  face? 

11  Israel  hath  sinned,  aud  they  have  also 
transgressed  my  covenant  which  I  com- 
manded them :  for  they  have  even  taken 
of  the  accursed  thing,  and  have  also 
stolen,  and  dissembled  also,  and  they  have 
put  it  even  among  their  own  stuflt". 

12  Therefore  the  children  of  Israel  could 
not  stand  before  their  enemies,  but  turned 
their  backs  before  their  enemies,  because 
they  were  accursed:  neither  will  I  be  with 
you  any  more,  except  ye  destroy  the  ac- 
cursed from  among  you. 

13  Up,  sanctify  the  people,  and  say, 
Sanctify  yourselves  against  to  morrow : 
for  thus  saith  the  Lokd  God  of  Israel, 
There  is  an  accursed  thing  in  the  midst 
of  thee,  O  Israel :  thou  canst  not  stand 
before  thine  enemies,  until  ye  take  away 
the  accursed  thing  from  among  you. 

14  In  the  morning  therefore  ye  shall  be 
brought  according  to  your  tribes  :  and  it 
shall  be,  that  the  tribe  which  the  Lord 
taketh  shall  come  according  to  the  1am- 
ilies  thereof;  and  the  family  which  the 
Lord  shall  take  shall  come  by  households ; 
aud  the  household  which  the  Lord  shall 
take  shall  come  man  by  man. 

15  And  it  shall  be,  that  he  that  is  taken 
with    the    accursed  thing  shall   be   burnt  j  Wherefore   the   name   of  that 


with  flre,  he  and  all  that  he  hath  :  because 
he  hath  transgressed  the  covenant  of  the 
Lord,  and  because  he  hath  wrought  folly 
in  Israel. 

16  TI  So  Joshua  rose  up  early  in  the 
morning,  aud  brought  Israel  by  their 
tribes  ;  and  the  tribe  of  Judah  was  tak- 
en : 

17  And  he  brought  the  family  of  Judah; 
and  he  took  the  family  of  the  Zarhites: 
and  he  brought  the  family  of  the  Zarhites 
man  by  man ;  and  Zabdi  was  taken : 

18  And  he  brought  his  household  man 
by  man;  and  Achan,  the  son  of  Carmi, 
the  son  of  Zabdi,  the  son  of  Zerah,  of  the 
tribe  of  Judah,  was  taken. 

19  And  Joshua  said  unto  Achan,  My  son, 
give,  I  pray  thee,  glory  to  the  Lord  God 

15  ~ 


of  Israel,  and  make  confession  unto  him; 
and  tell  me  now  what  thou  haat  done; 
hide  it  not  from  me. 

20  And  Achan  answered  Joshua,  and  said, 
Indeed  I  have  sinned  against  the  Lord 
God  of  Israel,  and  thus  and  thus  have  I 
done : 

21  When  I  saw  among  the  spoils  a  goodly 
Babylonish  garment,  and  two  hundred 
shekels  of  silver,  and  a  wedge  of  gold  of 
fifty  shekels  weight,  then  I  coveted  them, 
and  took  them;  and,  behold,  they  are  hid 
in  the  earth  in  the  midst  of  my  tent,  and 
the  silver  under  it. 

22  t  So  Joshua  sent  messengers,  and  they 
ran  unto  the  tent;  and,  behold,  it  was  hid 
in  his  tent,  and  the  silver  under  it. 

23  And  they  took  them  out  of  the  midst 
of  the  tent,  and  brought  them  unto 
Joshua,  and  unto  all  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  laid  them  out  before  the  Lord. 

24  And  Joshua,  and -all  Israel  with  him, 
took  Achan  the  son  of  Zerah,  aud  the  sil- 
ver, and  the  garment,  and  the  wedge  of 
gold,  and  his  sons,  and  his  daughters,  and 
his  oxen,  and  his  asses,  and  his  sheep,  and 
his  tent,  and  all  that  he  had:  and  they  j 
brought  them  unto  the  valley  of  Achor.         j 

25  And    Joshua    said,     Why    hast    thou  | 
troubled  us?  the  Lord  shall  trouble  thee 
this  day.    And  all  Israel  stoned  him  with 
stones,  and  burned  them  with  fire,  after 
they  had  stoned  them  Avith  stones. 

26  Aud  they  raised  over  him  a  great  heap 
of  stones  unto  this  day.  So  the  Lord 
turned  from  the  fierceness  of  his  anger. 

place   was 
unto    this 


called,    The   valley    of  Achor, 
day. 

CHAPTER  VIIL 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  Joshua,  Fear 
not,  neither  be  thou  dismayed :  take 
all  the  people  of  war  with  thee,  and  arise, 
go  up  to  Ai:  see,  I  have  given  into  thy 
hand  the  king  of  Ai,  and  his  people,  and 
his  city,  and  his  land: 

2  And  thou  shalt  do  to  Ai  and  her  king  us 
thou  didst  unto  Jericho  and  her  king: 
only  the  spoil  thereof,  and  the  cattle  there- 
of, shall  ye  take  for  a  prey  unto  yourselves: 
lay  thee  an  ambush  for  the  city  behind  it. 

3  T[  So  Joshua  arose,  and  all  the  y)eople  of 
war,  to  go  up  against  Ai :  and  Joshua  chose 
out  thirty  thousand  mighty  men  of  valour, 
and  sent  them  away  by  night. 

225^ 


JOSHUA. 


4  And  he  commanded  them,  saying,  Be- 
hold, ye  shall  lie  in  wait  against  the  city, 
even  behind  the  city :  go  not  very  far  from 
the  city,  but  be  ye  all  ready  : 

5  And  I,  and  all  the  people  that  are  with 
me,  will  approach  unto  the  city:  and  it 
shall  come  to  pass,  when  they  come  out 
against  us,  as  at  the  first,  that  we  will  flee 
before  them, 

6  (For  they  will  come  out  after  us,)  till 
we  have  drawn  them  from  the  city;  for 
they  will  say.  They  flee  before  us,  as  at  the 
first :  therefore  we  will  flee  before  them. 

7  Then  ye  shall  rise  iip  from  the  ambush, 
and  seize  upon  the  city :  for  the  Lord  your 
God  will  deliver  it  into  your  hand. 

8  And  it  shall  be,  when  ye  have  taken  the 
city,  that  ye  shall  set  the  city  on  fire :  ac- 
cording to  the  commandment  of  the  Lord 
shall  ye  do.    See,  I  have  commanded  you. 

9  H  Joshua  therefore  sent  them  forth ;  and 
they  went  to  lie  in  ambush,  and  abode  be- 
tween Beth-el  and  Ai,  on  the  west  side  of 
Ai:  but  Joshua  lodged  that  night  among 
the  people. 

10  And  Joshua  rose  up  early  in  the  morn- 
ing, and  numbered  the  people,  and  went 
up,  he  and  the  elders  of  Israel,  before  the 
people  to  Ai. 

11  And  all  the  people,  even  the  people  of 
war  that  viere  with  him,  went  up,  and  drew 

i  nigh,  and  came  before  the  city,  and  pitched 
on  the  north  side  of  Ai:  now  there  was  a 
valley  between  them  and  Ai. 

12  And  he  took  about  five  thousand  men, 
and  set  them  to  lie  in  ambush  between 
Beth-el  and  Ai,  on  the  "svest  side  of  the 
city. 

13  And  when  they  had  set  the  people, 
even  all  the  host  that  ivas  on  the  north  of 
the  city,  and  their  liers  in  wait  on  the  west 
of  the  city,  Joshua  went  that  night  into 
the  midst  of  the  valley. 

14  ^  And  it  came  to  pass,  w^hen  the  king 
of  Ai  saw  if,  that  they  hasted  and  rose  up 
early,  and  the  men  of  the  city  went  out 
against  Israel  to  battle,  he  and  all  his  peo- 
ple, at  a  time  appointed,  before  the  plain ; 
but  he  wist  not  that  there  were  liers  in  am- 
bush against  him  behind  the  city. 

15  And  Joshua  and  all  Israel  made  as 
if  they  were  beaten  before  them,  and  fled 
by  the  way  of  the  wilderness. 

16  And  all  the  people  that  tpcre  in  Ai 
were  called  together  to  pursue  after  them : 


and  they  pursued  after  Joshua,  and  were 
drawn  away  from  the  city. 

17  And  there  w;is  not  a  man  left  in  Ai  or 
Beth-el,  that  went  not  out  after  Israel :  and 
they  left  the  city  open,  and  pursued  after 
Israel. 

18  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Joshua, 
Stretch  out  the  spear  that  is  in  thy  hand 
toward  Ai;  for  I  will  give  it  into  thine 
hand.  And  Joshua  stretched  out  the  spear 
that  he  had  in  his  hand  toward  the  city. 

19  And  the  ambush  arose  quickly  out  of 
their  place,  and  they  ran  as  soon  as  he 
had  stretched  out  his  hand:  and  they  en- 
tered into  the  city,  and  took  it,  and  hasted 
and  set  the  city  on  fire. 

20  And  Avhcn  the  men  of  Ai  looked  be- 
hind them,  they  saw,  and,  behold,  the 
smoke  of  the  city  ascended  up  to  heaven, 
and  they  had  no  power  to  flee  this  way 
or  that  way:  and  the  people  that  fled  to 
the  wilderness  turned  back  upon  the 
pursuers. 

21  And  when  Joshua  and  all  Israel  saw 
that  the  ambush  had  taken  the  city, 
and  that  the  smoke  of  the  city  ascended, 
then  they  turned  again,  and  slew  the  men 
of  Ai. 

22  And  the  other  issued  out  of  the  city 
against  them;  so  they  were  in  the  midst 
of  Israel,  some  on  this  side,  and  some  on 
that  side:  and  they  smote  them,  so  that 
they  let  none  of  them  remain  or  escape. 

23  And  the  king  of  Ai  they  took  alive, 
and  brought  him  to  Joshua. 

24  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Israel  had 
made  an  end  of  slaying  all  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Ai  in  the  field,  in  the  wilderness 
wherein  they  chased  them,  and  when  they 
were  all  fallen  on  the  edge  of  the  sword, 
until  they  were  consumed,  that  all  the 
Israelites  returned  unto  Ai,  and  smote  it 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword. 

25  And  so  it  was,  that  all  that  fell  that 
day,  both  of  men  and  women,  were  twelve 
thousand,  eveii  all  the  men  of  Ai. 

26  For  Joshua  drew  not  his  hand  back, 
wherewith  he  stretched  out  the  spear, 
until  he  had  utterly  destroyed  all  the  in- 
habitants of  Ai. 

27  Only  the  cattle  and  the  spoil  of  that 
city  Israel  took  for  a  prey  unto  them- 
selves, according  unto  the  word  of  the 
Loud  which  he  commanded  Joshua. 

28  And  Joshua  burnt  Ai,  and  made  it  a 


226 


JOSHUA. 


heap  lor  ever,  even  a  desolation  uuto  this 
day. 

29  And  the  king  of  Ai  he  hanged  on  a 
tree  until  eventide:  and  as  soon  as  the 
sun  was  down,  Joshua  commanded  that 
they  should  take  his  carcass  down  from 
the  tree,  and  cast  it  at  the  entering  of  the 
gate  of  the  city,  and  raise  thereon  a  great 
heap  of  stones,  that  remaineth  unto  this 
day. 

30  TI  Then  Joshua  built  an  altar  unto  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel  in  mount  Ebal, 

31  As  Moses  the  seiTant  of  the  Lord 
commanded  the  children  of  Israel,  as  it 
is  written  in  the  book  of  the  law  of  Mo- 
ses, an  altar  of  whole  stones,  over  which 
no  man  hath  lifted  up  any  iron :  and  they 
offered  thereon  burnt  offerings  unto  the 
Lord,  and  sacrificed  peace  offerings. 

32  If  And  he  wrote  there  upon  the  stones 
a  copy  of  the  law  of  Moses,  which  he  wrote 
in  the  presence  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

33  And  all  Israel,  and  their  elders,  and 
officers,  and  their  judges,  stood  on  this 
side  the  ark  and  on  that  side  before  the 
priests  the  Levites,  which  bare  the  ark  of 
the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  as  well  the 
stranger,  as  he  that  was  bom  among 
them ;  half  of  them  over  against  mount 
Gerizim,  and  half  of  them  over  against 
mount  Ebal;  as  Moses  the  servant  of  the 
Lord  had  commanded  before,  that  they 
should  bless  the  people  of  Israel. 

34  And  afterward  he  read  all  the  words 
of  the  law,  the  blessings  and  cursings, 
according  to  all  that  is  written  in  the  book 
of  the  law. 

35  There  was  not  a  word  of  all  that  Moses 
commanded,  which  Joshua  read  not  be- 
fore all  the  congregation  of  Israel,  with 
the  women,  and  the  little  ones,  and  the 
strangers  that  were  conversant  among 
them. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  the 
kings  which  v:ere  on  this  side  Jordan, 
in  the  hills,  and  in  the  A'alleys,  and  in  all 
the  coasts  of  the  great  sea  over  against 
Lebanon,  the  Hittite,  and  the  Amoritc, 
the  Canaanite,  the  Perizzite,  the  Hivitc, 
and  the  Jebusite,  heard  thereof; 

2  That  they  gathered  themselves  together, 
to  fight  with  Joshua  and  with  Israel,  with 
one  accord. 

3  II  And  when  the  inhabitants  of  Gibeon 


heard  what  Joshua  had  done  unto  Jericho 
and  to  Ai, 

4  They  did  work  wilily,  and  went  and 
made  as  if  they  had  been  ambassadors, 
and  took  old  sacks  upon  their  asses,  and 
wine  bottles,  old,  and  rent,  and  bound  up ; 

5  And  old  shoes  and  clouted  upon  their 
feet,  and  old  garments  upon  them;  and 
all  the  bread  of  their  provision  was  dry 
a7ul  mouldy. 

6  And  they  went  to  Joshua  unto  the 
camp  at  Gilgal,  and  said  unto  him,  and 
to  the  men  of  Israel,  We  be  come  from 
a  far  country:  now  therefore  make  ye  a 
league  with  us. 

7  And  the  men  of  Israel  said  unto  the 
Hivites,  Peradventure  ye  dwell  among  us; 
and  how  shall  we  make  a  league  with 
you? 

8  And  they  said  unto  Joshua,  We  are 
thy  servants.  And  Joshua  said  unto  them. 
Who  are  ye  ?  and  from  whence  come  ye  ? 

9  And  they  said  unto  him.  From  a  very 
far  country  thy  ser rants  are  come,  be- 
cause of  the  name  of  the  Lord  thy  God : 
for  we  have  heard  the  fame  of  him,  and 
all  that  he  did  in  Egypt, 

10  And  all  that  he  did  to  the  two  kings 
of  the  Amorites,  that  were  beyond  Jordan, 
to  Sihon  king  of  Heshbon,  and  to  Og  king 
of  Bashan,  which  was  at  Ashtaroth. 

11  Wherefore  our  elders  and  all  the  inhab- 
itants of  our  country  spake  to  us,  saying. 
Take  victuals  with  you  for  the  journey, 
and  go  to  meet  them,  and  say  unto  them. 
We  are  your  servants :  therefore  now  make 
ye  a  league  with  us. 

13  This  our  bread  we  took  hot  for  our 
provision  out  of  our  houses  on  the  day 
we  came  foi-th  to  go  unto  yoii ;  but  now, 
behold,  it  is  diy,  and  it  is  mouldy: 

13  And  these  bottles  of  wine,  which  we 
filled,  were  new ;  and,  behold,  they  be  rent : 
and  these  our  garments  and  our  shoes  are 
become  old  by  reason  of  the  very  long 
journey. 

14  And  the  men  took  of  their  victuals, 
and  asked  not  counsel  at  the  mouth  of  the 
Lord. 

15  And  Joshua  made  peace  with  them, 
and  made  a  league  with  them,  to  let 
them  live :  and  the  princes  of  the  congre- 
gation sware  unto  them. 

16  T[  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end 
of  three  days  after  they  had  made  a  league 

237 


JOSHUA. 


with  them,  that  they  heard  that  they  were 
their  neighbours,  and  tliat  they  dwelt 
among  them. 

17  And  the  children  of  Israel  journeyed, 
and  came  unto  their  cities  on  the  third 
day.  Now  their  cities  %v€re  Gibeon,  and 
Chephirah,  and  Beeroth,  and  Kirjath- 
jearim. 

18  And  the  children  of  Israel  smote  them 
not,  because  the  princes  of  the  congrega- 
tion had  sworn  unto  them  by  the  Lord 
God  of  Israel.  And  all  the  congregation 
murmured  against  the  princes. 

19  But  all  the  princes  said  unto  all  the 
congregation,  We  have  sworn  unto  them 
by  the  Lord  God  of  Israel:  now  there- 
fore we  may  not  touch  them. 

20  This  we  will  do  to  them;  we  will 
even  let  them  live,  lest  wrath  be  upon 
us,  because  of  the  oath  which  we  sware 
unto  them. 

21  And  the  princes  said  unto  them.  Let 
them  live ;  but  let  them  be  hewers  of 
wood  and  drawers  of  water  unto  all  the 
congregation ;  as  the  princes  had  promised 
them. 

22  T[  And  Joshua  called  for  them,  and 
he  spake  unto  them,  saying,  "Wherefore 
have  ye  beguiled  us,  saying.  We  are  very 
far  from  you ;  when  ye  dwell  among 
us? 

23  Now  therefore  ye  are  cursed,  and  there 
shall  none  of  you  be  freed  from  being 
bondmen,  and  hewers  of  wood  and  draw- 
ers of  water  for  the  house  of  my  God. 

24  And  they  answered  Joshua,  and  said. 
Because  it  Avas  certainly  told  thy  servants, 
how  that  the  Lord  thy  God  commanded 
his  servant  Moses  to  give  you  all  the 
land,  and  to  destroy  all  the  inhabitants 
of  the  land  from  before  you,  therefoi'c 
we  were  sore  afraid  of  our  lives  because 
of  you,  and  have  done  this  thing. 

25  And  now,  behold,  we  are  in  thine 
hand:  as  it  seemeth  good  and  right  unto 
thee  to  do  unto  us,  do. 

26  And  so  did  he  unto  them,  and  de- 
livered them  out  of  the  hand  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  that  they  slew  them 
not. 

27  And  Joshua  made  them  that  day 
hewers  of  wood  and  drawers  of  water 
for  the  congregation,  and  for  the  altar 
of  the  Lord,  even  unto  this  day,  in  the 
place  which  he  should  choose. 

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CHAPTER  X. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass,  when  Adoni- 
zedek  king  of  Jerusalem  had  heard 
how  Joshua  had  taken  Ai,  and  had  utter- 
ly destroyed  it;  as  he  had  done  to  Jeri- 
cho and  her  king,  so  he  had  done  to  Ai 
and  her  king;  and  how  the  inhabitants 
of  Gibeon  had  made  peace  with  Israel, 
and  were  among  them ; 

2  That  they  feared  greatly,  because  Gib- 
eon loas  a  great  city,  as  one  of  the  royal 
cities,  and  because  it  was  greater  than  Ai, 
and  all  the  men  thereof  v^ere  mighty. 

3  Wherefore  Adoni-zedek  king  of  Jeru- 
salem sent  unto  Hoham  king  of  Hebron, 
and  unto  Piram  king  of  Jarmuth,  and  unto 
Japhia  king  of  Lachish,  and  unto  Debir 
king  of  Eglon,  saying, 

4  Come  up  unto  me,  and  help  me,  that 
we  may  smite  Gibeon :  for  it  hath  made 
peace  with  Joshua  and  with  the  children 
of  Israel. 

5  Therefore  the  five  kings  of  the  Amo- 
rites,  the  king  of  Jerusalem,  the  king  of 
Hebron,  the  king  of  Jarmuth,  the  king 
of  Lachish,  the  king  of  Eglon,  gathered 
themselves  together,  and  went  up,  they 
and  all  their  hosts,  and  encamped  before 
Gibeon,  and  made  war  against  it. 

6  1  And  the  men  of  Gibeon  sent  unto 
Joshua  to  the  camp  to  Gilgal,  saying. 
Slack  not  thy  hand  from  thy  servants ; 
come  up  to  us  quickly,  and  save  us,  and 
help  us:  for  all  the  kings  of  the  Amo- 
rites  that  dwell  in  the  mountains  are 
gathered  together  against  us. 

7  So  Joshua  ascended  from  Gilgal,  he, 
and  all  the  people  of  war  with  him.  and 
all  the  mighty  men  of  valour. 

8  Tl  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Joshua, 
Fear  them  not :  for  I  have  delivered  them 
into  thine  hand;  there  shall  not  a  man 
of  them  stand  before  thee. 

9  Joshua  therefore  came  unto  them  sud- 
denl}',  and  went  up  from  Gilgal  all  night. 

10  And  the  Lord  discomfited  them  be- 
fore Israel,  and  slew  them  with  a  great 
slaughter  at  Gibeon,  and  chased  tliem 
along  the  way  that  goeth  up  to  Beth- 
horon,  and  smote  them  to  Azekah,  and 
unto  Makkedah. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  fled  from 
before  Israel,  and  were  in  the  going  down 
to  Beth-horon,  that  the  Lord  cast  down 
great  stones  from  heaven  upon  them  unto 


JOSHUA. 


Azekah,  and  they  died:  they  ivere  more 
which  died  with  hailstones  than  they  whom 
the  children  of  Israel  slew  with  the  sword. 

12  TI  Then  spake  Joshua  to  the  Lokd  in 
the  day  when  the  Lord  delivered  up  the 
Amorites  before  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  he  said  in  the  sight  of  Israel,  Sun, 
stand  thou  still  upon  Gibeon;  and  thou, 
Moon,  in  the  valley  of  Ajalon. 

13  And  the  sun  stood  still,  and  the  moon 
stayed,  until  the  people  had  avenged  them- 
selves upon  their  enemies.  Is  not  this 
written  in  the  book  of  Jasher?  So  the  sun 
stood  still  in  the  midst  of  heaven,  and 
hasted  not  to  go  down  about  a  whole  day. 

14  And  there  was  no  day  like  that  before 
it  or  after  it,  that  the  Lord  hearkened 
unto  the  voice  of  a  man:  for  the  Lord 
fought  for  Israel. 

15  1|  And  Joshua  returned,  and  all  Israel 
with  him,  unto  the  camp  to  Gilgal. 

.  16  But  these  five  kings  fled,  and  hid  them- 
selves in  a  cave  at  Makkedah. 

17  And  it  was  told  Joshua,  saying.  The 
five  kings  are  found  hid  in  a  cave  at  Mak- 
kedah. 

18  And  Joshua  said.  Roll  great  stones 
upon  the  mouth  of  the  cave,  and  set 
men  by  it  for  to  keep  them : 

19  And  stay  ye  not,  hut  pursue  after  your 
enemies,  and  smite  the  hindmost  of  them ; 
suffer  them  not  to  enter  into  their  cities : 
for  the  Lord  your  God  hath  delivered 
them  into  your  hand. 

20  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Joshua 
and  the  children  of  Israel  had  made  an 
end  of  slaying  them  with  a  very  great 
slaughter,  till  they  were  consumed,  that 
the  rest  which  remained  of  them  entered 
into  fenced  cities. 

21  And  all  the  people  returned  to  the 
camp  to  Joshua  at  Makkedah  in  peace: 
none  moved  his  tongue  against  any  of 
the  children  of  Israel. 

22  Then  said  Joshua,  Open  the  mouth  of 
the  cave,  and  bring  out  those  five  kings 
unto  me  out  of  the  cave. 

23  And  they  did  so,  and  brought  forth 
those  five  kings  unto  him  out  of  the 
cave,  the  king  of  Jerusalem,  the  king  of 
Hebron,  the  king  of  Jarmuth,  the  king  of 
Lachish,  and  the  king  of  Eglon, 

24  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they 
brought  out  those  kings  unto  Joshua, 
that    Joshua    called    for    all    the   men  of 


Israel,  and  said  unto  the  captains  of  the 
men  of  war  which  went  with  him.  Come 
near,  put  your  feet  upon  the  necks  of 
these  kings.  And  they  came  near,  and 
put  their  feet  upon  the  necks  of  them. 

25  And  Joshua  said  unto  them,  Fear  not, 
nor  be  dismayed,  be  strong  and  of  good 
courage:  for  thus  shall  the  Lord  do  to 
all  your  enemies  against  whom  ye  fight. 

26  And  afterward  Joshua  smote  them, 
and  slew  them,  and  hanged  them  on  five 
trees:  and  they  were  hanging  upon  the 
trees  until  the  evening. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  time  of 
the  going  down  of  the  sun,  that  Joshua 
commanded,  and  they  took  them  down 
ofi'  the  trees,  and  cast  them  into  the  cave 
wherein  they  had  been  hid,  and  laid  great 
stones  in  the  cave's  mouth,  which  remaiyi 
until  this  very  day. 

28  H  And  that  day  Joshua  took  Mak- 
kedah, and  smote  it  with  the  edge  of  the 
sworcli,  and  the  king  thereof  he  utterly 
destroyed,  them,  and  all  the  souls  that 
were  therein;  he  let  none  remain:  and  he 
did  to  the  king  of  Makkedah  as  he  did 
unto  the  king  of  Jericho. 

29  Then  Joshua  passed  from  Makkedah, 
and  all  Israel  with  him,  unto  Libnah, 
and  fought  against  Libnah : 

30  And  the  Lord  delivered  it  also,  and 
the  king  thereof,  into  the  hand  of  Israel; 
and  he  smote  it  with  the  edge  of  the 
sword,  and  all  the  souls  that  were  therein ; 
he  let  none  remain  in  it ;  but  did  unto  the 
king  thereof  as  he  did  imto  the  king  of 
Jericho. 

31  TI  And  Joshua  passed  from  Libnah, 
and  ail  Israel  with  him,  unto  Lachish,  and 
encamped  against  it,  and  fought  against  it: 

32  And  the  Lord  delivered  Lachish  into 
the  hand  of  Israel,  which  took  it  on  the 
second  day,  and  smote  it  with  the  edge 
of  the  sword,  and  all  the  souls  that  ^vere 
therein,  according  to  all  that  he  had 
done  to  Libnah. 

33  H  Then  Horam  king  of  Gezer  came  up 
to  help  Lachish;  and  Joshua  smote  him 
and  his  people,  until  he  had  left  him 
none  remaining. 

34  H  And  from  Lachish  Joshua  passed 
unto  Eglon,  and  all  Israel  with  him ;  and 
they  encamped  against  it,  and  fought 
against  it : 

35  And   they  took   it   on   that   day,   and 

229 


JOSHUA. 


smote  it  with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  aud 
all  the  souls  that  were  therein  he  utterly- 
destroyed  that  day,  accordiug  to  all  that  he 
had  done  to  Lachish. 

36  Aud  Joshua  went  up  from  Eglon,  and 
all  Israel  with  him,  unto  Hebron;  and  they 
fought  against  it : 

37  And  they  took  it,  and  smote  it  with  the 
edge  of  the  sword,  and  the  king  thereof, 
and  all  the  cities  thereof,  and  all  the  souls 
that  were  therein;  he  left  none  remaining, 
according  to  all  that  he  had  done  to  Eglou ; 
but  destroyed  it  utterly,  and  all  the  souls 
that  were  therein. 

38  TI  And  Joshua  returned,  and  all  Israel 
with  him,  to  Debir;  and  fought  against 
it: 

39  And  he  took  it,  and  the  king  thereof, 
and  all  the  cities  thereof;  aud  they  smote 
them  Avith  the  edge  of  the  sword,  and 
utterly  destroyed  all  the  souls  that  imre 
therein;  he  left  none  remaining:  as  he  had 
done  to  Hebron,  so  he  did  to  Debir;  and 
to  the  king  thereof;  as  he  had  done  also 
to  Libnah,  and  to  her  king. 

40  ^  So  Joshua  smote  all  the  country  of 
the  hills,  and  of  the  south,  and  of  the  vale, 
and  of  the  springs,  and  all  their  kings:  he 
left  none  remaining,  but  utterly  destroyed 
all  that  breathed,  as  the  Lord  God  of 
Israel  commanded. 

41  And  Joshua  smote  them  from  Kadesh- 
barnea  even  unto  Gaza,  and  all  the  country 
of  Goshen,  even  unto  Gibeon. 

42  Aud  all  these  kings  and  their  land  did 
Joshua  take  at  one  time,  because  the  Lord 
God  of  Israel  fought  for  Israel. 

43  And  Joshua  returned,  and  all  Israel 
wdth  him,  unto  the  camp  to  Gilgal. 

CHAPTER  XL 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jabin  king 
of  Hazor  had  heard  those  thiuga^  that 
he  sent  to  Jobab  king  of  Madon,  and  to 
the  king  of  Shimron,  and  to  the  king  of 
Achshaph, 

2  And  to  the  kings  that  loere  on  the  north 
of  the  mountains,  and  of  the  plains  south 
of  Chiuneroth,  and  in  the  valley,  and  in  the 
borders  of  Dor  on  the  west, 

3  And  to  the  Canaanite  on  the  east  and  on 
the  west,  and  to  the  Amorite,  and  the  Hit- 
tite,"and  the  Perizzite,  and  the  Jebusite  in 
the  mountains,  and  to  the  Hivite  under 
Herraon  in  the  land  of  Mizpeh. 

230 


4  And  they  went  out,  they  and  all  their 
hosts  with  them,  much  people,  even  as  the 
sand  that  U  upon  the  sea  shore  in  multi- 
tude, with  horses  and  chariots  very  many. 

5  And  when  all  these  kings  were  met  to- 
gether, they  came  and  pitched  together  at 
the  waters  of  Merom,  to  fight  against 
Israel. 

6  1  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Joshua,  Be 
not  afraid  because  of  them:  for  to  morrow 
about  this  time  will  I  deliver  them  up  all 
slain  before  Israel :  thou  shalt  hough  their 
horses,  and  burn  their  chariots  with  fire. 

7  So  Joshua  came,  and  all  the  people  of 
war  with  him,  against  them  by  the  waters 
of  Merom  suddenly;  aud  they  fell  u^jon 
them. 

8  And  the  Lord  delivered  them  into  the 
hand  of  Israel,  who  smote  them,  aud 
chased  them  unto  great  Zidon,  and  unto 
Mlsrephoth-maim,  and  unto  the  valley  of 
Mizpeh  eastward;  and  they  smote  them, 
until  they  left  them  none  remaining. 

9  And  Joshua  did  unto  them  as  the  Lord 
bade  him :  he  houghed  their  horses,  and 
burnt  their  chariots  with  fire. 

10  H  And  Joshua  at  that  time  turned  back, 
and  took  Hazor,  aud  smote  the  king  there- 
of with  the  sword :  for  Hazor  beforetime 
was  the  head  of  all  those  kingdoms. 

11  And  they  smote  all  the  souls  that  were 
therein  with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  utterly 
destroying  them:  there  was  not  any  left  to 
breathe:  and  he  burnt  Hazor  with  fire. 

12  And  all  the  cities  of  those  kings,  and 
all  the  kings  of  them,  did  Joshua  take,  and 
smote  them  with  the  edge  of  the  sword, 
and  he  utterly  destroyed  them,  as  Moses 
the  servant  of  the  Lord  commanded. 

13  But  as  for  the  cities  that  stood  still  in 
their  strength,  Israel  burned  none  of  them, 
save  Hazor  only  ;  that  did  Joshua  burn. 

14  And  all  the  spoil  of  these  cities,  and 
the  cattle,  the  children  of  Israel  took  for 
a  prey  unto  themselves;  but  every  man 
they  smote  with  the  edge  of  the  sword, 
until  they  had  destroyed  them,  neither 
left  they  any  to  breathe. 

15  Tf  As  the  Lord  commanded  Moses  his 
servant,  so  did  Moses  command  Joshua, 
and  so  did  Joshua;  he  left  nothing  undone 
of  all  that  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

16  So  Joshua  took  all  that  land,  the  hills, 
and  all  the  south  country,  and  all  the 
land    of  Goshen,   and  the  valley,  and  the 


JOSHUA. 


plain,  and  the  mountain  of  Israel,  and 
the  valley  of  the  same ; 

17  Even  from  the  mount  Halak,  that  goeth 
up  to  Seir,  even  unto  Baal-gad  in  the  valley 
of  Lebanon  under  mount  Hermon:  and 
all  their  kings  he  took,  and  smote  them, 
and  slew  them. 

18  Joshua  made  war  a  long  time  with 
all  those  kings. 

19  There  was  not  a  city  that  made  peace 
with  the  children  of  Israel,  save  the 
Hivites  the  inhabitants  of  Gibeon:  all 
other  they  took  in  battle. 

20  For  it  was  of  the  Lord  to  harden  their 
hearts,  that  they  should  come  against  Is- 
rael in  battle,  that  he  might  destroy  them 
utterly,  and  that  they  might  have  no 
favour,  but  that  he  might  destroy  them, 
as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

21  II  And  at  that  time  came  Joshua,  and 
cut  off  the  Anakim  from  the  mountains, 
from  Hebron,  from  Debir,  from  Auab,  and 
from  all  the  mountains  of  Judah,  and  from 
all  the  mountains  of  Israel:  Joshua  de- 
stroj^ed  them  utterly  with  their  cities. 

22  There  was  none  of  the  Anakim  left  in 
the  land  of  the  children  of  Israel :  only  in 
Gaza,  in  Gath,  and  in  Ashdod,  there  re- 
mained. 

23  So  Joshua  took  the  whole  land,  ac- 
cording to  all  that  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo- 
ses ;  and  Joshua  gave  it  for  an  inheritance 
unto  Israel  according  to  their  divisions 
by  their  tribes.  And  the  land  rested  from 
war. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

NOW  these  are  the  kings  of  the  land, 
which  the  children  of  Israel  smote, 
and  possessed  their  land  on  the  other  side 
Jordan  toward  the  rising  of  the  sun,  from 
the  river  Arnon  unto  mount  Hermon,  and 
all  the  i)lain  on  the  east : 

2  Sihon  king  of  the  Amorites,  who  dwelt 
in  Heshbon,  wncl  ruled  from  Aroer,  which 
is  upon  the  bank  of  the  river  Arnon,  and 
from  the  middle  of  the  river,  and  from 
half  Gilead,  even  unto  the  river  Jabbok, 
whicJi  is  the  border  of  the  children  of  Am- 
nion ; 

3  And  from  the  plain  to  the  sea  of  Chin- 
neroth  on  the  east,  and  unto  the  sea  of 
the  plain,  eve7i  the  salt  sea  on  the  east, 
the  way  to  Beth-jeshimoth ;  and  from  the 
south,  under  Ashdoth-pisgah : 

4  1  And  the  coast  of  Og  king  of  Bashan, 


v)hich  was  of  the  remnant  of  the  giants, 
that  dwelt  at  Ashtaroth  and  at  Edrei, 

5  And  reigned  in  mount  Hermon,  and  in 
Salcah,  and  in  all  Bashan,  unto  the  border 
of  the  Geshurites  and  the  Maachathites, 
and  half  Gilead,  the  border  of  Sihon  king 
of  Heshbon. 

6  Them  did  Moses  the  ser^^ant  of  the 
Lord  and  the  children  of  Israel  smite : 
and  Moses  the  servant  of  the  Lord  gave 
it  for  a  possession  unto  the  Rcubenites, 
and  the  Gadites,  and  the  half  tribe  of  Man- 
asseh. 

7  II  And  these  are  the  kings  of  the  coun- 
try which  Joshua  and  the  children  of  Is- 
rael smote  on  this  side  Jordan  on  the 
west,  from  Baal-gad  in  the  valley  of  Leb- 
anon even  unto  the  mount  Halak,  that 
goeth  ui^  to  Seir;  which  Joshua  gave 
unto  the  tribes  of  Israel  for  a  possession 
according  to  their  divisions ; 

8  In  the  mountains,  and  in  the  valleys, 
and  in  the  plains,  and  in  the  springs,  and 
in  the  Avilderness,  and  in  the  south  coun- 
try; the  Hittites,  the  Amorites,  and  the 
Canaanites,  the  Perizzites,  the  Hivites,  and 
the  Jebusites: 

9  II  The  king  of  Jericho,  one ;  the  king 
of  Ai,  which  us-  beside  Beth-el,  one ; 

10  The  king  of  Jerusalem,  one;  the 
king  of  Hebron,  one; 

11  The  king  of  Jarmuth,  one;  the  king 
of  Lachish,  one; 

12  The  king  of  Eglon,  one;  the  king 
of  Gezer,  one ; 

13  The  king  of  Debir,  one;  the  king 
of  Geder,  one ; 

14  The  king  of  Hormah,  one;  the  king 
of  Arad,  one ; 

15  The  king  of  Libnah,  one;  the  king 
of  Adullam,  one; 

16  The  king  of  Makkedah,  one;  the 
king  of  Beth-el,  one ; 

17  The  king  of  Tappuah,  one ;  the  king 
of  Hepher,  one ; 

18  The  king  of  Aphek,  one;  the  king 
of  Lasharon,  one; 

19  The  king  of  Madon,  one;  the  king 
of  Hazor,  one; 

20  The  king  of  Shimron-meron,  one  ;  the 
king  of  Achshaph,  one ; 

21  The  king  of  Taanach,  one ;  the  king 
of  Megiddo,  one ; 

22  The  king  of  Kedesh,  one;  the  king 
of  Jokneam  of  Carmel,  one; 

231 


JOSHUA. 


23  The  king  of  Dor  in  the  coast  of 
Dor,  one;  the  king  of  the  nations  of  Gil- 
gal,  one ; 

24  The  king  of  Tirzah,  one:  all  the 
kings  thirty  and  one. 

CHAPTER  Xlir. 

NOW  Joshua  was  old  aiid  stricken  in 
years ;  and  the  Lokd  said  unto  him. 
Thou  art  old  and  stricken  in  years,  and 
there  remaineth  yet  very  much  land  to  be 
possessed. 

2  This  is  the  land  that  yet  remaineth: 
all  the  borders  of  the  Philistines,  and  all 
Geshuri, 

3  From  Sihor,  which  is  before  Egypt,  even 
\into  the  borders  of  Ekron  northward, 
which    is   counted  to  the   Canaanite :   five 

j  lords  of  the  Philistines ;  the  Gazathites, 
and  the  Ashdothites,  the  Eshkalonites,  the 
Gittites,  and  the  Ekronites ;  also  the 
Avites : 

4  From  the  south,  all  the  land  of  the 
Canaanites,    and    Mearah  that    is    beside 

I  the  Sidonians,  unto  Aphek,  to  the  borders 
:  of  the  Amorites : 

!    5  And  the  laud   of  the   Giblites,  and  all 
I  Lebanon  toward  the  suurising,  from  Baal- 
I  gad  under  mount  Hermou  unto  the  enter- 
ing into  Hamath. 

6  All  the  inhabitants  of  the  hill  country 
from  Lebanon  unto  Misrephoth-maim,  and 
all  the  Sidonians,  them  will  I  drive  out 
from  before  the  children  of  Israel:  only 
divide  thou  it  by  lot  unto  the  Israelites 
for  an  inheritance,  as  I  have  commanded 
thee. 

7  Now  therefore  divide  this  land  for  an 
inheritance  unto  the  nine  tribes,  and  the 
half  tribe  of  Manasseh, 

8  With  whom  the  Reubenites  and  the 
Gadites  have  received  their  inheritance, 
which  Moses  gave  them,  beyond  Jordan 
eastward,  eve7t  as  Moses  the  servant  of  the 
Lord  gave  them ; 

9  From  Aroer,  that  is  upon  the  bank  of 
the  river  Arnon,  and  the  city  that  is  in  the 
midst  of  the  river,  and  all  the  plain  of 
Medeba  unto  Dibon; 

10  And  all  the  cities  of  Sihon  king  of 
the  Amorites,  which  reigned  in  Hesh- 
bon,  unto  the  border  of  the  childi-en 
of  Amnion ; 

11  And  Gilead,  and  the  border   of  the 

Geshurites     and     Ma;ichathites,    and     all 
_ 


mount    Hermon,    and    all    Bashan    unto 
Salcah ; 

12  All  the  kingdom  of  Og  in  Bashan, 
which  reigned  in  Ashtaroth  and  in  Edrei, 
who  remained  of  the  remnant  of  the 
giants :  for  these  did  Moses  smite,  and 
cast  them  out. 

13  Nevertheless  the  children  of  Israel 
exi^elled  not  the  Geshurites,  nor  the 
Maiichathites :  but  the  Geshurites  and  the 
Maachathites  dwell  among  the  Israelites 
until  this  day. 

14  Only  unto  the  tribe  of  Levi  he  gave 
none  inheritance;  the  sacrifices  of  the  Lord 
God  of  Israel  made  by  fire  are  their  in- 
heritance, as  he  said  unto  them. 

15  Tl  And  Moses  gave  unto  the  tribe  of 
the  children  of  Reuben  inheritance  accord- 
ing to  their  families. 

16  And  their  coast  was  from  Aroer,  that 
is  on  the  bank  of  the  river  Arnon,  and  the 
city  that  is  in  the  midst  of  the  river,  and 
all  the  plain  by  Medeba ; 

17  Heshbou,  and  all  her  cities  that  are 
in  the  plain ;  Dibon,  and  Bamoth-baal,  and 
Beth-baal-meon, 

18  And  Jahaza,  and  Kedemoth,  and  Meph- 
aath, 

19  And  Kirjathaim,  and  Sibmah,  and  Za- 
reth-shahar  in  the  mount  of  the  valley, 

20  And  Beth-peor,  and  Ashdoth-pisgah, 
and  Beth-jeshimoth, 

21  And  all  the  cities  of  the  plain,  and 
all  the  kingdom  of  Sihon  king  of  the 
Amorites,  which  reigned  in  Heshbou, 
whom  Moses  smote  with  the  princes  of 
Midian,  Evi,  and  Rekem,  and  Zur,  and 
Hur,  and  Reba,  which  were  dukes  of  Sihon, 
dwelling  in  the  country. 

22  1  Balaam  also  the  son  of  Beor,  the 
soothsayer,  did  the  children  of  Israel  slay 
with  the  sword  among  them  that  were 
slain  by  them. 

23  And  the  border  of  the  children  of 
Reuben  was  Jordan,  and  the  border  there- 
of. This  was  the  inheritance  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Reuben  after  their  families,  the 
cities  and  the  villages  thereof. 

24  And  Moses  gave  inlieritance  unto  the 
tribe  of  Gad,  e^jen  xmto  the  children  of 
Gad  according  to  their  families. 

25  And  their  coast  Avas  Jazer,  and  all  the 
cities  of  Gilead,  and  half  the  land  of  the 
children  of  Ammon,  imto  Aroer  that  is 
before  Rabbah ; 


JOSHUA. 


26  Aud  from  Heshbou  uuto  Ramath-miz- 
])eh,  and  Betouiiu;  aud  from  Mahanaim 
unto  the  border  of  Debir; 

27  And  in  the  valley,  Beth-aram,  aud 
Beth-uimrah,  and  Succoth,  and  Zaphon, 
the  rest  of  the  kingdom  of  Sihou  king 
of  Heshbou,  Jordan  and  his  border,  even 
unto  the  edge  of  the  sea  of  Chinnereth 
on  the  other  side  Jordan  eastward. 

28  This  is  the  iuhericauce  of  the  children 
of  Gad  after  their  families,  the  cities,  and 
their  villages. 

29  H  Aud  Moses  gave  inheritance  unto 
the  half  tribe  of  Mauasseh:  and  this  was 
the  possession  of  the  half  tribe  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Mauasseh  by  their  families. 

30  Aud  their  coast  was  from  Mahanaim, 
all  Bashan,  all  the  kingdom  of  Og  king 
of  Bashan,  aud  all  the  towns  of  Jair,  which 
are  in  Bashan,  threescore  cities : 

31  And  half  Gilcad,  aud  Ashtaroth,  and 
Edrei,  cities  of  the  kingdom  of  Og  in 
Bashan,  7verc  pertaining  uuto  the  children 
of  Machir  the  son  of  Mauasseh,  even  to 
the  one  half  of  the  children  of  Machir  by 
their  families. 

33  These  are  the  countries  which  Moses 
did  distribute  for  inheritance  in  the  plains 
of  Moab,  on  the  other  side  Jordan,  by 
Jericho,  eastward. 

33  But  unto  the  tribe  of  Levi  Moses 
gave  not  any  inheritance:  the  Lord  God 
of  Israel  ivas  their  inheritance,  as  he  said 
unto  them. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

AND  these  are  the  countries  which  the 
children  of  Israel  inherited  in  the 
land  of  Canaan,  which  Eleazar  the  i)ricst, 
aud  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  aud  the 
heads  of  the  fathers  of  the  tribes  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  distributed  for  inherit- 
ance to  them. 

2  By  lot  was  their  iuheritance,  as  the 
Lord  commanded  by  the  baud  of  Moses, 
for  the  nine  tribes,  and  for  the  half 
tribe. 

3  For  Moses  had  given  the  inheritance  of 
two  tribes  and  a  half  tribe  on  the  other 
side  Jordan:  but  unto  the  Levitcs  he 
gave  none  inheritauce  among  them. 

4  For  the  children  of  Joseph  were  two 
tribes,  Mauasseh  aud  Ephralm  :  therefore 
they  gave  no  part  unto  the  Levites  in 
the    land,    save    cities    to   dwell    in,   with 


their    suburbs    for    their    cattle    and    for 
their  substance. 

5  As  the  Lord  commanded  Moses,  so 
the  children  of  Israel  did,  aud  they  divided 
the  land. 

6  II  Then  the  children  of  Judah  came 
unto  Joshua  in  Gilgal:  and  Caleb  the  son 
of  Jephunueh  the  Kenezite  said  uuto  him. 
Thou  knowest  the  thiug  that  the  Lord 
said  unto  Moses  the  man  of  God  con- 
cerning me  and  thee  in  Kadesh-barnea. 

7  Forty  years  old  icas  I  when  Moses 
the  servant  of  the  Lord  sent  me  from 
Kadesh-barnea  to  espy  out  the  laud;  aud 
I  brought  him  word  again  as  it  was  in 
mine  heart. 

8  Nevertheless  my  brethren  that  went  up 
with  me  made  the  heart  of  the  people 
melt:  but  I  wholly  followed  the  Lord 
my  God. 

9  And  Moses  sware  on  that  day,  saying, 
Surely  the  laud  whereon  thy  feet  have 
trodden  shall  be  thine  inheritauce,  and 
thy  children's  for  ever,  because  thou  hast 
wholly  follov^ed  the  Lord  my  God. 

10  Aud  now,  behold,  the  Lord  hath  kept 
me  alive,  as  he  said,  these  forty  and  five 
years,  even  since  the  Lord  spake  this  word 
unto  Moses,  while  the  children  of  Israel 
wandered  in  the  wilderness :  and  noAv,  lo, 
I  am  this  day  fourscore  and  five  years 
old. 

11  As  yet  I  am  af<  strong  this  day  as  I  teas 
in  the  day  that  Moses  sent  me:  as  my 
strength  ivas  then,  even  so  is  my  strength 
now,  for  war,  both  to  go  out,  and  to  come 
in. 

12  Now  therefore  give  me  this  mountain, 
whereof  the  Lord  spake  in  that  day  ;  for 
thou  heardest  in  that  day  how  the  Auakim 
icere  there,  and  that  the  cities  were  great  a7icl 
fenced :  if  so  be  the  Lord  will  be  with  me, 
then  I  shall  be  able  to  drive  them  out,  as 
the  Lord  said. 

13  Aud  Joshua  blessed  him,  and  gave  unto 
Caleb  the  son  of  Jephunueh  Hebron  for  an 
inheritauce. 

14  Hebron  therefore  became  the  inherit- 
ance of  Caleb  the  son  of  Jephunueh  the 
Kenezite  unto  this  day,  because  that  he 
wholly  folloAved  the  Lord  God  of  Israel. 

15  And  the  name  of  Hebron  before  was 
Kirjath-arba;  which  Arba  was  a  great  man 
among  the  Auakim.  And  the  laud  had  rest 
from  war.  

233 


JOSHUA. 


ClIAPTEK  XV. 

rpjns  tbcu  was  the  lot  of  the  tribe  of 
-^  thechiUlren  of  Judah  by  their  families; 
even  to  the  l)order  of  Edoni  the  wilderness 
of  Zin  southward  loas  the  uttermost  part 
of  the  south  coast. 

2  And  tlieir  south  border  was  from  the 
shore  of  the  salt  sea,  from  the  bay  that 
looketh  southward : 

3  And  it  went  out  to  the  south  side  to 
Ma^ileh-acrabbim,  and  passed  alona:  to  Zin, 
and  ascended  up  on  the  south  side  unto 
Kadesh-barnea,  and  passed  aloni^  to  llez- 
ron,  and  went  up  to  Adar,  and  fetched  a 
compass  to  Karkaa: 

4  From  tJience  it  j^assed  toward  Azmon, 
and  went  out  unto  the  river  of  Egyjit ;  and 
the  goings  out  of  that  coast  were  at  the 
sea:  this  shall  be  your  south  coast. 

5  And  the  east  border  ?ms  the  salt  sea, 
even  unto  the  end  of  Jordan.  And  their  bor- 
der in  the  north  quarter  was  from  the  bay 
of  the  sea  at  the  uttermost  part  of  Jordan: 

6  And  the  border  went  up  to  Beth-hogla, 
and  passed  along  by  the  north  of  Beth- 
arabah;  and  the  border  went  up  to  the 
stone  of  Bohan  the  son  of  Reuben : 

7  And  the  border  went  up  toward  Dcbir 
from  the  valley  of  Aehor,  and  so  north- 
ward, looking  toward  Gilgal,  that  i.v  before 
the  going  up  to  Aduramim,  which  U  on  the 
south  side  of  the  river:  and  the  border 
passed  toward  the  Avaters  of  En-shemesh, 
and  the  goings  out  thereof  were  at  En- 
rogel : 

8  And  the  border  went  up  b}'  the  valley 
of  the  son  of  Hinnom  unto  the  south  side 
of  the  Jebusite;  the  same  is-  Jerusalem: 
and  the  border  went  up  to  the  top  of  the 
mountain  that  lietJi  before  the  A'alley  of 
Hinnom  westward,  which  is  at  the  end  of 
the  valley  of  the  giants  northward : 

9  And  the  border  was  drawn  from  the 
top  of  the  hill  unto  the  fountain  of  the 
water  of  Nephtoah,  and  went  out  to  the 
cities  of  mount  Ephron;  and  the  border 
was  drawn  to  Baalah,  which  is  Kirjath- 
jearim : 

10  And  the  border  compassed  from  Baalah 
westward  unto  mount  Seir,  and  passed 
along  imto  the  side  of  mount  Jearim, 
which  u  Chesalon,  on  the  north  side,  and 
went  doAvn  to  Beth-shemesh,  and  passed 
onto  Timnah: 

11  And  the  border  went  out  unto  the  side 

234 


of  Ekron  northward:  and  the  border  was 
drawn  to  Sliicron,  and  passed  along  to 
mount  Baalah,  and  went  out  unto  Jabneel ; 
and  the  goings  out  of  the  border  were  at 
the  sea. 
13  And  the  west  border  w(vi  to  the  great 
sea,  and  the  coast  thereof.  This  is  the  coast 
of  the  children  of  Judah  round  about  ac- 
cording to  their  families. 

13  H  And  unto  Caleb  the  son  of  Jephun- 
neh  he  gave  a  part  among  the  children  of 
Judah,  according  to  the  commandment  of 
the  Loud  to  Joshua,  even  the  city  of  Arba 
the  father  of  Anak,  which  city  is  Hebron. 

14  And  Caleb  drove  thence  the  three  sons 
of  Anak,Sheshai,  and  Ahiman,  and  Talmai, 
the  children  of  Anak. 

15  And  he  went  up  thence  to  the  inhab- 
itants of  Debir:  and  the  name  of  Debir  be- 
fore VMS  Kirjath-sepher. 

16  ^  And  Caleb  said,  He  that  smiteth 
Kirjath-sepher,  and  taketli  it,  to  him  will  I 
give  Achsah  my  daughter  to  wife. 

17  And  Othniel  the  son  of  Kenaz,  the 
brother  of  Caleb,  took  it :  and  he  gave  him 
Achsah  his  daughter  to  wife. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  she  came  unto 
flinty  that  she  moved  him  to  ask  of  her  fa- 
ther a  field :  and  she  lighted  off  7ier  ass ;  and 
Caleb  said  unto  her,  What  wouldest  thou? 

19  Who  answered.  Give  me  a  blessing;  for 
thou  hast  given  me  a  south  land;  give  me 
also  sjjrings  of  water.  And  he  gave  her  the 
upper  springs,  and  the  nether  springs. 

20  This  is  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe  of 
the  children  of  Judah  according  to  their 
families. 

21  And  the  uttermost  cities  of  the  tribe 
of  the  children  of  Judah  toward  the  coast 
of  Edom  southward  were  Kabzeel,  and 
Eder,  and  Jagur, 

22  And  Kiuah,  and  Dimonah,  and  Adadah, 

23  And  Kedesh,  and  Hazor,  and  Ithnan, 

24  Ziph,  and  Telem,  and  Bealoth, 

25  And  Hazor,  Hadattah,  and  Kerioth,  and 
Ilezron,  which  is  Hazor, 

26  Amam,  and  Shema,  and  Moladah, 

27  And  Hazar-gaddah,  and  Heshmon,  and 
Beth-palet, 

28  And  Hazar-shual,  and  Beer-sheba,  and 
Bizjothjah, 

2'J  Baalah,  and  lim,  and  Azem, 

30  And  Eltolad,  and  Chesil,  and  Hormah, 

31  And  Zilclag,  and  Madmannah,  and  Sau- 
sainiah. 


JOSHUA. 


32  And  Lcbaoth,  and  Shilhim,  and  Ain, 
and  Rimmon :  all  the  cities  are  twenty  and 
nine,  Avitlx  their  villag-es  : 

33  And  in  the  valley,  Eshtaol,  and  Zoreah, 
and  Ashuah, 

34  And  Zauoah,  and  En-gauuim,  Tai)puah, 
and  Enam, 

35  Jarmuth,  and  Adullara,  Soeoh,  and 
Azekah, 

36  And  Sharaira,  and  Adithaim,  and  Ged- 
erah,  and  Gederothaim;  fourteen  cities 
with  their  villages : 

37  Zeuan,  and  Hadashah,  and  Migdal-gad, 

38  And  Dilean,  and  Mizpeh,  and  Joktheel, 

39  Lachish,  and  Bozkath,  and  Eglon, 

40  And  Cabbon,  and  Lahmam,  and  Kithlish, 

41  And  Gederoth,  Beth-dagon,  and  Naa- 
mah,  and  Makkedah;  sixteen  cities  -with 
their  villages: 

42  Libnah,  and  Ether,  and  Ashan, 

43  And  Jiphtah,  and  Ashnah,  and  Ne- 
zib, 

44  And  Keilah,  and  Achzib,  and  Mareshah; 
nine  cities  with  their  villages: 

45  Ekron,  with  her  towns  and  her  vil- 
lages : 

46  From  Ekron  even  unto  the  sea,  all  that 
Imj  near  Ashdod,  with  their  villages : 

47  Ashdod,  with  her  towns  and  her 
villages ;  Gaza,  with  her  towns  and  her 
villages,  unto  the  river  of  Egypt,  and  the 
great  sea,  and  the  border  thereof: 

48  H  And  in  the  mountains,  Shamir,  and 
Jattir,  and  Socoh, 

49  And  Dannah,  and  Kirjath-sannah,Avhich 
is  Debir, 

50  And  Anab,  and  Eshtemoh,  and  Anim, 

51  And  Goshen,  and  Holon,  and  Giloh ; 
eleven  cities  with  their  villages : 

52  Arab,  and  Dumah,  and  Eshean, 

53  And  Janum,  and  Beth-taj^puah,  and 
Aphekah, 

54  And  Humtah,  and  Kirjath-arba,  which 
is  Hebron,  and  Zior;  nine  cities  with  their 
villages : 

55  Maon,  Carrael,  and  Zij^h,  and  Juttah, 

56  And  Jezreel,  and  Jokdeam,  and  Za- 
noah, 

57  Cain,  Gibeah,  and  Timnali;  ten  cities 
Avith  their  villages : 

58  Halhul,  Beth-zur,  and  Gedor, 

59  And  Maarath,  and  Beth-anoth,  and 
Eltekon ;  six  cities  with  their  villages : 

60  Kirjath-baal,  which  U  Kirjath-jearim, 
and  Rabbah ;  two  cities  Avith  their  villages. 


61  In  the  Avilderness,  Beth-arabah,  Middin, 
and  Secacah, 

62  And  Nibshan,  and  the  city  of  Salt,  and 
En-gedi;  six  cities  with  their  villages. 

63  Tl  As  for  the  Jebusites  the  inhabitants 
of  Jerusalem,  the  children  of  Judah  could 
not  drive  them  out :  but  the  Jebusites 
dwell  Avith  the  children  of  Judah  at  Jeru- 
salem unto  this  day. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

AN  D  the  lot  of  the  children  of  Joseph 
fell  from  Jordan  by  Jericho,  unto  the 
Avater  of  Jericho  on  the  east,  to  the  Avil- 
derness  that  goeth  up  from  Jericho 
throughout  mount  Beth-el, 

2  And  goeth  out  from  Beth-el  to  Luz, 
and  passeth  along  unto  the  borders  of 
Arehi  to  Ataroth, 

3  And  goeth  doAvn  AvestAvard  to  the  coast 
of  Japhleti,  unto  the  coast  of  Beth-horon 
the  nether,  and  to  Gezer:  and  the  goings 
out  thereof  are  at  the  sea. 

4  So  the  children  of  Joseph,  Manasseh 
and  Ex^hraim,  took  their  inheritance, 

5  U  And  the  border  of  the  children  of 
Ephraim  according  to  their  families  was 
thus:  CAxn  the  border  of  their  inheritance 
on  the  east  side  Avas  Ataroth-addar,  unto 
Beth-horon  the  upper ; 

6  And  the  border  went  out  toward  the 
sea  to  Michmethah  on  the  north  side; 
and  the  border  Avent  about  eastAvard  unto 
Taanath-shiloh,  and  passed  by  it  on  the 
east  to  Jauohah ; 

7  And  it  Avent  doAVu  from  Janohah  to 
Ataroth,  and  to  Naarath,  and  came  to 
Jericho,  and  Avent  out  at  Jordan. 

8  The  border  Aveut  out  from  Tappuah 
westAvard  unto  the  river  Kanah;  and  the 
goings  out  thereof  were  at  the  sea.  This 
is  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Ephraim  by  their  families. 

9  And  the  separate  cities  for  the  children 
of  Ephraim  %cere  among  the  inheritance  of 
the  children  of  Manasseh,  all  the  cities 
Avith  their  villages. 

10  And  they  drave  not  out  the  Canaanites 
that  dwelt  in  Gezer:  but  the  Canaanites 
dAvell  among  the  Ephraimites  unto  this 
day,  and  serve  under  tribute. 

CHAPTER  XVIL 

THERE  Avas  also  a  lot  for  the  tribe  of 
IVIanasseh;  for  he  v'oa  the  firstborn  of 
235 


JOSHUA. 


Joseph;  to  wU,  for  .Mathir  the  tirstboru 
of  Maniisseh,  the  father  of  Gilead:  be- 
cause he  was  a  man  of  war,  therefore  he 
had  Gilead  aud  Bashan. 

2  There  was  also  a  lot  for  the  rest  of  the 
childrcu  of  Mauasseh  by  their  families; 
for  the  children  of  Abiezer,  and  for  the 
children  of  Helek,  aud  for  the  children 
of  Asriel,  and  for  the  children  of  Shechem, 
and  for  the  children  of  Hephcr,  aud  for 
the  children  of  Sheraida:  these  were  the 
male  children  of  Mauasseh  the  sou  of 
Joseph  by  their  families. 

3  Tl  But  Zelophehad,  the  son  of  Hepher, 
the  son  of  Gilead,  the  son  of  Machir,  the 
sou  of  Mauasseh,  had  no  sons,  but  dau<2;h- 
ters:  aud  these  ay-e  the  names  of  his 
daughters,  Mahlah,  aud  Noah,  Hoglah, 
Milcah,  aud  Tirzah. 

4  And  they  came  near  before  Eleazar  the 
priest,  and  before  Joshua  the  sou  of  Nun, 
and  before  the  princes,  saying.  The  Lord 
commanded  Moses  to  give  us  an  inherit- 
ance among  our  brethren.  Therefore,  ac- 
cording to  the  commaudmeut  of  the  Lord, 
he  gave  them  an  inheritance  among  the 
brethren  of  their  father. 

5  And  there  fell  ten  portions  to  Mauasseh, 
besides  the  laud  of  Gilead  and  Bashan, 
which  were  on  the  other  side  Jordan ; 

6  Because  the  daughters  of  Mauasseh  had 
an  inheritance  among  his  sous:  and  the 
rest  of  Manasseh's  sons  had  the  laud  of 
Gilead. 

7  1  And  the  coast  of  Mauasseh  was  from 
Asher  to  Michmethah,  that  Ucth  before 
Shechem;  aud  the  border  went  along  on 
the  right  hand  unto  the  inhabitants  of 
Eu-tappuah. 

8  Now  Mauasseh  had  the  laud  of  Tappuah : 
but  Tappuah  on  the  border  of  Mauasseh 
belonged  to  the  children  of  Ephraim  ; 

9  And  the  coast  descended  unto  the 
river  Kauah,  southward  of  the  river:  these 
cities  of  Ephraim  are  among  the  cities  of 
Manasseh :  the  coast  of  Mauasseh  also  %oas 
on  the  north  side  of  the  river,  aud  the 
outgoings  of  it  were  at  the  sea: 

10  Southward  it  wan  Ephraim's,  aud  north- 
ward it  was  Manasseh's,  aud  the  sea  is  his 
border;  aud  they  met  together  in  Asher 
on  the  north,  and  in  Issachar  on  the  east. 

11  And  Manasseh  had  in  Issachar  and  in 
Asher  Beth-shean  aud  her  towns,  aud 
Ibleam  and  her  towns,  and  the  inhabitants 

^36 


of  Dor  and  her  towns,  and  the  inhabitants 
of  En-dor  and  her  towns,  aud  the  iu- 
habitants  of  Tiuxnach  and  her  towns,  aud 
the  inhabitants  of  Megiddo  aud  her  towns, 
ej.'e7i  three  countries. 

13  Yet  the  children  of  Manasseh  could 
not  drive  out  the  uihabitants  o/ those  cities; 
but  the  Cauaanites  would  dwell  in  that 
land. 

13  Yet  it  came  to  ])ass,  when  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  were  waxen  strong,  that 
they  put  the  Cauaanites  to  tribute;  but  did 
not  utterly  drive  them  out. 

14  And  the  children  of  Joseph  spake  unto 
Joshua,  saying.  Why  hast  thou  given  me 
but  one  lot  and  one  portion  to  inherit, 
seeing  I  am  a  great  people,  forasmuch  as 
the  Lord  hath  blessed  me  hitherto? 

15  And  Joshua  answered  them.  If  thou 
be  a  great  people,  the7i  get  thee  up  to  the 
wood  country^  and  cut  down  for  thyself 
there  in  the  laud  of  the  Perizzites  aud  of 
the  giants,  if  mount  Ephraim  be  too  narrow 
for  thee. 

16  And  the  children  of  Joseph  said,  The 
hill  is  not  enough  for  us:  aud  all  the 
Cauaanites  that  dwell  in  the  land  of  the 
valley  have  chariots  of  iron,  both  they  who 
are  of  Beth-shean  and  her  towns,  and  they 
who  are  of  the  valley  of  Jezreel. 

17  Aud  Joshua  spake  unto  the  houee  of 
Joseph,  even  to  Ephraim  and  to  Manasseh, 
saying.  Thou  art  a  great  people,  and  hast 
great  power:  thou  shalt  not  have  one 
lot  only  : 

18  But  the  mountain  shall  be  thine;  for 
it  is  a  wood,  aud  thou  shalt  cut  it  down: 
and  the  outgoings  of  it  shall  be  thine: 
for  thou  shalt  drive  out  the  Cauaanites, 
though  they  have  iron  chariots,  and  though 
they  be  strong. 

CHAPTER  XVIIL 

AND  the  whole  congregation  of  the 
children  of  Israel  assembled  together 
at  Shiloh,  and  set  up  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation  there:  and  the  laud  Avas 
subdued  before  them. 

2  And  there  remained  among  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  seven  tribes,  which  had 
not  yet  received  their  inheritance. 

3  And  Joshua  said  unto  the  children 
of  Israel,  How  long  are  ye  slack  to  go  to 
possess  the  land,  which  the  Lord  God 
of  your  fathers  hath  given  you? 


JOSHUA. 


4  Give  out  from  among  you  three  men 
for  each  tribe:  and  I  will  send  them,  and 
they  shall  rise,  and  go  through  the  land, 
and  describe  it  according  to  the  inheritance 
of  them ;  and  they  shall  come  agam  to  me. 

5  And  they  shall  divide  it  into  seven 
parts :  Judah  shall  abide  in  their  coast  on 
the  south,  and  the  house  of  Joseph  shall 
abide  in  their  coasts  ou  the  north. 

6  Ye  shall  therefore  describe  the  land 
into  seven  parts,  and  bring  the  descrijjtion 
hither  to  me,  that  1  may  cast  lots  for 
you  here  before  the  Lord  our  God. 

7  But  the  Levites  have  no  part  among 
you ;  for  the  priesthood  of  the  Lokd  i.s 
their  inheritance :  and  Gad,  and  Reuben, 
and  half  the  tribe  of  Manasseh,  have  re- 
ceived their  inheritance  beyond  Jordan 
ou  the  east,  which  Moses  the  servant  of 
the  Lord  gave  them. 

8  11  And  the  men  arose,  and  went  away: 
and  Joshua  charged  them  that  went  to 
describe  the  land,  saying.  Go  and  walk 
through  the  land,  and  describe  it,  and 
come  again  to  me,  that  I  may  here  cast 
lots  for  you  before  the  Lord  in  Shiloh. 

9  And  the  men  went  and  passed  through 
the  land,  and  described  it  by  cities  into 
seven  parts  in  a  book,  and  came  ci/jain 
to  Joshua  to  the  host  at  Shiloh. 

10  H  And  Joshua  cast  lots  for  them  in 
Shiloh  before  the  Lord:  and  there  Joshua 
divided  the  land  unto  the  children  of  Is- 
rael according  to  their  divisions. 

11  1[  And  the  lot  of  the  tribe  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Benjamin  came  up  according  to 
their  families:  and  the  coast  of  their  lot 
came  forth  between  the  children  of  Judah 
and  the  children  of  Joseph. 

12  And  their  border  on  the  north  side 
was  from  Jordan ;  and  the  border  went 
up  to  the  side  of  Jericho  ou  the  north 
side,  and  went  up  through  the  mountains 
Avestward ;  and  the  goings  out  thereof 
were  at  the  wilderness  of  Beth-aA'en. 

13  And  the  border  went  over  from 
thence  toward  Luz,  to  the  side  of  Luz, 
which  is  Beth-el,  southward;  and  the 
border  descended  to  Ataroth-adar,  near 
the  hill  that  Ueth  on  the  south  side  of 
the  nether  Beth-horon. 

14  And  the  border  was  drawn  thence^ 
and  compassed  the  corner  of  the  sea 
southward,  from  the  hill  that  lieth  be- 
fore Beth-horon  southward;  and  the  go- 


ings out  thereof  were  at  Kirjath-baal, 
which  is  Kirjath-jcarim,  a  city  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Judah  :  this  was  the  west  quarter. 

15  And  the  south  quarter  was  from  the 
end  of  Kirjath-jearira,  and  the  border 
went  out  on  the  west,  and  went  out  to 
the  Avell  of  waters  of  Nephtoah : 

16  And  the  border  came  down  to  the 
end  of  the  mountain  that  lieth  before  the 
valley  of  the  son  of  Hinnom,  and  which 
is  in  the  valley  of  the  giants  on  the 
north,  and  descended  to  the  valley  of 
Hinnom,  to  the  side  of  Jebusi  on  the 
south,  and  descended  to  En-rogel, 

17  And  was  drawn  from  the  north,  and 
went  forth  to  En-sheraesh,  and  went 
forth  toward  Geliloth,  which  is  over 
against  the  going  up  of  Aduramim,  and 
descended  to  the  stone  of  Bohan  the  son 
of  Reuben, 

18  And  passed  along  toward  the  side 
over  against  Arabah  northward,  and  went 
down  unto  Arabah : 

19  And  the  border  passed  along  to  the 
side  of  Bcth-hoglah  northward :  and  the 
outgoings  of  the  border  were  at  the 
north  bay  of  the  salt  sea  at  the  south 
end  of  Jordan :   this  vms  the  south  coast. 

20  And  Jordan  was  the  border  of  it  on 
the  east  side.  This  was  the  inheritance 
of  the  children  of  Benjamin,  by  the 
coasts  thereof  round  about,  according 
to  their  flimilies. 

21  Now  the  cities  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Benjamin  according  to  their 
families  were  Jericho,  and  Beth-hoglah, 
and  the  valley  of  Keziz, 

22  And  Beth-arabah,  and  Zemaraim,  and 
Beth-el, 

23  And  Avim,  and  Parah,  and  Ophrah, 

24  And  Chephar-haammonai,  and  Ophni, 
and  Gaba;  twelve  cities  with  their  villages : 

25  Gibeou,  and  Ramah,  and  Bceroth, 

26  And  Mizpeh,  and  Chephirah,  and  Mo- 
zah, 

27  And  Rekem,  and  Irpeel,  and  Taralah, 

28  And  Zelah,  Eleph,  and  Jebusi,  which 
is  Jerusalem,  Gibeath,  and  Kirjath;  four- 
teen cities  with  their  villages.  This  is 
the  inheritance  of  the  children  of  Ben- 
jamin according  to  their  families. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

AND    the    second    lot    came    forth  to 
Simeon,  ei'eii   for   the    tribe    of  the 
237 


JOSHUA. 


children  of  Simeon  according  to  tiicir 
families :  and  their  inheritance  was  with- 
in the  inheritance  of  the  children  of  Judah. 

2  And  they  had  in  their  inheritance, 
Beer-sheba,  or  Sheba,  and  Moladah, 

3  And  Hazar-shual,  and  Balah,  and  Azcm, 

4  And  Eltolad,  and  Bethul,  and  Hormah, 

5  And  Ziklag,  and  Beth-marcaboth,  and 
Hazar-susah, 

6  And  Beth-lebaoth,  and  Sharuhen ;  thir- 
teen cities  and  their  villages : 

7  Ain,  Remmon,  and  Ether,  and  Ashan; 
four  cities  and  their  villages  : 

8  And  all  the  villages  that  were  round 
about  these  cities  to  Baalath-bcer,  Ramath 
of  the  south.  This  is  the  inheritance  of 
the  tribe  of  the  children  of  Simeon  accord- 
ing to  their  families. 

9  Out  of  the  portion  of  the  children  of 
Judah  ?ra.s  the  inheritance  of  the  children 
of  Simeon:  for  the  part  of  the  children  of 
Judah  was  too  much  for  them:  therefore 
the  children  of  Simeon  had  their  inherit- 
ance within  the  inheritance  of  them. 

10  1  And  the  third  lot  came  up  for  the 
children  of  Zebulun  according  to  their 
tixmilies:  and  the  border  of  their  inherit- 
ance was  unto  Sarid : 

11  And  their  border  went  up  toward  the 
sea,  and  Maralah,  and  reached  to  Dabl^ash- 
cth,  and  reached  to  the  river  that  is  before 
Jokneam ; 

12  And  turned  from  Sarid  eastward  to- 
ward the  sunrising  unto  the  border  of 
Chisloth-tabor,  and  then  goeth  out  to  Dab- 
erath,  and  goeth  up  to  Japhia, 

13  And  from  thence  passeth  on  along  on 
the  east  to  Gittah-hepher,  to  Ittah-kazin, 
and  goeth  out  to  Remmon-methoar  to 
Neah; 

14  And  the  border  compasseth  it  on  the 
north  side  to  Hannathon:  and  the  outgo- 
ings thereof  are  in  the  valley  of  Jiph- 
thah-cl : 

15  And  Kattath,  and  Naliallal,  and  Shini- 
ron,  and  Idalah,  and  Beth-lehem:  twelve 
cities  with  their  villages. 

16  This  i.s  the  inheritance  of  the  children 
of  Zebulun  according  to  their  families, 
these  cities  with  their  villages. 

17  H  And  the  fourth  lot  came  out  to  Is- 
sachar,  for  the  children  of  Issachar  accord- 
ing to  their  families. 

18  And  their  border  was  toward  Jezreel, 
and  Chesulloth,  and  Shunera, 


19  And  Haphraim,  and  Shihon,  and  Anah- 
arath, 

20  And  Rabbith,  and  Kishion,  and  Abez, 

21  And  Remeth,  and  En-gannim,  and  En- 
haddah,  and  Beth-pazzez; 

22  And  the  coast  reachcth  to  Tabor,  and 
Shahazimah,  and  Beth-shemesh ;  and  the 
outgoings  of  their  border  were  at  Jordan : 
sixteen  cities  with  their  villages. 

23  This  in  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe  of 
the  children  of  Issachar  according  to  their 
families,  the  cities  and  their  villages. 

24  1[  And  the  fifth  lot  came  out  for  the 
tribe  of  the  children  of  Asher  according 
to  their  families. 

25  And  their  border  was  Helkath,  and 
Hali,  and  Beten,  and  Achshaph, 

26  And  Alammelech,  and  Amad,  and 
Misheal;  and  reacheth  to  Carmel  west- 
ward, and  to  Sliihor-libnath; 

27  Aud  turneth  toward  the  sunrising  to 
Beth-dagon,  and  reacheth  to  Zebulun,  and 
to  the  valley  of  Jiphthah-el  toward  the 
north  side  of  Bcth-emek,  and  Neiel,  and 
goeth  out  to  Cabul  on  the  left  hand, 

28  And  Hebron,  and  Rehob,  and  Ham- 
mon,  and  Kauah,  ei'en  unto  great  Zidon ; 

29  And  tJien  the  coast  turneth  to  Ramah, 
and  to  the  strong  city  Tyre ;  and  the  coast 
turneth  to  Hosah;  and  the  outgoings 
thereof  are  at  the  sea  from  the  coast  to 
Achzil) : 

30  Ummah  also,  and  Aphek,  and  Rehob : 
twenty  aud  two  cities  with  their  villages. 

31  This  U  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe  of 
the  children  of  Asher  according  to  their 
flimilies,  these  cities  with  their  villages. 

32  1[  The  sixth  lot  came  out  to  the  chil- 
dren of  Naphtali,  even  for  the  children  of 
Naphtali  according  to  their  families. 

33  And  their  coast  was  from  Heleph,  from 
Allon  to  Zaanannim,  and  Adami,  Nckeb, 
and  Jabneel,  unto  Lakum ;  and  the  outgo- 
ings thereof  Avere  at  Jordan : 

34  And  then  the  coast  turneth  Avestward 
to  Aznoth-tabor,  and  goeth  out  from 
thence  to  Hukkok,  aud  reacheth  to  Zeb- 
ulun on  the  south  side,  and  reacheth  to 
Asher  on  the  Avest  side,  and  to  Judah  upon 
Jordan  toAvard  the  sunrising. 

35  And  the  fenced  cities  are  Ziddim,  Zer, 
and  Hammath,  Rakkath,  and  Chiunereth, 

36  And  Adamah,  and  Ramah,  aud  Ra- 
zor, 

37  And  Kedesh,  and  Edrei,  aud  En-hazor, 


JOSHUA. 


38  And  Iron,  and  Migdal-el,  Horcm,  and 
Beth-anath,  and  Bcth-shemesh ;  nineteen 
cities  with  their  villages. 

39  This  is  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe  of 
the  children  of  Naphtali  according?  to  their 
families,  the  cities  and  their  villages. 

40  1]  A?i(l  the  seventh  lot  came  out  for  the 
tribe  of  the  children  of  Dan  according  to 
their  families. 

41  And  the  coast  of  their  inheritance  was 
Zorah,  and  Eshtaol,  and  Ir-shcmesh, 

43  And  Shaalabbiu,  and  Ajalon,  and  Jcth- 
lah, 

43  And  Elon,  and  Thiranathah,  and  Ekron, 

44  And  Eltekeh,  and  Gibbethon,  and  Baa- 
lath, 

45  And  Jehiid,  and  Bene-berak,  and  Gath- 
rimmon, 

46  And  Me-jarkon,  and  Rakkon,  with  the 
border  before  Japho. 

47  And  the  coast  of  the  children  of  Dan 
went  out  too  lUtle  for  them:  therefore  the 
children  of  Dan  went  up  to  tight  against 
Leshem,  and  took  it,  and  smote  it  with 
the  edge  of  the  sword,  and  i)ossessed  it, 
and  dwelt  therein,  and  called  Leshem,  Dan, 
after  the  name  of  Dan  their  father. 

48  This  is  the  uiheritance  of  the  tribe  of 
the  children  of  Dan  according  to  their  fam- 
ilies, these  cities  with  their  villages. 

49  t  When  they  had  made  an  end  of  di- 
viding the  land  for  inheritance  by  their 
coasts,  the  children  of  Israel  gave  an  in- 
heritance to  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun  among 
them : 

50  According  to  the  word  of  the  Lord 
they  gave  him  the  city  which  he  asked, 
eimi  Timnath-serah  in  mount  Ephraim: 
and  he  built  the  city,  and  dwelt  therein. 

51  These  are  the  inheritances,  which  Elea- 
zar  the  priest,  and  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun, 
and  the  heads  of  the  fathers  of  the  tribes 
of  the  children  of  Israel,  divided  for  on  in- 
heritance by  lot  in  Shiloh  before  the  Lord,  ! 
at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation. So  they  made  an  end  of  dividing 
the  country. 

CHAPTER   XX. 

TH  E  Lord  also  sj^ake  unto  Joshua,  say- 
ing, 

2  Speak  to  the  children  of  Israel,  saying, 
Appoint  out  for  you  cities  of  refuge,  where- 
of I  spake  unto  you  by  the  hand  of  Moses : 

3  That  the  slayer  that  killeth  any  person 


unawares  and  unwittingly  may  flee  thither: 
and  they  shall  be  your  refuge  from  the 
avenger  of  blood. 

4  And  when  he  that  doth  flee  unto  one 
of  those  cities  shall  stand  at  the  entering 
of  the  gate  of  the  city,  and  shall  declare 
his  cause  in  the  ears  of  the  elders  of  that 
city,  they  shall  take  him  into  the  city 
unto  them,  and  give  him  a  place,  that  he 
may  dwell  among  them. 

5  And  if  the  avenger  of  blood  pursue  after 
him,  then  they  shall  not  deliver  the  slayer 
up  into  his  hand;  because  he  smote  his 
neighbour  unwittingly,  and  hated  him  not 
beforetime. 

6  And  he  shall  dwell  in  that  city,  until  he 
stand  before  the  congregation  for  judg- 
ment, and  until  the  death  of  the  high 
priest  that  shall  be  in  those  days:  then 
shall  the  slayer  return,  and  come  unto  his 
own  city,  and  unto  his  own  house,  unto 
the  city  from  whence  he  fled. 

7  Ti  And  they  appointed  Kedesh  in  Galilee 
in  mount  Naphtali,  and  Shechem  in  mount 
Ephraim,  and  Kirjath-arba,  which  is  Heb- 
ron, in  the  mountain  of  Judah. 

8  And  on  the  other  side  Jordan  by  Jericho 
eastward,  they  assigned  Bezer  in  the  wil- 
derness upon  the  plain  out  of  the  tribe  of 
Reuben,  and  Ramoth  in  Gilead  out  of  the 
tribe  of  Gad,  and  Golan  in  Bashan  out  of 
the  tribe  of  Manasseh. 

9  These  were  the  cities  appointed  for  all 
the  children  of  Israel,  and  for  the  stranger 
that  sojourneth  among  them,  that  whoso- 
ever killeth  any  person  at  unawares  might 
flee  thither,  and  not  die  by  the  hand  of  the 
avenger  of  blood,  until  he  stood  before  the 
congregation. 

CHAPTER  XXL 

THEN  came  near  the  heads  of  the  fathers 
of  the  Levites  unto  Eleazar  the  priest, 
and  unto  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  and  unto 
the  heads  of  the  fathers  of  the  tribes  of  the 
children  of  Israel ; 

2  And  they  spake  unto  them  at  Shiloh  in 
the  land  of  Canaan,  saying.  The  Lord 
commanded  by  the  hand  of  Moses  to  give 
us  cities  to  dwell  in, '  with  the  suburbs 
thereof  for  our  cattle. 

3  And  the  children  of  Israel  gave  unto 
the  Levites  out  of  their  inheritance,  at  the 
commandment  of  the  Lord,  these  cities 
and  their  suburbs. 


JOSHUA. 


4  Aucl  llic  lot  cumc  out  lor  the  families 
of  the  Kohathites :  and  the  children  of 
Aaron  the  priest,  wJikh  xvcre  of  the  Levitcs, 
had  by  lot  out  of  the  tribe  of  Judah, 
and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Simeon,  and  out 
of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  thirteen  cities. 

5  And  the  rest  of  the  children  of  Kohath 
had  by  lot  out  of  the  families  of  the  tribe 
of  Ephraim,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Dan, 
and  out  of  the  half  tribe  of  ^lauasseh, 
ten  cities. 

6  And  the  children  of  Gershou  had  by  lot 
out  of  the  families  of  the  tribe  of  Issachar, 
and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Asher,  and  out 
of  the  tribe  of  Naphtali,  and  out  of  the 
half  tribe  of  Manasseh  in  Bashan,  thir- 
teen cities. 

7  The  children  of  Merari  by  their  families 
had  out  of  tlie  tribe  of  Keuben,  and  out 
of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of 
Zcbulun,  twelve  cities. 

8  And  the  children  of  Israel  gave  by 
lot  unto  the  Levites  these  cities  with 
their  suburbs,  as  the  Lord  commanded 
by  the  hand  of  Moses. 

9  1  And  they  gave  out  of  the  tribe  of 
the  children  of  Judah,  and  out  of  the 
tribe  of  the  children  of  Simeon,  these 
cities  which  are  here  mentioned  by  name, 

10  Which  the  children  of  Aaron,  hebig 
of  the  families  of  the  Kohathites,  who  were 
of  the  children  of  Levi,  had:  for  theirs 
was  the  first  lot. 

11  And  they  gave  them  the  city  of  Arba 
the  Mher  of  Anak,  which  city  is  Hebron, 
in  the  hill  country  of  Judah,  with  the  sub- 
urbs thereof  round  about  it. 

12  But  the  fields  of  the  city,  and  the 
villages  thereof,  gave  they  to  Caleb  the 
son  of  Jephunneh  for  his  jjossession. 

13  •[[  Thus  they  gave  to  the  children  of 
Aaron  the  priest  Hebron  with  her  sub- 
urbs, to  he  a  city  of  refuge  for  the  slayer ; 
and  Lilniah  with  her  suburbs, 

14  And  Jattir  with  her  suburbs,  and 
Eshtemoa  with  her  siiburbs, 

15  And  Holon  with  her  suburbs,  and 
Debir  with  her  suburbs, 

16  And  Ain  with  her  suburbs,  and  Jiittah 
Avith  her  suburbs,  and  Beth-shemcsh  Avlth 
her  suburbs ;  nine  cities  out  of  those  two 
tribes. 

17  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin, 
Gibeon  with  her  suburbs,  Geba  with  her 
suburbs. 


18  Auatholh  with  her  suburbs,  and  Almon 
with  her  suburbs  ;  four  cities. 

19  All  the  cities  of  the  children  of  Aaron, 
the  priests,  xcere  thirteen  cities  with  their 
suburbs. 

20  *\\  And  the  families  of  the  children  of 
Kohath,  the  Levites  which  remained  of  the 
children  of  Kohath,  even  they  had  the 
cities  of  their  lot  out  of  the  tribe  of 
Ephraim. 

21  For  they  gave  them  Shechem  with 
her  suburbs  in  mount  Ephraim,  to  he  a 
city  of  refuge  for  the  slayer;  and  Gezer 
with  her  suburbs, 

23  And  Kibzaim  with  her  suburbs,  and 
Beth-horon  with  her  suburbs ;  four  cities. 

23  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Dan,  Eltekeh 
with  her  suburbs,  Gibbethon  with  her  sub- 
urbs, 

24  Aijalon  with  her  suburbs,  Gath-rim- 
mon  with  her  suburbs;  four  cities. 

25  And  out  of  the  half  tribe  of  Manasseh, 
Tanach  with  her  suburbs,  and  Gath-rim- 
mon  with  her  suburbs ;  two  cities. 

26  All  the  cities  were  ten  with  their  sub- 
urbs for  the  families  of  the  children  of 
Kohath  that  remained. 

27  Ti  And  unto  the  children  of  Gershon, 
of  the  families  of  the  Levites,  out  of  the 
other  half  tribe  of  Manasseh  they  gave 
Golan  in  Bashan  with  her  suburbs,  to  heix 
city  of  refuge  for  the  slayer;  and  Beeshte- 
rah  with  her  suburbs ;  two  cities. 

28  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Issachar, 
Kishon  with  her  suburbs,  Dabareh  with 
her  suburbs, 

29  Jarmuth  with  her  suburbs,  En-gannim 
with  her  suburbs ;  four  cities. 

30  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Asher,  Mishal 
with  her  suburbs,  Abdon  with  her  sub- 
urbs, 

31  Hclkath  with  her  suburbs,  and  Rehob 
with  her  siiburbs ;  four  cities. 

33  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Naphtali, 
Kedesh  in  Galilee  with  her  suburl)s,  to  he  a 
city  of  refuge  for  the  slayer;  and  Ham- 
moth-dor  with  her  suburbs,  and  Kartan 
with  her  suburbs ;  three  cities. 

33  All  the  cities  of  the  Gershonitcs  ac- 
cording to  their  families  were  thirteen 
cities  with  their  suburbs. 

34  IT  And  unto  the  families  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Merari,  the  rest  of  the  Levites, 
out  of  tlic  tribe  of  Zelnilun,  Jokneam  with 
her  suburbs,  and  Kartah  with  her  suburbs, 


JOSHUA. 


35  Dimnah  with  her  suburbs,  Nahalal 
with  her  suburbs ;  four  cities. 

36  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Reuben,  Bezer 
with  her  suburbs,  and  Jahazah  with  her 
suburbs, 

37  Kederaoth  with  her  suburbs,  and 
Mephaath  Avith  her  suburbs ;  four  cities. 

38  And  out  of  tlie  tribe  of  Gad,  Ramoth 
in  Gilead  with  her  suburbs,  to  he  a  city  of 
refuge  ibr  the  slayer ;  and  Mahauaini  with 
her  suburbs, 

39  Heshbon  with  her  suburbs,  Jazer 
with  her  suburbs;  four  cities  iu  all. 

40  So  all  the  cities  for  the  children  of 
Merari  by  their  families,  which  were  re- 
maining of  the  families  of  the  Levites, 
were  by  their  lot  twelve  cities. 

41  All  the  cities  of  the  Levites  within 
the  possession  of  the  children  of  Israel 
were  forty  and  eight  cities  with  their  sub- 
urbs. 

42  These  cities  were  everj'^  one  with  their 
suburbs  round  about  them:  thus  were  all 
these  cities. 

43  If  And  the  Lord  gave  unto  Israel  all 
the  land  which  he  sware  to  give  unto 
their  fathers;  and  they  possessed  it,  and 
dwelt  therein. 

44  And  the  Lord  gave  thcra  rest  round 
1  about,  according  to  all  that  he  sware 
j  unto  their  fathers:  and  there  stood  not  a 
j  man  of  all  their  enemies  before  them ;  the 

Loud  delivered  all  their  enemies  into  their 
hand. 

45  There  lixiled  not  aught  of  any  good 
thing  which  the  Lord  had  spoken  unto 
the  house  of  Israel ;  all  came  to  pass. 

CHAPTER  XXII. 

THEN    Joshua    called    the   Reubenites, 
and  the  Gadites,  and  the  half  tribe 
of  Manasseh, 

3  And  said  unto  them,  Ye  have  kept  all 
that  Moses  the  scrs-ant  of  the  Lord  com- 
manded you,  and  have  obeyed  my  A'oice 
in  all  that  I  commanded  you : 

3  Ye  have  not  left  your  brethren  these 
many  days  unto  this  day,  but  have  kept 
the  charge  of  the  commandment  of  the 
Lord  your  God. 

4  And  now  the  Lord  your  God  hath  given 
rest  unto  your  brethren,  as  he  promised 
them:  therefore  now  retuni  ye,  and  get 
3'ou  unto  your  tents,  cuul  unto  the  land 
of  your  possession,  which  Moses  the  serv- 

16 


ant   of  the   Lord   gave   you  on  the  other 
side  Jordan. 

5  But  take  diligent  heed  to  do  the  com- 
mandment and  the  law,  Avhieh  Moses  the 
servant  of  the  Lord  charged  you,  to  love 
the  Lord  j-our  God,  and  to  Avalk  iu  all 
his  Avays,  and  to  keep  his  command- 
ments, and  to  cleave  unto  him,  and  to 
serve  him  with  all  your  heart  and  Avith  all  j 
your  soul. 

6  So  Joshua  blessed  them,  and  sent  them 
away :  and  they  Avent  unto  their  tents. 

7  H  NoAV  to  the  one  half  of  the  tribe  of 
Manasseh  Moses  had  given  poHneaaion  in 
Bashan:  but  unto  the  other  half  thereof 
gaA'e  Joshua  among  their  brethren  on  this 
side  Jordan  AvestAvard.  And  Avhen  Joshua 
sent  them  aAvay  also  unto  their  tents,  then 
he  blessed  them, 

8  And  he  spake  unto  them,  saying,  Re- 
turn Avith  much  riches  unto  your  tents, 
and  with  very  much  cattle,  with  silver, 
and  Avith  gold,  and  with  brass,  and  with 
iron,  and  with  very  much  raiment:  divide 
the  spoil  of  your  enemies  Avith  your 
brethren. 

9  TI  And  the  children  of  Reuben  and  the 
children  of  Gad  and  the  half  tribe  of 
Manasseh  returned,  and  departed  from 
the  children  of  Israel  out  of  Shiloh,  which 
is  in  the  land  of  Canaan,  to  go  unto  the 
country  of  Gilead,  to  the  land  of  their 
possession,  Avhereof  they  Averc  possessed, 
according  to  the  Avord  of  the  Lord  by 
the  hand  of  Moses. 

10  T[  And  Avhen  they  came  unto  the  bor- 
ders of  Jordan,  that  are  in  the  land  of 
Canaan,  the  children  of  Reuben  and  the 
children  of  Gad  and  the  half  tribe  of  Ma- 
nasseh built  there  an  altar  by  Jordan,  a 
great  altar  to  see  to. 

11  1[  And  the  children  of  Israel  heard 
say.  Behold,  the  children  of  Reuben  and 
the  children  of  Gad  and  the  half  tribe 
of  Manasseh  have  built  an  altar  over 
against  the  land  of  Canaan,  in  the  bor- 
ders of  Jordan,  at  the  passage  of  the 
children  of  Israel. 

12  And  Avhen  the  children  of  Israel 
heard  of  it,  the  whole  congregation  of 
the  children  of  Israel  gathered  them- 
selves together  at  Shiloh,  to  go  up  to 
war  against  them. 

13  And  the  children  of  Israel  sent  unto 
the  children  of  Reuben,  and  to  the  chil- 

241 


JOSHUA. 


dren    of  Gad,   and   to   the    half   tribe   ofi 
Manasseh,  into  the  land  of  Gilead,  Phin- 
ehas  the  son  of  Eleazar  the  jiriest, 

14  And  with  him  ten  princes,  of  each 
chief  house  a  prince  throughout  all  the 
tribes  of  Israel;  and  each  one  was  a  head 
of  the  house  of  their  fathers  among  the 
thousands  of  Israel. 

15  II  And  they  came  unto  the  children 
of  Reuben,  and  to  the  children  of  Gad, 
and  to  the  half  tribe  of  Manasseh,  unto 
the  land  of  Gilead,  and  they  spake  with 
them,  saying, 

16  Thus  saith  the  Avhole  congregation 
of  the  LoKD,  What  tresjjass  is  this  that 
ye  have  committed  against  the  God  of 
Israel,  to  turn  away  this  day  from  fol- 
lowing the  Lord,  in  that  ye  have 
builded  you  an  altar,  that  ye  might  re- 
bel this  day  against  the  Lord  ? 

17  Is  the  iniquity  of  Peor  too  little  for 
us,  from  which  we  are  not  cleansed  until 
this  day,  although  there  was  a  plague  in 
the  congregation  of  the  Lord, 

18  But  that  ye  must  turn  away  this  day 
from  following  the  Lord?  and  it  Avill  be, 
seeing  ye  rebel  to  day  against  the  Lord, 
that  to  morrow  he  will  l)e  wroth  with 
the  whole  congregation  of  Israel. 

19  Notwithstanding,  if  the  land  of  your 
possession  he  unclean,  then  pass  ye  over 
unto  the  land  of  the  possession  of  the 
Lord,  v.herein  the  Lord's  taberaacle 
dwelleth,  and  take  possession  among 
us :  but  rebel  not  against  the  Lord,  nor 
rebel  against  us,  in  building  you  an  al- 
tar besides  the  altar  of  the  LoiiD  our 
God. 

20  Did  not  Achan  the  son  of  Zcrah 
commit  a  trespass  in  the  accursed  thing, 
and  wrath  fell  on  all  the  congregation 
of  Israel  ?  and  that  man  X)enshed  not 
alone  in  his  iniquity. 

21  ^  Then  the  children  of  Reuben  and 
the  children  of  Gad  and  the  half  tribe 
of  Manasseh  answered,  and  said  unto 
the  heads  of  the  thousands  of  Israel, 

22  The  Lord  God  of  gods,  the  Lord 
God  of  gods,  he  knoAveth,  and  Israel  he 
shall  know;  if  it  he  in  rebellion,  or  if  in 
transgression  against  the  Lord,  (save  us 
not  this  day,) 

23  That  Ave  have  built  us  an  altar  to 
turn  from  folloAving  the  Lord,  or  if  to 
ofler  thereon  burnt  oflViring  or  meat  ofTcr- 

242 


ing,  or  if  to  ofler  peace  offerings  thereon, 
let  the  Lord  himself  require  it ; 

24  And  if  Ave  have  not  rather  done  it 
for  fear  of  this  thing,  saying.  In  time  to 
come  your  children  might  speak  unto 
our  children,  saying,  What  have  ye  to  do 
with  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  ? 

25  For  the  Lord  hath  made  Jordan  a 
border  betAveen  us  and  j'ou,  ye  children 
of  Reuben  and  children  of  Gad;  ye  have 
no  part  in  the  Lord:  so  shall  your 
children  make  our  children  cease  from 
fearing  the  Lord. 

26  Therefore  Ave  said,  Let  us  now  prepare 
to  build  tis  an  altar,  not  for  biirnt  offering, 
nor  for  sacrifice : 

27  But  that  it  may  he  a  Avitness  betAveen 
us,  and  you,  and  our  generations  after  us, 
that  Ave  might  do  the  service  of  the  Lord 
before  him  Avith  our  burnt  offerings,  and 
Avith  our  sacrifices,  and  Avith  our  peace 
offerings ;  that  your  children  may  not  say 
to  our  children  in  time  to  come.  Ye  have 
no  part  in  the  Lord. 

28  Therefore  said  we,  that  it  shall  be, 
AA^hen  they  should  so  say  to  us  or  to  our 
generations  in  time  to  come,  that  Ave  may 
say  again.,  Behold  the  pattern  of  the  altar 
of  the  Lord,  Avhich  our  fathers  made,  not 
for  burnt  offerings,  nor  for  sacrifices ;  but 
it  is  a  Avitness  betAveen  us  and  you. 

29  God  forbid  that  Ave  should  rebel  against 
the  Lord,  and  turn  this  day  from  folloAving 
the  Lord,  to  build  an  altar  for  l)urnt  offer- 
ings, for  meat  offerings,  or  for  sacrifices, 
besides  the  altar  of  the  Lord  our  God  that 
is  before  his  tabeiiiacle. 

30  '\\  And  Avhen  Phinehas  the  priest,  and 
the  princes  of  the  congregation  and  heads 
of  the  thousands  of  Israel  which  v^ere  Avith 
him,  heard  the  Avords  that  the  children  of 
Reuben  and  the  children  of  Gad  and  the 
children  of  Manasseh  spake,  it  i)leased 
them. 

31  And  Phinehas  the  son  of  Eleazar  the 
priest  said  unto  the  children  of  Reuben, 
and  to  the  children  of  Gad,  and  to  the 
children  of  Manasseh,  This  day  Ave  perceive 
that  the  Lord  is  among  us,  because  ye 
have  not  committed  this  trespass  against 
the  Lord:  now  ye  have  delivered  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  out  of  the  hand  of  the  Lord. 

32  1  And  Phinehas  the  son  of  Eleazar  the 
priest,  and  the  princes,  returned  from  the 
children  of  Reuben,  and  from  the  children 


JOSHUA. 


of  Gad,  out  of  the  land  of  Gilead,  unto  the 
land  of  Canaan,  to  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  brought  them  word  again. 

33  And  the  thing  pleased  the  children  of 
Israel ;  and  the  children  of  Israel  blessed 
God,  and  did  not  intend  to  go  ixp  against 
them  in  battle,  to  destroy  the  land  wherein 
the  children  of  Reuben  and  Gad  dwelt. 

34  And  the  children  of  Reuben  and  the 
children  of  Gad  called  the  altar  Ed:  for  it 
shall  be  a  witness  between  us  that  the  Lokd 
is  God. 

CHAPTER  XXIII. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  along  time  after 
that  the  Lokd  had  given  rest  unto  Is- 
rael from  all  their  enemies  round  about, 
that  Joshua  Avaxed  old  and  stricken  in 
age. 

2  And  Joshua  called  for  all  Israel,  and 
for  their  elders,  and  for  their  heads,  and  for 
their  judges,  and  for  their  officers,  and 
said  unto  them,  I  am  old  and  stricken  in 
age: 

3  And  ye  have  seen  all  that  the  Lord 
your  God  hath  done  unto  all  these  nations 
because  of  you ;  for  the  Lord  your  God  is 
he  that  hath  fought  for  you. 

4  Behold,  I  have  divided  imto  you  by  lot 
these  nations  that  remain,  to  be  an  inherit- 
ance for  your  tribes,  from  Jordan,  with  all 
the  nations  that  I  have  cut  off,  even  unto 
the  great  sea  westward. 

5  And  the  Lord  your  God,  he  shall  expel 
them  from  before  j^ou,  and  drive  them 
from  out  of  your  sight;  and  ye  shall  pos- 
sess their  land,  as  the  Lord  your  God  hath 
promised  unto  you. 

6  Be  ye  therefore  very  courageous  to  keep 
and  to  do  all  that  is  written  in  the  book  of 
the  law  of  Moses,  that  ye  turn  not  aside 
therefrom  to  the  right  hand  or  to  the  left ; 

7  That  ye  come  not  among  these  nations, 
these  that  remain  among  you;  neither 
make  mention  of  the  name  of  their  gods, 
nor  cause  to  swear  hy  them,  neither  serve 
them,  nor  bow  yourselves  unto  them : 

8  But  cleave  unto  the  Lord  your  God,  as 
ye  have  done  unto  this  day. 

9  For  the  Lord  hath  driven  out  from  be- 
fore you  great  nations  and  strong :  but  «.•? 
for  you,  no  man  hath  been  able  to  stand 
before  you  unto  this  day. 

10  One  man  of  you  shall  chase  a  thousand : 
for  the  Lord  your  God,  he  it  is  that  flght- 
eth  for  you,  as  he  hath  promised  you. 


11  Take  good  heed  therefore  unto  your- 
selves, that  ye  love  the  Lord  your  God. 

12  Else,  if  ye  do  in  any  wise  go  back, 
and  cleave  unto  the  remnant  of  these 
nations,  even  these  that  remain  among 
you,  and  shall  make  marriages  Avith  them, 
and  go  in  unto  them,  and  they  to  you : 

13  Know  for  a  certainty  that  the  Lord 
your  God  will  no  more  drive  out  auT/  of 
these  nations  from  before  you ;  but  they 
shall  be  snares  and  traps  unto  you,  and 
scourges  in  your  sides,  and  thorns  in  your 
eyes,  until  ye  perish  from  off  this  good 
land  Avhich  the  Lord  your  God  hath  given 
you. 

14  And,  behold,  this  day  I  am  going  the 
way  of  all  the  earth:  and  ye  know  in  all 
your  hearts  and  in  all  your  souls,  that 
not  one  thing  hath  tailed  of  all  the  good 
things  which  the  Lord  your  God  spake 
concerning  you ;  all  are  come  to  pass  unto 
you,  and  not  one  thing  hath  failed  thereof 

15  Therefore  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
as  all  good  things  are  come  upon  you, 
which  the  Lord  your  God  promised  you ; 
so  shall  the  Lord  bring  upon  you  all 
evil  things,  until  he  have  destroyed  you 
from  off  this  good  land  which  the  Lord 
your  God  hath  given  you. 

16  When  ye  have  transgressed  the  cov- 
enant of  the  Lord  your  God,  which  he 
commanded  you,  and  have  gone  and 
served  other  gods,  and  bowed  your- 
selves to  them ;  then  shall  the  anger  of 
the  Lord  be  kindled  against  you,  and 
ye  shall  perish  quickly  from  off'  the  good 
land  which  he  hath  given  unto  you. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 

AND  Joshua  gathered  all  the  tribes  of 
Israel  to  Shechem,  and  called  for 
the  ciders  of  Israel,  and  for  their  heads, 
and  for  their  judges,  and  for  their  officers  ; 
and  they  presented  themselves  before  God. 

2  And  Joshua  said  unto  all  the  people. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  Your 
fathers  dwelt  on  the  other  side  of  the 
flood  in  old  time,  even  Terah,  the  father 
of  Abraham,  and  the  father  of  Nachor: 
and  they  served  other  gods. 

3  And  I  took  your  father  Abraham  from 
the  other  side  of  the  flood,  and  led  him 
throughout  all  the  land  of  Canaan,  and 
multiplied  his  seed,  and  gave  him  Isaac. 

4  And    I    gave    unto    Isaac    Jacob    and 

__ 


JOSHUA. 


Esau:  and  I  f^avc  unto  Esau  nioxint  Seir, 
to  possess  it  -,  but  Jacob  and  bis  chil- 
dren went  down  into  Egypt. 

5  I  sent  ;Moses  also  and  Aaron,  and  I 
plagued  Egypt,  according  to  that  which 
I  did  among  them :  and  afterward  I 
brought  you  out. 

6  And  I  brought  your  fathers  out  of 
Egypt :  and  ye  came  unto  the  sea ;  and 
the  Egyptians  pursued  after  your  fathers 
with  chariots  and  horsemeu  unto  the  Red 
sea. 

7  And  when  they  cried  unto  the  Lord, 
he  put  darkness  between  you  and  the 
Eg3'ptians,  and  brought  the  sea  upon 
them,  and  covered  them;  and  your  eyes 
have  seen  what  I  have  done  in  Egypt : 
and  ye  dwelt  in  the  wilderness  a  long 
season. 

8  And  I  brought  you  into  the  land  of 
the  Amorites,  which  dwelt  on  the  other 
side  Jordan ;  and  they  fought  Avith  you : 
and  I  gave  them  into  your  hand,  that  ye 
might  possess  their  land ;  and  I  destroyed 
them  from  before  you. 

9  Then  Balak  the  son  of  Zippor,  king 
of  Moab,  arose  and  warred  against  Israel, 
and  sent  and  called  Balaam  the  son  of 
Beor  to  curse  you : 

10  But  I  would  not  hearken  unto  Ba- 
laam ;  therefore  he  blessed  you  still :  so 
I  delivered  you  out  of  his  hand. 

11  And  ye  went  over  Jordan,  and  came 
unto  Jericho :  and  the  men  of  Jericho 
fought  against  you,  the  Amorites,  and 
the  Perizzites,  and  the  Canaanites,  and 
the  Hittites,  and  the  Girgashites,  the 
Hivites,  and  the  Jebusites;  and  I  de- 
livered them  into  3'our  hand. 

12  And  I  sent  the  hornet  before  you, 
which  drave  them  out  from  before  j'ou, 
e?;e?i  the  two  kings  of  the  Amorites;  hut 
not  with  thy  sword,  nor  with  thy  bow. 

13  And  I  have  given  you  a  land  for  which 
ye  did  not  labour,  and  cities  which  ye 
built  not,  and  ye  dwell  in  them ;  of  the 
vineyards  and  oliveyards  which  ye  planted 
not  do  ye  eat. 

14  H  Now  therefore  fear  the  Lord,  and 
serve  him  in  sincerity  and  in  truth;  and 
put  away  the  gods  which  your  fathers 
served  on  the  other  side  of  the  flood, 
and  in  Egyi)t ;  and  serve  ye  tlic  Lord. 

15  And  if  it  seem  evil  unto  you  to 
serve  the  Lord,  choose  you  this  day  whom 


ye  will  serve ;  whether  the  gods  which 
your  fathers  served  that  were  on  the  other 
side  of  the  flood,  or  the  gods  of  the 
Amorites,  in  whose  land  ye  dwell :  but 
as  for  me  and  my  house,  we  will  sers'e 
the  Lord. 

16  And  the  people  answered  and  said, 
God  forbid  that  we  should  forsake  the 
Lord,  to  serve  other  gods ; 

17  For  the  Lord  our  God,  he  it  is  that 
brought  us  up  and  our  fathers  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  from  the  house  of  bondage, 
and  which  did  those  great  signs  in  our 
sight,  and  preserved  us  in  all  the  way 
wherein  we  went,  and  among  all  the  peo- 
ple through  whom  Ave  passed : 

18  And  the  Lord  drave  out  from  before 
us  all  the  people,  even  the  Amorites  Avhich 
dwelt  in  the  land :  therefore  Avill  we  also 
serve  the  Lord  ;  for  he  is  our  God. 

19  And  Joshua  said  unto  the  people,  Ye 
cannot  serve  the  Lord:  for  he  is  a  holy 
God;  he  is  a  jealous  God;  he  Avill  not 
forgive  your  transgressions  nor  your  sins. 

20  If  ye  forsake  the  Lord,  and  serA'e 
strange  gods,  then  he  will  turn  and  do 
you  hurt,  and  consume  you,  after  that  he 
hath  done  you  good. 

21  And  the  people  said  unto  Joshua, 
Nay;  but  Ave  Avill  serve  the  Lord. 

22  And  Joshua  said  unto  the  people.  Ye 
ai'e  Avitnesses  against  yourselves  that  ye 
have  chosen  you  the  Lord,  to  serve  him. 
And  they  said.  We  are  witnesses. 

23  NoAV  therefore  put  away,  said  he,  the 
strange  gods  which  are  among  you,  and  in- 
cline your  heart  imto  the  Lord  God  of 
Israel. 

24  And  the  people  said  unto  Joshua, 
The  Lord  our  God  Avill  Ave  serve,  and  his 
voice  Avill  we  obey. 

25  So  Joshua  made  a  covenant  with  the 
people  that  day,  and  set  them  a  statute 
and  an  ordinance  in  Shechem. 

26  11  And  Joshua  wrote  these  words  in 
the  book  of  the  law  of  God,  and  took  a 
great  stone,  and  set  it  up  there  luider  an 
oak,  that  was  by  the  sanctuary  of  the 
Lord. 

27  And  Joshua  said  unto  all  the  people. 
Behold,  this  stone  shall  be  a  Avitness  unto 
us;  for  it  hath  heard  all  the  Avords  of  the 
Lord  which  he  spake  unto  us:  it  shall  be 
therefore  a  Avituess  unto  you,  lest  ye  deny 
your  God, 


JUDGES. 


28  So  Joshua  let  the  people  depart,  every 
man  unto  his  iuheritance. 

29  Tf  And  it  came  to  pass  after  these 
things,  that  Joshua  the  son  of  Nuu,  the 
servant  of  the  Loud,  died,  hebuj  a  hundred 
and  ten  years  old. 

80  And  they  buried  hira  in  the  border  of 
his  inheritance  in  Timnath-serah,  which  is 
in  mount  Ephraim,  on  the  north  side  of 
the  hill  of  Gaash. 

31  And  Israel  served  the  Loud  all  the  days 
of  Joshua,  and  all  the  days  of  the  elders 
that    overlived    Joshua,    and    which    had 


known   all  the   works  of  the  Lokd,  that 
he  had  done  for  Israel. 

32  H  And  the  bones  of  Joseph,  Avhich  the 
children  of  Israel  brought  up  out  of  Egypt, 
buried  they  in  Shechem,  in  a  parcel  of 
ground  which  Jacob  bought  of  the  sons  of 
Hamor  the  father  of  Shechem  for  a  hundred 
pieces  of  silver ;  and  it  became  the  inherit- 
ance of  the  children  of  Josejjh. 

33  And  Eleazar  the  son  of  Aaron  died; 
and  they  buried  hira  in  a  hill  that  pe7'- 
iained  to  Phinehas  his  son,  which  was 
given  him  in  mount  Ephraim. 


THE 


BOOK   OF  JUDGES. 


CHAPTER  I. 

NOW  after  the  death  of  Joshua  it  came 
to  pass,  that  the  children  of  Israel 
asked  the  Lokd,  saying,  Who  shall  go  up 
for  us  against  the  Canaanites  first,  to 
fight  against  them  ? 

2  And  the  Lokd  said,  Judah  shall  go  up : 
behold,  I  have  delivered  the  laud  into  his 
hand. 

3  And  Judah  said  unto  Simeon  his  brother. 
Come  up  with  me  into  my  lot,  that  we 
may  fight  against  the  Canaanites :  and  I 
likewise  will  go  with  thee  into  thy  lot. 
So  Simeon  went  with  him. 

4  And  Judah  went  up;  and  the  Lord 
delivered  the  Canaanites  and  the  Pcrizzites 
into  their  hand :  and  they  slew  of  them 
in  Bezek  ten  thousand  men. 

5  And  they  found  Adoni-bezek  in  Bezek  : 
and  they  fought  against  him,  and  they 
slew  the  Canaanites  and  the  Pcrizzites. 

6  But  Adoni-bezek  fled;  and  they  pur- 
sued after  him,  and  caught  him,  and 
cut  off  his  thumbs  and  his  great  toes. 

7  And  Adoni-bezek  said.  Threescore  and 
ten  kings,  having  their  thuml)s  and  their 
great  toes  cut  off,  gathered  their  meat 
under  my  table:  as  I  have  done,  so  God 
hath  requited  me.  And  they  brought  him 
to  Jerusalem,  and  there  he  died. 

8  Now  the  children  of  Judah  had  fought 
against  Jerusalem,  and  had  taken  it,  and 


smitten  it  with  the  edge  of  the  swoixl,  and 
set  the  city  on  fire, 

9  1  And  afterward  the  children  of  Judah 
went  down  to  fight  against  the  Canaanites, 
that  dwelt  in  the  mountain,  and  in  the 
south,  and  in  the  valley. 

10  And  Judah  went  against  the  Canaan- 
ites that  dwelt  in  Hebron :  now  the  name 
of  Hebron  before  vms  Kirjath-arba :  and 
they  slew  Sheshai,  and  Ahiman,  and  Tal- 
mai. 

11  And  from  thence  he  went  against  the 
inhabitants  of  Debir:  and  the  name  of 
Debir  before  v)m  Kirjath-sepher : 

12  And  Caleb  said.  He  that  smiteth  Kir- 
jath-sepher, and  taketh  it,  to  him  will  I 
give  Achsah  my  daughter  to  wife. 

13  And  Othniel  the  son  of  Keuaz,  Caleb's 
younger  brother,  took  it :  and  he  gave  him 
Achsah  his  daughter  to  wife. 

14  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  she  came  to 
him,  that  she  moved  him  to  ask  of  her 
fiither  a  field :  and  she  lighted  from  off  her 
ass;  and  Caleb  said  unto  her,  What  wilt 
thou  ? 

15  And  she  said  unto  him.  Give  me  a 
blessing:  for  thou  hast  given  me  a  south 
land ;  give  me  also  springs  of  water.  And 
Caleb  gave  her  the  upper  si^rings  and  the 
nether  springs. 

16  1  And  the  children  of  the  Kenite,  Mo- 
ses'   father    in  law,  went  up  out  of  the 

245       ^ 


JUDGES. 


city  of  palm  trees  with  the  children  of  Ju- 
dah  into  the  wilderness  of  Judah,  Avhich 
lieth  in  the  south  of  Arad;  and  they  Avent 
and  dwelt  among  the  people. 

17  And  Judah  went  with  Simeon  his 
brother,  and  they  slew  the  Canaauites  that 
inhabited  Zephath,  and  utterly  destroyed 
it.  And  the  name  of  the  city  was  called 
Hormah. 

18  Also  Judah  took  Gaza  with  the  coast 
thereof,  and  Askelon  with  the  coast  there- 
of, and  Ekron  with  the  coast  thereof 

19  And  the  Loud  was  with  Judah;  and 
he  di'ave  out  the  inhabitants  of  the  mount- 
ain; but  could  not  drive  out  the  inhab- 
itants of  the  A^alley,  because  they  had 
chariots  of  iron. 

20  And  they  gave  Hebron  unto  Caleb,  as 
Moses  said:  and  he  expelled  thence  the 
three  sons  of  Anak. 

21  And  the  children  of  Benjamin  did  not 
drive  out  the  Jebusites  that  inhabited  Je- 
rusalem ;  but  the  Jebusites  dwell  with  the 
children  of  Benjamin  in  Jerusalem  unto 
this  day. 

22  H  And  the  house  of  Joseph,  they  also 
went  up  against  Beth-el:  and  the  Lord 
was  with  them. 

23  And  the  house  of  Joseph  sent  to 
descry  Beth-el.  Now  the  name  of  the  city 
before  was  Luz. 

24  And  the  spies  saw  a  man  come  forth 
out  of  the  city,  and  they  said  unto  him. 
Shew  us,  we  pray  thee,  the  entrance  into 
the  city,  and  we  will  shew  thee  mercy. 

25  And  when  he  shewed  them  the  en- 
trance into  the  city,  they  smote  the  city 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword;  but  they 
let  go  the  man  and  all  his  family. 

26  And  the  man  went  into  the  land  of 
the  Hittites,  and  l)uilt  a  city,  and  called 
the  name  thereof  Luz:  which  is  the  name 
thereof  unto  this  day. 

27  t  Neither  did  Manasseh  drive  out  the 
ijihahilants  of  Beth-sheau  and  her  towns, 
nor  Taanach  and  her  towns,  nor  the  in- 
habitants of  Dor  and  her  towns,  nor  the 
inhabitants  of  Ibleam  and  her  towns, 
nor  the  inhabitants  of  Megiddo  and  her 
towns:  but  the  Canaanites  would  dwell 
in  that  land. 

28  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Israel  was 

strong,   that  they  put  the   Canaauites  to 

tribute,  and    did   not  utterly  drive  them 

out. 

_ 


29  II  Neither  did  Ephraim  drive  out  the 
Canaanites  that  dwelt  in  Gezer;  but  the 
Canaanites  dwelt  in  Gezer  among  them. 

30  TI  Neither  did  Zebuluu  drive  out  the 
inhabitants  of  Kitron,  nor  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Nahalol ;  but  the  Canaanites  dwelt 
among  them,  and  became  tributaries. 

31  1  Neither  did  Asher  drive  out  the 
inhabitants  of  Aceho,  nor  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Zidon,  nor  of  Ahlab,  nor  of  Ach- 
zib,  nor  of  Helbali,  nor  of  Aphik,  nor  of 
Rehob: 

33  But  the  Asherites  dwelt  among  the 
Canaanites,  the  inhabitants  of  the  land: 
for  they  did  not  drive  them  out. 

33  TI  Neither  did  Naphtali  drive  out  the 
inhabitants  of  Beth-shemesh,  nor  the  in- 
habitants of  Beth-anath;  but  he  dwelt 
among  the  Canaanites,  the  inhabitants 
of  the  land:  nevertheless,  the  inhabitants 
of  Beth-shemesh  and  of  Beth-anath  be- 
came tributaries  unto  them. 

34  And  the  Amorites  forced  the  children 
of  Dan  into  the  mountain  :  for  they 
would  not  suffer  them  to  come  down 
to  the  valley: 

35  But  the  Amorites  would  dwell  in 
mount  Heres  in  Aijalon,  and  in  Shaal- 
bim:  yet  the  hand  of  the  house  of  Jo- 
seph prevailed,  so  that  they  became  tribu- 
tai'ies. 

36  And  the  coast  of  the  Amorites  was 
from  the  going  up  to  Akrabbim,  from  the 
rock,  and  ui^ward.       *-' 

CHAPTER  IL 

AN  D  an  Angel  of  the  Lord  came  up 
from  Gilgal  to  Bochim,  and  said,  I 
made  you  to  go  up  out  of  Egypt,  and 
have  brought  you  unto  the  land  which  I 
sware  unto  your  fathers;  and  I  said,  I 
will  never  break  my  covenant  with  you. 

2  And  ye  shall  make  no  league  with  the 
inhabitants  of  this  land;  ye  shall  throw 
down  their  altars :  but  ye  have  not  obeyed 
my  voice;  why  have  ye  done  this? 

3  Wherefore  I  also  said,  I  will  not  drive 
them  out  from  before  you ;  but  they  shall 
be  cw  thorns  in  your  sides,  and  their  gods 
shall  be  a  snare  unto  you. 

4  And  it  came  to  pass,  Avhen  the  Angel 
of  the  Lord  spake  these  words  unto  all 
the  children  of  Israel,  that  the  people 
lifted  up  their  voice,  and  wept. 

5  And  they  called  the  name  of  that  i)lace 


JUDGES. 


Bochim:    aud  they  sacrificed   there  unto 
the  Lord. 

6  II  Aud  when  Joshua  had  let  the  peo- 
ple go,  the  children  of  Israel  went  every 
mau  unto  his  inheritance  to  possess  the 
land. 

7  And  the  people  served  the  Lokd  all 
the  days  of  Joshua,  and  all  the  days  of 
the  elders  that  outlived  Joshua,  who  had 
seen  all  the  great  works  of  the  Lord,  that 
he  did  for  Israel. 

8  Aud  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  the  serv- 
ant of  the  Lord,  died,  being  a  hundred 
aud  ten  years  old. 

9  And  they  buried  him  in  the  border  of 
his  inheritance  In  Timnath-heres,  in  the 
mount  of  Ephraim,  on  the  north  side  of 
the  hiir  Gaash. 

10  Aud  also  all  that  generation  were 
gathered  unto  their  fathers:  and  there 
arose  another  generation  after  them, 
which  knew  not  the  Lord,  nor  yet  the 
works  which  he  had  done  for  Israel. 

11  *[I  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  evil 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and  served 
Baalim : 

13  And  they  forsook  the  Lord  God  of 
their  fathers,  which  brought  them  out  of 
the  land  of  Egypt,  and  followed  other 
gods,  of  the  gods  of  the  people  that  were 
round  about  them,  and  bowed  themselves 
imto  them,  and  provoked  the  Lord  to 
anger. 

13  And  they  forsook  the  Lord,  and 
served  Baal  and  Ashtaroth. 

14  Tl  And  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  hot 
against  Israel,  and  he  delivered  them  into 
the  hands  of  spoilers  that  spoiled  them, 
and  he  sold  them  into  the  hands  of  their 
enemies  round  about,  so  that  they  could 
not  any  longer  stand  before  their  ene- 
mies. 

15  Whithersoever  they  went  out,  the  hand 
of  the  Lord  was  against  them  for  evil,  as 
the  Lord  had  said,  and  as  the  Lord  had 
sworn  unto  them:  and  they  were  greatly 
distressed. 

16  1  Nevertheless  the  Lord  raised  up 
judges,  which  delivered  them  out  of  the 
hand  of  those  that  si^oiled  them. 

17  And  yet  they  would  not  hearken  unto 
their  judges,  but  they  went  a  whoring  after 
other  gods,  and  bowed  themselves  unto 
them:  they  turned  quickly  out  of  the 
way  which  their  fathers  walked  in,  obey- 


ing the  commandments  of  the  Lord;  hat 
they  did  not  so. 

18  And  when  the  Lord  raised  them  up 
judges,  then  the  Lord  was  with  the  judge, 
and  delivered  them  out  of  the  hand  of 
their  enemies  all  the  days  of  the  judge: 
for  it  repented  the  Lord  because  of  their 
groanings  by  reason  of  them  that  opi^ress- 
ed  them  and  vexed  them. 

19  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  judge  j 
was  dead,  that  they  returned,  and  cor- 
rupted thenisehe-s  more  than  their  fathers,  | 
in  following  other  gods  to  serve  them,  j 
and  to  bow  down  iinto  them ;  they  ceased 
not  from  their  own  doings,  nor  from  their  ' 
stubborn  way.  ! 

20  II  And  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  hot  | 
against  Israel;   and  he  said.  Because  that 
this  people  hath  transgressed  ray  covenant 
which    I    commanded    their    fathers,  and 
have  not  hearkened  unto  my  voice; 

21  I  also  will  not  henceforth  drive  out 
any  from  before  them  of  the  nations  Avhich 
Joshua  left  when  he  died  : 

22  That  through  them  I  may  prove  Is- 
rael, whether  they  will  keep  the  way  of 
the  Lord  to  walk  therein,  as  their  fathers 
did  keep  it,  or  not. 

23  Therefore  the  Lord  left  those  nations, 
without  driving  them  out  hastily;  neither 
delivered  he  them  into  the  hand  of  Joshua. 

CHAPTER  in. 

NOW  these  are  the  nations  which  the 
Lord  left,  to  prove  Israel  by  then>, 
even  as  many  of  Israel  as  had  not  known 
all  the  wars  of  Canaan ; 

2  Only  that  the  generations  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  might  know  to  teach  them 
war,  at  the  least  such  as  before  knew 
nothing  thereof; 

3  Namely,  five  lords  of  the  Philistines, 
and  all  the  Canaanites,  and  the  Sidonians, 
and  the  Hivites  that  dwelt  in  mount  Leb- 
anon, from  mount  Baal-hermou  unto  the 
entering  in  of  Hamath. 

4  And  they  were  to  prove  Israel  by  them, 
to  know  whether  they  would  hearken  unto 
the  commandments  of  the  Lord,  which 
he  commanded  their  fathers  by  the  hand 
of  Moses. 

5  H  And  the  children  of  Israel  dwelt 
among  the  Canaanites,  Hittites,  and  Anior- 
ites,  and  Perizzites,  and  Hivites,  and  Jebu- 
sites: 

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JUDGES. 


6  And  they  took  their  d:m<,^htcrs  to  be 
their  wives,  and  j^avc  their  daughters  to 
their  sous,  and  served  their  i^ods. 

7  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  evil  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and  forgat  the  Loud 

j  their  God,  and  served  Baalim  and  the  groves. 

8  11  Therefore  the  anger  of  the  Lokd  was 
I  hot  against  Israel,  and  he  sold  them  into 
(  the  hand  of  Chushan-rishathaim  king  of 
t  Mesopotamia:  and  the  children  of  Israel 
i  served  Chushan-rishathaim  eight  years. 

I  9  And  when  the  children  of  Israel  cried 
I  unto  the  Lord,  the  Lord  raised  up  a  de- 
j  liverer  to  the  children  of  Israel,  who  deliv- 
I  ered  them,  even  Othniel  the  son  of  Kenaz, 
Caleb's  younger  brother. 

10  And  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  came  upon 
him,  and  he  judged  Israel,  and  went  out  to 
war:  and  the  Lord  delivered  Chushan- 
rishathaim  king  of  Mesopotamia  into  his 
hand ;  and  his  hand  prevailed  against  Chu- 
shan-rishathaim. 

11  And  the  land  had  rest  forty  years  :  and 
Othniel  the  son  of  Kenaz  died. 

12  ^  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  evil 
again  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord:   and  the 

I  Lord    strengthened    Eglon   the    king    of 
j  Moab  against  Israel,  because  they  had  done 

evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord. 
I    13  And  he  gathered  unto  him  the  chil- 
dren of  Ammon  and    Amalek,  and  went 
and  smote  Israel,  and  possessed  the  city  of 
palm  trees. 

14  So  the  children  of  Israel  served  Eglon 
the  king  of  Moab  eighteen  j'cars. 

15  But  when  the  children  of  Israel  cried 
unto  the  Lord,  the  Lord  raised  them  up  a 
deliverer,  Ehud  the  son  of  Gera,  a  Benja- 
mite,  a  man  lefthanded:   and  by  him  the 

j  children  of  Israel  sent  a  present  unto  Eg- 
lon the  king  of  Moab. 
I  16  But  Ehud  made  him  a  dagger  which 
I  had  two  edges,  of  a  cubit  length;  and  he 
!  did  gird  it  under  his  raiment  upon  his 
I  right  thigh. 

17  And  he  brought  the  present  unto  Eglon 
king  of  Moab  :  and  Eglon  vxia  a  very  fat  man. 

18  And  when  he  had  made  an  end  to  otter 
the  present,  he  sent  away  the  people  that 
bare  the  present. 

19  But  he  himself  turned  again  from  the 

quarries   that   ivere  by  Gilgal,  and   said,  I 

have   a  secret  errand  unto  thee,  O   king: 

who  said.  Keep  silence.   And  all  that  stood 

bv  him  went  out  from  him. 
_ 


20  And  Ehud  came  unto  him ;  and  he  was 
sitting  in  a  summer  parlour,  which  he  had 
for  himself  alone:  and  Ehud  said,  I  have  a 
message  from  God  unto  thee.  And  he 
arose  out  of  At.s  seat. 

21  And  Ehud  put  forth  his  left  hand,  and 
took  the  dagger  from  his  right  thigh,  and 
thrust  it  into  his  belly: 

22  And  the  haft  also  went  in  after  the 
blade;  and  the  fat  closed  upon  the  blade, 
so  that  he  could  not  draw  the  dagger  out 
of  his  belly;  and  the  dirt  came  out. 

23  Then  Ehud  went  forth  through  the 
porch,  and  shut  the  doors  of  the  parlour 
upon  him,  and  locked  them. 

24  When  he  was  gone  out,  his  servants 
came;  and  when  they  saw  that,  behold,  the 
doors  of  the  parlour  vere  locked,  they  said, 
Surely  he  covereth  his  feet  in  his  summer 
chamber. 

25  And  they  tarried  till  they  were  asham- 
ed: and,  behold,  he  opened  not  the  doors 
of  the  parlour;  therefore  they  took  a  key, 
and  opened  them:  and,  behold,  their  lord 
woH  fallen  down  dead  on  the  earth. 

26  And  Ehud  escaped  while  they  tar- 
ried, and  ]>assed  beyond  the  quarries,  and 
escaped  unto  Seirath. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  was 
come,  that  he  blew  a  trumpet  in  the 
mountain  of  Ephraim,  and  the  children 
of  Israel  went  down  with  him  from  the 
mount,  and  he  before  them. 

28  And  he  said  unto  them.  Follow  after 
me:  for  the  Lord  hath  delivered  your  ene- 
mies the  Moabites  into  your  hand.  And 
they  went  down  after  him,  and  took  the 
fords  of  Jordan  toward  Moab,  and  suffer- 
ed not  a  man  to  pass  over. 

29  Aud  they  slew  of  Moab  at  that  time 
about  ten  thousand  men,  all  lusty,  and  all 
men  of  valour ;  and  there  escaped  not  a  man. 

30  So  Moab  was  subdued  that  day  under 
the  hand  of  Israel.  And  the  land  had 
rest  fourscore  years. 

31  ^  And  after  him  was  Shamgar  the  son 
of  Auath,  which  slew  of  the  Philistines 
six  hundred  men  with  an  oxgoad:  and 
he  also  delivered  Israel. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

AND   the    children    of  Israel  again  did 
evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  when 
Ehud  was  dead. 
2  And  the  Lord  sold  them  into  the  hand 


JUDGES. 


of  Jabin  king  of  Canaan,  that  reigned  in 
Kazor;  the  captain  of  whose  host  was 
Sisera,  -which  dwelt  iu  Harosheth  of  the 
Gentiles. 

3  And  the  children  of  Israel  cried  unto 
the  LoKD :  for  he  had  nine  hundred  char- 
iots of  iron ;  and  twenty  years  he  mightily 
oppressed  the  children  of  Israel. 

4  H  And  Deborah,  a  prophetess,  the  wife 
of  Lapidoth,  she  judged  Israel  at  that 
time. 

5  And  she  dwelt  under  the  palm  tree  of 
Deborah,  between  Ramah  and  Bcth-el  in 
mount  Ephraim:  and  the  children  of  Is- 
rael came  up  to  her  for  judgment. 

6  And  she  sent  and  called  Barak  the  son 
of  Abinoara  out  of  Kedesh  naphtali,  and 
said  unto  him.  Hath  not  the  Lord  God  of 
Israel  commanded,  myiny^  Go  and  draw 
toward  mount  Tabor,  and  take  with  thee 
ten  thousand  men  of  the  children  of 
Naphtali  and  of  the  children  of  Zebulun  ? 

7  And  I  will  draw  unto  thee,  to  the 
river  Kishon,  Sisera  the  captain  of  Jabin's 
army,  with  his  chariots  and  his  multitude; 
and  I  will  deliver  him  into  thine  hand. 

8  And  Barak  said  unto  her,  If  thou  wilt 
go  with  me,  then  I  will  go:  but  if  thou 
wilt  not  go  with  me,  then  I  will  not  go. 

9  And  she  said,  I  will  surely  go  with 
thee :  notwithstanding  the  journey  that 
thou  takest  shall  not  be  for  thine  honour; 
for  the  LoKD  shall  sell  Sisera  into  the 
hand  of  a  woman.  And  Deborah  arose, 
and  went  with  Barak  to  Kedesh. 

10  1  And  Barak  called  Zebulun  and  Naph- 
tali to  Kedesh;  and  he  Aveut  up  with  ten 
thousand  men  at  his  feet:  and  Deborah 
went  up  with  him. 

11  Now  Heber  the  Keuite,  which  was  of 
the  children  of  Hobab  the  father  in  law 
of  Moses,  had  severed  himself  from  the 
Kenites,  and  pitched  his  tent  unto  the 
plain  of  Zaanaim,  which  is  by  Kedesh. 

12  And  they  shewed  Sisera  that  Barak  the 
son  of  Abinoam  was  gone  up  to  mount 
Tabor. 

13  And  Sisera  gathered  together  all  his 
chariots,  even  nine  hundred  chariots  of 
iron,  and  all  the  people  that  were  with 
him,  from  Harosheth  of  the  Gentiles  unto 
the  river  of  Kishon. 

14  And  Deborah  said  unto  Barak,  Up ;  for 
this  is  the  day  in  which  the  Loud  hath 
delivered  Sisera   into  thine   hand:    is  not 


the  LoKD  gone  out  before  thee  •*  So  Barak 
went  down  from  mount  Tabor,  and  ten 
thousand  men  after  him. 

15  And  the  Loud  discomfited  Sisera,  and 
all  his  chariots,  and  all  his  host,  with  tlie 
edge  of  the  sword  before  Barak;  so  that 
Sisera  lighted  down  oil  his  chariot,  and 
fled  away  on  his  feet. 

16  But  Barak  pursued  after  the  chariots, 
and  after  the  host,  unto  Harosheth  of  the 
Gentiles:  and  all  the  host  of  Sisera  fell 
upon  the  edge  of  the  sword ;  and  there  was 
not  a  man  left. 

17  Howbeit  Sisera  fled  away  on  his  feet 
to  the  tent  of  Jael  the  wife  of  Heber  the 
Keuite :  for  there  ?ras  peace  between  Jabin 
the  king  of  Hazor  and  the  house  of  Heber 
the  Kenite. 

18  H  And  Jael  went  out  to  meet  Sisera, 
and  said  unto  him.  Turn  in,  my  lord,  turn 
iu  to  me;  fear  not.  And  when  he  had 
turned  in  unto  her  into  the  tent,  she 
covered  him  with  a  mantle. 

19  And  he  said  unio  her,  Give  me,  I  pray 
thee,  a  little  water  to  drink;  for  I  am 
thirsty.  And  she  opened  a  bottle  of  milk, 
and  gave  him  drink,  and  covered  hira. 

20  Again  he  said  unto  her.  Stand  in  the 
door  of  the  tent,  and  it  shall  be,  when 
any  man  doth  come  and  inquire  of  thee, 
and  say.  Is  there  any  man  here  ?  that  thou 
Shalt  say,  No. 

21  Then  Jael  Heber's  wife  took  a  nail 
of  the  tent,  and  took  a  hammer  in  her 
hand,  and  went  softly  unto  him,  and 
smote  the  nail  into  his  temples,  and  fast- 
ened it  into  the  ground:  for  he  was  fast 
asleep  and  weary.     So  he  died. 

22  And,  behold,  as  Barak  pursued  Sisera, 
Jael  came  out  to  meet  him,  and  said 
unto  him.  Come,  and  I  will  shew  thee  the 
man  whom  thou  seekest.  And  when  he 
came  into  her  te7it,  behold,  Sisera  lay 
dead,  and  the  nail  v)as  in  his  temples. 

23  So  God  subdued  on  that  day  Jabin 
the  king  of  Canaan  before  the  children  of 
Israel. 

24  And  the  hand  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael prospered,  and  prevailed  against  Jabin 
the  king  of  Canaan,  until  they  had  de- 
stroyed Jabin  king  of  Canaan. 

CHAPTER  V. 

THEN    sang    Deborah    and  Barak   the 
son  of  Abinoam  on  that  day,  saying, 
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JUDGES. 


2  Praise  ye  the  Lokd  for  the  aveuginsjj 
of  Israel,  wheu  the  people  willingly  of- 
fered themselves. 

3  Hear,  O  ye  kings;  give  ear,  O  ye 
princes ;  I,  even  I,  will  sing  unto  the  Lord  ; 
I  will  sing  praise  to  the  Lokd  God  of  Is- 
rael. 

4  Lord,  when  thou  wentest  out  of  Seir, 
when  thou  marchedst  out  of  the  field  of 
Edom,  the  earth  trembled,  and  the  heavens 
dropped,  the  clouds  also  dropped  water. 

5  The  mountains  melted  from  before  the 
Lord,  even  that  Sinai  from  before  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel. 

6  In  the  days  of  Shamgar  the  son  of 
Anath,  in  the  days  of  Jael,  the  highways 
were  unoccupied,  and  the  travellers  walked 
through  ])yways. 

7  The  infiabiiants  of  the  villages  ceased, 
they  ceased  in  Israel,  until  that  I  Deborah 
arose,  that  I  arose  a  mother  in  Israel. 

8  They  chose  new  gods ;  then  was  war  in 
the  gates  :  was  there  a  shield  or  spear  seen 
among  forty  thousand  in  Israel  ? 

9  My  heart  is  toward  the  governors  of 
Israel,  that  offered  themselves  willingly 
among  the  people.     Bless  ye  the  Lord. 

10  Speak,  ye  that  ride  on  white  asses, 
ye  that  sit  in  judgment,  and  walk  by  the 
way. 

11  They  that  are  delivered  from  the  noise 
of  archers  in  the  places  of  drawing  water, 
there  shall  they  rehearse  the  righteous 
acts  of  the  Lord,  even  the  righteous  acts 
toward  the  inhabitants  of  his  villages  in 
Israel :  then  shall  the  people  of  the  Lord 
go  down  to  the  gates. 

13  Awake,  awake,  Deborah:  awake, 
awake,  utter  a  song:  arise,  Barak,  and 
lead  thy  captivity  captive,  thou  son  of 
Abinoara. 

13  Then  he  made  him  that  remaineth 
have  dominion  over  the  nobles  among 
the  people:  the  Lord  made  me  have 
dominion  over  the  mighty. 

14  Out  of  Ephraim  was  there  a  root  of 
them  against  Amalek;  after  thee,  Benja- 
min,  among  thy  people;    out  of  Machir 

I  came  down  governors,  and  out  of  Zebulun 
they  that  handle  the  pen  of  the  writer. 

15  And  the  princes  of  Issachar  %oere  with 
Deborah ;  even  Issachar,  and  also  Barak : 
he  was  sent  on  foot  into  the  valley.  For 
the  divisions  of  Reuben  there  toere  great 
thoughts  of  heart. 

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16  Why  abodest  thou  among  the  sheep- 
folds,  to  hear  the  bleatings  of  the  flocks? 
For  the  divisions  of  Reuben  tfiere  were 
great  searchings  of  heart. 

17  Gilead  abode  beyond  Jordan:  and 
why  did  Dan  remain  in  ships?  Asher 
continued  on  the  sea  shore,  and  abode  in 
his  breaches. 

18  Zebulun  and  Naphtali  were  a  people 
that  jeoparded  their  lives  unto  the  death 
in  the  high  places  of  the  field. 

19  The  kings  came  and  fought:  then 
fought  the  kings  of  Canaan  in  Taanach  by 
the  waters  of  Megiddo ;  they  took  no  gain 
of  money. 

20  They  fought  from  heaven;  the  stars 
in  their  courses  fought  against  Sisera. 

21  The  river  of  Kishon  swept  them  away, 
that  ancient  river,  the  river  Kishon.  O 
my  soul,  thou  hast  trodden  down  strength. 

23  Then  were  the  horsehoofs  broken  by 
the  means  of  the  prancings,  the  prancings 
of  their  mighty  ones. 

23  Curse  ye  Meroz,  said  the  angel  of 
the  Lord,  curse  ye  bitterly  the  inhab- 
itants thereof;  because  they  came  not  to 
the  help  of  the  Lord,  to  the  help  of  the 
Lord  against  the  mighty. 

24  Blessed  above  women  shall  Jael  the 
wife  of  Heber  the  Kenite  be;  blessed 
shall  she  be  above  women  in  the  tent. 

25  He  asked  water,  and  she  gave  him 
milk ;  she  brought  forth  butter  in  a  lordly 
dish. 

26  She  put  her  hand  to  the  nail,  and 
her  right  hand  to  the  workmen's  ham- 
mer; and  with  the  hammer  she  smote 
Sisera,  she  smote  off  his  head,  when  she  , 
had  pierced  and  stricken  through  his 
temples. 

27  At  her  feet  he  bowed,  he  fell,  he  lay 
down :  at  her  feet  he  bowed,  he  fell : 
where  he  bowed,  there  he  fell  down 
dead. 

28  The  mother  of  Sisera  looked  out  at 
a  window,  and  cried  through  the  lattice, 
Why  is  his  chariot  so  long  in  coming? 
why  tarry  the  wheels  of  his  chariots  ? 

29  Her  wise  ladies  answered  her,  yea, 
she  returned  answer  to  herself, 

30  Have  they  not  sped?  have  they  not 
divided  the  prey;  to  every  man  a  damsel 
or  two;  to  Sisera  a  prey  of  divers  colours, 
a  prey  of  divers  colours  of  needlework, 
of  divers  colours  of  needlework  on  both 


JUDGES. 


sides,  meet  for  the  necks  of  them  that  take 
the  spoil? 

31  So  let  all  thine  enemies  perish,  O 
Lord  :  but  let  them  that  love  him  he 
as  the  sun  when  he  goeth  forth  in  his 
might.     And  the  land  had  rest  forty  years. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

AND  the  children  of  Israel  did  evil 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lord:  and  the 
Lord  delivered  them  into  the  hand  of 
Midian  seven  years. 

2  And  the  hand  of  Midian  prevailed 
against  Israel :  and  because  of  the  Mid- 
ianites  the  children  of  Israel  made  them 
the  dens  which  are  in  the  mountains,  and 
caves,  dnd  strong  holds. 

3  And  so  it  was,  when  Israel  had  sown, 
that  the  Midianites  came  up,  and  the 
Amalekites,  and  the  children  of  the  east, 
even  they  came  up  against  them ; 

4  And  they  encamped  against  them,  and 
destroyed  the  increase  of  the  earth,  till 
thou  come  unto  Gaza,  and  left  no  sus- 
tenance for  Israel,  neither  sheep,  nor  ox, 
nor  ass. 

5  For  they  came  up  with  their  cattle  and 
their  tents,  and  they  came  as  grasshop- 
pers for  multitude;  for  both  they  and 
their  camels  were  without  number:  and 
they  entered  into  the  land  to  destroy  it. 

6  And  Israel  was  greatly  impoverished 
because  of  the  Midianites;  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  cried  unto  the  Lord. 

7  H  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  cried  unto  the  Lord  because 
of  the  Midianites, 

8  That  the  Lord  sent  a  prophet  unto 
the  children  of  Israel,  which  said  unto 
them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
I  brought  you  up  from  Egypt,  and  brought 
you  forth  out  of  the  house  of  bondage ; 

9  And  I  delivered  you  out  of  the  hand 
of  the  Egyptians,  and  out  of  the  hand  of 
all  that  oppressed  you,  and  drave  them 
out  from  before  you,  and  gave  you  their 
land; 

10  And  I  said  unto  you,  I  am  the  Lord 
your  God;  fear  not  the  gods  of  the 
Amorites,  in  whose  land  ye  dwell:  but 
ye  have  not  obeyed  my  voice. 

11  1  And  there  came  an  angel  of  the 
Lord,  and  sat  under  an  oak  which  %vas 
in  Ophrah,  that  pertained  unto  Joash  the 
Abi-ezrite:  and  his  son  Gideon  threshed 


wheat  by  the  winepress,  to  hide  it  from 
the  Midianites. 

12  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  appeared 
unto  him,  and  said  unto  him,  The  Lord 
is  with  thee,  thou  mighty  man  of  valour. 

13  And  Gideon  said  unto  him,  O  my 
Lord,  if  the  Lord  be  with  us,  why  then 
is  all  this  befallen  us?  and  where  he  all 
his  miracles  which  our  fathers  told  us  of, 
saying.  Did  not  the  Lord  briug  us  up 
from  Egypt?  but  now  the  Lord  hath 
forsaken  us,  and  delivered  us  into  the 
hands  of  the  Midianites. 

14  And  the  Lord  looked  upon  him,  and 
said.  Go  in  this  thy  might,  and  thou  shalt 
save  Israel  from  the  hand  of  the  Midian- 
ites: have  not  I  sent  thee? 

15  And  he  said  unto  him,  O  my  Lord, 
wherewith  shall  I  save  Israel?  behold, 
ray  family  is  poor  in  Mauasseh,  and  I  am 
the  least  in  my  father's  house. 

16  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  Surely  1 
will  be  with  thee,  and  thou  shalt  smite 
the  Midianites  as  one  man. 

17  And  he  said  unto  him.  If  now  I  have 
found  grace  in  thy  sight,  then  shew  me  a 
sign  that  thou  talkest  with  me. 

18  Depart  not  hence,  I  pray  thee,  until 
I  come  unto  thee,  and  bring  forth  ray 
present,  and  set  it  before  thee.  And  he 
said,  I  will  tarry  until  thou  come  again. 

19  ^  And  Gideon  went  in,  and  made  ready 
a  kid,  and  unleavened  cakes  of  an  ephah 
of  flour;  the  flesh  he  put  in  a  basket,  and 
he  put  the  broth  in  a  i>ot,  and  brought  it 
out  unto  him  under  the  oak,  and  present- 
ed it. 

20  And  the  angel  of  God  said  unto  him. 
Take  the  flesh  and  the  unleavened  cakes, 
and  lay  them  upon  this  rock,  and  pour 
out  the  broth.     And  he  did  so. 

21  T]  Then  the  angel  of  the  Lord  put 
forth  the  end  of  the  stafi"  that  %vas  in  his 
hand,  and  touched  the  flesh  and  the  un- 
leavened cakes;  and  there  rose  up  fire 
out  of  the  rock,  and  consumed  the  flesh 
and  the  unleavened  cakes.  Then  the  angel 
of  the  Lord  departed  out  of  his  sight. 

22  And  when   Gideon  perceived  that  he  j 
wa^  an  angel  of  the  Lord,   Gideon  said, 
Alas,  O  Lord  God!  for  because  I  have  seen 
an  angel  of  the  Lord  face  to  face. 

23  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him.  Peace 
he  unto  thee ;  fear  not :  thou  shalt  not 
die. 

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24  Then  Gideon  built  an  altar  there 
unto  the  Lokd,  and  called  it  JehoAah- 
shalom :  xinto  this  day  it  i.s  yet  in  Ophrah 
of  the  Abi-ezrites. 

25  ^  And  it  came  to  pass  the  same  night, 
that  the  Lokd  said  unto  him,  Take  thy 
father's  young  bullock,  even  the  second 
bullock  of  seven  years  old,  and  throw 
down  the  altar  of  Baal  that  thy  father 
hath,  and  cut  down  the  grove  that  is  by  it : 

26  And  build  an  altar  unto  the  Lokd  thy 
God  upon  the  top  of  this  rock,  in  the 
ordered  place,  and  take  the  second  bul- 
lock, and  offer  a  burnt  sacrifice  Avith  the 
wood  of  the  grove  Avhich  thou  shalt  cut 
down. 

27  Then  Gideon  took  ten  men  of  his 
serA-ants,  and  did  as  the  Lokd  had  said 
unto  him :  and  so  it  Avas,  because  he  feared 
his  father's  household,  and  the  men  of 
the  cit}',  that  he  could  not  do  it  by  day, 
that  he  did  it  by  night. 

28  Ti  And  Avhen  the  men  of  the  city  arose 
early  in  the  morning,  behold,  the  altar  of 
Baal  was  cast  doAvn,  and  the  grove  Avas 
cut  doAvn  that  was  by  it,  and  the  second 
bullock  Avas  offered  upon  the  altar  that 
was  built. 

29  And  they  said  one  to  another.  Who 
hath  done  this  thing?  And  Avhen  they 
inquired  and  asked,  they  said,  Gideon  the 
son  of  Joash  hath  done  this  thing. 

30  Then  the  men  of  the  city  said  unto 
Joash,  Bring  out  thy  son,  that  he  may 
die:  because  he  hath  cast  doAvn  the  altar 
of  Baal,  and  because  he  hath  cut  doAvn 
the  grove  that  was  by  it. 

31  And  Joash  said  unto  all  that  stood 
against  him.  Will  ye  plead  for  Baal?  Avill 
ye  save  him?  he  that  Avill  i)lead  for  him, 
let  him  be  put  to  death  Avhilst  it  is  yet 
morning:  if  he  be  a  god,  let  him  plead  for 
himself,  because  07ie  hath  cast  doAvn  his 
altar. 

32  Therefore  on  that  day  he  called  him 
Jerubb;ial,  saying,  Let  Baal  plead  against 
him,  because  he  hath  thrown  doAvn  his 
altar. 

33  II  Then  all  the  Midianites  and  the 
Amalekites  and  the  children  of  the  east 
were  gathered  together,  and  Avent  over, 
and  pitched  in  the  valley  of  Jezreel. 

34  But  the  Spirit  of  the  Lokd  came  upon 
Gideon,  and  he  blew  a  trumpet;  and  Abi- 
czer  Avas  gathered  after  him. 

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35  And  he  sent  messengers  throughout  all 
Manassch ;  Avho  also  Avas  gathered  after 
him :  and  he  sent  messengers  unto  Asher, 
and  unto  Zebulun,  and  unto  Naphtali ;  and 
they  came  up  to  meet  them. 

36  Ti  And  Gideon  said  unto  God,  If  thou 
Avilt  save  Israel  by  mine  hand,  as  thou  hast 
said, 

37  Behold,  I  Avill  put  a  fleece  of  avooI  in 
the  floor;  and  if  the  dew  be  on  the  fleece 
only,  and  it  be  dry  upon  all  the  earth 
besides^  then  shall  I  knoAv  that  thou  Avilt 
save  Israel  by  mine  hand,  as  thou  hast  said. 

38  And  it  Avas  so :  for  he  rose  up  early  on 
the  morroAv,  and  thrust  the  fleece  to- 
gether, and  Avringed  the  dcAV  out  of  the 
fleece,  a  boAvl  full  of  Avater. 

39  And  Gideon  said  unto  God,  Let  not 
thine  anger  be  hot  against  me,  and  I  will 
speak  but  this  once:  let  me  prt>ve,  I  i)ray 
thee,  but  this  once  Avith  the  fleece;  let  it 
noAv  be  dry  only  upon  the  fleece,  and  upon 
all  the  ground  let  there  be  dcAV. 

40  And  God  did  so  that  night :  for  it  was 
dry  upon  the  fleece  only,  and  there  was 
dew  on  all  the  ground, 

CHAPTER  VIL 

THEN  Jerubbaal,  Avho  is  Gideon,  and  all 
the  people  that  were  with  him,  rose  up 
early,  and  pitched  beside  the  Avell  of  Harod: 
so  that  the  host  of  the  Midianites  Avere  on 
the  north  side  of  them,  by  the  hill  of  Mo- 
reh,  in  the  valley. 

2  And  the  Lokd  said  unto  Gideon,  The 
peoj^le  that  are  Avith  thee  are  too  many  for 
me  to  give  the  Midianites  into  their  hands, 
lest  Israel  A'aunt  themselves  against  me, 
saying.  Mine  OAvn  hand  hath  saved  me. 

3  NoAV  therefore  go  to,  proclaim  in  the 
ears  of  the  people,  saying.  Whosoever  is 
fearful  and  afraid,  let  him  return  and  de- 
part early  from  mount  Gilead.  And  there 
returned  of  the  people  tAventy  and  tAvo 
thousand;  and  there  remained  ten  thou- 
sand. 

4  And  the  Lokd  said  unto  Gideon,  The 
people  are  yet  too  many;  bring  them  down 
imto  the  Avater,  and  I  Avill  try  them  for 
thee  there:  and  it  shall  be,  that  of  Avhom 
I  say  unto  thee,  This  shall  go  Avith  thee, 
the  same  shall  go  Avith  thee;  and  of  Avhom- 
soever  I  say  unto  thee.  This  shall  not  go 
Avith  thee,  the  same  shall  not  go. 

5  So  he  brought   doAvu  the  people  unto 


JUDGES. 


the  water:  and  the  Lokd  said  unto  Gideon, 
Every  one  that  lapi)eth  of  the  water  with 
his  tongue,  as  a  dog  lappeth,  him  shalt 
thou  set  bj'  himself;  likewise  every  one 
that  boweth  down  upon  his  knees  to  drink. 

6  And  the  number  of  them  that  lapped, 
putting  their  hand  to  their  mouth,  were 
three  hundred  men:  but  all  the  rest  of  the 
people  bowed  down  upon  their  knees  to 
drink  water. 

7  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Gideon,  By  the 
three  hundred  men  that  lapped  will  I  save 
j'ou,  and  deliver  the  Midianites  into  thine 
hand :  and  let  all  the  other  pcoi)le  go  every 
man  unto  his  jilace. 

8  So,  the  people  took  victuals  in  their 
hand,  and  their  trumpets:  and  he  sent  all 
tJis  rest  of  Israel  every  man  unto  his  tent, 
and  retained  those  three  hundred  men: 
and  the  host  of  Midian  was  beneath  him  in 
the  valley. 

9  ^  And  it  came  to  pass  the  same  night, 
that  the  Lokd  said  unto  him,  Arise,  get 
thee  down  unto  the  host ;  for  I  have  deliv- 
ered It  into  thine  hand. 

10  But  if  thou  fear  to  go  down,  go  thou 
with  Phurah  thy  servant  down  to  the  host : 

11  And  thou  shalt  hear  what  they  say; 
and  afterward  shall  thine  hands  be 
strengthened  to  go  down  unto  the  host. 
Then  went  he  down  with  Phurah  his  serv- 
ant unto  the  outside  of  the  armed  men  that 
were  in  the  host. 

12  And  the  Midianites  and  the  Amalek- 
ites  and  all  the  ehildreu  of  the  east  lay 
along  in  the  valley  like  grasshoppers  for 
multitude ;  and  their  camels  v;ere  without 
number,  as  the  sand  by  the  sea  side  for 
multitude. 

13  And  Avhen  Gideon  was  come,  behold, 
there  wan  a  man  that  told  a  dream  unto  his 
fellow,  and  said,  Behold,  I  dreamed  a 
dream,  and,  lo,  a  cake  of  barley  bread 
tumbled  into  the  host  of  Midian,  and  came 
unto  a  tent,  and  smote  it  that  it  fell,  and 
overturned  it,  that  the  tent  lay  along. 

14  And  his  fellow  answered  and  said.  This 
in  nothing  else  save  the  SAvord  of  Gideon 
the  son  of  Joash,  a  man  of  Israel :  for  into 
his  hand  hath  God  delivered  Midian,  and 
all  the  host. 

1.5  H  And  it  was  .w,  when  Gideon  heard 
the  telling  of  the  dream,  and  the  inter- 
pretation thereof,  that  he  worshipped, 
and  returned  into  the  host  of  Israel,  and 


said.  Arise;  for  the  Loud  hath  delivered 
into  your  hand  the  host  of  Midian. 

16  And  he  divided  the  three  hundred 
men  i7ito  three  companies,  and  he  put  a 
trumpet  in  every  man's  hand,  with  empty 
pitchers,  and  lamps  within  the  pitchers. 

17  And  he  said  unto  them.  Look  on  me, 
and  do  likewise:  and,  behold,  when  I 
come  to  the  outside  of  the  camp,  it  shall 
be  that^  as  I  do,  so  shall  ye  do. 

18  When  I  blow  with  a  trumpet,  I  and 
all  that  a7'e  with  me,  then  blow  ye  the 
trumpets  also  on  every  side  of  all  the 
camp,  and  say,  The  sioord  of  the  Lord,  and 
of  Gideon. 

19  1[  So  Gideon,  and  the  hundred  men 
that  rvere  with  him,  came  unto  the  outside 
of  the  camp  in  the  beginning  of  the  middle 
watch;  and  they  had  but  newly  set  the 
watch:  and  they  blew  the  trumpets,  and 
brake  the  pitchers  that  were  in  their 
hands. 

20  And  the  three  companies  blew  the 
trumpets,  and  brake  the  pitchers,  and  held 
the  lamps  in  their  left  hands,  and  the 
trumpets  in  their  right  hands  to  blow 
ivifhal;  and  they  cried,  The  sword  of  the 
Lord,  and  of  Gideon. 

21  And  they  stood  every  man  in  his  i)lace 
round  about  the  camp:  and  all  the  host 
ran,  and  cried,  and  fled. 

22  And  the  three  hundred  blew  the 
trumpets,  and  the  Lord  set  every  man's 
sword  against  his  fellow,  even  throughout 
all  the  host:  and  the  host  fled  to  Beth- 
shittah  in  Zerevath,  a7id  to  the  border 
of  Abel-meholah,  unto  Tabbath. 

23  And  the  men  of  Israel  gathered  them- 
selves together  out  of  Naphtali,  and  out 
of  Asher,  and  out  of  all  Manasseh,  and 
pursued  after  the  Midianites. 

24  H  And  Gideon  sent  messengers 
throughout  all  mount  Ephraim,  saying. 
Come  down  against  the  Midianites,  and 
take  before  them  the  waters  unto  Beth- 
barah  and  Jordan.  Then  all  the  men  of 
Ephraim  gathered  themselves  together, 
and  took  the  waters  unto  Beth-barah  and 
Jordan. 

25  And  they  took  two  princes  of  the 
Midianites,  Oreb  and  Zeeb;  aud  they  slew 
Oreb  upon  the  rock  Oreb,  and  Zeeb  they 
slew  at  the  winepress  of  Zeeb,  and  pursued 
Midian,  and  brought  the  heads  of  Oreb  aud 
Zeeb  to  Gideon  on  the  other  side  Jordan. 

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JUDGES. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 

AND  the  men  of  Ephraim  said  unto 
liira,  Why  hast  thou  served  us  thus, 
that  thou  calledst  us  not,  when  thou  went- 
cst  to  fight  with  the  Midianites  ?  And  they 
did  chide  with  him  sharply. 

2  And  he  said  unto  them,  What  have  I 
done  now  in  comparison  of  you?  Is  not 
the  gleaning  of  the  grapes  of  Ephraim 
better  than  the  vintage  of  Abi-ezer  ? 

3  God  hath  delivered  into  your  hands  the 
princes  of  Midian,  Oreb  and  Zeeb:  and 
what  was  I  able  to  do  in  comparison  of 
yoii?  Then  their  anger  was  abated  toward 
him,  when  he  had  said  that. 

4  i  And  Gideon  came  to  Jordan,  and 
passed  over,  he,  and  the  three  hundred 
men  that  were  with  him,  faint,  yet  pursuing 
ihein. 

5  And  he  said  unto  the  men  of  Succoth, 
Give,  I  pray  you,  loaves  of  bread  imto  the 
])eople  that  follow  me;  for  they  &e  faint, 
and  I  am  pursuing  after  Zebah  and  Zal- 
munna,  kings  of  Midian. 

6  1  And  the  princes  of  Succoth  said,  Xre 
the  hands  of  Zebah  and  Zalmunna  now  in 
thine  hand,  that  we  should  give  bread 
imto  thine  army  ? 

7  And  Gideon  said.  Therefore  when  the 
LoKD  hath  delivered  Zebah  and  Zalmunna 
into  mine  hand,  then  I  will  tear  your 
flesh  with  the  thorns  of  the  Avilderness 
and  with  briers. 

8  •[  And  he  went  up  thence  to  Penuel, 
and  spake  unto  them  likewise:  and  the 
men  of  Penuel  answered  him  as  the  men 
of  Succoth  had  answered  him. 

9  And  he  spake  also  \uito  the  men  of 
Penuel,  saying,  When  I  come  again  in 
peace,  I  will  break  down  this  tower. 

10  Ti  Now  Zelwh  and  Zalmunna  were  in 
Karkor,  and  their  hosts  with  them,  aboiit 
fifteen  thousand  moi,  all  that  were  left  of 
all  the  hosts  of  the  children  of  the  east : 
for  there  fell  a  hundred  and  twenty  thou- 
sand men  that  drew  sword. 

11 1  And  Gideon  went  up  by  the  way  of 
them  that  dwelt  in  tents  on  the  east  of 
No])ah  and  Jogbehah,  and  smote  the  host : 
for  the  host  was  secure. 

12  And  when  Zebah  and  Zalmunna  fled, 
lie  pursued  after  them,  and  took  the  two 
kings  of  Midian,  Zebah  and  Zalmunna,  and 
discomfited  all  tlie  host. 

13  T[  And  Gideon  the  son   of  Joash  re- 

20i 


turned  from  battle    before    the    sun    wcut 
up, 

14  And  caught  a  young  man  of  the  men 
of  Succoth,  and  inquired  of  him :  and  he 
described  unto  him  the  princes  of  Succoth, 
and  the  elders  thereof,  even  thi'eescore  and 
seventeen  men. 

1.5  And  he  came  unto  the  men  of  Succoth, 
and  said.  Behold  Zebah  and  Zalmunna, 
with  whom  ya  did  iipbraid  me,  saying. 
Are  the  hands  of  Zebah  and  Zalmunna  now 
in  thine  hand,  that  we  should  give  bread 
unto  thy  men  that  are  weary  ? 

16  And  he  took  the  elders  of  the  city, 
and  thorns  of  the  wilderness,  and  briers, 
and  with  them  he  taught  the  men  of  Suc- 
coth. 

17  And  he  beat  down  the  tower  of  Penuel, 
and  slew  the  men  of  the  cit}'. 

15  Ti  Then  said  he  unto  Zebah  and  Zal- 
munna, Wliat  manner  of  men  v}ere  they 
whom  ye  slew  at  Tabor  ?  And  they  an- 
swered, As  thou  art,  so  v}ere  they;  each 
one  resembled  the  children  of  a  king. 

19  And  he  said,  They  were  my  brethren, 
even  the  sons  of  m}'  mother :  as  the  Loud 
liveth,  if  ye  had  saved  them  alive,  I  would 
not  slay  you. 

20  And  he  said  unto  Jether  his  firstborn, 
Up,  and  slay  them.  But  the  youth  drcAV 
not  his  sword :  for  he  feared,  because  he 
wa^  yet  a  j'Oiith. 

21  Then  Zebah  and  Zalmunna  said,  Rise 
thou,  and  f\ill  upon  us :  for  as  the  man  is,  .so 
Ui  his  strength.  And  Gideon  arose,  and 
slew  Zebah  and  Zalmunna,  and  took  away 
the  ornaments  that  ivere  on  their  camels' 
necks. 

22  1i  Then  the  men  of  Israel  said  unto 
Gideon,  Rule  thou  over  us,  both  thou,  and 
thy  son,  and  thy  son's  son  also :  for  thou 
hast  delivered  us  from  the  hand  of  Midian. 

23  And  Gideon  said  unto  them,  I  Avill  not 
rule  over  you,  neither  shall  my  son  rule 
over  you :  the  Lord  shall  rule  over  3-ou. 

24  TI  And  Gideon  said  unto  them,  I  would 
desire  a  request  of  you,  that  ye  Avould 
give  me  every  man  the  earrings  of  his 
pre}-.  (For  they  had  golden  eanings,  be- 
cause they  loere  Ishmaelites.) 

2.5  And  they  answered.  We  Avill  Avillingly 
give  them.  And  they  spread  a  garment, 
and  did  cast  therein  every  man  the  ear- 
rings of  his  pre}'. 

26  And  the  weight  of  the  golden  earrings 


JUDGES. 


that  he  requested  ^vas  a  thousand  and  sev- 
en hundred  shekels  of  gold ;  besides  orna- 
ments, and  collars,  and  purple  raiment 
that  was  on  the  kings  of  Midian,  and  be- 
sides the  chains  that  were  about  their 
camels'  necks. 

37  And  Gideon  made  an  ephod  thereof, 
and  put  it  in  his  city,  even  in  Ophrah: 
and  all  Israel  went  thither  a  whoring  after 
it :  which  thing  became  a  snare  unto  Gid- 
eon, and  to  his  house. 

28  H  Thus  was  Midian  subdued  before 
the  children  of  Israel,  so  that  they  lifted 
up  their  heads  no  more.  And  the  country 
was  in  quietness  forty  years  in  the  days 
of  Gideon. 

29  H  And  Jerubbaal  the  son  of  Joash 
went  and  dwelt  in  his  own  house. 

30  And  Gideon  had  threescore  and  ten 
sons  of  his  body  begotten :  for  he  had 
many  wives. 

•  31  And  his  concubine  that  was  in  She- 
chem,  she  also  bare  him  a  son,  whose 
name  he  called  Abimelech. 

32  ^  And  Gideon  the  son  of  Joash  died 
in  a  good  old  age,  and  was  buried  in  the 
sepulchre  of  Joash  his  father,  in  Ophrah 
of  the  Abi-ezrites. 

33  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon  as 
Gideon  was  dead,  that  the  children  of 
Israel  turned  again,  and  went  a  Avhoring 
after  Baalim,  and  made  Baal-berith  their 
god. 

34  And  the  children  of  Israel  remem- 
bered not  the  Lord  their  God,  who  had 
delivered  them  out  of  the  hands  of  all 
their  enemies  on  every  side : 

3.5  Neither  shewed  they  kindness  to  the 
house  of  Jerubbaal,  namebj,  Gideon,  ac- 
cording to  all  the  goodness  Avhich  he  had 
shewed  unto  IsraeL 

CHAPTER  IX. 

AND  Abimelech  the  son  of  Jerubbaal 
went  to  Shechem  unto  his  mother's 
brethren,  and  communed  with  them,  and 
with  all  the  family  of  the  house  of  his 
mother's  father,  saying, 
2  Speak,  I  pray  you,  in  the  ears  of  all 
the  men  of  Shechem,  Whether  is  better 
for  you,  either  that  all  the  sons  of  Je- 
rubbaal, which  are  threescore  and  ten  per- 
sons, reign  over  you,  or  that  one  reign 
over  you?  remember  also  that  I  mn  your 
bone  and  your  Jlesh. 


3  And  his  mother's  brethren  spake  of 
him  in  the  ears  of  all  the  men  of  She- 
chem all  these  words :  and  their  hearts 
inclined  to  follow  Abimelech;  for  they 
said,  He  is  our  brother. 

4  And  they  gave  him  threescore  and  ten 
])ieces  of  silver  out  of  the  house  of  Baal- 
berith,  wherewith  Abimelech  hired  vain 
and  light  persons,  which  followed  him. 

5  And  he  went  unto  his  father's  house 
at  Ophrah,  and  slew  his  brethren  the 
sons  of  Jerubbaal,  being  threescore  and 
ten  persons,  upon  one  stone :  notwith- 
standing, yet  Jotham  the  youngest  son 
of  Jerubbaal  was  left ;  for  he  hid  himself. 

6  And  all  the  men  of  Shechem  gathered 
together,  and  all  the  house  of  Millo,  and 
went  and  made  Abimelech  king,  by  the 
plain  of  the  pillar  that  was  in  Shechem. 

7  1i  And  when  they  told  it  to  Jotham, 
he  went  and  stood  in  the  top  of  mount 
Gerizim,  and  lifted  up  his  voice,  and 
cried,  and  said  unto  them.  Hearken  unto 
me,  ye  men  of  Shechem,  that  God  may 
hearken  unto  j'ou. 

8  The  trees  went  forth  on  a  time  to 
anoint  a  king  over  them ;  and  they  said 
unto  the  olive  tree,  Reign  thou  over  us. 

9  But  the  olive  tree  said  unto  them, 
Should  I  leave  my  fatness,  wherewith 
by  me  they  honour  God  and  man,  and 
go  to  be  promoted  over  the  trees  ? 

10  And  the  trees  said  to  the  fig  tree, 
Come  thou,  and  reign  over  us. 

11  But  the  fig  tree  said  unto  them,  Should 
I  forsake  my  sweetness,  and  my  good 
fruit,  and  go  to  be  promoted  over  the 
trees  ? 

12  Then  said  the  trees  unto  the  vine, 
Come  thou,  and  reign  over  us. 

13  And  the  vine  said  unto  them,  Should 
I  leave  my  wine,  which  cheereth  God  and 
man,  and  go  to  be  promoted  over  the  trees  ? 

14  Then  said  all  the  trees  unto  the 
bramble.  Come  thou,  and  reign  over  us. 

1.5  And  the  bramble  said  unto  the  trees. 
If  in  truth  ye  anoint  me  king  over  you, 
then  come  and  i)ut  3'our  trust  in  my 
shadow;  and  if  not,  let  fire  come  out  of 
the  bramble,  and  devour  the  cedars  of 
Lebanon. 

16  Now  therefore,  if  ye  have  done  truly 
and  sincerely,  in  that  ye  have  made 
Abimelech  king,  and  if  ye  have  dealt 
well  with  Jerubbaal    and   his    house,  and 

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have  done  unto  him  aceordiuj^  to  the  de- 
serving of  his  hands : 

17  (For  my  father  fouii;ht  for  you,  and 
adventured  his  life  far,  and  delivered  you 
out  of  the  hand  of  Midiau  : 

18  And  ye  are  risen  up  atcaiust  my  fa- 
ther's house  this  day,  and  have  slain  his 
sons,  threescore  and  ten  ])ersons,  upon 
one  stone,  and  have  made  Abimeleeh,  the 
son  of  his  maidservant,  kinj^  over  the 
men  of  Shechem,  because  he  in  your 
brother:) 

19  If  ye  then  have  dealt  truly  and  sin- 
cerely with  Jerubbiuil  and  with  his  house 
this  day,  then  rejoice  ye  in  Al^imelech, 
and  let  him  also  rejoice  in  you : 

20  But  if  not,  let  fire  come  out  from 
Abimeleeh,  and  devour  the  men  of 
Shechem,  and  the  house  of  Millo;  and 
let  fire  come  out  from  Ihe  men  of  She- 
chem, and  from  the  house  of  Millo,  and 
devour  Abimeleeh. 

21  And  Jotham  ran  away,  and  fled,  and 
went  to  Beer,  and  dwelt  there,  for  fear 
of  Abimeleeh  his  brother. 

22  1[  When  Abimeleeh  had  reigned  three 
years  over  Israel, 

23  Then  God  sent  an  evil  spirit  between 
Abimeleeh  and  the  men  of  Shechem;  and 
the  men  of  Shechem  dealt  treacherously 
with  Al)imelech : 

24  That  the  cruelty  (Jove  to  the  three- 
score and  ten  sons  of  Jerubbaal  might 
come,  and  their  blood  be  laid  upon 
Abimeleeh  their  brother,  which  slew 
them,  and  ui)on  the  men  of  Shechem, 
which  aided  him  in  the  killing  of  his 
brethren. 

2.5  And  the  men  of  Shechem  set  liers 
in  wait  for  him  in  the  top  of  the  moimt- 
ains,  and  they  robbed  all  that  came  along 
that  way  by  them  :  and  it  was  told  Abim- 
eleeh. 

20  And  Gaal  the  son  of  Ebed  came  Avith 
his  ])rethren,  and  went  over  to  Shechem: 
and  the  men  of  Shechem  put  their  con- 
fidence in  him. 

27  And  they  went  out  into  the  fields,  and 
gathered  their  vineyards,  and  trode  the 
f/rnpes,  and  made  merry,  and  went  into 
the  house  of  tlieir  god,  and  did  eat  and 
drink,  and  cursed  Abimeleeh. 

28  And  Ganl  the  son  of  Eix-d  said.  Who 

in  Abimeleeh,  and  who    is   Shechem,  that  I 

we  should  serve  him  y   is  not  lie  the   son  ' 
— - 


of  Jerubbaal  y  and  Zebul  his  ollicery  serve 
the  men  of  Hamor  the  father  of  She- 
chem :  for  why  should  Ave  serve  him  ? 

29  And  would  to  God  this  people  Avere 
under  my  hand!  then  Avould  I  remove 
Abimeleeh.  And  he  said  to  Abimeleeh, 
Increase  thine  army,  and  come  out. 

30  H  And  when  Zebul  the  ruler  of  the 
city  heard  the  words  of  Gaal  the  son  of 
Ebed,  his  anger  Avas  kindled. 

31  And  he  sent  messengers  unto  Abim- 
elech  privily,  saying.  Behold,  Gaal  the 
son  of  Ebed  and  his  brethren  be  come 
to  Shechem ;  and,  behold,  they  fortify  the 
city  against  thee. 

32  Now  therefore  up  by  night,  thou  and 
the  people  that  is  with  thee,  and  lie  in 
Avait  in  the  field  : 

33  And  it  shall  be,  that  in  the  morning, 
as  soon  as  the  sun  is  up,  thou  shalt  rise 
early,  and  set  upon  the  city:  and,  behold, 
vj/ieu  he  and  the  people  that  is  Avith  him 
come  out  against  thee,  then  mayest  thou 
do  to  them  as  thou  shalt  find  occasion. 

34  Ti  And  Abimeleeh  rose  up,  and  all 
the  people  that  were  Avith  him,  by  night, 
and  they  laid  Avait  against  Shechem  in 
four  comjianies. 

3.5  And  Gaal  the  son  of  Ebed  Avent  out, 
and  stood  in  the  entering  of  the  gate  of 
the  city :  and  Abimeleeh  rose  iip,  and  the 
people  that  tvere  Avith  him,  from  lying  in 
wait. 

36  And  Avhen  Gaal  saw  the  people,  he 
said  to  Zebul,  Behold,  there  come  peojde 
doAvn  from  the  top  of  the  mountains. 
And  Zebul  said  unto  him.  Thou  seest  the 
shadow  of  the  mountains  as  if  tJiey  were 
men. 

37  And  Gaal  spake  again  and  said.  See, 
there  come  people  doAvn  In'  the  middle 
of  the  land,  and  another  company  come 
along  by  the  plain  of  Meonenim. 

38  Then  said  Zebul  unto  him,  Where  is 
noAV  thy  mouth,  wherewith  thou  saidst. 
Who  is  Abimeleeh,  that  Ave  should  serve 
him?  is  not  this  the  people  that  thou 
hast  •desi)ised?  go  out,  I  pray  now,  and 
fight  Avith  them. 

39  And  Gaal  Avent  out  before  the  men 
of  Shechem,  and  fought  Avith  Abimeleeh. 

40  And  Abimeleeh  chased  him,  and  ho 
fled  before  him,  and  many  Avere  over- 
tlirown  and  Avouuded,  even  unto  the  enter- 
ing of  the  gate. 


JUDGES. 


41  And  Abiraolech  dwelt  at  Arumah:  and 
Zebul  thrust  out  Gaal  and  bis  brethren, 
that  they  should  not  dwell  in  Sheehem. 

43  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow, 
that  the  people  Avent  out  iuto  the  field;  and 
they  told  Abimelech. 

43  And  he  took  the  people,  and  divided 
them  into  three  companies,  and  laid  wait 
in  the  field,  and  looked,  and,  behold,  the 
people  xvere  come  forth  out  of  the  city ; 
and  he  rose  up  against  them,  and  smote 
them. 

44  And  Abimelech,  and  the  company  that 
?crt.s  with  him,  rushed  forward,  and  stood 
in  the  entering  of  the  gate  of  the  city:  and 
the  two  other  companies  ran  upon  all  the 
people  that  ivere  in  the  fields,  and  slew  them. 

45  And  Abimelech  fought  against  the  city 
all  that  day ;  and  he  took  the  city,  and  slew 
the  people  that  was  therein,  and  beat  down 
the  city,  and  sowed  it  with  salt. 

4<)  11  And  when  all  the  men  of  the  tower 
of  Sheehem  heard  that^  they  entered  iuto  a 
hold  of  the  house  of  the  god  Berith. 

47  And  it  was  told  Abimelech,  that  all  the 
men  of  the  tower  of  Sheehem  Avere  gather- 
ed together. 

48  And  Abimelech  gat  him  up  to  mount 
Zalmon,  he  and  all  tlie  peoi)le  that  were 
with  him;  and  Abimelech  took  an  axe  in 
his  hand,  and  cut  down  a  bough  from  the 
trees,  and  took  it,  and  laid  it  on  his  shoul- 
der, and  said  imto  the  people  that  ivere  with 
him.  What  ye  have  seen  me  do,  make 
haste,  and  do  as  I  hai'e  done. 

49  And  all  the  people  likewise  cut  down 
every  man  his  bough,  and  followed  Abim- 
elech, and  put  them  to  the  hold,  and  set  the 
hold  on  fire  upon  them;  so  that  all  the 
men  of  the  tower  of  Sheehem  died  also, 
about  a  thousand  men  and  women. 

50  1i  Then  went  Abimelech  to  Thebcz, 
and  encamped  against  Thebez,  and  took  it. 

51  But  there  was  a  strong  tower  within 
the  cit}',  and  thither  fled  all  the  men  and 
women,  and  all  they  of  the  city,  and  shut 
it  to  them,  and  gat  them  up  to  the  top  of 
the  tower. 

53  And  Abimelech  came  unto  the  tower, 
and  fought  against  it,  and  went  hard  unto 
the  door  of  the  tower  to  burn  it  with  fire. 

53  And  a  certain  woman  cast  a  piece  of  a 
millstone  upon  Abimeleclfs  head,  and  all 
to  brake  his  skull. 

5^4  Then  he  called  hastily  unto  the  young 
17 


man  his  armourbearer,  and  said  unto  him, 
Draw  thy  sword,  and  slay  me,  that  men  say 
not  of  mc,  A  woman  slew  him.  And  his 
3'oung  man  thnist  him  through,  anu  he 
died. 

55  And  when  the  men  of  Israel  saw  that 
Abimelech  was  dead,  X\n:y  departed  every 
man  unto  his  i:)lace. 

56  11  Thus  God  reudered  the  wickedness 
of  Abimelech,  which  he  did  unto  his  fa- 
ther, in  slaying  his  seventy  brethren  : 

57  And  all  the  evil  of  the  men  of  Sheehem 
did  God  render  upon  their  heads:  and 
upon  them  came  the  curse  of  Jotham  the 
son  of  Jerubbiuil. 

CHAPTER  X. 

AND  after  Abimelech  there  arose  to  de- 
fend Israel  Tola  the  son  of  Puah,  the 
son  of  Dodo,  a  man  of  Issachar;  and  he 
dwelt  in  Shamir  in  mount  Ephraim. 

3  And  he  judged  Israel  twenty  and  three 
years,  and  died,  and  was  buried  in  Shamir. 

o  *!  And  after  him  arose  Jair,  a  Gileadite, 
and  judged  Israel  twenty  and  two  years. 

4  And  he  had  thirty  sons  that  rooe  on 
thirty  ass  colts,  and  they  had  thirty  cities, 
which  are  called  Havoth-jair  unto  this  day, 
which  are  in  the  land  of  Gilead. 

5  And  Jair  died,  and  was  buried  in  Camon, 

6  H  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  evil 
again  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and  served 
Baalim,  and  Ashtaroth,  and  the  gods  of 
Syria,  and  the  gods  of  Zidon,  and  the  cods 
of  Moab,  and  the  gods  of  the  children  of 
Ammon,  and  the  gods  of  the  Philistines, 
and  forsook  the  Loud,  and  served  not  him. 

7  And  the  auger  of  the  Lord  was  hot 
against  Israel,  and  he  sold  them  into  the 
hands  of  the  Philistines,  and  into  the  hands 
of  the  children  of  Ammon. 

8  And  that  year  they  vexed  and  oppressed 
the  children  of  Israel:  eighteen  year^^.  all 
the  children  of  Israel  that  vvre  on  the 
other  side  Jordan  in  the  land  of  the 
Amorites,  which  in  in  Gilead. 

9  Moreover  the  children  of  Ammon 
passed  over  Jordan  to  fight  also  against 
Judah,  and  against  Benjamin,  and  against 
the  house  of  Ephraim;  so  that  Israel  was 
sore  distressed. 

10  If  And  the  children  of  Israel  cried  unto 
the  Lord,  saying,  We  have  sinned  against 
thee,  both  because  we  have  forsaken  our 
God,  and  also  served  Baalim. 

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JUDGES. 


11  Aud  the  Lord  said  unto  the  children 
of  Israel,  Did  not  /  deliver  yon  from  the 
E<^3ptiaus,  and  from  the  Amorites,  from 
the  children  of  Ammon,  aud  from  the 
Philistines? 

12  The  Zidonians  also,  and  the  Araalek- 
ites,  aud  the  Maonites,  did  oppress  you; 
and  ye  cried  to  me,  aud  I  delivered  you 
out  of  their  hand. 

13  Yet  ye  have  forsaken  me,  and  served 
other  gods:  wherefure  I  will  deliver  you 
no  more. 

14  Go  and  cry  uuto  the  gods  which  ye 
have  chosen;  let  them  deliver  you  in  the 
time  of  your  tribulation. 

15  t  And  the  children  of  Israel  said  unto 
the  Lord,  "We  have  sinned:  do  thou  unto 
us  whatsoever  scemeth  good  unto  thee; 
deliver  us  only,  we  pray  thee,  this  day. 

16  And  they  put  away  the  strange  gods 
from  among  them,  and  served  the  Lord: 
aud  his  soul  was  grieved  for  the  misery 
of  Israel. 

17  Then  the  children  of  Ammon  were 
gathered  together,  aud  encamped  in  Gil- 
ead.  And  the  children  of  Israel  assembled 
themselves  together,  and  encamped  in 
Mizpeh. 

18  Aud  the  people  and  princes  of  Gilead 
said  one  to  another.  What  man  w  he  that 
will  begin  to  fight  against  the  children  of 
Ammon?  he  shall  be  head  over  all  the  in- 
habitants of  Gilead. 

CHAPTER  XL 

NOW  Jephthah  the  Gilcadite  was  a 
mighty  man  of  valour,  and  he  wan 
the  son  of  a  harlot:  and  Gilead  begat  Jeph- 
thah. 

2  And  Gilead's  wife  bare  him  sons;  and 
his  wife's  sons  grew  up,  and  they  thrust 
out  Jephthah,  and  said  unto  him.  Thou 
shalt  not  inherit  in  our  father's  house; 
for  thou  art  the  son  of  a  strange  woman. 

3  Then  Jephthah  tied  from  his  brethren, 
and  dwelt  in  the  land  of  Tob:  and  there 
were  gathered  vain  meu  to  Jephthah,  and 
went  out  with  him. 

4  H  And  it  came  to  pass  in  process  of 
time,  that  the  children  of  Ammon  made 
war  against  Israel. 

5  And  it  was  so,  that  when  the  children 
of  Ammon  made  war  against  Israel,  the 
elders  of  Gilead  went  to  fetch  Jephthah 
out  of  the  land  of  Tob : 

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6  And  they  said  unto  Jephthah,  Come, 
and  be  our  captain,  that  we  may  fight 
with  the  children  of  Ammon. 

7  And  Jephthah  said  unto  the  elders  of 
Gilead,  Did  not  ye  hate  me,  and  ex])cl 
me  out  of  my  flither's  house?  and  why 
are  ye  come  unto  me  now  when  ye  are  in 
distress? 

8  And  the  elders  of  Gilead  said  unto  Jeph- 
thah, Therefore  we  turn  again  to  thee 
now,  that  thou  mayest  go  with  us,  aud 
fight  against  the  children  of  Ammon,  and 
be  our  head  over  all  the  inhabitants  of  Gil- 
ead. 

9  And  Jephthah  said  unto  the  elders  of 
Gilead,  If  ye  bring  me  home  again  to 
fight  against  the  children  of  Ammon,  and 
the  Lord  deliver  them  before  me,  shall 
I  be  your  head  ? 

10  And  the  elders  of  Gilead  said  unto 
Jephthah,  The  Lord  be  witness  between 
us,  if  we  do  not  so  according  to  thy  words. 

11  Then  Jephthah  went  with  the  elders 
of  Gilead,  and  the  people  made  him 
head  and  captain  over  them :  and  Jeph- 
thah uttered  all  his  words  before  the  Lord 
in  Mizi)eh. 

13  Tl  And  Jephthah  sent  messengers  unto 
the  king  of  the  children  of  Ammon, 
saying,  What  hast  thou  to  do  with 
me,  that  thou  art  come  against  me  to 
fight  in  my  land  ? 

13  And  the  king  of  the  children  of 
Ammon  answered  unto  the  messengers 
of  Jephthah,  Because  Israel  took  away 
ray  land,  when  they  came  up  out  of 
Egypt,  from  Anion  even  imto  Jabbok, 
and  uuto  Jordan :  now  therefore  restore 
those  landsi  again  peaceably. 

14  And  Jephthah  sent  messengers  again 
unto  the  king  of  the  children  of  Ammon  : 

15  And  said  unto  him.  Thus  saith  Jeph- 
thah, Israel  took  not  away  the  land  of 
Moab,  nor  the  land  of  the  children  of  Am- 
mon : 

1()  But  Avhcn  Israel  came  up  from  Egypt, 
and  walked  through  the  wilderness  uuto 
the  Red  sea,  and  came  to  Kadesh ; 

17  Then  Israel  sent  messengers  unto 
the  king  of  Edom,  saying.  Let  rae,  I 
pray  thee,  pass  through  thy  land:  but 
the  king  of  Edom  would  not  hearken 
thereto.  And  in  like  manner  they  sent 
unto  the  king  of  Moab ;  but  he  would  not 
consent :  and  Israel  abode  in  Kadesh. 


JUDGES. 


18  Then  they  went  along  through  the 
wilderness,  and  compassed  the  land  of 
Edoui,  and  the  laud  of  Moab,  and  came  by 
the  east  side  of  the  land  of  Moab,  and 
pitched  on  the  other  side  of  Arnon,  but 
came  not  within  the  border  of  Moab :  for 
Arnon  ?i'a.s  the  border  of  Moab. 

19  And  Israel  sent  messengers  unto  Sihon 
king  of  the  Amorites,  the  Iving  of  Hesh- 
bon;  and  Israel  said  unto  him,  Let  us 
pass,  we  pray  thee,  through  thy  land  into 
my  place. 

20  But  Sihon  trusted  not  Israel  to  pass 
through  his  coast :  but  Sihon  gathered  all 
his  people  together,  and  pitched  in  Jahaz, 
and  fought  against  Israel. 

21  And  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  delivered 
Sihon  and  all  his  people  into  the  hand  of 
Israel,  and  they  smote  them :  so  Israel 
possessed  all  the  land  of  the  Amorites, 
the  inhabitants  of  that  country. 

22  And  they  possessed  all  the  coasts  of 
the  Amorites,  from  Arnon  even  unto 
Jabbok,  and  from  the  wilderness  even 
unto  Jordan. 

23  So  now  the  Lord  God  of  Israel 
hath  dispossessed  the  Amorites  from  be- 
fore his  people  Israel,  and  shouidest  thou 
possess  it  V 

24  Wilt  not  thou  possess  that  which 
Chemosh  thy  god  giveth  thee  to  possess  ? 
So  whomsoever  the  Lord  our  God  shall 
drive  out  from  before  us,  them  will  we 
possess. 

25  And  now  art  thou  any  thing  better  than 
Balak  the  son  of  Zippor,  king  of  Moab? 
did  he  ever  strive  against  Israel,  or  did 
he  ever  fight  against  them, 

26  While  Israel  dwelt  in  Ileshbon  and  her 
towns,  and  in  Aroer  and  her  towns,  and 
in  all  the  cities  that  he  along  by  the 
coasts  of  Arnon,  three  hundred  years  ?  why 
therefore  did  ye  not  recover  them  within 
that  time  ? 

27  Wherefore  I  have  not  sinned  against 
thee,  but  thou  doest  me  wrong  to  war 
against  me :  the  Lord  the  Judge  be  judge 
this  day  between  the  children  of  Israel 
and  the  children  of  Ammon. 

28  Howbeit  the  king  of  the  children 
of  Ammon  hearkened  not  unto  the  words 
of  Jephthah  which  he  sent  him. 

29  1  Then  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  came 
upon  Jephthah,  and  he  passed  over  Gilead, 
and  Manasseh,  and  passed  over  Mizpeh  of 


Gilead,  and  from  Mizpeh  of  Gilead  he 
passed  over  unto  the  children  of  Am- 
mon. 

80  And  Jei)hthah  voAvcd  a  vow  unto 
the  Lord,  and  said.  If  thou  shalt  without 
fail  deliver  the  children  of  Ammon  into 
mine  hands, 

31  Then  it  shall  be,  that  whatsoever  Com- 
eth forth  of  the  doors  of  my  house  to  meet 
me,  when  I  return  in  peace  from  the 
children  of  Ammon,  shall  surely  be  the 
Lord's,  and  I  will  offer  it  up  for  a  burnt 
offering. 

32  Tl  So  Jephthah  passed  over  unto  the 
children  of  Amnion  to  fight  against  them ; 
and  the  Lord  delivered  them  into  his 
hands. 

33  And  he  smote  them  from  Aroer,  even 
till  thou  come  to  Minuith,  even  twenty 
cities,  and  unto  the  plain  of  the  vine- 
yards, with  a  very  great  slaughter.  Thus 
the  children  of  Ammon  were  subdued 
before  the  children  of  Israel. 

34  H  And  Jephthah  came  to  Mizpeh 
unto  his  house,  and,  behold,  his  daugh- 
ter came  out  to  meet  him  with  timbrels 
and  with  dances :  and  she  wa^  his  only 
child;  beside  her  he  had  neither  sou  nor 
daughter. 

35  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  saw 
her,  that  he  rent  his  clothes,  and  said, 
Alas,  my  daughter!  thou  hast  brought 
me  very  low,  and  thou  art  one  of  them 
that  trouble  me:  for  I  have  opened  my 
mouth  unto  the  Lord,  and  1  cannot  go 
back. 

36  And  she  said  unto  him,  My  father,  if 
thou  hast  opened  thy  mouth  unto  the 
Lord,  do  to  me  according  to  that  which 
hath  proceeded  out  of  thy  mouth;  foras- 
much as  the  Lord  hath  taken  vengeance 
for  thee  of  thine  enemies,  eveii  of  the 
children  of  Ammon, 

37  And  she  said  unto  her  father.  Let  this 
thing  be  done  for  me:  let  me  alone  two 
months,  that  I  may  go  up  and  down  upon 
the  mountains,  and  bewail  my  virginity, 
I  and  my  fellows. 

38  And  he  said,  Go.  And  he  sent  her 
away  for  two  months :  and  she  went  with 
her  companions,  and  bcAvailed  her  virgin- 
ity ui)on  the  mountains, 

39  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of 
two  months,  that  she  returned  unto  her 
father,  who  did  with  her  according  to  his 

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vow  which  he  had  vowed:  and  she  kuew 
no  man.     And  it  was  a  custom  in  Israel, 
40    TJiat    the    daujrhters    of   Israel    went 
yearly    to    lament    the   daughter   of  Jeph- 
thah  the  Gileadite  four  days  iu  a  year. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

AND  the  men  of  Ephraim  gathered 
themselves  together,  and  went  north- 
ward, and  said  unto  Jephthah,  Wherefore 
passedst  thou  over  to  fight  against  the 
children  of  Ammon,  and  didst  not  call  us 
to  go  with  thee?  we  will  burn  thine  house 
upon  thee  Mith  fire. 

2  And  Jephthah  said  unto  them,  I  and 
my  people  were  at  great  strife  Avith  the 
children  of  Ammon;  and  when  I  called 
you,  ye  delivered  me  not  out  of  their 
hands. 

3  And  when  I  saw  that  ye  delivered 
me  not,  I  i>ut  my  life  in  my  hands,  and 
passed  over  against  the  children  of  Am- 
mon, and  the  Loud  delivered  them  into 
my  hand:  wherefore  then  are  ye  come  ui) 
unto  me  this  day,  to  fight  against  me? 

4  Then  Jephthah  gathered  together  all 
the  men  of  Gilead,  and  fought  with  Ephra- 
im: and  the  men  of  Gilead  smote  Ephraim, 
because  they  said.  Ye  Gileadites  are  fugi- 
tives of  Ephraim  among  the  Ephraimites, 
and  among  the  Manassites. 

5  And  the  Gileadites  took  the  passages 
of  Jordan  Vjefore  the  Ephraimites:  and  it 
was  .w,  that  when  those  Ephraimites  which 
were  escaped  said,  Let  me  go  over,  that 
the  men  of  Gilead  said  unto  him.  Art 
thou  an  Ephraimite?     If  he  said,  Nay; 

6  Then  said  they  unto  him,  Say  now 
Shibboleth:  and  he  said  Sibboleth:  for 
he  could  not  frame  to  pronounce  it  right. 
Then  they  took  him,  and  slew  him  at 
the  passages  of  Jordan:  and  there  fell 
at  that  time  of  the  Ephraimites  forty  and 
two  thousand. 

7  And  Jei)hthah  judged  Israel  six  years. 
Then  died  Jephthah  the  Gileadite,  and 
was  buried  in  one  of  the  cities  of  Gilead. 

8  If  And  after  him  Ibzan  of  Beth-lehem 
judged  Israel. 

9  And  he  had  thirty  sons,  and  thirty 
daughters,  v^hom  he  sent  abroad,  and 
took  in  thirty  daughters  from  abroad  for 
his  sons.    And  he  judged  Israel  seven  years. 

10  Then   died  Ibzan,  and  was  buried  at 

Beth-lehem. 

— 


11  And  after  him  Elon,  a  Zebulonite, 
judged  Israel;  and  he  judged  Israel  ten 
years. 

12  And  Elon  the  Zebulonite  died,  and 
was  buried  \\\  Aijalon  in  the  country  of 
Zebulun. 

13  And  after  him  Al)don  the  son  of  Hil- 
lel,  a  Pirathonite,  judged  Israel. 

14  And  he  had  forty  sons  and  thirty 
nephews,  that  rode  on  threescore  and  ten 
ass  colts :  and  he  judged  Israel  eight 
years. 

15  And  Abdon  the  son  of  Hillcl  the 
Pirathonite  died,  and  was  buried  in  Pira- 
thon  in  the  land  of  Ephraim,  in  the 
mount  of  the  Amalekites. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

AND  the  children  of  Israel  did  evil 
again  in  the  sight  of  the  Loud;  and 
the  Loud  delivered  them  into  the  hand 
of  the  Philistines  forty  years. 

2  11  And  there  was  a  certain  man  of 
Zorah,  of  the  family  of  the  Danites,  whose 
name  was  Manoah;  and  his  wife  loos  bar- 
ren, and  bare  not. 

3  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  appeared 
iinto  the  woman,  and  said  unto  her.  Be- 
hold now,  thou  art  barren,  and  bearest 
not:  but  thou  shalt  conceive,  and  bear  a 
son. 

4  Now  therefore  beware,  I  pray  thee,  and 
drink  not  wine  nor  strong  drink,  and  eat 
not  any  unclean  tinny : 

5  For,  lo,  thou  shalt  conceive,  and  bear 
a  son;  and  no  razor  shall  come  on  his 
head:  for  the  child  shall  be  a  Nazarite 
unto  God  from  the  Avomb :  and  he  shall 
begin  to  deliver  Israel  out  of  the  hand  of 
the  Philistines. 

6  1  Then  the  Avoman  came  and  told  her 
husband,  saying,  A  man  of  God  came  unto 
me,  and  his  countenance  wa»  like  the 
countenance  of  an  angel  of  God,  very 
terrible:  but  I  asked  him  not  Avhence  he 
?t'a.s,  neither  told  he  me  his  name  : 

7  But  he  said  unto  me,  Behold,  thou  shalt 
conceive,  and  bear  a  son;  and  now  drink 
no  wine  nor  strong  drink,  neither  eat 
any  unclean  thin//:  for  fhe  child  shall  be  a 
Nazarite  to  God  from  the  Avomb  to  the 
day  of  his  death. 

8  "h  Then  Manoah  entreated  Ihe  Loud, 
and  said,  O  my  Lord,  let  tlie  man  of  God 
Avhich    thou  didst  send   come  again  unto 


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us,  and  teach  us  what  ^\■^s  shall   do   unto 
the  child  that  shall  be  born. 

9  And  God  hearkened  to  the  voice  of 
Manoah;  and  the  angel  of  God  came  again 
unto  the  woman  as  she  sat  in  the  field: 
hut  Manoah  her  husband  was  not  with 
her. 

10  And  the  woman  made  haste,  and  ran, 
and  shewed  her  husband,  and  said  unto 
him,  Behold,  the  man  hath  appeared  unto 
me,  that  came  unto  me  the  otfter  day. 

11  And  Manoah  arose,  and  went  after  his 
wife,  and  came  to  the  man,  and  said  unto 
him.  Art  thou  the  man  that  si:)akest  unto 
the  woman  ?    And  he  said,  I  atn. 

13  Aud  Manoah  said.  Now  let  thy  words 
come  to  pass.  How  shall  we  order  the 
child,  and  hovj  shall  we  do  unto  him? 

13  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  unto 
Manoah,  Of  all  that  I  said  unto  the  woman 
let  her  beware. 

14  She  may  not  eat  of  any  iJiing  that 
cometh  of  the  vine,  neither  let  her  drink 
wine  or  strong  drink,  nor  eat  any  unclean 
thing:  all  that  I  commanded  her  let  her 
observe. 

15  H  And  Manoah  said  unto  the  angel  of 
the  Lord,  I  pray  thee,  let  us  detain  thee, 
until  we  shall  have  made  ready  a  kid  for 
thee. 

16  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  unto 
Manoah,  Though  thou  detain  me,  I  will 
not  eat  of  thy  bread:  and  if  thou  wilt 
offer  a  burnt  offering,  thou  must  offer  it 
unto  the  Lord.  For  Manoah  knew  not 
that  he  was  an  angel  of  the  Lord. 

17  And  Manoah  said  unto  the  angel  of 
the  Lord,  What  is  thy  name,  that  when 
thy  sayings  come  to  pass  we  may  do  thee 
honour? 

18  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  unto 
him.  Why  askest  thou  thus  after  my  name, 
seeing  it  is  secret  ? 

19  So  Manoah  took  a  kid  with  a  meat 
offering,  and  offered  it  upon  a  rock  unto 
the  Lord  :  and  the  avyel  did  wondrously ; 
and  Manoah  and  his  wife  looked  on. 

20  For  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  tlame 
went  up  toward  heaven  from  off  the  altar, 
that  the  angel  of  the  Lord  ascended  in  the 
flame  of  the  altar;  and  Manoah  and  his 
wife  looked  on  i7,  and  fell  on  their  faces 
to  the  ground. 

21  But  the  angel  of  the  Lord  did  no 
more  appear  to  Manoah  and  to  his  wife. 


Then  Manoah  knew  that  he  ^vas  an  angel  of 
the  Lord. 

23  And  Manoah  said  unto  his  wife.  We 
shall  surely  die,  because  we  have  seen  God. 

23  But  his  wife  said  unto  him,  If  the  Lord 
were  pleased  to  kill  us,  he  would  not  have 
received  a  burnt  offering  and  a  meat  offer- 
ing at  our  hands,  neither  would  he  have 
shewed  us  all  these  things^  nor  would  as  at 
this  time  have  told  us  suck  things  as  these. 

24  1|  And  the  Avoman  bare  a  son,  and 
called  his  name  Samson:  and  the  child 
grew,  and  the  Loud  blessed  him. 

25  And  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  began  to 
move  him  at  times  in  the  ciimp  of  Dan 
between  Zorali  and  Eshtaol. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

AND   Samson  went  down  to  Timnath, 
and  saw  a  woman  in  Timnath  of  the 
daughters  of  the  Philistines. 

2  And  he  came  up,  and  told  his  father  and 
his  mother,  and  said,  I  have  seen  a  woman 
in  Timnath  of  the  daughters  of  the  Philis- 
tines :  now  therefore  get  her  for  me  to  wife. 

3  Then  his  father  and  his  mother  said 
unto  him,  Is  there  never  a  woman  among 
the  davighters  of  thy  brethren,  or  among 
all  my  people,  that  thou  goest  to  take  a 
wife  of  the  uncircumcised  Philistines? 
And  Samson  said  unto  his  father.  Get  her 
for  me;  for  she  pleaseth  me  well. 

4  But  his  father  and  his  mother  knew  not 
that  it  was  of  the  Lord,  that  he  sought  an 
occasion  against  the  Philistines:  for  at 
that  time  the  Philistines  had  dominion 
over  Israel. 

5  T[  Then  went  Samson  down,  and  his  fiv- 
ther  and  his  mother,  to  Timnath,  and  came 
to  the  vineyards  of  Timnath:  and,  behold, 
a  young  lion  roared  against  him. 

6  And  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  came  might- 
ily upon  him,  and  he  rent  him  as  he  would 
have  rent  a  kid,  and  he  had  nothing  in  his 
hand:  but  he  told  not  his  father  or  his 
mother  what  he  had  done. 

7  And  he  went  down,  and  talked  with  the 
woman ;  and  she  pleased  Samson  well. 

8  ^  And  after  a  time  he  returned  to  take 
her,  and  he  turned  aside  to  see  the  carcass 
of  the  lion :  and,  behold,  there  was  a  swarm 
of  bees  and  honey  in  the  carcass  of  the 
lien. 

9  And  he  took  thereof  in  his  hands,  and 
went  on  eating,  and  came  to  his  father  and 

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mother,  and  he  gave  them,  aud  they  did 
eat:  but  he  told  not  them  that  he  had 
taken  the  honey  out  of  the  carcass  of  the 
lion. 

10  H  So  his  father  went  down  unto  the 
woman:  and  Samson  made  there  a  feast; 
for  so  used  tlie  young  men  to  do. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the}'  saw 
him,  that  they  brought  thirty  companions 
to  be  with  him. 

12  "i  And  Samson  said  unto  them,  I  will 
now  put  forth  a  riddle  unto  you:  if  ye  can 
certainly  declare  it  me  within  the  seven 
days  of  the  feast,  and  find  it  out,  then  I  will 
give  you  thirty  sheets  and  thirty  change  of 
garments : 

13  But  if  ye  cannot  declare  it  me,  then 
shall  ye  give  me  thirty  sheets  and  thirty 
change  of  garments.  And  they  said  unto 
him.  Put  forth  thy  riddle,  that  we  may 
hear  it. 

14  And  he  said  unto  them,  Out  of  the 
eater  came  forth  meat,  and  out  of  the 
strong  came  forth  sweetness.  And  they 
could  not  in  three  da3's  expound  the  riddle. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  seventh 
day,  that  they  said  unto  Samson's  wife.  En- 
tice thy  husband,  that  he  may  declare  unto 
us  the  riddle,  lest  we  burn  thee  and  thy 
father's  house  with  lire:  have  ye  called  us 
to  take  that  we  have?  i.s  it  not  ao.^ 

16  And  Samson's  wife  wept  before  him, 
and  said.  Thou  dost  but  hate  me,  and 
lovest  me  not :  thou  hast  put  forth  a  riddle 
unto  the.  children  of  ray  people,  and  hast 
not  told  it  me.  And  he  said  unto  her.  Be- 
hold, I  have  not  told  it  my  father  nor  my 
mother,  and  shall  I  tell  it  thee? 

17  And  she  wept  before  him  the  seven 
days,  while  their  feast  lasted:  and  it  came 
to  pass  on  the  seventh  day,  that  he  told 
her,  because  she  lay  sore  upou  him :  and 
she  told  the  riddle  to  the  children  of  her 
people. 

18  And  the  men  of  the  city  said  unto  him 
on  the  seventh  day  before  the  sun  went 
down.  What  i.i  sweeter  than  honey?  and 
what  is  stronger  than  a  lion?  And  he  said 
unto  them,  If  ye  had  not  jiloughed  with 
n)y  heifer,  ye  had  not  fouud  out  my 
riddle. 

19  1[  And  the  Spirit  of  the  Louu  came 
upon  him,  and  he  went  down  to  Ashkelon, 
and  slew  thirty  men  of  them,  and  took 
their  spoil,  and  gave  change  of  garments 

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unto  them  which  expounded  the  riddle. 
And  his  anger  was  kindled,  and  he  went 
up  to  his  father's  house. 
20  But  Samson's  wife  was  i/iveti  to  his 
eomi)anion,  whom  he  had  used  as  his 
friend. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

BUT  it  came  to  pass  within  a  while 
after,  in  the  time  of  wheat  harvest, 
that  Samson  visited  his  wife  with  a  kid; 
and  he  said,  I  will  go  in  to  my  wife  into 
the  chamber.  But  her  father  would  not 
sutler  him  to  go  in. 

2  And  her  father  said,  I  verily  thought 
that  thou  hadst  utterly  hated  her;  there- 
fore I  gave  her  to  thy  companion:  w  not 
her  younger  sister  fairer  than  she?  take 
her,  I  pray  thee,  instead  of  her. 

3  TI  And  Samson  said  concerning  them, 
Now  shall  I  be  more  blameless  than  the 
Philistines,  though  I  do  them  a  displeas- 
ure. 

4  And  Samson  went  and  caught  three 
hundred  foxes,  and  took  firebrands,  and 
turned  tail  to  tail,  and  put  a  firebrand 
in  the  midst  betAveen  two  tails. 

5  And  when  he  had  set  the  brands  on 
fire,  he  let  i?iem  go  into  the  standing  corn 
of  the  Philistines,  and  burnt  up  both  the 
shocks,  and  also  the  standing  corn,  with 
the  vineyards  a?id  olives. 

6  %  Then  the  Philistines  said.  Who  hath 
done  this?  And  they  answered,  Samson, 
the  son  in  law  of  the  Timnite,  because  he 
had  taken  his  wife,  and  given  her  to  his 
companion.  And  the  Philistines  came  up, 
and  burnt  her  and  her  father  with  fire. 

7  %  And  Samson  said  imto  them,  Though 
ye  have  done  this,  yet  will  I  be  avenged  of 

j  you,  and  after  that  I  will  cease. 

8  And  he  smote  them  hip  and  thigh  with 
a  great  slaughter:  and  he  went  down  and 
dwelt  in  the  top  of  the  rock  Etam. 

9  ^  Then  the  Philistines  went  up,  and 
pitched  in  Judah,  and  sjjread  themselves 
in  Lehi. 

10  And  the  men  of  Judah  said,  Why  are 
ye  come  up  against  us?  And  they  an- 
swered. To  bind  Samson  are  we  come  up, 
to  do  to  him  as  he  hath  done  to  us. 

11  Then  three  thousand  luen  of  Judah 
Avent  to  the  top  of  the  rock  Etam,  and 
said  to  Samson,  Knowcst  thou  not  that 
the  Philistines  arc  rulers  over  us?  what 
i.s- this  that  thou  hast  done  unto  us?     And 


JUDGES. 


he  said  unto  them,  As  they  did  imto  me, 
so  have  I  done  unto  Iheiu. 
13  And  they  said  xmto  him,  We  are  come 
down  to  bind  thee,  that  we  ma}'  deliver 
thee  into  the  hand  of  the  Philistines.  And 
Samson  said  unto  them,  Swear  unto  me, 
that  ye  will  not  fall  upon  me  yourselves. 

13  And  they  spake  unto  him,  saying,  No ; 
but  we  Avill  bind  thee  fast,  and  deliver  thee 
into  their  hand :  but  surely  we  will  not  kill 
thee.  And  they  bound  him  with  two  new 
cords,  and  brought  him  up  from  the  rock. 

14  If  And  when  he  came  unto  Lehi,  the 
Philistines  shouted  against  him:  and  the 
Spirit  of  the  Lord  came  mightily  upon 
him,  and  the  cords  that  were  upon  his 
arms  became  as  flax  that  was  burnt  with 
fire,  and  his  bands  loosed  from  off  his 
hands. 

15  And  he  found  a  new  jawbone  of  an 
ass,  and  put  forth  his  hand,  and  took  it, 
and  slew  a  thousand  men  therewith. 

16  And  Samson  said,  With  the  jawbone 
of  an  ass,  heaps  upon  heaps,  with  the  jaw 
of  an  ass  have  I  slain  a  thousand  men. 

17  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  had 
made  an  end  of  speaking,  that  he  cast 
away  the  jawbone  out  of  his  hand,  and 
called  that  place  Raraath-lehi. 

18  ^  And  he  was  sore  athirst,  and  called 
on  the  Lord,  and  said.  Thou  hast  given 
this  great  deliverance  into  the  hand  of 
thy  servant :  and  now  shall  I  die  for  thirst, 
and  fall  into  the  hand  of  the  imcircum- 
cised  ? 

19  But  God  clave  a  hollow  place  that  vjos 
in  the  jaw,  and  there  came  water  thereout ; 
and  when  he  had  drunk,  his  spirit  came 
again,  and  he  revived  :  wherefore  he  called 
the  name  thereof  En-hakkore,  which  is 
in  Lehi  unto  this  day. 

20  And  he  judged  Israel  in  the  days  of 
the  Philistines  twenty  years. 

CHAPTER  XVL 

THEN  went  Samson  to   Gaza,  and  saw 
there  a  harlot,  and  went  in  unto  her. 

2  And  it  vjm  told  the  Gazites,  saying,  Sam- 
sou  is  come  hither.  And  they  comi^asscd 
7ibn  in,  and  laid  wait  for  him  all  night  in 
the  gate  of  the  city,  and  were  quiet  all  the 
night,  saying.  In  the  morning,  when  it  is 
da\-,  we  shall  kill  him. 

3  And  Samson  lay  till  midnight,  and 
arose  at  midnight,  and  took  the  doors  of 


the  gate  of  the  cit}',  and  the  two  posts, 
and  went  away  with  them,  bar  and  all,  and 
put  the?n  upon  his  shoulders,  and  carried 
them  up  to  the  top  of  a  hill  that  is 
before  Hebron. 

4  TI  And  it  came  to  pass  afterward,  that 
he  loved  a  woman  in  the  valley  of  Sorek, 
whose  name  was  Delilah. 

5  And  the  lords  of  the  Philistines  came 
up  unto  her,  and  said  unto  her.  Entice 
him,  and  see  wherein  his  great  strength 
Ueih,  and  by  what  means  we  may  prevail 
against  him,  that  Ave  may  bind  him  to 
afflict  him:  and  Ave  Avill  give  thee  every 
one  of  us  eleven  hundred  pieces  of  silver. 

6  H  And  Delilah  said  to  Samson,  Tell 
me,  I  pray  thee,  Avherein  thy  great  strength 
llet/i^  and  Avherewith  thou  might  est  be 
bound  to  afflict  thee. 

7  And  Samson  said  unto  her.  If  they  bind 
me  with  seven  green  Aviths  that  Avere  never 
dried,  then  shall  I  be  weak,  and  be  as 
another  man. 

8  Then  the  lords  of  the  Philistines  brought 
up  to  her  seven  green  Aviths  Avhich  had 
not  been  dried,  and  she  bound  him  with 
them. 

9  NoAV  tliere  were  men  lying  in  wait,  abiding 
Avith  her  in  the  chamber.  And  she  said 
unto  him.  The  Philistines  be  upon  thee, 
Samson.  And  he  brake  the  A\iths,  as  a 
thread  of  toAv  is  broken  when  it  toucheth 
the  fire.     So  his  strength  Avas  not  knoAvn. 

10  And  Delilah  said  unto  Samson,  Behold, 
thou  hast  mocked  me,  and  told  me  lies: 
noAv  tell  me,  I  pray  thee,  AvhercAvith  thou 
mightest  be  bound. 

11  And  he  said  unto  her.  If  they  bind 
me  fast  with  ncAV  ropes  that  never  Avere 
occupied,  then  shall  I  be  weak,  and  be  as 
another  man. 

12  Delilah  therefore  took  new  ropes,  and 
bound  him  thercAvith,  and  said  unto  him. 
The  Philistines  be  upon  thee,  Samson. 
And  there  were  liers  in  Avait  abiding  in  the 
chamber.  And  he  brake  them  from  off 
his  arms  like  a  thread. 

13  And  Delilah  said  unto  Samson,  Hither- 
to thou  hast  mocked  me,  and  told  me 
lies:  tell  me  wherewith  thou  mightest 
be  bound.  And  he  said  unto  her.  If  thou 
Aveavest  the  seven  locks  of  my  head  Avlth 
the  Aveb. 

14  And  she  fastened  it  with  the  pin,  and 
said  unto  him,   The  Philistines    be    upon 

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thee,  Samson.  Aud  he  awaked  out  of  his 
sleep,  and  went  away  with  the  pin  of  the 
beam,  and  with  the  web. 

15  "J  Aud  she  said  unto  him.  How  canst 
thou  say,  I  love  thee,  when  thine  heart 
is  not  with  me?  Thou  hast  moeked  me 
these  three  times,  and  hast  not  told  me 
Avherein  thy  great  strength  Ueth. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  she  pressed 
him  daily  with  her  Avords,  aud  urged  him, 
so  that  his  soul  was  vexed  unto  death ; 

17  That  he  told  her  all  his  lieart,  and 
said  unto  her,  There  hath  not  come  a 
razor  upon  mine  head;  for  I  have  been 
a  Nazarite  unto  God  from  my  mother's 
womb :  if  I  be  shaven,  then  my  strength 
will  go  from  me,  and  I  shall  become 
weak,  and  be  like  any  othe)'  man. 

18  And  when  Delilah  saw  that  he  had 
told  her  all  his  heart,  she  sent  and  called 
for  the  lords  of  the  Philistines,  saying, 
Come  up  this  once,  for  he  hath  shewed 
me  all  his  heart.  Then  the  lords  of  the 
Philistines  came  up  imto  her,  and  brought 
money  in  their  hand. 

19  And  she  made  him  sleep  upon  her 
knees;  and  she  called  for  a  man,  and  she 
caused  him  to  shave  off  the  seven  locks 
of  his  head;  and  she  began  to  afflict  him, 
and  his  strength  went  from  him. 

20  And  she  said.  The  Philistines  be  upon 
thee,  Samson.  And  he  awoke  out  of  his 
sleep,  and  said,  I  will  go  out  as  at  other 
times  before,  and  shake  myself.  And  he 
wist  not  that  the  Lord  was  departed 
from  him. 

21  ^  But  the  Philistines  took  him,  and 
put  out  his  eyes,  aud  brought  him  down 
to  Gaza,  and  bound  him  with  fetters  of 
brass ;  and  he  did  grind  in  the  prison 
house. 

22  Howbeit  the  hair  of  his  head  began 
to  grow  again  after  he  was  shaven. 

23  Then  the  lords  of  the  Philistines 
gathered  them  together  for  to  offer  a 
great  sacrifice  unto  Dagon  their  god, 
and  to  rejoice :  for  they  said.  Our  god 
hath  delivered  Samson  our  enemy  into 
our  hand. 

24  And  when  the  people  saw  him,  they 
praised  their  god :  for  they  said.  Our  god 
hath  delivered  into  our  hands  our  en- 
emy, and  the  destroyer  of  our  country, 
w  hich  slew  many  of  us. 

25  And    it    came    to    pass,    when    their 

_ 


hearts  Avere  merry,  that  they  said,  Call 
for  Samson,  that  he  may  make  us  sport. 
And  they  called  for  Samson  out  of  the 
prison  house;  and  he  made  them  sport: 
and  they  set  him  between  the  pillars. 

26  And  Samson  said  unto  the  lad  that 
held  him  by  the  hand,  Suffer  me  that  I 
may  feel  the  pillars  whereupon  the  house 
standeth,  that  I  may  lean  upon  them. 

27  Now  the  house  was  full  of  men  and 
women;  and  all  the  lords  of  the  Philis- 
tines were  there ;  and  t?iere  were  upon  the 
roof  about  three  thousand  men  and  wo- 
men, that  beheld  while  Samson  made 
sport. 

28  And  Samson  called  unto  the  Lord, 
and  said,  O  Lord  God,  remember  me,  I 
pray  thee,  and  strengthen  me,  I  pray  thee, 
only  this  once,  O  God,  that  I  may  be  at 
once  avenged  of  the  Philistines  for  my 
two  eyes. 

29  And  Samson  took  hold  of  the  two 
middle  pillars  upon  which  the  house 
stood,  and  on  which  it  was  borne  up,  of 
the  one  with  his  right  hand,  and  of  the 
other  with  his  left. 

30  And  Samson  said,  Let  me  die  with 
the  Philistines.  And  he  bowed  himself 
with  all  ?iis  might ;  and  the  house  fell 
upon  the  lords,  and  upon  all  the  peo- 
ple that  ivere  therein.  So  the  dead  which 
he  slew  at  his  death  were  more  than  t/iey 
which  he  slew  in  his  life. 

31  Then  his  brethren  and  all  the  house 
of  his  father  came  down,  and  took  him, 
and  brought  hwi  up,  and  buried  him  be- 
tween Zorah  and  Eshtaol  in  the  burying- 
place  of  Mauoah  his  father.  And  he 
judged  Israel  twenty  years. 

CHAPTER  XVII. 

AND    there    was    a    man    of     mount 
Ephraim,  whose  name  was  Micah. 

2  And  he  said  unto  his  mother.  The 
eleven  hundred  shekels  of  silver  that 
Avere  taken  from  thee,  about  which  thou 
cursedst,  and  spakest  of  also  in  mine  ears, 
behold,  the  silver  is  Avith  me;  I  took  it. 
And  his  mother  said,  Blessed  be  thou  of 
the  Lord,  my  sou. 

3  And  Avhen  he  had  restored  the  eleven 
hundred  shekels  of  silver  to  his  mother, 
his  mother  said,  I  had  Avholly  dedicated 
the  silver  unto  the  Lord  from  my  hand 
for  my  son,  to  make  a  graven  image  and 


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a  molten  image:  now  therefore  I  -will  re- 
store it  unto  thee. 

4  Yet  he  restored  the  monej'  unto  his 
mother;  and  his  mother  took  two  hundred 
shekels  of  silver,  and  gave  them  to  the 
founder,  who  made  thereof  a  graven  im- 
age and  a  molten  image:  and  they  Avere 
in  the  house  of  Micah. 

5  And  the  man  Micah  had  a  house  of 
gods,  and  made  an  ephod,  and  teraphim, 
and  consecrated  one  of  his  sons,  -who 
became  his  priest. 

6  In  those  days  there  was  no  king  in 
Israel,  but  every  man  did  that  ivhich  was 
right  in  his  own  eyes. 

7  If  And  there  was  a  young  man  out  of 
Beth-lehem-judah  of  the  family  of  Judah, 
who  was  a  Levite,  and  he  sojourned  there. 

8  And  the  man  departed  out  of  the  city 
from  Beth-lehem-judah  to  sojourn  where 
he  could  find  a  place:  and  he  came  to 
mount  Ephraim  to  the  house  of  Micah,  as 
he  journeyed. 

9  And  Micah  said  unto  him,  Whence 
comest  thou?  And  he  said  unto  him,  I 
am  a  Levite  of  Beth-lehem-judah,  and  I 
go  to  sojourn  where  I  may  find  a  place. 

10  And  Micah  said  unto  him.  Dwell  with 
me,  and  be  unto  me  a  father  and  a  priest, 
and  I  will  give  thee  ten  shekels  of  silver  by 
the  year,  and  a  suit  of  apparel,  and  thy 
victuals.     So  the  Levite  went  in. 

11  And  the  Levite  was  content  to  dwell 
■with  the  man;  and  the  young  man  was 
unto  him  as  one  of  his  sons. 

12  And  Micah  consecrated  the  Levite; 
and  the  young  man  became  his  priest, 
and  was  in  the  house  of  Micah. 

13  Then  said  Micah,  Now  know  I  that  the 
Lord  will  do  me  good,  seeing  I  have  a 
Levite  to  my  priest. 

CHAPTER  XVIIL 

IN  those  days  there  was  no  king  in  Is- 
rael: and  in  those  days  the  tribe  of 
the  Danites  sought  them  an  inheritance 
to  dwell  in;  for  unto  that  day  all  their  in- 
heritance had  not  fallen  unto  them  among 
the  tribes  of  Israel. 
3  And  the  children  of  Dan  sent  of  their 
family  five  men  from  their  coasts,  men 
of  valour,  from  Zorah,  and  from  Eshtaol, 
to  spy  out  the  land,  and  to  search  it ; 
and  they  said  unto  them.  Go,  search  the 
laud:    who   when    they    came    to   mount 


Ephraim,    to    the  house    of   Micah,   they 
lodged  there. 

3  When  they  were  by  the  house  of  Micah, 
they  knew  the  voice  of  the  young  man  the 
Levite:  and  they  turned  in  thither,  and 
said  unto  him.  Who  brought  thee  hither? 
and  what  makest  thou  in  this  place?  and 
what  hast  thou  here  ? 

4  And  he  said  unto  them,  Thus  and  thus 
dealeth  Micah  with  me,  and  hath  hired 
me,  and  I  am  his  priest. 

5  And  they  said  unto  him,  Ask  counsel, 
we  pray  thee,  of  God,  that  we  may  know 
Avhether  our  way  which  we  go  shall  be 
prosperous. 

6  And  the  priest  said  unto  them,  Go  in 
peace:  before  the  Lord  is  your  way  Avhere- 
in  ye  go. 

7  H  Then  the  five  men  departed,  and  came 
to  Laish,  and  saw  the  people  that  were 
therein,  how  they  dwelt  careless,  after  the 
manner  of  the  Zidonians,  quiet  and  se- 
cure; and  tfto'e  vjas  no  magistrate  in  the 
land,  that  might  put  thetn  to  shame  in  a»y 
thing;  and  they  were  far  from  the  Zidon- 
ians, and  had  no  business  with  any  man. 

8  And  they  came  xmto  their  brethren 
to  Zorah  and  Eshtaol:  and  their  brethren 
said  unto  them,  What  say  ye  ? 

9  And  they  said.  Arise,  that  we  may  go 
up  against  them:  for  Ave  have  seen  the 
land,  and,  behold,  it  is  very  good :  and  are 
ye  still?  be  not  slothful  to  go,  and  to  enter 
to  possess  the  laud. 

10  When  ye  go,  ye  shall  come  unto  a 
people  secure,  and  to  a  large  land:  for  God 
hath  given  it  into  your  hands;  a  place 
Avhere  there  is  no  Avant  of  any  thing  that  is 
in  the  earth. 

11  H  And  there  went  from  thence  of  the 
family  of  the  Danites,  out  of  Zorah  and 
out  of  Eshtaol,  six  hundred  men  appointed 
with  weapons  of  Avar. 

12  And  they  went  up,  and  pitched  in  Klr- 
jath-jearim,  in  Judah:  wherefore  they  call- 
ed that  place  Mahaneh-dan  unto  this  day: 
behold,  it  is  behind  Kirjath-jearim. 

13  And  they  passed  thence  unto  mount 
Ephraim,  and  came  unto  the  house  of 
Micah. 

14  H  Then  answered  the  five  men  that 
went  to  spy  out  the  country  of  Laish,  and 
said  unto  their  brethren,  Do  ye  knoAv  that 
there  is  in  these  houses  an  ephod,  and 
teraphim,  and  a  graven  image,  and  a  mol- 

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ten  ima^e?   now  therefore  eonsider  what 
ye  have  to  do. 

15  And  they  turned  thitherward,  and 
came  to  the  house  of  the  young  man  the 
Levite,  even  unto  the  house  of  Mieah,  and 
saluted  him. 

16  And  the  six  hundred  men  appointed 
with  their  weapons  of  war,  whieh  were  of 
tlie  ehildren  of  Dan,  stood  by  the  entering 
of  the  gate. 

17  And  the  five  men  that  went  to  spy  out 
the  laud  went  up,  a^id  came  in  thither,  and 
took  the  graven  image,  aud  the  ephod,  and 
the  teraphim,  and  the  molten  image:  and 
the  priest  stood  in  the  entering  of  the  gate 
with  the  six  hundred  men  that  icere  ap- 
pointed with  weapons  of  war. 

18  And  these  Avent  into  Mieah's  house, 
and  fetched  the  carved  image,  the  ephod, 
and  the  teraphim,  and  the  molten  image. 
Then  said  the  priest  imto  them,  What  do 
ye? 

19  Aud  they  said  xmto  him.  Hold  thy 
peace,  lay  thine  hand  upon  thy  mouth,  and 
go  with  us,  and  be  to  us  a  fother  aud  a 
priest:  is  it  better  for  thee  to  be  a  priest 
unto  the  house  of  one  man,  or  that  thou 
be  a  priest  unto  a  tribe  aud  a  family  in 
Israel V 

20  And  the  priest's  heart  was  glad,  and 
he  took  the  ephod,  and  the  teraphim,  and 
the  graven  image,  and  went  in  the  midst 
of  the  people. 

21  So  they  turned  and  departed,  and  put 
the  little  ones  and  the  cattle  and  the  car- 
riage before  them. 

22  1  And  when  they  were  a  good  way 
from  the  house  of  Mieah,  the  men  that 
v)cre  in  the  houses  near  to  Mieah's  house 
were  gathered  together,  and  overtook  the 
children  of  Dan. 

23  And  they  cried  unto  the  children  of 
Dan.  And  they  turned  their  faces,  and 
said  unto  Mieah,  What  aileth  thee,  that 
thou  cpmest  with  such  a  company? 

24  And  he  said,  Ye  have  taken  away  my 
gods  Avhich  I  made,  and  the  priest,  aud  ye 
are  gone  away:  and  what  have  I  more? 
and  what  Is  this  that  ye  say  unto  me,  What 
aileth  thee? 

25  And  the  children  of  Dan  said  unto 
him.  Let  not  thy  voice  be  heard  among  us, 
lest  angry  fellows  run  upon  thee,  aud  thou 
lose  thy  life,  with  the  lives  of  thy  house- 
hold^  

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26  And  the  children  of  Dan  went  their 
way:  aud  when  Mieah  saw  that  they  v^ere 
too  strong  for  him,  he  turned  aud  went 
back  unto  his  house. 

27  And  they  took  tJie  things  which  Mieah 
had  made,  and  the  priest  which  he  had, 
and  came  unto  Laish,  unto  a  people  that 
were  at  quiet  and  secure :  and  they  smote 
them  with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  and 
burnt  the  city  with  fire. 

28  And  there  was  no  deliverer,  because  it 
was  far  from  Zidon,  and  they  had  no  busi- 
ness with  ani/  man ;  and  it  was  in  the  val- 
ley that  lieth  by  Beth-rehob.  And  they 
built  a  city,  and  dwelt  therein. 

29  And  they  called  the  name  of  the  city 
Dan,  after  the  name  of  Dan  their  father, 
who  was  born  unto  Israel :  howbeit  the 
name  of  the  city  ?ra.s-  Laish  at  the  first. 

30  1  Aud  the  children  of  Dan  set  up  the 
graven  image :  and  Jonathan,  the  son  of 
Gershom,  the  son  of  Manasseh,  he  and  his 
sons  were  priests  to  the  tribe  of  Dan  until 
the  day  of  the  captivity  of  the  land. 

31  Aud  they  set  them  up  Mieah's  graveu 
image,  which  he  made,  all  the  time  that 
the  house  of  God  was  in  Shiloh. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

AN  D  it  came  to  pass  in  those  days, 
when  tfiere  was  no  king  in  Israel,  that 
there  was  a  certain  Levite  sojourning  on 
the  side  of  mount  Ephraim,  Avho  took  to 
him  a  concubine  out  of  Beth-lehem-judah. 

2  And  his  concubine  played  the  whore 
against  him,  and  went  away  from  him  unto 
her  father's  house  to  Beth-lehem-judah, 
and  was  there  four  whole  months. 

3  And  her  husband  arose,  and  went 
after  her,  to  speak  friendly  unto  her,  a7id 
to  bring  her  again,  having  his  servant  with 
him,  and  a  couple  of  asses:  and  she 
brought  him  into  her  father's  house;  aud 
when  the  fother  of  the  damsel  saw  him, 
he  rejoiced  to  meet  him. 

4  Aud  his  father  in  law,  the  damsel's  fa- 
ther, retained  him;  and  he  abode  with 
him  three  days  :  so  they  did  eat  and  drink, 
and  lodged  there. 

5  TI  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  fourth 
day,  when  they  arose  early  in  the  morning, 
that  he  rose  up  to  depart :  and  the  dam- 
sel's father  said  unto  his  son  iu  law. 
Comfort  thine  heart  with  a  morsel  of 
bread,  and  afterward  go  your  way. 


JUDGES. 


6  Aud  tlioy  sat  down,  and  did  eat  and 
drink  both  of  tbom  to^etlicr:  for  the 
damsel's  fatlier  had  said  unto  the  man, 
Be  content,  I  pray  thee,  and  tarry  all 
night,  and  let  thine  heart  be  merry. 

7  And  when  the  man  rose  up  to  depart, 
his  father  in  law  urged  him :  therefore 
he  lodged  there  again. 

8  And  he  arose  early  in  the  morning 
on  the  fifth  day  to  depart :  and  the  dam- 
sel's father  said,  Comfort  thine  heart,  I 
pray  thee.  And  they  tarried  imtil  after- 
noon, and  they  did  eat  both  of  them. 

9  And  when  the  man  i-ose  up  to  depart, 
he,  aud  his  concubine,  and  his  servant,  his 
father  in  law,  the  damsel's  father,  said 
unto  him,  Behold,  now  the  day  draweth 
toward  evening,  I  pray  you  tarry  all  night : 
behold,  the  da}'  groweth  to  an  end,  lodge 
here,  that  thine  heart  may  be  merry;  and 
to  morrow  get  you  early  on  your  way, 
that  thou  mayest  go  home. 

10  But  the  man  would  not  tarry  that 
night,  but  he  rose  up  and  departed,  and 
came  over  against  Jebus,  which  is  Jerusa- 
lem ;  and  there  were  Avith  him  tAvo  asses 
saddled,  his  concubine  also  wan  with  him. 

11  And  when  they  were  by  Jebus,  the  day 
was  far  spent;  and  the  servant  said  unto 
his  master.  Come,  I  pray  thee,  aud  let 
us  turn  in  into  this  city  of  the  Jebusites, 
and  lodge  in  it. 

12  And  his  master  said  unto  him.  We 
will  not  turn  aside  hither  into  the  city  of 
a  stranger,  that  is  not  of  the  children  of 
Israel ;  we  will  pass  over  to  Gibeah. 

13  And  he  said  unto  his  servant,  Come, 
and  let  us  draw  near  to  one  of  these 
places  to  lodge  all  night,  in  Gibeah,  or 
in  Ramah. 

14  And  they  passed  on  and  went  their 
way;  aud  the  sun  went  down  upon  them 
wJien  they  were  by  Gibeah,  which  hclongeth 
to  Benjamin. 

15  Aud  they  turned  aside  thither,  to  go 
in  and  to  lodge  in  Gibeah:  and  when  he 
went  in,  he  sat  him  down  in  a  street  of  the 
city :  for  there  was  no  man  that  took  them 
into  his  house  to  lodging. 

16  TI  And,  behold,  there  came  an  old  man 
from  his  work  out  of  the  field  at  even, 
which  was  also  of  mouut  Ephraim ;  and 
he  sojourned  in  Gibeah :  but  the  men  of 
the  place  ivere  Beujamites. 

17  Aud  Avhen  he  had  lifted  up  his  eyes, 


he  saw  a  wayfaring  man  in  the  street  of 
the  city:  and  the  old  man  said.  Whither 
goest  thou?  and  whence  comest  thou? 

18  And  he  said  unto  him.  We  are  passing 
from  Beth-lehem-judah  toward  the  side  of 
mount  Ephraim ;  from  thence  am  I :  and 
I  went  to  Beth-lehem-judah,  but  I  am  now 
going  to  the  house  of  the  Lord  ;  and  there 
is  no  mau  that  receiveth  me  to  house. 

19  Yet  there  is  both  straw  and  provender 
for  our  asses ;  and  there  is  bread  aud 
wine  also  for  me,  and  for  thy  handmaid, 
and  for  the  young  man  which  is  with  thy 
servants :  there  is  no  want  of  any  thing. 

20  Arid  the  old  man  said.  Peace  he  with 
thee  ;  howsoever,  let  all  thy  wants  lie  upon 
me ;  only  lodge  not  in  the  street. 

21  So  he  brought  him  into  his  house,  and 
gave  provender  unto  the  asses :  and  they 
Avashcd  their  feet,  aud  did  eat  and  drink. 

22  H  Now  as  they  were  making  their  hearts 
merry,  behold,  the  men  of  the  city,  certain 
sons  of  Belial,  beset  the  house  round 
about,  and  beat  at  the  door,  aud  spake  to 
the  master  of  the  house,  the  old  man,  say- 
ing. Bring  forth  the  man  that  came  into 
thine  house,  that  we  may  know  him. 

23  And  the  man,  the  master  of  the  house, 
went  out  unto  them,  and  said  unto  them. 
Nay,  my  brethren,  naij^  I  pray  you,  do  not 
so  wickedly;  seeing  that  this  mau  is  come 
into  mine  house,  do  not  this  folly. 

24  Behold,  licre  is  my  daughter  a  maiden, 
and  his  concubine;  them  I  will  bring  out 
now,  aud  humble  ye  them,  and  do  with 
them  what  scemeth  good  unto  you:  but 
unto  this  man  do  not  so  vile  a  thing. 

25  But  the  meu  would  not  hearken 
to  him :  so  the  man  took  his  concubine, 
and  brought  her  forth  unto  them;  and 
they  knew  her,  and  abused  her  all  the 
night  until  the  morning:  aud  when  the 
day  began  to  spring,  they  let  her  go. 

26  Then  came  the  Avoman  in  the  dawn- 
ing of  the  day,  and  fell  down  at  the  door 
of  the  man's  house  Avhere  her  lord  was^ 
till  it  AVixs  light. 

27  And  her  lord  rose  up  in  the  morning, 
and  opened  the  doors  of  the  house,  and 
went  out  to  go  his  Avay :  and,  behold,  the 
woman  his  concubine  was  Mien  down 
at  the  door  of  the  house,  and  her  hands 
were  upon  the  threshold. 

28  And  he  said  unto  her,  Up,  and  let  us 
be  going.     But  none  answered.     Then  the 

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man  took  her  nj)  upou  au  ass,  and  the  man 
rose  up,  and  gat  hhn  unto  his  place. 

29  ^  And  "when  he  was  come  into  his 
house,  he  took  a  knife,  and  laid  hold  on 
his  concubine,  and  divided  her,  together 
-with  her  bones,  into  tAvelve  pieces,  and 
sent  her  into  all  the  coasts  of  Israel. 

30  And  it  was  so,  that  all  that  saw  it 
said,  There  was  no  such  deed  done  nor 
seen  from  the  day  that  the  children  of  Is- 
rael came  up  out  of  the  laud  of  Egypt  unto 
this  day:  consider  of  it,  take  advice,  and 
speak  your  minds. 

CHAPTER   XX. 

THEN  all  the  children  of  Israel  went 
out,  and  the  congregation  was  gath- 
ered together  as  one  man,  from  Dan  even 
to  Beer-slieba,  with  the  land  of  Gilead, 
unto  the  Lord  in  Mizpeh. 

2  And  the  chief  of  all  the  i)eople,  even  of 
all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  presented  them- 
selves in  the  assembly  of  the  people  of 
God,  four  hundred  thousand  footmen  that 
drew  sword. 

3  (Now  the  children  of  Benjamin  heard 
that  the  children  of  Israel  were  gone  u\) 
to  Mizpeh.)  Then  said  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, Tell  «.<?,  how  was  this  wickedness? 

4  And  the  Levite,  the  husband  of  the 
woman  that  was  slain,  answered  and  said, 
I  came  into  Gibeah  that  helongeth  to  Benja- 
min, I  and  my  concubine,  to  lodge. 

5  And  the  men   of  Gibeah  rose  against 
me,  and  beset  the  house  round  al)out  upon 
me   by  night,  and  thought  to  have  slain  ! 
me:  and  my  concubine  have  they  forced, 
that  she  is  dead. 

6  And  1  took  my  concubine,  and  cut 
her  in  pieces,  and  sent  her  throughout 
all  the  country  of  the  inheritance  of  Is- 
rael: for  they  have  committed  lewdness 
and  folly  in  Israel. 

7  Behold,  ye  are  all  children  of  Israel; 
give  here  your  advice  and  counsel. 

8  *l  And  all  the  people  arose  as  one  man, 
saying.  We  will  not  any  of  us  go  to  his 
tent,  neither  will  we  any  of  us  turn  into 
his  house. 

9  But  now  this  shall  be  the  thing  which 
we  will  do  to  Gibeah;  ive  will  go  up  by 
lot  against  it; 

10  And  we  will  take  ten  men  of  a  hund- 
red throughout  all  the  tribes  of  Israel, 
and  a  hundred  of  a  thousand,  and  a  thou- 

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sand  out  of  ten  thousand,  to  fetch  victuals 
for  the  people,  that  they  may  do,  when 
they  come  to  Gibeah  of  Benjamin,  ac- 
cording to  all  the  folly  that  they  have 
wrought  in  Israel. 

11  So  all  the  men  of  Israel  were  gathered 
against  the  city,  knit  together  as  one 
man. 

12  T[  And  the  tribes  of  Israel  sent  men 
through  all  the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  saying. 
What  wickedness  is  this  that  is  done 
among  you? 

13  Now  therefore  deliver  us  the  men,  the 
children  of  Belial,  which  are  in  Gibeah, 
that  we  may  put  them  to  death,  and  put 
away  evil  from  Israel.  But  the  children 
of  Benjamin  would  not  hearken  to  the 
voice  of  their  brethren  the  children  of 
Israel : 

14  But  the  children  of  Benjamin  gath- 
ered themselves  together  out  of  the  cit- 
ies unto  Gibeah,  to  go  out  to  battle 
against  the  children  of  Israel. 

15  And  the  children  of  Benjamin  were 
numbered  at  that  time  out  of  the  cities 
twenty  and  six  thousand  men  that  drew 
sword,  besides  the  inhabitants  of  Gibeah, 
which  were  numbered  seven  hundred  cho- 
sen men. 

16  Among  all  this  people  there  were  seven 
hundred  chosen  men  lefthanded ;  every 
one  could  sling  stones  at  a  hair  breadth, 
and  not  miss. 

17  And  the  men  of  Israel,  besides  Ben- 
jamin, were  numbered  four  hundred  thou- 
sand men  that  drew  sword:  all  these  were 
men  of  war. 

18  '^  And  the  children  of  Israel  arose, 
and  went  up  to  the  house  of  God,  and 
asked  counsel  of  God,  and  said.  Which 
of  us  shall  go  up  first  to  the  battle  against 
the  children  of  Benjamin?  And  the  Loud 
said,  Judah  shall  go  up  first. 

19  And  the  children  of  Israel  rose  up  in 
the  morning,  and  encamped  against  Gibeah. 

20  And  the  men  of  Israel  went  out  to 
battle  against  Benjamin;  and  the  men  of 
Israel  put  themselves  in  array  to  fight 
against  them  at  Gibeah. 

21  And  the  children  of  Benjamin  came 
forth  out  of  Gibeah,  and  destroyed  down 
to  the  ground  of  the  Israelites  that  day 
twenty  and  two  thousand  men. 

22  And  the  people,  the  men  of  Israel, 
encouraged  themselves,  and  set  their  bat- 


JUDGES. 


tie  again  in  array  in  the  place  where 
they  put  themselves  in  array  the  first 
day, 

23  (And  the  children  of  Israel  went  tip 
and  wept  before  the  Lord  until  even, 
and  asked  counsel  of  the  Lokb,  saying, 
Shall  I  go  up  again  to  battle  against  the 
children  of  Benjamin  my  brother?  And 
the  Lord  said,  Go  up  against  him.) 

24  And  the  children  of  Israel  came  near 
against  the  children  of  Benjamin  the  sec- 
ond day. 

25  And  Benjamin  went  forth  against  them 
out  of  Gibeah  the  second  day,  and  de- 
stroyed down  to  the  ground  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  again  eighteen  thousand 
men ;  all  these  drew  the  sword. 

26  H  Then  all  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
all  the  people,  went  up,  and  came  unto 
the  house  of  God,  and  wept,  and  sat  there 
before  the  Lord,  and  fasted  that  day  until 
even,  and  offered  burnt  oflcrings  and  peace 
ofi'erings  befoi'e  the  Lord. 

27  And  the  children  of  Israel  inquired 
of  the  Lord,  ( for  the  ark  of  the  covenant 
of  God  woji  there  in  those  daj^s, 

28  And  Phinehas,  the  son  of  Eleazar,  the 
son  of  Aaron,  stood  before  it  in  those 
days,)  saying.  Shall  I  yet  again  go  out  to 
battle  against  the  children  of  Benjamin 
my  brother,  or  shall  I  cease?  And  the 
Lord  said.  Go  uj);  for  to  morrow  I  will 
deliver  them  into  thine  hand. 

29  And  Israel  set  liers  in  wait  round  about 
Gibeah. 

30  And  the  children  of  Israel  went  up 
against  the  children  of  Benjamin  on  the 
third  day,  and  put  themselves  in  array 
against  Gibeah,  as  at  other  times. 

31  And  the  children  of  Benjamin  went 
out  against  the  people,  and  were  drawn 
away  from  the  city;  and  they  began  to 
smite  of  the  people,  and  kill,  as  at  other 
times,  in  the  highways,  of  which  one  goeth 
up  to  the  house  of  God,  and  the  other  to 
Gibeah  in  the  field,  about  thirty  men  of 
Israel. 

32  And  the  children  of  Benjamin  said, 
They  are  smitten  down  before  us,  as  at  the 
first.  But  the  children  of  Israel  said.  Let 
us  flee,  and  draw  them  from  the  city  unto 
the  highways. 

33  And  all  the  men  of  Israel  rose  up  out 
of  their  place,  and  put  themselves  in  array 
at  Baal-tamar:  and  the  liers  in  wait  of  Is- 


rael came  forth  out  of  their  x>luecs,  €ve7i  out 
of  the  meadows  of  Gibeah. 

34  And  there  came  against  Gibeah  ten 
thousand  chosen  men  out  of  all  Israel,  and 
the  battle  was  sore :  but  they  kncAV  not 
that  evil  was  near  them. 

35  And  the  Lord  smote  Benjamin  before 
Israel :  and  the  children  of  Israel  destroy- 
ed of  the  Benjamites  that  day  twenty  and 
five  thousand  and  a  hundred  men:  all 
these  drew  the  sword. 

36  So  the  children  of  Benjamin  saw  that 
they  were  smitten:  for  the  men  of  Israel 
gave  place  to  the  Benjamites,  because  they 
trusted  unto  the  liers  in  Avait  which  they 
had  set  beside  Gibeah. 

37  And  the  liers  in  Avait  hasted,  and  rush- 
ed upon  Gibeah ;  and  the  liers  in  wait 
drew  themselves  along,  and  smote  all  the 
city  with  the  edge  of  the  SAVord. 

38  Now  there  Avas  an  appointed  sign  be- 
tween the  men  of  Israel  and  the  liers  in 
wait,  that  they  should  make  a  great  flame 
with  smoke  rise  up  out  of  the  city. 

39  And  Avhen  the  men  of  Israel  retired  in 
the  battle,  Benjamin  began  to  smite  a7)d 
kill  of  the  men  of  Israel  about  thii*ty  per- 
sons: for  they  said,  Surely  they  are  smit- 
ten doAvn  before  us,  as  iri  the  first  bat- 
tle. 

40  But  Avhen  the  flame  began  to  arise  up 
out  of  the  city  Avith  a  pillar  of  smoke,  the 
Benjamites  looked  behind  them,  and,  be- 
hold, the  flame  of  the  city  ascended  up  to 
heaA'cn. 

41  And  when  the  men  of  Israel  turned 
again,  the  men  of  Benjamin  were  amazed: 
for  they  saAV  that  evil  Avas  come  upon 
them. 

42  Therefore  they  turned  their  backs  be- 
fore the  men  of  Israel  unto  the  Avay  of  the 
Avilderness  ;  but  the  battle  oA'crtook  them ; 
and  them  Avhich  came  out  of  the  cities  they 
destroyed  in  the  midst  of  them. 

43  Thus  they  inclosed  the  Benjamites 
round  about,  a7id  chased  them,  and  trode 
them  doAA'n  with  ease  over  against  Gibeah 
toAvard  the  sunrising. 

44  And  there  fell  of  Benjamin  eighteen 
thousand  men;  all  these  icere  men  of 
A'alour. 

45  And  they  turned  and  fled  toward  the 
wilderness  unto  the  rock  of  Rimmon:  and 
they  gleaned  of  them  in  the  highAvays  five 
thousand  men;    and    pursued    hard  after 

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them  unto  Gidom,  and  slew  two  thousand 
men  of  them. 

46  So  that  all  which  fell  that  day  of  Ben- 
jamin were  twenty  and  five  thousand  men 
that  drew  the  sword ;  all  these  were  men  of 
valour. 

47  But  six  hundred  men  turned  and  fled 
to  the  wilderness  unto  the  rock  Rimmou, 
and  abode  in  the  rock  Rimmon  four 
months. 

48  And  the  men  of  Israel  turned  again 
upon  the  children  of  Benjamin,  and  smote 
them  with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  as  well 
the  men  of  every  city,  as  the  beast,  and  all 
that  came  to  hand :  also  they  set  on  fire  all 
the  cities  that  they  came  to. 

CHAPTER  XXI. 

NOW  the  men  of  Israel  had  sworn  in 
Mizpeh,  saying,  There  shall  not  any 
of  us  give  his  daughter  unto  Benjamin  to 
wife. 

2  And  the  people  came  to  the  house  of 
God,  and  abode  there  till  even  before  God, 
and  lifted  up  their  voices,  and  wept 
sore; 

3  And  said,  O  Lord  God  of  Israel,  why  is 
this  come  to  pass  in  Israel,  that  there 
should  be  to  day  one  tribe  lacking  in 
Israel ? 

4  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow, 
that  the  people  rose  early,  and  built  there 
an  altar,  and  offered  burnt  offerings  and 
peace  offerings. 

5  And  the  children  of  Israel  said.  Who 
is  there  among  all  the  tribes  of  Israel  that 
came  not  up  with  the  congregation  unto 
the  Lord?  For  they  had  made  a  great 
oath  concerning  him  that  came  not  up  to 
the  Lord  to  Mizpeh,  saying.  He  shall 
surely  be  put  to  death. 

6  And  the  children  of  Israel  repented 
them  for  Benjamin  their  brother,  and  said, 
There  is  one  tribe  cut  off  from  Israel  this 
day. 

7  How  shall  we  do  for  wives  for  them 
that  remain,  seeing  wc  have  sworn  by  the 
Lord,  that  Ave  will  not  give  them  of  our 
daughters  to  Avives  ? 

8  ^  And  they  said.  What  one  U  there  of 
the  tribes  of  Israel  that  came  not  up  to 
Mizpeh  to  the  Lord  ?  And,  behold,  there 
came  none  to  the  camp  from  Jubesh-gilead 
to  the  assembly. 

9  For   the   people  were  numbered,  and, 

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behold,  there  were  none  of  the  inhabitants 
of  Jabesh-gilead  there. 

10  And  the  congregation  sent  thither 
twelve  thousand  men  of  the  A'aliantest,  and 
commanded  them,  saying.  Go  and  smite 
the  inhabitants  of  Jabesh-gilead  Avith  the 
edge  of  the  SAVord,  with  the  Avomen  and 
the  children, 

11  And  this  is  the  thing  that  ye  shall  do. 
Ye  shall  utterly  destroy  every  male,  and 
every  woman  that  hath  lain  by  man. 

12  And  they  found  among  the  inhabitants 
of  Jabesh-gilead  four  hundred  young  vir- 
gins, that  had  knoAvn  no  man  by  lying  Avith 
any  male:  and  they  brought  them  unto  the 
camp  to  Shiloh,  which  is  in  the  land  of 
Canaan, 

13  And  the  Avholc  congregation  sent  norne 
to  speak  to  the  children  of  Benjamin  that 
were  in  the  rock  Rimmon,  and  to  call 
peaceably  unto  them, 

14  And  Benjamin  came  again  at  that  time ; 
and  they  gave  them  Avives  which  they  had 
saved  alive  of  the  AVomen  of  Jabesh-gilead : 
and  yet  so  they  sufficed  them  not. 

15  And  the  people  repented  them  for  Ben- 
jamin, because  that  the  Lord  had  made  a 
breach  in  the  tribes  of  Israel. 

16  1  Then  the  elders  of  the  congregation 
said,  HoAv  shall  we  do  for  wives  for  them 
that  remain,  seeing  the  women  are  de- 
stroyed out  of  Benjamin  ? 

17  And  they  said.  There  mufit  he  an  inherit- 
ance for  them  that  be  escaped  of  Benjamin, 
that  a  tribe  be  not  destroyed  out  of  Israel. 

18  HoAvbeit  we  ma}'  not  give  them  Avives 
of  our  daughters :  for  the  children  of  Is- 
rael have  sworn,  saying,  Cursed  he  he  that 
givcth  a  Avife  to  Benjamin. 

19  Then  they  said,  Behold,  there  n  a  feast 
of  the  Lord  in  Shiloh  yearly,  m  a  place 
AA-hich  w  on  the  north  side  of  Beth-el,  on 
the  cast  side  of  the  higliAvay  that  goeth  up 
from  Beth-el  to  Shechcm,  and  on  the  south 
of  Lebonah. 

20  Therefore  they  commanded  the  chil- 
dren of  Benjamin,  saying,  Go  and  lie  in 
Avait  in  the  vineyards ; 

21  And  see,  and,  behold,  if  the  daughters 
of  Shiloh  come  out  to  dance  in  dances, 
then  come  ye  out  of  the  vineyards,  and 
catch  you  every  man  his  Avife  of  the  daugh- 
ters of  Shiloh,  and  go  to  the  laud  of  Ben- 
jamin. 

22  And  it  shall  be,  Avhen  their  fathers  or 


RUTH. 


their  brethren  come  unto  us  to  complain, 
that  we  will  say  unto  them,  Be  favourable 
unto  them  for  our  sakes :  because  we  re- 
served not  to  each  man  his  wife  in  the 
war:  for  ye  did  not  give  unto  them  at  this 
time,  that  ye  should  be  guilty. 
23  And  the  children  of  Benjamin  did  so, 
and  took  them  wives,  according  to  their 
number,  of  them  that  danced,  whom  they 
caught :  and  they  went  and  returned  unto 


their  inheritance,  and  repaired  the  cities, 
and  dwelt  in  them. 

24  And  the  children  of  Israel  departed 
thence  at  that  time,  every  man  to  his 
tribe  and  to  his  liimily,  and  they  went 
out  from  thence  every  man  to  his  inher- 
itance. 

25  In  those  days  there  was  no  king  in  Is- 
rael :  ever}'  man  did  that  which  was  right  in 
his  own  eyes. 


THE 

BOOK  OF  RUTH. 


CHAPTER  I. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass  in  the  days  when 
the  judges  ruled,  that  there  was  a 
famine  in  the  land.  And  a  certain  man  of 
Beth-lehem-judah  went  to  sojourn  in  the 
country  of  Moab,  he,  and  his  wife,  and  his 
two  sons. 

2  And  the  name  of  the  man  wa-t  Elime- 
lech,  and  the  name  of  his  Avife  Naomi,  and 
the  name  of  his  two  sons  Mahlon  and 
Chilion,  Ephrathites  of  Beth-lehem-judah. 
And  they  came  into  the  country  of  Moab, 
and  continued  there. 

3  And  Eliraelech  Naomi's  husband  died; 
and  she  wa.s  left,  and  her  two  sons. 

4  And  they  took  them  wives  of  the  wo- 
men of  Moab;  the  name  of  the  one  was 
Orpah,  and  the  name  of  the  other  Ruth: 
and  they  dwelt  there  about  ten  years. 

5  And  Mahlon  and  Chilion  died  also  both 
of  them ;  and  the  woman  was  left  of  her 
two  sons  and  her  husband. 

6  T[  Then  she  arose  with  her  daughters 
in  law,  that  she  might  return  from  the 
country  of  Moab:  for  she  had  heard  in 
the  country  of  Moab  how  that  the  Lord 
had  visited  his  peoi)le  in  giviug  them 
bread. 

7  Wherefore  she  went  forth  out  of  the 
place  where  she  was,  and  her  two  daugh- 
ters in  law  Avith  her;  and  they  went  on 
the  way  to  return  unto  the  land  of  Judah. 

8  And  Naomi  said  unto  her  two  daughters 
in  law,  Go,  return  each  to  her  mother's 
house :  the  Loud  deal  kindly  with  yon,  as 
yc  have  dealt  with  the  dead,  and  with  me. 


9  The  Lord  grant  you  that  yc  may  find 
rest,  each  of  you  in  the  house  of  her  hus- 
band. Then  she  kissed  them ;  and  they 
lifted  up  their  voice,  and  wept. 

10  And  they  said  unto  her,  Surely  Ave 
will  return  Avith  thee  inito  thy  people. 

11  And  Naomi  said.  Turn  again,  my 
daughters:  Avhy  Avill  ye  go  Avith  me?  are 
there  yet  a7iy  more  sons  in  my  Avomb,  that 
they  may  be  your  husbands  ? 

12  Turn  again,  my  daughters,  go  your 
way ;  for  I  am  too  old  to  have  a  husband. 
If  I  should  say,  I  have  hope,  if  I  should 
have  a  husband  also  to  night,  and  should 
also  bear  sons ; 

13  Would  ye  tarry  for  them  till  they 
were  grown?  Avould  ye  stay  for  them  from 
having  husbands?  nay,  my  daughters;  for 
it  grieveth  me  much  for  your  sakes  that 
the  hand  of  the  Lord  is  gone  out  against 
me. 

14  And  they  lifted  up  their  voice,  and 
Avept  again :  and  Orpah  kissed  her  mother 
in  laAv ;  but  Ruth  clave  unto  her. 

15  And  she  said,  Behold,  thy  sister  in 
law  is  gone  back  unto  her  people,  and 
unto  her  gods:  return  thou  after  thy 
sister  in  laAV, 

16  And  Ruth  said,  Entreat  me  not  to 
leaA'e  thee,  or  to  return  from  foUoAving 
after  thee :  for  whither  thou  goest,  I  Avill 
go ;  and  where  thou  lodgest,  I  will  lodge  : 
thy  peoj>le  shall  be  my  people,  and  thy  God 
my  God : 

17  Where  thou  diest,  Avill  I  die,  and  there 
Avill  I  be  buried :  the  Lord  do  so  to  me, 


RUTH. 


and  more  also,  if  aiujht  but  death  jjart  tliee 
and  me. 

18  When  she  saw  that  she  was  steadfastly 
minded  to  ijo  with  her,  then  she  left  speak- 
ing iinto  her. 

19  H  So  they  two  Avent  until  they  came 
to  Beth-lehem.  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
they  were  come  to  Beth-lehem,  that  all 
the  city  was  moved  about  them,  and  they 
said,  h  this  Naomi  ? 

20  And  she  said  unto  them,  Call  me  not 
Naomi,  call  me  Mara:  for  the  Almighty 
hath  dealt  very  bitterly  with  me. 

21  I  went  out  full,  and  the  Loko  hath 
brought  me  home  again  empty :  why  then 
call  ye  me  Naomi,  seeing  the  Lord  hath 
testified  against  me,  and  the  Almighty 
hath  afflicted  me? 

22  So  Naomi  returned,  and  Euth  the 
Moabitess,  her  daughter  in  law,  with  her, 
which  returned  out  of  the  country  of 
Moab:  and  they  came  to  Beth-lehem  in 
the  beginning  of  barley  harvest. 

CHAPTER  II. 

AND  Naomi  had  a  kinsman  of  her  hus- 
band's, a  mighty  man  of  wealth,  of 
the  family  of  Elimelech;  and  his  name 
was  Boaz, 

2  And  Ruth  the  Moabitess  said  unto  Na- 
omi, Let  me  now  go  to  the  field,  and  glean 
ears  of  corn  after  Iiim  in  whose  sight  I  shall 
find  grace.  And  she  said  unto  her,  Go, 
my  daughter. 

3  And  she  went,  and  came,  and  gleaned 
in  the  field  after  the  reapers:  and  her 
hap  was  to  light  on  a  part  of  the  field 
helonfj'mg  unto  Boaz,  who  was.  of  the  kin- 
dred of  Elimelech. 

4  "[  And,  behold,  Boaz  came  from  Beth- 
lehem, and  said  unto  the  reapers.  The 
LoKD  l>e  with  you.  And  they  answered 
him,  The  Lord  bless  thee. 

5  Then  said  Boaz  iinto  his  servant  that 
was  set  over  the  reapers,  Whose  damsel 
i.s  this  ? 

6  And  the  servant  that  was  set  over  the 
reapers  answered  and  said.  It  U  the  Moab- 
itish  damsel  that  came  back  with  Naomi 
out  of  the  country  of  Moal) : 

7  And  she  said,  I  pray  you,  let  me   glean 

and  gather  after  the   reapers   among  the 

sheaves:  so  she  came,  and  hath  continued 

even  from   the   morning  until   now,  that 

she  tarried  a  little  in  the  house. 
_ 


8  Then  said  Boaz  unto  Ruth,  Hearest 
thou  not,  ray  daughter?  Go  not  to  glean 
in  another  field,  neither  go  from  hence, 
but  abide  here  fast  by  my  maidens : 

9  Let  thine  eyes  he  on  the  field  that  they 
do  reap,  and  go  thou  after  them:  have  I 
not  charged  the  young  men  that  they 
shall  not  touch  thee  ?  and  when  thou  art 
athirst,  go  unto  the  vessels,  and  drink  of 
that  which  the  }' oung  men  have  drawn. 

10  Then  she  fell  on  her  face,  and  bowed 
herself  to  the  ground,  and  said  unto  him. 
Why  have  I  found  grace  in  thine  eyes, 
that  thou  shouldest  take  knowledge  of  me, 
seeing  I  am  a  stranger? 

11  And  Boaz  answered  and  said  unto  her, 
It  hath  fully  been  shewed  me,  all  that 
thou  hast  done  unto  thy  mother  in  law 
since  the  death  of  thine  husband;  and 
how  thou  hast  left  thy  fixther  and  thy 
mother,  and  the  land  of  thy  nativity, 
and  art  come  unto  a  people  which  thou 
knewcst  not  heretofore. 

12  The  Lord  recompense  thy  work,  and 
a  full  reward  be  given  thee  of  the  Lord 
God  of  Israel,  imder  whose  wings  thou 
art  come  to  trust. 

13  Then  she  said.  Let  me  find  favour 
in  thy  sight,  my  lord;  for  that  thou 
hast  comforted  me,  and  for  that  thou 
hast  spoken  friendly  unto  thine  handmaid, 
though  I  be  not  like  unto  one  of  thine 
handmaidens. 

14  And  Boaz  said  unto  her.  At  mealtime 
come  thou  hither,  and  cat  of  the  bread, 
and  dip  thj'  morsel  in  the  vinegar.  And 
she  sat  beside  the  reapers :  and  he  reached 
her  parched  corn,,  and  she  did  eat,  and 
was  sufficed,  and  left. 

15  And  Avhen  she  was  risen  up  to  glean, 
Boaz  commanded  his  young  men,  saying, 
Let  her  glean  even  among  the  sheaves, 
and  reproach  her  not : 

16  And  let  fall  also  mme  of  the  handfuls 
of  purpose  for  her,  and  leave  /Aem,  that  she 
may  glean  tfien^  and  rebuke  her  not. 

17  So  she  gleaned  in  the  field  until  even, 
and  beat  out  that  she  had  gleaned:  and  it 
Avas  about  an  ephah  of  l»arley. 

18  H  And  she  took  it  iip,  and  went  into 
the  city;  and  her  mother  in  law  saw 
what  she  had  gleaned:  and  she  brought 
forth,  and  gave  to  her  that  she  had  re- 
sei-ved  after  she  Avas  sufficed. 

19  And  her  mother  in  law  said  unto  her, 


B.UTH. 


Where  hast  thou  gleaned  to  day?  and 
•Rhere  wroughtest  thou?  blessed  be  he 
that  did  take  knowledge  of  thee.  And 
she  shewed  her  mother  in  laAv  with  whom 
she  had  wrought,  and  said,  The  man's 
name  with  whoni  I  wrought  to  day  is 
Boaz, 

20  And  Naomi  said  unto  her  daughter 
in  law,  Blessed  be  he  of  the  Lord,  who 
hath  not  left  off  his  kindness  to  the  liv- 
ing and  to  the  dead.  And  Naomi  said 
unto  her,  The  man  i.s  near  of  kin  unto 
us,  one  of  our  next  kinsmen. 

21  And  Ruth  the  Moabitess  said.  He 
said  unto  me  also.  Thou  shalt  keep  fast 
bj'  my  young  men,  until  they  have  ended 
all  my  harvest. 

22  And  Naomi  said  unto  Ruth  her  daugh- 
ter in  law.  It  is  good,  my  daughter,  that 
thou  go  out  with  his  maidens,  that  they 
meet  thee  not  in  any  other  field. 

•23  So  she  kept  fast  by  the  maidens  of 
Boaz  to  glean  unto  the  end  of  barley 
harvest  and  of  wheat  harvest;  and  dwelt 
with  her  mother  in  law. 

CHAPTER  III. 

THEN  Naomi  her  mother  in  law  said 
unto  her.  My  daughter,  shall  I  not 
seek  rest  for  thee,  that  it  may  be  well 
with  thee  ? 

2  And  now  is  not  Boaz  of  our  kindred, 
with  whose  maidens  thou  wast?  Behold, 
he  winnoweth  barley  to  night  in  the 
threshingfloor. 

3  "Wash  thyself  therefore,  and  anoint 
thee,  and  put  thy  raiment  iipon  thee, 
and  get  thee  down  to  the  floor:  but  make 
not  thyself  known  unto  the  man,  until 
he  shall  have  done  eating  and  drinking. 

4  And  it  shall  be,  wiien  he  lieth  down, 
that  thou  shalt  mark  the  place  w^here  he 
shall  lie,  and  thou  shalt  go  in,  and  un- 
cover his  feet,  and  lay  thee  down;  and 
he  will  tell  thee  what  thou  shalt  do. 

5  And  she  said  unto  her.  All  that  thou 
sayest  unto  me  I  will  do. 

6  H  And  she  went  down  unto  the  floor, 
and  did  according  to  all  that  her  mother 
in  law  bade  her. 

7  And  Avhen  Boaz  had  eaten  and  drunk, 
and  his  heart  was  merry,  he  went  to  lie 
down  at  the  end  of  the  heap  of  corn  :  and 
she  canie  softly,  and  uncovered  his  feet, 
and  laid  her  down. 

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8  ^a  And  it  came  to  pass  at  midnight,  that 
the  man  Avas  afraid,  and  turned  himself: 
and,  behold,  a  woman  lay  at  his  feet. 

9  And  he  said.  Who  art  thou  ?  And  she 
answered,  I  am  Ruth  thine  handmaid: 
spread  therefore  thy  skirt  over  thine  hand- 
maid; for  thou  art  a  near  kinsman. 

10  And  he  said.  Blessed  be  thou  of  the 
LoKD,  my  daughter :  for  thou  hast  shewed 
more  kindness  in  the  latter  end  than  at 
the  beginning,  inasmuch  as  thou  follow- 
edst  not  young  men,  whether  poor  or 
rich. 

11  And  now,  my  daughter,  fear  not;  I 
will  do  to  thee  all  that  thou  requirest : 
for  all  the  city  of  my  people  doth  know 
that  thou  art  a  virtuous  woman. 

12  And  now  it  is  true  that  I  am  thy 
near  kinsman :  howbeit  there  is  a  kins- 
man nearer  than  I. 

13  Tarry  this  night,  and  it  shall  be  in  the 
morning,  that  if  he  will  perform  unto  thee 
the  part  of  a  kinsman,  well;  let  him  do 
the  kinsman's  part :  but  if  he  will  not 
do  the  part  of  a  kinsman  to  thee,  then 
will  I  do  the  part  of  a  kinsman  to  thee, 
as  the  LoiiD  liveth:  lie  down  until  the 
morning. 

14  ^  And  she  lay  at  his  feet  until  the 
morning:  and  she  rose  up  before  one 
could  know  another.  And  he  said.  Let 
it  not  be  known  that  a  woman  came  into 
the  floor. 

15  Also  he  said.  Bring  the  vail  that  thou 
hast  upon  thee,  and  hold  it.  And  when 
she  held  it,  he  measiired  six  meas^ires  of 
barley,  and  laid  it  on  her:  and  she  went 
into  the  city. 

16  And  when  she  came  to  her  mother 
in  law,  she  said,  W^ho  art  thou,  my  daugh- 
ter? And  she  told  her  all  that  the  man 
had  done  to  her. 

17  And  she  said,  These  six  'measures  of 
barley  gave  he  me;  for  he  said  to  me, 
Go  not  empty  unto  thy  mother  in  law. 

18  Then  said  she.  Sit  still,  my  daughter, 
until  thou  know  how  the  matter  will  fall : 
for  the  man  will  not  be  in  rest,  until  he 
have  finished  the  thing  this  day. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

THEN  Avent  Boaz  up  to  the  gate,  and 
sat  him  down  there:  and,  behold,  the 
kinsman  of  whom  Boaz  spake  came  by; 
unto  wiiom  he  said.  Ho,  such  a  one !  turn 

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RUTH. 


aside,    sit   down   here.     And    lie    turned 
aside,  and  sat  down. 

2  And  he  took  ten  men  of  the  elders  of 
the  city,  and  said,  Sit  ye  do^vn  here.  And 
they  sat  down, 

3  And  he  said  unto  the  kinsman,  Naomi, 
that  is  come  again  out  of  the  country  of 
Moab,  selleth  a  parcel  of  land,  which  wan 
our  brother  Elimelech's : 

4  And  I  thought  to  advertise  thee,  say- 
ing. Buy  it  before  the  inhabitants,  and  be- 
fore  the    elders    of  my  people.    If  thou  I 
wilt  redeem   lY,  redeem   it :   but  if  thou  | 
Avilt  not  redeem  it^  then  tell   me,  that    I  ' 
may  know :  for  there  is  none  to  redeem  it  j 
besides  thee;   and  I  am  after  thee.     And 
he  said,  I  will  redeem  it. 

5  Then  said  Boaz,  What  day  thou  buyest 
the  field  of  the  hand  of  Naomi,  thou  must 
buy  it  also  of  Ruth  the  Moabitess,  the  wife 
of  the  dead,  to  raise  up  the  name  of  the 
dead  upon  his  inheritance. 

6  TI  And  the  kinsman  said,  1  cannot  re- 
deem it  for  myself,  lest  I  mar  mine  own 
inheritance:  redeem  thou  my  right  to 
thyself ;  for  I  cannot  redeem  it. 

7  Now  this  was  the  manner  in  former 
time  in  Israel  concerning  redeeming  and 
concerning  changing,  for  to  confirm  all 
things  ;  a  man  plucked  oflF  his  shoe,  and 
gave  it  to  his  neighbour:  and  this  was 
a  testimony  in  Israel. 

8  Therefore  the  kinsman  said  unto  Boaz, 
Buy  it  for  thee.  So  he  drew  off  his 
shoe. 

9  ^  And  Boaz  said  unto  the  elders,  and 
unto  all  the  people,  Te  a)-e  witnesses  this 
day,  that  I  have  bought  all  that  ivas  Elime- 
lech's, and  all  that  was  Chilion's  and 
Mahlon's,  of  the  hand  of  Naomi. 

10  Moreover  Ruth  the  Moabitess,  the 
wife  of  Mahlon,  have  I  purchased  to  be  my 
wife,  to  raise  up  the  name  of  the  dead 
upon  his   inheritance,   that  the  name  of 


the  dead  be  not  cut  off  from  among  his 
brethren,  and  from  the  gate  of  his  place : 
ye  are  witnesses  this  day. 

11  And  all  the  people  that  were  in  the 
gate,  and  the  elders,  said,  We  are  wit- 
nesses. The  Lord  make  the  woman  that 
is  come  into  thine  house  like  Rachel  and 
like  Leah,  which  two  did  build  the  house 
of  Israel :  and  do  thou  worthily  in  Ephra- 
tah,  and  be  famous  in  Beth-lehem  : 

12  And  let  thy  house  be  like  the  house 
of  Pharez,  whom  Tamar  bare  unto  Judah, 
of  the  seed  which  the  Lord  shall  give 
thee  of  this  young  woman. 

13  1  So  Boaz  took  Ruth,  and  she  was  his 
wife :  and  when  he  went  in  unto  her,  the 
Lord  gave  her  conception,  and  she  bare 
a  son. 

14  And  the  women  said  unto  Naomi, 
Blessed  be  the  Lord,  which  hath  not  left 
thee  this  day  without  a  kinsman,  that  his 
name  may  be  famous  in  Israel. 

15  And  he  shall  be  unto  thee  a  restorer 
of  thy  life,  and  a  nourisher  of  thine  old 
age :  for  thy  daughter  in  law,  which  lov- 
eth  thee,  which  is  better  to  thee  than 
seven  sons,  hath  borne  him. 

16  And  Naomi  took  the  child,  and  laid 
it  in  her  bosom,  and  became  nurse  unto  it. 

17  And  the  women  her  neighbours  gave 
it  a  name,  saying.  There  is  a  son  bom  to 
Naomi ;  and  they  called  his  name  Obed : 
he  is  the  father  of  Jesse,  the  father  of 
David. 

18  1  Now  these  are  the  generations  of 
Pharez :  Pharez  begat  Hezron, 

19  And  Hezron  begat  Ram,  and  Ram 
begat  Amminadab, 

20  And  Amminadab  begat  Nahshon,  and 
Nahshon  begat  Salmon, 

21  And  Salmon  begat  Boaz,  and  Boaz 
begat  Obed, 

22  And  Obed  begat  Jesse,  and  Jesse 
begat  David. 


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OTHER-WISE   CALLED, 

THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF  THE  KINGS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

NOW  there  was  a  certain  man  of  Ram- 
athaim-zophim,  of  mount  Ephraim, 
and  his  name  was  Elkanah,  the  son  of  Jero- 
ham,  the  son  of  Elihu,  the  son  of  Tohu, 
the  son  of  Zuph,  an  Ephrathite : 

2  And' he  had  two  wives  ;  the  name  of  the 
one  vjos  Hannah,  and  the  name  of  the  other 
Peninnah  :  and  Peninnah  had  chikh'en,  but 
Hannah  had  no  chiklren. 

3  And  this  man  went  up  out  of  his  city 
yearly  to  worship  and  to  sacrifice  unto  the 
Lord  of  hosts  in  Shiloh.  And  the  two  sons 
of  Eli,  Hophni  and  Phinehas,  the  priests  of 
the  Lord,  were  there. 

4  1  And  when  the  time  was  that  Elkanah 
offered,  he  gave  to  Peninnah  his  wife,  and 
to  all  her  sons  and  her  daughters,  portions : 

5  But  unto  Hannah  he  gave  a  worthy  por- 
tion ;  for  he  loved  Hannah  :  hut  the  Lord 
had  shut  up  her  womb. 

6  And  her  adversary  also  provoked  her 
sore,  for  to  make  her  fret,  because  the 
Lord  had  shut  up  her  womb. 

7  And  as  he  did  so  year  by  year,  when  she 
went  up  to  the  house  of  the  Lord,  so  she 
provoked  her ;  therefore  she  wept,  and  did 
not  eat. 

8  Then  said  Elkanah  her  husband  to  her, 
Hannah,  M'hy  weepest  thou  ?  and  why  eat- 
est  thou  not  ?  and  why  is  thy  heart  griev- 
ed? am  not  I  better  to  thee  than  ten  sons  ? 

9  H  So  Hannah  rose  up  after  they  had 
eaten  in  Shiloh,  and  after  they  had  drunk. 
Now  Eli  the  priest  sat  iipon  a  seat  by  a 
post  of  the  temple  of  the  Lord. 

10  And  she  teas  in  bitterness  of  soul,  and 
prayed  unto  the  Lord,  and  wept  sore. 

11  And  she  vowed  a  vow,  and  said,  O 
Lord  of  hosts,  if  thou  wilt  indeed  look  on 
the  affliction  of  thine  handmaid,  and  re- 
member me,  and  not  forget  thine  hand- 
maid, but  wilt  give  unto  thine  handmaid 
a  man  child,  then  I  will  give  him  unto  the 
Lord  all  the  days  of  his  life,  and  there 
shall  no  razor  come  upon  his  head. 


12  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  she  continued 
praying  before  the  Lord,  that  Eli  marked 
her  mouth. 

13  Now  Hannah,  she  spake  in  her  heart ; 
only  her  lips  moved,  but  her  voice  was 
not  heard :  therefore  Eli  thought  she  had 
been  drunken. 

14  And  Eli  said  unto  her,  How  long  wilt 
thou  be  drunken?  put  away  thy  wine  from 
thee. 

15  And  Hannah  answered  and  said.  No, 
my  lord,  I  am  a  woman  of  a  sorrowful 
spirit :  I  have  drunk  neither  wine  nor 
strong  drink,  but  have  poured  out  my  soul 
before  the  Lord. 

16  Count  not  thine  handmaid  for  a  daugh- 
ter of  Belial :  for  out  of  the  abundance  of 
my  complaint  and  grief  have  I  spoken 
hitherto. 

17  Then  Eli  answered  and  said.  Go  in 
peace  :  and  the  God  of  Israel  grant  thee  thy 
petition  that  thou  hast  asked  of  him. 

18  And  she  said,  Let  thine  handmaid  find 
grace  in  thy  sight.  So  the  woman  went 
her  way,  and  did  eat,  and  her  countenance 
was  no  more  md. 

19  ^  And  they  rose  up  in  the  morning 
early,  and  worshipped  before  the  Lord, 
and  returned,  and  came  to  their  house  to 
Ramah:  and  Elkanah  knew  Hannah  his 
wife ;  and  the  Lord  remembered  her. 

20  Wherefore  it  came  to  pass,  Avhen  the 
time  was  come  about  after  Hannah  had 
conceived,  that  she  bare  a  son,  and  called 
his  name  Samuel,  saying,  Because  I  have 
asked  him  of  the  Lord. 

21  And  the  man  Elkanah,  and  all  his 
house,  went  up  to  offer  unto  the  Lord 
the  yearly  sacrifice,  and  his  vow. 

22  But  Hannah  went  not  up;  for  she 
said  unto  her  husband,  I  will  not  go  vp 
until  the  child  be  weaned,  and  then  I  will 
bring  him,  that  he  may  appear  before 
the  Lord,  and  there  abide  for  ever. 

23  And  Elkanah  her  husband  said  unto 
her.  Do  what  seemeth  thee  good;  tarry 

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I.  SAMUEL. 


until  thou  have  weaned  him;  only  the 
Loud  establisli  his  word.  So  tlie  woman 
abode,  and  gave  her  sou  suek  until  she 
weaned  him. 

24  ^  And  when  she  had  weaned  him,  she 
took  him  up  with  her,  Avith  three  bull- 
ocks, and  one  ephah  of  flour,  and  a  bottle 
of  wine,  and  brought  him  unto  the  house 
of  the  Lord  iu  Shiloh :  and  the  child  was 
young. 

25  And  they  slew  a  bullock,  and  brought 
the  child  to  Eli. 

2G  And  she  said,  O  my  lord,  as  thy  soul 
liveth,  my  lord,  I  can  the  woman  that 
stood  by  thee  here,  praying  unto  the  Loud. 

27  For  this  child  I  prayed;  and  the  Lord 
hath  given  me  my  i)etition  which  I  asked 
of  him : 

28  Therefore  also  1  have  lent  him  to  the 
Lord;  as  long  as  he  liveth  be  shall  be 
lent  to  the  Lord.  And  he  worship^jcd  the 
Lord  there.       ^ 

CHArTER  11. 

AND  Hannah  prayed,  and  said,  My  heart 
-  rejoiceth  in  the  Lord,  mine  horn  is 
exalted  in  the  Lord;  my  mouth  is  en- 
larged over  mine  enemies ;  because  I  re- 
joice in  thy  salvation. 

2  There  is  none  holy  as  the  Lord:  for 
there  is  none  besides  thee:  neither  is  tliere 
any  rock  like  our  God. 

3  Talk  no  more  so  exceeding  proudly; 
let  7iol  arrogancy  come  out  of  your  mouth  : 
for  the  Lord  i.s-  a  God  of  knowledge,  and 
by  him  actions  are  weighed. 

4  The  bows  of  the  mighty  men  are 
broken,  and  they  that  stumbled  are 
girded  Avith  strength. 

5  Tltey  Vint  were  full  have  hired  out  them- 
selves for  bread;  and  they  thai  were  hungr}'^ 
ceased:  so  that  the  barren  hath  borne 
seven;  and  she  that  hath  many  children 
is  w^axed  feeble. 

6  The  Lord  killeth,  and  maketh  alive: 
he  bringeth  down  to  the  grave,  and  bring- 
eth  up. 

7  The  Lord  maketh  poor,  and  maketh 
rich:  he  bringeth  low,  and  lifteth  up. 

8  He  raiseth  up  the  poor  out  of  the  dust, 
and  lifteth  up  the  beggar  from  the  dung- 
hill, to  set  them  among  princes,  and  to 
make  them  inherit  the  throne  of  glory: 
for  the  pillars  of  the  earth  are  the  Lord's, 
and  he  hath  set  the  Avorld  upon  them. 

9  He  will  keep  the   feet  of  his   saints, 

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and  the  wicked  shall  be  silent  in  dark- 
ness; lor  by  strength  shall  no  man  pre- 
vail. 

10  The  adversaries  of  the  Lord  shall  be 
broken  to  pieces ;  out  of  heaven  shall  he 
thunder  upon  them:  the  Lord  shall  judge 
the  ends  of  the  earth;  and  he  shall  give 
strength  unto  his  king,  and  exalt  the  horn 
of  his  anointed. 

11  And  Elkanah  went  to  Ramah  to  his 
house.  And  the  child  did  minister  unto 
the  Lord  before  Eli  the  priest. 

12  T[  Now  the  sons  of  Eli  were  sons  of 
Belial ;  they  knew  not  the  Lord. 

13  And  the  priest's  custom  with  the  peo- 
ple was,  that^  when  any  man  offered  sacri- 
fice, the  priest's  servant  came,  Avhile  the 
flesh  was  in  seething,  with  a  fleshhook  of 
three  teeth  in  his  hand; 

14  And  he  struck  it  into  the  pan,  or  ket- 
tle, or  caldron,  or  pot;  all  that  the  flesh- 
hook  brought  up  the  i)riest  took  for  him- 
self. So  they  did  in  Shiloh  unto  all  the 
Israelites  that  came  thither. 

15  Also  before  they  burnt  the  fat,  the 
priest's  servant  came,  and  said  to  the  man 
that  sacrificed.  Give  flesh  to  roast  for  the 
priest ;  for  he  will  not  have  sodden  flesh  of 
thee,  but  raw. 

16  And  i/  any  man  said  unto  him.  Let 
them  not  fail  to  burn  the  fat  presently, 
and  then  take  ous-  mnch  as  thy  soul  desireth ; 
then  he  Avould  answer  him.  Nay ;  but  thou 
Shalt  give  it  me  noAv:  and  if  not,  I  will 
take  it  by  force. 

17  Wherefore  the  sin  of  the  young  men 
Avas  very  great  before  the  Lord  :  for  men 
abhorred  the  offering  of  the  Lord. 

18  1  But  Samuel  ministered  before  the 
Lord,  beiyiy  a  child,  girded  with  a  linen 
ephod. 

19  Moreover  his  mother  made  him  a  little 
coat,  and  brought  it  to  him  from  year  to 
year,  Avhen  she  came  up  Avith  her  husband 
to  offer  the  yearly  sacrifice. 

20  H  And  Eli  blessed  Elkanah  and  his 
wife,  and  said.  The  Lord  give  thee  seed 
of  this  Avoman  for  the  loan  which  is  lent 
to  the  Lord.  And  they  Avent  unto  their 
OAvn  home. 

21  And  the  Lord  visited  Hannah,  so  that 
she  conceived,  and  bare  three  sons  and 
tAvo  daughters.  And  the  child  Samuel 
grcAV  before  the  Lord. 

I    22  1  NoAV  Eli  Avas  very  old,  and  heard  all 


I.  SAMUEL, 


that  his  sous  did  unto  all  Israel;  and  how 
they  lay  -with  the  women  that  assembled  at 
the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congrega- 
tion. 

23  And  he  said  unto  them,  Why  do  ye 
such  things?  for. I  hear  of  your  evil  deal- 
ings by  all  this  people. 

24  Nay,  my  sons;  for  it  is  no  good  re- 
l)ort  that  I  hear:  ye  make  the  Lokd's  peo- 
ple to  transgress. 

25  If  one  man  sin  against  another,  the 
judge  shall  judge  him:  but  if  a  man  sin 
against  the  Lokd,  who  shall  entreat  for 
him?  Notwithstanding,  they  hearkened 
not  unto  the  voice  of  their  father,  because 
the  Lokd  would  slay  them. 

26  And  the  child  Samuel  grew  on,  and  was 
in  ftwour  both  with  the  Lord,  and  also 
with  men. 

27  T[  And  there  came  a  man  of  God  unto 
Eli,  and  said  unto  him.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord,  Did  I  plainly  appear  unto  the  house 
of  thy  father,  when  they  were  in  Egypt 
in  Pharaoh's  house? 

28  And  did  I  choose  him  out  of  all  the 
tribes  of  Israel  to  be  my  priest,  to  offer 
upon  mine  altar,  to  burn  incense,  to  wear 
an  ephod  before  me  ?  and  did  I  give  unto 
the  house  of  thy  father  all  the  offerings 
made  by  fire  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael? 

29  Wherefore  kick  ye  at  my  sacrifice  and 
at  mine  offering,  which  T  have  commanded 
in  my  habitation ;  and  honourest  thy  sons 
above  me,  to  make  yourselves  fat  with 
the  chiefest  of  all  the  offerings  of  Israel 
my  people  ? 

30  Wherefore  the  Lord  God  of  Israel 
saith,  I  said  indeed  that  thy  house,  and 
the  house  of  thy  father,  should  Avalk 
before  me  for  ever:  but  now  the  Lord 
saith.  Be  it  for  from  me;  for  them  that 
honour  me  I  Avill  honour,  and  they  that 
despise  me  shall  be  lightly  esteemed. 

31  Behold,  the  days  come,  that  I  will  cut 
off  thine  arm,  and  the  arm  of  thy  lather's 
house,  that  there  shall  not  be  an  old  man 
in  thine  house. 

32  And  thou  shalt  see  an  enemy  in  7ny 
habitation,  in  all  the  wealth  which  Qod 
shall  give  Israel:  and  there  shall  not  be 
an  old  man  in  thine  house  for  ever. 

33  And  the  man  of  thine,  rchom  I  shall 
not  cut  off  from  mine  altar,  sliall  he  to 
consume  thine  ej-es,  and  to  grieve  thine 


heart :  and  all  the  increase  of  thine  house 
shall  die  in  the  flower  of  their  age. 

34  And  this  sJtall  he  a  sign  unto  thee,  that 
shall  come  upon  thy  two  sons,  on  Hophni 
and  Phinehas;  in  one  day  they  shall  die 
both  of  them. 

35  And  I  will  raise  me  up  a  faithful  priest, 
that  shall  do  according  to  that  which  is  in 
mine  heart  and  in  my  mind:  and  I  M'ill 
build  him  a  sure  house;  and  he  shall 
walk  before  mine  anointed  for  ever. 

36  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  every 
one  that  is  left  in  thine  house  shall  come 
and  crouch  to  him  for  a  piece  of  silver 
and  a  morsel  of  bread,  and  shall  say, 
Put  me,  I  pray  thee,  into  one  of  the 
priests'  offices,  that  I  may  eat  a  piece  of 
bread.  V 

CHAPTER  IIL 

AND  the  child  Samuel  ministered  unto 
the  Lord  before  Eli.  And  the  word 
of  the  Lord  was  precious  in  those  days ; 
there  was  no  open  vision. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass  at  that  time, 
when  Eli  %vas  laid  down  in  his  place,  and 
his  eyes  began  to  wax  dim,  tJiat  he  could 
not  see; 

3  And  ere  the  lamp  of  God  went  out 
in  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  where  the 
ark  of  God  was,  and  Samuel  was  laid 
down  to  sleep  ; 

4  That  the  Lord  called  Samuel:  and  he 
answered,  Here  am  I. 

5  And  he  ran  unto  Eli,  and  said,  Here 
am  I ;  for  thou  calledst  me.  And  he  said, 
I  called  not;  lie  down  again.  And  he 
went  and  lay  down. 

6  And  the  Lord  called  yet  again,  Sam- 
uel. And  Samuel  arose  and  went  to  Eli, 
and  said,  Here  am  I;  for  thou  didst  call 
me.  And  he  .answered,  I  called  not,  my 
son ;  lie  down  again. 

7  Now  Samuel  did  not  yet  know  the 
Lord,  neither  was  the  word  of  the  Lord 
yet  revealed  imto  him. 

8  And  the  Lord  called  Samuel  again  the 
third  time.  And  he  arose  and  Avent  to 
Eli,  and  said.  Here  am  I;  for  thou  didst 
call  me.  And  Eli  perceived  that  the 
Lord  had  called  the  child. 

9  Therefore  Eli  said  unto  Samuel,  Go, 
lie  down :  and  it  shall  be,  if  he  call  thee, 
that  thou  Shalt  say.  Speak,  Lord  ;  for  thy 
servant  heareth.  So  Samuel  went  and  lay 
down  in  his  place. 

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I.  SAMUEL. 


10  Aud  the  LoKD  came,  aucl  stood,  and 
called  as  at  other  times,  Samuel,  Sam- 
•acl.  Theu  Samuel  aus^vercd,  Speak;  for 
thy  servant  heareth. 

11  Ti  And  the  Lord  said  to  Samuel, 
Behold,  I  Avill  do  a  thing  in  Israel,  at 
-which  both  the  ears  of  every  one  that 
heareth  it  shall  tingle. 

13  In  that  day  I  ■will  perform  against 
Eli  all  things  which  I  have  spoken  con- 
cerning his  house:  when  I  begin,  I  will 
also  make  an  end. 

13  For  I  have  told  him  that  I  will  judge 
his  house  for  ever  for  the  iniquity  which 
he  knoweth  ;  because  his  sons  made 
themselves  vile,  and  he  restrained  them 
not. 

14  And  therefore  I  have  sworn  unto  the 
house  of  Eli,  that  the  iniquity  of  Eli's 
house  shall  not  be  purged  with  sacrilice 
nor  ofTering  for  ever. 

15  1i  And  Samuel  lay  until  the  morning, 
and  opened  the  doors  of  the  house  of  the 
Loud.  And  Samuel  feared  to  shew  Eli 
the  vision. 

16  Then  Eli  called  Samuel,  and  said,  Sam- 
uel, my  son.    And  he  answered.  Here  ani  I. 

17  Aud  he  said,  What  is  the  thing  that 
t?ie  Lord  hath  said  unto  thee?  I  pray 
thee  hide  it  not  from  me:  God  do  so  to 
thee,  and  more  also,  if  thou  hide  any 
thing  from  me  of  all  the  things  that  he 
said  unto  thee. 

18  And  Samuel  told  him  every  whit, 
and  hid  nothing  from  him.  And  he  said. 
It  is  the  Lord:  let  him  do  what  seem- 
eth  him  good. 

19  H  And  Samuel  grew,  and  the  Lord 
was  with  him,  and  did  let  none  of  his 
words  fall  to  the  ground. 

20  And  all  Israel  from  Dan  even  to 
Beer-sheba  knew  that  Samuel  was  estab- 
lished to  be  a  prophet  of  the  Lord. 

21  And  the  Lord  appeared  again  in 
Shiloh :  for  the  Lord  revealed  himself 
to  Samuel  in  Shiloh  by  the  word  of 
the  Lord.       * 

CHAPTER  IV. 

AND  the  word  of  Samuel  came  to  all 
Israel.  Now  Israel  went  oxit  against 
the  Philistines  to  battle,  and  pitched  be- 
side Eben-ezer:  aud  the  Philistines  pitch- 
ed in  Aphek. 

2  And  the  Philistines  put  themselves  in 
array     against     Israel :     and     when     they 


joined  buttle,  Israel  was  smitten  before 
the  Philistines :  aud  they  slew  of  the 
army  in  the  tield  about  four  thousand 
men. 

3  \  And  when  the  people  were  come 
into  the  camp,  the  elders  of  Israel  said. 
Wherefore  hath  the  Lord  smitten  us  to 
day  before  the  Philistines?  Let  us  fetch 
the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  out 
of  Shiloh  unto  us,  that,  when  it  comcth 
among  us,  it  may  save  us  out  of  the 
hand  of  our  enemies. 

4  So  the  people  sent  to  Shiloh,  that  they 
might  bring  from  thence  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  Mhich 
dwelleth  between  the  cheaibim :  and  the 
two  sous  of  Eli,  Hophui  and  Phinchas, 
%cere  there  with  the  ark  of  the  covenant 
of  God. 

5  And  when  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of 
the  Lord  came  into  the  camp,  all  Israel 
shouted  with  a  great  shout,  so  that  the 
earth  rang  again. 

6  And  when  the  Philistines  heard  the 
noise  of  the  shout,  the}'  said.  What  nieau- 
eih  the  noise  of  this  great  shout  in  the 
camp  of  the  Hebrews?  And  they  under- 
stood that  the  ark  of  the  Lord  was  come 
into  the  camp. 

7  And  the  Philistines  were  afraid;  for 
they  said,  God  is  come  into  the  camp. 
And  they  said.  Woe  unto  us!  for  there 
hath  not  been  such  a  thing  heretofore. 

8  Woe  unto  us !  who  shall  deliver  us 
out  of  the  hand  of  these  mighty  Gods  ? 
these  are  the  Gods  that  smote  the  Egyp- 
tians with  all  the  plagues  in  the  wilderness. 

9  Be  strong,  aud  quit  yourselves  like 
men,  O  ye  Philistines,  that  ye  be  not  serv- 
ants unto  the  Hebrews,  as  they  have  been 
to  you :  quit  yourselves  like  men,  and  fight. 

10  "I  And  the  Philistines  fought,  aud  Is- 
rael was  smitten,  and  they  fled  every  man 
into  his  tent :  and  there  Wi\s  a  very  great 
slaughter;  for  there  fell  of  Israel  thirty 
thousand  footmen. 

11  And  the  ark  of  God  was  taken;  and 
the  two  sons  of  Eli,  Hophui  and  Phinchas, 
were  slain. 

12  ^  And  there  ran  a  man  of  Benjamin 
out  of  the  army,  and  came  to  Shiloh  the 
same  day  with  his  clothes  rent,  and  with 
earth  upon  his  head. 

13  And  when  he  came,  lo,  Eli  sat  upon 
a  seat  by  the  Avay  side  watching:   for  his 


I.  SAMUEL. 


heart  trembled  for  the  ark  of  God.  And 
wheu  the  mau  eauie  iuto  the  city,  aud 
told  ii,  all  the  city  cried  out. 

14  And  when  Eli  heard  the  noise  of  the 
crying,  he  said,  What  nieaneiJt  the  noise 
of  this  tumult  And  the  man  came  in 
hastily,  aud  told  Eli. 

15  Now  Eli  was  ninety  and  eight  years 
old ;  and  his  eyes  were  dim,  that  he  could 
not  see. 

16  Aud  the  man  said  unto  Eli,  I  am  he 
that  came  out  of  the  army,  and  I  fled  to 
day  out  of  the  army.  And  he  said.  What 
is  there  done,  my  son  ? 

17  Aud  the  messenger  answered  and  said, 
Israel  is  fled  before  the  Philistines,  and 
there  'hath  been  also  a  great  slaughter 
among  the  people,  aud  th}'  two  sous  also, 
Hophui  and  Phiuehas,  are  dead,  and  the 
ark  of  God  is  taken. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  made 
mention  of  the  ark  of  God,  that  he  fell 
from  ofl['  the  seat  backward  by  the  side 
of  the  gate,  and  his  neck  brake,  and  lie 
died:  for  he  was  an  old  man,  and  heav^-. 
And  he  had  judged  Israel  forty  years. 

19  T[  And  his  daughter  in  law,  Phinchas' 
wife,  was  with  child,  tiear  to  be  delivered : 
and  when  she  heard  the  tidings  that  the 
ark  of  God  was  taken,  and  that  her  father 
in  law  and  her  husband  were  dead,  slie 
bowed  herself  and  travailed ;  for  her  i)aius 
came  upon  her. 

20  And  about  the  time  of  her  death  the 
women  that  stood  by  her  said  unto  her. 
Fear  not ;  for  thou  hast  borne  a  son.  But 
she  answered  not,  neither  did  she  regard  it. 

21  And  she  named  the  child  I-chabod, 
saying,  The  glory  is  departed  from  Israel : 
because  the  ark  of  God  was  taken,  and 
because  of  her  father  in  law  and  her  hus- 
band. 

23  And  she  said.  The  glory  is  departed 
from  Israel :  for  the  ark  of  God  is  taken. 

CHAPTER  V. 

AND  the  Philistines  took  the  ark  of 
God,  and  brought  it  from  Eben-ezer 
unto  Ashdod. 

2  When  the  Philistines  took  the  ark  of 
God,  they  brought  it  into  the  house  of 
Dagon,  and  set  it  by  Dagon. 

3  ^  And  when  they  of  Ashdod  arose  early 
on  the  morrow,  behold,  Dagon  was  lallen 
upon  his  face  to  the  earth  before  the  ark 


of  the  Loud.  Aud  they  took  Dagon,  aud 
set  him  iu  his  place  again. 

4  And  when  they  arose  early  on  the  mor- 
row moruins:,  behold,  Dagon  %vas  fallen 
upon  his  face  to  the  ground  before  the  ark 
of  the  Lord;  and  the  head  of  Dagon  and 
both  the  palms  of  his  hands  roere  cut  off 
upon  the  threshold;  ouly  the  stump  of 
Dagon  was  left  to  him. 

5  Therefore  neither  the  priests  of  Dagon, 
nor  any  that  come  into  Dagou's  house, 
tread  on  the  threshold  of  Dagon  in  Ash- 
dod unto  this  day. 

6  But  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  heavy 
upon  them  of  Ashdod,  aud  he  destroyed 
them,  and  smote  them  with  emerods,  even 
Ashdod  and  the  coasts  thereof. 

7  And  when  the  men  of  Ashdod  saw  that 
it  wan  so,  they  said.  The  ark  of  the  God  of 
Israel  shall  not  abide  with  us  :  for  his  hand 
is  sore  upon  us,  and  upon  Dagon  our  god. 

8  They  sent  therefore  and  gathered  all  the 
lords  of  the  Philistines  unto  them,  and 
said.  What  shall  we  do  with  the  ark  of  the 
God  of  Israel?  And  they  answered,  Let 
the  ark  of  the  God  of  Israel  be  carried 
about  unto  Gath.  And  they  carried  the  ark 
of  the  God  of  Israel  about  tJdthcr. 

9  And  it  was  .so,  that,  after  they  had  car- 
ried it  about,  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was 
against  the  city  with  a  very  great  destruc- 
tion: and  he  smote  the  men  of  the  city, 
both  small  and  great,  and  they  had  emerods 
in  their  secret  parts. 

10  *[[  Therefore  they  sent  the  ark  of  God 
to  Ekron.  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  the  ark 
of  God  came  to  Ekron,  that  the  Ekrouites 
cried  out,  saying.  They  have  brought  about 
the  ark  of  the  God  of  Israel  to  us,  to  slay 
us  and  our  people. 

11  So  they  sent  and  gathered  together  all 
the  lords  of  the  Philistines,  and  said.  Send 
away  the  ark  of  the  God  of  Israel,  and  let 
it  go  again  to  his  own  place,  that  it  slay  us 
not,  and  our  people:  for  there  was  a  deadly 
destruction  throughout  all  the  city;  the 
hand  of  God  was  very  heavy  there. 

12  And  the  men  that  died  not  were  smit- 
ten with  the  emerods :  and  the  cry  of  the 
city  went  up  to  heaven.  « 

CHAPTER  VI. 

AND  the  ark  of  the  Lord  was  in  the 
country    of    the    Philistines    seven 

months. 

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I.  SAMUEL. 


2  And  the  Philistines  culled  for  the  priests 
and  the  diviners,  saying,  What  shall  we  do 
to  the  ark  of  the  LordV  tell  us  wherewith 
we  shall  send  it  to  his  place. 

3  And  they  said,  If  ye  send  away  the  ark 
of  the  God  of  Israel,  send  it  not  empty; 
but  in  any  wise  return  him  a  trespass  ofier- 
in<?:  then  ye  shall  be  healed,  and  it  shall  be 
known  to  you  why  his  hand  is  not  removed 
from  you. 

4  Then  said  they,  What  sfiall  be  the  tres- 
pass oflfering  which  we  shall  return  to  him? 
They  answered,  Five  golden  emerods,  and 
five  gcl:Ten  mice,  according  to  the  number 
of  the  lords  of  the  Philistines:  for  one 
plague  tvas  on  you  all,  and  on  your  lords. 

5  Wherefore  ye  shall  make  images  of  your 
emerods,  and  images  of  your  mice  that  mar 
the  land;  and  ye  shall  give  gloiy  unto  the 
God  of  Israel:  peradventure  he  will  lighten 
his  hand  from  off  you,  and  from  off  your 
gods,  and  from  off  your  land. 

6  Wherefore  then  do  ye  harden  your 
hearts,  as  the  Egyptians  and  Pharaoh  hard- 
ened their  hearts?  when  he  had  wrought 
wonderfully  among  them,  did  they  not  let 
the  people  go,  and  they  departed  ? 

7  Now  therefore  make  a  new  cart,  and 
take  two  milch  kine,  on  which  there  hath 
come  no  yoke,  and  tie  the  kine  to  the  cart, 
and  bring  their  calves  home  from  them: 

8  And  take  the  ark  of  the  Lord,  and  lay  it 
upon  the  cart ;  and  put  the  jewels  of  gold, 
which  ye  return  him /or  a  trespass  offering, 
in  a  coffer  by  the  side  thereof;  and  send  it 
away,  that  it  may  go. 

9  And  see,  if  it  goeth  up  by  the  way  of  his 
own  coast  to  Beth-shemesh,  then  he  hath 
done  us  this  great  evil :  but  if  not,  then  we 
shall  know  that  it  is  not  his  hand  that 
smote  us;  it  was  a  chance  that  happened 
to  us. 

10  ^  And  the  men  did  so;  and  took  two 
milch  kine,  and  tied  them  to  the  cart,  and 
shut  up  their  calves  at  home : 

11  And  they  laid  the  ark  of  the  Lord 
upon  the  cart,  and  the  coffer  with  the  mice 
of  gold  and  the  images  of  their  emerods. 

12  And  the  kine  took  the  straight  Avay  to 
the  way  of  Beth-shemesh,  and  Avent  along 
the  highway,  lowing  as  they  went,  and 
turned  not  aside  to  the  right  hand  or  to 
the  left;  and  the  lords  of  the  Philistines 
went  after  them  unto  the  border  of 
Beth-shemesh. 


13  And  they  of  Beth-shemesh  were  reaping 
their  wheat  harvest  in  the  valley :  and  they 
lifted  up  their  eyes,  and  saw  the  ark,  and 
rejoiced  to  see  it. 

14  And  the  cart  came  into  the  field  of 
Joshua,  a  Beth-shemite,  and  stood  there, 
Avhere  there  was  a  great  stone:  and  they 
clave  the  wood  of  the  cart,  and  offered  the 
kine  a  burnt  offering  unto  the  Lord. 

15  And  the  Levites  took  down  the  ark  of 
the  Lord,  and  the  coffer  that  was  with  it, 
wherein  the  jewels  of  gold  were,  and  put 
(hem  on  the  great  stone:  and  the  men  of 
Beth-shemesh  offered  burnt  offerings  and 
sacrificed  sacrifices  the  same  day  unto  the 
Lord. 

16  And  when  the  five  lords  of  the  Philis- 
tines had  seen  it,  they  returned  to  Ekron 
the  same  day. 

17  And  these  are  the  golden  emerods 
which  the  Philistines  returned  for  a  tres- 
pass oflering  unto  the  Lord;  for  Ashdod 
one,  for  Gaza  one,  for  Askelon  one,  for 
Gath  one,  for  Ekron  one ; 

18  And  the  golden  mice,  according  to  the 
number  of  all  the  cities  of  the  Philistines 
belonging  to  the  five  lords,  both  of  fenced 
cities,  and  of  country  villages,  even  unto 
the  great  stoiie  of  Abel,  whereon  they  set 
down  the  ark  of  the  Lord:  which  stone 
remaineth  unto  this  day  in  the  field  of 
Joshua,  the  Beth-shemite. 

19  Tl  And  he  smote  the  men  of  Beth-shem- 
esh, because  they  had  looked  into  the  ark 
of  the  Lord,  even  he  smote  of  the  people 
fifty  thousand  and  threescore  and  ten  men : 
and  the  people  lamented,  because  the 
Lord  had  smitten  many  of  the  people 
with  a  great  slaughter. 

20  And  the  men  of  Beth-shemesh  said, 
Who  is  able  to  stand  before  this  holy 
Lord  God?  and  to  whom  shall  he  go  up 
from  us  ? 

21  1  And  they  sent  messengers  to  the 
inhabitants  of  Kirjath-jearim,  saying.  The 
Philistines  have  brought  again  the  ark  of 
the  Lord  ;  come  ye  down,  and  fetch  it  up 
to  you.      ^ 

CHAPTER  VII. 

AND  the  men  of  Kirjath-jearim   came, 
and  fetched  up  the  ark  of  the  Lord, 
and  brought  it  into  the  house  of  Abinadab 
in  the  hill,  and  sanctified  Eleazar  his  sou 
to  keep  the  ark  of  the  Lord. 
2  And  it  came  to  pass,  while  the    ark 


I.  SAMUEL. 


abode  in  Kirjath-jearim,  that  the  time  was 
long;  for  it  was  twentj^  j^ears :  and  all  the 
house  of  Israel  lamented  after  the  Lord. 

3  H  And  Samuel  spake  unto  all  the  house 
of  Israel,  saying,  If  ye  do  return  unto  the 
LoKD  with  all  your  hearts,  then  put  away 
the  strange  gods  and  Ashtaroth  from 
among  you,  and  prepare  your  hearts  unto 
the  Lord,  and  serve  him  only:  and  he 
will  deliver  you  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
Philistines. 

4  Then  the  children  of  Israel  did  put 
away  Baalim  and  Ashtaroth,  and  served 
the  Lord  only. 

5  And  Samuel  said,  Gather  all  Israel  to 
Mizpelj,  and  I  will  pray  for  you  unto  the 
Lord. 

6  And  they  gathered  together  to  Mizpeh, 
and  drew  water,  and  poured  it  out  before 
the  Lord,  and  fasted  on  that  day,  and  said 
there,  AVe  have  sinned  against  the  Lord. 
And  Samuel  judged  the  children  of  Israel 
in  Mizpeh. 

7  And  when  the  Philistines  heard  that 
the  children  of  Israel  were  gathered  to- 
gether to  Mizpeh,  the  lords  of  the  Philis- 
tines went  up  against  Israel.  And  when 
the  children  of  Israel  heard  if,  they  were 
afraid  of  the  Philistines. 

8  And  the  children  of  Israel  said  to  Sam- 
uel, Cease  not  to  cry  unto  the  Lord  our 
God  for  us,  that  he  will  save  us  out  of 
the  hand  of  the  Philistines. 

9  T[  And  Samuel  took  a  sucking  lamb,  and 
offered  it  for  a  burnt  offering  wholly  unto 
the  Lord  :  and  Samuel  cried  unto  the 
Lord  for  Israel ;  and  the  Lord  heard  him. 

10  And  as  Samuel  was  offering  up  the 
burnt  offering,  the  Philistines  drew  near  to 
battle  against  Israel :  hut  the  Lord  thun- 
dered with  a  great  thunder  on  that  day 
upon  the  Philistines,  and  discomfited 
them ;  and  they  were  smitten  before  Israel. 

11  And  the  men  of  Israel  went  out  of 
Mizpeh,  and  pursued  the  Philistines,  and 
smote  them,  until  they  came  under  Betli-car. 

12  Then  Samuel  took  a  stone,  and  set  it 
between  Mizpeh  and  Shen,  and  called  the 
name  of  it  Eben-ezer,  saying,  Hitherto 
hath  the  Lord  helped  us. 

13  H  So  the  Philistines  were  subdued, 
and  they  came  no  more  into  the  coast 
of  Israel:  and  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was 
against  the  Philistines  all  the  days  of 
Samuel. 


14  And  the  cities  which  the  Philistines 
had  taken  from  Israel  were  restored  to 
Israel,  from  Ekron  even  unto  Gath ;  and 
the  coasts  thereof  did  Israel  deliver  out 
of  the  hands  of  the  Philistines.  And  there 
was  peace  between  Israel  and  the  Amorites. 

15  And  Samuel  judged  Israel  all  the  days 
of  his  life. 

16  And  he  went  from  year  to  year  in 
circuit  to  Beth-el,  and  Gilgal,  and  Mizpeh, 
and  judged  Israel  in  all  those  places. 

17  And  his  return  wa.s  to  Ramah;  for 
there  tvas  his  house ;  and  there  he  judged 
Israel;  and  there  he  built  an  altar  unto  the 
Lord.      ^ 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

AND  it  came    to    pass,   when   Samuel 
was    old,    that    he    made    his    sous 
judges  over  Israel. 

2  Now  the  name  of  his  firstborn  was 
Joel;  and  the  name  of  his  second,  Abiah: 
they  were  judges  in  Beer-sheba. 

3  And  his  sons  walked  not  in  his  ways, 
but  turned  aside  after  lucre,  and  took 
bribes,  and  perverted  judgment. 

4  Then  all  the  elders  of  Israel  gathered 
themselves  together,  and  came  to  Samuel 
unto  Ramah, 

5  And  said  unto  him.  Behold,  thou  art 
old,  and  thy  sons  walk  not  in  thy  ways: 
now  make  us  a  king  to  judge  us  like  all 
the  nations. 

6  TI  But  the  thing  displeased  Samuel, 
when  they  said.  Give  us  a  king  to  judge  us. 
And  Samuel  prayed  unto  the  Lord. 

7  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Samuel,  Heark- 
en unto  the  voice  of  the  people  in  all 
that  they  say  unto  thee:  for  they  have 
not  rejected  thee,  hut  they  have  rejected 
me,  that  I  should  not  reign  over  them. 

8  According  to  all  the  works  which  they 
haA^e  done  since  the  day  that  I  brought 
them  up  out  of  Egypt  even  unto  this 
day,  Avherewith  they  have  forsaken  me, 
and  served  other  gods,  so  do  they  also 
unto  thee. 

9  Now  therefore  hearken  unto  their  voice  : 
howbeit  yet  protest  solemnly  unto  them, 
and  shew  them  the  manner  of  the  king 
that  shall  reign  over  them. 

10  1  And  Samuel  told  all  the  words  of 
the  Lord  unto  the  people  that  asked  of 
him  a  king. 

11  And  he  said,  This  Avill  be  the  manner 
of  the  king  that  shall  reign  over  you :  He 


I.  SAMUEL. 


will  take  your  sons,  and  appoint  them  lor 
himself,  for  his  ehariots,  and  to  he  his 
horsemen;  and  some  shall  run  before  his 
chariots. 

12  And  he  will  appoint  him  captains 
over  thousands,  and  captains  over  fifties; 
and  will  set  them  to  ear  his  ground,  and 
to  reap  his  harvest,  and  to  make  his  in- 
struments of  war,  and  instruments  of  his 
chariots. 

13  And  he  will  take  your  daughters  to 
he  confectionaries,  and  to  he  cooks,  and  to 
he  bakers. 

14  And  he  will  take  your  fields,  and  your 
vineyards,  and  your  oliveyards,  even  the 
best  of  them,  and  give  tJiem  to  his  servants. 

15  And  he  will  take  the  tenth  of  your 
seed,  and  of  your  vineyards,  and  give  to 
his  officers,  and  to  his  servants. 

16  And  he  will  take  your  menservants, 
and  your  maidservants,  and  your  good- 
liest 3'oung  men,  and  your  asses,  and  put 
them  to  his  work. 

17  He  will  take  the  tenth  of  your  sheep : 
and  ye  shall  be  his  servants. 

18  And  ye  shall  cry  out  in  that  day  be- 
cause of  your  king  which  ye  shall  have 
chosen  you;  and  the  Lord  will  not  hear 
you  in  that  day. 

19  Tl  Nevertheless  the  people  refused  to 
obey  the  voice  of  Samuel ;  and  they  said 
Nay;   but  we  will  have  a  king  over  us  ; 

20  That  we  also  may  be  like  all  the  na- 
tions; and  that  our  king  may  judge  us, 
and  go  out  before  us,  and  fight  our  battles. 

21  And  Samuel  heard  all  the  words  of 
the  people,  and  he  rehearsed  them  in  the 
ears  of  the  Lord. 

22  And  the  Lord  said  to  Samuel,  Heark- 
en unto  their  voice,  and  make  them  a 
king.  And  Samuel  said  unto  the  men  of 
Israel,  Go  ye  every  man  unto  his  city.     ^ 

CHAPTER  IX. 

NOW  there  was  a  man  of  Benjamin, 
whoov.  _..me  was  Kish,  the  son  of 
Abiel,  the  son  of  Zeror,  the  son  of  Bech- 
orath,  the  son  of  Aphiah,  a  Benjamite,  a 
mighty  man  of  power. 
2  And  he  had  a  son,  whose  name  was 
Saul,  a  choice  young  man,  and  a  goodly: 
and  tJiere  was  not  among  the  children  of 
Israel  a  goodlier  person  than  he:  from 
his  shoulders  and  upward  he  was  higher 
than  any  of  the  people. 

283 


3  And  the  asses  of  Kish  Saul's  father 
were  lost.  And  Kish  said  to  Saul  his 
son,  Take  now  one  of  the  servants  with 
thee,  and  arise,  go  seek  the  asses. 

4  And  he  passed  through  mount  Ephraim, 
and  passed  through  the  land  of  Shalisha, 
but  they  found  them  not:  then  they  pass- 
ed through  the  laud  of  Shalim,  and  there 
they  were  not:  and  he  passed  through  the 
land  of  the  Benjamites,  but  they  found 
them  not. 

5  And  when  they  were  come  to  the  land 
of  Zuph,  Saul  said  to  his  servant  that  was 
with  him.  Come,  and  let  us  return;  lest 
my  father  leave  caring  for  the  asses,  and 
take  thought  for  us. 

6  And  he  said  unto  him.  Behold  now, 
there  is  in  this  city  a  man  of  God,  and  he 
is  an  honourable  man;  all  that  he  saith 
Cometh  surely  to  pass:  now  let  us  go 
thither ;  peradventure  he  can  shew  us 
our  way  that  we  should  go. 

7  Then  said  Saul  to  his  servant.  But,  be- 
hold, if  yfc  go,  what  shall  we  bring  the 
man?  for  the  bread  is  spent  in  our  ves- 
sels, and  there  is  not  a  present  to  bring 
to  the  man  of  God:  what  have  we? 

8  And  the  servant  answered  Saul  again, 
and  said,  Behold,  I  have  here  at  hand 
the  fourth  part  of  a  shekel  of  silver:  that 
will  I  give  to  the  man  of  God,  to  tell  us 
our  way. 

9  (Beforetime  in  Israel,  when  a  man 
went  to  inquire  of  God,  thus  he  spake. 
Come,  and  let  us  go  to  the  seer:  for  he 
that  is  now  called  a  Prophet  was  before- 
time  called  a  Seer.) 

10  Then  said  Saul  to  his  servant.  Well 
said ;  come,  let  us  go.  So  they  went  unto 
the  city  where  the  man  of  God  was. 

11  T[  And  as  they  went  up  the  hill  to 
the  city,  they  found  young  maidens  going 
out  to  draw  water,  and  said  unto  them. 
Is  the  seer  here? 

12  And  they  answered  them,  and  said, 
He  is ;  behold,  he  is  before  you :  make 
haste  now,  for  he  came  to  day  to  the 
city;  for  there  is  a  sacrifice  of  the  people 
to  day  in  the  high  place : 

13  As  soon  as  ye  be  come  into  the  city, 
ye  shall  straightway  find  him,  before  he 
go  up  to  the  high  place  to  eat:  for  the 
people  will  not  eat  until  he  come,  because 
he  doth  bless  the  sacrifice;  and  afterwards 
they  eat  that  be  bidden.    Now  therefore 


I.  SAMUEL. 


get   you  up;  for  about  this  time  ye  shall 
find  him. 

14  And  they  went  up  into  the  city :  and 
when  they  were  come  into  the  city,  be- 
hold, Samuel  came  out  against  them,  for 
to  go  up  to  the  high  place. 

15  1[  Now  the  Lord  had  told  Samuel  in 
his  ear  a  day  before  Saul  came,  saying, 

16  To  morrow  about  this  time  I  will  send 
thee  a  man  out  of  the  land  of  Benjamin, 
and  thou  shalt  anoint  him  to  he  captain 
over  my  people  Israel,  that  he  may  save 
my  people  out  of  the  hand  of  the  Philis- 
tines: for  I  have  looked  upon  my  peo- 
ple, because  their  cry  is  come  unto 
me. 

17  And  when  Samuel  saw  Saul,  the  Lord 
said  unto  him.  Behold  the  man  whom  I 
spake  to  thee  of!  this  same  shall  reign 
over  my  people. 

18  Then  Saul  drew  near  to  Samuel  in  the 
gate,  and  said.  Tell  me,  I  pray  thee,  where 
the  seer's  house  is. 

19  And  Samuel  answered  Saul,  and  said, 
I  am  the  seer :  go  up  before  me  unto  the 
high  place;  for  ye  shall  eat  with  me  to 
day,  and  to  morrow  I  will  let  thee  go, 
and  will  tell  thee  all  that  is  in  thine  heart. 

20  And  as  for  thine  asses  that  were  lost 
three  days  ago,  set  not  thy  mind  on  them ; 
for  they  are  found.  And  on  whom  is  all 
the  desire  of  Israel?  Is  it  not  on  thee, 
and  on  all  thy  father's  house? 

21  And  Saul  answered  and  said,  Atn  not  I 
a  Benjamite,  of  the  smallest  of  the  tribes 
of  Israel?  and  my  family  the  least  of  all 
the  families  of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin? 
wherefore  then  speakest  thou  so  to  me  ? 

22  And  Samuel  took  Saul  and  his  serv- 
ant, and  brought  them  into  the  parlour, 
and  made  them  sit  in  the  chiefest  place 
among  them  that  were  bidden,  which  were 
about  thirty  persons. 

23  And  Samuel  said  unto  the  cook.  Bring 
the  portion  which  I  gave  thee,  of  which  I 
said  unto  thee.  Set  it  by  thee. 

24  And  the  cook  took  up  the  shoulder, 
and  that  which  was  upon  it,  and  set  it 
before  Saul.  And  Samuel  said,  Behold 
that  which  is  left !  set  it  before  thee,  and 
eat:  for  unto  this  time  hath  it  been  kept 
for  thee  since  I  said,  I  have  invited  the 
people.  So  Saul  did  eat  with  Samuel  that 
day. 

25  T[  And  when  they  were  come  down 


from  the  high  place  into  the  city,  Samuel 
communed  with  Saul  upon  the  top  of  the 
house. 

26  And  they  arose  early :  and  it  came  to 
pass  about  the  spring  of  the  day,  that 
Samuel  called  Saul  to  the  top  of  the 
house,  saying,  Up,  that  I  may  send  thee 
away.  And  Saul  arose,  and  they  went 
out  both  of  them,  he  and  Samuel,  abroad. 

27  And  as  they  were  going  down  to  the 
end  of  the  city,  Samuel  said  to  Saul,  Bid 
the  servant  pass  on  before  us,  (and  he 
passed  on,)  but  stand  thou  still  a  while, 
that  I  may  shew  thee  the  word  of  God.    ^ 

CHAPTER  X. 

THEN  Samuel  took  a  vial  of  oil,  and 
poured  it  upon  his  head,  and  kissed 
him,  and  said.  Is  it  not  because  the  Lord 
hath  anointed  thee  to  be  captain  over  his 
inheritance? 

2  When  thou  art  departed  from  me  to 
day,  then  thou  shalt  find  two  men  by 
Rachel's  sepulchre  in  the  border  of  Benja- 
min at  Zelzah;  and  they  will  say  unto 
thee,  The  asses  which  thou  wentest  to  seek 
are  found:  and,  lo,  thy  father  hath  left 
the  care  of  the  asses,  and  sorroweth  for 
you,  saying.  What  shall  I  do  for  my 
son? 

3  Then  shalt  thou  go  on  forward  from 
thence,  and  thou  shalt  come  to  the  plain 
of  Tabor,  and  there  shall  meet  thee  three 
men  going  up  to  God  to  Beth-el,  one 
carrying  three  kids,  and  another  carrying- 
three  loaves  of  bread,  and  another  carry- 
ing a  bottle  of  wine : 

4  And  they  will  salute  thee,  and  give  thee 
two  loaves  of  bread ;  which  thou  shalt  re- 
ceive of  their  hands. 

5  After  that  thou  shalt  come  to  the  hill 
of  God,  where  is  the  garrison  of  the  Philis- 
tines :  and  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  thou 
art  come  thither  to  the  city,  that  thou 
shalt  meet  a  company  of  prophets  coming 
down  from  the  high  place  with  a  psaltery, 
and  a  tabret,  and  a  pipe,  and  a  harp,  be- 
fore them ;  and  they  shall  prophesy : 

6  And  the  Spii-it  of  the  Lord  will  come 
upon  thee,  and  thou  shalt  prophesy  with 
them,  and  shalt  be  turned  into  another 
man. 

7  And  let  it  be,  when  these  signs  are  come 
unto  thee,  that  thou  do  as  occasion  serve 
thee ;  for  God  is  with  thee. 


I.  SAMUEL. 


8  And  thou  shalt  jro  down  before  me  to 
Gilgal;  and,  behold,  I  will  come  down 
unto  thee,  to  offer  burnt  oflerings,  and  to 
sacrifice  sacrifices  of  peace  offerings :  seven 
days  Shalt  thou  tarry,  till  I  come  to  thee, 
and  shew  thee  what  thou  shalt  do. 

9  ',i  And  it  was  so,  that,  when  he  had  turn- 
ed his  back  to  go  from  Samuel,  God  gave 
him  another  heart :  and  all  those  signs 
came  to  pass  that  day. 

10  And  when  they  came  thither  to  the 
hill,  behold,  a  company  of  prophets  met 
him ;  and  the  Spirit  of  God  came  upon 
him,  and  he  prophesied  among  them. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  that 
knew  him  beforetime  saw  that,  behold, 
he  prophesied  among  the  prophets,  then 
the  people  said  one  to  another,  What  is 
this  that  is  come  unto  the  son  of  Kish? 
Is  Saul  also  among  the  prophets  ? 

12  And  one  of  the  same  place  answered 
and  said,  But  who  is  their  father?  There- 
fore it  became  a  j^roverb,  Is  Saul  also 
among  the  prophets  ? 

13  And  when  he  had  made  an  end  of 
prophesying,  he  came  to  the  high  place. 

14  1[  And  Saul's  iTucle  said  unto  him  and 
to  his  servant.  Whither  went  ye?  And  he 
said.  To  seek  the  asses :  and  when  we  saw 
that  tftey  ti:ere  no  where,  we  came  to 
Samuel. 

15  And  Saul's  uncle  said,  Tell  me,  I  pray 
thee,  what  Samuel  said  unto  you. 

16  And  Saul  said  unto  his  uncle.  He  told 
us  plainly  that  the  asses  were  found.  But 
of  the  matter  of  the  kingdom,  whereof 
Samuel  spake,  he  told  him  not. 

17  *\  And  Samuel  called  the  people  to- 
gether unto  the  Lord  to  Mizpch ; 

18  And  said  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
Thus  saith  the  Loud  God  of  Israel,  I 
brought  up  Israel  out  of  Egypt,  and  de- 
livered you  out  of  the  hand  of  the  Egyp- 
tians, and  out  of  the  baud  of  all  kingdoms, 
and  of  them  that  oppressed  you : 

19  And  ye  have  this  day  rejected  your 
God,  who  himself  saved  you  out  of  all 
your  adversities  and  your  tribulations;  and 
ye  have  said  unto  him,  Xay^  but  set  a  king 
over  us.  Now  therefore  present  yourselves 
before  the  Lord  by  your  tribes,  and  by 
your  thousands. 

20  And  when  Samtiel  had  caused  all  the 
tribes  of  Israel  to  come  near,  the  tribe  of 
Benjamin  was  taken. 

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21  When  he  h.ad  caused  the  tribe  of  Ben- 
jamin to  come  near  by  their  families,  the 
family  of  Matri  was  taken,  and  Saul  the 
son  of  Kish  was  taken:  and  when  they 
sought  him,  he  could  not  be  found. 

22  Therefore  they  inquired  of  the  Lord 
further,  if  the  man  should  yet  come  thith- 
er. And  the  Lord  answered,  Behold,  he 
hath  hid  himself  among  the  stufi". 

23  And  they  ran  and  fetched  him  thence : 
and  when  he  stood  among  the  people,  he 
was  higher  than  any  of  the  people  from 
his  shoulders  and  upward. 

24  And  Samuel  said  to  all  the  people.  See 
ye  him  whom  the  Lord  hath  chosen,  that 
there  is  none  like  him  among  all  the  peo- 
ple ?  And  all  the  people  shouted,  and  said, 
God  save  the  king. 

25  Then  Samuel  told  the  people  the  man- 
ner of  the  kingdom,  and  wrote  it  in  a  book, 
and  laid  it  up  before  the  Lord.  And  Sam- 
uel sent  all  the  people  away,  every  man  to 
his  house. 

26  ^  And  Saul  also  went  home  to  Gibeah ; 
and  there  went  with  him  a  band  of  men, 
whose  hearts  God  had  touched. 

27  But  the  children  of  Belial  said,  How 
shall  this  man  save  us?  And  they  des- 
pised him,  and  brought  him  no  presents. 
But  he  held  his  peace.  lb 

CHAPTER  XI. 

THEN  Nahash  the  Ammonite  came  up, 
and  encamped  against  Jabesh-gilead : 
j  and    all    the    men    of   Jabesh   said    unto 
Nahivsh,  Make  a  covenant  with  us,  and  we 
I  will  serve  thee. 

I  2  And  Nahash  the  Ammonite  answered 
I  them,  On  this  conditio)i  will  I  make  a  cov- 
j  e/tant  with  you,  that  I  may  thrust  out 
;  all  your  right  eyes,  and  lay  it  for  a  re- 
proach upon  all  Israel. 

3  And  the  elders  of  Jabesh  said  unto  him, 
Give  us  seven  days'  respite,  that  we  may 
send  messengers  unto  all  the  coasts  of 
Israel:  and  then,  if  there  be  no  man  to  save 
us,  we  will  come  out  to  thee, 

4  ^  Then  came  the  messengei*s  to  Gibeah 
of  Saul,  and  told  the  tidings  in  the  ears  of 
the  people:  and  all  the  ])eople  lifted  up 
their  voices,  and  wept. 

5  And,  behold,  Saul  camv;  after  the  herd 
out  of  the  field;  and  Saul  said.  What 
aileth  the  people  that  they  weep?  And  they 
told  him  the  tidings  of  the  men  of  Jabesh, 


I.  SAMUEL. 


6  And  the  Spirit  of  God  came  upon  Saul 
when  he  heard  those  tidings,  and  his  anger 
was  kindled  greatly. 

7  And  he  took  a  yoke  of  oxen,  and  hewed 
them  in  pieces,  and  sent  them  throughout 
all  the  coasts  of  Israel  by  the  hands  of 
messengers,  saying.  Whosoever  cometh 
not  forth  after  Saul  and  after  Samuel,  so 
shall  it  be  done  imto  his  oxen.  And  the 
fear  of  the  Lord  fell  on  the  i>eople,  and 
they  came  out  with  one  consent. 

8  And  when  he  numbered  them  in  Bezek, 
the  children  of  Israel  were  three  hundred 
thousand,  and  the  men  of  Judah  thirty 
thousand. 

9  And  they  said  unto  the  messengers 
that  came,  Thus  shall  ye  say  xmto  the  men 
of  Jabcsh-gilead,  To  morrow,  by  that  time 
the  Sim  be  hot,  ye  shall  have  help.  And 
the  messengers  came  and  shewed  it  to  the 
men  of  Jabesh;  and  they  were  glad. 

10  Therefore  the  men  of  Jabesh  said,  To 
morrow  we  Avill  come  out  unto  you,  and 
ye  shall  do  with  us  all  that  seemeth  good 
unto  you. 

11  And  it  was  .so  on  the  morrow,  that  Saul 
pvit  the  people  in  three  companies;  and 
they  came  into  the  midst  of  the  host  in  the 
morning  watch,  and  slew  the  Ammonites 
until  the  heat  of  the  day :  and  it  came  to 
pass,  that  tliey  which  remained  were  scat- 
tered, so  that  two  of  them  were  not  left 
together. 

12  ^  And  the  people  said  unto  Samuel, 
Who  is  he  that  said.  Shall  Saul  reign  over 
us  ?  bring  the  men,  that  we  may  put  them 
to  death. 

13  And  Saul  said.  There  shall  not  a  man 
be  put  to  death  this  day:  for  to  day  the 
LoKi)  hath  wroiight  salvation  iu  Israel. 

14  Then  said  Samuel  to  the  people,  Come, 
and  let  us  go  to  Gilgal,  and  renew  the 
kingdom  there. 

15  And  all  the  people  went  to  Gilgal; 
and  there  they  made  Saul  king  before  the 
Loud  in  Gilgal;  and  there  they  saci'iticed 
sacritices  of  peace  ofterings  before  the 
Loud;  and  there  Saul  and  all  the  men  of 
Israel  rejoiced  greatly.       # 

CILVPTER  XIL 

AND  Samuel  said  imto  all  Israel,  Be- 
hold, I  have  hearkened  unto  your 
voice  in  all  that  ye  said  unto  me,  and  have 
made  a  king  over  you. 


2  And  now,  behold,  the  king  walketh 
before  j'ou :  and  I  am  old  and  grayheaded ; 
and,  behold,  my  sous  are  Avith  you:  and 
I  have  walked  before  you  fi"om  my  child- 
hood unto  this  day. 

3  Behold,  here  I  ain:  Avitness  against  me 
before  the  Lord,  and  before  his  anointed : 
Avhose  ox  have  I  taken  ?  or  Avhose  ass  have 
I  taken?  or  whom  have  I  defrauded? 
Avhom  have  I  oppressed?  or  of  whose 
hand  have  I  received  any  bribe  to  blind 
mine  eyes  thercAvith?  and  I  will  restore 
it  you. 

4  And  they  said,  Thou  hast  not  defrauded 
us,  nor  oppressed  us,  neither  hast  thou 
taken  aught  of  any  man's  hand. 

5  And  he  said  unto  them.  The  Lord  is 
Avitness  against  you,  and  his  anointed  in 
witness  this  day,  that  ye  have  not  found 
aught  in  my  hand.  And  they  ansAvered, 
He  is  Avitness. 

6  H  And  Samuel  said  unto  the  people. 
It  is  the  Lord  that  adA-anced  Moses  and 
Aaron,  and  that  brought  your  fathers  up 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

7  NoAv  therefore  stand  still,  that  I  may 
reason  with  you  before  the  Lord  of  all 
the  righteous  acts  of  the  Lord,  Avhich  he 
did  to  j-ou  and  to  jour  fathers. 

8  When  Jacob  Avas  come  into  Egypt,  and 
your  fathers  cried  unto  the  Lord,  then 
the  Lord  sent  Moses  and  Aaron,  which 
brought  forth  your  fathers  out  of  Egypt, 
and  made  them  dAvell  in  this  place. 

9  And  Avhen  they  forgat  the  Lord  their 
God,  he  sold  them  into  the  hand  of  Sisera, 
captain  of  the  host  of  Hazor,  and  into 
the  hand  of  the  Philistines,  and  into  the 
hand  of  the  king  of  Moab,  and  they  fought 
against  them. 

10  And  they  cried  unto  the  Lord,  and 
said.  We  have  sinned,  because  we  have 
forsaken  the  Lord,  and  have  served  Baalim 
and  Ashtaroth:  but  noAV  deliver  us  out 
of  the  hand  of  our  enemies,  and  we  Avill 
serve  thee. 

11  And  the  Lord  sent  Jerubbaal,  and 
Bedan,  and  Jephthah,  and  Samuel,  and 
delivered  you  out  of  the  hand  of  your 
enemies  on  every  side,  and  ye  dAvelt  safe. 

12  And  when  ye  saAV  that  Nahash  the 
king  of  the  children  of  Ammon  came 
against  you,  ye  said  \into  me,  Nay;  but 
a  king  shall  reign  OA'cr  lis :  when  the  Lord 
your  God  vns  your  king. 

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I.  SAMUEL 


13  Now  therefore,  behold  the  kiiii^  whom 
ye  have  chosen,  a7id  Avhom  yc  liave  de- 
sired! and,  behold,  the  Lord  hath  set  a 
king  over  you. 

14  If  ye  will  fear  the  Lord,  and  serve 
him,  and  obey  his  voiee,  and  not  rebel 
aj^ainst  the  commandment  of  the  Lord; 
then  sliall  both  yc  and  also  the  khvj;  that 
reigneth  over  you  continue  following  the 
Lord  your  God: 

15  But  if  ye  -will  not  obey  the  voice  of 
the    Lord,    but    rebel    against    the    com- 
mandment of  the   Lord;    then   shall   the  j 
hand  of  the  Lord  be  against  you,  as  it  wa.<! 
against  your  fathers. 

IG  1  Now  therefore  stand  and  see  this 
great  thing,  which  the  Lord  -will  do  before 
your  eyes. 

17  7.S  it  not  wheat  harvest  to  day?  I  will 
call  unto  the  Lord,  and  he  shall  send 
thunder  and  rain;  that  ye  may  perceive 
and  see  that  your  wickedness  i.s  great, 
which  ye  have  done  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord,  in  asking  you  a  king. 

18  So  ISamuel  called  unto  the  Lord;  and 
the  Lord  scut  thunder  and  rain  that  day: 
and  all  the  ])e()i)le  greatly  feared  the 
Lord  and  Samuel. 

19  And  all  the  people  said  unto  Samuel, 
Pray  for  thy  servants  unto  the  Lord  thy 
God,  that  we  die  not :  for  we  have  added 
unto  all  our  sins  this  evil,  to  ask  us  a 
king. 

20  If  And  Samuel  said  unto  the  people, 
Fear  not:  ye  have  done  all  this  wicked- 
ness: yet  turn  not  aside  from  following 
the  Lord,  but  serve  the  Lord  with  all  your 
heart ; 

21  And  turn  ye  not  aside:  for  then  s/mutd 
yc  (JO  after  vain  thuitjx^  which  cannot  profit 
nor  deliver;  for  they  are  vain. 

22  For  the  Lord  will  not  forsake  his 
peojjle  for  his  great  name's  sake:  be- 
cause it  hath  pleased  the  Lord  to  make 
you  his  people. 

23  Moreover  as  for  me,  God  forbid  that  I 
should  sin  against  the  Lord  in  ceasing 
to  pray  for  you:  but  I  Avill  teach  you  the 
good  and  the  right  way: 

24  Only  fear  the  Lord,  and  serve  him 
in  truth  with  all  your  heart :  for  consider 
how  great  thinffx  he  hath  done  for  you. 

2.5  But  if  ye  shall  still  do  wickedly,  ye 
shall  be  consumed,  both  ye  and  your 
king.          I 

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CHAPTER  XIIL 

SAUL  reigned  oue  year;   and  when  he 
had  reigned  two  years  over  Israel, 

2  Saul  chose  him  three  thousand  ineyi  of 
Israel;  whereof  two  thousand  were  with 
Saul  in  Michmash  and  iu  mount  Beth-el, 
and  a  thousand  were  with  Jonathan  in 
Gibeah  of  Benjamin  :  and  the  rest  of  the 
people  he  scut  every  man  to  his  tent. 

3  And  Jonathan  smote  the  garrison  of 
the  Philistines  that  wan  in  Geba,  and  the 
Philistines  heard  of  it.  And  Saul  blew 
the  trumpet  throughout  all  the  land,  say- 
ing, Let  the  Hebrews  hear. 

4  And  all  Israel  heard  say  that  Saul  had 
smitten  a  garrison  of  the  Philistines,  and 
timi  Israel  also  was  had  in  abomination 
with  the  Philistines.  And  the  peojde 
were  called  together  after  Saul  to  Gilgal. 

5  H  And  the  Philistines  gathered  them- 
selves together  to  tight  with  Israel,  thir- 
ty thousand  chariots,  and  six  thousand 
horsemen,  and  people  as  the  sand  which 
ui  on  the  sea  shore  in  miiltitude:  and 
they  came  up,  and  i)itched  in  Michnuish, 
eastward  from  Beth-aven. 

6  When  the  men  of  Israel  saw  that  they 
were  in  a  strait,  (for  the  i>eo}>le  were 
distressed,)  then  the  people  did  hide  them- 
selves in  caves,  and  in  thickets,  and  in 
rocks,  and  in  high  i)laces,  and  in  pits. 

7  And  some  of  the  Hebrews  went  over 
Jordan  to  the  land  of  Gad  and  Gilead.  As 
for  Saul,  he  was  yet  in  Gilgal,  and  all 
the  people  followed  him  trembling. 

8  ^  And  he  tarried  seven  days,  according 
to  the  set  time  that  Samuel  ?tnd  appoint- 
ed: but  Samuel  came  not  to  (lilg-al;  and 
the  people  were  scattered  from  him. 

9  And  Saul  said.  Bring  hither  a  burnt 
offering  to  me,  and  peace  otferings.  And 
he  offered  the  burnt  offering. 

10  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  as  soon  as 
he  had  made  an  end  of  offering  the  burnt 
offering,  behold,  Samuel  came;  and  Saul 
went  out  to  meet  him,  that  he  might  sa- 
lute hira. 

11  1  And  Samuel  said,  What  hast  thon 
done?  And  Saul  said,  Because  I  saw  that 
the  people  were  scattered  from  me,  and 
tfiat  thou  earnest  not  within  the  days  ap- 
])ointed,  and  that  the  Philistines  gathered 
themselves  together  at  Michnu\sh; 

13  Therefore  said  I,  The  Philistines  will 
come  down  now  upon  me  to  Gilgal,  and 


L  SAMUEL. 


1  have  not  made  supplication  unto  the 
LoKi):  I  forced  myself  therefore,  and  of- 
fered a  burnt  offering. 

13  And  Samuel  said  to  Saul,  Thou  hast 
done  foohshly:  thou  hast  not  kept  the 
commandment  of  the  Lord  thy  God, 
"Which  he  commanded  thee:  for  now 
would  the  LoKD  have  established  thy 
kingdom  upon  Israel  for  ever. 

14  But  now  tliy  kingdom  shall  not  con- 
tinue: the  LoKi)  hath  sought  him  a  man 
after  his  own  heart,  and  the  Lokd  hath 
commanded  him  to  he  captain  over  his 
people,  because  thou  hast  not  kept  that 
which  the  Loud  commanded  thee. 

15  And  Samuel  arose,  and  gat  liim  up 
from  Gilgal  unto  Gibeah  of  Benjamin. 
And  Saul  numbered  the  people  Hint  were 
present  with  him,  about  six  hundred  men. 

16  And  Saul,  and  Jonathan  his  son,  and 
the  people  tJiat  were  present  with  them, 
abode  in  Gibeah  of  Benjamin:  but  the 
Philistines  encamped  in  Michmash. 

17  H  And  the  spoilers  came  out  of  the 
camp  of  the  Philistines  in  three  compa- 
nies :  one  company  turned  unto  the  way 
that  leadeih  to  Ophrah,  unto  the  laud  of 
Shual : 

18  And  another  company  turned  the 
way  to  Beth-horon:  and  another  com- 
pany turned  to  the  way  of  the  border 
that  looketh  to  the  valley  of  Zeboim  to- 
ward the  wilderness. 

19  H  Now  there  was  no  smith  found 
throughout  all  the  land  of  Israel :  for  the 
Philistines  said.  Lest  the  Hebrews  make 
theni  swords  or  spears : 

20  But  all  the  Israelites  went  down  to 
the  Philistines,  to  sharpen  every  man  his 
share,  and  his  coulter,  and  his  axe,  and  his 
mattock. 

21  Yet  they  had  a  file  for  the  mattocks, 
and  for  the  coulters,  and  for  the  forks, 
and  for  the  axes,  and  to  sharpen  the  goads. 

22  So  it  came  to  pass  in  the  day  of  bat- 
tle, that  there  was  neither  sword  nor  spear 
found  in  the  hand  of  any  of  the  people  that 
were  with  Saul  and  Jonathan  :  but  with  Saul 
and  with  Jonathan  his  son  was  there  found. 

23  And  the  garrison  of  the  Philistines 
Aveut  out  to  the  passage  of  Michmash.   ^ 


N' 


CHAPTER  XIV. 

OW  it  came  to  pass  u^ion  a  day,  that 
Jonathan  the  son  of  Saul  said  unto 


the  young  man  that  bare  his  armour, 
Come,  and  let  us  go  over  to  the  Philis- 
tines' garrison,  that  is  on  the  other  side. 
But  he  told  not  his  father. 

2  And  Saul  tarried  in  the  uttermost  part 
of  Gibeah  under  a  ]>omegranate  tree  which 
is  in  Migron :  and  the  ])cople  that  were 
with  him  were  about  six  hundred  men  ; 

3  And  Ahiah,  the  son  of  Ahitub,  I-cha- 
bod's  brother,  the  son  of  Phinchas,  the 
son  of  Eli,  the  Lord's  priest  in  Shiloh, 
wearing  an  cphod.  And  the  i)eople  knew 
not  that  Jonathan  was  gone. 

4  TI  And  between  the  passages,  by  which 
Jonathan  sought  to  go  over  unto  the 
Philistines'  garrison,  tJiere  wan  a  sharp 
rock  on  the  one  side,  and  a  sharp  rock 
on  the  other  side :  and  the  name  of  the 
one  vms  Bozez,  and  the  name  of  the  other 
Sen eh. 

5  The  forefront  of  the  one  was  situate 
northward  over  against  Michmash,  and  the 
other  southward  over  against  Gibeah. 

6  And  Jonathan  said  to  the  young  man 
that  bare  his  armour.  Come,  and  let  us  go 
over  lanto  the  garrison  of  these  uncircum- 
cised :  it  may  be  that  the  Lord  will  work 
for  us  :  for  there  is  no  restraint  to  the  Lord 
to  save  by  many  or  by  few. 

7  And  his  arraourbearer  said  unto  him, 
Do  all  that  is  in  thy  heart :  turn  thee ;  be- 
hold, I  am  with  thee  according  to  thy  heart. 

8  Then  said  Jonathan,  Behold,  we  will 
pass  over  unto  these  men,  and  we  will  dis- 
cover ourselves  unto  them. 

9  If  they  say  thus  unto  us.  Tarry  until 
we  come  to  you;  then  we  will  stand 
still  in  our  place,  and  will  not  go  up  unto 
them. 

10  But  if  they  say  thus.  Come  up  unto 
us ;  then  we  will  go  up :  for  the  Lord 
hath  delivered  them  into  our  hand;  and 
this  sfiall  be  a  sign  unto  us. 

11  And  both  of  them  discovered  them- 
selves unto  the  garrison  of  the  Philistines  : 
and  the  Philistines  said,  Behold,  the  He- 
brews come  forth  out  of  the  holes  where 
they  had  hid  themselves. 

12  And  the  men  of  the  garrison  answered 
Jonathan  and  his  armourbearer,  and  said. 
Come  up  to  us,  and  we  will  shew  you  a 
thing.  And  Jonnthnn  said  unto  his  ar- 
mourbearer. Come  up  after  me:  for  the 
Lord  hath  delivered  them  into  the  hand 
of  Israel. 

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I.  SAMUEL. 


13  Aud  Jonathan  climbed  up  upon  his 
hands  and  upon  his  feet,  and  his  armour- 
bearer  after  him  :  and  they  fell  before  Jona- 
than ;  and  his  arraourbcarer  slew  after  him. 

14  And  that  first  slaughter,  which  Jona- 
than and  his  armourbearer  made,  was 
about  twenty  men,  within  as  it  were  a 
half  acre  of  land,  which  a  j'oke  of  oxen 
nd(/M  2)lo}ig?i. 

15  Aud  there  was  tremblinij  in  the  host, 
in  the  field,  and  among  all  the  people : 
the  garrison,  and  the  spoilers,  they  also 
trembled,  and  the  earth  quaked:  so  it  was 
a  very  great  trembling. 

16  And  the  watchmen  of  Saul  in  Gibeah 
of  Benjamin  looked ;  and,  behold,  the 
multitude  melted  away,  and  they  went  on 
beating  down  one  another. 

17  Then  said  Saul  unto  the  people  that 
were  with  him,  Number  noAV,  and  see  who 
is  gone  from  us.  And  when  they  had 
numbered,  behold,  Jonathan  and  his  arm- 
ourbearer were  not  there. 

18  And  Saul  said  xmto  Ahiah,  Bring  hith- 
er the  ark  of  God.  For  the  ark  of  God 
was  at  that  time  with  the  children  of 
Israel. 

19  1  Aud  it  came  to  jiass,  Avhile  Saul  talk- 
ed unto  the  priest,  tliat  the  noise  that  was 
in  the  host  of  the  Philistines  went  on  and 
increased :  and  Saul  said  unto  the  priest. 
Withdraw  thine  hand. 

20  And  Saul  and  all  the  i)eop]e  that  were 
with  him  assembled  themselves,  and  they 
came  to  the  battle:  and,  behold,  every 
man's  sword  was  against  his  fellow,  and 
there  was  a  very  great  discomfiture. 

21  Moreover,  the  Hebrews  that  were  with 
the  Philistines  before  that  time,  which 
went  up  with  them  into  the  camp  from  the 
coxintry  round  about,  even  they  also  turned 
to  be  with  the  Israelites  that  were  with 
Saul  and  Jonathan. 

23  Likewise  all  the  men  of  Israel  which 
had  hid  themselves  in  mount  Ephraim, 
when  they  heard  that  the  Philistines  fled, 
even  they  also  followed  hard  after  them  in 
the  battle. 

23  So  the  LoRB  saved  Israel  that  day: 
and  the  battle  passed  over  unto  Beth- 
aven. 

24  If  And  the  men  of  Israel  were  distressed 
that  day:  for  Saul  had  adjjired  the  pco])lo, 
saying.  Cursed  he  the  juau  that  eateth  any 
food  until  evening,  that  I  may  be  avenged 

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on  mine  enemies.     So  none  of  the  people 
tasted  any  food. 

25  Aud  all  they  of  the  land  came  to  a 
wood;  and  there  was  honey  upon  the 
ground. 

26  And  when  the  ]icople  were  come  into 
the  wood,  behold,  the  honey  dropped;  but 
no  man  put  his  hand  to  his  mouth:  for  the 
people  feared  the  oath. 

27  But  Jonathan  heard  not  when  his 
father  charged  the  people  Avith  the  oath : 
wherefore  he  put  forth  the  end  of  the  rod 
that  was  in  his  hand,  and  dipped  it  in  a 
honeycomb,  and  put  his  hand  to  his 
mouth ;  and  his  eyes  were  enlightened. 

28  Then  answered  one  of  the  people,  and 
said,  Thy  father  straitly  charged  the  people 
with  an  oath,  saying,  Cursed  he  the  man 
that  eateth  any  food  this  day.  And  the 
people  were  faint. 

29  Then  said  Jonathan,  My  father  hath 
troubled  the  land:  see,  I  pray  you,  how 
mine  eyes  have  been  enlightened,  because 
I  tasted  a  little  of  this  honey. 

30  How  much  more,  if  haply  the  people 
had  eaten  freely  to  day  of  the  spoil  of 
their  enemies  which  they  found?  for  had 
there  not  been  now  a  much  greater  slaugh- 
ter among  the  Philistines '? 

31  And  they  smote  the  Philistines  that 
day  from  Michmash  to  Aijalon :  and  the 
people  were  verj-  faint. 

32  And  the  people  flew  upon  the  spoil, 
and  took  sheep,  and  oxen,  and  calves,  and 
slew  them  on  the  ground :  and  the  people 
did  eat  tJiem  with  the  blood. 

33  1  Then  they  told  Saul,  saying.  Behold, 
the  people  sin  against  the  Lord,  in  that 
they  eat  with  the  blood.  And  he  said.  Ye 
have  transgressed :  roll  a  great  stone  unto 
me  this  day. 

34  And  Saul  said.  Disperse  yourselves 
amoug  the  people,  and  say  unto  them. 
Bring  me  hither  every  man  his  ox,  and 
every  man  his  sheep,  and  slay  them  here, 
and  eat;  and  sin  not  against  the  Lord  in 
eating  with  the  blood.  Aud  all  the  people 
brought  ever}'  man  his  ox  with  him  that 
night,  and  slew  them  there. 

35  And  Saul  built  an  altar  unto  the  Lord  : 
the  same  was  the  first  altar  that  he  built 
unto  the  Lord. 

30  ^  And  Saul  said,  Let  us  go  down  after 

the  Philistines   by  night,  and  spoil  them 

I  until  the  morning  light,  and  let  us  not 


I.  SAMUEL. 


leave  a  man  of  them.  And  they  said,  Do 
whatsoever  seemeth  good  unto  thee.  Then 
said  the  priest,  Let  us  draw  near  hither 
unto  God. 

37  And  Saul  asked  counsel  of  God,  Shall 
I  go  down  after  the  Philistines?  wilt  thou 
deliver  them  into  the  hand  of  Israel?  But 
he  answered  him  not  that  day. 

38  And  Saul  said,  Draw  ye  near  hither,  all 
the  chief  of  the  people :  and  know  and  see 
wherein  this  sin  hath  been  this  day. 

39  For,  as  the  Lord  liveth,  which  savcth 
Israel,  though  it  be  in  Jonathan  my  son, 
he  shall  surely  die.  But  tficre  was  not  a  man 
among  all  the  people  that  answered  him. 

40  Then  said  he  unto  all  Israel,  Be  ye  on 
one  side,  and  I  and  Jonathan  my  son  will 
be  on  the  other  side.  And  the  people  said 
unto  Saul,  Do  what  seemeth  good  unto 
thee. 

41  Therefore  Saul  said  unto  the  Lord 
God  of  Israel,  Give  a  perfect  lot.  And 
Saul  and  Jonathan  were  taken:  but  the 
people  escaped. 

42  And  Saul  said.  Cast  lots  between  me 
and  Jonathan  my  son.  And  Jonathan  Avas 
taken. 

43  Then  Saul  said  to  Jonathan,  Tell  me 
Avhat  thou  hast  done.  And  Jonathan  iold 
him,  and  said,  I  did  but  taste  a  little  honey 
with  the  end  of  the  rod  that  was  in  mine 
hand,  «n(Z,  lo,  I  must  die. 

44  And  Saul  answered,  God  do  so  and 
more  also :  for  thou  shalt  surel}^  die,  Jona- 
than. 

45  And  the  people  said  unto  Saul,  Shall 
Jonathan  die,  who  hath  wrought  this  great 
salvation  in  Israel?  God  forbid:  as  the 
Lord  liveth,  there  shall  not  one  hair  of 
his  head  fall  to  the  ground;  for  he  hath 
wrought  with  God  this  day.  So  the  people 
rescued  Jouatlian,  that  he  died  not. 

46  Then  Saul  went  up  from  following  the 
Philistines:  and  the  Philistines  Avcnt  to 
their  own  place. 

47  ^  So  Saul  took  the  kingdom  over  Is- 
rael, and  fought  against  all  his  enemies  on 
every  side,  against  Moab,  and  against  the 
children  of  Amnion,  and  against  Edom, 
and  against  the  kings  of  Zobah,  and  against 
the  Philistines :  and  whithersoever  he 
turned  himself,  he  vexed  them. 

48  And  he  gathered  a  host,  and  smote  the 
Amalekites,  and  delivered  Israel  out  of  the 
hands  of  them  that  spoiled  them. 

19 


49  Now  the  sons  of  Saiil  were  Jonathan, 
and  Ishui,  and  Melchi-shua :  and  the  names 
of  his  two  daughters  were  these;  the  name 
of  the  firstborn  Merab,  and  the  name  of 
the  younger  Michal : 

50  And  the  name  of  Saul's  wife  tm.s  Ahin- 
oam,  the  daughter  of  Ahimaaz:  and  the 
name  of  the  captain  of  his  host  was  Abncr, 
the  son  of  Ncr,  Saul's  uncle. 

51  And  Kish  7oas  the  father  of  Saul;  and 
Ner  the  father  of  Abner  ivas  the  sou  of 
Abiel. 

53  And  there  was  sore  war  against  the 
Philistines  all  the  days  of  Saul :  and  when 
Saul  saw  any  strong  man,  or  any  valiant 
man,  he  took  him  unto  him.        a 

CHAPTER  XV. 

SAMUEL  also  said  unto  Saul,  The  Lord 
sent  me  to  anoint  thee  to  be  king  over 
his  people,  over  Israel :  noAV  therefore 
hearken  thou  unto  the  voice  of  the 
words  of  the  Lord. 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  I  remem- 
ber that  which  Amalek  did  to  Israel,  liow 
he  laid  wait  for  him  in  the  way,  when  he 
came  up  frora  Egypt. 

3  Now  go  and  smite  Amalek,  and  utterly 
destroy  all  that  they  have,  and  spare  them 
not;  but  slay  both  man  and  Avoman,  in- 
fant and  suckling,  ox  and  sheep,  camel  and 
ass. 

4  And  Saul  gathered  the  people  together, 
and  numbered  them  in  Telaim,  tAVO  hund- 
red thousand  footmen,  and  ten  thousand 
men  of  Judah. 

5  And  Saul  came  to  a  city  of  Amalek, 
and  laid  Avait  in  the  valley. 

G  ^  And  Saul  said  unto  the  Kenites,  Go, 
depart,  get  you  down  from  among  the 
Amalekites,  lest  I  destroy  you  with  them  : 
for  ye  shcAved  kindness  to  all  the  children 
of  Israel,  when  they  came  up  out  of  Egj'pt. 
So  the  Kenites  departed  from  among  the 
Amalekites. 

7  And  Saul  smote  the  Amalekites  from 
Havilah  trntil  thou  comest  to  Shur,  that  Lt 
over  against  Egypt. 

8  And  he  took  Agag  the  king  of  the 
Amalekites  alive,  and  utterly  destroyed 
all  the  people  with  the  edge  of  the  sword. 

9  But  Saul  and  the  people  spared  Agag, 
and  the  best  of  the  sheep,  and  of  the  oxen, 
and  of  the  fatlings,  and  the  lambs,  and  all 
that  iras  good,   and  would  not  utterly  de- 


I.  SAMUEL. 


stroy  tliem  :  but  every  thing  that  was  vile 
and  refuse,  that  they  destroyed  utterly. 

10  H  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord 
unto  Samuel,  saying, 

11  It  repenteth  me  that  I  have  set  up  Saul 
to  he  king:  for  he  is  turned  back  from 
following  me,  and  hath  not  performed  my 
commandments.  And  it  grieved  Samuel; 
and  he  cried  unto  the  Lord  all  night. 

13  And  when  Samuel  rose  early  to  meet 
Saul  in  the  morning,  it  was  told  Samuel, 
saying,  Saul  came  to  Carmel,  and,  behold, 
he  set  him  up  a  place,  and  is  gone  about, 
and  passed  on,  and  gone  down  to  Gilgal. 

13  And  Samuel  came  to  Saul:  and  Saul 
€aid  unto  him,  Blessed  he  thou  of  the 
Lord  :  I  have  performed  the  command- 
ment of  the  Lord, 

14  And  Samuel  said.  What  nicaneth  then 
this  bleating  of  the  sheep  in  mine  ears, 
and  the  lowing  of  the  oxen  which  I  hear? 

15  And  Saul  said.  They  have  brought 
them  from  the  Amalekites:  for  the  peo- 
Xile  spared  the  best  of  the  sheep  and  of  the 
oxen,  to  sacrifice  unto  the  Lord  thy  God; 
and  the  rest  we  have  utterly  destroyed. 

16  Then  Samuel  said  unto  Saul,  Stay,  and 
I  will  tell  thee  what  the  Lord  hath  said 
to  me  this  night.  And  he  said  unto  him, 
Say  on. 

17  And  Samuel  said,  When  thou  loast 
little  in  thine  own  sight,  wast  thou  not 
made  the  head  of  the  tribes  of  Israel,  and 
the  Lord  anointed  thee  king  over  Israel? 

18  And  the  Lord  sent  thee  on  a  journc}^, 
and  said.  Go  and  utterly  destroy  the  sinners 
the  Amalekites,  and  fight  against  them 
until  they  be  consumed. 

19  Wherefore  then  didst  thoii  not  obey 
the  voice  of  the  Lord,  but  didst  fly  upon 
the  sjioil,  and  didst  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord  ? 

20  And  Saul  said  unto  Samuel,  Tea,  I 
have  obeyed  the  voice  of  the  Lord,  and 
have  gone  the  way  which  the  Lord  sent 
me,  and  have  brought  Agag  the  king  of 
Amalek,  and  have  utterly  destroyed  the 
Amalekites, 

21  But  the  people  took  of  the  spoil,  sheep 
and  oxen,  the  chief  of  the  things  which 
should  have  been  utterly  destroyed,  to 
sacrifice  unto  the  Lord  thy  God  in  Gilgal. 

22  And  Samuel  said.  Hath  the  Lord  as 
great  delight  in  burnt  offerings  and  sacri- 
fices, as  in  obeying  the  voice  of  the  Lord? 

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Behold,  to  obey  is  better  than  sacrifice, 
and  to  hearken  than  the  fat  of  rams. 

23  For  rebellion  is  as  the  sin  of  witch- 
craft, and  stubbornness  is  as  iniquity  and 
idolatry.  Because  thou  hast  rejected  the 
word  of  the  Lord,  he  hath  also  rejected 
thee  from  hei?)}/  king. 

24  ^  And  Saul  said  unto  Samuel,  I  have 
sinned:  for  I  have  transgressed  the  com- 
mandment of  the  Lord,  and  thy  words: 
because  I  feared  the  people,  and  obeyed 
their  voice. 

25  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  pardon 
my  sin,  and  turn  again  with  me,  that  I 
may  worship  the  Lord. 

26  And  Samuel  said  unto  Saul,  I  will  not 
return  with  thee:  for  thou  hast  rejected 
the  word  of  the  Lord,  and  the  Lord 
hath  rejected  thee  from  being  king  over 
Israel. 

27  And  as  Samuel  turned  about  to  go 
away,  he  laid  hold  upon  the  skirt  of  his 
mantle,  and  it  rent. 

28  And  Samuel  said  unto  him,  The  Lord 
hath  rent  the  kingdom  of  Israel  from  thee 
this  day,  and  hath  given  it  to  a  neighbour 
of  thine,  that  is  better  than  thou. 

29  And  also  the  Strength  of  Israel  will 
not  lie  nor  repent:  for  he  is  not  a  man, 
that  he  should  repent. 

30  Then  he  said,  I  have  sinned :  yet  honour 
me  now,  I  pray  thee,  before  the  elders  of 
my  people,  and  before  Israel,  and  turn 
again  with  me,  that  I  may  worship  the 
Lord  thy  God. 

31  So  Samuel  turned  again  after  Saul; 
and  Saul  worshipped  the  Lord. 

32  T]  Then  said  Samuel,  Bring  ye  hither 
to  me  Agag  the  king  of  the  Amalekites. 
And  Agag  came  unto  him  delicately.  And 
Agag  said,  Surel}'  the  bitterness  of  death 
is  past. 

33  And  Samuel  said.  As  thy  sword  hatli 
made  women  childless,  so  shall  thy  mother 
be  childless  among  women.  And  Samuel 
hcAved  Agag  in  pieces  before  the  Lord  in 
Gilgal. 

34  H  Then  Samuel  went  to  Ramah;  and 
Saul  went  up  to  his  house  to  Gibeah  of 
Saul. 

35  And  Samuel  came  no  more  to  see 
Saul  until  tlic  day  of  his  death:  never- 
tlieless  Samuel  mourned  for  Saul:  and 
the  Lord  repented  that  he  had  made 
Saul  king  over  Israel.      ♦ 


I.  SAMUEL. 


CHAPTER  XVI. 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  Samuel, 
How  long  wilt  thou  mourn  for  Saul, 
seeing  I  have  rejected  him  from  reigning 
over  Israel?  fill  thine  horn  with  oil,  and 
go,  I  will  send  thee  to  Jesse  the  Beth- 
leheraite:  for  I  have  provided  me  a  king 
among  his  sons. 

2  And  Samuel  said,  How  can  I  go?  if 
Saul  hear  it,  he  will  kill  me.  And  the 
Lord  said,  Take  a  heifer  with  thee,  and 
say,  I  am  come  to  sacrifice  to  the  Lord. 

3  And  call  Jesse  to  the  sacrifice,  and  I 
will  shew  thee  what  thou  shalt  do:  and 
thou  Shalt  anoint  unto  me  ?iim  whom  I 
name  unto  thee. 

4  And 'Samuel  did  that  which  the  Lord 
spake,  and  came  to  Beth-lehem.  And 
the  elders  of  the  town  trembled  at  his 
coming,  and  said,  Coraest  thou  peace- 
ably? 

5  And  he  said,  Peaceably:  I  am  come  to 
sacrifice  unto  the  Lord:  sanctify  your- 
selves, and  come  with  me  to  the  sacri- 
fice. And  he  sanctified  Jesse  and  his 
sous,  and  called  them  to  the  sacrifice. 

6  H  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  were 
come,  that  he  looked  on  Eliab,  and  said. 
Surely  the  Lord's  anointed  is  before  him. 

7  But  the  Lord  said  unto  Samuel, 
Look  not  on  his  countenance,  or  on  the 
height  of  his  stature;  because  I  have  re- 
fused him:  for  the  Lord  seeth  not  as 
man  seeth;  for  man  looketh  on  the  out- 
ward appearance,  but  the  Lord  looketh 
on  the  heart. 

8  Then  Jesse  called  Abinadab,  and  made 
him  pass  before  Samuel.  And  he  said. 
Neither  hath  the  Lord  chosen  this. 

9  Then  Jesse  made  Shammah  to  pass  by. 
And  he  said,  Neither  hath  the  Lord 
chosen  this. 

10  Again,  Jesse  made  seven  of  his  sons 
to  pass  before  Samuel.  And  Samuel  said 
unto  Jesse,  The  Lord  hath  not  chosen 
these. 

11  And  Samuel  said  unto  Jesse,  Are  here 
all  thy  children?  And  he  said.  There  re- 
maineth  yet  the  youngest,  and,  behold, 
he  keepeth  the  sheep.  And  Samuel  said 
unto  Jesse,  Send  and  fetch  him:  for  we 
will  not  sit  down  till  he  come  hither. 

12  And  he  sent,  and  brought  him  in. 
Now  he  was  ruddy,  and  withal  of  a  beau- 
tiful countenance,  and  goodly  to  look  to. 


And   the   Lord   said.  Arise,  anoint  him: 
for  this  is  he. 

13  Then  Samuel  took  the  horn  of  oil, 
and  anointed  him  in  the  midst  of  his 
brethren:  and  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord 
came  upon  David  from  that  day  for- 
ward. So  Samuel  rose  up,  and  went  to 
Ramah. 

14  1  But  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  departed 
from  Saul,  and  an  evil  spirit  from  the 
Lord  troubled  him. 

15  And  Saul's  servants  said  unto  him, 
Behold  now,  an  evil  spirit  from  God 
troubleth  thee. 

16  Let  our  lord  now  command  thy  serv- 
ants, which  are  before  thee,  to  seek  out  a 
man,  who  is  a  cunning  player  on  a  harp: 
and  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  the  evil 
spirit  from  God  is  upon  thee,  that  he  shall 
play  with  his  hand,  and  thou  shalt  be  well. 

17  And  Saul  said  unto  his  servants.  Pro- 
vide me  now  a  man  that  can  play  well, 
and  bring  him  to  me. 

18  Then  answered  one  of  the  servants, 
and  said.  Behold,  I  have  seen  a  son  of 
Jesse  the  Beth-leheraite,  that  is  cunning 
in  playing,  and  a  mighty  valiant  man, 
and  a  man  of  war,  and  prudent  in  mat- 
ters, and  a  comely  person,  and  the  Lord 
is  with  him. 

19  H  Wherefore  Saul  sent  messengers 
unto  Jesse,  and  said.  Send  me  David 
thy  son,  which  is  with  the  sheep. 

20  And  Jesse  took  an  ass  laden  with 
bread,  and  a  bottle  of  Avine,  and  a  kid,  and 
sent  them  by  David  his  son  unto  Saul. 

21  And  David  came  to  Saul,  and  stood 
before  him :  and  he  loved  him  greatly ; 
and  he  became  his  armourbearer. 

22  And  Saul  sent  to  Jesse,  saying.  Let 
David,  I  pray  thee,  stand  before  me;  for 
he  hath  found  favour  in  my  sight. 

23  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  evil 
spirit  from  God  was  upon  Saul,  that  Da- 
vid took  a  harp,  and  played  with  his 
hand:  so  Saul  was  refreshed,  and  was 
well,  and  the  evil  spirit  departed  from 
him.       •^ 

CHAPTER  XVIL 

NOW  the  Philistines  gathered  together 
their  armies  to  battle,  and  were  gath- 
ered together  at  Shochoh,  which  helongeth 
to  Judah,  and  pitched    between  Shochoh 
and  Azekah,  in  Ephes-dammim. 
2  And  Saul  and  the  men  of  Israel  were 

291        ~ 


I.  SAMUEL. 


lathered  together,  and  pitched  by  the 
valley  of  Elah,  and  set  the  battle  in  array 
against  the  Philistines. 

3  And  the  Philistines  stood  on  a  mount- 
ain on  the  one  side,  and  Israel  stood  on 
a  mountain  on  the  other  side :  and  tJiere 
tms  a  valley  between  them. 

4  1  And  there  went  out  a  champion 
out  of  the  camp  of  the  Philistines,  named 
Goliath,  of  Gath,  whose  height  was  six 
cubits  and  a  span. 

5  And  he  had  a  helmet  of  brass  upon  his 
head,  and  he  was  armed  with  a  coat  of 
mail ;  and  the  weight  of  the  coat  ^vas  five 
thousand  shekels  of  brass. 

6  And  ?ie  had  greaves  of  brass  upon  his 
legs,  and  a  target  of  brass  between  his 
shoulders. 

7  And  the  staff  of  his  spear  was  like  a 
weaver's  beam ;  and  his  spear's  head 
weighed  six  hundred  shekels  of  iron:  and 
one  bearing  a  shield  went  before  him. 

8  And  he  stood  and  cried  unto  the  armies 
of  Israel,  and  said  unto  them,  "Why  are 
ye  come  out  to  set  your  battle  in  array? 
am  not  I  a  Philistine,  and  ye  servants  to 
Saul?  choose  you  a  man  for  you,  and  let 
him  come  down  to  me. 

9  If  he  be  able  to  fight  with  me,  and 
to  kill  me,  then  Mill  Ave  be  your  serv- 
ants :  but  if  I  prevail  against  him,  and 
kill  him,  then  shall  ye  be  our  servants, 
and  serve  us. 

10  And  the  Philistine  said,  I  defy  the 
armies  of  Israel  this  day ;  give  me  a  man, 
that  we  may  fight  together. 

11  When  Saul  and  all  Israel  heard  those 
words  of  the  Philistine,  they  were  dis- 
mayed, and  greatly  afraid. 

12  H  Now  David  was  the  son  of  that 
Ephrathite  of  Beth-lehem-judah,  whose 
name  was  Jesse ;  and  he  had  eight  sons : 
and  the  man  went  among  men  for  an 
old  man  in  the  days  of  Saul. 

13  And  the  three  eldest  sons  of  Jesse 
went  and  followed  Saul  to  the  battle :  and 
the  names  of  his  three  sons  that  Avent 
to  the  battle  were  Eliab  the  firstborn, 
and  next  unto  him  Abinadab,  and  the 
third  Shammah. 

14  And  David  was  the  youngest :  and  the 
three  eldest  followed  Saul. 

15  But  David  Avent  and  returned  from 
Saul  to  feed  his  father's  sheep  at  Beth- 
lehem. 


16  And  the  Philistine  drew  near  morning 
and  evening,  and  presented  himself  forty 
days. 

17  And  Jesse  said  unto  David  his  son. 
Take  noAv  for  thy  brethren  an  ephah  of 
this  parched  corn^  and  these  ten  loaAes, 
and  run  to  the  camp  to  thy  brethren ; 

18  And  carry  these  ten  cheeses  unto  the 
captain  of  their  thousand,  and  look  how 
thy  brethren  fare,  and  take  their  pledge. 

19  Now  Saul,  and  they,  and  all  the  men 
of  Israel,  were  in  the  A'alley  of  Elah,  fight- 
ing Avith  the  Philistines. 

20  1  And  David  rose  up  early  in  the 
morning,  and  left  the  sheep  with  a  keeper, 
and  took,  and  went,  as  Jesse  had  com- 
manded him ;  and  he  came  to  the  trench, 
as  the  host  Avas  going  forth  to  the  fight, 
and  shouted  for  the  battle. 

21  For  Israel  and  the  Philistines  had  put 
the  battle  in  array,  army  against  array. 

22  And  David  left  his  carriage  in  the 
hand  of  the  keeper  of  the  carriage,  and 
ran  into  the  army,  and  came  and  saluted 
his  brethren. 

23  And  as  he  talked  Avith  them,  behold, 
there  came  up  the  champion,  the  Philis- 
tine of  Gath,  Goliath  by  name,  out  of  the 
armies  of  the  Philistines,  and  spake  ac- 
cording to  the  same  Avords :  and  David 
heard  tliem. 

24  And  all  the  men  of  Israel,  when  they 
saAv  the  man,  fled  from  him,  and  Averc 
sore  afraid. 

25  And  the  men  of  Israel  said,  Have  ye 
seen  this  man  that  is  come  up?  surely 
to  defy  Israel  is  he  come  up:  and  it  shall 
be,  that  the  man  who  killeth  him,  the 
king  Avill  enrich  him  Avith  great  riches, 
and  Avill  giAC  him  his  dauji^hter,  and  make 
his  father's  house  free  in  Israel. 

26  And  David  spake  to  the  men  that 
stood  by  him,  saying,  What  .shall  be  done 
to  the  man  that  killeth  this  Philistine, 
and  taketh  aAvay  the  reproach  from  Is- 
rael? for  Avho  is  this  uncircumcised  Philis- 
tine, that  he  should  defy  the  armies  of  the 
living  God? 

27  And  the  people  ansAvercd  him  after 
this  manner,  saying,  So  shall  it  be  done 
to  the  man  that  killeth  him.       ^ 

28  H  And  Eliab  his  eldest  brother  heard 
Avhen  he  spake  unto  the  men;  and  Eliab's 
anger  Avas  kindled  against  David,  and  he 
said,  Why  camest  thou  doAvn  hither?  and 


I.  SAMUEL. 


with  Avhom  hast  thou  left  those  few  sheep 
in  the  wiklcrness?  I  know  thy  pride, 
and  the  naughtiness  of  thine  heart;  for 
thou  art  come  down  that  thou  mightest 
see  the  battle. 

29  And  David  said,  What  have  I  now 
done?     7s  ^Tiere  not  a  cause? 

30  TI  And  he  turned  from  him  toward 
another,  and  spake  after  the  same  man- 
ner: and  the  people  answered  him  again 
after  the  former  manner. 

31  And  when  the  words  were  heard 
which  David  spake,  they  rehearsed  Uiern 
before  Saul :  and  he  sent  for  him. 

33  Ti  And  David  said  to  Saul,  Let  no 
man's  heart  fail  because  of  him ;  thy  serv- 
ant will' go  and  fight  with  this  Philistine. 

33  And  Saul  said  to  David,  Thou  art 
not  able  to  go  against  this  Philistine  to 
fight  with  him :  for  thou  art  hut  a  youth, 
and  he  a  man  of  war  from  his  youth. 

34  And  David  said  unto  Saul,  Thy  serv- 
ant kept  his  father's  sheep,  and  there 
came  a  lion,  and  a  bear,  and  took  a  lamb 
out  of  the  flock : 

35  And  I  went  out  after  him,  and  smote 
him,  and  delivered  it  out  of  his  mouth: 
and  when  he  arose  against  me,  I  caught 
Jiim  by  his  beard,  and  smote  him,  and 
slew  him. 

36  Thy  servant  slew  both  the  lion  and 
the  bear:  and  this  uncircumcised  Philis- 
tine shall  be  as  one  of  them,  seeing  he 
hath  defied  the  armies  of  the  living  God. 

37  David  said  moreover.  The  Lord  that 
delivered  me  out  of  the  paw  of  the  lion, 
and  out  of  the  paw  of  the  bear,  he  will 
deliver  me  out  of  the  hand  of  this  Philis- 
tine. And  Saul  said  unto  David,  Go,  and 
the  Lord  be  with  thee. 

38  H  And  Saul  armed  David  with  his 
armour,  and  he  put  a  helmet  of  brass 
upon  his  head;  also  he  armed  him  with 
a  coat  of  mail. 

39  And  David  girded  his  sword  upon  his 
armour,  and  he  assayed  to  go ;  for  he  had 
not  proved  it.  And  David  said  unto  Saul, 
I  cannot  go  with  these;  for  I  have  not 
proved  tJmn.    And  David  put  them  off  him. 

40  And  he  took  his  statf  in  his  hand,  and 
chose  him  five  smooth  stones  out  of  the 
brook,  and  put  them  in  a  shepherd's  bag 
which  he  had,  even  in  a  scrip;  and  his 
sling  v:aji  in  his  hand:  and  he  drew  near 
to  the  Philistine. 


41  And  the  Philistine  came  on  and  drew 
near  unto  David ;  and  the  man  that  bare 
the  shield  went  before  him. 

42  And  when  the  Philistine  looked  about, 
and  saw  David,  he  disdained  him :  for  he 
was  htit  a  youth,  and  ruddy,  and  of  a  fair 
countenance. 

43  And  the  Philistine  said  unto  David, 
Am  I  a  dog,  that  thou  comest  to  me  with 
staves?  And  the  Philistine  cursed  David 
by  his  gods. 

44  And  the  Philistine  said  to  David, 
Come  to  me,  and  I  will  give  thy  flesh 
unto  the  fowls  of  the  air,  and  to  the 
beasts  of  the  field, 

45  Then  said  David  to  the  Philistine, 
Thou  comest  to  me  with  a  sword,  and 
with  a  spear,  and  Avith  a  shield:  but  I 
come  to  thee  in  the  name  of  the  Loud  of 
hosts,  the  God  of  the  armies  of  Israel, 
whom  thou  hast  defied. 

46  This  day  will  the  Lord  deliver  thee 
into  mine  hand;  and  I  will  smite  thee, 
and  take  thine  head  from  thee ;  and  I  will 
give  the  carcasses  of  the  host  of  the  Phi- 
listines this  day  unto  the  fowls  of  the 
air,  and  to  the  wild  beasts  of  the  earth; 
that  all  the  earth  may  know  that  there 
is  a  God  in  Israel. 

47  And  all  this  assembly  shall  know  that 
the  Loud  saveth  not  with  sword  and 
spear :  for  the  battle  is  the  Lord's,  and  he 
will  give  you  into  our  hands. 

48  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  Phi- 
listine arose,  and  came  and  drew  nigh 
to  meet  David,  that  David  hasted,  and 
ran  toward  the  anny  to  meet  the  Phi- 
listine. 

49  And  David  put  his  hand  in  his  bag, 
and  took  thence  a  stone,  and  slang  it,  and 
smote  the  Philistine  in  his  forehead,  that 
the  stone  sunk  into  his  forehead ;  and  he 
fell  upon  his  face  to  the  earth. 

50  So  David  prevailed  over  the  Philistine 
with  a  sling  and  with  a  stone,  and  smote 
the  Philistine,  and  slew  him ;  but  there  was 
no  sword  in  the  hand  of  David. 

51  Therefore  David  ran,  and  stood  upon 
the  Philistine,  and  took  his  sword,  and 
drew  it  out  of  the  sheath  thereof,  and 
slew  him,  and  cut  off"  his  head  therewith. 
And  when  the  Philistines  saw  their  cham- 
pion was  dead,  they  fled. 

52  And  the  men  of  Israel  and  of  Judah 
arose,  and  shouted,  and  pursued  the  Phi- 

293 


I.  SAMUEL. 


listines,  until  thou  come  to  the  valley,  and 
to  the  gates  of  Ekron.  And  the  wounded 
of  the  Philistines  fell  down  by  the  way 
to  Shaaraim,  even  unto  Gath,  and  unto 
Ekron. 

53  And  the  children  of  Israel  returned 
from  chasing  after  the  Philistines,  and 
they  spoiled  their  tents. 

54  And  David  took  the  head  of  the  Phi- 
listine, and  brought  it  to  Jerusalern;  but 
he  put  his  armour  in  his  tent.      """' 

55  T[  And  when  Saul  saw  David  go  forth 
against  the  Philistine,  he  said  unto  Abner, 
the  captain  of  the  host,  Abner,  whose  son 
in  this  youth?  And  Abner  said,  As  thy 
soul  liveth,  O  king,  I  cannot  tell. 

56  And  the  king  said.  Inquire  thou  whose 
son  the  stripling  is. 

57  And  as  David  returned  from  the 
slaughter  of  the  Philistine,  Abner  took 
him,  and  brought  him  before  Saul  with 
the  head  of  the  Philistine  in  his  hand. 

58  And  Saul  said  to  him.  Whose  son  art 
thou,  thmi  young  man?  And  David  an- 
swered, I  am  the  son  of  thy  servant  Jesse 
the  Beth-lehemite.      © 

CHAPTER  XVIIL 

AN  D  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  had  made 
-  an  end  of  speaking  unto  Saul,  that 
the  soul  of  Jonathan  was  knit  with  the 
soul  of  David,  and  Jonathan  loved  him  as 
his  own  soul. 

2  And  Saul  took  him  that  day,  and  would 
let  him  go  no  more  home  to  his  father's 
house. 

3  Then  Jonathan  and  David  made  a  cov- 
enant, because  he  loved  him  as  his  own 
soul. 

4  And  Jonathan  stripped  himself  of  the 
robe  that  was  upon  him,  and  gave  it  to 
David,  and  his  garments,  even  to  his 
sword,  and  to  his  bow,  and  to  his  girdle. 

5  H  And  David  went  out  whithersoever 
Saul  sent  him,  and  behaved  himself  wisely : 
and  Saul  set  him  over  the  men  of  war,  and 
he  was  accepted  in  the  sight  of  all  the  peo- 
ple, and  also  in  the  sight  of  Saul's  servants. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass  as  they  came, 
when  David  was  returned  from  the 
slaughter  of  the  Philistine,  that  the  wo- 
men came  out  of  all  cities  of  Israel,  sing- 
ing and  dancing,  to  meet  king  Saul,  with 
tabrets,  with  joy,  and  with  instruments  of 
music. 

394 


7  And  the  women  answered  one  another 
as  they  played,  and  said,  Saul  hath  slain 
his  thousands,  and  David  his  ten  thou- 
sands. 

8  And  Saul  was  very  wroth,  and  the  saying 
displeased  him ;  and  he  said.  They  have  as- 
cribed unto  David  ten  thousands,  and  to 
me  they  have  ascribed  hut  thousands :  and 
w7iat  can  he  have  more  but  the  king- 
dom? 

9  And  Saul  eyed  David  from  that  day 
and  forward. 

10  H  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow, 
that  the  evil  spirit  from  God  came  upon. 
Saul,  and  he  prophesied  in  the  midst  of 
the  house:  and  David  played  with  his 
hand,  as  at  other  times:  and  there  was  a 
javelin  in  Saul's  hand. 

11  And  Saul  cast  the  javelin ;  for  he  said, 
I  will  smite  David  even  to  the  wall  vnth 
it.  And  David  avoided  out  of  his  presence 
twice. 

13  1[  And  Saul  was  afraid  of  David,  be- 
cause the  Lord  was  with  him,  and  was 
departed  from  Saul. 

13  Therefore  Saul  removed  him  from  him, 
and  made  him  his  captain  over  a  thousand ; 
and  he  went  out  and  came  in  before  the 
people. 

14  And  David  behaved  himself  wisely  in 
all  his  ways ;  and  the  Lord  was  with  him. 

15  Wherefore  when  Saul  saw  that  he 
behaved  himself  very  wisely,  he  was  afraid 
of  him. 

16  But  all  Israel  and  Judah  loved  David, 
because  he  went  out  and  came  in  before 
them. 

17  t  And  Saul  said  to  David,  Behold  my 
elder  daughter  Merab,  her  will  I  give 
thee  to  wife:  only  be  thou  valiant  for 
me,  and  fight  the  Lord's  battles.  For 
Saul  said,  Let  not  mine  hand  be  upon 
him,  but  let  the  hand  of  the  Philistines 
be  upon  him. 

18  And  David  said  unto  Saul,  Who  am 
I  ?  and  what  is  my  life,  or  my  father's  fam- 
ily in  Israel,  that  I  should  be  son  in  law 
to  the  king? 

19  But  it  came  to  pass  at  the  time  when 
Merab  Saul's  daughter  should  have  been 
given  to  David,  that  she  was  given  unto 
Adricl  the  Meholathite  to  Avife. 

20  And  Michal  Saul's  daughter  loved 
David :  and  they  told  Saul,  and  the  thing 
Dleased  him. 


I.  SAMUEL 


21  And  Sivul  said,  I  will  give  him  her, 
that  she  may  be  a  snare  to  him,  and  that 
the  hand  of  the  Philistines  may  be  against 
him.  Wherefore  Saul  said  to  David,  Thou 
Shalt  this  day  be  my  son  in  law  in  the  cnie 
of  the  twain. 

23  T[  And  Saul  commanded  his  servants, 
mybiy^  Commune  with  David  secretly,  and 
say.  Behold,  the  king  hath  delight  in  thee, 
and  all  his  servants  love  thee :  now  there- 
fore be  the  king's  son  in  law. 

23  And  Saul's  servants  spake  those  words 
lu  the  ears  of  David.  And  David  said, 
Seemeth  it  to  you  a  light  thing  to  be  a 
king's  son  in  law,  seeing  that  I  am  a 
poor  man,  and  lightly  esteemed  ? 

24  And  the  servants  of  Saul  told  him, 
saying,  On  this  manner  spake  David. 

25  And  Saul  said,  Thus  shall  ye  say  to 
David,  The  king  desireth  not  any  dowry, 
but  a  hundred  foreskins  of  the  Philistines, 
to  be  avenged  of  the  king's  enemies.  But 
Saul  thought  to  make  David  fall  by  the 
hand  of  the  Philistines. 

26  And  when  his  servants  told  David 
these  words,  it  pleased  David  well  to  be 
the  king's  son  in  law:  and  the  days  were 
not  expired. 

27  Wherefore  David  arose  and  went,  he 
and  his  men,  and  slew  of  the  Philistines 
two  hundred  men ;  and  David  brought 
their  foreskins,  and  they  gave  them  in  full 
tale  to  the  king,  that  he  might  be  the 
king's  son  in  law.  And  Saul  gave  him 
Michal  his  daughter  to  wife. 

28  H  And  Saul  saw  and  knew  that  the 
Lord  vms  with  David,  and  that  Michal 
Saul's  daughter  loved  hira. 

29  And  Saul  was  yet  the  more  afraid  of 
David;  and  Saul  became  David's  enemy 
continually. 

30  Then  the  princes  of  the  Philistines 
went  forth :  and  it  came  to  pass,  after 
they  went  forth,  that  David  behaved  him- 
self more  wisely  than  all  the  servants  of 
Saul ;  so  that  his  name  was  much  set  by. 

CHAPTER  XIX.  ^ 

AND  Saul  spalce  to  Jonathan  his  son, 
and  to  all  his  servants,  that  they 
should  kill  David. 
2  But  Jonathan  Saul's  son  delighted 
much  in  David:  and  Jonathan  told  Da- 
vid, saying,  Saul  my  father  seeketh  to 
kill    thee :    now    therefore,    I    pray    thee. 


take  heed  to  thyself  until  the  morning, 
and  abide  in  a  secret  place,  and  hide 
thyself: 

3  And  I  will  go  out  and  stand  beside 
my  father  in  the  field  where  thou  art, 
and  I  will  commune  with  my  Dxther  of 
thee  ;  and  what  I  see,  that  I  will  tell  thee. 

4  '\  And  Jonathan  spake  good  of  David 
unto  Saul  his  father,  and  said  unto  him, 
Let  not  the  king  sin  against  his  servant, 
against  David;  because  he  hath  not  sinned 
against  thee,  and  because  his  works  have 
been  to  thee- ward  very  good : 

5  For  he  did  put  his  life  in  his  hand, 
and  slew  the  Philistine,  and  the  Lord 
wrought  a  great  salvation  for  all  Israel : 
thou  sawest  it,  and  didst  rejoice:  where- 
fore then  wilt  thou  sin  against  innocent 
blood,  to  slay  David  without  a  cause  ? 

6  And  Saul  hearkened  unto  the  voice  of 
Jonathan :  and  Saul  sware,  As  the  Lord 
liveth,  he  shall  not  be  slain. 

7  And  Jonathan  called  David,  and  Jona- 
than shewed  him  ail  those  things.  And 
Jonathan  brought  David  to  Saul,  and  he 
was  in  his  presence,  as  in  times  i)ast. 

8  1[  And  there  was  war  again :  and  Da- 
vid w^ent  out,  and  fought  with  the  Philis- 
tines, and  slew  them  witli  a  great  slaugh- 
ter ;  and  they  fled  from  him. 

9  And  the  evil  spirit  from  the  Lord  was 
upon  Saul,  as  he  sat  in  his  house  with 
his  javelin  in  his  hand:  and  David  played 
with  hlH  hand. 

10  And  Saul  sought  to  smite  David  even 
to  the  wall  with  the  javelin;  but  he  slipped 
away  out  of  Saul's  presence,  and  he  smote 
the  javelin  into  the  Avail :  and  David  fled, 
and  escaped  that  night. 

11  Saul  also  sent  messengers  unto  Da- 
vid's house,  to  watch  him,  and  to  slay 
him  in  the  morning:  and  Michal  David's 
wife  told  him,  saying,  If  thou  save  not 
thy  life  to  night,  to  morrow  thou  shalt 
be  slain. 

12  H  So  Michal  let  David  down  through 
a  window:  and  he  went,  and  fled,  and 
escaped. 

13  And  Michal  took  an  image,  and  laid 
it  in  the  bed,  and  put  a  pillow  of  goats' 
hair  for  his  bolster,  and  covered  it  with 
a  cloth. 

14  And  when  Saul  sent  messengers  to 
take  David,  she  said,  He  h  sick. 

15  And  Saul  sent  the  messengers  again 

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I.  SAMUEL 
to 


to  see    David,   saying,   Bring  him    up 
me  in  tlie  bed,  tliat  I  may  slay  him. 

16  And  when  the  messengers  "vvere  come 
in,  behold,  tJtere  was  an  image  in  the  bed, 
"with  a  pillow  of  goats'  hair  for  his  bolster. 

17  And  Saul  said  unto  Michal,  Why  hast 
thou  deceived  me  so,  and  sent  away  mine 
enemy,  that  he  is  escaped?  And  Michal 
answered  Saul,  He  said  unto  me,  Let  me 
go  ;  why  should  I  kill  thee  ? 

18  H  So  David  fled,  and  escaped,  and  came 
to  Samuel  to  Ramah,  and  told  him  all 
that  Saul  had  done  to  him.  And  he  and 
Samuel  went  and  dwelt  in  Naioth. 

19  And  it  was  told  Saul,  saying.  Behold, 
David  is  at  Naioth  in  Ramah. 

20  And  Saul  sent  messengers  to  take 
David:  and  when  they  saw  the  company 
of  the  prophets  prophesying,  and  Samuel 
standing  as  appointed  over  them,  the  Spirit 
of  God  was  upon  the  messengers  of  Saul, 
and  they  also  prophesied. 

21  And  when  it  was  told  Saul,  he  sent 
other  messengers,  and  they  prophesied 
likewise.  And  Saul  sent  messengers  again 
the  third  time,  and  they  proi)hesied  also. 

22  Then  Aveut  he  also  to  Ramah,  and  came 
to  a  great  well  that  U  in  Sechu:  and  he 
asked  and  said,  AVhere  are  Samuel  and 
David?  And  one  said,  Behold,  they  be  at 
Naioth  in  Ramah. 

23  And  he  went  thither  to  Naioth  in  Ra- 
mah: and  the  Spirit  of  God  was  upon  him 
also,  and  he  went  on,  and  prophesied,  un- 
til he  came  to  Naioth  in  Ramah. 

24  And  he  stripped  ofi  his  clothes  also, 
and  prophesied  before  Samuel  in  like 
manner,  and  lay  down  naked  all  that  day 
and  all  that  night.  Wherefore  they  say, 
7a-  Saul  also  among  the  prophets  ?     4s 

CHAPTER  XX. 

AND  David  tied  from  Naioth  in  Ramah, 
and  came  and  said  before  Jonathan, 
AVhat  have  I  done?  what  is  mine  iniquity? 
and  what  is  my  sin  before  thy  father, 
that  he  seeketh  my  life? 

2  And  he  said  unto  him,  God  forbid; 
thou  Shalt  not  die:  behold,  my  father  will 
do  nothing  either  great  or  small,  but 
that  he  will  shew  it  me:  and  why  should 
my  father  hide  this  thing  from  me?  it  is 
not  so. 

3  And  David  sware  moreover,  and  said. 
Thy  father  certainly  knoweth  that  I  have 


found  grace  in  thine  eyes;  and  he  saith. 
Let  not  Jonathan  know  this,  lest  he  be 
grieved:  but  truly,  as  the  Loud  liveth, 
and  as  thy  soul  liveth,  there  is  but  a  step 
between  me  and  death. 

4  Then  said  Jonathan  unto  David,  What- 
soever thy  soul  desireth,  I  Avill  even  do  it 
for  thee. 

5  And  David  said  unto  Jonathan,  Be- 
hold, to  morrow  is  the  new  moon,  and  I 
should  not  tail  to  sit  with  the  king  at 
meat:  but  let  me  go,  that  I  may  hide 
myself  in  the  tield  unto  the  third  daij  at 
even. 

6  If  thy  father  at  all  miss  me,  then  say, 
David  earnestly  asked  leave  of  me  that  he 
might  run  to  Beth-lehem  his  city:  for 
tfiere  is  a  yearly  sacritice  there  for  all  the 
family. 

7  If  he  say  thus.  It  is  well ;  thy  servant 
shall  have  peace :  but  if  he  be  very  wroth, 
the7i,  be  sure  that  evil  is  determined  by 
him. 

8  Therefore  thou  shalt  deal  kindly  with 
thy  servant;  for  thou  hast  brought  thy 
servant  into  a  covenant  of  the  Lord  with 
thee:  notwithstanding,  if  there  be  in  me 
iniquity,  slay  me  thyself;  for  why  should- 
est  thou  bring  me  to  thy  father? 

9  And  Jonathan  said,  Far  be  it  from 
thee:  for  if  I  knew  certainly  that  evil  Avere 
detei-mined  by  my  father  to  come  upon 
thee,  then  would  not  I  tell  it  thee? 

10  Then  said  David  to  Jonathan,  Who 
shall  tell  me  ?  or  Avhat  if  thy  father 
answer  thee  roughly  ? 

11  H  And  Jonathan  said  unto  David, 
Come,  and  let  us  go  out  into  the  tield. 
And  they  went  out  both  of  them  into  the 
field. 

12  And  Jonathan  said  unto  David,  O 
Lord  God  of  Israel,  when  I  have  sounded 
my  father  about  to  morrow  any  tinie,  or 
the  third  clay,  and,  behold,  if  tfiere  be  good 
toward  David,  and  I  then  send  not  unto 
thee,  and  shew  it  thee; 

13  The  Lord  do  so  and  much  more  to 
Jonathan:  but  if  it  please  my  father  to  do 
thee  evil,  then  I  will  shew  it  thee,  and 
send  thee  away,  that  thou  mayest  go  in 
peace:  and  the  Loud  be  with  thee,  as  he 
hath  been  with  my  faflur. 

14  And  thou  shalt  not  only  Avhile  yet  I 
live  shew  me  the  kindness  of  the  Lord, 
that  I  die  not : 


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15  But  aho  thou  sbult  uot  cut  otf  thy 
kiudness  from  ray  house  for  ever :  no,  not 
when  the  Lord  hath  cut  otf  the  enemies 
of  David  every  one  from  the  face  of  the 
earth. 

16  So  Jonathan  made  a  covetiant  with  the 
house  of  David,  say'mg^  Let  the  Lokd 
even  require  it  at  the  hand  of  David's 
enemies. 

17  And  Jonathan  caused  David  to  swear 
again,  because  he  loved  him  :  for  he  loved 
him  as  he  ioved  his  own  soul. 

18  Then  Jonathan  said  to  David,  To 
morrow  is  the  new  moon:  and  thou  shalt 
be  missed,  because  thy  seat  will  be 
empty. 

19  Au'd  when  thou  hast  stayed  three 
days,  tlmi  thou  shalt  go  down  quickly, 
and  come  to  the  jjlace  where  thou  didst 
hide  thyself  when  the  business  was  in 
hand,  and  shalt  remain  by  the  stone  Ezel. 

.20  And  I  will  shoot  three  arrows  on 
the  side  thereof,  as  though  I  shot  at  a 
mark. 

21  And,  behold,  I  will  send  a  lad,  say- 
i7ig,  Go,  find  out  the  arrows.  If  I  ex- 
pressly say  unto  the  lad.  Behold,  the 
arrows  are  on  this  side  of  thee,  take 
them;  then  come  thou:  for  there  U  peace 
to  thee,  and  no  hurt ;  as  the  Lord  liveth. 

22  But  if  I  say  thus  unto  the  young 
man.  Behold,  the  arrows  are  beyond  thee ; 
go  thy  way:  for  the  Loud  hath  sent  thee 
away. 

23  And  as  touching  the  matter  which  thou 
and  I  have  spoken  of,  behold,  the  Lord 
he  between  thee  and  me  for  ever. 

24  TI  So  David  hid  himself  in  the  field: 
and  when  the  new  moon  was  come,  the 
king  sat  him  down  to  eat  meat. 

25  And  the  king  sat  upon  his  seat,  as  at 
other  times,  even  upon  a  seat  by  the 
wall:  and  Jonathan  arose,  and  Abner  sat 
by  Saul's  side,  and  David's  place  was 
empty. 

26  Nevertheless  Saul  spake  not  any 
thing  that  day:  for  he  thought,  Some- 
thing hath  befallen  him,  he  is  not  clean; 
surely  he  is  not  clean. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow, 
whicJi  was  the  second  daij  of  the  month, 
that  David's  place  was  empty :  and  Saul 
said  unto  Jonathan  his  son.  Wherefore 
Cometh  not  the  son  oi"  Jesse  to  meat, 
neither  yesterday,  nor  to  dav? 


28  And  Jonathan  answered  Saul,  David 
earnestly  asked  leave  of  me  to  go  to  Beth- 
lehem : 

29  And  he  said,  Let  me  go,  I  pray  thee ; 
for  our  family  hath  a  sacrifice  in  the  city ; 
and  my  brother,  he  hath  commanded  me 
to  he  there:  and  now,  if  I  have  found  fa- 
vour in  thine  eyes,  let  me  get  away,  I 
pray  thee,  and  see  my  brethren.  There- 
fore he  cometh  not  unto  the  king's 
table. 

30  Then  Saul's  anger  was  kindled  against 
Jonathan,  and  he  said  unto  him,  Thou 
son  of  the  perverse  rebellious  woman,  do 
not  I  know  that  thou  hast  chosen  the 
son  of  Jesse  to  thine  oavu  confusion,  and 
unto  the  confusion  of  thy  mother's  na- 
kedness ? 

31  For  as  long  as  the  son  of  Jesse  liv- 
eth upon  the  ground,  thou  shalt  not  be 
established,  nor  thy  kingdom.  Wherefore 
now  send  and  fetch  him  unto  me,  for 
he  shall  surely  die. 

32  And  Jonathan  answered  Saul  his  fa- 
ther, and  said  unto  him.  Wherefore  shall 
he  be  slain  ?  what  hath  he  done  ? 

33  And  Saul  cast  a  javelin  at  him  to  smite 
him:  whereby  Jonathan  knew  that  it  was 
determined  of  his  father  to  slay  David. 

34  So  Jonathan  arose  from  the  table  in 
fierce  anger,  and  did  eat  no  meat  the  se- 
cond day  of  the  month :  for  he  was  grieved 
for  David,  because  his  father  had  done  him 
shame. 

35  Ti  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  morning, 
that  Jonathan  went  out  into  the  field  at 
the  time  appointed  with  David,  and  a  lit- 
tle lad  with  him, 

36  And  he  said  unto  his  lad,  Run,  find 
out  now  the  arrows  which  I  shoot.  And 
as  the  lad  ran,  he  shot  an  arrow  beyond 
him. 

37  And  when  the  lad  was  come  to  the 
place  of  the  arrow  which  Jonathan  had 
shot,  Jonathan  cried  after  the  lad,  and 
said,  7s  not  the  arrow  beyond  thee  ? 

38  And  Jonathan  cried  after  the  lad,  Make 
speed,  haste,  stay  not.  And  Jonathan's 
lad  gathered  up  the  arrows,  and  came  to 
his  master. 

39  But  the  lad  knew  not  any  thing: 
only  Jonathan  and  David  knew  the  matter. 

40  And  Jonathan  gave  his  artillery  unto 

his    lad,    and  said    unto    him,    Go,   carry 

them  to  the  city. 

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I.  SAMUEL. 


41  1[  And  as  soou  as  the  lad  Avas  gone, 
David  arose  out  of  a  2)lace  toward  the 
south,  and  fell  on  his  face  to  the  ground, 
and  bowed  himself  three  times :  and  they 
kissed  one  another,  and  Avept  one  with 
another,  until  David  exceeded. 

42  And  Jonathan  said  to  David,  Go  in 
peace,  forasmuch  as  we  have  sworn  both 
of  us  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  saying. 
The  Lord  be  between  me  and  thee,  and 
between  my  seed  and  thy  seed  for  ever. 
And  he  arose  and  departed :  and  Jona- 
than went  into  the  city. 

CHAPTER  XXL 

THEN  came  David  to  Nob  to  Ahimelech 
the  priest:  and  Ahimelech  was  afraid 
at  the  meeting  of  David,  and  said  unto 
him,  Why  wt  thou  alone,  and  no  man  with 
thee? 

2  And  David  said  unto  Ahimelech  the 
priest.  The  king  hath  commanded  me  a 
business,  and  hath  said  unto  me,  Let  no 
man  know  any  thing  of  the  business 
whereabout  I  send  thee,  and  what  I  have 
commanded  thee :  and  I  have  appointed 
my  servants  to  such  and  such  a  place. 

3  Now  therefore  what  is  under  thine 
hand  ?  give  7ne  five  loaves  of  bread  in  mine 
hand,  or  what  there  is  present. 

4  And  the  priest  answered  David,  and 
said,  T/iere  is  no  common  bread  under 
mine  hand,  but  there  is  hallowed  bread ;  if 
the  young  men  have  kept  themselves  at 
least  from  women. 

5  And  David  answered  the  priest,  and 
said  unto  him,  Of  a  truth  women  have  been 
kept  from  us  about  these  three  days,  since 
I  came  out,  and  the  vessels  of  the  young 
men  are  holy,  and  tJie  bread  is  in  a  manner 
common,  yea,  though  it  were  sanctified 
this  day  in  the  vessel. 

6  So  the  priest  gave  him  hallowed  bread: 
for  there  was  no  bread  tln^re  biit  the  shew- 
bread,  that  Avas  taken  from  before  the 
Lord,  to  put  hot  bread  in  the  day  Avhen 
it  was  taken  away. 

7  Now  a  certain  man  of  the  serv^ants  of 
Saul  was  there  that  day,  detained  before 
the  Lord  ;  and  his  name  wa.s  Doeg,  an 
Edomite,  the  chiefest  of  the  herdmen 
that  bclo7ir/ed  to  Saul. 

8  H  And  David  said  unto  Ahimelech,  And 
is  there  not  here  under  thine  hand  spear 

I  or  sword?  for  I  have  neither  brought  my 


sword  nor  my  weapons  with  me,  because 
the  king's  business  required  haste. 

9  And  the  priest  said,  The  sword  of  Go- 
liath the  Philistine,  whom  thou  slewest  in 
the  valley  of  Elah,  behold,  it  is  here  wrap- 
ped in  a  cloth  behind  the  ephod :  if  thou 
wilt  take  that,  take  it:  for  tliere  is  no 
other  save  that  here.  And  David  said, 
There  is  none  like  that ;  give  it  me. 

10  Tl  And  David  arose,  and  tied  that  day 
for  fear  of  Saul,  and  went  to  Achish  the 
king  of  Gath. 

11  And  the  servants  of  Achish  said  unto 
him,  7s  not  this  David  the  king  of  the 
land?  did  they  not  sing  one  to  another  of 
him  in  dances,  saying,  Saul  hath  slain  his 
thousands,  and  David  his  ten  thousands  ? 

12  And  David  laid  up  these  words  in  his 
heart,  and  was  sore  afraid  of  Achish  the 
king  of  Gath. 

13  And  he  changed  his  behaviour  before 
them,  and  feigned  himself  mad  in  their 
hands,  and  scrabbled  on  the  doors  of  the 
gate,  and  let  his  spittle  fall  down  upon  his 
beard. 

14  Then  said  Achish  unto  his  servants, 
Lo,  ye  see  the  man  is  mad :  wherefore  then 
have  ye  brought  him  to  me  ? 

15  Have  I  need  of  madmen,  that  ye  have 
brought  this  fellow  to  play  the  madman 
in  ray  presence?  shall  this  fellow  come 
into  my  house?  *%•. 

CHAPTER  XXIL 

DAVID  therefore  departed  thence, 
and  escaped  to  the  cave  Adullam : 
and  when  his  brethren  and  all  his  father's 
house  heard  it^  they  went  down  thither  to 
him. 

2  And  ever}'  one  that  was  in  distress,  and 
every  one  that  v;as  in  debt,  and  every  one 
that  was  discontented,  gathered  themselves 
unto  him ;  and  he  became  a  captain  over 
them :  and  there  were  with  him  about  four 
hundred  men. 

3  TI  And  David  went  thence  to  Mizpeh  of 
Moab :  and  ^^-  said  unto  the  king  of  Moab, 
Let  my  father und  my  mother,  I  pray  thee„ 
come  forth,  a'ld  be  with  you,  till  I  kwaw 
what  God  will  Jo  for  me. 

4  And  he  brought  them  before  the  kiug^ 
of  Moab:  and  t.'it-y  dwelt  with  hiln  all  the  ! 
while  that  David  was  in  the  hold. 

5  t  And  the  pr'ophet  Gad  said  unto.  Da- 
vid, Abide  not  in  the  hold;  depart,  and. 


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get  thee  into  the  laud  of  Judah.  Then 
David  departed,  and  came  into  the  forest 
ofHareth. 

6  1  When  Saul  heard  that  David  was  dis- 
covered, and  the  men  that  were  with  him, 
(now  Saul  abode  in  Gibeah  under  a  tree 
in  Ramah,  having  his  spear  in  his  hand, 
and  all  his  servants  were  standing  about 
him;) 

7  Then  Saul  said  unto  his  servants  that 
stood  about  him.  Hear  now,  ye  Benja- 
mites;  will  the  son  of  Jesse  give  every 
one  of  you  fields  and  vineyards,  and 
make  you  all  captains  of  thousands,  and 
captains  of  hundreds ; 

8  That  all  of  you  have  conspired  against 
me,  aiid  there  is  none  that  sheweth  me 
that  my  son  hath  made  a  league  with  the 
son  of  Jesse,  and  there  is  none  of  you  that 
is  sorry  for  me,  or  sheweth  unto  me  that 
my  son  hath  stirred  up  my  servant  against 
me,  to  lie  in  wait,  as  at  this  day  ? 

9  TI  Then  answered  Doeg  the  Edomite, 
which  was  set  over  the  servants  of  Saul, 
and  said,  I  saw  the  son  of  Jesse  coming 
to  Nob,  to  Ahimelech  the  son  of  Ahitub. 

10  And  he  inquired  of  the  Lord  for  him, 
and  gave  him  victuals,  and  gave  him  the 
sword  of  Goliath  the  Philistine. 

11  Then  the  king  sent  to  coll  Ahimelech 
the  priest,  the  son  of  Ahitub,  and  all  his 
father's  house,  the  priests  that  ivere  in 
Nob:  and  they  came  all  of  them  to  the 
king. 

12  And  Saul  said.  Hear  now,  thou  son 
of  Ahitub.  And  he  answered.  Here  I  am., 
my  lord. 

13  And  Saul  said  unto  him.  Why  have 
ye  conspired  against  me,  thou  and  the 
son  of  Jesse,  in  that  thou  hast  given 
him  bread,  and  a  sword,  and  hast  in- 
quired of  God  for  him,  that  he  should 
rise  against  me,  to  lie  in  wait,  as  at  this 
day? 

14  Then  Ahimelech  answered  the  king, 
and  said.  And  who  is  so  faithful  among 
all  thy  servants  as  David,  which  is  the 
king's  sou  in  law,  and  goeth  at  thy  bid- 
ding, and  is  honourable  in  thine  house? 

15  Did  I  then  begin  to  inquire  of  God 
for  him?  be  it  far  from  me:  let  not  the 
king  impute  any  thing  unto  his  ser\'ant, 
7ior  to  all  the  house  of  my  father:  for  thy 
servant  knew  nothing  of  all  this,  less  or 
more. 


10  And  the  king  said.  Thou  shalt  surely 
die,  Ahimelech,  thou,  and  all  thy  father's 
house. 

17  Tf  And  the  king  said  unto  the  foot- 
men that  stood  about  him.  Turn,  and  slay 
the  priests  of  the  Lord;  because  their 
hand  also  is  with  David,  and  because 
they  knew  when  he  fled,  and  did  not 
shew  it  to  me.  But  the  servants  of  the 
king  would  not  put  forth  their  hand  to 
fall  upon  the  priests  of  the  Lord. 

18  And  the  king  said  to  Doeg,  Turn 
thou,  and  fall  upon  the  priests.  And 
Doeg  the  Edomite  turned,  and  he  fell 
upon  the  priests,  and  slew  on  that  day 
fourscore  and  five  persons  that  did  wear 
a  linen  ephod. 

19  And  Nob,  the  city  of  the  priests, 
smote  he  with  the  edge  of  the  sword, 
both  men  and  women,  children  and  suck- 
lings, and  oxen,  and  asses,  and  sheep, 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword. 

20  H  And  one  of  the  sons  of  Ahimelech 
the  son  of  Ahitub,  named  Abiathar,  es- 
caped, and  fled  after  David. 

21  And  Abiathar  shewed  David  that  Saul 
had  slain  the  Lord's  priests. 

22  And  David  said  unto  Abiathar,  I 
knew  it  that  day,  when  Doeg  the  Edom- 
ite was  there,  that  he  would  surely  tell 
Saul:  I  have  occasioned  tJie  death  of  all 
the  persons  of  thy  father's  house. 

23  Abide  thou  with  me,  fear  not:  for 
he  that  seeketh  my  life  seeketh  thy  life : 
but  with  me  thou  shalt  he  in  safeguard.     *^ 

CHAPTER  XXIIL 

THEN  they  told  David,  saying.  Behold, 
the   Philistines   fight   against   Keilah, 
and  they  rob  the  threshingfloors. 

2  Therefore  David  inquired  of  the  Lord, 
saying.  Shall  I  go  and  smite  these  Philis- 
tines ?  And  the  Lord  said  unto  David, 
Go,  and  smite  the  Philistines,  and  save 
Keilah. 

3  And  David's  men  said  unto  him.  Be- 
hold, we  be  afraid  here  in  Judah :  how 
much  more  then  if  we  come  to  Keilah 
against  the  armies  of  the  Philistines  ? 

4  Then  David  inquired  of  the  Lord  yet 
again.     And  the  Lord  answered  him  and  j 
said.   Arise,   go    down    to    Keilah ;    for  I  | 
will    deliver    the    Philistines    into    thine  i 
hand. 

5  So  David  and  his  men  went  to  Kei-  | 


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lab,  and  fought  with  the  Philistines,  and 
brought  away  their  cattle,  and  smote  them 
with  a  great  slaughter.  So  David  saved 
the  inhabitants  of  Keilah. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Abiathar 
the  son  of  Ahimelech  fled  to  David  to 
Keilah,  that  he  came  down  with  an  ei)hod 
iu  his  hand. 

7  U  And  it  was  told  Saul  that  David 
was  come  to  Keilah.  And  Saul  said,  God 
hath  delivered  him  into  mine  hand;  for 
he  is  shut  in,  by  entering  into  a  town 
that  hath  gates  and  bars. 

8  And  Saul  called  all  the  i)eople  to- 
gether to  war,  to  go  down  to  Keilah,  to 
besiege  David  and  his  men. 

9  Tf  And  David  knew  that  Saul  secretly 
practised  mischief  against  him;  and  he 
said  to  Abiathar  the  priest.  Bring  hither 
the  ephod. 

10  Then  said  David,  O  Lord  God  of 
Israel,  thy  servant  hath  certainly  heard 
that  Saul  seeketh  to  come  to  Keilah,  to 
destroy  the  city  for  my  sake. 

11  Will  the  men  of  Keilah  deliver  me 
up  into  his  hand?  will  Saul  come  down, 
as  thy  servant  hath  heard?  0  Lord  God 
of  Israel,  I  beseech  thee,  tell  thy  servant. 
And  the  Lord  said,  He  will  come  down. 

12  Then  said  David,  Will  the  men  of 
Keilah  deliver  me  and  my  men  into  the 
hand  of  Saul?  And  the  Lord  said.  They 
will  deliver  thee  up. 

13  *\\  Then  David  and  his  men,  whidi  were 
about  six  hundred,  arose  and  departed  out 
of  Keilah,  and  went  whithersoever  they 
could  go.  And  it  was  told  Saul  that  Da- 
vid was  escaped  from  Keilah ;  and  he 
forbare  to  go  forth. 

14  And  David  abode  in  the  wilderness  in 
strong  holds,  and  remained  iu  a  mount- 
ain in  the  wilderness  of  Ziph.  And  Saul 
sought  him  every  day,  but  God  delivered 
him  not  into  his  hand. 

15  And  David  saw  that  Saul  was  come 
out  to  seek  his  life :  and  David  wan  in 
the  wilderness  of  Ziph  in  a  wood. 

16  ^  And  Jonathan  Saul's  son  arose, 
and  went  to  David  into  the  wood,  and 
strengthened  his  hand  in  God. 

17  And  he  said  unto  him,  Fear  not:  for 

the  hand  of  Saul  my  father  shall  not  lind 

thee;  and  thou  shalt  be  king  over  Israel, 

and  I  shall  be  next  imto  thee ;   and  that 

also  Saul  my  father  l^noweth. 
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18  And  they  two  made  a  covenant  be- 
fore the  Lord  :  and  David  abode  iu  the 
wood,  and  Jonathan  went  to  his  house. 

19  T[  Then  came  up  the  Ziphites  to  Saul 
to  Gibeah,  saying.  Doth  not  David  hide 
himself  with  us  iu  strong  holds  in  the 
wood,  in  the  hill  of  Hachilah,  which  is 
on  the  south  of  Jeshimon  ? 

20  Now  therefore,  O  king,  come  down 
according  to  all  the  desire  of  thy  soul 
to  come  down ;  and  our  part  shall  be  to 
deliver  him  into  the  king's  hand. 

21  And  Saul  said,  Blessed  be  ye  of  the 
Lord  ;  for  ye  have  compassion  on  me. 

23  Go,  I  pray  you,  prepare  yet,  and 
know  and  see  his  place  where  his  haunt 
is,  and  who  hath  seen  him  there :  for  it 
is  told  me  t?tat  he  dealeth  very  subtilely. 

23  See  therefore,  and  take  knowledge 
of  all  the  lurking  places  where  he  hideth 
himself,  and  come  ye  again  to  me  with 
the  certaint}',  and  I  will  go  with  you : 
and  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  he  be  in  the 
land,  that  I  will  search  him  out  through- 
out all  the  thousands  of  Judah. 

24  And  they  arose,  and  went  to  Ziph 
before  Saul :  but  David  and  his  men  were 
in  the  wilderness  of  Maon,  in  the  plain 
on  the  south  of  Jeshimon. 

25  Saul  also  and  his  men  went  to  seek 
him.  And  they  told  David :  wherefore  he 
came  down  into  a  rock,  and  abode  in  the 
wilderness  of  Maon.  And  when  Saul 
heard  that,  he  pursued  after  David  in 
the  wilderness  of  Maon. 

26  And  Saul  went  on  this  side  of  the 
mountain,  and  David  and  his  men  on 
that  side  of  the  mountain :  and  David 
made  haste  to  get  away  for  fear  of  Saul; 
for  Saul  and  his  men  compassed  David 
and  his  men  round  about  to  take  them. 

27  T[  But  there  came  a  messenger  unto 
Saul,  saying.  Haste  thee,  and  come;  for 
the  Philistines  have  invaded  the  land. 

28  Wherefore  Saul  returned  from  pur- 
suing after  David,  and  went  against  the 
Philistines:  therefore  they  called  that 
place  Sela-hammahlekoth. 

29  ^1  And  David  went  up  from  thence, 
aud  dwelt  in  strong  holds  at  En-gedi.       t^ 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 

AND  it  came  to   pass,  Avhcn   Saul  Avas 
returned   from   following   the  Philis- 
tines, that   it   was   told    him,   saying,    ]5e- 


I.  SAMUEL. 


hold,  David  is  in  the  wilderuess  of  En- 
gedi. 

2  Then  Saul  took  three  thousand  chosen 
men  out  of  all  Israel,  and  Avent  to  seek 
David  and  his  men  upon  the  rocks  of 
the  wild  goats. 

3  And  he  came  to  the  sheepcotes  by 
the  way,  Avhere  wcui  a  cave;  and  Saul 
went  in  to  cover  his  feet :  and  David  and 
his  men  remained  in  the  sides  of  the  cave. 

4  And  the  men  of  David  said  unto  hira, 
Behold  the  day  of  which  the  Loud  said 
unto  thee,  Behold,  I  will  deliver  thine 
enemy  into  thine  hand,  that  thou  mayest 
do  to  him  as  it  shall  seem  good  unto  thee. 
Then  David  arose,  and  cut  ofl"  the  skirt 
of  Saufs  robe  privily. 

5  And  it  came  to  pass  afterward,  that 
David's  heart  smote  him,  because  he  liad 
cut  off  Saul's  skirt. 

6  And  he  said  unto  his  men,  The  Lord 
forbid  that  I  should  do  this  thing  unto  my 
master,  the  Lord's  anointed,  to  stretch 
forth  mine  hand  against  him,  seeing  he 
is  the  anointed  of  the  Lord. 

7  So  David  stayed  his  servants  with  these 
words,  and  suflered  them  not  to  rise 
against  Saul.  But  Saul  rose  up  out  of  the 
cave,  and  went  on  his  way. 

8  David  also  arose  afterward,  and  went 
out  of  the  cave,  and  cried  after  Saul,  say- 
ing. My  lord  the  king.  And  when  Saul 
looked  behind  him,  David  stooped  with 
his  face  to  the  earth,  and  bowed  him- 
self. 

9  1  And  David  said  to  Saul,  Wherefore 
hearest  thou  men's  words,  saying.  Be- 
hold, David  seeketh  thy  hurt  ? 

10  Behold,  this  day  thine  eyes  have  seen 
how  that  the  Lord  had  delivered  thee  to 
day  into  mine  hand  in  the  cave :  and  some 
bade  me  kill  thee:  but  iniue  eye  spared 
thee ;  and  I  said,  I  will  not  put  forth  mine 
hand  against  my  lord;  for  he  is  the  Lord's 
anointed. 

11  Moreover,  my  father,  see,  yea,  see 
the  skirt  of  thy  robe  in  my  hand :  for  in 
that  I  cut  otr  the  skirt  of  thy  robe,  and 
killed  thee  not,  know  thou  and  see  that 
tJiere  is  neither  evil  nor  transgression  in 
mine  hand,  and  I  have  not  sinned  against 
thee;  yet  thou  huntest  mj'  soul  to  take  it. 

12  The  Lord  judge  between  me  and 
thee,  and  the  Loud  avenge  me  of  thee: 
but  mine  hand  shall  not  be  xii>ou  thee. 


13  As  saitli  the  proverb  of  the  ancients. 
Wickedness  proceedeth  from  the  wicked : 
but  mine  hand  shall  not  be  upon  thee. 

1-1  After  whom  is  the  king  of  Israel  come 
out?  after  whom  dost  thou  pursue?  after 
a  dead  dog,  after  a  flea. 

15  The  Lord  therefore  be  judge,  and 
judge  between  me  and  thee,  and  see, 
and  plead  my  cause,  and  deliver  me  out 
of  thine  hand. 

16  t  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  David  had 
made  an  end  of  speaking  these  words  unto 
Saul,  that  Saul  said,  Is  this  thy  voice,  my 
son  David?  And  Saul  lifted  up  his  voice, 
and  wept. 

17  And  he  said  to  David,  Thou  art  more 
righteous  than  I :  for  thou  hast  rewarded 
me  good,  whereas  I  have  rewarded  thee 
evil. 

18  And  thou  hast  shewed  this  day  how 
that  thou  hast  dealt  Avell  with  me:  for- 
asmuch as  when  the  Lord  had  delivered 
me  into  thine  hand,  thou  killedst  me 
not.  I 

19  For  if  a  man  find  his  enemy,  will  he 
let  him  go  Avell  away?  wherefore  the 
Lord  reward  thee  good  for  that  thou 
hast  done  unto  me  this  day. 

20  And  now,  behold,  I  know  well  that 
thou  Shalt  surely  be  king,  and  that  the 
kingdom  of  Israel  shall  be  established  in 
thine  hand. 

21  Swear  now  therefore  unto  me  by  the 
Lord,  that  thou  wilt  not  cut  off  my  seed 
after  me,  and  that  thou  wilt  not  destroy 
my  name  out  of  my  father's  house. 

22  And  David  sware  unto  Saul.  And  Saiil 
went  home;  but  David  and  his  men  gat 
them  up  unto  the  hold.       / 

CHAPTER  XXV. 

AND  Samuel  died;  and  all  the  Israelites 
were  gathered  together,  and  lamented 
him,  and  buried  him  in  his  house  at  Ra- 
raah.  And  David  arose,  and  went  down 
to  the  wilderness  of  Paran. 

2  And  there  wa.s  a  man  in  Maon,  whose 
possessions  wei'e  in  Carmel;  and  the  man 
was  very  great,  and  he  had  three  thou- 
sand sheep,  and  a  thousand  goats:  and  he 
was  shearing  his  sheep  in  Carmel. 

3  Now  the  name  of  the  man  was  Nabal, 
and  the  name  of  his  wife  Abigail;  and  she 
was  a  Avoman  of  good  understanding,  and 
of  a  beautiful  countenance:    but  the  man 

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I  SAMUEL. 


lom  churlish  and  evil  iu  his  doiugs;  aud 
he  w(is  of  the  house  of  Caleb. 

4  Tl  And  David  heard  in  the  wilderness 
that  Nabal  did  shear  his  sheep. 

5  And  David  sent  out  ten  young  men, 
and  David  said  unto  the  young  men,  Get 
you  up  to  Carmel,  and  go  to  Nabal,  and 
greet  him  in  my  name : 

6  And  thus  shall  ye  say  to  him  that  liveth 
iti  2)rosixrit>j,  Peace  be  both  to  thee,  aud 
peace  be  to  thine  house,  and  peace  be  unto 
all  that  thou  hast. 

7  And  now  I  have  heard  that  thou  hast 
shearers :  now  thy  shepherds  which  Avere 
with  us,  we  hurt  them  not,  neither  was 
there  aught  missing  unto  them,  all  the 
while  they  were  in  Carmel. 

8  Ask  thy  young  men,  and  they  will  shew 
thee.  Wherefore  let  the  young  men  tind 
favour  in  thine  eyes;  for  we  come  in  a 
good  day:  give,  I  pray  thee,  whatsoever 
cometh  to  thine  hand  unto  thy  servants, 
and  to  th}'  son  David. 

9  And  when  David's  young  men  came, 
they  spake  to  Nabal  according  to  all  those 
words  in  the  name  of  David,  aud  ceased. 

10  ^  And  Nabal  answered  David's  serv- 
ants, and  said,  Who  in  David?  and  Avho  is- 
the  son  of  Jesse  ?  there  be  many  servants 
nowadays  that  break  away  every  man  from 
his  master. 

11  Shall  I  then  take  my  bread,  and  my 
water,  and  my  flesh  that  I  have  killed  for 
my  shearers,  and  give  it  unto  men,  Avhom 
I  know  not  Avhence  they  be? 

12  So  David's  young  men  turned  their 
way,  and  Avent  again,  and  came  and  told 
him  all  those  sayings. 

13  And  David  said  unto  his  men.  Gird 
ye  on  every  man  his  SAvord.  And  they 
girded  on  every  man  his  sword ;  and  David 
also  girded  on  his  SAvord :  and  there  went 
up  after  David  about  four  hundred  men; 
and  tAvo  hundred  abode  by  the  stuff. 

14  TI  But  one  of  the  young  men  told 
Abigail,  Nabal's  wife,  saying,  Behold,  Da- 
A'id  sent  messengers  out  of  the  Avilderness 
to  salute  our  master;  and  he  i-ailed  on 
them. 

15  But  the  men  ioere  A'cry  good  unto  us, 
and  Ave  Avere  not  hurt,  neither  missed 
Ave   any  thing,  as  long  as  Ave  were  con- 


night  and  day,  all  the  Avhile  Ave  AA'ere  with 
them  keeping  the  sheeix 

17  NoAV  therefore  knoAv  and  consider  what 
thou  Avilt  do;  for  cA^l  is  determined  against 
our  master,  and  against  all  his  household : 
for  he  is  siich  a  son  of  Belial,  that  a  man 
cannot  speak  to  him. 

18  "il  Then  Abigail  made  haste,  and  took 
tAvo  hundred  loaves,  and  tAvo  bottles  of 
Avine,  and  five  sheep  ready  dressed,  and  five 
measures  of  parched  com,  and  a  hundred 
clusters  of  raisins,  and  tAvo  hundred  cakes 
of  figs,  and  laid  the7n  on  asses. 

19  And  she  said  unto  her  serA'ants,  Go  on 
before  me ;  behold,  I  come  after  you.  But 
she  told  not  her  husband  Nabal. 

20  And  it  Avas  so,  ax  she  rode  on  the  ass, 
that  she  came  doAvn  by  the  coA-ert  of  the 
hill,  and,  behold,  David  and  his  men  came 
doAAm  against  her ;  and  she  met  them. 

21  NoAv  David  had  said,  Surely  in  vain 
have  I  kept  all  that  this  fellotv  hath  in  the 
wilderness,  so  that  nothing  Avas  missed  of 
all  that  pertained  unto  him :  and  he  hath 
requited  me  evil  for  good. 

22  So  and  more  also  do  God  unto  the 
enemies  of  David,  if  I  leave  of  all  that  ])er- 
tain  to  him  by  the  morning  light  any  that 
pisseth  against  the  Avail. 

23  And  Avhen  Abigail  saw  David,  she  hast- 
ed, and  lighted  off  the  ass,  and  fell  before 
David  on  her  face,  and  boAved  herself  to 
the  ground, 

24  And  fell  at  his  feet,  and  said,  Upon  me, 
my  lord,  iipo^i  me  let  i?ibt  iniquity  6c.-  and 
let  thine  handmaid,  I  pra}'  thee,  sj^eak  in 
thine  audience,  and  hear  the  words  of 
thine  handmaid. 

25  Let  not  my  lord,  I  pray  thee,  regai-d 
this  man  of  Belial,  even  Nabal:  for  as  his 
name  i.s,  so  is  he ;  Nabal  vi  his  name,  and 
folly  is  Avith  him:  but  I  thine  handmaid 
saAv  not  the  young  men  of  my  lord,  whom 
thou  didst  send. 

26  Now  therefore,  my  lord,  ax  the  Lord 
liveth,  and  oh  thy  soul  liA'eth,  seeing  the 
Lord  hath  withholden  thee  from  coming 
to  shed  blood,  and  from  avenging  thyself 
Avith  thine  OA\'n  hand,  uoav  let  thine  ene- 
mies, and  they  that  seek  evil  to  my  lord, 
be  as  Nabal. 

27  And  now  this  blessing  which  thine 


versaut  Avith  them,  Avhen  Ave  Avere  in  the  .  handmaid  hath  brought  unto  my  lord,  let  it 
flekls.  even  be  given  unto  the  young  men  that 

16   They    Avcre   a  Avail  imto  us  both  by  I  folloAV  my  lord. 
— 


I.  SAMUEL. 


28  I  pray  thee,  forgive  the  trespass  of 
thine  handmaid :  for  the  Lokd  vrill  eertain- 
ly  make  my  lord  a  sure  house;  because 
my  lord  flghteth  the  battles  of  the  Lord, 
and  evil  hath  not  been  found  in  thee  all 
thy  days. 

29  Yet  a  man  is  risen  to  pursue  thee,  and 
to  seek  thy  soul :  but  the  soul  of  my  lord 
shall  be  bound  in  the  bundle  of  life  with 
the  Loud  thy  God ;  and  the  souls  of  thine 
enemies,  them  shall  he  sling  out,  as  out  of 
the  middle  of  a  sling. 

30  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  the 
Loud  shall  have  done  to  my  lord  according 
to  all  the  good  that  he  hath  spoken  con- 
cerning thee,  and  shall  have  appointed  thee 
ruler  over  Israel ; 

31  That  this  shall  be  no  grief  unto  thee, 
nor  offence  of  heart  unto  my  lord,  either 
that  thou  hast  shed  blood  causeless,  or  that 
my  lord  hath  avenged  himself:  but  when 
the  Lord  shall  have  dealt  well  with  my 
lord,  then  remember  thine  handmaid. 

32  T[  And  David  said  to  Abigail,  Blessed  he 
the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  Avhieh  sent  thee 
this  da}'  to  meet  me : 

33  And  blessed  be  thy  advice,  and  blessed 
be  thou,  which  hast  kept  me  this  day  from 
coming  to  shed  blood,  and  from  avenging 
myself  with  mine  own  hand. 

34  For  in  very  deed,  o.s  the  Loud  God  of 
Israel  liveth,  which  hath  ke])t  me  back 
from  hurting  thee,  except  thou  hadst 
hasted  and  come  to  meet  me,  surely  there 
had  not  been  left  unto  Nabal  by  the  morn- 
ing light  any  that  pisseth  against  the  wall. 

35  So  David  received  of  her  hand  (7iat 
which  she  had  brought  him,  and  said  unto 
her.  Go  up  in  peace  to  thine  house ;  see,  I 
have  hearkened  to  thy  voice,  and  have  ac- 
cepted thy  person. 

36  T[  And  Abigail  came  to  Nabal;  and,  be- 
hold, he  held  a  feast  in  his  house,  like  the 
feast  of  a  king;  and  Nabal's  heart  wa.v 
merry  within  him,  for  he  ivas  very  drunk- 
en: wherefore  she  told  him  nothing,  less 
or  more,  until  the  morning  light. 

37  But  it  came  to  jxiss  in  the  morning, 
when  the  wine  was  gone  out  of  Nabal, 
and  his  wife  had  told  him  these  things, 
that  his  heart  died  within  him,  and  he 
became  a>s  a  stone. 

38  And  it  came  to  pass  about  ten  days 
after,  that  the  Loud  smote  Nabal,  that  he 
died. 


39  11  And  when  David  heard  that  Nabal 
was  dead,  he  said.  Blessed  be  the  Lord, 
that  hath  pleaded  the  cause  of  my  re- 
proach from  the  hand  of  Nabal,  and  hath 
kept  his  servant  from  evil:  for  the  Lord 
hath  returned  the  wickedness  of  Nabal 
upon  his  own  head.  And  David  sent  and 
commimed  with  Abigail,  to  take  her  to 
him  to  wife. 

40  And  when  the  servants  of  David 
were  come  to  Abigail  to  Carmel,  they 
sjiake  unto  her,  saying,  David  sent  us  unto 
thee,  to  take  thee  to  him  to  wife. 

41  And  she  arose,  and  bowed  herself  on 
her  fivce  to  the  earth,  and  said.  Behold,  let 
thine  handmaid  be  a  servant  to  wash  the 
feet  of  the  servants  of  my  lord. 

42  And  Abigail  hasted,  and  arose,  and 
rode  upon  an  ass,  with  five  damsels  of 
hers  that  went  after  her;  and  she  went 
after  the  messengers  of  David,  and  be- 
came his  wife. 

43  David  also  took  Ahinoam  of  Jezreel; 
and  they  were  also  both  of  them  his  wives. 

44  ^  But  Saul  had  given  Michal  his 
daughter,  David's  wife,  to  Phalti  the  son 
of  Laish,  which  was  of  Gallim.      • 

CHAPTER  XXVL 

AND  the  Ziphites  came  unto  Saul  to 
Gibeah,  saying,  Doth  not  David  hide 
himself  in  the  hill  of  Hachilah,  vjhic?i  is 
before  Jeshimon? 

2  Then  Saul  arose,  and  went  down  to 
the  wilderness  of  Ziph,  having  three  thou- 
sand chosen  men  of  Israel  with  him,  to 
seek  David  in  the  wilderness  of  Ziph. 

3  And  Saul  pitched  in  the  hill  of  Hach- 
ilah, which  is  before  Jeshimon,  by  the 
way.  But  David  abode  in  the  wilderness, 
and  he  saw  that  Saul  came  after  him  into 
the  wilderness. 

4  David  therefore  sent  out  spies,  and 
understood  that  Saul  was  come  in  very 
deed. 

5  U  And  David  arose,  and  came  to  the 
place  where  Saul  had  pitched:  and  David 
beheld  the  place  where  Saul  lay,  and  Ab- 
ner  the  son  of  Ner,  the  captain  of  his  host : 
and  Saul  lay  in  the  trench,  and  the  people 
pitched  round  about  him. 

6  Then  answered  David  and  said  to 
Ahimelech  the  Hittite,  and  to  Ahisbai 
the  son  of  Zeruiah,  brother  to  Joab,  say- 
ing, Who  will  go  down  with  nie  to   Saul 

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I.  SAMUEL. 


to  the  camp  ?    And  Abishai  said,  I  will  go 
down  with  thee. 

7  So  David  and  Abishai  came  to  the  peo- 
ple by  night :  and,  behold,  Saul  lay  sleep- 
ing Avithin  the  trench,  and  his  spear  stuck 
in  the  ground  at  his  bolster:  but  Abner 
and  the  people  lay  round  al)out  him. 

8  Then  said  Abishai  to  David,  God  hath 
delivered  thine  enemy  into  thine  hand 
this  day:  now  therefore  let  me  smite  him, 
I  pray  thee,  with  the  spear  even  to  the 
earth  at  once,  and  I  Avill  not  smite  him  the 
second  time. 

9  And  David  said  to  Abishai,  Destroy 
him  not :  for  who  can  stretch  forth  his 
hand  against  the  Lokd's  anointed,  and  be 
guiltless  ? 

10  David  said  furthermore.  As  the  Lokd 
liveth,  the  Lokd  shall  smite  him ;  or  his 
day  shall  come  to  die;  or  he  shall  de- 
scend into  battle,  and  perish. 

11  The  Lokd  forbid  that  I  should  stretch 
forth  mine  hand  against  the  Lord's 
anointed :  but,  I  pray  thee,  take  thou 
now  the  spear  that  is  at  his  bolster,  and 
the  cruse  of  water,  and  let  us  go. 

13  So  David  took  the  si)ear  and  the 
cruse  of  water  from  Saul's  bolster;  and 
they  gat  them  away,  and  no  man  saw  it, 
nor  knew  i7,  neither  awaked :  for  they 
were  all  asleep ;  because  a  deep  sleep  from 
the  Lord  was  fallen  upon  them. 

13  1  Then  David  went  over  to  the  other 
side,  and  stood  on  the  top  of  a  hill  afar 
off;  a  great  space  being  between  them: 

14  And  David  cried  to  the  people,  and  to 
Abner  the  son  of  Ner,  saying,  Answerest 
thou  not,  Abner?  Then  Abner  answered 
and  said.  Who  art  thou  that  criest  to  the 
king  ? 

15  And  David  said  to  Abner,  Art  not 
thou  a  valiant  man  ?  and  who  is  like  to 
thee  in  Israel?  wherefore  then  hast  thou 
not  kept  thy  lord  the  king?  for  there 
came  one  of  the  people  in  to  destroy 
the  king  thy  lord. 

16  This  thing  is  not  good  that  thou 
hast  done.  As  the  Lord  liveth,  ye  are 
worthy  to  die,  because  ye  have  not  kept 
your  master,  the  Lord's  anointed.  And 
now  see  where  the  king's  spear  is,  and 
the  cruse  of  water  that  was  at  his  bol- 
ster. 

17  And  Saul  knew  David's  voice,  and 
said.   Is  this  thy  voice,   ray    son    David? 

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And  David  said,  Jt  is  my  voice,  my  lord, 
O  king. 

18  And  he  said.  Wherefore  doth  my  lord 
thus  pursue  after  his  servant?  for  what 
have  I  done  ?  or  what  evil  is  in  mine 
hand  ? 

19  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  let  my 
lord  the  king  hear  the  words  of  his  serv- 
ant. If  the  Lord  have  stirred  thee  up 
against  me,  let  him  accept  an  offering : 
but  if  thc7j  be  the  children  of  men,  cursed 
be  they  before  the  Lord;  for  they  have 
driven  me  out  this  day  from  abiding  in 
the  inheritance  of  the  Lord,  saying.  Go, 
serve  other  gods. 

20  Now  therefore,  let  not  my  blood  fall 
to  the  earth  before  the  face  of  the  Lord  : 
for  the  king  of  Israel  is  come  out  to  seek 
a  flea,  as  when  one  doth  hunt  a  partridge 
in  the  mountains. 

21  1  Then  said  Saul,  I  have  sinned  :  re- 
turn, my  son  David ;  for  I  will  no  more 
do  thee  harm,  because  my  soul  was  pre- 
cious in  thine  eyes  this  day:  behold,  I 
have  played  the  fool,  and  have  erred  ex- 
ceedingly. 

23  And  David  answered  and  said.  Behold 
the  king's  spear!  and  let  one  of  the  young 
men  come  over  and  fetch  it. 

23  The  Lord  render  to  every  man  his 
righteousness  and  his  faithfulness  :  for  the 
Lord  delivered  thee  into  my  hand  to  day, 
but  I  would  not  stretch  forth  mine  hand 
against  the  Lord's  anointed. 

24  And,  behold,  as  thy  life  Avas  much  set 
bj"  this  day  in  mine  eyes,  so  let  my  life 
be  much  set  by  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord, 
and  let  him  deliver  me  out  of  all  tribu- 
lation. 

25  Then  Saul  said  to  David,  Blessed  be 
thou,  my  son  David :  thou  shalt  both  do 
great  ihint/s,  and  also  shalt  still  prevail. 
So  David  went  on  his  way,  and  Saul  re- 
turned to  his  place.  ** 


A^ 


CHAPTER  XXVIL 
ND  David  said  in  his  heart,  I  shall 
now  perish  one  day  by  the  hand  of 
Saul :  i?iere  i.s  nothing  better  for  me  than 
that  I  should  speedily  escape  into  the 
land  of  the  Philistines;  and  Saul  shall  de- 
spair of  me,  to  seek  me  any  more  in  any 
coast  of  Israel :  so  shall  I  escape  out  of  his 
hand. 
2  And  David  arose,  and  he  passed  over 


I.  SAMUEL. 


with  the  six  liundred  men  that  were  witli 
him  unto  Achish,  the  son  of  Maoch,  kinj^ 
of  Gath. 

3  And  David  dwelt  with  Achish  at  Gath, 
he  and  his  men,  eveiy  man  with  his  house- 
hold, emu  David  with  his  two  wives,  Ahin- 
oam  the  Jezreelitess,  and  Abigail  the  Car- 
melitess,  Nabal's  Avife. 

4  And  it  was  told  Saul  that  David  was 
fled  to  Gath :  and  he  sought  no  more 
again  for  him. 

5  TI  And  David  said  unto  Achish,  If  I 
have  now  found  grace  in  thine  eyes,  let 
them  give  me  a  place  in  some  town  in 
the  country,  that  I  may  dwell  there:  for 
why  should  thy  servant  dwell  in  the  royal 
city  with  thee  ? 

6  Then  Achish  gave  him  Ziklag  that 
day :  wherefore  Ziklag  pertaineth  unto  the 
kings  of  Judah  unto  this  day. 

7  And  the  time  that  David  dwelt  in  the 
•country  of  the  Philistines  was  a  full  year 
and  four  months. 

8  1  And  David  and  his  men  went  up, 
and  invaded  the  Geshurites,  and  the  Gez- 
rites,  and  the  Amalckites :  for  those  na- 
tions were  of  old  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land,  as  thou  goest  to  Shur,  even  unto 
the  land  of  Egypt. 

9  And  David  smote  the  land,  and  left 
neither  man  nor  woman  alive,  and  took 
away  the  sheep,  and  the  oxen,  and  the 
asses,  and  the  camels,  and  the  apparel,  and 
returned,  and  came  to  Achish. 

10  And  Achish  said.  Whither  have  ye 
made  a  road  to  day?  And  David  said, 
Against  the  south  of  Judah,  and  against 
the  south  of  the  Jerahmeelites,  and  against 
the  south  of  the  Keuites. 

11  And  David  saved  neither  man  nor 
woman  alive,  to  bring  tidmgs  to  Gath, 
saying.  Lest  they  should  tell  on  us,  saying. 
So  did  David,  and  so  vnll  he  his  manner 
all  the  while  he  dwelleth  in  the  country 
of  the  Philistines. 

12  And  Achish  believed  David,  saying. 
He  hath  made  his  people  Israel  utterly  to 
abhor  him  ;  therefore  he  shall  be  my  serv- 
ant for  ever.  <l 

CHAPTER  XXVIIL 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  those  days,  that 
the  Philistines  gathered  their  armies 
together  for  Avarfare,  to  fight  with  Israel. 
And  Achish  said  unto  David,  Know  thou 


assuredly,  that  thou  shalt  go  out  Avith  me 
to  battle,  thou  and  thy  men. 

2  And  David  said  to  Achish,  Surely  thou 
Shalt  know  what  thy  servant  can  do.  And 
Achish  said  to  David,  Therefore  Avill  I 
make  thee  keeper  of  mine  head  for  ever. 

3  T[  NoAV  Samuel  was  dead,  and  all  Israel 
had  lamented  him,  and  buried  him  in 
Ramah,  even  in  his  OAvn  city.  And  Saul 
had  put  away  those  that  had  fiuuiliar 
spirits,  and  the  wizards,  out  of  the  laud. 

4  And  the  Philistines  gathered  them- 
selves together,  and  came  and  pitched 
in  Shunem:  and  Saul  gathered  all  Israel 
together,  and  they  pitched  in  Gilboa. 

5  And  when  Saul  saw  the  host  of  the  Phi- 
listines, he  was  afraid,  and  his  heart  greatly 
trembled. 

6  And  when  Saul  inquired  of  the  Lord, 
the  Lord  answered  him  not,  neither  by 
dreams,  nor  by  Urim,  nor  by  prophets. 

7  1  Then  said  Saul  unto  his  servants. 
Seek  me  a  woman  that  hath  a  familiar 
spirit,  that  I  may  go  to  her,  and  inquire 
of  her.  And  his  servants  said  to  him, 
Behold,  there  is  a  woman  that  hath  a 
familiar  spirit  at  En-dor. 

8  And  Saul  disguised  himself,  and  put 
on  other  raiment,  and  he  went,  and  tAVO 
men  with  him,  and  they  came  to  the  wo- 
man by  night:  and  he  said,  I  pray  thee, 
diAane  unto  me  by  the  familiar  spirit,  and 
bring  me  him  up,  whom  I  shall  name  unto 
thee. 

9  And  the  woman  said  unto  him,  Behold, 
thou  knoAvest  what  Saul  hath  done,  hoAV 
he  hath  cut  off  those  that  have  familiar 
spirits,  and  the  Avizards,  out  of  the  laud: 
wherefore  then  layest  thou  a  snare  for  my 
life,  to  cause  me  to  die? 

10  And  Saul  sAvare  to  her  by  the  Lord, 
saying.  As  the  Lord  liveth,  there  shall 
no  punishment  happen  to  thee  for  this 
thing. 

11  Then  said  the  woman,  Whom  shall  I 
bring  up  unto  thee?  And  he  said.  Bring 
me  up  Samuel. 

12  And  when  the  woman  saw  Samuel, 
she  cried  with  a  loud  voice:  and  the  wo- 
man spake  to  Saul,  saying,  Why  hast  thou 
deceived  me?  for  thou  art  Saul. 

13  And  the  king  said  unto  her.  Be  not 
afraid:  for  Avhat  saAvest  thou?  And  the 
woman  said  unto  Saul,  I  saAV  gods  ascend- 
ing out  of  the  earth. 

"  305 


I.  SAMUEL. 


14  And  he  said  unto  her,  What  form  is  he 
of?  And  she  said,  An  old  man  cometh 
up;  and  he  is  covered  with  a  mantle. 
And  Saul  perceived  that  it  was  Samuel, 
and  he  stooped  with  Ids  face  to  the  ground, 
and  bowed  himself. 

15  IF  And  Samuel  said  to  Saul,  Why  hast 
thou  disquieted  me,  to  bring  me  up? 
And  Saul  answered,  I  am  sore  distressed ; 
for  the  Philistines  make  war  against 
me,  and  God  is  departed  from  me,  and 
answereth  me  no  more,  neither  by  j^roph- 
ets,  nor  by  dreams  :  therefore  I  have  called 
thee,  that  thou  mayest  make  known  unto 
me  what  I  shall  do. 

16  Then  said  Samuel,  Wherefore  then 
dost  thou  ask  of  me,  seeing  the  Lord 
is  departed  fi'om  thee,  and  is  become 
thine  enemy? 

17  And  the  Lord  hath  done  to  him,  as  he 
spake  by  me:  for  the  Lord  hath  rent  the 
kingdom  out  of  thine  hand,  and  given  it 
to  thy  neighbour,  €i'e7i  to  David : 

18  Because  thou  obeyedst  not  the  voice 
of  the  Lord,  nor  executedst  his  fierce 
wrath  upon  Amalek,  therefore  hath  the 
Lord  done  this  thing  unto  thee  this  day. 

19  Moreover  the  Lord  will  also  deliver 
Israel  with  thee  into  the  hand  of  the  Phi- 
listines :  and  to  morrow  shall  thou  and  thy 
sons  be  Avith  me:  the  Lord  also  shall  de- 
liver the  host  of  Israel  into  the  hand  of 
the  Philistines. 

20  Then  Saul  fell  straightway  all  along 
on  the  earth,  and  was  sore  afraid,  ])ecause 
of  the  words  of  Samuel :  and  there  was 
no  strength  in  him;  for  he  had  eaten  no 
bread  all  the  day,  nor  all  the  night. 

21  TI  And  the  woman  came  unto  Saul,  and 
saw  that  he  was  sore  troubled,  and  said 
unto  him.  Behold,  thine  handmaid  hath 
obeyed  thy  voice,  and  I  have  put  my  life 
in  my  hand,  and  have  hearkened  unto  thy 
words  which  thou  spakest  unto  me. 

22  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  hearken 
thou  also  unto  the  voice  of  thine  hand- 
maid, and  let  me  set  a  morsel  of  bread 
before  thee;  and  eat,  that  thou  mayest 
have  strength,  when  thou  goest  on  thy 
way. 

23  But  he  refused,  and  said,  I  will  not 
eat.  But  his  servants,  together  with  the 
woman,  compelled  him ;  and  he  hearkened 
unto  their  voice.  So  he  rose  from  the 
earth,  and  sat  upon  the  bed. 

"  '  8oy 


24  And  the  woman  had  a  fat  calf  in  the 
house;  and  she  hasted,  and  killed  it,  and 
took  flour,  and  kneaded  it,  and  did  bake 
unleavened  bread  thereof: 

25  And  she  brought  it  before  Saul,  and 
before  his  servants;  and  they  did  eat. 
Then  they  rose  up,  and  went  away  that 
night. 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 

NOW  the  Philistines  gathered  together 
all  their  armies  to  Aphek:  and  the 
Israelites  pitched  by  a  fountain  which  is 
in  Jezreel. 

2  And  the  lords  of  the  Philistines  passed 
on  by  hundreds,  and  by  thousands:  but 
David  and  his  men  passed  on  in  the 
rearward  with  Achish. 

3  Then  said  the  princes  of  the  Philistines, 
What  do  these  Hebrews  here?  And  Achish 
said  unto  the  princes  of  the  Philistines, 
Is  not  this  David,  the  servant  of  Saul 
the  king  of  Israel,  which  hath  been  Avith 
me  these  days,  or  these  years,  and  I  have 
found  no  faixlt  in  hira  since  he  fell  n?ito 
me  unto  this  day  ? 

4  And  the  princes  of  the  Philistines  Avere 
wroth  Avith  him;  and  the  princes  of  the 
Philistines  said  unto  him.  Make  this  fellow 
return,  that  he  may  go  again  to  his  place 
Avhich  thou  hast  appointed  him,  and  let 
him  not  go  down  Avith  us  to  battle,  lest  in 
the  battle  he  be  an  adversary  to  us:  for 
AvhercAvith  shoiald  he  reconcile  himself 
unto  his  master?  should  it  not  &e  Avith  the 
heads  of  these  men? 

5  Is  not  this  David,  of  Avhom  they  sang 
one  to  another  in  dances,  saying,  Saul  slew 
his  thousands,  and  David  his  ten  thousands? 

6  '^\  Then  Achish  called  David,  and  said 
unto  him.  Surely,  as  the  Lord  liveth,  thou 
hast  been  upright,  and  thy  going  out  and 
thy  coming  in  Avith  me  in  the  host  is  good 
in  ray  sight:  for  I  have  not  found  evil  in 
thee  since  the  day  of  thy  coming  unto  me 
unto  this  day:  nevertheless  the  lords  fa- 
vour thee  not. 

7  Wherefore  now  return,  and  go  in 
peace,  that  thou  displease  not  the  lords 
of  the  Philistines. 

8  Ti  And  David  said  unto  Achish,  But  Avhat 
have  I  done?  and  what  hast  thou  found  in 
thy  servant  so  long  as  I  have  been  Avith 
thee  unto  this  day,  that  I  may  not  go  fight 
against  the  enemies  of  my  lord  the 
kinc:? 


I.  SAMUEL. 


9  And  Achisli  answered  and  said  to 
David,  I  know  that  thou  art  good  in  ray 
sight,  as  an  angel  of  God:  notwithstand- 
ing the  princes  of  the  Philistines  have 
said,  He  shall  not  go  up  with  us  to  the 
battle. 

10  Wherefore  now  rise  up  early  in  the 
morning  with  thy  master's  servants  that 
are  come  with  thee:  and  as  soon  as  ye  be 
up  early  in  the  morning,  and  have  light, 
depart. 

11  So  David  and  his  men  rose  up  early 
to  depart  in  the  morning,  to  return  into 
the  land  of  the  Philistines.  And  the  Philis- 
tines went  up  to  Jezrecl.        4> 

CHAPTER  XXX. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  David  and 
his  men  were  come  to  Ziklag  on  the 
third  day,  that  the  Amalekites  had  invad- 
ed the  south,  and  Ziklag,  and  smitten  Zik- 
lag, and  burned  it  with  fire; 

2  And  had  taken  the  women  captives, 
that  were  therein:  they  slew  not  any,  either 
great  or  small,  but  carried  them  away,  and 
went  on  their  way. 

3  Tl  So  David  and  his  men  came  to  the 
city,  and,  behold,  it  ivas  burned  with  fire; 
and  their  wives,  and  their  sons,  and  their 
daughters,  were  taken  captives. 

4  Then  David  and  the  people  that  tcere 
with  him  lifted  up  their  voice  and  wept, 
until  they  had  no  more  power  to  weep. 

5  And  David's  two  wives  were  taken  cap- 
tives, Ahinoam  the  Jezreelitess,  and  Abi- 
gail the  wife  of  Nabal  the  Carmelite. 

6  And  David  was  greatly  distressed;  for 
the  people  spake  of  stoning  him,  because 
the  soul  of  all  the  people  was  grieved, 
every  man  for  his  sons  and  for  his  daugh- 
ters :  but  David  encouraged  himself  in  the 
Lord  his  God. 

7  And  David  said  to  Abiatliar  the  priest, 
Ahimclech's  son,  I  pray  thee,  bring  me 
hither  the  ephod.  And  Abiathar  brought 
thither  the  ephod  to  David. 

8  And  David  inquired  at  the  Lord,  say- 
ing. Shall  I  pursue  after  this  troop?  shall 
I  overtake  them  ?  And  he  answered  him. 
Pursue:  for  thou  shalt  surely  overtake 
t?iem^  and  without  fail  recover  all. 

9  So  David  went,  he  and  the  six  hundred 
men  that  were  with  him,  and  came  to  the 
brook  Besor,  where  those  that  were  left 
behind  stayed. 


10  But  David  i)ursued,  he  and  lour  hund- 
red men:  for  two  hundred  abode  behind, 
which  were  so  faint  that  they  could  not  go 
over  the  brook  Besor. 

11  If  And  they  found  an  Eg3-ptian  in  the 
field,  and  brought  him  to  David,  and  gave 
him  bread,  and  he  did  eat ;  and  they  made 
him  drink  water; 

12  And  they  gave  him  a  piece  of  a  cake 
of  figs,  and  two  clusters  of  raisins :  and 
when  he  had  eaten,  his  spirit  came  again 
to  him:  for  he  had  eaten  no  bread,  nor 
drunk  any  water,  three  days  and  three 
nights. 

13  And  David  said  iinto  him.  To  whom 
belo7igest  thon^  and  Avhence  arHhou?  And 
he  said,  I  am  a  j'oung  man  of  Egypt,  serv- 
ant to  an  Amalekite;  and  my  master  left 
me,  because  three  days  agone  I  fell  sick. 

14  We  made  an  invasion  112)071  the  south 
of  the  Cherethites,  and  upon  the  roast 
which  belongcth  to  Judah,  and  upon  the 
south  of  Caleb;  and  we  burned  Ziklag 
with  fire. 

15  And  David  said  to  him.  Canst  thou 
bring  me  down  to  this  company?  And  he 
said.  Swear  unto  me  by  God,  that  thou 
wilt  neither  kill  me,  nor  deliver  me  into 
the  hands  of  my  master,  and  I  will  bring 
thee  down  to  this  comjiany. 

16  1  And  when  he  had  brought  him 
down,  behold,  theij  were  spread  abroad 
upon  all  the  earth,  eating  and  drinking, 
and  dancing,  because  of  all  the  great  spoil 
that  they  had  taken  out  of  the  land  of 
the  Philistines,  and  out  of  the  land  of 
Judah. 

17  And  David  smote  them  from  the  twi- 
light even  unto  the  evening  of  the  next 
day:  and  there  escaped  not  a  man  of  them, 
save  four  hundred  young  men,  which  rode 
upon  camels,  and  fled. 

18  And  David  recovered  all  that  the 
Amalekites  had  carried  away:  and  David 
rescued  his  tAvo  wives. 

19  And  there  was  nothing  lacking  to 
them,  neither  small  nor  great,  neither  sons 
nor  daughters,  neither  spoil,  nor  any  thing 
that  they  had  takeu  to  them :  David  recov- 
ered all. 

20  And  David  took  all  the  flocks  and  the 
herds,  which  they  drave  before  those  other 
cattle,  and  said,  This  is  David's  spoil. 

21  11  And  David  came  to  the  two  hundred 
men,  which  were  so  faint  that  they  could 

m 


I.  SAMUEL. 


not  follow  David,  whom  they  had  made 
also  to  abide  at  the  brook  Besor:  and  they 
went  forth  to  meet  David,  and  to  meet 
the  people  that  were  with  him :  and  when 
David  came  near  to  the  people,  he  sa- 
luted them. 

22  Then  answered  all  the  wicked  men, 
and  men  of  Belial,  of  those  that  w^ent 
with  David,  and  said.  Because  they  went 
not  ^vith  us,  we  will  not  give  them  aught 
of  the  spoil  that  we  have  recovered,  save 
to  every  man  his  wife  and  his  children, 
that  they  may  lead  them  away,  and  de- 
part. 

23  Then  said  David,  Ye  shall  not  do  so, 
my  brethren,  with  that  which  the  Lord 
hath  given  us,  who  hath  preserved  us, 
and  delivered  the  company  that  came 
against  us  into  our  hand. 

24  For  who  will  hearken  unto  you  in 
this  matter?  but  as  his  part  is  that  goeth 
down  to  the  battle,  so  ahall  his  part  he 
that  tarrieth  by  the  stuff:  they  shall  part 
alike. 

25  And  it  was  ,w  from  that  day  forward, 
that  he  made  it  a  statute  and  an  ordin- 
ance for  Israel  unto  this  day.  i 

26  1  And  when  David  came  to  Ziklag, 
he  sent  of  the  spoil  unto  the  elders  of 
Judah,  even  to  his  friends,  saying,  Behold 
a  present  for  you  of  the  spoil  of  the  ene- 
mies of  the  Lord  ; 

27  To  them  which  v:ei'c  in  Beth-el,  and  to 
them  w^hich  viere  in  south  Ramoth,  and 
to  them  which  v^ere  in  Jattir, 

28  And  to  them  w^hich  wei'e  in  Aroer, 
and  to  them  which  were  in  Siphmoth,  and 
to  them  which  were  in  Eshtemoa, 

29  And  to  them  which  were  in  Rachal, 
and  to  them,  which  v:ere  in  the  cities  of 
the  Jerahmeelites,  and  to  them  which  were 
in  the  cities  of  the  Kenites, 

30  And  to  them  which  were  in  Hormah, 
and  to  them  which  were  in  Chor-ashan,  and 
to  them  which  were  in  Athach, 

31  And  to  them  which  were  in  Hebron, 
and  to  all  the  places  where  David  himself 
and  his  men  were  wont  to  haunt.      ^ 


N 


CHAPTER  XXXL 
JOW   the    Philistines    fought    against 
Israel:    and   the  men   of  Israel  fled 


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from  before  the  Philistines,  and  fell  down 
slain  in  mount  Gilboa. 

2  And  the  Philistines  followed  hard  upon 
Saul  and  upon  his  sons;  and  the  Philis- 
tines slew  Jonathan,  and  Abinadab,  and 
Melchi-shua,  Saul's  sons. 

3  And  the  battle  went  sore  against  Saul, 
and  the  archers  hit  him;  and  he  was 
sore  wounded  of  the  archers. 

4  Then  said  Saul  uuto  his  armourbearer. 
Draw  thy  sword,  and  thrust  me  through 
therewith ;  lest  these  uncircumcised  come 
and  thrust  me  through,  and  abuse  me. 
But  his  armourbearer  would  not ;  for  he 
was  sore  afraid.  Therefore  Saul  took  a 
sword,  and  fell  upon  it. 

5  And  when  his  armourbearer  saw  that 
Saul  was  dead,  he  fell  likewise  upon  his 
sword,  and  died  with  him. 

6  So  Saul  died,  and  his  three  sons,  and 
his  ai-mourbearer,  and  all  his  men,  that 
same  day  together. 

7  TI  And  when  the  men  of  Israel  that  were 
on  the  other  side  of  the  valley,  and  they 
that  imre  on  the  other  side  Jordan,  saw 
that  the  men  of  Israel  fled,  and  that  Saul 
and  his  sons  were  dead,  they  forsook  the 
cities,  and  fled;  and  the  Philistines  came 
and  dwelt  in  them. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow, 
when  the  Philistines  came  to  strip  the 
slain,  that  they  found  Saul  and  his  three 
sons  fallen  in  mount  Gilboa. 

9  And  they  cut  oflt  his  head,  and  stripped 
off  his  armour,  and  sent  into  the  laud  of 
the  Philistines  round  about,  to  publish 
it  in  the  house  of  their  idols,  and  among 
the  people. 

10  And  they  put  his  armour  in  the 
house  of  Ashtaroth :  and  they  fastened  his 
body  to  the  wall  of  Beth-shan. 

11  H  And  when  the  inhabitants  of  Jabesh- 
gilead  heard  of  that  which  the  Philistines 
had  done  to  Saul, 

12  All  the  valiant  men  arose,  and  went 
all  night,  and  took  the  body  of  Saul  and 
the  bodies  of  his  sous  from  the  Avail  of 
Beth-shan,  and  came  to  Jabesh,  and  burnt 
them  there. 

13  And  they  took  their  bones,  and  buried 
them  under  a  tree  at  Jabesh,  and  fasted 
seven  days.  *♦ 


THE  SECOND  BOOK  OF  SAMUEL, 

OTHERWISE  CALLED, 

THE  SECOND  BOOK  OF  THE  KINGS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass  after  the  death  of 
Saul,  wheu  David  was  returned  from 
the  slaughter  of  the  Amalekites,  and  Da- 
vid had  abode  two  days  in  Ziklag ; 

2  It  came  even  to  pass  on  the  third  day, 
that,  behold,  a  man  came  out  of  the  camp 
from  Saul  with  his  clothes  rent,  and  earth 
upon  his  head:  and  .so  it  was,  when  he 
came  to  David,  that  he  fell  to  the  eailh, 
and  did  obeisance. 

3  And  David  said  unto  him,  From  whence 
comest  thou  ?  And  he  said  unto  him,  Out 
of  the  camp  of  Israel  am  I  escaped. 

4  And  David  said  unto  him.  How  went 
the  matter?  I  pray  thee,  tell  me.  And  he 
answered,  That  the  people  are  fled  from 
the  battle,  and  many  of  the  people  also 
are  fallen  and  dead;  and  Saul  and  Jona- 
than his  son  are  dead  also. 

5  And  David  said  unto  tlie  young  man 
that  told    him,   How   knowest   thou  that  i 
Saul  and  Jonathan  his  sou  be  dead  ? 

6  And  the  young  man  that  told  him  said. 
As  I  happened  by  chance  upon  mount  Gil- 
boa,  behold,  Saul  leaned  upon  his  spear; 
and,  lo,  the  chariots  and  horsemen  followed 
hard  after  him. 

7  And  when  he  looked  behind  him,  he 
saw  me,  and  called  unto  me.  And  I  an- 
swered, Here  wn  I. 

8  And  he  said  unto  me.  Who  art  thou? 
And  I  answered  him,  I  am  an  Amalek- 
ite. 

9  He  said  imto  me  again,  Stand,  I  pray 
thee,  upon  me,  and  slay  me:  for  anguish 
is  come  upon  me,  because  my  life  is  yet 
whole  in  me. 

10  So  I  stood  upon  him,  and  slew  him, 
because  I  was  sure  that  he  could  not  live 
after  that  he  Avas  fallen:  and  I  took  the 
crown  that  vms  upon  his  head,  and  the 
bracelet  that  wam  on  his  arm,  and  have 
brought  them  hither  unto  my  lord, 

11  Then  David  took  liold  on  his  clothes, 


and  rent  them;  and  likewise  all  the  men 
that  were  Avith  him : 
13  And  they  mourned,  and  w^ept,  and 
fasted  until  even,  for  Saul,  and  for  Jona- 
than his  son,  and  for  the  i)eoijle  of  the 
LoRB,  and  for  the  house  of  Israel;  be- 
cause they  were  fallen  by  the  sword. 

13  Tf  And  David  said  unto  the  young  man 
that  told  him.  Whence  art  thou  ?  And 
he  answered,  I  am  the  son  of  a  stranger, 
an  Amalekite. 

14  And  David  said  unto  him.  How  wast 
thou  not  afraid  to  stretch  forth  thine  hand 
to  destroy  the  Loud's  anointed? 

15  And  David  called  one  of  the  young 
men,  and  said,  Go  near,  and  fall  ui)ou 
him.     And  he  smote  him  that  he  died. 

16  And  David  said  unto  him.  Thy  blood 
he  upon  thy  head;  for  thy  mouth  hath 
testified  against  thee,  saying,  I  have  slain 
the  Lord's  anointed. 

17  T[  And  David  lamented  with  this  lam- 
entation over  Saul  and  over  Jonathan 
his  son : 

18  (Also  he  bade  them  teach  the  children 
of  Judah  the  uhc  of  the  bow:  behold,  it 
is  written  in  the  book  of  Jasher:) 

19  The  beauty  of  Israel  is  slain  upon  thy 
high  places:  how  are  the  mighty  fallen! 

20  TeU  it  not  in  Gath,  publish  it  not  in 
the  streets  of  Askelon ;  lest  the  daughters 
of  the  Philistines  rejoice,  lest  the  daugh- 
ters of  the  uncircumcised  triumph. 

21  Ye  mountains  of  Gilboa,  let  there  be  no 
dew,  neither  let  there  be  rain,  upon  you, 
nor  fields  of  offerings :  for  there  the  shield 
of  the  mighty  is  vilely  cast  away,  the 
shield  of  Saul,  as  though  he  had  not  been 
anointed  with  oil, 

23  From  the  blood  of  the  slain,  from  the 
fat  of  the  mighty,  the  bow  of  Jonathan 
turned  not  back,  and  the  sword  of  Saul 
returned  not  empty, 

23  Saul  and  Jonathan  were  lovely  and 
])leasant  in  their  lives,  and  in  their  death  j 


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II.  SAMUEL 


llu;y  Averc  not  divided:   they  were  swifter 
than  eagles,  Ihey  were  strouger  thau  lions. 

24  Ye  daughters  of  Israel,  weep  over  Saul, 
who  clothed  you  iu  scarlet,  with  other  de- 
lights; who  put  ou  oruameuts  of  gold 
upon  your  apparel. 

25  How  are  the  mighty  fallen  in  the 
midst  of  the  battle!  O  Jonathan,  thou 
toast  slain  in  thine  high  places. 

26  I  am  distressed  for  thee,  my  brother 
Jonathan:  very  pleasant  hast  thou  been 
unto  me :  thy  love  to  me  was  wonderful, 
passing  the  love  of  women. 

27  How  are  the  mighty  fallen,  and  the 
M'eapous  of  war  perished !  ^ 

CHAPTER  II. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that 
David  inquired  of  the  Lord,  saying, 
Shall  I  go  up  into  any  of  the  cities  of 
Judali  V  And  the  Lokd  said  unto  him,  Go 
up.  And  David  said.  Whither  shall  I  go 
up  ?    And  he  said.  Unto  Hebron. 

2  So  David  went  up  thither,  and  his 
two  wives  also,  Ahinoam  the  Jezreelitess, 
and  Abigail  Nabal's  wife  the  Carmelite. 

3  And  his  men  that  tvere  with  him  did 
David  bring  up,  every  man  with  his  house- 
hold :  and  they  dwelt  in  the  cities  of 
Hebron. 

4  And  the  men  of  Judah  came,  and  there 
they  anointed  David  king  over  the  house 
of  Judah.  And  they  told  David,  saying. 
That  the  men  of  Jabesh-gilead  were  they 
that  buried  Saul. 

5  1[  And  David  sent  messengers  unto  the 
men  of  Jabesh-gilead,  and  said  unto  them, 
Blessed  be  ye  of  the  Loku,  that  ye  have 
shewed  this  kindness  unto  your  lord,  even 
unto  Saul,  and  have  buried  him. 

6  And  now  the  Lokd  shew  kindness  and 
truth  imto  you :  and  I  also  will  requite 
yon  this  kindness,  because  ye  have  done 
this  thing. 

7  Therefore  now  let  your  hands  be 
strengthened,  and  be  ye  valiant:  for  your 
master  Saul  is  dead,  and  also  the  house 
of  Judah  have  anointed  me  king  over 
them. 

8  1  But  Abner  the  son  of  Ner,  captain  of 
Saul's  host,  took  Ish-bosheth  the  son 
of  Saul,  and  brought  him  over  to  Ma- 
hanaim ; 

9  And  made  him  king  over  Gilead, 
and    over   the    Ashurites,   and    over    Jez- 


reel,  and   over    Eiihraim,    and   over    Ben- 
jamin, and  over  all  Israel. 

10  Ish-bosheth  Saul's  son  jvaa  fort}'  years 
old  when  he  began  to  reign  over  Israel, 
and  reigned  two  years.  But  the  house  of 
Judah  followed  David. 

11  And  the  time  that  David  was  king 
in  Hebron  over  the  house  of  Judah  was 
seven  years  and  six  months. 

12  Ti  And  Abner  the  son  of  Ner,  and  the 
servants  of  Ish-bosheth  the  son  of  Saul, 
went  out  from  Mahanaim  to  Gibeon. 

13  And  Joab  the  son  of  Zeruiah,  and  the 
servants  of  David,  went  out,  and  met  to- 
gether by  the  pool  of  Gibeon :  and  they 
sat  down,  the  one  on  the  one  side  of  the 
pool,  and  the  other  ou  the  other  side  of 
the  pool. 

14  And  Abner  said  to  Joab,  Let  the  young 
men  now  arise,  and  play  before  us.  And 
Joab  said,  Let  them  arise. 

15  Then  there  arose  and  went  over  by 
number  twelve  of  Benjamin,  which  per- 
tabied  to  Ish-bosheth  the  son  of  Saul, 
and  twelve  of  the  servants  of  David. 

16  And  they  caught  every  one  his  fellow 
by  the  head,  and  thrust  his  sword  iu  his  fel- 
low's side;  so  they  fell  down  together: 
wherefore  that  place  was  called  Helkath- 
hazzurim,  which  is  in  Gibeon. 

17  And  there  was  a  very  sore  battle  that 
day;  and  Abner  was  beaten,  and  the  men 
of  Israel,  before  the  sen'ants  of  David. 

IS  Ti  And  there  were  three  sous  of  Zeruiah 
there,  Joab,  and  Abishai,  and  Asahel :  and 
Asahel  was  as  light  of  foot  as  a  wild  roe. 

19  And  Asahel  pursued  after  Abner ;  and 
iu  going  he  turned  not  to  the  right  hand 
nor  to  the  left  from  following  Abner. 

20  Then  Abner  looked  behind  him,  and 
said.  Art  thou  Asahel?  And  he  answered, 
I  am. 

21  And  Abner  said  to  him.  Turn  thee 
aside  to  thy  right  hand  or  to  thy  left, 
and  lay  thee  hold  on  one  of  the  young 
men,  and  take  thee  his  armour.  But  As- 
ahel Avould  not  turn  aside  from  following 
of  him. 

22  And  Abner  said  again  to  Asahel,  Turn 
thee  aside  from  following  me :  wherefore 
should  I  smite  thee  to  the  ground?  how 
then  should  I  hold  up  my  face  to  Joab  thy 
brother  ? 

23  Howbeit  he  refused  to  turn  aside: 
wherefore  Abner  with  the  liiuder  end  of 


II.  SAMUEL 


the  spear  smote  biiu  imder  the  litth  rib, 
that  the  spear  eame  out  behiud  him ;  aud 
he  fell  down  there,  aud  died  iu  the  same 
place :  aud  it  came  to  pass,  that  as  jnauy 
as  came  to  the  place  Avhere  Asahel  fell 
dowu  aud  died  stood  still. 

24  Joab  also  and  Abishai  pursued  after 
Abner :  and  the  sun  went  dowu  when  they 
were  come  to  the  hill  of  Ammah,  that  Udh 
before  Giah  by  the  way  ot  the  wilderness 
of  Gibeon. 

25  ^  And  the  children  of  Benjamin  gath- 
ered themselves  totrether  after  Abner,  and 


8  And  his  second,  Chileab,  of  Abij^aii  the  j 
wife  of  Nabal  the  Carmelite;  aud  the  third, 
Absalom  the  son  of  Miuicah  the  daughter 
of  Talmai  king  of  Geshur ;  \ 

4  And  the  fourth,  Adonijah  the  son  of  j 
Haggith;  aud  the  tifth,  Shei>hatiuh  the  sou  ' 
ofAbital;  ! 

5  And  the  sixth,  Ithream,  by  Eglah  Da-  I 
vid's  wife.  These  were  born  to  David  iu  | 
Hebron.  j 

a  Ti  And  it  came  to  pass,  while  there  was 
war  between  the  house  of  Saul  and  the 
house  of  David,  that  Abner  made  himself 


became  one  troop,  and  stood  ou  the  top  of  {  strong  for  the  house  of  Saul. 


a  hill. 

26  Then  Abner  called  to  Joab,  and  said, 
Shall  the  sword  devour  for  ever?  knowest 
thou  not  that  it  will  be  bitterness  in  the 
latter  end  ?  how  long  shall  it  be  then,  ere 
thou  bid  the  people  return  from  following 
their  brethren  ? 

27  Aud  Joab  said.  As  God  liveth,  unless 
thou  hadst  spoken,  surely  then  iu  the 
morning  the  people  had  gone  up  every  one 
from  following  his  brother. 

28  So  Joab  blew  a  trumpet,  and  all  the 
peojile  stood  still,  aud  pursued  after  Is- 
rael no  more,  neither  fought  they  any 
more. 

29  And  Abner  and  his  men  walked  all 
that  night  through  the  plain,  and  passed 
over  Jordan,  and  Aveut  through  all  Bith- 
ron,  and  they  came  to  Mahanaim. 

'SO  And  Joab  returned  from  following 
Abner:  and  when  he  had  gathered  all  the 
people  together,  there  lacked  of  David's 
servants  nineteen  men  and  Asahel. 

31  But  the  servants  of  David  had  smitten 
of  Benjamin,  and  of  Abner's  men,  so  (hat 
three  hundred  and  threescore  men  died. 


7  And  Saul  had  a  concubine,  whose  name 
ivas  Rizpah,  the  daughter  of  Aiah :  and  Lsh- 
bosheth  said  to  Aljuer,  Wherefore  hast  thou 
gone  in  unto  my  lather's  coucubiuey 

8  Then  was  Al)ner  very  wroth  for  the 
words  of  Ish-bosheth,  and  said,  Am  I  a 
dog's  head,  which  against  Judah  do  shew 
kindness  this  day  unto  the  house  of  Saul 
thy  father,  to  his  brethren,  and  to  his 
friends,  aud  have  not  delivered  thee  into 
the  hand  of  David,  that  thou  chargest  me 
to  day  with  a  fault  concerning  this  avo- 
mau  ? 

9  So  do  God  to  Abner,  and  more  also, 
except,  as  the  Loud  hath  SAvorn  to  David, 
even  so  I  do  to  him; 

10  To  translate  the  kingdom  from  the 
house  of  Saul,  and  to  set  up  the  throne  of 
David  over  Israel  and  over  Judah,  from 
Dan  even  to  Beer-sheba. 

11  Aud  he  could  not  answer  Abner  a  Avord 
agaiu,  because  he  feared  him. 

13  ^  And  Abner  sent  messengers  to  Da- 
vid on  his  behalf,  saying,  Whose  is  the 
land?  saying  also.  Make  thy  league  Avith 
me,  and,  behold,   my  hand  shall  be  Avith 


33  1  Aud  they  took  up  Asahel,  and  buried    thee,  to  bring  about  all  Israel  unto  thee. 


him  in  the  sepulchre  of  his  father,  which 
toas  iu  Beth-lehem.  And  Joab  and  his  men 
went  all  night,  and  they  came  to  Hebron 
at  break  of  day.  ^ 

CHAPTER  III. 

NOW  there  was  long  Avar  between  the 
house  of  Saul  aud  the  house  of  DaA'id : 
but  David  waxed  stronger  aud  stronger, 
and  the  house  of  Saul  Avaxed  weaker  and 
weaker. 

3  T[  And  unto  David  Avere  sons  born  in 
Hebron:  aud  his  firstborn  Avas  Amnou, 
of  Ahinoam  the  Jezreelitess; 


13  ^  Aud  he  said.  Well ;  I  Avill  make  a 
league  Avith  thee:  but  one  thing  I  require 
of  thee,  that  is.  Thou  shalt  not  see  my  face, 
except  thou  first  bring  Michal  Saul's 
daughter,  Avhen  thou  comest  to  see  my 
face. 

14  And  David  sent  messengers  to  Ish- 
bosheth  Saul's  son,  saying.  Deliver  7ne  my 
wife  Michal,  which  I  espoused  to  me  for  a 
hundred  foreskins  of  the  Philistines. 

15  And  Ish-bosheth  sent,  and  took  her 
from  her  husband,  evcti  from  Phalticl  the 
son  of  Laish. 

10  And  her  husband  Avent  Avith  her  along 
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II.  SAMUEL, 


wcepint^  behind  her  to  Bahurim.  Then 
said  Abner  iiuto  him,  Go,  return.  And  he 
returned. 

17  Tl  And  Abner  had  communication  with 
the  elders  of  Israel,  saying,  Ye  sought  for 
David  in  times  past  to  be  king  over  you : 

18  Now  then  do  it:  for  the  Loud  hath 
spoken  of  David,  saying,  By  the  hand  of 
my  servant  David  I  will  save  my  ]x'ople 
Israel  out  of  the  hand  of  the  Philistines, 
and  out  of  the  hand  of  all  their  enemies. 

19  And  Abner  also  spake  in  the  ears  of 
Benjamin :  and  Abner  went  also  to  speak 
in  the  ears  of  David  in  Hebron  all  that 
seemed  good  to  Israel,  and  that  seemed 
good  to  the  whole  house  of  Benjamin. 

20  So  AlDner  came  to  David  to  Hebron, 
and  twenty  men  with  him.  And  David 
made  Abner  and  the  men  that  ivere  with 
him  a  feast. 

21  And  Abner  said  unto  David,  I  will 
arise  and  go,  and  will  gather  all  Israel  unto 
my  lord  the  king,  that  they  may  make  a 
league  with  thee,  and  that  thou  mayest 
reign  over  all  that  thine  heart  desireth. 
And  David  sent  Abner  away;  and  he  went 
in  peace. 

22  1  And,  behold,  the  servants  of  David 
and  Joab  came  from  purHning  a  troop,  and 
brought  in  a  great  spoil  with  them:  but 
Abner  vms  not  with  David  in  Hebron ;  for 


28  "il  And  afterward  wlicn  David  heard  i7, 
he  said,  I  and  my  kingdom  are  guiltless 
before  the  Loud  for  ever  from  the  blood 
of  Abner  the  son  of  Ner: 

29  Let  it  rest  on  the  head  of  Joab,  and 
on  all  his  father's  house;  and  let  there 
not  fail  from  the  house  of  Joab  one  that 
hath  an  issue,  or  that  is  a  leper,  or  that 
leaneth  on  a  stafl",  or  that  falleth  on  the 
sword,  or  that  lacketh  bread. 

30  So  Joab  and  Abisliai  his  brother  slew 
Abner,  because  he  had  slain  their  brother 
Asahel  at  Gibeou  in  the  battle. 

31  Tl  And  David  said  to  Joab,  and  to  all 
the  people  that  were  with  him.  Rend  your 
clothes,  and  gird  you  with  sackcloth,  and 
mourn  before  Abner.  And  king  David 
himself  followed  the  bier, 

32  And  they  buried  Abner  in  Hebron: 
and  the  king  lifted  up  his  voice,  and  wept 
at  the  grave  of  Abner;  and  all  the  people 
wept. 

33  And  the  king  lamented  over  Abner, 
and  said.  Died  Abner  as  a  fool  dieth  ? 

34  Thy  hands  viere  not  bound,  nor  thy 
feet  put  into  fetters :  as  a  man  falleth  be- 
fore wicked  men,  so  fellest  thou.  And  all 
the  people  wept  again  over  him. 

35  And  when  all  the  people  came  to 
cause  David  to  eat  meat  Avhile  it  was  yet 
day,  David  sware,  saying.  So  do   God  to 


he  had  sent  him  away,  and  he  was  gone  in  !  me,  and  more  also,   if  I  taste  *read 


peace. 

23  When  Joab  and  all  the  host  that  was 
with  him  were  come,  they  told  Joab,  say- 
ing, Abner  the  son  of  Ner  came  to  the 
king,  and  he  hath  sent  him  away,  and  he  is 
gone  in  peace. 

24  Then  Joab  came  to  the  king,  and  said. 
What  hast  thou  done?  behold,  Abner  came 
unto  thee;  why  iVs  it  that  thou  hast  sent 
him  away,  and  he  is  quite  gone  ? 

25  Thou  knowest  Abner  the  son  of  Ner, 
that  he  came  to  deceive  thee,  and  to  know 
thy  going  out  and  thy  coming  in,  and  to 
know  all  that  thou  doest, 

26  And  when  Joab  was  come  out  from 
David,  he  sent  messengers  after  Abner, 
which  brought  him  again  from  the  Avell  of 
Sirah :  but  David  knew  it  not, 

27  And  when  Abner  was  returned  to 
Hebron,  Joab  took  him  aside  in  the  gate 
to  speak  Avith  him  quietly,  and  smote 
him  there  imder  the  fifth  rib^  that  he 
died,  for  the  blood  of  Asahel  his  brother, 

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aught  else,  till  the  sun  be  down. 

36  And  all  the  people  took  notice  of  if, 
and  it  pleased  them :  as  whatsoever  the 
king  did  pleased  all  the  people. 

37  For  all  the  people  and  all  Israel  under- 
stood that  day  that  it  was  not  of  the  king 
to  slay  Abner  the  son  of  Ner. 

38  And  the  king  said  unto  his  servants, 
Know  ye  not  that  there  is  a  prince  and  a 
great  man  fallen  this  day  in  Israel  ? 

39  And  I  am  this  day  weak,  though 
anointed  king;  and  these  men  the  sous  of 
Zeruiah  be  too  hard  for  me:  the  Louu 
shall  reward  the  doer  of  evil  according  to 
his  wickedness.  *s«» 

CHAPTER  IV. 

AND  when  Saiil's  sou  heard  that  Ab- 
ner was  dead  in  Hebron,  his  hands 
were  feeble,  and  all  the  Israelites  were 
troubled. 

2  And  Saul's  son  had  two  men  t?iat  were 
captains   of  bands:  the  name  of  the  one 


II.  SAMUEL. 


was  Baaimh,  and  the  name  of  the  other 
Keebab,  the  sous  of  Kiminon  a  Beeroth- 
ite,  of  the  childreu  of  Beujauiiu:  (for 
Beeroth  also  was  reekoued  to  Benjamin: 

3  And  the  Beerothites  fled  to  Gittaim, 
and  Avere  sojourners  there  until  this  day.) 

4  And  Jonathan,  Saul's  sou,  had  a  son 
that  ivas  lame  of  his  feet.  He  was  tive 
years  old  when  the  tidings  came  of  Saul 
and  Jonathan  out  of  Jezreel,  and  his 
nurse  took  him  up,  and  fled :  and  it  came 
to  pass,  as  she  made  haste  to  flee,  that 
he  fell,  and  became  lame.  And  his  uame 
was  Mephibosheth. 

5  And  the  sons  of  Rimmon  the  Beeroth- 
ite,  Rechab  and  Baanah,  went,  and  came 
about  {he  heat  of  the  day  to  the  house 
of  Ish-bosheth,  who  lay  on  a  bed  at  noon. 

6  And  they  came  thither  into  the  midst 
of  the  house,  as  though  they  would  have 
fetched  wheat;  and  they  smote  him  under 
the  fifth  rib:  and  Rechab  and  Buauah  his 
brother  escajjed. 

7  For  when  they  came  into  the  house,  he 
laj'  on  his  bed  iu  his  bedchamber,  and 
they  smote  him,  and  slew  him,  and  l)e- 
headed  him,  and  took  his  head,  and  gat 
them  away  through  the  plain  all  uight. 

8  And  they  brought  the  head  of  Ish-bo- 
sbeth  unto  David  to  Hebron,  and  said 
to  the  king.  Behold  the  head  of  Ish-bo- 
sbeth  the  son  of  Saul  thine  enemy,  which 
sought  thy  life;  and  the  Lokd  hath  aveng- 
ed my  lord  the  king  this  day  of  Saul,  and 
of  his  seed. 

9  ^I  And  David  answered  Recbab  and 
Baanab  bis  l)rother,  the  sons  of  Rimmon 
tbe  Beerothite,  and  said  unto  them.  As 
the  Lord  livetb,  who  bath  redeemed  my 
soul  out  of  all  adversity, 

10  When  one  told  me,  saying.  Behold, 
Saul  is  dead,  thinking  to  have  brought 
good  tidings,  I  took  bold  of  him,  and  slew 
him  in  Ziklag,  who  thought  that  I  would 
have  given  him  a  reward  for  bis  tidings : 

11  How  much  more,  when  wicked  men 
have  slain  a  righteous  person  iu  his  own 
bouse  upon  bis  bed?  shall  I  not  there- 
fore now  require  his  blood  of  your  baud, 
and  take  you  away  from  the  earth? 

12  And  David  commanded  bis  young 
men,  and  they  slew  them,  and  cut  off 
their  bands  and  their  feet,  and  hanged 
them  up  over  the  pool  iu  Hebron.  But 
they  took  the  bead   of  Isb-l)06beth,   and 


buried  it  in  the  sciMilchre  of  Abncr  in 
Hebron.    ** 

CHAPTER  V. 

THEN  came  all  the  tribes  of  Israel  to 
David  uuto  Hebron,  and  spake,  say- 
ing. Behold,  we  are  thy  bone  and  thy  flesh. 

2  Also  in  time  past,  when  Saul  was  king 
over  us,  thou  w\ast  be  that  leddest  out  and 
brought  est  iu  Israel:  and  the  Lord  said 
to  thee.  Thou  shalt  feed  my  people  Israel, 
and  thou  shalt  be  a  captain  over  Israel. 

3  So  all  tbe  elders  of  Israel  came  to 
the  king  to  Hebron;  and  king  David 
made  a  league  with  them  in  Hebron 
before  the  Lord:  and  they  anointed  Da- 
vid king  over  Israel. 

4  TI  David  was  thirty  years  old  when  be 
began  to  reign,  a7id  he  reigned  forty 
years. 

5  In  Hebron  be  reigned  over  Judab  seven 
years  and  six  months:  and  in  Jerusa- 
lem be  reigned  thirty  and  three  years 
over  all  Israel  and  Judab. 

6  H  And  tbe  king  and  bis  men  went  to 
Jerusalem  unto  the  Jcbusites,  tbe  inhab- 
itants of  tbe  land :  which  spake  uuto  Da- 
vid, saying.  Except  thou  take  away  the 
blind  and  the  lame,  thou  shalt  not  come 
in  hither:  thinking,  David  cannot  come 
in  hither. 

7  Nevertheless,  David  took  the  strong 
bold  of  Zion:  tbe  same  is  the  city  of 
David. 

8  And  David  said  on  that  day,  Whoso- 
ever getteth  up  to  the  gutter,  and  smit- 
eth  tbe  Jebusites,  and  tbe  lame  and  the 
blind,  that  are  bated  of  David's  soul,  he 
shall  be  chief  and  cajAaiii.  Wherefore  they 
said.  The  blind  aud  tbe  lame  shall  not 
come  into  tbe  house. 

9  So  David  dwelt  in  the  fort,  and  called 
it  tbe  city  of  David.  And  David  built 
round  about  from  Millo  and  inward. 

10  And  David  went  on,  aud  grew  great, 
and  tbe  Lord  God  of  hosts  vns  with  him. 

11  H  Aud  Hiram  king  of  Tyre  sent  mes- 
sengers to  David,  and  cedar  trees,  and 
carpenters,  and  masons:  and  they  built 
David  a  bouse. 

12  And  David  perceived  that  the  Lord 
had  established  him  king  over  Israel, 
and  that  he  bad  exalted  bis  kingdom  for 
bis  people  Israel's  sake. 

13  IT  And  David  took  Jam  more  concu- 
l>ines   and   wives   out   of  Jerusalem,   after 

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IT.  SAMUEL. 


he  was  come  from  Hebrou:  and  there  l  Judali,  to  brini:;  iip  from  thenee  the  ark  of 
Avere  yet  sods  and  daughters  boru  to  !  God,  whose  name  is  ealkd  by  the  name  of 
David.  j  the  Loud   of  hosts   that   dwelleth  betweai 

14  And  these  he  the  names  of  those  that    the  eherubim. 


were  born  unto  him  in  Jerusalem;  Sham- 
muah,  and  Shobab,  and  Nathan,  and 
Solomon, 

15  Ibhar  also,  and  Elishua,  and  Nepheg, 
and  Japhia, 

16  And  Elishama,  and  Eliada,  and  Eli- 
phalct. 

17  TI  But  when  the  Philistines  heard  that 
they  had  anointed  David  king  over  Is- 
rael, all  the  Philistines  eame  up  to  seek 
David;  and  David  heard  of  it,  and  went 
down  to  the  hold. 

18  The  Philistines  also  came  and  spread 
themselves  in  the  valley  of  Rephaim. 

19  And  David  inquired  of  the  Loud,  say- 
ing, Shall  I  go  up  to  the  Philistines?  wilt 
thou  deliver  them  into  mine  hand?  And 
the  Lord  said  unto  David,  Go  up :  for  I 
will  doubtless  deliver  the  Philistines  into 
thine  hand. 

20  And  David  came  to  Baal-perazim, 
and  David  smote  them  there,  and  said, 
The  LoKi>  hath  broken  forth  upon  mine 
enemies  before  me,  as  the  breach  of 
waters.  Therefore  he  called  the  name  of 
that  place  Baal-perazim. 

21  And  there  they  left  their  images, 
and  David  and  his  men  burned  them. 

22  H  And  the  Philistines  came  up  yet 
again,  and  spread  themselves  in  the  valley 
of  Rephaim. 

23  And  when  David  inquired  of  the  Lord, 
he  said,  Thou  shalt  not  go  up;  but  fetch 
a  compass  behind  them,  and  come  upon 
them  over  against  the  mulberry  trees. 

24  And  let  it  be,  when  thou  hearest  the 
sound  of  a  going  in  the  tops  of  the  mul- 
berry trees,  that  then  thou  shalt  bestir 
thyself:  for  then  shall  the  Lord  go  out 
before  thee,  to  smite  the  host  of  the 
Philistines. 

25  And  David  did  so,  as  the  Lord  had 
commanded  him;  and  smote  the  Philis- 
tines from  Geba  until  thou  come  to  Gazer. 


CHAPTER  VI. 


A 


3  And  they  set  the  ark  of  God  upon  a 
new  cart,  and  brought  it  out  of  the  house 
of  Abinadab  that  wcm  in  Gibeah:  and 
Uzzah  and  Ahio,  the  sons  of  Abinadab, 
drave  the  new  cart. 

4  And  they  brought  it  out  of  the  house 
of  Abinadab  which  im.s  at  Gibeah,  ac- 
companying the  ark  of  God:  and  Ahio 
went  before  the  ark. 

5  And  David  and  all  the  house  of  Israel 
played  before  the  Lord  on  all  manner 
of  inatrnmcnts  made  of  fir  wood,  even  on 
harps,  and  on  psalteries,  and  on  timbrels, 
and  on  cornets,  and  on  cymbals. 

6  1j  And  when  they  came  to  Nachon's 
threshiugttoor,  Uzzah  put  forth  Ai.s  hnml 
to  the  ark  of  God,  and  took  hold  ot  it ;  for 
the  oxen  shook  it. 

7  And  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  kindled 
against  Uzzah,  and  God  smote  him  there 
for  /<t,s'  error;  and  there  he  died  by  the  ark 
of  God. 

8  And  David  was  displeased,  because 
the  Lord  had  made  a  breach  upon  Uzzah: 
and  he  called  the  name  of  the  place 
Perez-uzzah  to  this  day. 

9  And  David  was  afraid  of  the  Lord 
that  day,  and  said,  How  shall  the  ark  of 
the  Lord  come  to  me? 

10  So  David  would  not  remove  the  ark 
of  the  Lord  unto  him  into  the  city  of 
David :  but  David  carried  it  aside  into  the 
house  of  Obed-edom  the  Gittite. 

11  And  the  ark  of  the  Lord  continued 
in  the  house  of  Obed-edom  the  Gittite 
three  months:  and  the  Lord  blessed 
Obed-edom,  and  all  his  household. 

12  H  And  it  Avas  told  king  David,  saying. 
The  Lord  hath  blessed  the  house  of  Obed- 
edom,  and  all  that  pertaiiieth  unto  him, 
because  of  the  ark  of  God.  So  David  went 
and  brought  up  the  ark  of  God  from  the 
house  of  Obed-edom  into  the  city  of 
David  Avith  gladness. 

13  And  it  Avas  .so,  that  when  they  that 
bare  the  ark  of  the  Lord  had  gone  six 


GAIN,    David    gathered    together    all    i^aces,  he  sacrificed  oxen  and  fatlings 


the  chosen  vien  of  Israel,  thirty  thou- 
sand. 

2  And  David  arose,  and  Avent  Avith  all  the 
people  that  were  Avith  him   from  Baiile  of 


14  And  David  danced  before  the  Lord 
Avith  all  liis  might;  and  David  was  girded 
with  a  linen  ephod. 

15  So  David  and  all  the  house  of  Israel 


II.  SAMUEL. 


brought  up  the,   ark    of  the    Lokd   Avith  |  that  is- in  thiuc  lieart;  for  the  Loud  i.s- with 


shouting,  and  with  the  sound  of  the 
trumpet. 

16  And  as  the  ark  of  the  Lokd  came  into 
the  city  of  David,  Michal  Saul's  daughter 
looked  through  a  window,  and  saw  king- 
David  leaping  and  dancing  before  the 
Lord  ;  and  she  despised  him  in  her  heart. 

17  If  And  they  brought  iu  the  ark  of  the 
Lord,  and  set  it  in  his  place,  in  the  midst 
of  the  tabernacle  that  David  had  pitched 
for  it :  and  David  offered  burnt  offerings 
and  peace  offerings  before  the  Lord. 

18  And  as  soon  as  David  had  made  an 
end  of  offering  burnt  offerings  and  peace 
offerings,  he  blessed  the  people  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

19  And  he  dealt  among  all  the  people, 
even  among  the  whole  multitude  of  Israel, 
as  well  to  the  women  as  men,  to  every 
one  a  cake  of  bread,  and  a  good  piece  of 

fleshy  and  a  flagon  of  wine.  So  all  the  peo- 
ple departed  every  one  to  his  house. 


thee. 

4  1  And  it  came  to  pass  that  night,  that 
the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  Nathan, 
saying, 

5  Go  and  tell  my  servant  David,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord,  Shalt  thou  build  me  a 
house  for  me  to  dwell  in  ? 

6  Whereas  I  have  not  dwelt  in  aiiy  house 
since  the  time  that  I  brought  up  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  out  of  Egypt,  even  to  this 
day,  but  have  walked  in  a  tent  and  in  a 
tabernacle. 

7  In  all  the  pkices  wherein  I  have  walked 
with  all  the  children  of  Israel  spake  I  a 
word  with  any  of  the  tribes  of  Israel, 
whom  I  commanded  to  feed  my  people 
Israel,  saying,  Why  build  ye  not  me  a 
house  of  cedar? 

8  Now  therefore  so  shalt  thou  say  unto 
my  servant  David,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  I  took  thee  from  the  sheci)cotc, 
from  following  the  sheep,  to  be  ruler  over 


20  T[  Then  David  returned  to  bless  his    my  people,  over  Israel 


household.  And  Michal  the  daughter  of 
Saul  came  out  to  meet  David,  and  said, 
How  glorious  was  the  king  of  Israel  to 
day,  who  uncovered  himself  to  day  in  the 
eyes  of  the  handmaids  of  his  servants,  as 
one  of  the  vain  fellows  shamelessly  un- 
covereth  himself! 

21  And  David  said  unto  Michal,  It  was 
before  the  Lord,  which  chose  me  before 
thy  father,  and  before  all  his  house,  to  ap- 
point me  ruler  over  the  people  of  the 
Lord,  over  Israel:  therefore  will  I  play 
before  the  Lord. 

22  And  I  will  yet  be  more  vile  than  thus, 
and  will  be  base  in  mine  own  sight:  and 
of  the  maidservants  which  thou  hast 
spoken  of,  of  them  shall  I  be  had  iu 
honour. 

23  Therefore  Michal  the  daughter  of  Saul 
had  no  child  unto  the  day  of  her  death.   .^ 

CHAPTER   VII. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  king 
sat  in  his  house,  and  the  Lord  had 
given  him  rest  round  about  from  all  his 
enemies ; 

2  That  the  king  said  unto  Nathan  the 
prophet.  See  now,  I  dwell  iu  a  house  of 
cedar,  but  the  ark  of  God  dwellcth  within 
curtains. 

3  And  Nathan  said  to  the  king.  Go,  do  all 


9  And  I  was  with  thee  whithersoever 
thou  wentest,  and  have  cut  off  all  thine 
enemies  out  of  thy  sight,  and  have  made 
thee  a  great  name,  like  unto  the  name 
of  the  great  me7i  that  are  in  the  earth. 

10  Moreover  I  will  appoint  a  place  for 
my  people  Israel,  and  will  plant  them, 
that  they  may  dwell  in  a  place  of  the* 
own,  and  move  no  more;  neither  shall 
the  children  of  wickedness  afflict  them  any 
more,  as  beforetime, 

11  And  as  since  the  time  that  I  com- 
manded judges  to  be  over  my  people  Israel, 
and  have  caused  thee  to  rest  from  all 
thine  enemies.  Also  the  Lord  telleth  thee 
that  he  will  make  thee  a  house. 

12  1  And  when  thy  days  be  fulfilled,  and 
thou  Shalt  sleep  with  thy  fathers,  I  will 
set  up  thy  seed  after  thee,  which  shall 
proceed  out  of  thy  bowels,  and  I  will 
establish  his  kingdom. 

13  He  shall  build  a  house  for  my  name, 
and  I  will  stablish  the  throne  of  his  king- 
dom for  ever. 

14  I  will  be  his  father,  and  he  shall  be  my 
son.  If  he  commit  iniquity,  I  will  chasten 
him  with  the  rod  of  men,  and  with  the 
stripes  of  the  children  of  men  : 

15  But   my  mercy  shall  not  dci)art  away  j 
from  him,  as  I  took  it  from  Saul,  whoiu  I 
put  away  before  thee. 

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II.  SAMUEL. 


16  And  thine  lioiiso  and  thy  kingdom 
shall  be  established  for  ever  before  thee: 
thy  throne  shall  be  established  for  ever. 

17  Aecording  to  all  these  words,  and  ac- 
cording to  all  this  vision,  so  did  Nathan 
speak  unto  David. 

18  If  Then  went  king  David  in,  and  sat 
before  the  Loud,  and  he  said.  Who  am  I, 
O  Lord  God  ?  and  what  i.s-  my  house,  that 
thou  hast  brought  me  hitherto? 

19  And  this  was  yet  a  small  thing  in  thy 
sight,  O  Lord  God  ;  but  thou  hast  spoken 
also  of  thy  servant's  house  for  a  great 
while  to  come.  And  U  this  the  manner  of 
man,  O  Lord  God  ? 

20  And  what  can  David  say  more  unto 
thee?  for  thou.  Lord  God,  knowest  thy 
servant. 

21  For  thy  word's  sake,  and  according  to 
thine  own  heart,  hast  thou  done  all  these 
great  things,  to  make  thy  servant  know 
them. 

2,'J  Wherefore  thou  art  great,  O  Lord 
God :  for  there  is  none  like  thee,  neither 
is  there  any  God  besides  thee,  according 
to  all  that  we  have  heai'd  with  our 
ears. 

23  And  what  one  nation  in  the  earth  is 
like  thy  people,  eveti  like  Israel,  whom  God 
went  to  redeem  for  a  people  to  himself, 
and  to  make  him  a  name,  and  to  do  for 
you  great  things  and  terrible,  for  thy  land, 
before  thy  people,  which  thou  redeemedst 
to  thee  from  Egypt,  from  the  nations  and 
their  gods  ? 

24  For  thou  hast  confirmed  to  thyself  thy 
people  Israel  to  be  a  people  imto  thee  for 
ever:  and  thou,  Lokd,  art  become  their 
God. 

25  And  noAV,  O  Lord  God,  the  word  that 
thou  hast  spoken  concerning  thy  servant, 
and  concerning  his  house,  establish  it  for 
ever,  and  do  as  thou  hast  said. 

26  And  let  thy  name  be  magnified  for 
ever,  saying,  The  Loud  of  hosts  z.s  the 
God  over  Israel :  and  let  the  house  of 
thy  servant  David  be  established  before 
thee. 

27  For  thou,  O  Lord  of  hosts,  God  of  Is- 
rael, host  revealed  to  thy  servant,  saying,  I 
will  build  thee  a  house :  therefore  hath  thy 
servant  found  in  his  heai't  to  pray  this 
prayer  unto  thee. 

28  And  now,  O  Lord  God,  thou  art  that 
God,   and   thy  Avords   ])e   true,   and  thou 


hast  promised  this  goodness  unto  thy 
servant : 

29  Therefore  now  let  it  please  thee  to 
bless  the  house  of  thy  servant,  that  it  may 
continue  for  ever  before  thee :  for  thou, 
O  Lord  God,  hast  spoken  it :  and  with  thy 
blessing  let  the  house  of  thy  servant  be 
blessed  for  ever.         » 

CHAPTER  VIIL 

AND  after  this  it  came  to  pass,  that 
David  smote  the  Philistines,  and  sub- 
dued them :  and  David  took  Metheg- 
ammah  out  of  the  hand  of  the  Philis- 
tines. 

2  And  he  smote  Moab,  and  measured 
them  with  a  line,  casting  them  down  to  the 
ground;  even  with  two  lines  measured  he 
to  put  to  death,  and  with  one  full  line  to 
keep  alive.  And  .so  the  Moabites  became 
David's  servants,  and  brought  gifts. 

3  T[  David  smote  also  Hadadezer,  the 
son  of  Rehob,  king  of  Zobah,  as  he  went 
to  recover  his  border  at  the  river  Eu- 
phrates. 

4  And  David  took  from  him  a  thousand 
chariots,  and  seven  hundred  horsemen,  and 
twenty  thousand  footmen :  and  David 
houghed  all  the  chariot  horses,  but  reserved 
of  ihoin  for  a  hundred  chariots. 

5  And  when  the  Syrians  of  Damascus 
came  to  succour  Hadadezer  king  of  Zobah, 
David  slew  of  the  Syrians  two  and  twenty 
thousand  men. 

6  Then  David  put  garrisons  in  Syria  of 
Damascus :  and  the  Syrians  became  serv- 
ants to  David,  and  brought  gifts.  And  the 
Lord  preserved  David  whithersoever  he 
went. 

7  And  David  took  the  shields  of  gold  that 
were  on  the  servants  of  Hadadezer,  and 
brought  them  to  Jerusalem. 

8  And  from  Betah,  and  from  Berothai, 
cities  of  Hadadezer,  king  David  took  ex- 
ceeding much  brass. 

9  H  When  Toi  king  of  Hamath  heard  that 
David  had  smitten  all  the  host  of  Hadade- 
zer, 

10  Then  Toi  sent  Joram  his  son  unto 
king  David,  to  salute  him,  and  to  bless 
him,  because  he  had  fought  against  Ha- 
dadezer, and  smitten  him:  for  Hadad- 
ezer had  Avars  Avith  Toi.  And  Joram 
brought  Avith  him  vessels  of  silver,  and 
A'cssels  of  gold,  aiul  A'cssels  of  brass: 


II.  SAMUEL. 


11  Wliich  also  king  ]:>avid  did  dedicate 
Tinto  the  Lord,  with  the  silver  aud  gold 
that  he  had  dedicated  of  all  nations 
which  he  subdued ; 

13  Of  Syria,  and  of  Moab,  and  of  the 
cliildren  of  Amnion,  and  of  the  Philis- 
tines, and  of  Amalek,  aud  of  the  spoil  of 
Hadadczer,  son  of  Rehob,  king  of  Zobah. 

13  And  David  gat  hha  a  name  when  he 
i-eturned  from  smiting  of  the  Syrians  in 
the  valley  of  salt,  being  eigliteeu  thou- 
sand me7i. 

14  ^  And  he  put  garrisons  in  Edom; 
throughout  all  Edom  put  he  garrisons, 
and  all  they  of  Edom  became  David's 
servant^.  And  the  Lokd  preserved  David 
whithersoever  he  went. 

15  And  David  reigned  over  all  Israel; 
and  David  executed  judgment  and  justice 
unto  all  his  people. 

16  And  Joab  the  son  of  Zeruiah  was 
over  the  host;  and  Jehoshaphat  the  son 
of  Ahilud  wan  recorder; 

17  And  Zadok  the  son  of  Ahitub,  and 
Ahimelech  the  son  of  Abiathar,  were  the 
priests ;  and  Seraiah  was  the  scribe ; 

18  Aud  Bcnaiah  the  son  of  Jehoiada  was 
over  both  the  Cherethites  and  the  Peleth- 
ites ;  and  David's  sons  were  chief  rulers. 

CHAPTER  IX.  ^' 

AND  David  said,  Is  there  yet  any  that 
-  is  left  of  the  house  of  Saul,  that  I 
may  shew  him  kindness  for  Jonathan's 
sake  V 

2  And  there  wan  of  the  house  of  Saul  a 
servant  whose  name  ?w/n  Ziba.  And  when 
they  had  called  him  unlo  David,  the  king 
said  unto  him.  Art  thou  Ziba?  And  he 
said,  Thy  servant  i.s-  he. 

3  And  the  king  said,  Is  there  not  yet 
any  of  the  house  of  Saul,  that  I  may  shew 
the  kindness  of  God  unto  him?  And 
Ziba  said  unto  the  king,  Jonathan  hath 
yet  a  son,  lohich  is  lame  on  his  feet. 

4  And  the  king  said  unto  him,  Where  is 
he?  And  Ziba  said  unto  the  king,  Be- 
hold, he  is  in  the  house  of  Machir,  the 
son  of  Ammiel,  in  Lo-debar. 

5  ^[  Then  king  David  sent,  and  fetched 
him  out  of  the  house  of  Machir,  the  son 
of  Ammiel,  from  Lo-debar. 

6  Now  when  Mephibosheth,  the  son  of 
Jonathan,  the  son  of  Saul,  was  come  unto 
David,  he  fell  on  his  face,  and  did  rever- 


ence. And  David  said,  Mephibosheth. 
And  he  answered.  Behold  thy  servant ! 

7  T[  And  David  said  unto  him,  Fear  not : 
for  I  will  surely  shcAV  thee  kindness  for 
Jonathan  thy  father's  sake,  and  will  re- 
store thee  all  the  laud  of  Saul  thy  father; 
and  thou  shalt  eat  bread  at  my  table  con- 
tinually. 

8  And  he  bowed  himself,  and  said, 
What  is  thy  servant,  that  thou  shouldest 
look  upon  such  a  dead  dog  as  I  am? 

9  If  Then  the  king  called  to  Ziba,  Saul's 
servant,  and  said  imto  him,  I  have  given 
unto  thy  master's  sou  all  that  pertained 
to  Saul  and  to  all  his  house. 

10  Thou  therefore,  and  thy  sons,  and 
thy  servants,  shall  till  the  land  for  him, 
and  thou  shalt  bring  in  the  fruits^  that  thy 
master's  son  may  have  food  to  eat:  but 
Mephibosheth  thy  master's  son  shall  cat 
bread  ahvay  at  my  table.  Now  Ziba  had 
fifteen  sons  and  twenty  servants. 

11  Then  said  Ziba  imto  the  king,  Ac- 
cording to  all  that  my  lord  the  king 
hath  commanded  his  servant,  so  shall  thy 
servant  do.  As  for  Mephibosheth,  said 
the  king,  he  shall  eat  at  my  table,  as  one  of 
the  king's  sons. 

12  And  Mephibosheth  had  a  young  son, 
whose  name  was  Micha.  And  all  that 
dwelt  in  the  house  of  Ziba  were  servants 
unto  Mephibosheth. 

13  So  Mephibosheth  dwelt  in  Jerusalem  : 
for  he  did  eat  continually  at  the  king's 
table;  aud  was  lame  on  both  his  feet.     «• 

CHAPTER  X. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that 
the  king  of  the  children  of  Ammon 
died,  and  Hanun  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

2  Then  said  David,  I  will  shew  kindness 
unto  Hanun  the  sou  of  Nahash,  as  his 
father  shewed  kindness  unto  me.  And 
David  sent  to  comfort  him  by  the  hand 
of  his  servants  for  his  father.  And  Da- 
vid's servants  came  into  the  land  of  the 
children  of  Amnion. 

3  And  the  princes  of  the  children  of 
Ammon  said  unto  Hanun  their  lord, 
Thinkest  thou  that  David  doth  honour 
thy  father,  that  he  hath  sent  comforters 
unto  thee  ?  hath  not  David  rather  sent  his 
servants  unto  thee,  to  search  the  city, 
and  to  spy  it  out,  and  to  overthrow  it? 


II.  SAMUEL. 


4  Wherelore  Hauuu  took  David's  serv- 
ants, and  shaved  oti'  the  one  half  of  their 
beards,  and  cut  oflF  their  garments  in  the 
middle,  eveii  to  their  buttocks,  and  sent 
them  away. 

5  When  they  told  it  unto  David,  be  sent 
to  meet  them,  because  the  men  were 
greatly  ashamed :  and  the  king  said.  Tarry 
at  Jericho  until  your  beards  be  grown,  and 
then  return. 

6  II  And  when  the  children  of  Amraon 
saw  that  they  stank  before  David,  the 
children  of  Ammon  sent  and  hired  the 
Syrians  of  Beth-rehob,  and  the  Syrians 
of  Zoba,  twenty  thousand  footmen,  and 
of  king  Maacah  a  thousand  men,  and  of 
Ish-tob  twelve  thousand  men. 

7  And  when  David  heard  of  i7,  he  sent 
Joab,  and  all  the  host  of  the  mighty  men. 

8  And  the  children  of  Ammon  came  out, 
and  put  the  battle  in  array  at  the  enter- 
ing in  of  the  gate:  and  the  Syrians  of 
Zoba,  and  of  Rehob,  and  Isli-tob,  and 
Maacah,  were  by  themselves  in  the  field. 

9  When  Joab  saw  that  the  front  of  the 
battle  was  against  him  before  and  behind, 
he  chose  of  all  the  choice  rtieyi  of  Israel, 
and  put  them  in  array  against  the  Syrians  : 

10  And  the  rest  of  the  people  he  deliv- 
ered into  the  hand  of  Abishai  his  brother, 
that  he  might  put  them  in  array  against 
the  children  of  Ammon. 

11  And  he  said.  If  the  Syrians  be  too 
strong  for  me,  then  thou  shalt  help  me: 
but  if  the  children  of  Amnion  be  too 
strong  for  thee,  then  I  will  come  and 
help  thee. 

12  Be  of  good  courage,  and  let  us  play 
the  men  for  our  people,  and  for  the  cities 
of  our  God:  and  the  Loud  do  that  which 
seemeth  him  good. 


the  captain  of  the  host  of  Hadarezer  we)it 
before  them. 

17  And  when  it  was  told  David,  he  gath- 
ered all  I.srael  together,  and  passed  over 
Jordan,  and  came  to  Helam.  And  the 
Syrians  set  themselves  in  array  against 
David,  and  foxight  with  him. 

18  And  the  Syrians  fled  before  Israel ; 
and  David  slew  the  men  of  seven  hund- 
red chariots  of  the  Syrians,  and  forty 
thousand  horsemen,  and  smote  Shobach 
the  captain  of  their  host,  who  died 
there. 

19  And  when  all  the  kings  t7iat  were 
servants  to  Hadarezer  saw  that  they  were 
smitten  before  Israel,  they  made  peace 
Avith  Israel,  and  served  them.  So  the  Syr- 
ians feared  to  help  the  children  of  Am- 
mon any  more.  p 

CHAPTER  XL 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  after  the  year 
Avas  exi)ired,  at  the  time  when  kings 
go  forth  to  battle^  that  David  sent  Joab, 
and  his  servants  with  him,  and  all  Israel; 
and  they  destroyed  the  children  of  Am- 
mon, and  besieged  Rabbah.  But  David 
tarried  still  at  Jerusalem. 

2  1  And  it  came  to  pass  in  an  evening- 
tide,  that  David  arose  from  off  his  bed, 
and  walked  upon  the  roof  of  the  king's 
house :  and  from  the  roof  he  saw  a  wo- 
man washing  herself;  and  the  Avoman  vxis 
very  beautiful  to  look  upon. 

3  And  David  sent  and  inquired  after  the 
woman.  And  one  said.  Is  not  this  Bath- 
sheba,  the  daughter  of  Eliam,  the  wife  of 
Uriah  the  Hittile? 

4  And  David  sent  messengers,  and  took 
her;  and  she  came  in  unto  him,  and  he 
lay  with  her;    for  she  Avas  purified  from 

13  And  Joab  drew  nigh,  and  the  people    her  uncleanness :    and  she  returned  unto 
that  were  Avith  him,  unto  the  battle  against  j  her  house. 

the  Syrians :  and  they  fled  before  him.  .5   And  the  AVoman   conceived,  and   sent 

14  And    when  the  children   of   Amraon  !  and  told  David,  and  said,  I  am  Avith  child, 
saw  that  the  Syrians  Avere  fled,  then  fled  ;    6   •[  And    David    sent    to    Joab,   snijhtf/, 
they  also  before  Abishai,  and  entered  into  '  Send   me  Uriah   the    Hittite.      And  Joab 


the  city.     So  Joab  returned  from  the  chil- 
dren of  Ammon.  and  came  to  Jerusalem. 
1.5  Tl  And  Avhen  the  Syrians  saAV  that  they 


sent  Uriah  to  David. 
7  And  Avhen  Uriah  Avas  come  nnto  him, 
David   demanded  of  him  hoAV  Joal)    did. 


Avere  smitten  before  Israel,  they  gathered  :  and  how  the   people    did,   and    hoAV    the 
themselves  together.  i  war  ])rospered. 

16  And  Hadarezer  sent,  and  brought  out!  8  And  David  said  to  Uriah,  Go  down  to 
the  Syrians  that  were  beyond  the  river;  j  thy  house,  and  Avash  thy  feet.  And  Uriah 
and   they  came  to    Helam:  and  Shobach '  departed    out    of   the    king's    house,   and 

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II.  SAMUEL. 


there  followed  him  a  mess  of  meat  from 
the  king. 

9  But  Uriah  slept  at  the  door  of  the  king's 
house  with  all  the  servants  of  his  lord, 
and  went  not  down  to  his  house. 

10  And  when  they  had  told  David,  saying, 
Uriah  went  not  doAvn  unto  his  house,  Da- 
vid said  unto  Uriah,  Camest  thou  not 
from  thy  journey?  why  theji  didst  thou  not 
go  down  unto  thine  house  ? 

11  And  Uriah  said  unto  David,  The  ark, 
and  Israel,  and  Judah,  abide  in  tents; 
and  my  lord  Joab,  and  the  servants  of 
ray  lord,  are  encamped  in  the  open  fields ; 
shall  I  then  go  into  mine  house,  to  eat  and 
to  drink,  and  to  lie  with  my  wife?  a<s' 
thou  livest,  and  as  thy  soul  liveth,  I  will 
not  do  this  thing. 


piece  of  a  millstone  upon  him  from  the 
wall,  that  he  died  in  Thebez?  why  went 
ye  nigh  the  wall?  then  say  thou.  Thy 
servant  Uriah  the  Hittite  is  dead  also. 

22  1  So  the  messenger  went,  and  came 
and  shewed  David  all  that  Joab  had  sent 
him  for. 

23  And  the  messenger  said  unto  David, 
Surely  the  men  prevailed  against  us,  and 
came  out  unto  us  into  the  field,  and  we 
were  upon  them  even  unto  the  entering 
of  the  gate. 

24  And  the  shooters  shot  from  oflf  the 
wall  upon  thy  servants;  and  mme  of  the 
king's  servants  be  dead,  and  thy  servant 
Uriah  the  Hittite  is  dead  also. 

25  Then  David  said  unto  the  messenger, 
Thus  Shalt  thou  say  imto  Joab,   Let  not 


12  And  David  said  to  Uriah,  Tarry  here  j  this   thing  displease  thee,   for  the  sword 


to  day  also,  and  to  morrow  I  will  let 
thee  depart.  So  Uriah  abode  in  Jerusalem 
that  day,  and  the  morrow. 

13  And  when  David  had  called  him,  he 
did  eat  and  drink  before  him ;  and  he 
made  him  drunk:  and  at  even  he  went 
out  to  lie  on  his  bed  with  the  servants 
of  his  lord,  but  went  not  down  to  his 
house. 

14  H  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  morning, 
that  David  wrote  a  letter  to  Joab,  and 
sent  it  by  the  hand  of  Uriah. 


devoureth  one  as  well  as  another:  make 
thy  battle  more  strong  against  the  city, 
and  overthrow  it :  and  encourage  thou 
him, 

26  T[  And  when  the  wife  of  Uriah  heard 
that  Uriah  her  husband  was  dead,  she 
mourned  for  her  husband. 

27  And  when  the  mourning  was  past,  Da- 
vid sent  and  fetched  her  to  his  house,  and 
she  became  his  wife,  and  bare  him  a  sou. 
But  the  thing  that  David  had  done  dis- 
pleased the  LoKD.        ^ 


15  And   he    wrote   in  the  letter,   saying, 
Set  ye  Uriah  in  the  forefront  of  the  hottest  CHAPTER  XII 

battle,  and  retire  ye  from  him,  that  he  may  |    AN] 
be  sqiitten,  and  die.  -^^  vi 

10  And  it  came  to  pass,  when   Joab  ob- 1  unto  him.  There  were  two  men  in  one  city; 
served  the   city,  that   he    assigned   Uriah    the  one  rich,  and  the  other  poor, 


ND  the  Lord  sent  Nathan  unto  Da- 
id.    And  he  came  unto  him,  and  said 


unto  a  place  where  he  knew  that  valiant 
men  iverc. 

17  And  the  men  of  the  city  went  out,  and 
fought  Avith  Joab :  and  there  fell  .some  of 
the  people  of  the  servants  of  David;  and 
Uriah  the  Hittite  died  also. 

18  H  Then  Joab  sent  and  told  David  all 
the  things  concerning  the  war; 

19  And  charged  the  messenger,  saying, 
When  thou  hast  made  an  end  of  telhng 
the  matters  of  the  war  unto  the  king, 

20  And  if  so  be  that  the  king's  wrath 
arise,  and  he  say  unto  thee.  Wherefore 
approached  ye  so  nigh  unto  the  city  when 
ye  did  fight?  knew  ye  not  that  they 
would  shoot  from  the  wall  ? 

21  Who  smote  Abimelech  the  son  of 
Jerubbesheth?    did  not  a  woman  cast  a 


2  The  rich  mati  had  exceeding  many 
flocks  and  herds : 

3  But  the  poor  man  had  nothing,  save  one 
little  ewe  lamb,  which  he  had  bought  and 
nourished  up:  and  it  grew  up  together 
with  him,  and  with  his  children;  it  did 
eat  of  his  own  meat,  and  drank  of  his 
own  cup,  and  lay  in  his  bosom,  and  was 
unto  him  as  a  daughter. 

4  And  there  came  a  traveller  unto  the 
rich  man,  and  he  spared  to  take  of  his  own 
flock  and  of  his  own  herd,  to  dress  for 
the  wayfaring  man  that  was  come  unto 
him;  but  took  the  poor  man's  lamb,  and 
dressed  it  for  the  man  that  was  come  to 
him. 

5  And  David's  anger  was  greatly  kindled 
against  the  man;  and  he  said  to  Nathan, 


II.  SAMUEL. 


An  the  Lord  livctb,  the  man  that  hath 
done  this  ihinf;  shall  surely  die  : 

6  And  he  shall  restore  the  lamb  fourfold, 
because  he  did  this  thing,  and  because 
he  had  no  pity. 

7  H  And  Nathan  said  to  David,  Thou  art 
the  man.  Thus  saith  the  Loud  God  of 
Israel,  I  anointed  thee  king  over  Israel, 
and  I  delivered  thee  out  of  the  hand  of 
Saul; 

8  And  I  gave  thee  thy  master's  house, 
and  thy  master's  wives  into  thy  bosom, 
and  gave  thee  the  house  of  Israel  and  of 
Judah;  and  if  that  ?iad  been  too  little,  I 
would  moreover  have  given  imto  thee  such 
and  such  things. 

9  Wherefore  hast  thou  despised  the 
commandment  of  the  Loud,  to  do  evil  in 
his  sight?  thou  hast  killed  Uriah  the  Hit- 
titc  with  the  sword,  and  hast  taken  his 
wife  to  he  thy  wife,  and  hast  slain  him  with 
the  sword  of  the  children  of  Amnion. 

10  Now  therefore  the  sword  shall  never 
depart  from  thine  house;  because  thou 
hast  despised  me,  and  hast  taken  the  wife 
of  Uriah  the  Hittite  to  be  thy  wife. 

11  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will 
raise  up  evil  against  thee  out  of  thine 
own  house,  and  I  will  take  thy  wives  be- 
fore thine  eyes,  and  give  them  imto  thy 
neighbour,  and  he  shall  lie  with  thy  Avives 
in  the  sight  of  this  sun. 

12  For  thou  didst  it  secretly:  but  I  will 
do  this  thing  before  all  Israel,  and  before 
the  sun. 

13  And  David  said  unto  Nathan,  I  have 
sinned  against  the  Loud.  And  Nathan 
said  unto  David,  The  Loud  also  hath  put 
away  thy  sin;  thou  shalt  not  die. 

14  Howbeit,  because  by  this  deed  thou 
hast  given  great  occasion  to  the  enemies 
of  the  Loud  to  blaspheme,  the  child  also 
that  U  born  unto  thee  shall  surely  die. 

15  1  And  Nathan  departed  unto  his  house. 
And  the  Loud  struck  the  child  that  Uriah's 
Avife  bare  unto  David,  and  it  was  very  sick. 

10  David  therefore  besought  God  for  the 
child;  and  David  fasted,  and  went  in,  and 
lay  all  night  upon  the  earth. 

17  And  the  elders  of  his  house  arose,  and 
iveiit  to  him,  to  raise  him  up  from  the 
earth:  but  he  Avould  not,  neither  did  he  eat 
bread  Avith  them. 

IS  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  seventh 
day,  that  the  child  died.     And  the  servants 

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of  David  feared  to  tell  him  that  the  child 
was  dead:  for  they  said,  Behold,  while  the 
child  was  yet  alive,  we  spake  unto  him, 
and  he  Avould  not  hearken  unto  our  voice: 
how  Avill  he  then  vex  himself,  if  we  tell 
him  that  the  child  is  dead? 

19  But  when  David  saw  that  bis  servants 
whispered,  David  perceived  that  the  child 
was  dead:  therefore  David  said  unto  his 
servants.  Is  the  child  dead?  And  they  said, 
He  is  dead. 

20  Then  David  arose  from  the  earth,  and 
washed,  and  anointed  himself,  and  changed 
his  apparel,  and  came  into  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  worshipped:  then  he  came  to 
his  own  house;  and  when  he  required, 
they  set  bread  before  him,  and  he  did  eat. 

21  Then  said  his  servants  unto  him.  What 
thing  is  this  that  thou  hast  done?  thou 
didst  fast  and  Aveep  for  the  child,  tvhile  it 
was  alive ;  but  Avhen  the  child  was  dead, 
thou  didst  rise  and  eat  bread. 

22  And  he  said,  W^hile  the  child  was  yet 
alive,  I  fasted  and  Avept:  for  I  said,  Who 
can  tell  whether  God  Avill  be  gracious  to 
me,  that  the  cliild  may  live? 

23  But  noAv  he  is  dead,  Avherefore  should 
I  fast?  can  I  bring  him  back  again  ?  I  shall 
go  to  him,  but  he  shall  not  return  to  me. 

24  •[  And  David  comforted  Bath-sheba  his 
Avife,  and  Avent  in  unto  her,  and  lay  Avith 
her:  and  she  bare  a  son,  and  he  called  his 
name  Solomon :  and  the  Loud  loved  him. 

25  And  he  sent  by  the  hand  of  Nathan  the 
prophet;  and  he  called  his  name  Jedidiah, 
because  of  the  Loud. 

26  11  And  Joab  fought  against  Rabbah  of 
the  children  of  Ammou,  and  took  the 
royal  city. 

27  And  Joab  sent  messengers  to  David, 
and  said,  I  have  fought  against  Rabbah, 
and  have  taken  the  city  of  Avaters. 

28  NoAV  therefore  gather  the  rest  of  the 
people  together,  and  encamp  against  the 
city,  and  take  it :  lest  I  take  the  city,  and 
it  be  called  after  my  name. 

29  And  David  gathered  all  the  pcojile  to- 
gether, and  Avent  to  Rabbah,  and  fought 
against  it,  and  took  it. 

30  And  he  took  their  king's  crown  from 
off  his  head,  the  Aveight  Avhereof  ?ort.s  a  tal- 
ent of  gold  Avith  the  precious  stones  :  and 
it  was  set  on  David's  head.  And  he  brought 
forth  the  si>oil  of  the  city  in  great  abund- 
ance. 


II.  SAMUEL. 


31  And  liC  brought  foi'th  the  people  that 
mere  therein,  and  put  Vient,  under  saws,  and 
under  harrows  of  iron,  and  under  axes  of 
iron,  and  made  them  pass  through  the 
briekkiln:  and  thus  did  he  unto  all  the 
cities  of  the  children  of  Ammon.  So  David 
and  all  the  people  returned  unto  Jerusalem. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that 
Absalom  the  son  of  David  had  a  fair 
sister,  whose  name  vm)<  Tamar;  and  Am- 
non  the  son  of  David  loved  her. 

2  And  Amnon  was  so  vexed,  that  he  fell 
siek  for  his  sister  Tamar;  for  she  vim  a 
virgin ;  and  Amnon  thought  it  hard  for 
him  to  do  any  thing  to  her. 

3  But  Amnon  had  a  friend,  whose  name 
wan  Jonadab,  the  son  of  Shimeah  David's 
brother:  and  Jonadab  was  a  very  subtile 
man. 

4  And  he  said  unto  him.  Why  art  thou, 
being  the  king's  son,  lean  from  day  to  day  ? 
wilt  thou  not  tell  me?  And  Amnon  said 
unto  him,  I  love  Tamar,  my  brother  Absa- 
lom's sister. 

5  And  Jonadab  said  unto  him.  Lay  thee 
down  on  thy  bed,  and  make  thyself  sick  : 
and  when  thy  father  cometh  to  see  thee, 
say  unto  him,  I  pray  thee,  let  my  sister 
Tamar  come,  and  give  me  meat,  and  dress 
the  meat  in  my  sight,  that  I  may  see  it^ 
and  eat  it  at  her  hand. 

6  TI  So  Amnon  lay  down,  and  made  him- 
self sick:  and  when  the  king  was  come 
to  see  him,  Amnon  said  unto  the  king, 
I  pray  thee,  let  Tamar  my  sister  come, 
and  make  me  a  couple  of  cakes  in  my 
sight,  that  I  may  eat  at  her  hand. 

7  Then  David  sent  home  to  Tamar,  say- 
ing. Go  now  to  thy  brother  Amnou's 
house,  and  dress  him  meat. 

8  So  Tamar  went  to  her  brother  Am- 
uon's  house ;  and  he  was  laid  down.  And 
she  took  tlour,  and  kneaded  it^  and  made 
cakes  in  his  sight,  and  did  bake  the 
cakes. 

9  And  she  took  a  pan,  and  poured  tJiem 
out  before  him;  but  he  refused  to  eat. 
And  Amnon  said,  Have  out  all  men  from 
me.  And  they  went  out  every  man  from 
him. 

10  And  Amnon  said  unto  Tamar,  Bring 
the  meat  into  the  chamber,  that  I  may 
cat  of  thine  hand.     And  Tamar  took  the 

21 


cakes  which  she  had  made,  and  brought 
them  into  the  chamber  to  Amnon  her 
brother. 

11  And  when  she  had  brought  them  unto 
him  to  eat,  he  took  hold  of  her,  and  said 
unto  her,  Come  lie  with  me,  my  sister. 

13  And  she  answered  him,  Nay,  my 
brother,  do  not  force  me;  for  no  such 
thing  ought  to  be  done  in  Israel:  do  not 
thou  this  folly. 

13  And  I,  whither  shall  I  cause  my  shame 
to  go?  and  as  for  thee,  thou  shalt  be  as 
one  of  the  fools  in  Israel.  Now  there- 
fore, I  pray  thee,  speak  unto  the  king; 
for  he  will  not  withhold  me  from  thee. 

14  Howbeit  he  would  not  hearken  unto 
her  voice:  but,  being  stronger  than  she, 
forced  her,  and  lay  with  her. 

15  TI  Then  Amnon  hated  her  exceed- 
ingly; so  that  the  hatred  wherewith  he 
hated  her  was  greater  than  the  love  where- 
with he  had  loved  her.  And  Amnon  said 
unto  her,  Arise,  be  gone. 

16  And  she  said  unto  him.  There  is  no 
cause:  this  evil  in  sending  me  awaj'  is 
greater  than  the  other  that  thou  didst 
unto  me.  But  he  would  not  hearken 
unto  her. 

17  Then  he  called  his  servant  that  min- 
istered unto  him,  and  said,  Put  now  this 
woman  out  from  me,  and  bolt  the  door 
after  her. 

18  And  she  had  a  garment  of  divers 
colours  upon  her :  for  with  such  robes 
were  the  king's  daughters  that  were  vir- 
gins apparelled.  Then  his  servant  brought 
her  out,  and  bolted  the  door  after  her. 

19  1  And  Tamar  put  ashes  on  her  head, 
and  rent  her  garment  of  divers  colours 
that  was  on  her,  and  laid  her  hand  on 
her  head,  and  went  on  crying. 

20  And  Absalom  her  brother  said  xmto 
her,  Hath  Amnon  thy  brother  been  with 
thee?  but  hold  now  thy  peace,  my  sister: 
he  is  thy  brother;  regard  not  this  thing. 
So  Tamar  remained  desolate  in  her  broth- 
er Absalom's  house. 

21  t  But  when  king  David  heard  of  all 
these  things,  he  was  very  wroth. 

22  And  Al)salom  spake  unto  his  brother 
Amnon  neither  good  nor  bad:  for  Absa- 
lom hated  Amnon,  because  he  had  forced 
his  sister  Tamar. 

23  ^  And  it  came  to  pass  after  two  full 
years,    that    Absalom    had    sheepshearers 

321 


y> 


II.  SAMUEL. 


iu  Bajal-hazor,  wbich   is  beside    Ephraim: 
and  Absalom  iuvitcd  all  the  king's  sons. 

24  And  Absalom  came  to  the  king,  and 
said,  Behold  now,  thy  servant  hath  sheep- 
shearers  ;  let  the  king,  I  beseech  thee,  and 
hie  servants  go  with  thy  servant. 

25  And  the  king  said  to  Absalom,  Nay, 
ray  son,  let  us  not  all  now  go,  lest  we  be 
chargeable  imto  thee.  And  he  pressed 
him:  howbeit  he  would  not  go,  but  bless- 
ed him. 

26  Then  said  Absalom,  If  not,  I  pray 
thee,  let  my  brother  Amnon  go  with  us. 
And  the  king  said  unto  him,  Why  should 
he  go  with  thee? 

27  But  Absalom  pressed  hira,  that  he 
let  Amnon  and  all  the  king's  sous  go 
with  him. 

28  H  Now  Absalom  had  commanded  his 
servants,  saying,  Mark  ye  now  when  Am- 
non's  heart  is  merry  with  wine,  and  when 
I  say  unto  you,  Smite  Amnon;  then  kill 
him,  fear  not :  have  not  I  commanded 
you  ?  be  courageous,  and  be  valiant. 

29  And  the  servants  of  Absalom  did 
unto  Amnon  as  Absalom  had  command- 
ed. Then  all  the  king's  sons  arose,  and 
every  man  gat  him  up  upon  his  mule, 
and  fled. 

30  ^  And  it  came  to  pass,  while  they 
were  in  the  way,  that  tidings  came  to 
David,  saying,  Absalom  hath  slain  all  the 
king's  sons,  and  there  is  not  one  of  them 

I  left. 

j    31  Then    the   king   arose,  and   tare   his 

I  garments,  and  lay  on  the  earth;   and  all 

his  servants  stood  by  with  their  clothes 

rent. 

32  And  Jonadab,  the  son  of  Shimeah 
David's  brother,  answered  and  said,  Let 
not  my  lord  suppose  that  they  have  slain 
all  the  young  men  the  king's  sons;  for 
Amnon  only  is  dead:  for  by  the  appoint- 
ment of  Absalom  this  hath  been  deter- 
mined from  the  day  that  he  forced  his 
sister  Tamar. 

33  Now  therefore  let  not  ray  lord  the 
king  take  the  thing  to  his  heart,  to  think 
that  all  the  king's  sons  are  dead:  for  Ara- 
non  only  is  dead. 

34  But  Absalom  fled.     And   the    young 

man  that   kept    the  watch    lifted   up  his 

eyes,  and  looked,  and,  behold,  there  came 

much  people  ])y  the  way  of  the  hill  side 

behind  him. 

-— 


35  And  Jonadab  said  imto  the  king.  Be- 
hold, the  king's  eons  come:  as  thy  seiT- 
ant  said,  so  it  is. 

36  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon  as  he 
had  made  an  end  of  speaking,  that,  be- 
hold, the  king's  sons  came,  and  lifted  up 
their  voice  and  wept:  and  the  king  also 
and  all  his  servants  wept  very  sore. 

37  TI  But  Absalom  fled,  and  went  to 
Talmai,  the  son  of  Ammihud,  king  of 
Geshur.  And  David  mourned  for  his  son 
every  day. 

38  So  Absalom  fled,  and  went  to  Geshur, 
and  was  there  three  years. 

39  And  t/ie  soul  of  king  David  longed  to 
go  forth  unto  Absalom  :  for  he  was  com- 
forted concerning  Amnon,  seeing  he  was 
dead.         •» 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

NOW   Joab    the   son    of    Zeruiah    per- 
ceived that  the  king's  heart  was  to- 
ward Absalom. 

2  And  Joab  sent  to  Tekoah,  and  fetched 
thence  a  wise  woman,  and  said  unto  her, 
I  pray  thee,  feign  thyself  to  be  a  mourn- 
er, and  put  on  now  mourning  apparel, 
and  anoint  not  thyself  with  oil,  but  be 
as  a  woman  that  had  a  long  time  mourn- 
ed for  the  dead : 

3  And  come  to  the  king,  and  speak  on 
this  manner  unto  him.  So  Joab  put  the 
words  in  her  mouth. 

4  1  And  when  the  woman  of  Tekoah 
spake  to  the  king,  she  fell  on  her  face 
to  the  ground,  and  did  obeisance,  and 
said.  Help,  O  king. 

5  And  the  king  said  unto  her.  What  ail- 
eth  thee  ?  And  she  answered,  I  am  indeed 
a  widow  woman,  and  mine  husband  is  dead. 

6  And  thy  handmaid  had  two  sous,  and 
they  two  strove  together  in  the  field,  and 
there  ivas  none  to  part  them,  but  the  one 
smote  the  other,  and  slew  him. 

7  And,  behold,  the  whole  liimily  is  risen 
against  thine  handmaid,  and  they  said. 
Deliver  him  that  smote  his  brother,  that 
we  may  kill  him,  for  the  life  of  his  broth- 
er whom  he  slew;  and  Ave  will  destroy 
the  heir  also :  and  so  they  shall  quench 
ray  coal  which  is  left,  and  shall  not  leave 
to  ray  husband  neither  uarae  nor  reraain- 
der  upon  the  earth. 

8  And  the  king  said  unto  the  woraan. 
Go  to  thine  house,  and  I  will  give  charge 
concerning  thee. 


II.  SAMUEL. 


9  Aud  the  woman  of  Tckoah  said  unto 
the  king,  My  lord,  O  king,  the  iniquity 
be  on  me,  aud  on  my  father's  house:  aud 
the  kiug  aud  his  throne  be  guiltless. 

10  Aud  the  kiug  said,  Whosoever  saith 
augJit  unto  thee,  bring  him  to  me,  and 
he  shall  not  touch  thee  any  more. 

11  Then  said  she,  I  pray  thee,  let  the 
kiug  remember  the  Lord  thy  God,  that 
thou  wouldest  not  suffer  the  revengers 
of  blood  to  destroy  any  more,  lest  they 
destroy  my  son.  And  he  said,  As  the 
LoKD  liveth,  there  shall  not  one  hair  of 
thy  son  fall  to  the  earth. 

12  Then  the  woman  said,  Let  thine  hand- 
maid, I  pray  thee,  speak  one  word  unto 
my  lord  the  king.     And  he  said.  Say  on. 

13  And  the  woman  said,  Wherefore  then 
hast  thou  thought  such  a  thing  against 
the  people  of  God?  for  the  king  doth 
speak  this  thing  as  one  which  is  faulty,  in 
that  the  king  doth  not  fetch  home  again 
his  banished. 

14  For  we  must  needs  die,  and  ai'e  as 
water  spilt  on  the  ground,  which  cannot 
be  gathered  up  again;  neither  doth  God 
respect  a7iy  person;  yet  doth  he  devise 
means,  that  his  banished  be  not  expelled 
from  him. 


to  the  right  hand  or  to  the  left  from 
aught  that  my  lord  the  kiug  hath 
spokeu :  for  thy  servant  Joab,  he  bade 
me,  aud  he  put  all  these  words  in  the 
mouth  of  thine  handmaid : 

20  To  fetch  about  this  form  of  speech 
hath  thy  servant  Joab  done  this  thiug: 
and  my  lord  is  wise,  according  to  the 
wisdom  of  an  angel  of  God,  to  know  all 
things  that  are  in  the  earth. 

21  H  And  the  king  said  unto  Joab,  Be- 
hold now,  I  have  done  this  thing:  go 
therefore,  bring  the  young  man  Absalom 
again. 

22  And  Joab  fell  to  the  ground  on  his 
face,  aud  bowed  himself,  and  thanked  the 
kiug:  and  Joab  said.  To  day  thy  servant 
knoweth  that  I  have  found  grace  in  thy 
sight,  my  lord,  O  kiug,  in  that  the  king 
hath  fulfilled  the  request  of  his  serv- 
ant. 

23  So  Joab  arose  aud  went  to  Geshur,  and 
brought  Absalom  to  Jerusalem. 

24  Aud  the  king  said,  Let  him  turn  to 
his  own  house,  and  let  him  not  see  my 
face.  So  Absalom  returned  to  his  own 
house,  aud  saw  not  the  king's  Aice. 

25  \  But  in  all  Israel  there  was  none  to  be 
so    much    praised    as    Absalom    for    his 


15  Now    therefore    that    I  am   come    to    beauty :  from  the  sole  of  his  foot  even  to 


speak  of  this  thiug  unto  my  lord  the 
king,  it  is  because  the  people  have  made 
me  afraid :  and  thy  handmaid  said,  I  will 
now  speak  unto  the  king;  it  may  be  that 
the  kiug  will  perfoi-m  the  request  of  his 
handmaid. 

16  For  the  kiug  will  hear,  to  deliver  his 
handmaid  out  of  the  hand  of  the  man  tJiat 
would  destroy  me  aud  my  son  together 
out  of  the  inheritance  of  God. 

17  Then  thine  handmaid  said.  The  word 
of  my  lord  the  kiug  shall  now  be  com- 
fortable: for  as  an  angel  of  God,  so  is 
my  lord  the  kiug  to  discern  good  and 
bad:  therefore  the  Lord  thy  God  will 
be  with  thee. 

18  Then  the  king  answered  aud  said  unto 
the  woman.  Hide  not  from  me,  I  pray 
thee,  the  thing  that  I  shall  ask  thee.  And 
the  woman  said,  Let  my  lord  the  kiug 
now  speak. 

19  Aud  the  king  said,  7s  not  the  hand  of 
Joab  with  thee  in  all  this?  And  the 
woman  answered  aud  said,  ^.s-  thy  soul 
liveth,  my  lord  the  king,  none  can  turn 


the  crown  of  his  head  there  was  no  blem- 
ish in  him. 

26  And  when  he  polled  his  head,  (for 
it  was  at  every  year's  end  that  he  polled 
it;  because  the  Jiair  was  heavy  on  him, 
therefore  he  polled  it:)  he  weighed  the 
hair  of  his  head  at  two  hundred  shekels 
after  the  king's  weight. 

27  And  unto  Absalom  there  were  born 
three  sons,  and  one  daughter,  whose 
name  ivas  Tamar:  she  was  a  woman  of 
a  fair  count euancc. 

28  ^  So  Absalom  dwelt  two  full  years  in 
Jerusalem,  and  saw  not  the  king's  face. 

29  Therefore  Absalom  sent  for  Joab,  to 
have  sent  him  to  the  kiug;  but  he  would 
not  come  to  him :  and  when  he  sent  again 
the  second  time,  he  would  not  come. 

30  Therefore  he  said  unto  his  servants, 
See,  Joab's  tield  is  near  mine,  and  be 
hath  barley  there;  go  and  set  it  ou  tire. 
And  Absalom's  servants  set  the  field  on 
tire. 

31  Then  Joab  arose,  and  came  to  Absalom 
unto    his    house,    aud     said    unto     him, 


323 


II.  SAMUEL. 


Wherefore  have  thy  servants  set  my  field 
ou  fire y 

32  And  Absalom  answered  Joab,  Behold, 
I  sent  unto  thee,  saying.  Come  hither,  that 
I  may  send  thee  to  the  king,  to  say. 
Wherefore  am  I  come  from  Geshur? 
it  had  been  good  for  me  to  have  been  there 
still:  now  therefore  let  me  see  the  king's 
liiee;  and  if  there  be  a7iy  iniquity  in  me,  let 
him  kill  me. 

33  So  Joab  came  to  the  king,  and  told 
him:  and  when  he  had  called  for  Absa- 
lom, lie  came  to  the  king,  and  bowed  him- 
self on  his  face  to  the  ground  before  the 
king :  and  the  king  kissed  Absalom.       *" 

CHAPTER  XV. 

AND   it   came  to  pass  after  this,   that 
Absalom  prepared   him   chariots  and 
horses,  and  fifty  men  to  run  before  him. 

2  And  Absalom  rose  up  early,  and  stood 
beside  the  way  of  the  gate:  and  it  was  *o, 
that  when  any  man  that  had  a  controversy 
came  to  the  king  for  judgment,  then  Absa- 
lom called  unto  him,  and  said.  Of  Avhat 
city  art  thou?  And  he  said.  Thy  servant 
is  of  one  of  the  tribes  of  Israel. 

3  And  Absalom  said  unto  him,  See,  thy 
matters  are  good  and  right ;  but  there  is 
no  man  deputed  of  the  king  to  hear 
thee. 

4  Absalom  said  moreover,  Oh  that  I  were 
made  judge  in  the  land,  that  every  man 
which  hath  any  suit  or  cause  might  come 
unto  me,  and  I  would  do  him  justice ! 

5  And  it  was  so,  that  when  any  man  came 
nigh  to  ?dm  to  do  him  obeisance,  he  put 
forth  his  hand,  and  took  him,  and  kissed 
him. 

6  And  on  this  manner  did  Absalom  to 
all  Israel  that  came  to  the  king  for  judg- 
ment :  so  Absalom  stole  the  hearts  of  the 
men  of  Israel. 

7  ^  And  it  came  to  pass  after  forty  years, 
that  Absalom  said  unto  the  king,  I  pray 
thee,  let  me  go  and  pay  my  vow,  which  I 
have  vowed  unto  the  Lokd,  in  Hebron. 

8  For  thy  servant  vowed  a  vow  while  I 
abode  at  Geshur  in  Syria,  saying.  If  the 
Lokd  shall  bring  me  again  indeed  to  Jeru- 
salem, then  I  will  serve  the  Loud. 

9  And  the  king  said  unto  him,  Go  in 
peace.     So  he  arose,  and  went  to  Hebron. 

10  ^  But  Absalom  sent  spies  throughout 
all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  saying.  As  soon  as 

33i 


ye  hear  the  sound   of  the   trumpet,   then 
ye  shall  say,  Absalom  reigneth  in  Hebron. 

11  And  with  Absalom  went  two  hundred 
men  out  of  Jerusalem,  thai  were  called; 
and  they  Avent  in  their  simplicity,  and  they 
knew  not  any  thing. 

12  And  Absalom  sent  for  Ahithophel  the 
Gilonite,  David's  counsellor,  from  his  city, 
even  from  Giloh,  while  he  offered  sacri- 
fices. And  the  consi)iracy  was  strong;  for 
the  people  increased  continually  with  Ab- 
salom. 

13  H  And  there  came  a  messenger  to  Da- 
vid, saying,  The  hearts  of  the  men  of  Is- 
rael are  after  Absalom. 

14  And  David  said  unto  all  his  sers'ants 
that  were  with  him  at  Jerusalem,  Arise, 
and  let  us  flee;  for  we  shall  not  ^?.se 
escape  from  Absalom :  make  speed  to 
depart,  lest  he  overtake  us  suddenly,  and 
bring  evil  upon  us,  and  smite  the  city  with 
the  edge  of  the  sword. 

15  And  the  king's  servants  said  \xnto  the 
king.  Behold,  thy  servants  are  ready  to  do 
whatsoever  my  lord  the  king  shall  ap- 
point. 

16  And  the  king  went  forth,  and  all  his 
household  after  him.  And  the  king  left 
ten  women,  wltich  were  concubines,  to 
keep  the  house. 

17  And  the  king  went  forth,  and  all  the 
people  after  him,  and  tarried  in  a  place 
that  was  far  off. 

18  And  all  his  servants  passed  on  beside 
him;  and  all  the  Cherethites,  and  all  the 
Pelethites,  and  all  the  Gittites,  six  hundred 
men  which  came  after  him  from  Gath, 
passed  on  before  the  king. 

19  t  Then  said  the  king  to  Ittai  the 
Gittite,  Wherefore  goest  thou  also  with 
us?  return  to  thy  place,  and  abide  with 
the  king:  for  thou  art  a  stranger,  and 
also  an  exile. 

20  Whereas  thou  camest  bid  yesterday, 
should  I  this  day  make  thee  go  up  and 
down  with  us?  seeing  I  go  whither  I  may, 
return  thou,  and  take  back  thy  brethren  : 
mercy  and  truth  be  with  thee. 

21  And  Ittai  answered  the  king,  and  said. 
Ah  the  Lord  liveth,  and  a.s  my  lord  the 
king  liveth,  surely  in  what  i)lace  my  lord 
the  king  shall  be,  whether  in  death  or  life, 
even  there  also  will  thy  servant  be. 

22  And  David  said  to  Ittai,  Go  and  i)ass 
over.     And  Ittai  the  Gittite  passed  over, 


II.  SAMUEL. 


and  Jill  his  men,  and  all  the  little  ones  that 
were  with  him. 
2o  And  all  the  countiy  wept  with  a  loud 
voice,  and  all  the  people  passed  over :  the 
king  also  himself  passed  over  the  brook 
Kidron,  and  all  the  people  passed  over, 
toward  the  way  of  the  wilderness. 

24  If  And  lo  Zadok  also,  and  all  the  Le- 
vites  were  with  him,  bearing  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  God:  and  they  set  down  the 
ark  of  God ;  and  Abiathar  went  up,  until 
all  the  people  had  done  passing  out  of  the 
city. 

25  And  the  king  said  unto  Zadok,  Carry 
back  the  ark  of  God  into  the  city:  if  I  shall 
find  favour  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord,  he 
will  bring  me  again,  and  shew  me  both  it, 
and  his  habitation: 

26  But  if  he  thus  say,  I  have  no  delight 
in  thee ;  behold,  here  am  I,  let  him  do  to 
me  as  seemeth  good  unto  him. 

27  The  king  said  also  unto  Zadok  the 
priest,  Art  not  thou  a  seer?  return  into 
the  city  in  peace,  and  your  two  sons  with 
you,  Ahimaaz  thy  son,  and  Jonathan  the 
son  of  Abiathar. 

28  See,  1  will  tarry  in  the  plain  of  the 
wilderness,  until  there  come  word  from 
you  to  certify  me. 

29  Zadok  therefore  and  Abiathar  carried 
the  ark  of  God  again  to  Jerusalem  :  and 
they  tarried  there. 

30  Tf  And  David  went  up  by  the  ascent  of 
mount  Olivet,  and  wept  as  he  went  up, 
and  had  his  head  covered,  and  he  went 
barefoot :  and  all  the  people  that  wan  with 
him  covered  every  man  his  head,  and  they 
went  up,  weeping  as  they  went  up.       ^ 

31  li  And  071C  told  David,  saying,  Ahith- 
ophel  is  among  the  conspirators  with  Ab- 
salom. And  David  said,  O  Lord,  I  pray 
thee,  turn  the  counsel  of  Ahithophel  into 
foolishness. 

32  TI  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  wJien  David 
was  come  to  the  top  of  the  mounts  where  he 
worshipped  God,  behold,  Hushai  the  Arch- 
ite  came  to  meet  him  with  his  coat  rent, 
and  earth  upon  his  head  : 

33  Unto  Avhora  David  said.  If  thou  passest 
on  with  me,  then  thou  shalt  be  a  burden 
unto  me : 

34  But  if  thou  return  to  the  city,  and  say 
unto  Absalom,  I  will  be  thy  servant,  O 
king;  as  I  have  been  thy  father's  servant 
hitherto,  so  will  1  now  also  be  thy  servant : 


then  mayest  thou  forme  defeat  the  counsel 
of  Ahithophel. 

35  And  hast  thou  not  there  with  thee  Za- 
dok and  Abiathar  the  priests?  therefore 
it  shall  be,  that  Avhat  thing  soever  thou 
shalt  hear  out  of  the  king's  house,  thou 
Shalt  tell  it  to  Zadok  and  Abiathar  the 
l)riests. 

36  Behold,  they  ham  there  with  them  their 
two  sous,  Ahimaaz  Zadok's  .so?<,  and  Jona- 
than Abiathar's  son  ;  and  by  them  ye  shall 
send  unto  me  every  thing  that  ye  can  hear. 

37  So  Hushai  David's  friend  came  into  the 
city,  and  Absalom  came  into  Jerusalem.  * 

CHAPTER  XVL 

AND  when  David  was  a  little  past  the 
top  oj  the  hill,  behold,  Ziba  the  servant 
of  Mcphiboshcth  met  him,  with  a  couple 
of  asses  saddled,  and  upou  them  two  hund- 
red loaves  of  bread,  and  a  hundred  bunches 
of  raisins,  and  a  hundred  of  summer  fruits, 
and  a  bottle  of  wine. 

2  And  the  king  said  unto  Ziba,  What 
meanest  thou  by  these?  And  Ziba  said. 
The  asses  be  for  the  king's  household  to 
ride  on;  and  the  bread  and  summer  fruit 
for  the  young  men  to  eat;  and  the  wine, 
that  such  as  be  faint  in  the  wilderness  may 
drink. 

3  And  the  king  said.  And  where  is  thy 
master's  sou?  And  Ziba  said  unto  the 
king,  Behold,  he  abideth  at  Jerusalem: 
for  he  said.  To  day  shall  the  house  of  Israel 
restore  me  the  kingdom  of  my  father. 

4  Then  said  the  king  to  Ziba,  Behold, 
thine  are  all  that  ^x-WaiwecZ  unto  Mephibo- 
sheth.  And  Ziba  said,  I  humbly  beseech 
thee  t?iat  I  may  find  grace  in  thy  sight,  my 
lord,  O  king. 

5  1  And  when  king  David  came  to  Bahu- 
rim,  behold,  thence  came  out  a  man  of 
the  family  of  the  house  of  Saul,  whose 
name  was  Shimei,  the  son  of  Gera:  he 
came  forth,  and  cursed  still  as  he  came. 

6  And  he  cast  stones  at  David,  and  at  all 
the  servants  of  king  David:  and  all  the 
people  and  all  the  mighty  men  were  on 
his  right  hand  and  on  his  left. 

7  And  thus  said  Shimei  when  he  cursed. 
Come  out,  come  out,  thou  bloody  man, 
and  thou  man  of  Belial: 

8  The  Lord  hath  returaed  upon  thee  all 
the  blood  of  the  house  of  Saul,  in  whose 
stead  thou  hast   reigned ;   and  the  Lord 

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II.  SAMUEL. 


hath  delivered  the  kingdom  into  tlie  hand 
of  Absalom  thy  sou:  and,  behold,  thou 
art  taken  in  thy  mischief,  because  thou 
art  a  bloody  man. 

9  TI  Then  said  Abishai  the  son  of  Zeruiah 
unto  the  king,  Why  should  this  dead  dog 
curse  my  lord  the  king?  let  me  go  over, 
I  pray  thee,  and  take  otF  his  head. 

10  And  the  king  said,  What  have  I  to 
do  with  you,  yc  sons  of  Zeruiah?  so  let 
him  curse,  because  the  Loud  hath  said 
unto  him,  Curse  David.  Who  shall  then 
say.  Wherefore  hast  thou  done  so? 

11  And  David  said  to  Abishai,  and  to  all 
his  servants,  Behold,  my  son,  which  came 
forth  of  my  bowels,  seeketh  my  life:  how 
much  more  now  ma?/  thin  Benjamite  do 
it^  let  him  alone,  and  let  him  curse;  for 
the   Lord  hath  bidden  him. 

12  It  may  be  that  the  Lord  will  look 
on  mine  aflBiction,  and  that  the  Lord 
will  requite  me  good  for  his  cursing  this 
day. 

13  And  as  David  and  his  men  went  by 
the  way,  Shimei  went  along  on  the  hill's 
side  over  against  him,  and  cursed  as  he 
went,  and  threw  stones  at  him,  and  cast 
dust. 

14  And  the  king,  and  all  the  people 
that  were  with  him,  came  weary,  and  re- 
freshed themselves  there. 

15  1  And  Absalom,  and  all  the  people 
the  men  of  Israel,  came  to  Jerusalem, 
and  Ahithophel  with  him. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Hushai 
the  Archite,  David's  friend,  was  come  unto 
Absalom,  that  Hushai  said  unto  Absalom, 
God  save  the  king,  God  save  the  king. 

17  And  Absalom  said  to  Hushai,  Is  this 
thy  kindness  to  thy  friend?  why  wentest 
thou  not  with  thy  friend? 

18  And  Hushai  said  unto  Absalom,  Nay; 
but  whom  the  Lord,  and  this  people,  and 
all  the  men  of  Israel,  choose,  his  will  I 
be,  and  with  him  will  I  abide. 

19  And  again,  whom  should  I  serve? 
should  I  not  serve  in  the  presence  of  his 
son?  as  I  have  served  in  thy  father's 
presence,  so  will  I  be  in  thy  presence. 

20  IT  Then  said  Absalom  to  Ahithophel, 
Give  counsel  among  you  what  we  shall 
do. 

21  And  Ahithophel  said  unto  Absalom, 
Go  in  unto  thy  father's  concubines,  which  | 
he  hath  left  to  keep  the  house;  and  all  Is-  '■ 

"  326 


rael  shall  hear  that  thou  art  abhorred  of 
thy  father:  then  shall  the  hands  of  all 
that  are  with  thee  be  strong. 

22  So  they  spread  Absalom  a  tent  upon 
the  top  of  the  house;  and  Absalom  went 
in  unto  his  father's  concubines  in  the 
sight  of  all  Israel. 

23  And  the  counsel  of  Ahithophel,  which 
he  counselled  in  those  days,  was  as  if  a 
man  had  inquired  at  the  oracle  of  God: 
so  ?«<is  all  the  counsel  of  Ahithophel  both 
with  David  and  with  Absalom.  ,j^ 

CHAPTER  XVn. 

MOREOVER  Ahithophel  said  nnto 
Absalom,  Let  me  now  choose  out 
twelve  thousand  men,  and  I  will  arise  and 
pursue  after  David  this  night: 

2  And  I  will  come  upon  him  while  he 
in  weary  and  weak  handed,  and  will  make 
him  afraid:  and  all  the  people  that  are 
with  him  shall  flee;  and  I  will  smite  the 
king  only : 

3  And  I  will  bring  back  all  the  people 
unto  thee :  the  man  whom  thou  seekest  u 
as  if  all  returned:  .so  all  the  people  shall 
be  in  peace. 

4  And  the  saying  pleased  Absalom  well, 
and  all  the  elders  of  Israel. 

5  Then  said  Absalom,  Call  now  Hushai 
the  Archite  also,  and  let  us  hear  likewise 
what  he  saith. 

6  And  when  Hushai  was  come  to  Absa- 
lom, Absalom  spake  unto  him,  saying, 
Ahithophel  hath  spoken  after  this  man- 
ner: shall  we  do  after  his  saying?  if  not, 
Bjjcak  thou. 

7  And  Hushai  said  unto  Absalom,  The 
counsel  that  Ahithophel  hath  given  is  not 
good  at  this  time. 

8  For,  said  Hushai,  thou  knowest  thy  fa- 
ther and  his  men,  that  they  he  mighty 
men,  and  they  he  chafed  in  their  minds, 
as  a  bear  robbed  of  her  whelps  in  the 
field:  and  thy  Mher  is  a  man  of  war,  and 
will  not  lodge  with  the  people. 

9  Behold,  he  is  hid  now  in  some  pit,  or 
in  some  otJier  place:  and  it  will  come  to 
pass,  when  some  of  them  be  overthrown 
at  the  flrst,  that  whosoever  heareth  it 
will  say.  There  is  a  slaughter  among  the 
people  that  follow  Absalom. 

10  And  he  also  that  is  valiaijt,  whose 
heart  is  as  the  heart  of  a  lion,  shall  utter- 
ly melt:  for  all  Israel  kuoweth  that  thy  j 


11.  SAMUEL. 


father  is  a  mighty  man,  and  t/iey  which 
be  with  him  are  valiant  men. 

11  Therefore  I  counsel  that  all  Israel  be 
generally  gathered  unto  thee,  from  Dan 
even  to  Beer-sheba,  as  the  sand  that  Ik 
by  the  sea  for  multitude;  and  that  thou 
go  to  battle  in  thine  own  person. 

12  So  shall  we  come  upon  him  in  some 
place  where  he  shall  be  found,  and  we 
will  light  upon  him  as  the  dew  fallcth 
on  the  ground:  and  of  him  and  of  all 
the  men  that  ai-e  with  him  there  shall  not 
be  left  so  much  as  one. 

13  Moreover,  if  he  be  gotten  into  a  city, 
then  shall  all  Israel  bring  ropes  to  that 
city,  and  we  will  draw  it  into  the  river, 
until  tliere  be  not  one  small  stone  found 
there. 

14  And  Absalom  and  all  the  men  of  Is- 
rael said,  The  counsel  of  Hushai  the  Arch- 
ite  is  better  than  the  counsel  of  Ahith- 
opheL  For  the  Lord  had  appointed  to 
defeat  the  good  counsel  of  Ahithophel, 
to  the  intent  that  the  Lord  might  bring 
evil  upon  Absalom. 

15  T[  Then  said  Hushai  unto  Zadok  and 
to  Abiathar  the  priests.  Thus  and  thus 
did  Ahithophel  counsel  Absalom  aud  the 
elders  of  Israel;  and  thus  and  thus  have 
I  counselled. 

16  Now  therefore  send  quickly,  and  tell 
David,  saying.  Lodge  not  this  night  in 
the  plains  of  the  wilderness,  but  speed- 
ily pass  over ;  lest  the  king  be  swallowed 
Tip,  and  all  the  people  that  are  with 
him. 

17  Now  Jonathan  and  Ahimaaz  stayed 
by  En-rogel;  for  they  might  not  be  seen 
to  come  into  the  city :  and  a  wench  went 
and  told  them;  and  they  went  and  told 
king  David. 

18  Nevertheless,  a  lad  saw  them,  and  told 
Absalom:  but  they  went  both  of  them 
away  quickly,  and  came  to  a  man's  house 
in  Bahiu-im,  which  had  a  well  in  his  court ; 
whither  they  went  down. 

19  And  the  woman  took  and  spread  a 
covering  over  the  well's  mouth,  and  spread 
ground  corn  thereon;  aud  the  thing  was 
not  known. 

20  And  when  Absalom's  servants  came 
to  the  woman  to  the  house,  they  said. 
Where  w  Ahimaax  and  Jonathan?  And 
the  woman  said  unto  them.  They  be  gone 
over  the  brook  of  water.     And  when  they 


had  sought  and  could  not  find  them,  they 
returned  to  Jerusalem. 

21  And  it  came  to  pass,  after  they  were 
departed,  that  they  came  up  out  of  the 
well,  and  went  and  told  king  David,  and 
said  unto  David,  Arise,  aud  pass  quickly 
over  the  water :  for  thus  hath  Ahithoi>hcl 
counselled  against  you. 

22  Then  David  arose,  and  all  the  people 
that  were  with  him,  and  they  passed  over 
Jordan :  by  the  morning  light  there  lacked 
not  one  of  them  that  was  not  gone  over 
Jordan, 

23  T[  And  when  Ahithophel  saw  that  his 
counsel  was  not  followed,  he  saddled  his 
ass,  and  arose,  and  gat  him  home  to  his 
house,  to  his  city,  and  put  his  household  in 
order,  and  hanged  himself,  and  died,  and 
was  buried  in  the  sepulchre  of  his  father. 

24  Then  David  came  to  Mahanaim.  And 
Absalom  passed  over  Jordan,  he  and  all 
the  men  of  Israel  with  him. 

25  T[  And  Absalom  made  Amasa  captain 
of  the  host  instead  of  Joab :  which  Amasa 
was  a  man's  son,  whose  name  was  Ithra 
an  Israelite,  that  went  in  to  Abigail  the 
daughter  of  Nahash,  sister  to  Zeruiah 
Joab's  mother. 

26  So  Israel  and  Absalom  pitched  in  the 
land  of  Gilead. 

27  II  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  David  was 
come  to  Mahanaim,  that  Shobi  the  son  of 
Nahash  of  Kabbah  of  the  children  of  Am- 
mon,  and  Machir  the  son  of  Ammiel  of 
Lo-debar,  j,md  Barzillai  the  Gileadite  of 
Rogeliiu, 

28 'Brought  beds^  and  basins,  and  earthen 
vessels,  and  wheat,  and  barlej',  and  flour, 
and  parched  cor?i,  and  beans,  and  lentiles, 
and  parched  ^)?tZ.s<?, 

29  And  honey,  and  butter,  and  sheei),  and 
cheese  of  kine,  for  David,  and  for  the 
peo])le  that  were  with  him,  to  eat :  for 
they  said.  The  people  i-s  hungry,  and  weary, 
and  thirsty,  in  the  wilderness.         if 

CHAPTER  XVIIL 

AND  David  numbered  the  people  that 
were  with  him,  and  set  captains  of 
thousands  and  captains  of  hundreds  over 
them. 

2  Aud  David  sent  forth  a  third  part  of 

the  people  under  the  hand  of  Joab,  and  a 

third  part  under  the  hand  of  Abishai  the 

son    of    Zeruiah,    Joab's    brother,   and    a 

32^~ 


II.  SAMUEL. 


tliird  part  under  the  Imnd  of  Ittai  the 
Gittitc.  And  the  khv^  said  unto  the  peo- 
ple, I  Avill  surely  go  forth  Avith  you  myself 
also. 

3  But  the  people  answered,  Thou  shalt 
not  go  forth :  for  if  Ave  flee  away,  they 
will  not  care  for  us ;  neither  if  half  of  us 
die,  will  they  care  for  us :  but  now  thou 
art  worth  ten  thousand  of  us:  tlierefore 
now  it  is  better  that  thou  succour  us  out 
of  the  city. 

4  And  the  king  said  unto  them,  What 
seemeth  you  best  I  Avill  do.  And  the  king 
stood  by  the  gate  side,  and  all  the  people 
came  out  by  hundreds  and  by  thousands. 

5  And  the  king  commanded  Joab  and 
Abishai  and  Ittai,  saying.  Deal  gently  for 
my  sake  Avith  the  young  man,  etjeu  Avith 
Absalom.  And  all  the  people  heard  Avhen 
the  king  gaA'e  all  the  cai^taius  charge  con- 
cerning Absalom. 

6  Ti  So  the  people  Avent  out  into  the  field 
against  Israel :  and  the  battle  Avas  in  the 
wood  of  Ephraim ; 

7  Where  the  people  of  Israel  were  slain 
before  the  serAants  of  David,  and  there 
Avas  there  a  great  slaughter  that  day  of 
tAventy  thousand  tnen. 

8  For  the  battle  Avas  there  scattered  over 
the  face  of  all  the  country :  and  the 
Avood  devoured  more  people  that  day 
than  the  SAvord  devoured. 

9  1i  And  Absalom  met  the  servants  of 
David.  And  Absalom  rode  upon  a  mule, 
and  the  mule  went  under  the  thick 
boughs  of  a  great  oak,  and  his  head  caught 
hold  of  the  oak,  and  he  Avas  taken  up 
between  the  heaA'en  and  the  earth ;  and 
the  mule  that  was  under  him  Avent  aAvay. 

10  And  a  certain  man  saAV  i7,  and  told 
Joab,  and  said,  Behold,  I  saAV  Absalom 
hanged  in  an  oak. 

11  And  Joab  said  unto  the  man  that  told 
him,  And,  behold,  thou  sawest  him,  and 
Avhy  didst  thou  not  smite  him  there  to 
the  ground  ?  and  I  Avould  have  given  thee 
ten  shekels  of  silver,  and  a  girdle. 

12  And  the  man  said  unto  Joab,  Though  I 
should  receive  a  thousand  shekels  of  silver 
in  mine  hand,  yet  Avould  I  not  put  forth 
mine  hand  against  the  king's  son :  for 
in  our  hearing  the  king  charged  thee 
and  Abishai  and  Ittai,  saying.  Beware 
that  none  tourh  the  young  man  Absalom. 

l;>    OtlierAvise    I    should     have    Avrought 

328 


falsehood  against  mine  own  life :  for  there 
is  no  matter  hid  from  the  king,  and  thou 
thyself  Avouldest  have  set  thyself  against 
me. 

14  Then  said  Joab,  I  may  not  tarry  thus 
Avith  thee.  And  he  took  three  darts  in 
his  hand,  and  thrust  them  through  the 
heart  of  Absalom,  Avhile  he  ivas  yet  alive 
in  the  midst  of  the  oak. 

15  And  ten  young  men  that  bare  Joab's 
armour  compassed  about  and  smote  Ab- 
salom, and  slcAV  him. 

16  And  Joab  blcAv  the  trumpet,  and  the 
people  returned  from  pursuing  after  Is- 
rael :  for  Joab  held  back  the  people. 

17  And  they  took  Absalom,  and  cast  him 
into  a  great  pit  in  the  Avood,  and  laid  a 
very  great  heap  of  stones  upon  him :  and 
all  Israel  fled  every  one  to  his  tent. 

18  T[  NoAv  Absalom  in  his  lifetime  had 
taken  and  reared  up  for  himself  a  pillar, 
Avhich  t.s'  in  the  king's  dale:  for  he  said, 
I  have  no  son  to  keep  my  name  in  remem- 
brance: and  he  called  the  pillar  after  his 
own  name :  and  it  is  called  imto  this  day, 
Absalom's  place. 

19  1]  Then  said  Ahimaaz  the  son  of  Zadok, 
Let  me  noAv  run,  and  bear  the  king  tidings, 
how  that  the  Lord  hath  avenged  him  of 
his  enemies. 

20  And  Joab  said  unto  him,  Thou  shalt 
not  bear  tidings  this  day,  but  thou  shalt 
bear  tidings  another  day :  but  this  day  thou 
shalt  bear  no  tidings,  because  the  king's 
son  is  dead. 

21  Then  said  Joab  to  Cushi,  Go  tell  the 
king  Avhat  thou  hast  seen.  And  Cushi 
boAved  himself  unto  Joab,  and  ran. 

22  Then  said  Ahimaaz  the  son  of  Zadok 
yet  again  to  Joab,  But  howsoever,  let  me, 
I  pray  thee,  also  run  after  Cushi.  And 
Joab  said,  Wherefore  Avilt  thou  run,  my 
son,  seeing  that  thou  hast  no  tidings 
ready? 

23  But  howsoever,  said  he,  let  me  run. 
And  he  said  unto  him,  Run.  Then  Ahim- 
aaz ran  by  the  Avay  of  the  plain,  and  overran 
Cushi. 

24  And  David  sat  between  the  tAvo  gates : 
and  the  Avatchman  Avent  \ip  to  the  roof 
over  the  gate  unto  the  Avail,  and  lifted 
up  liis  eyes,  and  looked,  and  behold  a  man 
running  alone. 

25  And  tlu!  Avatchman  cried,  and  told  the 
kWiix.    And  tile  king  said,  If  he  be  alone, 


II.  SAMUEL. 


there  is  tidint^s  in  his  moutli.    Aud  he  came 
aptico,  atid  drew  uear. 

26  And  tlie  "vvatehman  saw  anollier  man 
running- :  and  tlic  watchman  called  unto 
the  porter,  aud  said,  Behold  anot/ier  man 
running  alone.  And  the  king  suid,  He  also 
bringcth  tidings. 

27  And  the  watchman  said,  Mcthinketh 
the  running  of  the  foremost  is  like  the 
running  of  Ahimaaz  the  son  of  Zadok. 
And  the  king  said,  He  is  a  good  man, 
and  Cometh  Avith  good  tidings. 

28  Aud  Ahimaaz  called,  and  said  unto  the 
king,  All  is  well.  And  lie  fell  down  to  the 
earth  upon  his  face  before  the  king,  and 
said.  Blessed  be  the  Lord  thy  God,  which 
hath  delivered  up  the  men  that  lifted 
up  their  hand  against  ni}'  lord  the  king. 

29  And  the  king  said.  Is  the  3oung  man 
Absalom  safe?  And  Ahimiuiz  answered, 
When  Joab  sent  the  king's  servant,  aud 
yne  thy  servant,  I  saw  a  great  tumult,  but  I 
knew  not  what  it  was. 

30  And  the  king  said  iiido  Iiim,  Turn  aside, 
and  stand  here.  Aud  he  turned  aside,  and 
stood  still. 

31  And,  behold,  Cushi  came;  and  Cushi 
said,  Tidings,  my  lord  the  king :  for  the 
Lord  hath  avenged  thee  this  day  of  all 
them  that  rose  up  against  thee. 

32  And  the  king  said  unto  Cushi,  Ts  the 
young  man  Absalom  safe  ?  And  Cushi  an- 
swered. The  enemies  of  my  lord  the  king, 
and  all  that  rise  against  thee  to  do  i?ue 
hurt,  be  as  tJiat  young  man  is. 

33  ^  And  the  king  was  much  moved, 
and  Avent  up  to  the  chamber  over  the  gate, 
and  Avept:  and  as  he  Avent,  thus  he  said, 
O  my  son  Absalom!  my  son,  my  son  Ab- 
salom! Avould  God  I  had  died  for  thee, 
O  Absalom,  my  son,  my  son !        ^ 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

AN  D  it  Avas  told  Joab,  Behold,  the  king 
Aveepeth  and  raourneth  for  Absalom. 

2  And  the  victory  that  day  Avas  turned 
into  mourning  unto  all  the  people:  for  the 
people  heard  say  that  day  hoAV  the  king 
was  grieved  for  his  son. 

3  And  the  people  gat  them  by  stealth  that 
day  into  the  city,  as  people  l^eing  ashamed 
steal  away  Avhen  they  flee  in  battle. 

4  But  the  king  covered  his  face,  and  the 
king  cried  Avith  a  loud  voice,  O  my  son 
Absalom !   O  Absalom,  my  sou,  my  son ! 


5  And  Joab  came  into  the  house  to  the 
king,  and  said.  Thou  hast  shamed  this  day 
the  laces  of  all  thy  servants,  Avhich  this 
day  have  saved  thy  life,  and  the  lives  of 
thy  sons  and  of  thy  daughters,  and  the 
lives  of  thy  Avives,  aud  the  lives  of  thy 
concubines ; 

6  In  that  thou  lovest  thine  enemies,  and 
hatest  thy  friends.  For  thou  hast  declared 
this  day,  that  thou  regardest  neither 
pi-inces  nor  servants:  for  this  day  I  per- 
ceive, that  if  Absalom  had  lived,  and  all 
we  had  died  this  day,  then  it  had  pleased 
thee  Avell. 

7  Now  therefore  arise,  go  forth,  and  speak 
comfortably  imto  thy  servants :  for  I  SAvear 
by  the  Lord,  if  thou  go  not  forth,  there 
will  not  tarry  one  Avith  thee  this  night: 
and  that  Avill  be  Avorse  unto  thee  than  all 
the  evil  that  befell  thee  from  thy  youth 
until  now. 

8  Then  the  king  arose,  and  sat  in  the  gate. 
And  they  told  unto  all  the  people,  saying. 
Behold,  the  king  doth  sit  in  the  gate.  And 
all  the  people  came  before  the  king:  for 
Israel  had  fled  every  man  to  his  tent. 

9  II  And  all  the  people  Avere  at  strife 
throughout  all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  saying. 
The  king  saved  us  out  of  the  hand  of  our 
enemies,  and  he  delivered  us  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  Philistines;  and  uoav  he  is  fled 
out  of  the  laud  for  Absalom. 

10  And  Absalom,  Avhom  Ave  anointed  over 
us,  is  dead  in  battle.  Noav  therefore  Avhy 
speak  ye  not  a  word  of  bringing  the  king- 
back  ? 

11  1|  And  king  David  sent  to  Zadok  and 
to  Abiathar  the  priests,  saying,  Speak  unto 
the  elders  of  Judah,  saying.  Why  are  ye  the 
last  to  bring  the  king  back  to  his  house? 
seeing  the  S])eech  of  all  Israel  is  come  to 
the  king,  even  to  his  house. 

12  Ye  are  my  brethren,  ye  are  my  bones 
and  my  flesh:  Avherefore  then  are  ye  the 
last  to  bring  back  the  king? 

13  And  say  ye  to  Amasa,  Art  thou  not  of 
my  bone,  and  of  my  flesh?  God  do  so  to 
me,  and  more  also,  if  thou  be  not  captain 
of  the  host  before  me  continually  in  the 
room  of  Joab. 

14  And  he  bowed  the  heart  of  all  the 
men  of  Judah,  even  as  the  heart  of  one  man ; 
so  that  they  sent  this  ivord  unto  the  king. 
Return  thou,  and  all  thy  servants. 

15  So  the  king  returned,  and  came  to  Jor- 

__  . 


11.  SAMUEL. 


dau.  Aud  Judah  came  to  Gilg'al,  to  go  to 
meet  the  kiug,  to  conduct  the  kiug  over 
Jordan. 

16  TI  Aud  Shimei  the  son  of  Gera,  a  Ben- 
jamite,  which  was  of  Bahurhn,  lia.sted  and 
came  dowu  with  the  men  of  Judah  to  meet 
kini;  David. 

17  And  there  were  a  thousand  men  of  Ben- 
jamin with  him,  and  Ziba  the  servant  of 
the  house  of  Saul,  and  his  fifteen  sons  and 
his  twenty  servants  with  him;  and  they 
went  over  Jordan  before  the  king. 

18  And  there  went  over  a  ferry  boat  to 
carr}'  over  the  king's  household,  and  to  do 
what  he  tliouglit  good.  And  Shimei  the 
son  of  Gera  fell  down  before  the  king,  as 
he  was  come  over  Jordan  ; 

19  And  said  unto  the  king.  Let  not  my 
lord  impute  iniquity  unto  mc,  neither  do 
thou  remember  that  which  thy  servant  did 
perversely  the  day  that  my  lord  the  king 
went  out  of  Jerusalem,  that  the  king 
should  take  it  to  his  heart. 

20  For  thy  servant  doth  know  that  I 
have  sinned :  therefore,  behold,  I  am 
come  the  first  this  day  of  all  the  house 
of  Joseph  to  go  down  to  meet  my  lord 
the  king. 

21  But  Abishai  the  son  of  Zeruiah  an- 
swered and  said.  Shall  not  Shimei  be  jnit 
to  death  for  this,  because  he  cursed  the 
Lord's  anointed? 

23  And  David  said,  What  have  I  to  do 
with  you,  ye  sons  of  Zeruiah,  that  ye 
should  this  day  be  adversaries  unto  me? 
shall  there  any  man  be  put  to  death  this 
day  in  Israel?  for  do  not  I  know  that  I 
atn  this  day  king  over  Israel  ? 

23  Therefore  the  king  said  unto  Shimei, 
Thou  shalt  not  die.  And  the  king  sware 
unto  him. 

24  1  And  Mephibosheth  the  son  of  Saul 
came  down  to  meet  the  king,  and  had 
neither  dressed  his  feet,  nor  trimmed  his 
beard,  nor  washed  his  clothes,  from  the 
day  the  king  departed  until  the  day  he 
came  wjain  in  jieace. 

25  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  lie  was 
come  to  Jerusalem  to  meet  the  king, 
that  the  king  said  unto  him,  "Wherefore 
wentest  not  thou  with  me,  Mephibo- 
sheth ? 

20  And  lie  answered.  My  lord,  O  king, 
my  servant  deceived  me:  for  thy  servant 
said,  I  will  saddle  mc  an  ass,  that  I  may 

330  " 


because 

thy  servant  is  lame. 

27  And  he  hath  slandered  thy  servant 
unto  my  lord  the  king;  but  my  lord  the 
king  in  as  an  angel  of  God :  do  therefore 
lohat  is  good  in  thine  eyes. 

28  For  all  of  my  father's  house  Avere  but 
dead  men  before  my  lord  the  king:  yet 
didst  thou  set  thy  servant  among  them 
that  did  eat  at  tLine  own  table.  What 
right  therefore  have  I  yet  to  cry  any  more 
unto  the  king  ? 

29  And  the  king  said  unto  him.  Why 
speakest  thou  any  more  of  thy  matters? 
I  have  said,  Thou  and  Ziba  divide  the  land. 

30  And  Mephibosheth  said  unto  the  king. 
Yea,  let  him  take  all,  forasmuch  as  my 
lord  the  king  is  come  again  in  peace  unto 
his  own  house. 

31  1|  And  Barzillai  the  Gileadite  came 
down  from  Rogelim,  and  went  over  Jor- 
dan with  the  king,  to  conduct  him  over 
Jordan. 

32  Now  Barzillai  was  a  very  aged  man, 
even  fourscore  years  old :  and  he  had  pro- 
vided the  king  of  sustenance  while  he  lay 
at  Mahanaim ;  for  he  was  a  very  great 
man. 

33  And  the  king  said  unto  Barzillai,  Come 
thou  over  with  me,  and  I  will  feed  thee 
with  me  in  Jerusalem. 

34  And  Barzillai  said  unto  the  king.  How 
long  have  I  to  live,  that  I  should  go  up 
with  the  king  unto  Jerusalem  ? 

35  I  am  this  day  fourscore  years  old :  and 
can  I  discern  between  good  and  evil? 
can  thy  servant  taste  what  I  eat  or  what 
I  drink  ?  can  I  hear  any  more  the  voice  of 
singing  men  and  singing  women?  where- 
fore then  should  thy  servant  be  yet  a  bur- 
den unto  my  lord  the  king? 

30  Thy  servant  Avill  go  a  little  way  over 
Jordan  with  the  king:  and  why  should 
the  king  recompense  it  me  with  such  a 
reward  ? 

37  Let  thy  servant,  I  pray  thee,  turn  back 
again,  that  I  may  die  in  mine  own  city, 
and  be  buried  by  the  grave  of  my  father 
and  of  my  mother.  But  behold  thy  serv- 
ant Chimham ;  let  him  go  over  with  my 
lord  the  king;  and  do  to  him  what  shall 
seem  good  unto  thee. 

38  And  the  king  answered,  Chimham 
shall  go  over  with  me,  and  I  will  do  to 
him   that   which    shall    seem    ffood    unto 


11.  SAMUEL. 


thee :   aud  Avhatsocver  thou  shalt  require 
of  me,  tJiat  will  I  do  for  thee. 

39  And  all  the  people  went  over  Jordan. 
Aud  when  the  king  was  eome  over,  the 
king  kissed  Barzillai,  and  blessed  him; 
and  he  returned  uuto  his  own  j^laee. 

40  Then  the  kiug  went  on  to  Gilgal,  and 
Chimham  went  on  with  him :  and  all 
the  people  of  Judah  eonducted  the  kiug, 
aud  also  half  the  people  of  Israel. 

41  ^[  And,  behold,  all  the  men  of  Israel 
came  to  the  kiug,  and  said  unto  the 
king,  Why  have  our  brethren  the  men 
of  Judah  stolen  thee  away,  and  have 
brought  the  king,  and  his  household,  and 
all  David's  men  with  him,  over  Jordan  ? 

43  And  all  the  men  of  Judah  answered 
the  men  of  Israel,  Because  the  king  U 
near  of  kin  to  us :  Avherefore  then  be  ye 
angry  for  this* matter?  have  we  eaten  at 
all  of  the  king's  coat?  or  hath  he  given 
us  any  gift? 

43  And  the  men  of  Israel  answered  the 
men  of  Judah,  and  said,  We  have  ten 
parts  iu  the  king,  and  we  have  also 
more  right  in  David  than  ye:  why  then 
did  ye  despise  us,  that  our  advice  should 
not  be  first  had  in  bringing  back  our 
king?  And  the  words  of  the  men  of 
Judah  were  fiercer  than  the  words  of 
the  men  of  Israel.  ,i«^. 

CHAPTER  XX. 

AND  there  happened  to  be  there  a  man 
of  Belial,  whose  name  wan  Sheba,  the 
son  of  Bichri,  a  Benjamite:  and  he  blew 
a  trumpet,  and  said,  We  have  no  part 
in  David,  neither  have  we  inheritance  in 
the  son  of  Jesse :  every  man  to  his  tents, 
O  Israel. 

2  So  every  man  of  Israel  went  up  from 
after  David,  and  followed  Sheba  the  son 
of  Bichri:  but  the  men  of  Judah  clave 
unto  their  kiug,  from  Jordan  even  to  Je- 
rusalem. 

3  ^  And  David  came  to  his  house  at 
Jerusalem ;  and  the  king  took  the  ten 
women  hl%  concubines,  whom  he  had  left 
to  keep  the  house,  and  put  them  in  ward, 
and  fed  them,  but  went  not  in  unto 
them.  So  they  were  shut  up  unto  the 
dixy  of  their  death,  living  in  widoAvhood. 

4  *|[  Then  said  the  king  to  Amasa,  As- 
semble me  the  men  of  Judah  within  three 
days,  and  be  thou  here  present. 


5  So  Amasa  went  to  assemble  the  men  of 
Judah :  but  he  tarried  longer  than  the  set 
time  which  he  had  appointed  him. 

6  And  David  said  to  Abishai,  Now  shall 
Sheba  the  son  of  Bichri  do  us  more  harm 
than  did  Absalom  :  take  thou  thy  lord's 
servants,  and  pursue  after  him,  lest  he 
get  him  fenced  cities,  and  escape  us. 

7  And  there  went  out  after  him  Joab's 
men,  aud  the  Cherethites,  and  the  Peleth- 
ites,  .and  all  the  mighty  men:  and  they 
went  out  of  Jerusalem,  to  pursue  after 
Sheba  the  son  of  Bichri. 

8  When  they  were  at  the  great  stone 
which  is  in  Gibeon,  Amasa  went  before 
them.  And  Joab's  garment  that  he  had 
put  on  was  girded  unto  him,  and  ui)on 
it  a  girdle  with  a  sword  fastened  upon  his 
loins  in  the  sheath  thereof;  and  as  he 
went  forth  it  fell  out. 

9  And  Joab  said  to  Amasa,  Art  thou  in 
health,  my  brother?  And  Joab  took 
Amasa  by  the  beard  with  the  right  hand 
to  kiss  him. 

10  But  Amasa  took  no  heed  to  the  sword 
that  was  in  Joab's  hand:  so  he  smote 
him  therewith  in  the  fifth  ?"i6,  and  shed 
out  his  bowels  to  the  ground,  and  struck 
him  not  again  ;  and  he  died.  So  Joab  and 
Abishai  his  brother  pursued  after  Sheba 
the  son  of  Bichri. 

11  And  one  of  Joab's  men  stood  by 
him,  and  said,  He  that  favoureth  Joab, 
and  he  that  is  for  David,  let  him  go  after 
Joab. 

12  And  Amasa  wallowed  in  blood  in  the 
midst  of  the  highway.  And  when  the 
man  saw  that  all  the  people  stood  still, 
he  removed  Amasa  out  of  the  highway 
into  the  field,  and  cast  a  cloth  upon  him, 
when  he  saw  that  every  one  that  came 
by  him  stood  still. 

13  When  he  was  removed  out  of  the 
highway,  ail  the  people  went  on  after 
Joab,  to  pxirsue  after  Sheba  the  son  of 
Bichri. 

14  ^  And  he  went  through  all  the  tribes 
of  Israel  unto  Abel,  and  to  Beth-maa- 
chah,  and  all  the  Berites :  and  they  were 
gathered  together,  and  went  also  after 
him. 

15  And  they  came  and  besieged  him  in 
Abel  of  Beth-maachah,  and  they  cast  up 
a  bank  against  the  city,  and  it  stood  in 
the  trench:   and  all  the  people  that  were 

331 


II.  SAMUEL. 


with  Joab  battered  the  wall,  to  throw  it 
down. 

16  1  Then  cried  a  wise  woman  out  of  the 
city,  Hear,  hear;  say,  I  pray  you,  unto 
Joab,  Come  near  hither,  that  I  may  speak 
with  thee. 

17  And  when  he  was  come  near  unto  her, 
the  woman  said.  Art  thou  Joab  ?  And  he 
answered,  I  am  he.  Then  she  said  unto 
him,  Hear  the  words  of  thine  handmaid. 
And  he  answered,  I  do  hear. 

18  Then  she  spake,  sayinj^.  They  were 
Wont  to  speak  in  old  time,  saying,  They 
shall  surely  ask  counsel  at  Abel:  and  so 
they  ended  the  matter. 

19  I  am  one  of  them  that  are  peaceable 
and  faithful  in  Israel :  thou  seekest  to 
destroy  a  city  and  a  mother  in  Israel :  why 
wilt  thou  swallow  up  the  inheritance  of 
the  Lord? 

20  And  Joab  answered  and  said.  Far  be 
it,  far  be  it  from  me,  that  I  should  swallow 
up  or  destroy. 

21  The  matter  U  not  so :  but  a  man  of 
mount  Ephraim,  Sheba  the  son  of  Bichri 
by  name,  hath  lifted  up  his  hand  against 
the  king,  even  against  David:  deliver  him 
only,  and  I  will  depart  from  the  city. 
And  the  woman  said  unto  Joab,  Behold, 
his  head  shall  be  thrown  to  thee  over  the 
wall. 

22  Then  the  woman  went  unto  all  the 
people  in  her  wisdom  :  and  they  cut  oflF 
the  head  of  Sheba  the  son  of  Bichri,  and 
cast  it  out  to  Joab.  And  he  blew  a  trump- 
et, and  they  retired  from  the  city,  every 
man  to  his  tent.  And  Joab  returned  to 
Jerusalem  unto  the  king. 

23  *\\  Now  Joab  was  over  all  the  host  of 
Israel:  and  Benaiah  the  son  of  Jehoiada 
was  over  the  Cherethites  and  over  the 
Pelethites: 

24  And  Adoram  was  over  the  tribute:  and 
Jehoshaphat  the  son  of  Ahilud  ^vaa  re- 
corder: 

25  And  Sheva  was  scribe  :  and  Zadok  and 
Abiathar  ivere  the  priests  : 

26  And  Ira  also  the  Jairite  was  a  chief 
ruler  about  David.  « 

CHAPTER  XXI. 

THEN  there  was  a  famine  in  the  days 
of  David  three  years,  year  after  j'car; 
and  David  inquired  of  the  Lord.  And  the 
Lord  answered,  It  is  for  Saul,  and  for  Itis 

3ii2 


bloody  house,   because  he  sIcav  the   Gib- 
eonites. 

2  And  the  king  called  the  Gibeonites,  and 
said  unto  them  ;  ( now  the  Gibeonites  were 
not  of  the  children  of  Israel,  but  of  the 
remnant  of  the  Araorites  ;  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  had  sworn  unto  them  :  and 
Saul  sought  to  slay  them  in  his  zeal  to 
the  children  of  Israel  and  Judah:) 

3  Wherefore  David  said  unto  the  Gib- 
eonites, What  shall  I  do  for  you?  and 
wherewith  shall  I  make  the  atonement, 
that  ye  may  bless  the  inheritance  of  the 
Lord? 

4  And  the  Gibeonites  said  unto  him.  We 
will  have  no  silver  nor  gold  of  Saul,  nor 
of  his  house ;  neither  for  us  shalt  thou 
kill  any  man  in  Israel.  And  he  said, 
What  ye  shall  say,  that  will  I  do  for 
you. 

5  And  they  answered  the  king,  The  man 
that  consumed  us,  and  that  devised 
against  us  that  we  should  be  destroyed 
from  remaining  in  any  of  the  coasts  of 
Israel, 

6  Let  seven  men  of  his  sons  be  delivered 
unto  us,  and  we  will  hang  them  up  unto 
the  Lord  in  Gibeah  of  Saul,  whom  the 
Lord  did  choose.  And  the  king  said,  I 
will  give  them. 

7  But  the  king  spared  Mephibosheth,  the 
son  of  Jonathan  the  son  of  Saul,  be- 
cause of  the  Lord's  oath  that  toas  between 
them,  between  David  and  Jonathan  the 
son  of  Saul. 

8  But  the  king  took  the  two  sons  of 
Rizpah  the  daughter  of  Aiah,  whom  she 
bare  unto  Saul,  Armoni  and  Mephib- 
osheth ;  and  the  five  sons  of  Michal 
the  daughter  of  Saul,  whom  she  brought 
up  for  Adriel  the  son  of  Barzillai  the 
Meholathite : 

9  And  he  delivered  them  into  the  hands 
of  the  Gibeonites,  and  they  hanged  them 
in  the  hill  before  the  Lord  :  and  they  fell 
all  seven  together,  and  were  put  to  death 
in  the  days  of  harvest,  in  the  first  day.^,  in 
the  beginning  of  barley  harvest. 

10  T[  And  Rizpah  the  daughter  of  Aiah 
took  sackcloth,  and  spread  it  for  her  upon 
the  rock,  from  the  beginning  of  harvest 
until  water  dropped  upon  them  out  of 
heaven,  and  sufi'ered  neither  the  birds  of 
the  air  to  rest  on  them  by  day,  nor  the 
beasts  of  the  field  by  night. 


II.  SAMUEL. 


11  Aud  it  was  told  David  what  Rizpah 
the  daughter  of  Aiah,  the  concubine  of 
Saul,  had  done. 

12  %  And  David  went  and  took  the  bones 
of  Saul  and  the  bones  of  Jonathan  his  son 
from  the  men  of  Jabesh-gilead,  which  had 
stolen  them  from  the  street  of  Beth-shan, 
where  the  Philistines  had  hanged  them, 
when  the  Philistines  had  slain  Saul  in 
Gilboa: 

13  And  he  brought  up  from  thence  the 
bones  of  Saul  and  the  bones  of  Jonathan 
his  son;  aud  they  gathered  the  bones  of 
them  that  were  hanged. 

14  And  the  bones  of  Saul  and  Jonathan 
his  son  .buried  they  in  the  country  of  Ben- 
jamin in  Zelah,  in  the  sepulchre  of  Kish 
his  father:  and  they  performed  all  that 
the  king  commanded.  And  after  that  God 
was  entreated  for  the  land. 

15  II  Moreover  the  Philistines  had  yet 
war  again  with  Israel;  and  David  went 
down,  and  his  servants  with  him,  and 
fought  against  the  Philistines;  and  David 
waxed  faint. 

16  And  Ishbi-benob,  which  was  of  the 
sons  of  the  giant,  the  weight  of  whose 
spear  weighed  three  hundred  shekels  of  brass 
in  weight,  he  being  girded  with  a  new 
sword^  thought  to  have  slain  David. 

17  But  Abishai  the  son  of  Zeruiah  suc- 
coured him,  and  smote  the  Philistine, 
and  killed  him.  Then  the  men  of  David 
sware  unto  him,  saying.  Thou  shalt  go  no 
more  out  with  us  to  battle,  that  thou 
quench  not  the  light  of  Israel. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that 
there  was  again  a  battle  with  the  Philis- 
tines at  Gob:  then  Sibbechai  the  Hushath- 
ite  slew  Saph,  Avhich  toas  of  the  sons  of 
the  giant. 

19  And  there  was  again  a  battle  in  Gob 
with  the  Philistines,  where  Elhanan  the 
sou  of  Jaare-oregim,  a  Beth-lehemite,  slew 
the  brother  of  GoVvAiXi  the  Gittlte,  the  staff 
of  whose  spear  was  like  a  weaver's  beam. 

20  And  there  was  yet  a  battle  in  Gath, 
where  was  a  man  of  great  stature,  that 
had  on  every  hand  six  fingers,  and  on 
every  foot  six  toes,  four  and  twenty  in 
number;  and  he  also  was  born  to  the 
giant. 

21  Aud  when  he  defied  Israel,  Jonathan 
the  sou  of  Shimeah  the  brother  of  David 
slew  him. 


22  These  four  were  born  to  the  giant  in 
Gath,  and  fell  by  the  hand  of  David,  and 
by  the  hand  of  his  servants.       w 

CHAPTER  XXII. 

AND  David  spake  unto  the  Lord  the 
words  of  this  song,  in  the  day  that 
the  Lord  had  delivered  him  out  of  the 
hand  of  all  his  enemies,  and  out  of  the 
hand  of  Saul : 

2  And  he  said,  The  Lord  is  my  rock, 
and  my  fortress,  and  my  deliverer; 

3  The  God  of  my  rock;  in  him  will  I 
trust:  he  is  my  shield,  and  the  horn  of 
my  salvation,  my  high  tower,  and  my 
refuge,  my  saviour;  thou  savest  me  from 
violence. 

4  I  will  call  on  the  Lord,  who  is  worthy 
to  be  praised:  so  shall  I  be  saved  from 
mine  enemies. 

5  When  the  waves  of  death  compassed 
me,  the  floods  of  ungodly  men  made  me 
afraid  ; 

6  The  sorrows  of  hell  compassed  me 
about;  the  snares  of  death  prevented  me. 

7  In  my  distress  I  called  upon  the  Lord, 
and  cried  to  my  God:  and  he  did  hear  my 
voice  out  of  his  temple,  aud  my  cry  did 
enter  into  his  ears. 

8  Then  the  earth  shook  and  trembled; 
the  foundations  of  heaven  moved  and 
shook,  because  he  was  Avroth. 

9  There  went  up  a  smoke  out  of  his  nos- 
trils, and  fire  out  of  his  mouth  devoured: 
coals  w*re  kindled  by  it. 

10  He  bowed  the  heavens  also,  and  came 
down ;  and  darkness  2vas  under  his  feet. 

11  And  he  rode  upon  a  cherub,  and  did 
fly:  and  he  was  seen  upon  the  wings  of 
the  wind. 

12  And  he  made  darkness  pavilions  roimd 
about  him,  dark  waters,  and  thick  clouds 
of  the  skies. 

13  Through  the  brightness  before  him 
were  coals  of  fire  kindled. 

14  The  Lord  thundered  from  heaven,  and 
the  Most  High  uttered  his  voice. 

15  And  he  sent  out  arrows,  and  scattered 
them  ;  lightning,  and  discomfited  them. 

16  And  the  channels  of  the  sea  appeared, 
the  foundations  of  the  world  were  discov- 
ered, at  the  rebuking  of  the  Lord,  at  the 
blast  of  the  breath  of  his  nostrils. 

17  He  sent  from  above,  he  took  me;  he 
drew  me  out  of  many  waters : 

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11.  SAMUEL. 


18  He  delivered  me  from  my  strong  ene- 
my, and  from  them  that  hated  me:  for 
they  -were  too  strong  for  me. 

19  They  prevented  me  in  the  day  of  my 
calamity:  but  the  Lord  was  my  stay. 

20  He  brought  me  forth  also  into  a  large 
place:  he  delivered  me,  because  he  de- 
lighted in  me. 

21  The  Lord  rewarded  me  according  to 
my  righteousness ;  according  to  the  clean- 
ness of  my  hands  hath  he  recompensed 
me. 

22  For  1  have  kept  the  ways  of  the  Lord, 
and  have  not  wickedly  departed  from  my 
God. 

23  For  all  his  judgments  were  before  me: 
and  a.s  for  his  statutes,  I  did  not  depart 
from  them. 

24  I  was  also  upright  before  him,  and 
have  kept  myself  from  mine  iniquity. 

2.5  Therefore  the  Lord  hath  recom- 
pensed me  according  to  my  righteous- 
ness ;  according  to  my  cleanness  in  his 
eyesight. 

26  With  the  merciful  thou  wilt  shew  thy- 
self merciful,  a7id  with  the  upright  man 
thou  wilt  shew  thyself  upright. 

27  With  the  pure  thou  wilt  shew  thyself 
pure;  and  with  the  fro  ward  thou  wilt 
shew  thyself  unsavoury. 

28  And  the  afflicted  people  thou  wilt 
save:  but  thine  eyes  are  upon  the 
haughty,  tJiat  thou  mayest  bring  them 
down. 

29  For  thou  art  my  lamp,  O  Lord:  and 
the  Lord  will  lighten  my  darkness. 

30  For  by  thee  I  have  run  through  a 
troop:  by  my  God  have  I  leaped  over  a 
wall. 

31  As  for  God,  his  way  is  perfect;  the 
word  of  the  Lord  is  tried :  he  is  a  buckler 
to  all  them  that  trust  in  him. 

32  For  who  is  God,  save  the  Lord?  and 
who  is  a  rock,  save  our  God? 

33  God  is  my  strength  a7id  power;  and 
he  maketh  my  way  perfect. 

34  He  maketh  my  feet  like  hinds' /ee^; 
and  setteth  me  upon  ray  high  places. 

35  He  teacheth  my  hands  to  war;  so  that 
a  bow  of  steel  is  broken  by  mine  arms. 

36  Thou  hast  also  given  me  the  shield  of 
thy  salvation:  and  thy  geutleuess  hath 
made  me  great. 

37  Thou  hast  enlarged  my  steps  under 
me ;  so  that  my  feet  did  not  slip. 


38  I  have  pursued  mine  enemies,  and 
destroyed  them ;  and  turned  not  again 
until  I  had  consumed  them. 

39  And  I  have  consumed  them,  and 
wounded  them,  that  they  could  not  arise: 
yea,  they  are  fallen  under  my  feet. 

40  For  thou  hast  girded  me  with  strength 
to  battle:  them  that  rose  up  against  me 
hast  thou  subdued  under  me. 

41  Thou  hast  also  given  me  the  necks 
of  mine  enemies,  that  I  might  destroy 
them  that  hate  me. 

42  They  looked,  but  there  was  none  to 
save ;  eve?i  unto  the  Lord,  but  he  an- 
swered them  not. 

43  Then  did  1  beat  them  as  small  as  the 
dust  of  the  earth:  I  did  stamp  them  as 
the  mire  of  the  street,  a7id  did  spread 
them  abroad. 

44  Thou  also  hast  delivered  me  from 
the  strivings  of  my  people,  thou  hast 
kept  me  to  be  head  of  the  heathen:  a 
people  which  I  knew  not  shall  ser\^e  me. 

4.5  Strangers  shall  submit  themselves 
unto  me:  as  soon  as  they  hear,  they  shall 
be  obedient  unto  me. 

46  Strangers  shall  fade  away,  and  they 
shall  be  afraid  out  of  their  close  places. 

47  The  Lord  liveth;  and  blessed  be  my 
rock ;  and  exalted  be  the  God  of  the  rock 
of  my  salvation. 

48  It  w  God  that  avengeth  me,  and  that 
bringetli  down  the  people  under  me, 

49  And  that  bringetli  me  forth  from  mine 
enemies :  thou  also  hast  lifted  me  up  ou 
high  above  them  that  rose  up  against 
me :  thou  hast  delivered  me  from  the  vio- 
lent man. 

50  Therefore  I  will  give  thanks  unto  thee, 
O  Lord,  among  the  heathen,  and  I  will 
sing  praises  unto  thy  name. 

51  Be  is  the  tower  of  salvation  for  his 
king:  and  sheweth  mercj"  to  his  anointed, 
unto  David,  and  to  his  seed  for  evermore. 

CHAPTER  XXIIL 

NOW  these  be  the  last  words  of  DaAid. 
David  the  son  of  Jesse  said,  and  the 
man  who  toas  raised  up  on  high,  the  anoint- 
ed of  the  God  of  Jacob,  and  the  sweet 
psalmist  of  Israel,  said, 

2  The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  spake  by  me, 
and  his  word  was  in  my  tongue. 

3  The  God  of  Israel  said,  the  Rock  of 
Israel  spake  to  me.  He  that  ruleth  over 


11.  SAMUEL. 


men  mmt  he  just,  ruling  in  tlic  fear  of 
God. 

4  And  he  shall  be  as  the  light  of  the  morn- 
ing, whe7i  the  sun  riseth,  eve?i  a  morning 
Avithout  clouds;  as  the  tender  grass  spriiu/- 
iiig  out  of  the  earth  by  clear  shining  after 
rain. 

5  Although  my  house  be  not  so  with  God; 
yet  he  hath  made  "vvith  me  an  everlasting 
covenant,  ordered  in  all  thinya^  and  sure : 
for  this  is  all  my  salvation,  and  all  my 
desire,  although  he  make  it  not  to  grow. 

6  II  But  the  so?is  of  Belial  shall  be  all  of 
them  as  thorns  thrust  aAvay,  because  they 
cannot  be  taken  with  hands : 

7  But  the  man  that  shall  touch  them 
must  be  fenced  with  iron  and  the  staff  of 
a  spear ;  and  they  shall  be  utterly  burned 
with  fire  in  the  same  place. 

8  t  These  be  the  names  of  the  mighty 
men  whom  David  had:  The  Tachmonite 
that  sat  in  the  seat,  chief  among  the  cap- 
tains ;  the  same  was  Adino  the  Eznite :  he 
lifted  up  his  spear  against  eight  hundred, 
whom  he  slew  at  one  time. 

9  And  after  him  was  Eleazar  the  son  of 
Dodo  the  Ahohite,  o7ie  of  the  three  mighty 
men  with  David,  when  they  defied  the 
Philistines  that  were  there  gathered  to- 
gether to  battle,  and  the  men  of  Israel 
were  gone  away : 

10  He  arose,  and  smote  the  Philistines 
until  his  hand  was  weary,  and  his  hand 
clave  unto  the  sword:  and  the  Loko 
wrought  a  great  victory  that  day;  and 
the  people  returned  after  him  only  to 
spoil. 

11  And  after  him  vms  Shammah  the  son 
of  Agee  the  Hararite.  And  the  Philistines 
were  gathered  together  into  a  troop,  where 
was  a  piece  of  ground  full  of  lentiles  :  and 
the  people  fled  from  the  Philistines. 

13  But  he  stood  in  the  midst  of  the 
ground,  and  defended  it,  and  slew  the 
Philistines :  and  the  Lokd  wrought  a 
great  victory. 

13  And  three  of  the  thirty  chief  went 
down,  and  came  to  David  in  the  harvest 
time  unto  the  cave  of  Adullam :  and  the 
troop  of  the  Philistines  pitched  in  the 
valley  of  Rephaim. 

14  And  David  was  then  in  a  hold,  and 
the  garrison  of  the  Philistines  was  then 
in  Beth-lehem. 

1.5  And  David  lon<i:ed,  and  said,  Oh  that 


one  would  give  me  drink  of  the  water  of 
the  Avell  of  Beth-lehem,  which  is  by  the 
gate  ! 

16  And  the  three  mighty  men  brake 
through  the  host  of  the  Philistines,  and 
drew  water  out  of  the  well  of  Beth- 
lehem, that  was  by  the  gate,  and  took  it, 
and  brought  it  to  David:  nevertheless  he 
would  not  drink  thereof,  but  poured  it 
out  unto  the  Lord. 

17  And  he  said.  Be  it  far  from  me,  O 
Lokd,  that  I  should  do  this:  is  not  this 
the  blood  of  the  men  that  went  in  jeop- 
ardy of  their  lives '?  therefore  he  would 
not  drink  it.  These  things  did  these  three 
mighty  men. 

18  And  Abishai,  the  brother  of  Joab,  the 
son  of  Zeruiah,  was  chief  among  three. 
And  he  lifted  tip  his  spear  against  three 
hundred,  ajid  slew  than,  and  had  the  name 
among  three. 

19  Was  he  not  most  honourable  of  three? 
therefore  he  was  their  captain  :  hoAvbeit  he 
attained  not  unto  the^r*-^  three. 

20  And  Benaiah  the  son  of  Jehoiada,  the 
son  of  a  valiant  man,  of  Kabzeel,  who  had 
done  many  acts,  he  slew  two  lionlike  men 
of  Moab :  he  went  down  also  and  slew  a 
lion  in  the  midst  of  a  pit  in  time  of  %uow. 

21  And  he  slew  an  Eg^-ptian,  a  goodly 
man :  and  the  Egyptian  had  a  spear  in 
his  hand ;  but  he  went  down  to  him  with 
a  staff,  and  plucked  the  si)ear  out  of  the 
Egyptian's  hand,  and  slew  him  with  his 
own  spear. 

22  These  tliinys  did  Benaiah  the  son  of 
Jehoiada,  and  had  the  name  among  three 
mighty  men. 

23  He  was  more  honourable  than  the 
thirty,  but  he  attained  not  to  the  flrtit 
three.     And  David  set  him  over  his  guard. 

24  Asahel  the  brother  of  Joab  ?ras  one  of 
the  thirty;  Elhanan  the  son  of  Dodo  of 
Beth-lehem, 

25  Shammah  the  Harodite,  Elika  the  Ha- 
rodite, 

26  Helez  the  Paltite,  Ira  the  son  of  Ikkesh 
the  Tekoite, 

27  Abiezer  the  Anethothite,  Mebunnai  the 
Hushathite, 

28  Zalmon  the  Ahohite,  Maharai  the 
Netophathitc, 

29  Heleb  the  son  of  Baanah,  a  Neto])!!- 

uthite,  Ittai  the  son  of  Ribai  out  of  Gib- 

eah  of  the  children  of  Benjamin, 
_ 


II.  SAMUEL. 


30  Bcnaiah  the  Pirathonite,  Hiddai  of  the 
brooks  of  Gaash, 

31  Abi-alboa  the  Arbathite,  Azmaveth  the 
Barbumitc, 

32  Eliahba  the  Shaalbonitc,  of  the  sons 
of  Jashen,  Jonathan, 

33  Shammah  the  Hararite,  Ahiam  the  son 
of  Sharar  the  Hararite, 

34  Eliphelet  the  son  of  Ahasbai,  the  son 
of  the  Maachathitc,  Eliam  the  sou  of  Ahith- 
ophel  the  Gilonite, 

35  Hezral  the  Carmelite,  Paarai  the  Arbite, 

36  Igal  the  son  of  Nathan  of  Zobah,  Bani 
the  Gadite, 

37  Zelek  the  Ammonite,  Nahari  the  Be- 
erothite,  armourbearer  to  Joab  the  son  of 
Zeruiah, 

38  Ira  an  Ithrito,  Gareb  an  Ithritc, 

39  Uriah  the  Hittitc:  thirty  and  seven  in 
all. 

chaptp:r  XXIV. 

AN  D  again  the  anji^er  of  the  Lord  was 
kindled  against  Israel,  and  he  moved 
David  against  them  to  say,  Go,  number 
Israel  and  Judah. 

2  For  the  king  said  to  Joab  the  captain 
of  the  host,  which  was  Avith  him,  Go  now 
through  all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  from  Dan 
even  to  Beer-sheba,  and  number  ye  the 
l)eoplc,  that  I  may  know  the  number  of 
the  people. 

3  And  Joab  said  unto  the  king,  Now  the 
Lord  thy  God  add  unto  the  people,  how 
many  soever  they  be,  a  hundredfold,  and 
that  the  eyes  of  my  lord  the  king  may 
see  it:  but  why  doth  my  lord  the  king 
delight  in  this  thing? 

4  Notwithstanding  the  king's  word  pre- 
vailed against  Joab,  and  against  the  cap- 
tains of  the  host.  And  Joab  and  the  cap- 
tains of  the  host  went  out  from  the  pres- 
ence of  the  king,  to  number  the  people 
of  Israel. 

5  TI  And  they  passed  over  Jordan,  and 
pitched  in  Aroer,  on  the  right  side  of  the 
city  that  lieth  in  the  midst  of  the  river  of 
Gad,  and  toward  Jazer  : 

6  Then  they  came  to  Gilead,  and  to  the 
land  of  Tahtim-hodshi ;  and  they  came  to 
Dan-jaan,  and  about  to  Zidon, 

7  And  came  to  the  strong  hold  of  Tyre, 
and  to  all  the  cities  of  the  Hivites,  and  of 
the  Canaanites :  and  they  went  out  to  the 
south  of  Judah,  eve7i  to  Beer-sheba. 

8  So   when  they  had   gone   through  all 

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the  land,  they  came  to  Jerusalem  at  the 
end  of  nine  mouths  and  twenty  days. 

9  And  Joab  gave  up  the  sum  of  the  num- 
ber of  the  people  unto  the  king:  and 
there  were  in  Israel  eight  hundred  thou- 
sand valiant  men  that  drew  the  sword; 
and  the  men  of  Judah  were  five  hundred 
thousand  men, 

10  Tl  And  David's  heart  smote  him  after 
that  he  had  numbered  the  people.  And 
David  said  unto  the  Lord,  I  have  sinned 
greatly  in  that  I  have  done :  and  now,  I 
beseech  thee,  O  Lord,  take  away  the 
iniquity  of  thy  servant;  for  I  have  done 
very  foolishly. 

11  For  when  David  was  up  in  the  morn- 
ing, the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
the  jjrophet  Gad,  David's  seer,  saying, 

12  Go  and  say  unto  David,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord,  I  offer  thee  three  thht(/s;  choose 
thee  one  of  them,  that  I  may  do  it  unto 
thee. 

13  So  Gad  came  to  David,  and  told  him, 
and  said  unto  him,  Shall  seven  years  of 
famine  come  unto  thee  in  thy  land?  or 
wilt  thou  flee  three  mouths  before  thine 
enemies,  while  they  pursue  thee?  or  that 
there  be  three  days'  pestilence  in  thy 
land?  now  advise,  and  see  what  answer 
I  shall  return  to  him  that  sent  me. 

14  And  David  said  unto  Gad,  I  am  in  a 
great  strait:  let  us  fall  now  into  the  hand 
of  the  Lord  ;  for  his  mercies  are  great : 
and  let  me  not  fall  into  the  hand  of  man. 

15  11  So  the  Lord  sent  a  pestilence  upon 
Israel  from  the  morning  even  to  the  time 
appointed :  and  there  died  of  the  people 
from  Dan  even  to  Beer-sheba  seventy 
thousand  men. 

16  And  when  the  angel  stretched  out  his 
hand  upon  Jerusalem  to  destroy  it,  the 
Lord  repented  him  of  the  evil,  and  said 
to  the  angel  that  destroyed  the  people, 
It  is  enough  :  stay  now  thine  hand.  And 
the  angel  of  the  Lord  was  by  the  thrcsh- 
ingplace  of  Araunah  the  Jebusite. 

17  And  David  spake  uuto  the  Lord 
when  he  saw  the  angel  that  smote  the 
people,  and  said,  Lo,  I  have  sinned,  and 
I  have  done  wickedly :  but  these  sheep, 
what  have  they  done?  let  thine  hand,  I 
pray  thee,  be  against  me,  and  against  my 

i  father's  house. 

18  1  And  Gad  came  that  day  to  David, 
and  said  unto  him,   do  up,  rear  an  altar 


I.  KINGS. 


unto  the   Lord  in  the   threshingfloor  of 
Arauiiah  the  Jebusite. 

19  And  David,  according  to  the  saying 
of  Gad,  went  up  as  the  Lokd  com- 
manded. 

20  And  Araunah  looked,  and  saw  the 
king  and  his  servants  coming  on  toward 
him :  and  Araunah  went  out,  and  bowed 
himself  before  the  king  on  his  face  upon 
the  ground. 

21  And  Araunah  said.  Wherefore  is  my 
lord  the  king  come  to  his  servant?  And 
David  said,  To  buy  the  threshingfloor  of 
thee,  to  build  an  altar  unto  the  Lord, 
that  the  plague  may  be  stayed  from  the 
jxiople. . 

22  And  Amunah  said  unto  David,  Let 
ray  lord  the  king  take  and  ofiier  up  what 
seofjietli  good  unto  him:    behold,  here  be 


oxen  for  burnt  sacrifice,  and  threshing 
instruments  and  ot?ier  instruments  of  the 
oxen  for  wood. 

23  All  these  thmf/s  did  Araunah,  as  a  king, 
give  unto  the  king.  And  Araunah  said 
unto  the  king,  The  Lord  thy  God  accept 
thee. 

24  And  the  king  said  unto  Araimah,  Nay; 
but  I  will  surely  buy  it  of  thee  at  a  price  : 
neither  will  I  oflfcr  burnt  oflferings  unto 
the  Lord  my  God  of  that  which  doth 
cost  me  nothing.  So  David  bought  the 
threshingfloor  and  the  oxen  for  fifty  shek- 
els of  silver. 

25  And  David  built  there  an  altar  unto 
the  Lord,  and  offered  burnt  offerings  and 
l^eace  offerings.  So  the  Lord  Avas  entreat- 
ed for  the  land,  and  the  plague  was  stayed 
from  IsraeL      ^ 


THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF  THE  KINGS, 


COMMONLT  CALLED, 


THE  THIRD  BOOK  OF  THE  KINGS. 


CHAPTER  L 

NOW  king  David  was  old  and  stricken 
in  years ;  and  they  covered  him  witt 
clothes,  but  he  gat  no  heat. 

2  Wherefore  his  servants  said  unto  him, 
Let  there  be  sought  for  my  lord  the  king 
a  young  virgin:  and  let  her  stand  before 
the  king,  and  let  her  cherish  him,  and  let 
her  lie  in  thy  bosom,  that  my  lord  the 
king  may  get  heat. 

3  So  they  sought  for  a  fair  damsel 
throughout  all  the  coasts  of  Israel,  and 
found  Abishag  a  Shunammite,  and  brought 
her  to  the  king. 

4  And  the  damsel  was  very  fair,  and  cher- 
ished the  king,  and  ministered  to  him:  but 
the  king  knew  her  not. 

5  1  Then  Adonijah  the  son  of  Haggith 
exalted  himself,  saying,  I  will  be  king: 
and  he  prepared  him  chariots  and  horse- 
men, and  fifty  men  to  run  before  him. 

6  And  his  father  had  not  displeased  him 

at    any  time    in    saying.   Why  hast  thou 

done  so  ?  and  he  also  wan  a  very  goodly 
_ 


man ;  and  his  mother  bare  him  after  Absa- 
lom, 

7  And  he  conferred  with  Joab  the  son  of 
Zeruiah,  and  with  Abiathar  the  priest: 
and  they  following  Adonijah  helped  him. 

8  But  Zadok  the  priest,  and  Bcnaiah  the 
son  of  Jehoiada,  and  Nathan  the  prophet, 
and  Shimei,  and  Rei,  and  the  mighty  men 
which  belonged  to  David,  were  not  with 
Adonijah. 

9  And  Adonijah  slew  sheep  and  oxen  and 
fat  cattle  by  the  stone  of  Zoheleth,  which 
is  by  En-rogel,  and  called  all  his  brethren 
the  king's  sons,  and  all  the  men  of  Judah 
the  king's  servants : 

10  But  Nathan  the  prophet,  and  Benaiah, 
and  the  mighty  men,  and  Solomon  his 
brother,  he  called  not. 

11  Tl  Wherefore  Nathan  spake  lanto 
Bath-sheba  the  mother  of  Solomon,  say- 
ing. Hast  thou  not  hcai'd  that  Adonijah 
the  son  of  Haggith  doth  reign,  and  David 
our  lord  knoweth  it  not  ? 

12  Now  therefore  come,  let  me,  I   pray 

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I.  KINGS. 


thee,  ^ive  thee  counsel,  that  thou  mayest 
save  thine  own  life,  and  the  life  of  thy  son 
Solomon. 

13  Go  and  get  thee  in  unto  king  David, 
and  say  unto  him,  Didst  not  thou,  my 
lord,  O  king,  swear  unto  thine  handmaid, 
saying,  Assuredly  Solomon  thy  son  shall 
reign  after  me,  and  he  shall  sit  upon  my 
throne  ?  why  then  doth  Adonijah  reign  ? 

14  Behold,  while  thou  yet  talkest  there 
with  the  king,  I  also  will  come  in  after 
thee,  and  confirm  thy  words. 

15  T[  And  Bath-sheba  went  in  unto  the 
king  into  the  chamber:  and  the  king  was 
very  old;  and  Abishag  the  Shunammite 
ministered  unto  the  king. 

16  And  Bath-sheba  bowed,  and  did  obei- 
sance unto  the  king.  And  the  king  said. 
What  wouldest  thou  ? 

17  And  she  said  unto  him,  My  lord,  thou 
swarest  by  the  Lokd  thy  God  unto  thine 
handmaid,  sayiyig.  Assuredly  Solomon  thy 
son  shall  reign  after  me,  and  he  shall  sit 
upon  my  throne. 

18  And  now,  behold,  Adonijah  reigneth; 
and  now,  my  lord  the  king,  thou  knowest 
it  not : 

19  And  he  hath  slain  oxen  and  fat  cattle 
and  sheep  iu  abundance,  and  hath  called 
all  the  sons  of  the  king,  and  Abiathar  the 
priest,  and  Joab  the  captain  of  the  host : 
but  Solomon  thy  servant  hath  he  not 
called. 

20  And  thou,  ray  lord,  O  king,  the  eyes  of 
all  Israel  are  upon  thee,  that  thou  should- 
est  tell  them  who  shall  sit  on  the  throne 
of  my  lord  the  king  after  him. 

21  Otherwise  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
my  lord  the  king  shall  sleep  with  his  fa- 
thers, that  I  and  my  son  Solomon  shall  be 
counted  offenders. 

22  Tl  And,  lo,  while  she  yet  talked  with 
the  king,  Nathan  the  prophet  also  came  iu. 

23  And  they  told  the  king,  saying.  Behold 
Nathan  the  prophet.  And  when  he  Avas 
come  in  before  the  king,  he  bowed  him- 
self before  the  king  with  his  face  to  the 
ground. 

,    24  And  Nathan  said.  My    lord,   O   king, 
hast  thou  said,  Adonijah  shall  reign  after 
rae,  and  he  shall  sit  upon  my  throne? 
25  For  he  is  gone  down  this  day,  and  hath 

j  slain  oxen  and  fat  cattle  and  sheep  in  abund- 
ance, and  liatli  called  all  the  king's  sons, 
and  the  captains  of  the  host,  and  Abiathar 

"  33S 


the  priest;  and,  behold,  the)"^  eat  and  drink 
before  him,  and  say,  God  save  king  Ado- 
nijah. 

20  But  rae,  eve7i  rae  thy  servant,  and  Za- 
dok  the  priest,  and  Benaiah  the  son  of 
Jehoiada,  and  thy  servant  Soloraon,  hath 
he  not  called. 

27  Is  this  thing  done  by  ray  lord  the  king, 
and  thou  hast  not  shewed  it  unto  thy  serv- 
ant, who  should  sit  on  the  throne  of  my 
lord  the  king  after  him  ? 

28  II  Then  king  David  answered  and  said, 
Call  me  Bath-sheba.  And  she  came  into 
the  king's  presence,  and  stood  before  the 
king. 

29  And  the  king  sware,  and  said,  As  the 
Lord  liveth,  that  hath  redeemed  my  soul 
out  of  all  distress, 

30  Even  as  1  sware  unto  thee  by  the  Lord 
God  of  Israel,  saying.  Assuredly  Solomon 
thy  son  shall  reign  after  me,  and  he  shall 
sit  upon  my  throne  iu  my  stead;  even  so 
will  I  certainly  do  this  day. 

31  Then  Bath-sheba  bowed  with  her  foce 
to  the  earth,  and  did  reverence  to  the  king, 
and  said,  Let  my  lord  king  David  live  for 
ever. 

32  1[  And  king  David  said,  Call  me  Zadok 
the  priest,  and  Nathan  the  prophet,  and 
Benaiah  the  sou  of  Jehoiada.  And  they 
came  before  the  king. 

33  The  king  also  said  unto  them.  Take 
with  you  the  servants  of  your  lord,  and 
cause  Solomon  my  sou  to  ride  upon  mine 
own  mule,  and  biing  him  down  to  Gihon  : 

34  And  let  Zadok  the  priest  and  Nathan 
the  prophet  anoint  him  there  king  over 
Israel:  and  blow  ye  with  the  trumpet,  and 
say,  God  save  king  Solomon. 

35  Then  ye  shall  come  up  after  him,  that 
he  may  come  and  sit  upon  my  throne;  for 
he  shall  be  king  in  my  stead :  and  I  have 
appointed  him  to  be  ruler  over  Israel  and 
over  Judah. 

36  And  Benaiah  the  son  of  Jehoiada  an- 
swered the  king,  and  said.  Amen :  the 
Lord  God  of  my  lord  the  king  say  so  too. 

37  As  the  Lord  hath  been  Avith  my  lord 
the  king,  even  so  be  he  with  Solomon,  and 
make  his  throne  greater  than  the  throne 
of  my  lord  king  David. 

38  So  Zadok  the  priest,  and  Nathan  the 
prophet,  and  Benaiah  the  sou  of  Jehoiada, 
aud  the  Chcrethitcs,  and  the  Pelethites, 
went  down,  aud  caused  Solomon  to  ride 


I.  KINGS. 


upon  king  David's  mule,  and  brought  him 
to  Gihon. 

39  And  Zadok  the  priest  took  a  horn  of 
oil  out  of  the  tabernacle,  and  anointed 
Solomon.  And  they  blew  the  trumpet; 
and  all  the  people  said,  God  save  king 
Solomon. 

40  And  all  the  people  came  uj)  after  him, 
and  the  people  piped  with  pipes,  and  re- 
joiced with  great  joy,  so  that  the  earth 
rent  with  tiie  sound  of  them. 

41  1  And  Adonijah  and  all  the  guests  that 
were  with  him  heard  it  as  they  had  made 
an  end  of  eating.  And  when  Joab  heard 
the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  he  said,  Where- 
fore is  ihis  noise  of  the  city  being  in  an 
uproar  ? 

43  And  while  he  yet  spake,  behold,  Jona- 
than the  son  of  Abiathar  the  priest  came: 
and  Adonijah  said  unto  him,  Come  in; 
for  thou  art  a  valiant  man,  and  bringest 
good  tidings. 

43  And  Jonathan  answered  and  said  to 
Adonijah,  Verily  our  lord  king  David  hath 
made  Solomon  king. 

44  And  the  king  hath  sent  with  him 
Zadok  the  priest,  and  Nathan  the  prophet, 
and  Benaiah  the  son  of  Jehoiada,  and  the 
Cherethites,  and  the  Pelethites,  and  they 
have  caused  hhu  to  ride  upon  the  king's 
mule : 

45  And  Zadok  the  priest  and  Nathan  the 
prophet  have  anointed  him  king  in  Gihon: 
and  they  are  come  up  from  thence  rejoic- 
ing, so  that  the  city  rang  again.  This  is 
the  noise  that  ye  have  heard. 

46  And  also  Solomon  sittcth  on  the 
throne  of  the  kingdom. 

47  And  moreover  the  king's  servants 
came  to  bless  our  lord  king  David,  say- 
ing, God  make  the  name  of  Solomon  better 
than  thy  name,  and  make  his  throne  great- 
er than  thy  throne.  And  the  king  bowed 
himself  upon  the  bed. 

48  And  also  thus  said  the  king.  Blessed 
he  the  Lokd  God  of  Israel,  which  hath 
given  one  to  sit  on  my  throne  this  day, 
mine  eyes  even  seeing  it. 

•  49  And  all  the  guests  that  were  with 
Adonijah  were  afraid,  and  rose  up,  and 
Avent  every  man  his  way. 

50  II  And  Adonijah  feared  because  of 
Solomon,  and  arose,  and  went,  and  caught 
hold  on  the  horns  of  the  altar. 

51  And  it  was  told  Solomon,  savin";,  Be- 


hold,  Adonijah  feareth  king  Solomon:  for, 
lo,  he  hath  caught  hold  on  the  horns  of 
the  altar,  saying.  Let  king  Solomon  swear 
unto  me  to  day  that  he  will  not  slay  his 
servant  with  the  sword. 

53  And  Solomon  said.  If  he  will  shew 
himself  a  worthy  man,  there  shall  not  a 
hair  of  him  fall  to  the  earth:  but  if  wick- 
edness shall  be  found  in  him,  he  shall 
die. 

53  So  king  Solomon  sent,  and  they 
brought  him  down  from  the  altar.  And 
he  came  and  bowed  himself  to  king  Solo- 
mon: and  Solomon  said  unto  him.  Go  to 
thine  house.     » 

CHAPTER   II. 

NOW  the  days  of  David  drew  nigh  that 
he  should  die;  and  he  charged  Solo- 
mon his  son,  saying, 

3  I  go  the  way  of  all  the  earth:  be  thou 
strong  therefore,  and  slicw  thyself  a  man; 

3  And  keep  the  charge  of  the  Lokd  thy 
God,  to  walk  in  his  ways,  to  keep  his 
statutes,  and  his  commandments,  and  his 
judgments,  and  his  testimonies,  as  it  is 
written  in  the  law  of  Moses,  that  thou 
mayest  prosper  in  all  that  thou  doest, 
.and  whithersoever  thou  turnest  thyself: 

4  That  the  Lokd  may  continue  his  Avord 
which  he  spake  concerning  me,  saying. 
If  thy  children  take  heed  to  their  way,  to 
walk  before  me  in  truth  with  all  their 
heart  and  with  all  their  soul,  there  shall 
not  fiul  thee  (said  he)  a  man  on  the  throne 
of  Israel. 

5  Moreover  thou  knowest  also  what  Joab 
the  son  of  Zeruiah  did  to  me,  and  Avhat 
he  did  to  the  two  captains  of  the  hosts 
of  Israel,  unto  Abner  the  son  of  Ner,  and 
unto  Amasa  the  son  of  Jether,  whom  he 
slew,  and  shed  the  blood  of  war  in  peace, 
and  put  the  blood  of  war  upon  his  girdle 
that  was  about  his  loins,  and  in  his  shoes, 
that  were  on  his  feet. 

6  Do  therefore  according  to  thy  wisdom, 
and  let  not  his  hoar  head  go  down  to  the 
grave  in  peace. 

7  But  shew  kindness  unto  the  sons  of 
Barzillai  the  Gileadite,  and  let  them  be  of 
those  that  eat  at  thy  tal)le :  for  so  they 
came  to  me  when  I  lied  because  of  Absa- 
lom thy  brother. 

8  And,  behold,  thou  haat  with  thee  Shimei 
the  sou  of  Gera,  a  Beujamite  of  Bahurim, 
which  cursed  me  with  a  grievous  curse  in 


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I.  KINGS. 


the  day  wbeu  1  weut  to  Mahanaim :  but 
he  came  down  to  meet  me  at  Jordau,  aud 
I  sware  to  him  by  the  LoKU,  saying,  I 
will  not  put  thee  to  death  with  the  sword. 

9  Now  therefore  hold  him  not  guiltless: 
for  thou  art  a  wise  man,  aud  knowest 
what  thou  oughtest  to  do  unto  him ;  but 
his  hoar  head  bring  thou  down  to  the 
grave  with  blood. 

10  So  David  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
was  buried  in  the  city  of  David. 

11  And  the  days  that  David  reigned  over 
Israel  were  forty  years  :  seven  years  reigned 
he  in  Hebron,  and  thirty  and  three  years 
reigned  he  in  Jerusalem. 

12  II  Then  sat  Solomon  upon  the  throne 
of  David  his  father;  and  his  kingdom  was 
established  greatly. 

13  ^  And  Adonijah  the  son  of  Haggith 
came  to  Bath-sheba  the  mother  of  Solo- 
mon. Aud  she  said,  Comest  thou  peace- 
ably ?    And  he  said,  Peaceably. 

14  He  said  moreover,  I  have  somewhat  to 
say  unto  thee.     Aud  she  said,  Say  on. 

15  And  he  said.  Thou  knowest  that  the 
kingdom  was  mine,  and  that  all  Israel  set 
their  faces  on  me,  that  I  should  reign: 
howbcit  the  kingdom  is  turned  about, 
aud  is  become  my  brother's :  for  it  was 
his  from  the  Lord. 

16  And  now  I  ask  one  petition  of  thee, 
deny  me  not.  And  she  said  unto  him.  Say 
on. 

17  And  he  said,  Speak,  I  pray  thee,  unto 
Solomon  the  king,  (for  he  will  not  say 
thee  nay,)  that  he  give  me  Abishag  the 
Shunammite  to  wife. 

18  And  Bath-sheba  said,  Well;  I  will 
speak  for  thee  unto  the  king. 

19  ^  Bath-sheba  therefore  went  unto  king 
Solomon,  to  speak  unto  him  for  Adoni- 
jah. And  the  king  rose  up  to  meet  her, 
aud  bowed  himself  unto  hei",  aud  sat  down 
ou  his  throne,  and  caused  a  seat  to  be  set 
for  the  king's  mother ;  and  she  sat  on  his 
right  hand. 

20  Then  she  said,  I  desire  one  small  pe- 
tition of  thee ;  /  pray  thee^  say  me  not 
nay.  And  the  king  said  unto  her.  Ask 
on,  my  mother;  for  I  will  not  say  thee 
nay. 

21  And  she  said.  Let  Abishag  the  Shu- 
nammite be  given  to  Adonijah  thy  broth- 
er to  wife. 

22  And  king  Solomon  answered  and  said 

340 


unto  his  mother,  Aud  why  dost  thou  ask 
Abishag  the  Shunammite  for  Adonijah? 
ask  for  him  the  kingdom  also;  for  he  i.s 
mine  elder  brother;  even  for  him,  and 
for  Abiathar  the  priest,  and  for  Joab  the 
sou  of  Zeruiah. 

23  Then  king  Solomon  sware  by  the 
LoKT),  saying,  God  do  so  to  me,  and  more 
also,  if  Adonijah  have  not  spoken  this 
word  against  his  own  life. 

24  Now  therefore,  os  the  Lord  liveth, 
which  hath  established  me,  and  set  me 
on  the  throne  of  David  my  father,  and 
who  hath  made  me  a  house,  as  he  prom- 
ised, Adonijah  shall  be  put  to  death  this 
day. 

25  And  king  Solomon  sent  by  the  hand 
of  Benaiah  the  son  of  Jehoiada;  and  he 
fell  upon  him  that  he  died. 

26  Tl  And  unto  Abiathar  the  priest  said 
the  king.  Get  thee  to  Anathoth,  unto 
thine  own  fields;  for  thou  art  worthy  of 
death :  but  I  will  not  at  this  time  put 
thee  to  death,  because  thou  barest  the 
ark   of  the  Lord   God   before   David  my 

'  father,  and  because  thou  hast  been  aflflict- 
ed  in  all  wherein  my  ftather  was  afflicted. 

27  So  Solomon  thrust  out  Abiathar  from 
being  priest  unto  the  Lord  ;  that  he  might 
fulfil  the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  he  spake 
coucerning  the  house  of  Eli  in  Shiloh. 

28  H  Then  tidings  came  to  Joab :  for 
Joab  had  turned  after  Adonijah,  though 
he  turned  not  after  Absalom.  And  Joab 
fled  unto  the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord,  and 
caught  hold  on  the  horns  of  the  altar. 

29  And  it  was  told  king  Solomon  that 
Joab  was  fled  unto  the  tabernacle  of  the 
Lord;  and,  behold,  he  is  by  the  altar. 
Then  Solomon  sent  Benaiah  the  son  of 
Jehoiada,  saying,  Go,  fall  upon  him. 

30  And  Benaiah  came  to  the  tabernacle 
of  the  Lord,  and  said  unto  him,  Thus 
saith  the  king.  Come  forth.  And  he  said. 
Nay;  but  I  will  die  here.  And  Benaiah 
brought  the  king  word  again,  saying, 
Thus  said  Joab,  and  thus  he  answered 
me. 

31  And  the  king  said  unto  him,  Do  as 
he  hath  said,  and  fall  upon  him,  and 
bury  him ;  that  thou  raaycst  take  away 
the  innocent  blood,  which  Joab  shed, 
from  me,  and  from  the  house  of  my 
father. 

32  And  the  Lord  shall  return  his  blood 


I.  KINGS. 


upon  his  own  head,  who  fell  upon  two  | 
men  more  righteous  aud  better  than  he, 
and  slew  them  with  the  sword,  my  father 
David  not  knowing  thereof^  to  tcit,  Abner 
the  son  of  Ner,  captain  of  the  host  of  Is- 
rael, and  Amasa  the  son  of  Jether,  captain 
of  the  host  of  Judah. 

33  Their  blood  shall  therefore  return 
upon  the  head  of  Joab,  and  upon  the 
head  of  his  seed  for  ever;  but  upon  Da- 
vid, and  upon  his  seed,  and  upon  his 
house,  and  upon  his  throne,  shall  there 
be  peace  for  ever  from  the  Lokd. 

34  So  Benaiah  the  son  of  Jehoiada  went 
up,  and  fell  upon  him,  and  slew  iiim :  and 
he  was  buried  in  his  own  house  in  the 
wilderness. 

35  1j  And  the  king  put  Benaiah  the  son 
of  Jehoiada  in  his  room  over  the  host : 
and  Zadok  the  priest  did  the  king  put 
in  the  room  of  Abiathar. 

36  H  And  the  king  sent  and  called  for 
Shimei,  and  said  unto  him.  Build  thee  a 
house  in  Jerusalem,  and  dwell  there,  aud 
go  not  forth  thence  any  whither. 

37  For  it  shall  be,  that  on  the  day  thou 
goest  out,  and  passcst  over  the  brook 
Kidron,  thou  shalt  know  for  certain  that 
thou  Shalt  surely  die :  thy  blood  shall  be 
upon  thine  own  head. 

38  And  Shimei  said  unto  the  king.  The 
saying  is  good :  as  my  lord  the  king  hath 
said,  so  will  thy  servant  do.  And  Shimei 
dwelt  in  Jerusalem  many  days. 

39  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of 
three  years,  that  two  of  the  servants  of 
Shimei  ran  away  unto  Achish  son  of 
Maachah  king  of  Gath.  And  they  told 
Shimei,  saying.  Behold,  thy  servants  be  in 
Gath. 

40  And  Shimei  arose,  and  saddled  his  ass, 
and  went  to  Gath  to  Achish  to  seek  his 
servants :  and  Shimei  went,  and  brought 
his  servants  from  Gath. 

41  And  it  was  told  Solomon  that  Shimei 
had  gone  from  Jerusalem  to  Gath,  and 
was  come  again. 

42  And  the  king  sent  and  called  for 
Shimei,  and  said  unto  him.  Did  I  not 
make  thee  to  swear  by  the  Lord,  and 
protested  unto  thee,  saying,  Know  for  a 
certain,  on  the  day  thou  goest  out,  and 
walkest  abroad  any  whither,  that  thou 
Shalt  surely  die  ?  and  thou  saidst  unto  me, 
The  word  t/iat  I  have  heard  is  good. 


43  Why  then  hast  thou  not  kept  the 
oath  of  the  Loud,  and  the  commandment 
that  I  have  charged  thee  with  V 

44  The  king  said  moreover  to  Sliimci, 
Thou  knowest  all  the  wickedness  which 
thine  heart  is  privy  to,  that  thou  didst 
to  David  my  father;  therefore  the  Lokd 
shall  return  thy  wickedness  upon  thine 
own  head : 

45  And  king  Solomon  ftJiall  be  blessed, 
aud  the  throne  of  David  shall  be  estab- 
lished before  the  LoiiD  lor  ever. 

4(j  So  the  king  commanded  Benaiah  the 
son  of  Jehoiada;  which  went  out,  and  fell 
upon  him,  that  he  died.  And  the  king- 
dom was  established  in  the  hand  of  Solo- 
mon. <0^ 

CHAPTER  in. 

AND  Solomon  made  affinity  with 
Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt,  and  took 
Pharaoh's  daughter,  and  brought  her  into 
the  city  of  David,  until  he  had  made  an 
end  of  building  his  own  house,  and  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  and  the  wall  of 
Jerusalem  round  about. 

2  Only  the  people  sacrificed  in  high 
places,  because  there  was  no  house  built 
unto  the  name  of  the  Lord,  until  those 
days. 

3  And  Solomon  loved  the  Lord,  walk- 
ing in  the  statutes  of  David  his  father: 
only  he  sacrificed  and  burnt  incense  in 
high  places. 

4  And  the  king  went  to  Gibeon  to 
sacrifice  there;  for  that  im.s-  the  great 
high  place :  a  thousand  burnt  oflFerings 
did  Solomon  offer  upon  that  altar. 

5  Ti  In  Gibeon  the  Lord  appeared  to 
Solomon  in  a  dream  by  night :  and  God 
said.  Ask  what  I  shall  give  thee. 

6  And  Solomon  said,  Thou  hast  shewed 
unto  thy  servant  David  my  father  great 
mercy,  according  as  he  walked  before  thee 
in  truth,  and  in  righteousness,  and  in  up- 
rightness of  heart  with  thee;  and  thou 
hast  kept  for  him  this  great  kindness,  that 
thou  hast  given  him  a  son  to  sit  on  his 
throne,  as  it  is  this  day. 

7  And  now,  O  Lord  my  God,  thou  hast 
made  thy  servant  king  instead  of  David 
my  father:  and  I  «»?  but  a  little  child:  I 
know  not  Iiotv  to  go  oiit  or  come  in. 

8  And  thy  servant  us  in  the  midst  of 
thy  people  which    thou   hast    chosen,    a 

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great   people,    that   canuot    be   numbered 
nor  eouuted  for  multitude. 

9  Give  therefore  thy  servant  an  under- 
standing heart  to  judge  thy  people,  that 
I  may  discern  between  good  and  bad :  for 
Avho  is  able  to  judge  this  thy  so  great  a 
poo})lc  ? 

10  And  the  speech  pleased  the  Lord,  that 
Solomon  had  asked  this  thing. 

11  And  God  said  unto  him,  Because  thou 
hast  asked  this  thing,  and  hast  not  asked 
for  thyself  long  life;  neither  hast  asked 
riches  for  thyself,  nor  hast  asked  the  life 
of  thine  enemies;  but  hast  asked  for  thy- 
self understanding  to  discern  judgment ; 

12  Behold,  I  have  done  according  to  thy 
word :  lo,  I  have  given  thee  a  wise  and  an 
understanding  heart;  so  that  there  was 
none  like  thee  before  thee,  neither  after 
thee  shall  any  arise  like  unto  thee. 

13  And  I  have  also  given  thee  that  which 
thou  hast  not  asked,  both  riches,  and 
honour:  so  that  there  shall  not  be  any 
among  the  kings  like  unto  thee  all  thy 
days. 

14  And  if  thon  wilt  walk  in  my  ways,  to 
keep  my  statutes  and  ray  commandments, 
as  thy  father  David  did  walk,  then  I  will 
lengthen  thy  days. 

15  And  Solomon  awoke;  and,  behold,  it 
was  a  dream.  And  he  came  to  Jerusalem, 
and  stood  before  the  ark  of  the  covenant 
of  the  Loud,  and  oiTered  up  burnt  offer- 
ings, and  offered  peace  offerings,  and  made 
a  feast  to  all  his  servants. 

16  1  Then  came  there  two  women,  i7mt 
were  harlots,  unto  the  king,  and  stood  be- 
fore him. 

17  And  the  one  woman  said,  O  my  lord,  I 
and  this  woman  dwell  in  one  house;  and  I 
was  delivered  of  a  child  Avith  her  in  the 
house. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass  the  third  day 
after  that  I  was  delivered,  that  this  woman 
was  delivered  also:  and  we  were  together; 
tfiere  was  no  stranger  with  us  in  the  house, 
save  we  two  in  the  house. 

19  And  this  woman's  child  died  in  the 
night ;  because  she  overlaid  it. 

20  And  she  arose  at  midnight,  and  took 
my  son  from  beside  me,  while  thine  hand- 
maid slept,  and  laid  it  in  her  bosom,  and 
laid  her  dead  child  in  my  bosom. 

21  And  when  I  rose  in  the  morning  to 
give  my  child  suck,  behold,  it  was  dead : 


but  when  I  had  considered  it  in  the  morn- 
ing, behold,  it  was  not  my  son,  Avhich  I 
did  bear. 

22  And  the  other  woman  said,  Nay;  but 
the  living  w  my  S(m,  and  the  dead  is  thy 
son.  And  this  said.  No;  but  the  dead  is 
thy  son,  and  the  living  is  my  son.  Thus 
they  spake  before  the  king. 

23  Then  said  the  king.  The  one  saith, 
This  is  my  son  that  liveth,  and  thy  son  is 
the  dead:  and  the  other  saith.  Nay;  but 
thy  son  is  the  dead,  and  my  son  is  the 
living. 

24  And  the  king  said.  Bring  rae  a  sword. 
And  they  brought  a  sword  before  the 
king. 

25  And  the  king  said.  Divide  the  living 
child  in  two,  and  give  half  to  the  one, 
and  half  to  the  other. 

26  Then  spake  the  woman  whose  the  liv- 
ing child  ivas  unto  the  king,  for  her  bowels 
yearned  upon  her  son,  and  she  said,  O  my 
lord,  give  her  the  living  child,  and  in  no 
wise  slay  it.  But  the  other  said.  Let  it  be 
neither  mine  nor  thine,  but  divide  it. 

27  Then  the  king  answered  and  said.  Give 
her  the  living  child,  and  in  no  wise  slay  it: 
she  is  the  mother  thereof. 

28  And  all  Israel  heard  of  the  judgment 
which  the  king  had  judged;  and  they  fear- 
ed the  king:  for  they  saw  that  the  wisdom 
of  God  was  in  him  to  do  judgment.         ^ 

CHAPTER   IV. 

SO  king  Solomon  Avas  king  over  all  Is- 
rael. 

2  And  these  were  the  princes  which  he 
had;  Azai'iah  the  son  of  Zadok  the 
priest, 

3  Elihoreph  and  Ahiah,  the  sons  of  Shi- 
sha,  scribes;  Jehoshaphat  the  son  of  Ahi- 
lud,  the  recorder. 

4  And  Benaiah  the  sou  of  Jehoiada  was 
over  the  host:  and  Zadok  and  Abiathar 
ivcre  the  priests : 

5  And  Azariali  the  sou  of  Nathan  icas  over 
the  officers :  and  Zabud  the  son  of  Nathan 
teas  principal  officer,  and  the  king's  friend: 

6  And  Ahishar  was  over  the  household: 
and  Adoniram  the  son  of  Abda  was  over 
the  tribute. 

7  %  And  Solomon  had  twelve  officers 
over  all  Israel,  which  ])rovided  victuals  for 
the  king  and  his  household:  each  man  his 
month  in  a  year  made  provision. 


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8  And  tbese  are  their  names:  The  son 
of  Hur,  in  mount  Ephraim  : 

9  The  son  of  Del<ar,  in  Makuz,  and  in 
Shaalbim,  and  Beth-shemesh,  and  Elon- 
beth-hauan : 

10  The  son  of  Hesed,  in  Aruboth ;  to  him 
pertained  Sochoh,  and  all  the  land  of  He- 
pher : 

11  The  son  of  Abinadab,  in  all  the  region 
of  Dor ;  which  had  Taphath  the  daughter 
of  Solomon  to  wife: 

13  Baivna  the  son  of  Ahilud;  to  him  per- 
tai)ied  Taanach  and  Megiddo,  and  all  Beth- 
shean,  which  is  by  Zartanah  beneath  Jez- 
reel,  from  Beth-shean  to  Abel-meholah, 
even  Unto  the  place  thai  is  beyond  Jok- 
neam : 

13  The  son  of  Geber,  in  Ramoth-gilead ; 
to  him  pertained  the  towns  of  Jair  the  son 
of  Manasseh,  which  are  in  Gilead ;  to  him 
also  pertained  the  region  of  Argob,  which 
is  in  Bashan,  threescore  great  cities  with 
walls  and  brazen  bars : 

14  Ahinadab  the  son  of  Iddo  Jiad  Maha- 
naim: 

15  Ahimaaz  tvas  in  Naphtali ;  he  also  took 
Basmath  the  daughter  of  Solomon  to  wife : 

1(>  Baanah  the  son  of  Hushai  was  in  Asher 
and  in  Aloth : 

17  Jehoshaphat  the  son  of  Paruah,  in  Is- 
sachar : 

18  Shimei  the  son  of  Elah,  in  Benjamin : 

19  Geber  the  son  of  Uri  was  in  the  coun- 
try of  Gilead,  in.  the  country  of  Sihon  king 
ot  the  Amorites,  and  of  Og  king  of  Bashan ; 
and  he  was  the  only  officer  which  was  in  the 
land. 

20  "H  Jiidah  and  Israel  viere  many,  as  the 
sand  which  is  by  the  sea  in  multitude, 
eating  and  drinking,  and  making  merry. 

21  And  Solomon  reigned  over  all  king- 
doms from  the  river  unto  the  land  of  the 
Philistines,  and  unto  the  border  of  Egypt : 
they  brought  presents,  and  served  Solomon 
all  the  days  of  his  life. 

22  T[  And  Solomon's  provision  for  one  day 
was  thirty  measures  of  fine  flour,  and 
threescore  measures  of  meal, 

23  Ten  fat  oxen,  and  twenty  oxen  out  of 
the  pastures,  and  a  hundred  sheep,  besides 
harts,  and  roebucks,  and  fallow  deer,  and 
fatted  fowl. 

24  For  he  had  dominion  over  all  the  region 
on  this  side  the  river,  from  Tiphsah  even 
to  Azzah,  over  all  the  kings  on  this  side 


the  river:  and  he  had  peace  on  all  sides 
round  about  him. 

25  And  Judah  and  Israel  dwelt  safely, 
every  man  under  his  vine  and  under  his  fig- 
tree,  from  Dan  even  to  Beer-sheba,  all  the 
daj's  of  Solomon. 

26  T[  And  Solomon  had  forty  thousand 
stalls  of  horses  for  his  chariots,  and  twelve 
thousand  horsemen. 

27  And  those  officers  provided  victuals 
for  king  Solomon,  and  for  all  that  came 
unto  king  Solomon's  table,  every  man  in 
his  month  :  they  lacked  nothing. 

28  Barley  also  and  straw  for  the  horses 
and  dromedaries  brought  they  unto  the 
place  where  the  officers  were,  every  man 
according  to  his  charge. 

29  1  And  God  gave  Solomon  wisdom 
and  understanding  exceeding  much,  and 
largeness  of  heart,  even  as  the  sand  that  is 
on  the  sea  shore. 

30  And  Solomon's  wisdom  excelled  the 
wisdom  of  all  the  children  of  the  east 
country,  and  all  the  wisdom  of  Egypt. 

31  For  he  was  wiser  than  all  men;  than 
Ethan  the  Ezrahite,  and  Heman,  and  Chal- 
col,  and  Darda,  the  sons  of  Mahol :  and 
his  fame  was  in  all  nations  round  about. 

32  And  he  spake  three  thousand  proverbs: 
and  his  songs  were  a  thousand  and  five. 

33  And  he  spake  of  trees,  from  the  cedar 
tree  that  is  in  Lebanon  even  unto  the 
hyssop  that  springeth  oixt  of  the  wall :  he 
simke  also  of  beasts,  and  of  fowl,  and  of 
creeping  things,  and  of  fishes. 

34  And  there  came  of  all  people  to  hear 
the  wisdom  of  Solomon,  from  all  kings  of 
the  earth,  which  had  heard  of  his  wisdom. 

CHAPTER  V. 

AND  Hiram  king  of  Tyre  sent  his  serv- 
ants unto  Solomon  ;  for  he  had  heard 
that  they  had  anointed  him  king  in  the 
room  of  his  father :  for  Hiram  was  ever  a 
lover  of  David. 

2  And  Solomon  sent  to  Hiram,  saying, 

3  Thou  knowest  how  that  David  my  fa- 
ther could  not  build  a  house  unto  the 
name  of  the  Lokd  his  God,  for  the  wars 
which  were  about  him  on  every  side,  un- 
til the  Lokd  put  them  imder  the  soles  of 
his  feet. 

4  But  now  the  Lord  my  God  hath  given 
me  rest  on  every  side,  .so  tJiat  there  is 
neither  adversary  nor  evil  occurrent. 

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5  And,  behold,  I  purpose  to  build  a  liouse 
unto  the  name  of  the  Loud  my  God,  as 
the  Lord  spake  unto  David  my  father, 
saying,  Thy  son,  whom  I  will  set  upon 
thy  throne  in  thy  room,  he  shall  build  a 
house  unto  my  name, 

6  Now  therefore  command  thou  that 
they  hew  me  cedar  trees  out  of  Lebanon ; 
and  ray  servants  shall  be  Avith  thy  serv- 
ants: and  unto  thee  will  I  give  hire  for  thy 
servants  according  to  all  that  thou  shalt 
appoint:  for  thou  knowest  that  there  is 
not  among  us  any  that  can  skill  to  hew 
timber  like  unto  the  Sidouians. 

7  IF  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Hiram 
heard  the  words  of  Solomon,  that  he  re- 
joiced greatly,  and  said.  Blessed  be  the 
Lord  this  day,  which  hath  given  unto 
David  a  wise  son  over  this  great  people. 

8  And  Hiram  sent  to  Solomon,  saying,  I 
have  considered  the  things  which  thou 
sent  est  to  me  for:  a7id  I  will  do  all  thy 
desire  concerning  timber  of  cedar,  and 
concerning  timber  of  fir. 

9  My  servants  shall  bring  them  down  from 
Lebanon  unto  the  sea;  and  I  will  convey 
them  by  sea  in  floats  unto  the  place  that 
thou  Shalt  appoint  me,  and  will  cause 
them  to  be  discharged  there,  and  thou 
Shalt  receive  them:  and  thou  shalt  accom- 
plish my  desire,  in  giving  food  for  my 
household. 

10  So  Hiram  gave  Solomon  cedar  trees 
and  fir  trees  according  to  all  his  desire. 

11  And  Solomon  gave  Hiram  twenty 
thousand  measures  of  wheat  for  food  to 
his  household,  and  twenty  measures  of 
pure  oil:  thus  gave  Solomon  to  Hiram 
year  by  year. 

13  And  the  Lord  gave  Solomon  wisdom, 
as  he  promised  him :  and  there  was  peace 
between  Hiram  and  Solomon;  and  they 
two  made  a  league  together. 

13  1  And  king  Solomon  raised  a  levy  out 
of  all  Israel;  and  the  levy  was  thirty  thou- 
sand men. 

14  And  he  sent  them  to  Lebanon,  ten 
thousand  a  month  by  courses:  a  month 
they  were  in  Lebanon,  and  two  months 
at  home:  and  Adouiram  was  over  the 
levy. 

15  And  Solomon  had  threescore  and  ten 
thousand  that  bare  burdens,  and  fourscore 
thousand  hewers  in  the  mountains; 

16  Besides  the  chief  of  Solomon's  officers 

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which  were  over  the  work,  three  thousand 
and  three  hundred,  which  ruled  over  the 
people  that  wrought  in  the  work. 

17  And  the  king  commanded,  and  they 
brought  great  stones,  costly  stones,  and 
hewed  stones,  to  lay  the  foundation  of  the 
house. 

18  And  Solomon's  builders  and  Hiram's 
builders  did  hew  them^  and  the  stoue- 
sqiiarers:  so  they  prepared  timber  and 
stones  to  build  the  house.  •f^ 

CHAPTER  VL 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  four  hund- 
red and  eightieth  year  after  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  were  come  out  of  the  laud 
of  Egypt,  in  the  fourth  year  of  Solomon's 
reign  over  Israel,  in  the  month  Zif,  Avhich 
is  the  second  month,  that  he  began  to 
build  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

2  And  the  house  which  king  Solomon 
built  for  the  Lord,  the  length  thereof  teas 
threescore  cubits,  and  the  breadth  thereof 
twenty  cubits^  and  the  height  thereof  thirty 
cubits. 

3  And  the  porch  before  the  temple  of 
the  house,  twenty  cubits  toas  the  length 
thereof,  according  to  the  breadth  of  the 
house;  and  ten  cubits  ivas  the  breadth 
thereof  before  the  house. 

4  And  for  the  house  he  made  windows 
of  narrow  lights. 

5  H  And  against  the  wall  of  the  house 
he  built  chambers  rouud  about,  against 
the  walls  of  the  house  rouud  about,  both 
of  the  temple  and  of  the  oracle:  and  he 
made  chambers  round  about. 

6  The  nethermost  chamber  loas  five  en- 
bits  broad,  and  the  middle  was  six  cubits 
broad,  and  the  third  loas  seven  cubits 
broad:  for  without  in  the  wall  of  the 
house  he  made  narrowed  rests  round 
about,  that  the  beams  should  not  be  fast- 
ened in  the  walls  of  the  house. 

7  And  the  house,  when  it  Avas  in  build- 
ing, was  built  of  stone  made  ready  before 
it  was  brought  thither:  so  that  there  was 
neither  hammer  nor  axe  nor  any  tool  of 
iron  heard  in  the  house,  while  it  was  in 
building. 

8  The  door  for  the  middle  chamber  was 
in  the  right  side  of  the  house :  and  they 
went  up  with  winding  si  airs  into  the  mid- 
dle chamber^  and  out  of  the  middle  into 
the  third. 


I.  KINGS. 


9  So  he  built  the  house,  and  finished  it ; 
ajid  covered  the  house  with  beams  and 
boards  of  cedar. 

10  And  the7i  he  built  chambers  against 
all  the  house,  five  cubits  high:  and  they 
rested  on  the  house  with  timber  of  cedar. 

11  Ti  And  the  word  of  the  Lokd  came  to 
Solomon,  saying, 

13  Concerning  this  house  which  thou  art 
in  building,  if  thou  wilt  walk  in  my 
statutes,  and  execute  my  judgments,  and 
keep  all  my  commandments  to  Avalk  in 
them ;  then  will  I  perform  my  word  with 
thee,  which  I  sixake  unto  David  thy  father: 

13  And  I  will  dwell  among  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  will  not  forsake  my  people 
Israel. 

14  So  Solomon  built  the  house,  and 
finished  it. 

15  And  he  built  the  walls  of  the  house 
within  with  boards  of  cedar,  both  the 
floor  of  the  house,  and  the  walls  of  the 
ceiling:  and  he  covered  them  on  the  inside 
with  wood,  and  covered  the  floor  of  the 
house  with  planks  of  fir. 

16  And  he  built  twenty  cubits  on  the 
sides  of  the  house,  both  the  floor  and 
the  walls  with  boards  of  cedar:  he  even 
built  them  for  it  within,  even  for  the  ora- 
cle, even  for  the  most  holy  place. 

17  And  the  house,  that  is,  the  temple 
before  it,  Avas  forty  cubits  long. 

18  And  the  cedar  of  the  house  within 
w«s  carved  with  knops  and  open  flowers : 
all  ?ra,s  cedar;  there  was  no  stone  seen. 

19  And  the  oracle  he  prepared  in  the 
house  within,  to  set  there  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  the  Lord. 

20  And  the  oracle  in  tlie  forepart  vhu 
twenty  cubits  in  length,  and  twenty  cubits 
in  breadth,  and  twenty  cubits  in  the 
height  thereof:  and  he  overlaid  it  with 
pure  gold ;  and  so  covered  the  altar  vjhich 
wax  of  cedar. 

21  So  Solomon  overlaid  the  house  within 
with  pure  gold:  and  he  made  a  partition 
by  the  chains  of  gold  before  the  oracle; 
and  he  overlaid  it  with  gold. 

23  And  the  Avhole  house  he  overlaid 
with  gold,  until  he  had  finished  all  the 
house  :  also  the  Avhole  altar  that  wan  by  the 
oracle  he  overlaid  with  gold. 

23  T[  And  within  the  oracle  ho  made  two 
cherubim  o/ olive  tree,  each  ten  cubits  high. 

24  And  five  cubits  ?to.s  the  one  Aving  of 


I  the  chenib,  and  five  cubits  the  other 
wing  of  the  cherub :  from  the  uttermost 
part  of  the  one  Aving  unto  the  uttennost 
part  of  the  other  rvere  ten  cubits. 

25  And  the  other  cherub  was  ten  cubits  : 
both  the  cherubim  were  of  one  measure 
and  one  size. 

26  The  height  of  the  one  cherub  teas  ten 
cubits,  and  so  was  it  of  the  other  cherub. 

27  And  he  set  the  cherubim  Avithin 
the  inner  house:  and  they  stretched 
forth  the  wings  of  the  cherubim,  so  that 
the  Aving  of  the  one  touched  the  one  Avail, 
and  the  Aving  of  the  other  cherub  touched 
the  other  Avail ;  and  their  wings  touched 
one  another  in  the  midst  of  the  house. 

28  And  he  overlaid  the  cherubim  Avith 
gold. 

29  And  he  carved  all  the  walls  of  the 
house  round  about  Avith  carved  figures 
of  cherubim  and  i)alni  trees  and  open 
floAvers,  Avithin  and  without. 

30  And  the  floor  of  the  house  he  OA^erlaid 
with  gold,  Avithin  and  without. 

31  11  And  for  the  entering  of  the  oracle  he 
made  doors  of  olive  tree:  the  lintel  and 
side  posts  v.^er€  a  fifth  part  of  the  wall. 

32  The  tAvo  doors  also  were  of  olive  tree ; 
and  he  carA^ed  upon  them  carvings  of 
cherubim  and  palm  trees  and  open  floAvers, 
and  overlaid  tJiem  Avith  gold,  and  spread* 
gold  upon  the  cherubim,  and  upon  the 
palm  trees. 

33  So  also  made  he  for  the  door  of  the 
temple  posts  of  olive  tree,  a  fourth  part  of 
the  icall. 

34  And  the  two  doors  were  of  fir  tree:  the 
two  leaves  of  the  one  door  were  folding, 
and  the  tAvo  leaves  of  the  other  door 
v}ere  folding. 

35  And  he  carved  thereon  cherubim  and 
palm  trees  and  open  floAvers :  and  covered 
them  with  gold  fitted  upon  the  carved 
Avork. 

36  H  And  he  built  the  inner  court  with 
three  roAvs  of  hewed  stone,  and  a  row  of 
cedar  beams. 

37  H  In  the  fourth  year  Avas  the  founda- 
tion of  the  house  of  the  Lokd  laid,  in 
the  month  Zif : 

38  And  in  the  eleventh  year,  in  the  month 
Bui,  Avhich  is'  the  eighth  month,  Avas  the 
house  finished  throughout  all  the  parts 
thereof,  and  according  to  all  the  fashion 
of  it.     So  Avas  he  seven  years  in  building  it. 

345  ^ 


L  KINGS. 


CHAPTER  Vir. 

BUT   Solomou   was    building    his    own 
house  thirteen  years,  aud  he  fluished 
all  his  house. 

2  Ti  He  built  also  the  house  of  the  forest 
of  Lebanon;  the  length  thereof  «'ow  a  hund- 
red cubits,  and  the  breadth  thereof  lifty 
cubits,  and  the  height  thereof  thirty  cubits, 
upon  four  rows  of  cedar  pillars,  -vvith 
cedar  beams  upon  the  pillars, 

3  Aud  it  VMS  covered  with  cedar  above 
upon  the  beams,  that  lay  on  forty  live  pil- 
lars, fifteen  iii  a  row. 

•i  And  tJiere  were  windows  i>i  three  roAVS, 
and  light  teas  against  light  ?«  three  ranks, 

5  And  all  the  doors  and  posts  were  sciuarc, 
with  the  Avindows :  and  light  ivas  against 
light  in  three  ranks. 

6  ^  And  he  made  a  porch  of  pillars ;  the 
length  thereof  ivas  fifty  cubits,  and  the 
breadth  thereof  thirty  cubits :  and  the 
porch  was  before  them :  and  the  other  pil- 
lars and  the  thick  beam  2cere  before  them. 

7  1  Then  he  made  a  porch  for  the  throne 
where  he  might  judge,  even  the  porch  of 
judgment :  and  it  was  covered  with  cedar 
from  one  side  of  the  floor  to  the  other. 

8  Ti  And  his  house  where  he  dwelt  had 
another  court  within  the  porch,  v)hic?i 
was  of  the  like  work.  Solomon  made 
also  a  house  for  Pharaoh's  daughter, 
whom  he  had  taken  to  wife,  like  unto  this 
porch. 

9  All  these  were  of  costW  stones,  accord- 
ing to  the  measures  of  hewed  stones, 
sawed  with  saws,  within  and  without, 
even  from  the  foundation  unto  the  coping, 
and  so  on  the  outside  toward  the  great 
court. 

10  And  the  foundation  was  of  costly 
stones,  even  great  stones,  stones  of  ten 
cubits,  and  stones  of  eight  cubits. 

11  And  above  were  costly  stones,  after  the 
measures  of  hewed  stones,  and  cedars. 

13  And  the  great  court  round  about  icas 
with  three  rows  of  hewed  stones,  and  a 
row  of  cedar  beams,  both  for  the  inner 
court  of  the  house  of  the  Lobd,  and  for 
the  porch  of  the  house, 

13  TI  And  king  Solomon  sent  and  fetched 
Hiram  out  of  Tyre. 

14  He  icoji  a  widow's  son  of  the  tribe  of 

Naphtali,   aud  his   father    ivas   a   man    of 

Tyre,    a    worker    in    brass:    and  he  was 

filled    with    wisdom,    and    nuderstanding, 
_ 


and  cunning  to  work  all  Avorks  in  brass. 
And  he  came  to  king  Solomon,  and 
Avrought  all  his  Avork, 

15  For  he  cast  tAvo  pillars  of  brass,  of 
eighteen  cubits  high  apiece:  and  a  line 
of  tAvelve  cubits  did  compass  either  of 
them  about. 

16  And  he  made  tAvo  chapiters  o/"  molten 
brass,  to  set  upon  the  tops  of  the  pillars: 
the  height  of  the  one  chapiter  ioas  five 
cubits,  and  the  height  of  the  other  chap- 
iter was  five  cubits : 

17  And  nets  of  checker  AVork,  and  wreaths 
of  chain  Avork,  for  the  chapiters  A\'hich 
ivere  upon  the  top  of  the  pillars  ;  seven  for 
the  one  chapiter,  aud  seven  for  the  other 
chajjiter. 

18  And  he  made  the  jiillars,  and  two  rows 
round  about  upon  the  one  netAvork,  to 
coA'er  the  chapiters  that  were  upon  the  top, 
Avith  jiomegranates  :  and  so  did  he  for  the 
other  chapiter. 

19  And  the  chapiters  that  were  upon  the 
top  of  the  pillars  were  of  lily  Avork  in  the 
porch,  four  cubits. 

20  And  the  chapiters  npon  the  tAvo  pillars 
had  j)omegra?iates  also  above,  over  against 
the  belly  which  was  by  the  netAvork :  and 
the  pomegranates  we7'e  two  hundred  in 
rows  round  about  upon  the  other  chap- 
iter. 

21  And  he  set  up  the  j^illars  in  the  porch 
of  the  temple :  and  he  set  up  the  right 
pillar,  and  called  the  name  thereof  Jachin: 
and  he  set  up  the  left  pillar,  and  called  the 
name  thereof  Boaz. 

22  And  upon  the  top  of  the  pillars  was  lily 
Avork:  so  was  the  work  of  the  pillars 
finished. 

23  ^  And  he  made  a  molten  sea,  ten  cubits 
from  the  one  brim  to  the  other:  it  was 
round  all  about,  and  his  height  was  five 
cubits:  and  a  line  of  thirty  cubits  did  com- 
pass it  round  about. 

24  And  under  the  brim  of  it  round 
about  there  u^ere  knops  compassing  it, 
ten  in  a  cubit,  compassing  the  sea  roimd 
about:  the  knops  wejv  cast  in  tAV'o  roAA-^s, 
Avhcn  it  Avas  cast. 

25  It  stood  upon  twelve  oxen,  three  look- 
ing toAA'ard  the  north,  and  three  looking 
toAvard  the  Avest,  and  three  looking  toAvard 
the  south,  and  three  looking  toAvard  the 
cast :  and  the  sea  was  set  above  \ii)on  them, 
and  all  their  hinder  ])arts  were  iuAvard. 


I.  KINGS. 


26  And  it  wa,s  a  handbrcadth  thick,  and 
the  brim  thereof  was  "uroiight  like  the 
brim  of  a  cup,  with  flowers  of  lilies :  it 
contained  two  thousand  baths. 

37  T[  And  he  made  ten  bases  of  brass; 
four  cubits  was  the  lenj^h  of  one  base,  and 
four  cubits  the  breadth  thereof,  and  three 
cubits  the  height  of  it. 

28  And  the  work  of  the  bases  was  on 
this  manner:  tliey  had  bordei-s,  and  the 
borders  icere  between  the  ledjjes : 

29  And  on  the  borders  that  were  between 
the  ledges  were  lions,  oxen,  and  cherubim: 
and  upon  the  ledges  tJiere  teas  a  base  above : 
and  beneath  the  lions  and  oxen  were  cer- 
tain additions  made  of  thin  work. 

30  And  every  base  had  four  brazen 
wheels,  and  plates  of  brass :  and  the  four 
corners  thereof  had  undersetters  :  under 
the  laver  were  undersetters  molten,  at  the 
side  of  every  addition. 

31  And  the  mouth  of  it  within  the  chap- 
iter and  above  was  a  cubit :  but  the  mouth 
thereof  was  round  after  the  work  of  the 
base,  a  cubit  and  a  half:  and  also  upon  the 
mouth  of  it  toere  gravings  Avith  their  bor- 
ders, foursqiiare,  not  round. 

32  And  under  the  borders  ivere  four 
wheels ;  and  the  axletrees  of  the  wheels 
u'ere joined  to  the  base:  and  the  height  of  a 
wheel  was  a  cubit  and  half  a  cubit. 

33  And  the  work  of  the  wheels  was  like 
the  w^ork  of  a  chariot  wheel :  their  axle- 
trees,  and  their  naves,  and  their  felloes, 
and  their  spokes,  were  all  molten. 

34  And  there  were  four  undersetters  to  the 
four  corners  of  one  base:  and  the  under- 
setters were  of  the  very  base  itself. 

3.5  And  in  the  top  of  the  base  tvas  there 
a  round  compass  of  half  a  cubit  high :  and 
on  the  top  of  the  base  the  ledges  thereof 
and  the  borders  thereof  were  of  the 
same. 

36  For  on  the  pl.ates  of  the  ledges  there- 
of, and  on  the  borders  thereof,  he  graved 
cherubim,  lions,  and  palm  trees,  according 
to  the  proportion  of  every  one,  and  addi- 
tions round  about. 

37  After  this  manner  he  made  the  ten 
bases :  all  of  them  had  one  casting,  one 
measure,  and  one  size. 

38  T[  Then  made  he  ten  lavers  of  brass : 
one  laver  contained  forty  baths  :  and  every 
laver  was  four  cubits :  and  upon  every  one 
of  the  ten  bases  one  laver. 


o9  And  he  put  five  bases  on  the  right  side 
of  the  house,  and  five  on  the  left  side  of 
the  house:  and  he  set  the  sea  on  the  right 
side  of  the  house  eastward,  over  against 
the  south. 

40  T[  And  Hiram  made  the  lavers,  and  the 
shovels,  and  the  basins.  So  Iliram  made 
an  end  of  doing  all  the  work  that  he  made 
king  Solomon  for  the  house  of  the  Lord: 

41  The  two  pillars,  and  the  two  bowls  of 
the  chapiters  that  tvere  on  the  top  of  the 
two  pillars;  and  the  two  networks,  to 
cover  the  two  bowls  of  the  chapiters  which 
were  upon  the  top  of  the  pillars  ; 

42  And  four  hundred  pomegranates  for 
the  two  networks,  cveyt  two  rows  of  pome- 
granates for  one  network,  to  cover  the 
two  bowls  of  the  chaijiters  that  were  upon 
the  pillars ; 

43  And  the  ten  bases,  and  ten  lavers  on 
the  bases ; 

44  And  one  sea,  and  twelve  oxen  under 
the  sea; 

4.5  And  the  pots,  and  the  shovels,  and  the 
basins  :  and  all  these  vessels,  which  Hiram 
made  to  king  Solomon  for  the  house  of 
the  LoKD,  were  o/ bright  brass. 

46  In  the  plain  of  Jordan  did  the  king 
cast  them,  in  the  clay  ground  between  Suc- 
coth  and  Zarthan. 

47  And  Solomon  left  all  the  vessels  nn- 
weiyJtedy  because  they  were  exceeding 
many  :  neither  w^as  the  weight  of  the  brass 
found  out. 

48  And  Solomon  made  all  the  A^essels  that 
pertained  unto  the  house  of  the  Lord  :  the 
altar  of  gold,  and  the  table  of  gold,  where- 
upon the  shewbread  ?/,'a.s, 

49  And  the  candlesticks  of  pure  gold,  five 
on  the  right  sWe,  and  five  on  the  left,  be- 
fore the  oracle,  with  the  floAvers,  and  the 
lamps,  and  the  tongs  o/gold, 

50  And  the  bowls,  and  the  snuffers,  and 
the  basins,  and  the  spoons,  and  the  censers 
of  piire  gold;  and  the  hinges  of  gold,  both 
for  the  doors  of  the  inner  lioiise,  the  most 
holy  place^  ayid  for  the  doors  of  the  house, 
to  ivit,  of  the  temple. 

51  So  was  ended  all  the  work  that  king 

Solomon  made  for  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

And  Solomon  brought  in  the  things  which 

David  his  father  had  dedicated;   even  the 

silver,  and  the  gold,  and  the  vessels,  did 

he  put  among  the  treasures  of  the  house  of 

the  Lord.  || 

_ 


I.  KINGS. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 

THEN  Solomon  assembled  the  elders 
of  Israel,  and  all  the  heads  of  the 
tribes,  the  chief  of  the  fathers  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  unto  king  Solomon  in  Jeru- 
salem, that  they  might  bring  \\p  the  ark 
of  the  covenant  of  the  Lokd  out  of  the 
city  of  David,  which  is  Zion. 

2  And  all  the  men  of  Israel  assembled 
themselves  unto  king  Solomon  at  the  feast 
in  the  month  Ethanim,  which  is  the  sev- 
enth month. 

3  And  all  the  elders  of  Israel  came,  and 
the  priests  took  up  the  ark. 

4  And  they  brought  up  the  ark  of  the 
Lokd,  and  the  tabernacle  of  the  congrega- 
tion, and  all  the  holy  vessels  that  were  in 
the  tabernacle,  even  those  did  the  priests 
and  the  Levites  bring  up. 

5  And  king  Solomon,  and  all  the  con- 
gregation of  Israel,  that  were  assembled 
unto  him,  were  with  him  before  the  ark, 
sacrificing  sheep  and  oxen,  that  could  not 
be  told  nor  numbered  for  multitude. 

6  And  the  priests  brought  in  the  ark  of 
the  covenant  of  the  Lord  unto  his  place, 
into  the  oracle  of  the  house,  to  the  most 
holy  j-j^ace,  eve7i  under  the  wings  of  the 
cherubim. 

7  For  the  cherubim  spread  forth  tJieir  two 
wings  over  the  place  of  the  ark,  and  the 
cherubim  covered  the  ark  and  the  staves 
thereof  above. 

8  And  they  drew  out  the  staves,  that  the 
ends  of  the  staves  were  seen  out  in  the 
holy  place  before  the  oracle,  and  they 
were  not  seen  without :  and  there  they  are 
unto  this  day. 

9  There  was  nothing  in  the  ark  save  the 
two  tables  of  stone,  which  Moses  put 
there  at  Horeb,  when  the  Lord  made  a 
covenant  M'ith  the  children  of  Israel,  when 
they  came  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

10  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  priests 
were  come  out  of  the  holy  place,  that  the 
cloud  filled  the  house  of  the  Loud, 

11  So  that  the  priests  could  not  stand  to 
minister  because  of  the  cloud:  for  the 
glory  of  the  Lord  had  filled  the  house  of 
the  Lord. 

13  1|  Then  spake  Solomon,  The  Lord  said 
that  he  would  dwell  in  the  thick  darkness. 

13  I  have  surely  built  thee  a  house  to 
dwell  in,  a  settled  place  for  thee  to  abide 
in  for  ever. 

348 


14  And  the  king  turned  his  face  about, 
and  blessed  all  the  congregation  of  Is- 
rael :  and  all  the  congregation  of  Israel 
stood ; 

15  And  he  said,  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God 
of  Israel,  which  spake  with  his  mouth 
imto  David  my  father,  and  hath  with  his 
hand  fulfilled  it,  saying, 

16  Since  the  day  that  I  brought  forth  my 
people  Israel  out  of  Egypt,  1  chose  no 
city  out  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel  to  build 
a  house,  that  my  name  might  be  therein ; 
but  I  chose  David  to  be  over  my  people 
Israel. 

17  And  it  was  in  the  heart  of  David  my 
father  to  build  a  house  for  the  name  of  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel. 

18  And  the  Lord  said  unto  David  my 
father,  Whereas  it  was  in  thine  heart  to 
build  a  house  unto  my  name,  thou  didst 
well  that  it  was  in  thine  heart. 

19  Nevertheless  thou  shalt  not  build  the 
house;  but  thy  son  that  shall  come  forth 
out  of  thy  loins,  he  shall  build  the  house 
unto  my  name. 

20  And  the  Lord  hath  performed  his 
word  that  he  spake,  and  I  am  risen  up  in 
the  room  of  David  my  father,  and  sit  on 
the  throne  of  Israel,  as  the  Lord  prom- 
ised, and  have  built  a  house  for  the  name 
of  the  Lord  God  of  Israel. 

21  And  I  have  set  there  a  place  for  the 
ark,  wherein  is  the  covenant  of  the  Lord, 
which  he  made  with  our  fathers,  when 
he  brought  them  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

22  T[  And  Solomon  stood  before  the  altar 
of  the  Lord  in  the  presence  of  all  the 
congregation  of  Israel,  and  spread  forth 
his  hands  toward  heaven : 

23  And  he  said.  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
there  is  no  God  like  thee,  in  heaven  above, 
or  on  earth  beneath,  who  keepest  cove- 
nant and  mercy  with  thy  servants  that 
walk  before  thee  with  all  their  heart: 

24  Who  hast  kept  with  thy  servant  Da- 
vid my  father  that  thou  promisedst  him : 
thou  spakest  also  with  thy  mouth,  and 
hast  fulfilled  it  Avith  thine  hand,  as  it  is 
this  day. 

25  Therefore  now.  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
keep  with  thy  servant  David  my  father 
that  thou  promisedst  him,  saying.  There 
shall  not  fail  thee  a  man  in  my  sight  to 
sit  on  the  throne  of  Israel ;  so  that  thy 
children  take  heed  to  their  way,  that  they 


I.  KINGS. 


walk  bel'orc  me  as  Ihou   hast  walked,  be- 
fore lue. 

26  Autl  now,  O  God  of  Israel,  let  thy 
word,  I  i)ray  thee,  be  verified,  which 
thou  spakest  unto  thy  servant  David  my 
father. 

27  But  will  God  indeed  dwell  on  the 
earth?  behold,  the  heaven  and  heaven  of 
heavens  cannot  contain  thee;  how  much 
less  this  house  that  I  have  buildcd? 

28  Yet  have  thou  respect  unto  the  prayer 
of  thy  servant,  and  to  his  supplication,  O 
Lord  my  God,  to  hearken  unto  the  cry 
and  to  the  prayer,  which  thy  servant 
pi-ayeth  before  thee  to  day : 

29  That  thine  eyes  may  be  open  toward 
this  house  night  and  day,  even  toward  the 
place  of  which  thou  hast  said,  My  name 
shall  be  there:  that  thou  mayest  hearken 
unto  the  prayer  which  thy  servant  shall 
make  toward  this  place. 

30  And  hearken  thou  to  the  supplica- 
tion of  thy  servant,  and  of  thy  people  Is- 
rael, when  they  shall  pray  toward  this 
place:  and  hear  thou  in  heaven  thy 
dwellingplace :  and  when  thou  hearest, 
forgive. 

31  TI  If  any  man  trespass  against  his  neigh- 
bour, and  an  oath  be  laid  upon  him  to 
cause  him  to  swear,  and  the  oath  come 
before  thine  altar  in  this  house : 

32  Then  hear  thou  in  heaven,  and  do, 
and  judge  thy  servants,  condemning  the 
wicked,  to  bring  his  way  upon  his  head; 
and  justifying  the  righteous,  to  give  him 
according  to  his  righteousness. 

33  U  When  thy  people  Israel  be  smitten 
down  before  the  enemy,  because  they  have 
sinned  against  thee,  and  shall  turn  again 
to  thee,  and  confess  thy  name,  and  pray, 
and  make  supplication  unto  thee  in  this 
houses 

34  Then  hear  thou  in  heaven,  and  for- 
give the  sin  of  thy  people  Israel,  and 
bring  them  again  unto  the  land  which 
thou  gavest  unto  their  fathers. 

35  H  When  heaven  is  shut  iip,  and  there 
is  no  rain,  because  they  have  sinned 
against  thee;  if  they  pray  toward  this 
place,  and  confess  thy  name,  and  turn 
from  their  sin,  when  thou  afflictest  them : 

36  Then  hear  thou  in  heaven,  and  for- 
give the  sin  of  thy  servants,  and  of  thy 
people  Israel,  that  thou  teach  them  the 
good  way  wherein  they  should  walk,  and 


give  rain  upon  thy  land,  which  thou  hast 
given  to  thy  people  for  an  inheritance. 

37  Tl  If  there  be  in  the  land  famine,  if 
there  be  pestilence,  blasting,  mildew,  lo- 
cust, or  if  there  be  caterpillar;  if  their 
enemy  besiege  them  in  the  land  of  their 
cities  ;  whatsoever  plague,  whatsoever 
sickness  there  he  ; 

38  What  prayer  and  supplication  soever 
be  made  by  any  man,  or  by  all  thy  people 
Israel,  which  shall  know  every  man  the 
plague  of  his  own  heart,  and  spread  forth 
his  hands  toward  this  house : 

39  Then  hear  thou  in  heaven  thy  dwell- 
ingplace, and  forgive,  and  do,  and  give  to 
every  man  according  to  his  ways,  whose 
heart  thou  knowest;  (for  thou,  even  thou 
only,  knowest  the  hearts  of  all  the  chil- 
dren of  men;) 

40  That  they  may  fear  thee  all  the  days 
that  they  live  in  the  land  which  thou 
gavest  unto  our  fathers. 

41  Moreover  concerning  a  stranger,  that 
is  not  of  thy  people  Israel,  but  cometh 
out  of  a  far  country  for  thy  name's  sake; 

42  (For  they  shall  hear  of  thy  great  name, 
and  of  thy  strong  hand,  and  of  thy  stretch- 
ed out  arm ;)  when  he  shall  come  and  pray 
toward  this  house : 

43  Hear  thou  in  heaven  thy  dw^elling- 
place,  and  do  according  to  all  that  the 
stranger  calleth  to  thee  for:  that  all  peo- 
ple of  the  earth  may  know  thy  name, 
to  fear  thee,  as  do  thy  peo]jle  Israel;  and 
that  they  may  know  that  this  house, 
which  I  have  builded,  is  called  by  thy 
name. 

44  TI  If  thy  people  go  out  to  battle 
against  their  enemy,  whithersoever  thou 
Shalt  send  them,  and  shall  pray  unto 
the  LoKD  toward  the  city  which  thou 
hast  chosen,  and  toward  the  house  that 
I  have  built  for  thy  name: 

45  Then  hear  thou  in  heaven  their  prayer 
and  their  supplication,  and  maintain  their 
cause. 

46  If  they  sin  against  thee,  (for  there  is  no 
man  that  sinneth  not,)  and  thou  be  angry 
with  them,  and  deliver  them  to  the  enemy, 
so  that  they  carry  them  away  captives 
unto  the  land  of  the  enemy,  far  or 
near; 

47  Yet  if  they  shall  bethink  themselves 
in  the  land  whither  they  were  carried  cap- 
tives, and  repent,  and   make  supplicafion 

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unto  thee  in  the  land  of  them  that  carried 
them  captives,  saying,  We  have  sinned, 
and  have  done  perversely,  we  have  com- 
mitted wickedness; 

48  And  so  return  unto  thee  with  all 
their  heart,  and  with  all  their  soul,  in  the 
land  of  their  enemies,  which  led  them 
away  captive,  and  pray  unto  thee  toward 
their  land,  which  thou  gavest  unto  their 
fathers,  the  city  which  thou  hast  chosen, 
and  the  house  which  I  have  built  for  thy 
name : 

49  Then  hear  thou  their  prayer  and  their 
supplication  in  heaven  thy  dwellingplace, 
and  maintain  their  cause, 

50  And  forgive  thy  people  that  have  sin- 
ned against  thee,  and  all  their  trans- 
gressions whereiu  they  have  transgressed 
against  thee,  and  give  them  compassion 
before  them  who  carried  them  captive, 
that  they  may  have  compassion  on  them: 

51  For  they  be  thy  people,  and  thine  in- 
heritance, which  thou  broughtest  forth 
out  of  Egypt,  from  the  midst  of  the 
furnace  of  iron: 

53  That  thine  eyes  may  be  open  unto  the 
supplication  of  thy  servant,  and  unto  the 
supplication  of  thy  people  Israel,  to 
hearken  unto  them  in  all  that  they  call 
for  unto  thee. 

53  For  thou  didst  separate  them  from 
among  all  the  people  of  the  earth,  to  be 
thine  inheritance,  as  thou  spakest  by  the 
hand  of  Moses  thy  servant,  Avhen  thou 
broughtest  our  fathers  out  of  Egypt,  O 
Lord  God. 

.54  And  it  was  so,  that  when  Solomon 
had  made  an  end  of  praying  all  this 
prayer  and  supplication  unto  the  Lord, 
he  arose  from  before  the  altar  of  the 
Lord,  from  kneeling  on  his  knees  with 
his  hands  spread  iip  to  heaven. 

.55  And  he  stood,  and  blessed  all  the 
congregation  of  Israel  with  a  loud  voice, 
saying, 

.56  Blessed  be  the  Lord,  that  hath  given 
rest  unto  his  peoide  Israel,  according  to 
all  that  hci)romised:  there  hath  not  fail- 
ed one  word  of  all  his  good  promise, 
which  he  promised  by  the  hand  of  Moses 
his  servant. 

57  The  Lord  our  God  be  with  us,  as  he 
Avas  with  our  fathers:  let  him  not  leave 
us,  nor  forsake  us: 

58  That  he  may  incline  our  hearts  unto 

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him,  to  walk  in  all  his  ways,  and  to  keep 
his  commandments,  and  his  statutes,  and 
his  judgments,  which  he  commanded 
our  fathers. 

59  And  let  these  my  words,  wherewith 
I  have  made  supplication  before  the 
Lord,  be  nigh  unto  the  Lord  our  God 
day  and  night,  that  he  maintain  the  cause 
of  his  servant,  and  the  cause  of  his  people 
Israel  at  all  times,  as  the  matter  shall 
require : 

60  That  all  the  people  of  the  earth  may 
know  that  the  Lord  is  God,  and  that  there 
is  none  else. 

61  Let  your  heart  therefore  be  perfect 
with  the  Lord  our  God,  to  walk  in  his 
statutes,  and  to  keep  his  commandments, 
as  at  this  day. 

62  1  And  the  king,  and  all  Israel  with 
him,  offered  sacrifice  before  the  Lord. 

63  And  Solomon  offered  a  sacrifice  of 
peace  offerings,  which  he  offered  unto 
the  Lord,  two  and  twenty  thousand  oxen, 
and  a  hundred  and  twenty  thousand  sheep. 
So  the  king  and  all  the  children  of  Israel 
dedicated  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

64  The  same  day  did  the  king  halloAv  the 
middle  of  the  court  that  was  before  the 
house  of  the  Lord:  for  there  he  offered 
burnt  offerings,  and  meat  offerings,  and 
the  fat  of  the  peace  offerings:  because 
the  brazen  altar  that  7vas  before  the  Lord 
was  too  little  to  receive  the  burnt  offer- 
ings, and  meat  offerings,  and  the  fat  of 
the  peace  offerings. 

65  And  at  that  time  Solomon  held  a 
feast,  and  all  Israel  with  him,  a  great 
congregation,  from  the  entering  in  of 
Hamath  unto  the  river  of  Egypt,  before 
the  Lord  our  God,  seven  days  and  seven 
days,  eveii  fourteen  days. 

66  On  the  eighth  day  he  sent  the  people 
aAvay:  and  they  blessed  the  king,  and 
went  imto  their  tents  joyful  and  glad  of 
heart  for  all  the  goodness  that  the  Lord 
had  done  for  David  his  servant,  and  for 
Israel  his  people.        at 

CHAPTER  IX. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,   Avhen   Solomon 
had    finished    the   buikhng    of    the 
house  of  the  Lord,  and  th<;  king's  house, 
and    all    SolomoJi's   desire   which    he   was 
j  pleased  to  do, 
I    2  That  the  Lord  a])peared  to  Solomon 


I.  KINGS. 


the  second  time,  as  he  had  appeared  unto 
him  at  Gibeon. 

3  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  I  have 
heard  thy  prayer  and  thy  supplication, 
that  thou  hast  made  before  me:  I  have 
hallowed  this  house,  which  thou  hast 
built,  to  put  my  name  there  for  ever; 
and  mine  eyes  and  mine  heart  shall  be 
there  perpetually. 

4  And  if  thou  wilt  walk  before  me,  as 
David  thy  father  walked,  in  integrity  of 
heart,  and  in  uprightness,  to  do  according 
to  all  that  I  have  commanded  thee,  and 
wilt  keep  my  statutes  and  my  judgments; 

5  Th,en  I  will  establish  the  throne  of  thy 
kingdom  upon  Israel  for  ever,  as  I  prom- 
ised to  David  thy  father,  saying,  There 
shall  not  fail  thee  a  man  upon  the  throne 
of  Israel. 

6  But  if  ye  shall  at  all  tui*n  from  follow- 
ing me,  ye  or  your  children,  and  will  not 
keep  my  commandments  awl  my  statutes 
which  I  have  set  before  you,  but  go  and 
serve  other  gods,  and  worship  them  ; 

7  Then  will  I  cut  off  Israel  out  of  the 
land  which  I  have  given  them ;  and  this 
house,  which  I  have  hallowed  for  my 
name,  will  I  cast  out  of  my  sight ;  and  Is- 
rael shall  be  a  proverb  and  a  byword 
among  all  people  : 

8  And  at  this  house,  wJdch  is  high,  every 
one  that  passeth  by  it  shall  be  astonished,  I 
and  shall  hiss ;  and  they  shall  say.  Why  i 
hath  the  Lord  done  thus  unto  this  land,  ' 
and  to  this  house  ? 

9  And  they  shall  answer,  Because  they  I 
forsook  the  Lord  their  God,  Avho  brought  I 
forth  their  fathers  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  and  have  taken  hold  upon  other 
gods,  and  have  worshipped  them,  and 
served  them :  therefore  hath  the  Lord 
brought  upon  them  all  this  evil. 

10  Tl  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end 
of  twenty  years,  Avhen  Solomon  had  built 
the  two  houses,  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  the  king's  house, 

11  {Xow  Hiram  the  king  of  Tyre  had 
furnished  Solomon  with  cedar  trees  and 
fir  trees,  and  with  gold,  according  to  all 
his  desire,)  that  then  king  Solomon  gave 
Hiram  twenty  cities  in  the  land  of  Galilee. 

12  And  Hiram  came  out  from  Tyre  to 
see  the  cities  which  Solomon  had  given 
him;  and  they  pleased  him  not. 

13  And    he  said,  What  cities   are  these 


which  thou  hast  given  me,  my  brother? 
And  he  called  them  the  land  of  Cabul  unto 
this  day. 

14  And  Hiram  sent  to  the  king  sixscore 
talents  of  gold, 

15  IF  And  this  is  the  reason  of  the  levy 
which  king  Solomon  raised;  for  to  build 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  his  own  house, 
and  Millo,  and  the  wall  of  Jerusalem,  and 
Hazor,  and  Megiddo,  and  Gezer. 

16  For  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt  had  gone 
up,  and  taken  Gezer,  and  burnt  it  with 
fire,  and  slain  the  Canaanites  that  dAvelt  in 
the  city,  and  given  it  for  a  present  unto 
his  daughter,  Solomon's  wife. 

17  And  Solomon  built  Gezer,  and  Beth- 
horou  the  nether, 

18  And  Baalath,  and  Tadmor  in  the  wil- 
derness, in  the  land, 

19  And  all  the  cities  of  store  that  Solo- 
mon had,  and  cities  for  his  chariots,  and 
cities  for  his  horsemen,  and  tliat  which 
Solomon  desired  to  build  in  Jerusalem, 
and  in  Lebanon,  and  in  all  the  land  of 
his  dominion. 

20  And  all  the  people  that  were  left  of  the 
Amorites,  Hittites,  Perizzites,  Hivites,  and 
Jebusites,  which  were  not  of  the  children 
of  Israel, 

21  Their  children  that  were  left  after  them 
in  the  land,  whom  the  children  of  Israel 
also  were  not  able  utterly  to  destroy,  upon 
those  did  Solomon  levy  a  tribute  of  bond- 
service unto  this  day, 

22  But  of  the  children  of  Israel  did  Solo- 
mon make  no  bondmen :  but  they  ivere 
men  of  war,  and  his  servants,  and  his 
princes,  and  his  captains,  and  rulers  of  his 
chariots,  and  his  horsemen. 

23  These  ivere  the  chief  of  the  officers  that 
7vere  over  Solomon's  work,  five  hundred 
and  fifty,  which  bare  rule  over  the  people 
that  wrought  in  the  work. 

24  1i  But  Pharaoh's  daughter  came  up  out 
of  the  city  of  David  unto  her  house  Avhich 
Solomon  had  built  for  her:  then  did  he 
build  Millo, 

25  1  And  three  times  in  a  year  did  Solo- 
mon offer  burnt  oflferings  and  peace  offer- 
ings upon  the  altar  which  he  built  unto 
the  Lord,  and  he  burnt  incense  upon  the 
altar  that  wan  before  the  Lord.  So  he 
finished  the  house. 

26  ^  And  king  Solomon  made  a  navy  of 
ships    in    Ezion-geber,    which    w    beside 

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I.  KINGS. 


Eloth,  on  the  shore  of  the  Reel  sea,  in  the 
laud  of  Eclom. 

27  And  Hiram  scut  in  the  navy  his  serv- 
ants, shipmcn  that  had  knoAvledge  of  the 
sea,  with  the  servants  of  Solomon. 

28  Aud  they  came  to  Ophir,  and  fetched 
from  thence  gold,  four  hundred  aud  tweu- 
ty  taleuts,  and  brought  it  to  king  Solo- 
mon. • 

CHAPTER  X. 

AND  when  the  queen  of  Sheha  heard 
of  the  fame  of  Solomon  concerning 
the  name  of  the  Lokd,  she  came  to  prove 
him  with  hard  questions. 

2  And  she  came  to  Jerusalem  with  a  very 
great  train,  Avith  camels  that  bare  spices, 
and  very  much  gold,  aud  precious  stones  : 
and  when  she  was  come  to  Solomon,  she 
communed  with  him  of  all  that  was  in  her 
heart. 

3  And  Solomon  told  her  all  her  questions : 
there  was  not  a7iy  thing  hid  from  the  king, 
which  he  told  her  not. 

4  And  when  the  queen  of  Sheba  had  seen 
all  Solomon's  wisdom,  and  the  house  that 
he  had  built, 

5  And  the  meat  of  his  table,  and  the 
sitting  of  his  servants,  and  the  attendance 
of  his  ministers,  aud  their  apparel,  and  his 
cupbearers,  and  his  ascent  by  which  he 
went  up  \into  the  house  of  the  Lokd; 
there  Avas  no  more  spirit  in  her. 

6  And  she  said  to  the  king,  It  Avas  a  true 
report  that  I  heard  in  mine  oavu  laud  of 
thy  acts  and  of  thy  wisdom. 

7  HoAvbeit  I  believed  not  the  words,  until 
I  came,  and  mine  eyes  had  seen  il;  and, 
behold,  the  half  Avas  not  told  me:  thy  Avis- 
dom  and  i)rosperity  exceedeth  the  fame 
Avhich  I  heard. 

8  Hai)i)y  are  thy  men,  happy  are  these  thy 
servants,  which  stand  continually  before 
thee,  and  that  hear  thy  Avisdom. 

9  Blessed  be  the  Loud  thy  God,  AA-hich 
delighted  in  thee,  to  set  thee  on  the  throne 
of  Israel :  because  the  Loud  loA'ed  Israel 
for  ever,  therefore  made  he  thee  king,  to 
do  judgment  and  justice. 

10  And  she  gave  the  king  a  hundred  and 
twenty  talents  of  gold,  and  of  sjjices  very 
great  store,  and  precious  stones:  there 
came  no  more  such  abundance  of  spices  as 
these  Avhich  the  queen  of  Sheba  gave  to 
king  Solomon. 

11  And    the    navy    also    of    Hiram,    Ihat 

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brought  gold  from  Ophir,  brought  in  from 
Ophir  great  plenty  of  almug  trees,  and  pre- 
cious stones. 

12  And  the  king  made  of  the  almug  trees 
pillars  for  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  for 
the  king's  house,  harps  also  aud  psalteries 
for  singers:  there  came  no  such  almug 
trees,  nor  Avere  seen  unto  this  day. 

13  And  king  Solomon  gave  unto  the 
queen  of  Sheba  all  her  desire,  Avhatsocver 
she  asked,  besides  that  AA'hich  Solomon  gave 
her  of  his  royal  bounty.  So  she  turned 
and  Avent  to  her  own  country,  she  aud  her 
servants. 

14  H  Now  the  weight  of  gold  that  came 
to  Solomon  in  one  year  was  six  hundred 
threescore  and  six  talents  of  gold, 

15  Besides  that  lie  had  of  the  merchant- 
men, and  of  the  traffick  of  the  spice  mer- 
chants, and  of  all  the  kings  of  Arabia, 
and  of  the  governors  of  the  country, 

16  H  And  king  Solomon  made  tAvo  himd- 
red  targets  of  beaten  gold:  six  hundred 
shekels  of  gold  Avent  to  one  target. 

17  And  fie  made  three  hundred  shields  of 
beaten  gold ;  three  pounds  of  gold  Avcnt 
to  one  shield:  and  the  king  put  them  in 
the  house  of  the  forest  of  Lebanon. 

18  T[  Moreover,  the  king  made  a  great 
throne  of  ivory,  and  overlaid  it  with  the 
best  gold. 

19  The  throne  had  six  steps,  and  the 
top  of  the  throne  was  round  behind:  and 
there  were  stays  on  either  side  on  the  place 
of  the  seat,  and  two  lions  stood  beside  the 
stays. 

20  And  tAA'elve  lions  stood  there  on  the 
one  side  and  on  the  other  upon  the  six 
steps :  there  Avas  not  the  like  made  in  any 
kingdom. 

21  Ti  Aud  all  king  Solomon's  drinking 
A'essels  were  of  gold,  and  all  the  vessels  of 
the  house  of  the  forest  of  Lebanon  were 
o^  pure  gold;  none  were  o/"  silver:  it  w:is 
nothing  accounted  of  in  the  days  of  Solo- 
mon. 

22  For  the  king  had  at  sea  a  navy  of 
Tharshish  Avith  the  navy  of  Hiram :  once 
in  three  years  came  the  navy  of  Thar- 
shish, bringing  gold,  and  silver,  ivory,  and 
apes,  and  peacocks. 

23  So  king  Solomon  exceeded  all  the 
kings  of  tlic  earth  for  riches  aud  for 
Avisdom. 

21  1  And   all   1he  earth   souglit   to  Solo- 


I.  KINGS. 


mon,  to  hear  his  wisdom,  which  God  had 
put  in  his  heart. 

26  And  they  brought  every  man  his  pres- 
ent, vessels  of  silver,  and  vessels  of  gold, 
and  garments,  and  armour,  and  spices, 
horses,  and  mules,  a  rate  year  by  year. 

26  TI  And  Solomon  gathered  together 
chariots  and  horsemen:  and  he  had  a 
thousand  and  four  hundred  chariots,  and 
twelve  thousand  horsemen,  whom  he  be- 
stowed in  the  cities  for  chariots,  and  with 
the  king  at  Jerusalem. 

27  And  the  king  made  silver  to  be  in  Je- 
rusalem as  stones,  and  cedars  made  he  to 
be  as  t^e  sycamore  trees  that  are  in  the 
vale,  for  abundance. 

28  1  And  Solomon  had  horses  brought 
out  of  Egypt,  and  linen  yarn:  the  king's 
merchants  received  the  linen  yarn  at  a 
price. 

29  And  a  chariot  came  up  and  went  out 
of  Egypt  for  six  hundred  shekeh  of  silver, 
and  a  horse  for  a  hundred  and  fifty:  and 
so  for  all  the  kings  of  the  Hittites,  and 
for  the  kings  of  Syria,  did  they  bring  them 
out  by  their  means.         ^ 

CHAPTER  XL 

BUT  king  Solomon  loved  many  strange 
women,  together  with  the  daughter 
of  Pharaoh,  women  of  the  Moabites,  Am- 
monites, Edomitcs,  Zidoniaus,  and  Hit- 
tites ; 

2  Of  the  nations  concerning  which  the 
Lord  said  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  Ye 
shall  not  go  in  to  them,  neither  shall  they 
come  in  unto  you:  for  surely  they  will 
turn  away  your  heart  after  their  gods: 
Solomon  clave  unto  these  in  love. 

3  And  he  had  seven  hundred  wives, 
princesses,  and  three  hundred  concubines  : 
and  liis  wives  turned  away  his  heart. 

4  For  it  came  to  pass,  when  Solomon 
was  old,  tJiat  his  wives  turned  away  his 
heart  after  other  gods :  and  his  heart  Avas 
not  perfect  with  the  Lord  his  God,  as  vms 
the  heart  of  David  his  father. 

5  Eor  Solomon  went  after  Ashtoreth  the 
goddess  of  the  Zidonians,  and  after  Mil- 
corn  the  abomination  of  the  Ammonites. 

6  And  Solomon  did  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  and  went  not  fully  after  the 
Lord,  as  did  David  his  t;ither. 

7  Then  did  Solomon  build  a  high  place 
for   Chemosh,  the  abomination   of  Moab, 

23 


in  the  hill  that  is  before  Jerusalem,  and  for 
Molech,  the  abomination  of  the  children 
of  Ammon. 

8  And  likewise  did  he  for  all  his  strange 
wives,  which  burnt  incense  and  sacrificed 
unto  their  gods. 

9  ^  And  the  Lord  was  angi-y  with  Solo- 
mon, because  his  heart  was  turned  from 
the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  which  had  ap- 
peared unto  him  twice, 

10  And  had  commanded  him  concerning 
this  thing,  that  he  should  not  go  after 
other  gods  :  but  he  kept  not  that  which 
the  Lord  commanded. 

11  Wherefore  the  Lord  said  Tinto  Solo- 
mon, Forasmuch  as  this  is  done  of  thee, 
and  thou  hast  not  kept  my  covenant  and 
my  statutes,  which  I  have  commanded 
thee,  I  will  surely  rend  the  kingdom  from 
thee,  and  will  give  it  to  thy  servant. 

12  Notwithstanding,  in  thy  days  I  will 
not  do  it  for  David  thy  father's  sake :  bid 
I  will  rend  it  out  of  the  hand  of  thy 
son. 

13  Howbeit  I  will  not  rend  away  all  the 
kingdom;  but  will  give  one  tribe  to  thy 
son  for  David  my  servant's  sake,  and  for 
Jerusalem's  sake  which  I  have  chosen. 

14  H  And  the  Lord  stirred  up  an  advei*- 
sary  unto  Solomon,  Hadad  the  Edomite: 
he  was  of  the  king's  seed  in  Edom. 

15  For  it  came  to  pass,  when  David  was 
in  Edom,  and  Joab  the  captain  of  the 
host  was  gone  up  to  bury  the  slain,  after 
he  had  smitten  every  male  in  Edom ; 

16  (For  six  months  did  Joab  remain 
there  with  all  Israel,  until  he  had  cut  oflT 
every  male  in  Edom  :) 

17  That  Hadad  fled,  he  and  certain  Edom- 
ites  of  his  father's  servants  with  him,  to 
go  into  Egypt;  Hadad  being  yet  a  little 
child. 

18  And  they  arose  out  of  Midian,  and 
came  to  Paran :  and  they  took  men  with 
them  out  of  Paran,  and  they  came  to 
Egypt,  unto  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt; 
which  gave  him  a  house,  and  apjjointed 
him  victuals,  and  gave  him  land. 

19  And  Hadad  found  great  favour  in'tbe 
sight  of  Pharaoh,  so  that  he  gave  him  to 
wife  the  sister  of  his  own  wife,  the  sister 
of  Tahpenes  the  queen. 

20  And  the  sister  of  Tahpenes  bare  him 
Genubath  his  son,  whom  Tuhiienes  weaned 
in  Pharaoh's  house:  and  Genubath  was  in 

353 


I.  KINGS. 


Pharaoh's  household  amoug  the  sons  of 
Pharaoh. 

21  Aud  when  Hadad  hoard  hi  Egj-pt  that 
David  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  that  Joab 
the  captain  of  the  host  was  dead,  Hadad 
said  to  Pharaoh,  Let  me  depart,  that  I 
may  go  to  mine  own  country. 

2;3  Then  Pharaoh  said  unto  him,  But 
Avhat  hast  thou  lacked  with  me,  that,  be- 
hold, thou  seekest  to  go  to  thine  own 
country?  And  he  answered,  Nothing: 
howbeit  let  me  go  in  any  wise. 

23  t  Aud  God  stirred  him  up  another 
adversary,  Rezon  the  son  of  Eliadah, 
which  fled  from  his  lord  Hadadezer  king 
of  Zobah: 

24  And  he  gathered  men  xinto  him,  and 
became  captain  over  a  band,  when  David 
slew  them  of  Zobah:  and  they  went  to 
Damascus,  and  dwelt  therein,  and  reigned 
in  Damascus. 

25  And  he  was  an  adversary  to  Israel  all 
the  da}'s  of  Solomon,  besides  the  mischief 
that  Hadad  did:  and  he  abhorred  Israel, 
and  reigned  over  Syria. 

26  TI  And  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat, 
an  Ephrathite  of  Zereda,  Solomon's  serv- 
ant, whose  mother's  name  was  Zeruah, 
a  widow  woman,  even  he  lifted  up  hU 
hand  against  the  king. 

27  And  this  was  the  cause  that  he  lifted 
up  his  hand  against  the  king:  Solomon 
built  Millo,  and  repaired  the  breaches  of 
the  city  of  David  his  father. 

28  And  the  man  Jeroboam  ?r«s  a  might)' 
man  of  valour:  and  Solomon  seeing  the 
young  man  that  he  was  industrious,  he 
made  him  ruler  over  all  the  charge  of 
the  house  of  Joseph. 

29  And  it  came  to  pass  at  that  time 
when  Jeroboam  went  out  of  Jerusalem, 
that  the  prophet  Ahijah  the  Shilonite 
found  him  in  the  way,  and  he  had  clad 
himself  with  a  new  garment;  and  they 
two  were  alone  in  the  field  : 

30  And  Ahijah  caught  the  new  garment 
that  was  on  him,  and  rent  it  in  twelve 
pieces : 

31 'And  he  said  to  Jeroboam,  Take  thee 
ten  pieces :  for  thus  saith  the  Lord,  the 
God  of  Israel,  Behold,  I  will  rend  the 
kingdom  out  of  the  hand  of  Solomon, 
and  will  give  ten  tribes  to  thee: 

82  (But  he  shall  have  one  tribe  for  my 

servant  David's  sake,  and  for  Jerusalem's 
__ 


sake,  the    city  which  I  have  chosen   out 
of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel:) 

33  Because  that  they  have  forsaken  me, 
and  have  worshipped  Ashtoreth  the  god- 
dess of  the  Zidonians,  Chemosh  the  god 
of  the  Moabites,  and  Milcom  the  god  of 
the  children  of  Ammon,  and  have  not 
walked  in  ray  ways,  to  do  that  w?dch  is 
right  in  mine  eyes,  and  to  keep  my  stat- 
utes and  my  judgments,  as  did  DaAid  his 
father. 

34  Howbeit  I  will  not  take  the  whole 
kingdom  out  of  his  hand :  but  I  will  make 
him  prince  all  the  days  of  his  life  for  Da- 
vid my  sen'ant's  sake,  whom  I  chose, 
because  he  kept  my  commandments  and 
my  statutes: 

35  But  I  will  take  the  kingdom  out  of 
his  son's  hand,  and  will  give  it  unto  thee, 
evai  ten  tribes. 

36  And  unto  his  son  will  I  give  one  tribe, 
that  David  my  servant  may  have  a  light 
alway  before  me  in  Jerusalem,  the  city 
which  I  have  chosen  me  to  put  my  name 
there. 

37  And  I  will  take  thee,  and  thou  shalt 
reign  according  to  all  that  thy  soul 
dcsireth,  aud  shalt  be  king  over  Is- 
rael. 

38  And  it  shall  be,  if  thou  wilt  hearken 
unto  all  that  I  command  thee,  and  wilt 
walk  in  my  ways,  and  do  that  hs  right 
in  my  sight,  to  keep  my  statutes  and  my 
commandments,  as  David  my  servant  did ; 
that  I  Avill  be  with  thee,  and  build  thee  a 
sure  house,  as  I  built  for  David,  and  will 
give  Israel  unto  thee. 

39  And  I  will  for  this  afflict  the  seed  of 
David,  but  not  for  ever. 

40  Solomon  sought  therefore  to  kill  Jer* 
oboam.  And  Jeroboam  arose,  and  fled 
into  Egypt,  unto  Shishak  king  of  Egypt, 
and  was  in  Egypt  imtil  the  death  of  Solo- 
mon. 

41  H  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Solo- 
mon, and  all  that  he  did,  and  his  wisdom, 
are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
acts  of  Solomon? 

42  And  the  time  that  Solomon  reigned 
in  Jerusalem  over  all  Israel  teas  forty 
years. 

43  And  Solomon  slept  with  his  fathers, 
and  was  buried  in  the  city  of  David  his 
ftither:  and  Rehoboam  his  son  reigned  in 
his  stead.         ^ 


I.  KINGS. 


CHAPTER  XII. 

AND  Rehoboaiu  weut  to  Shechcm:  for 
all  Israel  were  come  to  Shechcm  to 
make  him  king. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass,  v/hen  Jeroboam 
the  son  of  Nebat,  who  was  yet  in  Egypt, 
heard  of  it,  (for  he  was  fled  from  the  pres- 
ence of  king  Solomon,  and  Jeroboam 
dwelt  in  Egypt,) 

3  That  they  sent  and  called  him.  And 
Jeroboam  and  all  the  congregation  of 
Israel  came,  and  spake  unto  Rehoboam, 
saying, 

4  Thy  father  made  our  yoke  grievous: 
noAV  therefore  make  thou  the  grievous 
service  of  thy  father,  and  his  heavy  joke 
Avhich  he  put  upon  us,  lighter,  and  we  will 
serve  thee. 

5  And  he  said  unto  them,  Depart  yet  for 
three  days,  then  come  again  to  me.  And 
the  people  departed. 

6  T[  And  king  Rehoboam  consulted  with 
the  old  men,  that  stood  before  Solomon 
his  father  while  he  yet  lived,  and  sold, 
How  do  ye  advise  that  I  may  answer  this 
people  ? 

7  And  they  spake  unto  him,  saying.  If 
thou  wilt  be  a  servant  unto  this  people 
this  day,  and  wilt  serve  them,  and  an- 
swer them,  and  speak  good  words  to  them, 
then  they  will  be  thy  servants  for  ever. 

8  But  he  forsook  the  counsel  of  the  old 
men,  which  they  had  given  him,  and  con- 
sulted with  the  young  men  that  were 
grown  up  with  him,  atid  which  stood  be- 
fore him : 

9  And  he  said  unto  them,  What  counsel 
give  ye  that  we  may  answer  this  people, 
who  have  spoken  to  me,  saying.  Make 
the  yoke  which  thy  father  did  put  upon 
us  lighter? 

10  And  the  young  men  that  were  grown 
up  with  him  spake  unto  him,  saying.  Thus 
Shalt  thou  speak  unto  this  people  that 
spake  unto  thee,  saying.  Thy  father  made 
our  yoke  heavy,  but  make  thou  it  lighter 
unto  us;  thus  shalt  thou  say  unto  them. 
My  little  finger  shall  be  thicker  than  my 
father's  loins. 

11  And  now  whereas  my  father  did  lade 
you  with  a  heavy  yoke,  I  will  add  to  your 
yoke :  my  father  hath  chastised  you  with 
whips,  but  I  will  chastise  you  with  scor- 
pions. 

12  1[  So  Jeroboam  and  all  the  people  came 


to  Rehoboam  the  third  day,  as  the  king 
hud  appointed,  saying.  Come  to  me  again 
the  third  day. 

13  And  the  king  answered  the  people 
roughly,  and  forsook  the  old  men's  coun- 
sel that  they  gave  him  ; 

14  And  spake  to  them  after  the  counsel 
of  the  young  men,  saying,  My  father  made 
your  yoke  heavy,  and  I  will  add  to  your 
yoke :  my  father  also  chastised  you  Avith 
whips,  but  I  will  chastise  you  with  scor- 
pions. 

15  Wherefore  the  king  hearkened  not 
unto  the  people;  for  the  cause  was  from 
the  Lord,  that  he  might  perform  his  say- 
ing, which  the  Lord  spake  by  Ahijah  the 
Shilonite  unto  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat. 

16  Tl  So  when  all  Israel  saw  that  the  king 
hearkened  not  unto  them,  the  people  an- 
swered the  king,  saying,  What  portion 
have  we  in  David?  neither  Aai^e  we  inherit- 
ance in  the  son  of  Jesse :  to  your  tents,  O 
Israel :  now  see  to  thine  own  house,  David. 
So  Israel  departed  unto  their  tents. 

17  But  as  for  the  children  of  Israel  which 
dwelt  in  the  cities  of  Judah,  Rehoboam 
reigned  over  them. 

18  Then  king  Rehoboam  sent  Adoram, 
who  was  over  the  tribute;  and  all  Israel 
stoned  him  with  stones,  that  he  died. 
Therefore  king  Rehoboam  made  speed  to 
get  him  up  to  his  chariot,  to  flee  to  Jeru- 
salem. 

19  So  Israel  rebelled  against  the  house  of 
David  unto  this  day. 

20  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  Israel 
heard  that  Jeroboam  was  come  again,  that 
they  sent  and  called  him  unto  the  congre- 
gation, and  made  him  king  over  all  Israel : 
there  was  none  that  followed  the  house  of 
David,  but  the  tribe  of  Judah  only. 

21  1  And  when  Rehoboam  was  come  to 
Jerusalem,  he  assembled  all  the  house  of 
Judah,  with  the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  a  hund- 
red and  fourscore  thousand  chosen  men, 
which  were  warriors,  to  fight  against  the 
house  of  Israel,  to  bring  the  kingdom 
again  to  Rehoboam  the  son  of  Solomon. 

22  But  the  word  of  God  came  unto  Shem- 
aiah  the  man  of  God,  saying, 

23  Speak  unto  Rehoboam,  the  son  of  Solo- 
mon, king  of  Judah,  and  unto  all  the  house 
of  Judah  and  Benjamin,  and  to  the  rem- 
nant of  the  jjeople,  saying, 

24  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Ye  shall  not  go 

855 


I.  KINGS. 


up,  nor  tight  against  your  brethren  the 
children  of  Israel :  return  every  man  to  his 
house;  for  this  thing  is  from  me.  They 
hearkened  therefore  to  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  and  returned  to  depart,  according  to 
the  word  of  the  Lord. 

25  H  Then  Jeroboam  built  Shechem  in 
mount  Ephraim,  and  dwelt  therein;  and 
went  out  from  thence,  and  built  Penuel. 

26  And  Jeroboam  said  in  his  heart,  Now 
shall  the  kingdom  return  to  the  house  of 
David : 

27  If  this  people  go  up  to  do  sacrifice  in 
the  house  of  the  Lord  at  Jerusalem,  then 
shall  the  heart  of  this  people  turn  again 
unto  their  lord,  ewn  unto  Rehoboam  king 
of  Judah,  and  they  shall  kill  me,  and  go 
again  to  Rehoboam  king  of  Judah. 

28  Whereupon  the  king  took  counsel,  and 
made  two  calves  of  gold,  and  said  unto 
them.  It  is  too  much  for  you  to  go  up  to 
Jerusalem :  behold  thy  gods,  0  Israel, 
which  brought  thee  up  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

29  And  he  set  the  one  in  Beth-cl,  and  the 
other  put  he  in  Dan. 

30  And  this  thing  became  a  sin :  for  the 
people  went  to  ^oorship  before  the  one,  even 
unto  Dan. 

31  And  he  made  a  house  of  high  places, 
and  made  priests  of  the  lowest  of  the 
people,  which  were  not  of  the  sons  of 
Levi. 

33  And  Jeroboam  ordained  a  feast  in  the 
eighth  mouth,  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the 
month,  like  unto  the  feast  that  is  in  Ju- 
dah, and  he  ofl[ered  upon  the  altar.  So 
did  he  in  Beth-el,  sacrificing  unto  the 
calves  that  he  had  made:  and  he  placed 
in  Beth-el  the  priests  of  the  high  places 
which  he  had  made. 

33  So  he  offered  upon  the  altar  which  he 
had  made  in  Beth-el  the  fifteenth  day  of 
the  eighth  month,  even  in  the  month  which 
he  had  devised  of  his  own  heart;  and  or- 
dained a  feast  unto  the  children  of  Israel : 
and  he  offered  upon  the  altar,  and  burnt 
incense.  *> 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

AND,  Ijchold,  there  came  a  man  of  God 
out  of  Judah   by  the    word    of  the 
Lord  unto  Bcth-el:   and  Jeroboam  stood 
by  the  altar  to  burn  incense. 
2  And  he  cried  against  the  altar  in  the 
word  of  the  Lord,  and  said,  O  altar,  nltar, 

856  \ 


thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Behold,  a  child  shall 
be  born  unto  the  house  of  David,  Josiah 
by  name;  and  upon  thee  shall  he  offer  the 
priests  of  the  high  i)laces  that  burn  in- 
cense upon  thee,  and  men's  bones  shall 
be  burnt  upon  thee. 

3  And  he  gave  a  sign  the  same  day,  say- 
ing, This  ifi  the  sign  which  the  Lord  hath 
spoken  ;  Behold,  the  altar  shall  be  rent, 
and  the  ashes  that  are  upon  it  shall  be 
poured  out. 

4  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  king  Jer- 
oboam heard  the  saying  of  the  man  of 
God,  which  had  cried  against  the  altar  in 
Beth-el,  that  he  put  forth  his  hand  from 
the  altar,  saying.  Lay  hold  on  him.  And 
his  hand,  which  he  put  forth  against  him, 
dried  up,  so  that  he  could  not  pull  it  in 
again  to  him. 

5  The  altar  also  was  rent,  and  the  ashes 
poured  out  from  the  altar,  according  to 
the  sign  which  the  man  of  God  had  given 
by  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

6  And  the  king  answered  and  said  unto 
the  man  of  God,  Entreat  now  the  face  of 
the  Lord  thy  God,  and  pray  for  me,  that 
my  hand  may  be  restored  me  again.  And 
the  man  of  God  besought  the  Lord,  and 
the  king's  hand  was  restored  him  again, 
and  became  as  it  was  before. 

7  And  the  king  said  unto  the  man  of 
God,  Come  home  Avith  me,  and  refresh 
thyself,  and  I  will  give  thee  a  reward. 

8  And  the  man  of  God  said  unto  the 
king.  If  thou  wilt  give  me  half  thine 
house,  I  will  not  go  in  with  thee,  neither 
will  I  eat  bread  nor  drink  water  in  tnis 
place : 

9  For  so  was  it  charged  me  by  the  word 
of  the  Lord,  saying,  Eat  no  bread,  nor 
drink  water,  nor  turn  again  by  the  same 
way  that  thou  camcst. 

10  So  he  went  another  way,  and  returned 
not  by  the  Avay  that  he  came  to  Beth-el. 

11  If  Now  there  dwelt  an  old  prophet 
in  Beth-el;  and  his  sons  came  and  told 
him  all  the  works  that  the  man  of  God 
had  done  that  day  in  Beth-el :  the  words 
which  he  had  spoken  unto  the  king,  them 
they  told  also  to  their  father. 

12  And  their  father  said  unto  them.  What 
way  went  he  ?  For  his  sons  had  seen  what 
way  the  man  of  God  went,  which  came 
from  Judah. 

13  And   he    said    unto    his    sons.  Saddle 


I.  KINGS. 


me  the  ass.  So  they  saddled  him  the  ass : 
and  he  rode  thereon, 

14  And  went  after  the  man  of  God,  and 
found  him  sitting  under  an  oak :  and  he 
said  imto  him,  Art  thou  the  man  of  God 
that  earnest  from  Judah?  And  he  said,  I 
am. 

1.5  Then  he  said  unto  him.  Come  home 
with  me,  and  eat  bread. 

16  And  he  said,  I  raaj'  not  return  with 
thee,  nor  go  in  with  thee :  neither  will  I 
eat  bread  nor  drink  water  with  thee  in 
this  place : 

17  For  it  was  said  to  me  by  the  word 
of  the  Lord,  Thou  shalt  eat  no  bread 
nor  drink  water  there,  nor  turn  again  to 
go  by  the  way  that  thou  earnest. 

18  He  said  unto  him,  I  am  a  prophet 
also  as  thou  art;  and  an  angel  spake  unto 
me  by  the  word  of  the  Lord,  saying.  Bring 
him  back  with  thee  into  thine  house,  that 
he  may  eat  bread  and  drink  water.  JBut  he 
lied  imto  him. 

19  So  he  went  back  with  him,  and  did 
eat  bread  in  his  house,  and  drank  water. 

20  Tf  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  sat 
at  the  table,  that  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  unto  the  prophet  that  brought  him 
back: 

21  And  he  cried  unto  the  man  of  God 
that  came  from  Judah,  saying.  Thus  saith 
the  Lord,  Forasmuch  as  thou  hast  diso- 
beyed the  mouth  of  the  Lord,  and  host 
not  kept  the  commandment  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  commanded  thee, 

22  But  earnest  back,  and  hast  eaten  bread 
and  drunk  water  in  the  place,  of  the 
which  the  Lord  did  say  to  thee.  Eat 
no  bread,  and  drink  no  water;  thy  car- 
cass shall  not  come  unto  the  sepulchre 
of  thy  fathers. 

23  ii  And  it  came  to  pass,  after  he  had 
eaten  bread,  and  after  he  had  drunk,  that 
he  saddled  for  him  the  ass,  to  wit,  for  the 
prophet  whom  he  had  brought  back. 

24  And  when  he  was  gone,  a  lion  met 
him  by  the  way,  and  slew  him :  and  his 
carcass  was  cast  in  the  way,  and  the  ass 
stood  by  it,  the  lion  also  stood  by  the 
carcass. 

25  And,  behold,  men  passed  by,  and  saw 
the  carcass  cast  in  the  way,  and  the  lion 
standing  by  the  carcass :  and  they  came 
and  told  it  in  the  city  where  the  old 
prophet  dwelt. 


26  And  when  the  i)rophet  that  brought 
him  back  from  the  way  heard  thereof,  he 
said.  It  is  the  man  of  God,  who  was  dis- 
obedient unto  the  word  of  the  Lord  : 
therefore  the  Lord  hath  delivered  him 
unto  the  lion,  which  hath  torn  him,  and 
slain  him,  according  to  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  which  he  spake  unto  him. 

27  And  he  spake  to  his  sons,  saying, 
Saddle  me  the  ass.     And  they  saddled  him. 

28  And  he  went  and  found  his  carcass 
cast  in  the  way,  and  the  ass  and  the  lion 
standing  by  the  carcass :  the  lion  had  not 
eaten  the  carcass,  nor  torn  the  ass. 

29  And  the  prophet  took  up  the  car- 
cass of  the  man  of  God,  and  laid  it  up- 
on the  ass,  and  brought  it  back :  and 
the  old  prophet  came  to  the  city,  to 
mourn  and  to  bury  him. 

30  And  he  laid  his  carcass  in  his  own 
grave;  and  they  mourned  over  him,  say- 
ing,  Alas,  my  brother ! 

31  And  it  came  to  pass,  after  he  had 
buried  him,  that  he  spake  to  his  sons, 
saying,  When  I  am  dead,  then  bury  me 
in  the  sepulchre  wherein  the  man  of  God 
is  buried ;  lay  ray  bones  beside  his  bones  : 

32  For  the  saying  which  he  cried  by 
the  word  of  the  Lord  against  the  altar 
in  Beth-el,  and  against  all  the  houses  of 
the  high  places  which  are  in  the  cities 
of  Samaria,  shall  surely  come  to  pass. 

33  Tl  After  this  thing  Jeroboam  returned 
not  from  his  evil  way,  but  made  again 
of  the  lowest  of  the  people  priests  of 
the  high  places :  whosoever  would,  he 
consecrated  him,  and  he  became  oiie  of 
the  priests  of  the  high  places. 

34  And  this  thing  became  sin  unto  the 
house  of  Jeroboam,  even  to  cut  it  off,  and 
to  destroy  it  from  off  the  face  of  the  earth. 

^  CHAPTER  XIV. 

AT  that  time  Abijah  the  son  of  Jero- 
boam fell  sick. 
2  And  Jeroboam  said  to  his  wife,  Arise, 
I  pray  thee,  and  disguise  thyself,  that  thou 
be  not  known  to  be  the  wife  of  Jero- 
boam; and  get  thee  to  Shiloh:  behold, 
there  is  Ahijah  the  prophet,  which  told  me 
that  Ishoidd  be  king  over  this  people. 
S  And  take  with  thee  ten  loaves,  and 
cracknels,  and  a  cruse  of  honey,  and  go 
to  him :  he  shall  tell  thee  what  shall  be- 
come of  the  child. 

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I.  KINGS. 


4  And  Jeroboam's  wife  did  so,  and  arose, 
and  went  to  Shiloh,  and  came  to  the 
house  of  Ahijah.  But  Ahijah  could  not 
see ;  for  his  eyes  were  set  by  reason  of  his 
age. 

5  T[  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Ahijah, 
Behold,  the  wife  of  Jeroboam  cometh  to 
ask  a  thing  of  thee  for  her  son ;  for  he  is 
sick:  thus  and  thus  shalt  thou  say  unto 
her:  for  it  shall  be,  when  she  cometh  in, 
that  she  shall  feign  herself  to  be  another 
wotnan. 

6  And  it  was  so,  when  Ahijah  heard  the 
sound  of  her  feet,  as  she  came  in  at  the 
door,  that  he  said.  Come  in,  thou  wife  of 
Jeroboam;  why  feignest  thou  thyself  to 
be  another?  for  I  am  sent  to  thee  with 
heavy  tidings. 

7  Go,  tell  Jeroboam,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God  of  Israel,  Forasmuch  as  I  exalted 
thee  from  among  the  people,  and  made 
thee  prince  over  my  people  Israel, 

8  And  rent  the  kingdom  away  from  the 
house  of  David,  and  gave  it  thee :  and  yet 
thou  hast  not  been  as  my  servant  David, 
who  kept  my  commandments,  and  who 
followed  me  with  all  his  heart,  to  do  that 
only  which  was  right  in  mine  eyes ; 

9  But  hast  done  evil  above  all  that  were 
before  thee :  for  thou  hast  gone  and  made 
thee  other  gods,  and  molten  images,  to 
provoke  me  to  angei*,  and  hast  cast  me  be- 
hind thy  back: 

10  Therefore,  behold,  I  will  bring  evil 
upon  the  house  of  Jeroboam,  and  will 
cut  off  from  Jeroboam  him  that  pisseth 
against  the  wall,  arid  him  that  is  shut  up 
and  left  in  Israel,  and  will  take  away  the 
remnant  of  the  house  of  Jeroboam,  as  a 
man  taketh  away  dung,  till  it  be  all  gone. 

11  Him  that  dieth  of  Jeroboam  in  the 
city  shall  the  dogs  eat ;  and  him  that  dieth 
in  the  field  shall  the  fowls  of  the  air  eat: 
for  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

12  Arise  thou  therefore,  get  thee  to 
thine  own  house:  and  when  thy  feet 
enter  into  the  city,  the  child  shall  die. 

13  And  all  Israel  shall  mourn  for  him, 
and  bury  him :  for  he  only  of  Jeroboam 
shall  come  to  the  grave,  because  in  him 
there  is  found  some  good  thing  toward  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel  in  the  house  of  Jero- 
boam. 

14  Moreover  the  Lord  shall  raise  him 
up  a  king   over   Israel,  who   shall  cut  off 

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the    house    of   Jeroboam    that   day:     but 
what  ?  even  now. 

15  For  the  Lord  shall  smite  Israel,  as  a 
reed  is  shaken  in  the  water,  and  he  shall 
root  up  Israel  out  of  this  good  land, 
which  he  gave  to  their  fathers,  and  shall 
scatter  them  beyond  the  river,  because 
they  have  made  their  groves,  provoking 
the  Lord  to  anger. 

16  And  he  shall  give  Israel  up  because 
of  the  sins  of  Jeroboam,  who  did  sin,  and 
who  made  Israel  to  sin. 

17  1  And  Jeroboam's  wife  arose,  and  de- 
parted, and  came  to  Tirzah :  and  when  she 
came  to  the  threshold  of  the  door,  the 
child  died ; 

18  And  they  buried  him;  and  all  Israel 
mourned  for  him,  according  to  the  word  of 
the  Lord,  which  he  spake  by  the  hand  of 
his  servant  Ahijah  the  prophet. 

19  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jeroboam, 
how  he  warred,  and  how  he  reigned,  be- 
hold, they  are  written  in  the  book  of  the 
Chronicles  of  the  kinsfs  of  Israel. 

20  And  the  days  which  Jeroboam  reigned 
were  two  and  twenty  years :  and  he  slept 
with  his  fathers,  and  Nadab  his  son  reign- 
ed in  his  stead. 

21  %  And  Rehoboam  the  son  of  Solomon 
reigned  in  Judah.  Rehoboam  rvas  forty 
and  one  years  old  when  he  began  to  reign, 
and  he  reigned  seventeen  years  in  Jerusa- 
lem, the  city  which  the  Lord  did  choose 
out  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  to  put  his 
name  there.  And  his  mother's  name  %vas 
Naamah  an  Ammonitess. 

22  And  Judah  did  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  and  they  provoked  him  to 
jealousy  with  their  sins  which  they  had 
committed,  above  all  that  their  fathers 
had  done. 

2;>  For  they  also  built  them  high  places, 
and  images,  and  groves,  on  every  high  hill, 
and  under  every  green  tree. 

24  And  there  were  also  sodomites  in  the 
land:  and  they  did  according  to  all  the 
abominations  of  the  nations  which  the 
Lord  cast  out  before  the  children  of 
Israel. 

25  Tl  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  fifth  year 
of  king  Rehoboam,  that  Shishak  king  of 
Egypt  came  up  against  Jerusalem : 

26  And  he  took  away  the  treasures  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  and  the  treasures  of 
the  king's  house;  he  even  took  away  all: 


I.  KINGS. 


and  he  took  away  all  the  shields  of  gold 
which  Soloiuou  had  made. 

27  And  king  Rehoboam  made  in  thcir 
stead  brazen  shields,  and  committed  them 
unto  the  hands  of  the  chief  of  the  guard, 
which  kept  the  door  of  the  king's  house. 

28  And  it  was  so,  when  the  king  went 
into  the  house  of  the  Lord,  that  the  guard 
bare  them,  and  brought  them  back  into 
the  guardchaniber. 

29  1[  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Reho- 
boam,  and  all  that  he  did,  are  they  not 
written  in  the  book  of  the  Chronicles  of 
the  kings  of  Judah  ? 

30  And  there  was  war  between  Rehoboam 
and  Jeroboam  all  tfieir  days. 

31  And  Rehoboam  slept  with  his  fathers, 
and  was  buried  with  his  fathers  in  the  city 
of  David.  And  his  mother's  name  wan  Naa- 
mah  an  Ammonitess.  And  Abijam  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead.     ^ 

CHAPTER  XV. 

NOW  in    the    eighteenth   year  of  king 
Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat  reigned 
Abijam  over  Judah. 

2  Three  years  reigned  he  in  Jerusalem. 
And  bis  mother's  name  was  Maachah,  the 
daughter  of  Abishalom. 

3  And  he  walked  m  all  the  sins  of  his  fa- 
ther, which  he  had  done  before  him :  and 
his  heart  was  not  perfect  with  the  Lokd 
his  God,  as  the  heart  of  David  his  father. 

4  Nevertheless  for  David's  sake  did  the 
Lokd  his  God  give  him  a  lamp  in  Jerusa- 
lem, to  set  up  his  son  after  him,  and  to 
establish  Jerusalem : 

5  Because  David  did  that  which  was  right 
in  the  eyes  of  the  Lokd,  and  turned  not 
aside  from  any  thing  that  he  commanded 
him  all  the  days  of  his  life,  save  only  in  the 
matter  of  L'riah  the  Hittite. 

6  And  there  was  war  between  Rehoboam 
and  Jeroboam  all  the  days  of  his  life. 

7  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Abijam,  and 
all  that  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the 
book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the  kings  of 
Judah?  And  there  was  war  between  Abi- 
jam and  Jeroboam. 

8  And  Abijam  slept  with  his  fathers ;  and 
they  buried  him  in  the  city  of  David:  and 
Asa  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

9  ^  And  in  the  twentieth  year  of  Jero- 
boam king  of  Israel  reigned  Asa  over 
Judiih. 


10  And  forty  and  one  years  reigned  he  in 
Jerusalem.  And  his  mother's  name  was 
Maachah,  the  daughter  of  Abishalom. 

11  And  Asa  did  tliat  tvhich  was  right  in  the 
eyes  of  the  Lokd,  as  did  David  his  father. 

12  And  be  took  away  the  sodomites  out 
of  the  land,  and  removed  all  the  idols  that 
his  fathers  had  made. 

13  And  also  Maachah  his  mother,  even 
her  he  removed  from  heiiig  queen,  because 
she  had  made  an  idol  in  a  grove ;  and  Asa 
destroyed  her  idol,  and  burnt  it  by  the 
brook  Kidron. 

14  But  the  high  places  were  not  removed : 
nevertheless  Asa's  heart  was  perfect  with 
the  Lord  all  his  days. 

15  And  he  brought  in  the  things  which 
his  father  had  dedicated,  and  the  things 
which  himself  had  dedicated,  into  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  silver,  and  gold,  and 
vessels. 

10  *i[  And  there  was  war  between  Asa  and 
Baasha  king  of  Israel  all  their  days. 

17  And  Baasha  king  of  Israel  went  up 
against  Judah,  and  built  Ramah,  that  he 
might  not  sutfer  any  to  go  out  or  come  in 
to  Asa  king  of  Judah. 

18  Then  Asa  took  all  the  silver  and  the 
gold  that  were  left  in  the  treasures  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  and  the  treasures  of 
the  king's  house,  and  delivered  them  into 
the  hand  of  his  servants :  and  king  Asa 
sent  them  to  Ben-hadad,  the  son  of  Tabri- 
mon,  the  son  of  Hezion,  king  of  Syria, 
that  dwelt  at  Damascus,  saying, 

10  There  is  a  league  between  me  and 
thee,  and  between  my  father  and  thy  fa- 
ther:  behold,  I  have  sent  unto  thee  a 
present  of  silver  and  gold ;  come  and 
break  thy  league  with  Baasha  king  of  Is- 
rael, that  he  may  dej^art  from  me. 

20  So  Ben-hadad  hearkened  unto  king 
Asa,  and  sent  the  captains  of  the  hosts 
which  he  had  against  the  cities  of  Israel, 
and  smote  Ijon,  and  Dan,  and  Abel-beth- 
maachah,  and  all  Cinueroth,  with  all  the 
land  of  Nai)htali. 

21  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Baasha 
heard  thereof,  that  he  left  off  building  of 
Ramah,  and  dwelt  in  Tirzah. 

22  Then  king  Asa  made  a  proclamation 
throughout  all  Judah;  none  7vas  exempt- 
ed: and  they  took  away  the  stones  of 
Ramah,  and  the  timber  thereof,  where- 
with  Baasha   had   builded;    and  king  Asa 

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I.  KINGS. 


built   with  them   Geba  of  Benjamin,  and 
Mizpah. 

23  The  rest  of  all  the  acts  of  Asa,  and 
all  his  might,  and  all  that  he  did,  and  the 
cities  which  he  built,  arc  they  not  written 
in  the  book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the 
kings  of  Judah?  Nevertheless  in  the  time 
of  his  old  age  he  was  diseased  in  his 
feet. 

24  And  Asa  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
was  buried  with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of 
David  his  father:  and  Jehoshaphat  his 
son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

25  ^  And  Nadab  the  son  of  Jeroboam 
began  to  reign  over  Israel  in  the  second 
year  o^  Asa  king  of  Judah,  and  reigned 
over  Israel  two  years. 

26  And  he  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
LoKD,  and  walked  in  the  way  of  his  fa- 
ther, and  in  his  sin  wherewith  he  made 
Israel  to  sin. 

27  T[  And  Baasha  the  son  of  Ahijah,  of 
the  house  of  Issachar,  conspired  against 
him ;  and  Baasha  smote  him  at  Gibbethon, 
Avhich  helonfjed  to  the  Philistines;  for  Na- 
dab and  all  Israel  laid  siege  to  Gibbe- 
thon. 

28  Even  in  the  third  year  of  Asa  king  of 
Judah  did  Baasha  slay  him,  and  reigned 
in  his  stead. 

29  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  reigned, 
iJiat  he  smote  all  the  house  of  Jeroboam ; 
he  left  not  to  Jeroboam  any  that  breathed, 
until  he  had  destroyed  him,  according 
unto  the  saying  of  the  Lord,  which  he 
spake  by  his  servant  Ahijah  the  Shilon- 
ite: 

oO  Because  of  the  sins  of  Jeroboam  which 
he  sinned,  and  which  he  made  Israel  sin, 
1)3'  his  provocation  wherewith  he  pro- 
voked the  Loud  God  of  Israel  to  anger. 

31  Ti  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Nadab, 
and  all  that  he  did,  are  they  not  written 
in  the  book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the 
kings  of  Israel  ? 

32  And  there  was  war  between  Asa  and 
Baasha  king  of  Israel  all  their  days. 

33  In  the  third  year  of  Asa  king  of 
Judah  began  Baasha  the  sou  of  Ahijah  to 
reign  over  all  Israel  in  Tirzah,  twenty  and 
four  years. 

34  And  he  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
LoKD,  and  walked  in  the  Avay  of  Jeroboam, 
and  in  his  sin  wherewith  he  made  Israel 
to  sin.  ^ 

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CHAPTER  XVI. 

THEN  the  word  of  the  Loud  came  to 
Jehu  the  son  of  Hanani  against  Baa- 
sha, saying, 

2  Forasmuch  as  I  exalted  thee  out  of  the 
dust,  and  made  thee  prince  over  my  jjeo- 
ple  Israel;  and  thou  hast  walked  in  the 
way  of  Jeroboam,  and  hast  made  my  peo- 
ple Israel  to  sin,  to  provoke  me  to  auger 
with  their  sins ; 

3  Behold,  I  will  take  away  the  posterity 
of  Baasha,  and  the  posterity  of  his  house ; 
and  will  make  thy  house  like  the  house 
of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat. 

4  Him  that  dieth  of  Baasha  in  the  city 
shall  the  dogs  eat;  and  him  that  dieth 
of  his  in  the  fields  shall  the  fowls  of  the 
air  eat. 

5  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Baasha, 
and  what  he  did,  and  his  might,  are 
they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
Chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel  ? 

6  So  Baasha  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
was  buried  in  Tirzah :  and  Elah  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

7  And  also  by  the  hand  of  the  prophet 
Jehu  the  son  of  Hanani  came  the  word 
of  the  Loud  against  Baasha,  and  against 
his  house,  even  for  all  the  evil  that  he 
did  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  in  provok- 
ing him  to  anger  with  the  work  of  his 
hands,  in  being  like  the  house  of  Jero- 
boam ;  and  because  he  killed  him. 

8  ^  In  the  twenty  and  sixth  year  of 
Asa  king  of  Judah  began  Elah  the  son 
of  Baasha  to  reign  over  Israel  in  Tirzah, 
two  years. 

9  And  his  servant  Zimri,  captain  of  half 
hiH  chariots,  conspired  against  him,  as  he 
was  in  Tirzah,  drinking  himself  drunk  in 
the  house  of  Arza  steward  of  Jiis  house 
in  Tirzah. 

10  And  Zimri  went  in  and  smote  him, 
and  killed  him,  in  the  twenty  and  sev- 
enth year  of  Asa  king  of  Judah,  and 
reigned  in  liis  stead. 

11  ^  And  it  came  to  pass,  Avhen  he  began 
to  reign,  as  soon  as  he  sat  on  his  throne, 
that  he  slew  all  the  house  of  Baaslia:  he 
left  him  not  one  that  i)isseth  against  a  wall, 
neither  of  his  kinsfolks,  nor  of  his  friends. 

12  Thus  did  Zimri  destroy  all  the  house 
of  Baasha,  according  to  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  which  he  spake  against  Bajisha  by 
Jehu  the  prophet, 


I.  KINGS. 


1'6  t'ov  all  the  sius  of  Baasiia,  and  the 
sins  of  Elah  his  son,  by  Avhich  they  sin- 
ned, and  by  which  they  made  Israel  to 
sin,  in  provolving  the  Lord  God  of  Israel 
to  anger  with  their  vanities. 

14  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Elah,  and 
all  that  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in 
the  book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the  kings 
of  Israel ? 

15  TI  In  the  twenty  and  seventh  year  of 
Asa  king  of  Judah  did  Zimri  reign  seven 
days  in  Tirzah.  And  the  people  were  en- 
camped against  Gibbethon,  which  belonged 
to  the  Philistines. 

16  And  the  people  that  tvere  encamped 
heard  say,  Zimri  hath  conspired,  and  hath 
also  slain  the  king :  wherefore  all  Israel 
made  Omri,  the  captain  of  the  host,  king 
over  Israel  that  day  in  the  camp. 

17  And  Omri  went  up  from  Gibbethon, 
and  all  Israel  with  him,  and  they  besieged 
Tirzah. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Zimri  saw 
that  the  city  was  taken,  that  he  went 
into  the  palace  of  the  king's  house,  and 
burnt  the  king's  house  over  him  with  fire, 
and  died, 

19  For  his  sins  which  he  sinned  in  doing 
evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  in  walking 
in  the  way  of  Jeroboam,  and  in  his  sin 
which  he  did,  to  make  Israel  to  sin. 

20  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Zimri, 
and  his  treason  that  he  wrought,  are  they 
not  written  in  the  book  of  the  Chroni- 
cles of  the  kings  of  Israel? 

21  Ti  Then  were  the  people  of  Israel 
divided  into  two  parts :  half  of  the  peo- 
l>le  followed  Tibni  the  son  of  Ginath,  to 
make  him  king ;  and  half  followed  Omri. 

22  But  the  people  that  followed  Omri 
prevailed  against  the  people  that  followed 
Tibni  the  son  of  Ginath:  so  Tibni  died, 
and  Omri  reigned. 

23  1  In  the  thirty  and  first  year  of  Asa 
king  of  Judah  began  Omri  to  reign  over 
Israel,  twelve  years:  six  years  reigned  he 
in  Tii'zah. 

24  And  he  bought  the  hill  Samaria  of 
Shemer  for  two  talents  of  silver,  and  built 
on  the  hill,  and  called  the  name  of  the 
city  Avhich  he  built,  after  the  name  of 
Shemer,  owner  of  the  hill,  Samaria. 

25  T[  But  Omri  wrought  evil  in  the  eyes 
of  the  Lord,  and  did  worse  than  all  that 
were  before  him. 


26  For  he  walked  in  all  the  way  of  Jero- 
boam the  son  of  Nebat,  and  in  his  sin 
wherewith  he  made  Israel  to  sin,  to  pro- 
voke the  Lord  God  of  Israel  to  anger 
with  their  vanities. 

27  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Omri 
which  he  did,  and  his  might  that  he 
shewed,  are  they  not  written  in  the  book 
of  the  Chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel  ? 

28  So  Omri  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
was  buried  in  Samaria :  and  Ahab  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

29  IF  And  in  the  thirty  and  eighth  year 
of  Asa  king  of  Judah  began  Ahab  the  son 
of  Omri  to  reign  over  Israel :  and  Ahab 
the  son  of  Omri  reigned  over  Israel  in 
Samaria  twenty  and  two  years. 

30  And  Ahab  the  son  of  Omri  did  evil 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  above  all  that 
ivere  before  him. 

31  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  if  it  had  been 
a  light  thing  for  him  to  walk  in  the  sins  of 
Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat,  that  he  took 
to  wife  Jezebel  the  daughter  of  Ethbaal 
king  of  the  Zidonians,  and  went  and 
served  Baal,  and  worshipped  him. 

32  And  he  reared  up  an  altar  for  Baal  in 
the  house  of  Baal,  which  he  had  built  in 
Samaria. 

33  And  Ahab  made  a  grove ;  and  Ahab 
did  more  to  provoke  the  Lord  God  of 
Israel  to  anger  than  all  the  kings  of  Israel 
that  were  before  him. 

34  TI  In  his  days  did  Hiel  the  Beth-elite 
build  Jericho :  he  laid  the  foundation 
thereof  in  Abiram  his  firstborn,  and  set 
up  the  gates  thereof  in  his  youngest  son 
Segub,  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
which  he  spake  by  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun. 

CHAPTER  XVIL 

AND  Elijah  the  Tishbite,  ivho  tvaa  of 
the  inhabitants  of  Gilead,  said  unto 
Ahab,  As  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  liveth, 
before  whom  I  stand,  there  shall  not  be 
dew  nor  rain  these  years,  but  according  to 
my  word. 

2  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
him,  saying, 

3  Get  thee  hence,  and  turn  thee  eastward, 
and  hide  thyself  by  the  brook  Cherith, 
that  is  before  Jordan. 

4  And  it  shall  be,  that  thou  shalt  drink 
of  the  brook ;  and  I  have  commanded  the 
ravens  to  feed  thee  there. 

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I.  KINGS. 


5  So  he  weut  aud  did  accordiug  unto 
the  word  of  the  Lord:  for  he  Avcnt  and 
dwelt  by  the  brook  Cherith,  that  is-  be- 
fore Jordan. 

6  And  the  ravens  brought  him  bread  and 
flesh  in  the  morning,  and  bread  and  flesh 
in  the  evening;  and  he  drank  of  the  brook. 

7  And  it  came  to  pass  after  a  while,  that 
the  brook  dried  up,  beeause  there  had 
been  no  rain  in  the  land. 

8  M  Aud  the  word  of  the  Loud  came  unto 
him,  saying, 

9  Arise,  get  thee  to  Zarephath,  which 
belongeth  to  Zidon,  and  dwell  there:  be- 
hold, I  have  commanded  a  widow  woman 
there  to  sustain  thee. 

10  So  he  arose  and  went  to  Zarephath. 
And  when  he  came  to  the  gate  of  the 
city,  behold,  the  widow  woman  ivas  there 
gathering  of  sticks:  and  he  called  to  her, 
and-  said.  Fetch  me,  I  pray  thee,  a  little 
water  in  a  vessel,  that  I  may  drink. 

11  Aud  as  she  was  going  to  fetch  i7,  he 
called  to  her,  and  said,  Bring  me,  I  pray 
thee,  a  morsel  of  bread  iu  thine  hand. 

13  And  she  said,  As  the  Loud  thy  God 
liveth,  I  have  not  a  cake,  but  a  handful 
of  meal  in  a  barrel,  and  a  little  oil  in  a 
cruse:  aud,  behold,  I  am  gathering  two 
sticks,  that  I  may  go  in  and  dress  it  for 
me  aud  my  son,  that  we  may  eat  it,  and 
die. 

13  And  Elijah  said  unto  her.  Fear  not; 
go  a7id  do  as  thou  hast  said  :  but  make  me 
thereof  a  little  cake  first,  and  bring  it  unto 
me,  and  after  make  for  thee  and  for  thy 
son. 

14  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
The  barrel  of  meal  shall  not  waste,  nei- 
ther shall  the  cruse  of  oil  fail,  until  the 
day  tJiat  the  Loud  sendeth  rain  upon  the 
earth. 

15  And  she  went  and  did  according  to 
the  saying  of  Elijah :  aud  she,  and  he,  and 
her  house,  did  eat  main/  days. 

16  And  the  barrel  of  meal  wasted  not, 
neither  did  the  cruse  of  oil  fail,  according 
to  the  word  of  the  LoiiD,  which  he  spake 
l)y  Elijah. 

17  1  And  it  came  to  pass  after  these 
things,  that  the  sou  of  the  woman,  the 
mistress  of  the  house,  fell  sick;  and  his 
sickness  was  so  sore,  that  there  wa.s  no 
breath  left  in  him. 

18  And  she  said  unto  Elijah,  Wliat  have 

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I  to  do  with  thee,  O  thou  man  of  God?  art 
thou  come  unto  me  to  call  my  sin  to  re- 
membrance, and  to  slay  my  son? 

19  And  he  said  unto  her,  Give  me  thy  son. 
And  he  took  him  out  of  her  bosom,  and 
carried  him  up  into  a  loft,  where  he  abode, 
and  laid  him  upon  his  own  bed. 

20  And  he  cried  unto  the  Lord,  and  said, 
O  Loud  my  God,  hast  thou  also  brought 
evil  upon  the  widow  with  whom  I  sojourn, 
by  slaying  her  son? 

21  And  he  stretched  himself  upon  the 
child  three  times,  aud  cried  unto  the 
Lord,  and  said,  O  Lord  my  God,  I  pray 
thee,  let  this  child's  soul  come  into  him 
again. 

23  And  the  Lord  heard  the  voice  of  Eli- 
jah; and  the  soul  of  the  child  came  into 
liim  again,  and  he  revived. 

23  And  Elijah  took  the  child,  and  brought 
him  down  out  of  the  chamber  into  the 
house,  and  delivered  him  unto  his  mother: 
and  Elijah  said,  See,  thy  son  liveth. 

24  T[  And  the  woman  said  to  Elijah,  Now 
by  this  I  know  that  thou  art  a  man  of  God, 
and  that  the  word  of  the  Loud  in  thy 
mouth  !.s-  truth.  # 

CHAPTER  XVIIL 

AND  it  came  to  pass  ajter  many  days, 
that  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to 
Elijah  in  the  third  year,  saying,  Go,  shew 
thyself  unto  Ahab ;  and  I  will  send  i^aiu 
upon  the  earth. 

2  Aud  Elijah  went  to  shew  himself  unto 
Ahab.  And  tliere  wojt  a  sore  famine  in  Sa- 
maria. 

3  And  Ahab  called  Obadiah,  which  vjoa 
the  governor  of //i.s- house.  (Now  Obadiah 
feared  the  Lord  greatly : 

4  For  it  was  .so,  when  Jezebel  cut  oft"  the 
prophets  of  the  Lord,  that  Obadiah  took 
a  hundred  prophets,  and  hid  them  by  fifty 
in  a  cave,  and  fed  them  with  bread  and 
watei-.) 

5  And  Ahab  said  unto  Obadiah,  Go  into 
the  land,  unto  all  fountains  of  water,  aud 
unto  all  brooks:  jjeradveuture  wc  may 
find  grass  to  save  the  horses  and  mules 
alive,  that  we  lose  not  all  the  beasts. 

6  So  they  divided  the  land  between  them 
to  pass  throughout  it :  Ahab  went  one  way 
by  himself,  and  Obadiah  went  another  way 
by  himself. 

7  1  Aud  as  Obadiah  was  iu  the  way,  be- 


I.  KINGS. 


hold,  Elijah  met  him:  and  he  knew  him, 
and  fell  on  his  face,  and  said,  ,1?-^  thou  that 
my  lord  Elijah? 

8  And  he  answered  him,  I  am:  go,  tell 
thy  lord.  Behold,  Elijah  is  Jiere. 

9  And  he  said.  What  have  I  sinned,  that 
thou  wouldest  deliver  thy  servant  into  the 
hand  of  Ahab,  to  slay  me? 

10  As  the  Lord  thy  God  liveth,  there  is 
no  nation  or  kingdom,  whither  my  lord 
hath  not  sent  to  seek  thee :  and  when  they 
said,  He  is  not  Uiere;  he  took  an  oath  of 
the  kingdom  and  nation,  that  they  found 
thee  not. 

11  Aad  now  thou  sayest.  Go,  tell  thy  lord, 
Behold,  Elijah  is  here. 

12  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  a.s  soon  as  I 
am  gone  from  thee,  that  the  Spirit  of  the 
Lord  shall  carry  thee  whither  I  know  not ; 
and  so  when  I  come  and  tell  Ahab,  and  he 
cannot  find  thee,  he  shall  slay  me :  but  I 
thy  servant  fear  the  Lord  from  my  youth. 

13  Was  it  not  told  my  lord  what  I  did 
when  Jezebel  slew  the  prophets  of  the 
Lord,  how  I  hid  a  hundred  men  of  the 
Lord's  prophets  by  fifty  in  a  cave,  and 
fed  them  with  bread  and  water? 

14  And  now  thou  sayest,  Go,  tell  thy  lord, 
Behold,  Elijah  is  here:  and  he  shall  slay  me. 

15  And  Elijah  said,  ^.s  the  Lord  of  hosts 
liveth,  before  whom  I  stand,  I  will  surely 
shew  myself  unto  him  to  day. 

16  So  Obadiah  went  to  meet  Ahab,  and 
told  him  :  and  Ahab  went  to  meet  Elijah. 

17  1[  And  it  came  to  pass,  -when  Ahab  saw 
Elijah,  that  Ahab  said  unto  him,  Art  thou 
he  that  troubleth  Israel  ? 

18  And  he  answered,  I  have  not  troubled 
Israel ;  but  thou,  and  thy  father's  house, 
in  that  ye  have  forsaken  the  command- 
ments of  the  Lord,  and  thou  hast  fol- 
lowed Baalim. 

19  Now  therefore  send,  ajid  gather  to 
me  all  Israel  unto  mount  Carmel,  and 
the  prophets  of  Baal  four  hundred  and 
fifty,  and  the  prophets  of  the  groves  four 
hundred,  which  cat  at  Jezebel's  table. 

20  So   Ahab  sent    unto    all  the  children 
I  of  Israel,  and  gathered  the  prophets  to- 
gether imto  moiuit  Carmel. 

21  And  Elijah  came  unto  all  the  people, 
and  said.  How  long  halt  ye  between  two 
opinions?  if  the  Lord  be  God,  follow 
him:  biit  if  Baal,  t7ie7i  follow  him.  And 
the  people  answered  him  not  a  word. 


22  Then  said  Elijah  unto  the  people,  I, 
eveji  I  onlj',  remain  a  prophet  of  the  Lord ; 
but  Baal's  prophets  are  four  hundred  and 
flft}'  men. 

23  Let  them  therefore  give  us  two  bul- 
locks; and  let  them  choose  one  bullock 
for  themselves,  and  cut  it  in  pieces,  and 
lay  it  on  wood,  and  put  no  fire  under: 
and  I  will  dress  the  other  bullock,  and  lay 
it  on  wood,  and  put  no  fire  under : 

24  And  call  ye  on  the  name  of  yoMv  gods, 
and  I  will  call  on  the  name  of  the  Lord: 
and  the  God  that  ansAvereth  by  fire,  let 
him  be  God.  And  all  the  people  answered 
and  said.  It  is  well  sjjoken. 

25  And  Elijah  said  unto  the  prophets  of 
Baal,  Choose  you  one  bullock  for  your- 
selves, and  dress  it  first;  for  ye  are  many; 
and  call  on  the  name  of  your  gods,  but 
put  no  fire  under. 

26  And  they  took  the  bullock  which 
was  given  them,  ard  they  dressed  iV,  and 
called  on  the  name  of  Baal  from  morn- 
ing even  Tintil  noon,  saying,  O  Baal,  hear 
us.  But  thei-e  was  no  voice,  nor  any  that 
answered.  And  they  leaped  upon  the  altar 
which  was  made. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass  at  noon,  that  Eli- 
jah mocked  them,  and  said.  Cry  aloud: 
for  he  is  a  god;  either  he  is  talking,  or 
he  is  pursuing,  or  he  is  in  a  journey,  or 
peradventure  he  sleepeth,  and  must  be 
awaked. 

28  And  they  cried  aloiid,  and  cut  them- 
selves after  their  manner  Avith  knives 
and  lancets,  till  the  blood  gushed  out 
upon  them. 

29  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  midday 
was  past,  and  they  prophesied  until  the 
time  of  the  offering  of  the  evening  sacri- 
fice that  there  vms  neither  voice,  nor  any 
to  answer,  nor  any  that  regarded. 

SO  And  Elijah  said  imto  all  the  peojilc. 
Come  near  unto  me.  And  all  the  people 
came  near  unto  him.  And  he  repaired 
the  altar  of  the  Lord  that  u'as  broken  doAvn. 

31  And  Elijah  took  twelA^e  stones,  ac- 
cording to  the  number  of  the  tribes  of 
the  sons  of  Jacob,  unto  whom  the  word 
of  the  Lord  came,  saying,  Israel  shall  be 
thj-  name : 

33  And  Avith  the  stones  he  built  an  altar 
in  the  name  of  the  Lord  :  and  he  made 
a  trench  about  the  altar,  as  great  as  Avould 
contain  tAvo  measures  of  seed. 


I.  KINGS. 


38  And  he  put  the  wood  in  order,  and 
cut  the  bullock  in  pieces,  and  laid  him  on 
the  wood,  and  said,  Fill  four  barrels  with 
water,  and  pour  it  on  the  burnt  sacrifice, 
and  on  the  wood. 

34  And  he  said.  Do  it  the  second  time. 
And  they  did  it  the  second  time.  And  he 
said.  Do  it  the  third  time.  And  they  did 
it  the  third  time. 

35  And  the  water  ran  round  about  the 
altar;  and  he  filled  the  trench  also  Avith 
water. 

36  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  time  of  the 
offering  of  the  evening  sacrifice,  that  Elijah 
the  prophet  came  near,  and  said,  Lord 
God  of  Abraham,  Isaac,  and  of  Israel,  let 
it  be  known  this  day  that  thou  art  God 
in  Israel,  and  that  I  am  thy  servant,  and 
that  I  have  done  all  these  things  at  thy 
word. 

37  Hear  me,  O  Lord,  hear  me,  that  this 
people  may  know  that  thou  art  the  Lord 
God,  and  that  thou  hast  turned  their  heart 
back  again. 

38  Then  the  fire  of  the  Lord  fell,  and  con- 
sumed the  burnt  sacrifice,  and  the  wood, 
and  the  stones,  aiid  the  dust,  and  licked 
up  the  water  that  ivas  in  the  trench. 

39  And  when  all  the  people  saw  it,  they 
fell  on  their  faces :  and  they  said.  The 
Lord,  he  is  the  God ;  the  Lord,  he  is  the 
God. 

40  And  Elijah  said  unto  them.  Take  the 
prophets  of  Baal ;  let  not  one  of  them  es- 
cape. And  they  took  them :  and  Elijah 
brought  them  down  to  the  brook  Kishon, 
and  slew  them  there. 

41  If  And  Elijah  said  unto  Ahab,  Get  thee 
up,  eat  and  drink ;  for  there  is  a  sound  of 
abundance  of  rain. 

42  So  Ahab  went  up  to  eat  and  to  drink. 
And  Elijah  went  up  to  the  top  of  Carmel ; 
and  he  cast  himself  down  upon  the  earth, 
and  put  his  face  between  his  knees, 

43  And  said  to  his  servant.  Go  up  now, 
look  toward  the  sea.  And  he  went  up, 
and  looked,  and  said,  There  is  nothing. 
And  he  said.  Go  again  seven  times. 

44  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  seventh 
time,  that  he  said,  Behold,  there  ariseth 
a  little  cloud  out  of  the  sea,  like  a  man's 
hand.  And  he  said.  Go  up,  say  unto  Ahab, 
Prepare  thy  chariot,  and  get  thee  down,  that 
the  rain  stop  thee  not. 

45  And   it   came   to    pass    in  the  mean 

364 


while,  that  the  heaven  was  black  with 
clouds  and  wind,  and  there  was  a  great 
rain.  And  Ahab  rode,  and  went  to  Jez- 
reel. 

46  And  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  on 
Elijah;  and  he  girded  up  his  loins,  and 
ran  before  Ahab  to  the  entrance  of  Jezreel. 

^  CHAPTER  XIX. 

AND  Ahab  told  Jezebel  all  that  Elijah 
had  done,  and  withal  how  he  had  slain 
all  the  prophets  with  the  sword. 

2  Then  Jezebel  sent  a  messenger  unto 
Elijah,  saying.  So  let  the  gods  do  to  me, 
and  more  also,  if  I  make  not  thy  life  as 
the  life  of  one  of  them  by  to  morrow 
about  this  time. 

3  And  Avhen  he  saw  that,  he  arose,  and 
went  for  his  life,  and  came  to  Beer-sheba, 
which  belongeth  to  Judah,  and  left  his 
servant  there. 

4  Tf  But  he  himself  went  a  day's  journey 
into  the  wilderness,  and  came  and  sat 
down  under  a  juniper  tree :  and  he  re- 
quested for  himself  that  he  might  die; 
and  said.  It  is  enough;  now,  0  Lord, 
take  away  my  life;  for  I  am  not  better 
than  my  fathers. 

5  And  as  he  lay  and  slept  under  a  juni- 
per tree,  behold,  then  an  angel  touched 
him,  and  said  unto  him.  Arise  and  eat. 

6  And  he  looked,  and,  behold,  there  was 
a  cake  baken  on  the  coals,  and  a  cruse  of 
water  at  his  head.  And  he  did  eat  and 
drink,  and  laid  him  down  again. 

7  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  came  again 
the  second  time,  and  touched  him,  and 
said,  Arise  and  eat;  because  the  journey 
is  too  great  for  thee. 

8  And  he  arose,  and  did  eat  and  drink, 
and  went  in  the  strength  of  that  meat 
forty  days  and  forty  nights  unto  Horeb 
the  mount  of  God. 

9  TI  And  he  came  thither  unto  a  cave, 
and  lodged  there;  and,  behold,  the  word 
of  the  Lord  came  to  him,  and  he  said 
unto  him.  What  doest  thou  here,  Elijah  ? 

10  And  he  said,  I  have  been  very  jealous 
for  the  Lord  God  of  hosts :  for  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  have  forsaken  thy  covenant, 
thrown  down  thine  altars,  and  slain  thy 
prophets  with  the  sword ;  and  I,  even  I 
only,  am  left ;  and  they  seek  my  life,  to 
take  it  away. 

11  And  he  said,  Go  forth,  and  stand  upon 


I.  KINGS. 


the  mount  betore  the  Lord.  And,  behold, 
the  Lord  passed  by,  and  a  great  and  strong 
wind  rent  the  mountains,  and  brake  in 
pieces  the  rocks  before  the  Lord  ;  hut 
the  Lord  was  not  in  the  wind :  and  after 
the  wind  an  earthquake;  hut  the  Lord 
was  not  in  the  earthquake: 

12  And  after  the  earthquake  a  fire;  hut 
the  Lord  was  not  in  the  fire:  and  after 
the  fire  a  still  small  voice. 

13  And  it  was  so^  when  Elijah  heard  it^ 
that  he  wrapped  his  face  in  his  mantle, 
and  went  out,  and  stood  in  the  entering 
in  of  the  cave.  And,  behold,  there  came 
a  voice  unto  him,  and  said,  What  doest 
thou  here,  Elijah  ? 

14  And  he  said,  I  have  been  very  jealous 
for  the  Lord  God  of  hosts :  because  the 
children  of  Israel  have  forsaken  thy  cov- 
enant, thrown  down  thine  altars,  and  slain 
thy  prophets  with  the  sword ;  and  I,  even 
I  only,  am  left;  and  they  seek  my  life,  to 
take  it  away. 

15  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  Go, 
return  on  thy  way  to  the  wilderness  of 
Damascus :  and  when  thou  comest,  anoint 
Hazael  to  he  king  over  Syria : 

16  And  Jehu  the  son  of  Nimshi  shalt 
thou  anoint  to  he  king  over  Israel:  and 
Elisha  the  son  of  Shaphat  of  Abel-meholah 
shalt  thou  anoint  to  he  prophet  in  thy 
room. 

17  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  him 
that  escapeth  the  sword  of  Hazael  shall 
Jehu  slay:  and  him  that  escapeth  from 
the  sword  of  Jehu  shall  Elisha  slay. 

18  Yet  I  have  left  me  seven  thousand  in 
Israel,  all  the  knees  which  have  not  bowed 
unto  Baal,  and  every  mouth  which  hath 
not  kissed  him. 

19  1[  So  he  departed  thence,  and  found 
Elisha  the  son  of  Shaphat,  who  was 
ploughing  with  twelve  yoke  of  oxen  before 
him,  and  he  with  the  twelfth :  and  Elijah 
passed  by  him,  and  cast  his  mantle  upon 
him. 

20  And  he  left  the  oxen,  and  ran  after 
Elijah,  and  said.  Let  me,  I  pray  thee,  kiss 
my  father  and  my  mother,  and  then  I  will 
follow  thee.  And  he  said  unto  him,  Go 
back  again :  for  what  have  I  done  to  thee  ? 

21  And  he  returned  back  from  him,  and 
took  a  yoke  of  oxen,  and  slew  them,  and 
boiled  their  flesh  with  the  instruments  of 
the  oxen,    and  gave  unto  the  people,  and 


they  did  eat.     Then  he  arose,  and  went 
after  Elijah,  and  ministered  unto  him.     ^ 

CHAPTER  XX. 

AND  Ben-hadad  the  king  of  Syria 
gathered  all  his  host  together:  and 
tJiere  were  thirty  and  two  kings  with  him, 
and  horses,  and  chariots :  and  he  went  up 
and  besieged  Samaria,  and  warred  against 
it. 

2  And  he  sent  messengers  to  Ahab  king 
of  Israel  into  the  city,  and  said  unto  him. 
Thus  saith  Ben-hadad, 

3  Thy  silver  and  thy  gold  is  mine ;  thy 
wives  also  and  thy  children,  even  the  good- 
liest, are  mine. 

4  And  the  king  of  Israel  answered  and 
said,  My  lord,  O  king,  according  to  thy 
saying,  I  am  thine,  and  all  that  I  have. 

5  And  the  messengers  came  again,  and 
said,  Thus  speaketh  Ben-hadad,  saying. 
Although  I  have  sent  unto  thee,  saying, 
Thou  shalt  deliver  me  thy  silver,  and  thy 
gold,  and  thy  wives,  and  thy  children ; 

6  Yet  I  will  send  my  servants  unto  thee 
to  morrow  about  this  time,  and  they  shall 
search  thine  house,  and  the  houses  of  thy 
servants ;  and  it  shall  be,  that  whatsoever 
is  pleasant  in  thine  eyes,  they  shall  put 
it  in  their  hand,  and  take  it  away. 

7  Then  the  king  of  Israel  called  all  the 
elders  of  the  land,  and  said,  Mark,  I  pray 
you,  and  see  how  this  man  seeketh  mis- 
chief: for  he  sent  unto  me  for  my  wives, 
and  for  my  children,  and  for  my  silver, 
and  for  my  gold ;  and  I  denied  him  not. 

8  And  all  the  elders  and  all  the  people 
said  unto  him,  Hearken  not  unto  him^  nor 
consent. 

9  Wherefore  he  said  unto  the  messengers 
of  Ben-hadad,  Tell  my  lord  the  king,  All 
that  thou  didst  send  for  to  thy  servant 
at  the  first  I  will  do  :  but  this  thing  I  may 
not  do.  And  the  messengers  departed,  and 
brought  him  word  again. 

10  And  Ben-hadad  sent  unto  him,  and 
said,  The  gods  do  so  unto  me,  and  more 
also,  if  the  dust  of  Samaria  shall  suffice 
for  handfuls  for  all  the  people  that  follow 
me, 

11  And  the  king  of  Israel  answered  and 
said,  Tell  him,  Let  not  him  that  girdeth  on 
his  harness  boast  himself  as  he  that  putteth 
it  off 

12  And  It  came  to  pass,  when  Ben-hadad 

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I.  KINGS. 


heard  this  message,  as  he  u'os  driuking,  he 
and  the  kings  in  the  pavilions,  that  he  said 
unto  his  servants,  Set  yowselves  in  array. 
And  they  set  tJiemselves  in  array  against  the 
city. 

13  Ti  And,  behold,  there  came  a  prophet 
unto  Ahab  king  of  Israel,  saying,  Thus 
saith  the  Lokd,  Hast  thou  seen  all  this 
great  multitude?  behold,  I  will  deliver  it 
into  thine  hand  this  day,  and  thou  shalt 
know  that  I  a)n  the  Lord. 

14  And  Ahab  said,  By  whom?  And  he 
said,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Even  by  the 
young  men  of  the  princes  of  the  provinces. 
Then  he  said,  Who  shall  order  the  battle? 
And  he  answered.  Thou. 

1.5  Then  he  numbered  the  young  men  of 
the  princes  of  the  provinces,  and  they  were 
two  hundred  and  thirty  two:  and  after 
them  he  numbered  all  the  people,  even  all 
the  children  of  Israel,  being  seven  thou- 
sand. 

16  And  they  went  out  at  noon.  But  Ben- 
hadad  v)as  drinking  himself  drunk  in  the 
pavilions,  he  and  the  kings,  the  thirty  and 
two  kings  that  helped  him. 

17  And  the  young  men  of  the  princes  of 
the  provinces  went  out  first;  and  Ben- 
hadad  sent  out,  and  they  told  him,  saying. 
There  are  men  come  out  of  Samaria. 

18  And  he  said.  Whether  they  be  come 
out  for  peace,  take  them  alive;  or  whether 
they  be  come  out  for  war,  take  them  alive. 

19  So  these  young  men  of  the  princes  of 
the  provinces  came  out  of  the  city,  and  the 
army  which  followed  them. 

20  And  they  slew  every  one  his  man :  and 
the  Syrians  fled ;  and  Israel  pursued  them  : 
and  Ben-hadad  the  king  of  Syria  escaped 
on  a  horse  with  the  horsemen. 

21  And  the  king  of  Israel  went  out,  and 
smote  the  horses  and  chariots,  and  slew 
the  Syrians  with  a  great  slaughter. 

22  H  And  the  prophet  came  to  the  king 
of  Israel,  and  said  unto  him.  Go,  strength- 
en thyself,  and  mark,  and  see  what  thou 
doest:  for  at  the  return  of  the  year  the 
king  of  Syria  will  come  up  against  thee. 

23  And  the  servants  of  the  king  of  Syria 
said  unto  him.  Their  gods  are  gods  of  the 
hills ;  therefore  they  were  stronger  than 
we;  but  let  us  fight  against  them  in  the 
plain,  and  surely  we  shall  be  stronger  than 
they. 

2A  And  do  this  thing,   Take    the  kinirs 

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away,  every  man  out  of  his  jjlace,  and  put 
captains  in  their  rooms: 

25  And  number  thee  an  army,  like  the 
army  that  thou  hast  lost,  horse  for  horse, 
and  chariot  for  chariot :  and  we  will  fight 
against  them  in  the  plain,  and  surely  we 
shall  be  stronger  than  they.  And  he  heark- 
ened unto  their  voice,  and  did  so. 

26  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  return  of 
the  year,  that  Ben-hadad  numbered  the 
Syrians,  and  went  up  to  Aphek,  to  fight 
against  Israel. 

27  And  the  children  of  Israel  were  num- 
bered, and  were  all  present,  and  went 
against  them  :  and  the  children  of  Israel 
pitched  before  them  like  two  little  flocks 
of  kids ,  but  the  Syrians  filled  the  country. 

28  ^  And  there  came  a  man  of  God,  and 
spake  unto  the  king  of  Israel,  and   said, 
Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Because  the  Syrians 
have  said.  The  Lord  U  God  of  the  hills,  I 
but  he  u  not  God  of  the  valleys,  therefore  | 
will  1  deliver  all  this  great  multitude  into  | 
thine  hand,  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am 
the  Lord.  | 

29  And  they  pitched  one  over  against  the 
other  seven  days.  And  w  it  ivas,  that  in 
the  seventh  day  the  battle  was  joined :  and 
the  children  of  Israel  slew  of  the  Syrians 
a  hundred  thousand  footmen  in  one  day. 

30  But  the  rest  fled  to  Aphek,  into  the 
city ;  and  there  a  wall  fell  upon  twenty  and 
seven  thousand  of  the  men  that  were  left. 
And  Ben-hadad  fled,  and  came  into  the 
city,  into  an  inner  chamber. 

31  1  And  his  seiwants  said  unto  him.  Be- 
hold now,  we  have  heard  that  the  kings  of 
the  house  of  Israel  are  merciful  kings  :  let 
us,  I  pray  thee,  put  sackcloth  on  our  loins, 
and  ropes  upon  our  heads,  and  go  out  to 
the  king  of  Israel:  peradventure  he  will 
save  thy  life. 

32  So  they  girded  sackcloth  on  their  loins, 
and  pid  ropes  on  their  heads,  and  came  to 
the  king  of  Israel,  and  said.  Thy  servant 
Ben-hadad  saith,  I  pray  thee,  let  me  live. 
And  he  said.  Is  he  yet  alive?  he  is  my 
brother. 

33  Now  the  men  did  diligently  observe 
whether  ayiy  thing  would  come  from  him, 
and  did  hastily  catch  it:  and  they  said.  Thy 
brother  Ben-hadad.  Then  he  said,  Go  ye, 
bring  him.  Then  Ben-hadad  came  forth  to 
him ;  and  he  caused  him  to  come  up  into 
the  chariot. 


I.  KINGS. 


34  And  Ben-hadad  said  unto  him,  The 
cities,  whieli  m}'  fathei*  took  from  thy  fa- 
ther, I  will  restore;  and  thou  shalt  make 
streets  for  thee  in  Damascus,  as  my  lather 
made  in  Samaria.  Then  said  Ahab,  I  will 
send  tUee  away  with  this  covenant.  So  he 
made  a  covenant  with  him,  and  sent,  liim 
away.  X 

35  *i[  And  a  certain  man  of  the  sons  of  the 
prophets  said  unto  his  neighbour  in  the 
word  of  the  Lord,  Smite  me,  I  pray  thee. 
And  the  man  refused  to  smite  him. 

36  Then  said  he  unto  him,  Because  thou 
hast  not  obeyed  the  voice  of  the  Lord,  be- 
hold, as  soon  as  thou  art  departed  from 
me,  a  lion  shall  slay  thee.  And  as  soon  as 
he  was  departed  from  him,  a  lion  found 
him,  and  slew  him. 

37  Then  he  found  another  man,  and  said. 
Smite  me,  I  pray  thee.  And  the  man 
smote  him,  so  that  in  smiting  he  wounded 
him. 

38  So  the  prophet  departed,  and  waited 
for  the  king  by  the  way,  and  disguised 
himself  with  ashes  upon  his  fiice. 

39  And  as  the  king  passed  by,  he  cried 
unto  the  king;  and  he  said.  Thy  servant 
went  out  into  the  midst  of  the  battle;  and, 
behold,  a  man  turned  aside,  and  brought  a 
man  unto  me,  and  said.  Keep  this  man :  if 
by  any  means  he  be  missing,  then  shall  thy 
life  be  for  his  life,  or  else  thou  shalt  pay  a 
talent  of  silver. 

40  And  as  thy  servant  was  busy  here  and 
there,  he  was  gone.  And  the  king  of  Israel 
said  unto  him.  So  shall  thy  judgment  be; 
thyself  hast  decided  It. 

41  And  he  hasted,  and  took  the  ashes 
away  from  his  face ;  and  the  king  of  Is- 
rael discerned  him  that  he  was  of  the 
prophets. 

42  And  he  said  unto  him.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord,  Because  thou  hast  let  go  out  of  thy 
hand  a  man  whom  I  appointed  to  utter 
destruction,  thei-efore  thy  life  shall  go  for 
his  life,  and  thy  people  for  his  people. 

43  And  the  king  of  Israel  went  to  his 
house  heavy  and  displeased,  and  came  to 
Samaria.         *" 

CHAPTER  XXI. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  these  things, 
t/iat  Naboth  the  Jezreelite  had  a  vine- 
yard, which  was  in   Jezreel,  hard  by  the 
palace  of  Ahab  king  of  Samaria. 
2  And  Ahab  spake  unto  Naboth,  saying. 


Give  me  thy  vineyard,  that  I  may  have  it 
for  a  garden  of  herbs,  because  it  is  near 
unto  my  house:  and  I  will  give  thee  for  it 
a  better  vineyard  than  it;  or,  if  it  seem 
good  to  thee,  I  will  give  thee  the  worth  of 
it  in  money. 

3  And  Naboth  said  to  Ahab,  The  Lord 
forbid  it  me,  that  I  should  give  the  inherit- 
ance of  my  fathers  unto  thee. 

4  And  Ahab  came  into  his  house  heavy 
and  displeased  because  of  the  word  which 
Naboth  the  Jezreelite  had  spoken  to  him: 
for  he  had  said,  I  will  not  give  thee  the 
inheritance  of  my  fathers.  And  he  laid 
him  down  upon  his  bed,  and  turned  away 
his  face,  and  would  eat  no  bread. 

5  TI  But  Jezebel  his  wife  came  to  him,  and 
said  unto  him.  Why  is  thy  spirit  so  sad, 
that  thoii  eat  est  no  bread? 

6  And  he  said  unto  her.  Because  I  spake 
unto  Naboth  the  Jezreelite,  and  said  unto 
him.  Give  me  thy  vineyard  for  money;  or 
else,  if  it  please  thee,  I  will  give  thee  an- 
oiher  vineyard  for  it:  and  he  answered,  I 
will  not  give  thee  my  vineyard. 

7  And  Jezebel  his  wife  said  unto  him, 
Dost  thou  now  govern  the  kingdom  of 
Israel?  arise,  and  eat  bread,  and  let  thine 
heart  be  merry:  I  will  give  thee  the  vine- 
yard of  Naboth  the  Jezreelite. 

8  So  she  wrote  letters  in  Ahab's  name, 
and  sealed  t/iein  with  his  seal,  and  sent 
the  letters  unto  the  elders  and  to  the 
nobles  that  were  in  his  city,  dwelling  with 
Naboth. 

9  And  she  wrote  in  the  letters,  saying. 
Proclaim  a  fast,  and  set  Naboth  on  high 
among  the  people: 

10  And  set  two  men,  sons  of  Belial,  be- 
fore him,  to  bear  Avitness  against  him,  say- 
ing. Thou  didst  blaspheme  God  and  the 
king.  And  iheji  carry  him  out,  and  stone 
him,  that  he  may  die. 

11  And  the  men  of  his  city,  even  the  elders 
and  the  nobles  who  were  the  inhabitants 
in  his  city,  did  as  Jezebel  had  sent  unto 
them,  a7id  as  it  ivas  written  in  the  letters 
which  she  had  sent  unto  them. 

12  They  proclaimed  a  fast,  and  set  Na- 
both on  high  among  the  people. 

13  And  there  came  in  two  men,  children 
of  Belial,  and  sat  before  him:  and  the 
men  of  Belial  witnessed  against  him,  even 
against  Naboth,  in  the  presence  of  the 
people,  saying,  Naboth  did  blaspheme  God 


I.  KINGS. 


and  the  king.  Then  they  carried  him 
forth  out  of  the  city,  and  stoned  him 
■with  stones,  that  he  died. 

14  Then  they  sent  to  Jezebel,  saying, 
Nabofh  is  stoned,  and  is  dead. 

15  ^  And  it  came  to  i)ass,  when  Jezebel 
heard  that  Naboth  was  stoned,  and  was 
dead,  that  Jezebel  said  to  Ahab,  Arise, 
talvc  possession  of  the  vineyard  of  Na- 
both the  Jczreelite,  which  he  refused  to 
give  thee  for  money:  for  Naboth  is  not 
alive,  but  dead. 

10  And  it  came  to  jiass,  wh(!n  Ahab  heard 
that  Naboth  was  dead,  that  Ahab  rose  up 
to  go  down  to  the  vineyard  of  Naboth  the 
Jczreelite,  to  take  possession  of  it. 

17  ^  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
to  Elijah  the  Tishbite,  saying, 

IS  Arise,  go  down  to  meet  Ahab  king 
of  Israel,  which  is  in  Samaria:  behold,  ?ie 
is  in  the  vineyard  of  Naboth,  whither  he 
is  gone  down  to  possess  it. 

19  And  thou  shall  si)eak  unto  him,  say- 
ing, Thus  saith  the  Loud,  Hast  thou  killed, 
and  also  taken  possession?  And  thou 
Shalt  speak  unto  him,  saying.  Thus  saith 
the  Loud,  In  the  })lace  Avhere  dogs  licked 
the  blood  of  Naboth  shall  dogs  lick  thy 
blood,  even  thine. 

20  And  Ahab  said  to  Elijah,  Hast  thou 
found  me,  O  mine  enemy?  And  he  an- 
swered, I  have  found  thee:  ])ecause  thou 
hast  sold  thyself  to  work  evil  in  the  sight 
of  the  LOKD. 

21  Behold,  I  will  bring  evil  upon  thee, 
and  will  take  away  thy  posterity,  and  will 
cut  ofl  from  Ahab  him  that  pisseth  against 
the  wall,  and  him  that  is  shut  up  and  left 
in  Israel, 

22  And  will  make  thine  house  like  the 
house  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nobat,  and 
like  the  house  of  Baasha  the  son  of  Ahijah, 
for  the  provocation  wherewith  thou  hast 
jirovoked  ttie  to  anger,  and  made  Israel  to 
sin. 

23  And  of  Jezebel  also  spake  the  Lord, 
saying,  The  dogs  shall  eat  Jezebel  by  the 
wall  of  Jezreel. 

24  Him  that  dieth  of  Ahab  in  the  city 
the  dogs  shall  eat ;  and  him  that  dieth  in 
the  Held  shall  the  fowls  of  the  air  cat. 

25  1[  But  there  was  none  like  unto  Ahab, 
which  did  sell  himself  to  work  wicked- 
ness in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  whom 
Jezebel  his  wife  stirred  up. 

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26  And  he  did  very  abominably  in  follow- 
ing idols,  according  to  all  thinga  as  did 
the  Amorites,  whom  the  Lord  cast  out 
before  the  children  of  Israel. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Ahab  heard 
those  words,  that  he  rent  his  clothes,  and 
put  sackcloth  upon  his  flesh,  and  fasted, 
and  lay  in  sackcloth,  and  went  softly. 

28  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to 
Elijah  the  Tishbite,  saying, 

29  Seest  thou  how  Ahab  huml)leth  him 
self  before  me?  because  he  humblcth  him- 
self before  me,  I  will  not  bring  the  evil  in 
his  days :  hat  in  his  son's  days  will  1  bring 
the  evil  upon  his  house.  ^ 

CHAPTER  XXn. 

AND  they  continued  three  years  with- 
out war  between  Syria  and  Israel. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  third 
year,  that  Jchoshaphat  the  king  of  Judah 
came  down  to  the  king  of  Israel. 

3  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  unto  his 
servants.  Know  ye  that  Ramoth  in  Gilead 
is  ours,  and  we  be  still,  and  take  it  not 
out  of  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Syria? 

4  And  he  said  unto  Jchoshaphat,  Wilt 
thou  go  with  me  to  battle  to  Ramoth- 
gilead  ?  And  Jchoshaphat  said  to  the 
king  of  Israel,  1  am  as  thou  art^  my  i)eo- 
ple  as  thy  people,  my  horses  as  thy 
horses. 

5  And  Jchoshaphat  said  unto  the  king 
of  Israel,  Inquire,  I  pray  thee,  at  the  word 
of  the  Lord  to  da}'. 

6  Then  the  king  of  Israel  gathered  the 
prophets  together,  about  four  hundred 
men,  and  said  unto  them,  Shall  I  go 
against  Ramoth-gilead  to  battle,  or  shall 
1  forbear?  And  they  said.  Go  up;  for 
the  Lord  shall  deliver  it  into  the  hand 
of  the  king 

7  And  Jchoshaphat  said.  Is  there  not 
here  a  prophet  of  the  Lord  besides,  that 
we  might  inquire  of  him? 

8  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  unto  Jc- 
hoshaphat, There  is  yet  one  man,  Micaiah 
the  son  of  Imlah,  by  whom  we  may  iu- 
(juire  of  the  Lord:  but  I  hate  him;  for 
he  doth  not  prophesy  good  concerning 
me,  but  evil.  And  Jchoshaphat  said.  Let 
not  the  king  saj'  so. 

9  Then  the  king  of  Israel  called  an  ofli- 
cer,  and  said.  Hasten  hither  Micaiah  the 
s(m  of  Imlah. 


I.  KINGS. 


10  And  the  kinj^  of  Israel  unci  Jehosha- 
phat  the  kins?  of  Judah  sat  each  on  his 
throne,  having  put  On  their  robes,  in  a 
void  pUice  in  the  entrance  of  the  gate  of 
Samaria;  and  all  the  prophets  prophesied 
before  them. 

11  And  Zedekiah  the  son  of  Chenaanah 
made  him  horns  of  iron:  and  he  said. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord,  With  these  shalt 
thou  push  the  Syrians,  until  thou  have 
consumed  them. 

12  And  all  the  prophets  prophesied  so, 
saying,  Go  up  to  Ramoth-gilead,  and 
prosper:  for  the  Loki>  shall  deliver  it 
into  the  king's  hand. 

13  And  the  messenger  that  vi-^as  gone  to 
call  Micaiah  spake  unto  him,  saying. 
Behold  now,  the  vrords  of  the  prophets 
declare  good  unto  the  king  with  one 
mouth:  let  thy  word,  I  pray  thee,  be 
like  the  word  of  one  of  them,  and  speak 
t?iat  which  is  good. 

14  And  Micaiah  said,  As  the  Lord 
liveth,  what  the  Lord  saith  unto  me, 
that  will  1  speak. 

15  H  So  he  came  to  the  king.  And  the 
king  said  unto  him,  Micaiah,  shall  we  go 
against  Ramoth-gilead  to  battle,  or  shall 
we  forbear?  And  he  answered  him.  Go, 
and  prosper:  for  the  Lord  shall  deliver 
it  into  the  hand  of  the  king. 

16  And  the  king  said  nuto  him.  How 
many  times  shall  1  adjure  thee  that  thcu 
tell  me  nothing  but  that  vjhich  is  true 
in  the  name  of  the  Lord  ? 

17  And  he  said,  1  saw  all  Israel  scattered 
upon  the  hills,  as  sheep  that  have  not 
a  shepherd:  and  the  Lord  said.  These 
have  no  master:  let  them  return  every 
man  to  his  house  in  peace. 

18  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  unto  Je- 
hoshaphat,  Did  I  not  tell  thee  that  he 
would  prophesy  no  good  concerning  me, 
but  evil? 

19  And  he  said,  Hear  thou  therefore 
the  word  of  the  Lord:  I  saw  the  Lord 
sitting  on  his  throne,  and  all  the  host  of 
heaven  standing  by  him  on  his  right  hand 
and  on  his  left. 

20  And  the  Lord  said,  "Who  shall  per- 
suade Ahab,  that  he  may  go  up  and  fall 
at  Ramoth-gilead?  And  one  said  on  this 
manner,  and  another  said  on  that  man- 
ner. 

21  And  there   came   forth  a  spirit,  and 

24 


stood  before  the  Lord,  and  said,  I  will 
persuade  him. 

22  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him.  Where- 
with? And  he  said,  I  will  go  forth,  and 
I  will  be  a  lying  spirit  in  the  mouth  of 
all  his  prophets.  And  he  said.  Thou 
shalt  persuade  hityi,  and  prevail  also:  go 
forth,  and  do  so. 

23  Now  therefore,  behold,  the  Lord  hath 
put  a  lying  spirit  in  the  mouth  of  all  these 
thy  prophets,  and  the  Lord  hath  spoken 
evil  concerning  thee. 

24  But  Zedekiah  the  son  of  Chenaanah 
went  near,  and  smote  Micaiah  on  the 
cheek,  and  said,  Which  way  went  the 
Spirit  of  the  Lord  from  me  to  speak 
unto  thee? 

25  And  Micaiah  said,  Behold,  thou  shalt 
see  in  that  day,  when  thou  shalt  go  into  an 
inner  chamber  to  hide  thyself. 

26  And  the  king  of  Israel  said.  Take  Mi- 
caiah, and  carry  him  back  unto  Amon  the 
governor  of  the  city,  and  to  Joash  the 
king's  son ; 

27  And  say,  Thus  saith  the  king,  Put  this 
fellow  in  the  prison,   and  feed    him   with 

bread  of  affliction  and  with  water  of  afflic- 
tion, until  I  come  in  peace. 

28  And  Micaiah  said,  If  thou  return  at  all 
in  peace,  the  Lord  hath  not  spoken  by  me. 
And  he  said,  Hearken,  O  people,  every  one 
of  you. 

29  So  the  king  of  Israel  and  Jehoshaphat 
the  king  of  Judah  went  up  to  Ramoth- 
gilead, 

30  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  unto  Je- 
hoshaphat, I  will  disguise  myself,  and  enter 
into  the  battle;  but  put  thou  on  thy  robes. 
And  the  king  of  Israel  disguised  himself, 
and  went  into  the  battle. 

31  But  the  king  of  Syria  commanded  his 
thirty  and  two  captains  that  had  rule  over 
his  chariots,  saying,  Fight  neither  with 
small  nor  great,  save  only  with  the  king 
of  Israel. 

32  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  captains 
of  the  chariots  saw  Jehoshaphat,  that  they 
said,  Surely  it  is  the  king  of  Israel.  And 
they  turned  aside  to  fight  against  him  :  and 
Jehoshaphat  cried  out. 

33  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  captains 
of  the  chariots  perceived  that  it  was  not 
the  king  of  Israel,  that  they  turned  back 
from  pursuing  hira. 

34  And  a  certam  man  drew  a  bow  .at  a  vcn- 

369 


11.  KINGS. 


ture,  and  smote  the  king  of  Israel  between 
the  joints  of  the  harness :  wherefore  he 
said  unto  the  driver  of  his  chariot,  Turn 
thine  hand,  and  carry  me  out  of  the  host ; 
for  I  am  wounded. 
3.5  And  the  battle  increased  that  day :  and 
the  king  was  stayed  up  in  his  chariot 
against  the  Syrians,  and  died  at  even :  and 
the  blood  ran  out  of  the  wound  into  the 
midst  of  the  chariot. 

36  And  there  went  a  proclamation 
throughout  the  host  about  the  going  down 
of  the  sun,  saying.  Every  man  to  his  city, 
and  every  man  to  his  own  country. 

37  T[  So  the  king  died,  and  was  brought  to 
Samaria;  and  they  buried  the  king  in  Sa- 
maria. 

38  And  one  washed  the  chariot  in  the  pool 
of  Samaria;  and  the  dogs  licked  up  his 
blood;  and  they  washed  his  armour;  ac- 
cording unto  the  word  of  the  Lord  which 
he  spake. 

39  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Ahab,  and 
all  that  he  did,  and  the  ivory  house  which 
he  made,  and  all  the  cities  that  he  built,  are 
they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the  Chron- 
icles of  the  kings  of  Israel  ? 

40  So  Ahab  slept  with  his  fathers ;  and 
Ahaziah  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

41  Ti  And  Jehoshaphat  the  son  of  Asa  be- 
gan to  reign  over  Judah  in  the  fourth  year 
of  Ahab  king  of  Israel. 

42  Jehoshaphat  was  thirty  and  five  years 
old  when  he  began  to  reign;  and  he  reign- 
ed twenty  and  five  years  in  Jerusalem. 
And  his  mother's  name  was  Azubah  the 
daughter  of  Shilhi. 


43  And  he  walked  in  all  the  ways  of  Asa 

his  father;  he  turned  not  aside  from  it,  do-  j  God  of  Israel,  accordin 
ing  that  which  was  right  in  the  eyes  of  the  1  father  had  done.        * 


Lord  :  nevertheless  the  high  places  were 
not  taken  away;  for  the  peoi)le  ofiered  and 
bunit  incense  yet  in  the  high  places. 

44  And  Jehoshaphat  made  peace  with  the 
king  of  Israel. 

45  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jehosha- 
phat, and  his  might  that  he  shewed,  and 
how  he  warred,  are  they  not  written  in  the 
book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ju- 
dah? 

46  And  the  remnant  of  the  sodomites, 
which  remained  in  the  days  of  his  father 
Asa,  he  took  out  of  the  laud. 

47  There  was  then  no  king  in  Edom :  a 
deputy  was  king. 

48  Jehoshaphat  made  ships  of  Tharshish 
to  go  to  Ophir  for  gold:  but  thej'  went 
not;  for  the  ships  were  broken  at  Ezion- 
geber. 

49  Then  said  Ahaziah  the  son  of  Ahab 
unto  Jehoshaphat,  Let  my  servants  go 
with  thy  servants  in  the  ships.  But  Je- 
hoshaphat would  not. 

50  T[  And  Jehoshaphat  slept  with  his 
fathers,  and  was  buried  with  his  fathers 
in  the  city  of  David  his  father:  and  Je- 
horam  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

51  Tl  Ahaziah  the  son  of  Ahab  began  to 
reign  over  Israel  in  Samaria  the  seven- 
teenth year  of  Jehoshaphat  king  of  Ju- 
dah, and  reigned  two  years  over  Israel. 

52  And  he  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord,  and  walked  in  the  way  of  his  father, 
and  in  the  way  of  his  mother,  and  in  the 
way  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat,  who 
made  Israel  to  sin: 

53  For  he  served  Baal,  and  worshipped 
him,  and  provoked    to    anger  the  Lord 

to    all  that  his 


THE  SECOND  BOOK  OF  THE  KINGS, 

COMMONLY   CALLED, 

THE  POURTH  BOOK  OF  THE  KINGS. 


CHAPTER  L 

THEN  Moab  rebelled  against  Israel  after 
the  death  of  Ahab. 
2  And  Ahaziah  fell  down  through  a  lat- 
tice   in  his  upper    chamber    that  ivojt    in 


Samaria,  and  waf?    sick :  and  he  sent  mes- 
sengers, and  said  unto  them,  Go,  inquire 
of  Bajil-zebub  the  god  of  Ekron  whether 
I  shall  recover  of  this  disease. 
3  But  the    aniiel  of   the   Lord   said  to 


11.  KINGS. 


Elijah  the  Tishbite,  Arise,  go  up  to  meet 
the  messengers  of  the  king  of  Samaria, 
and  say  unto  them.  Is  it  not  because  there 
is  not  a  God  in  Israel,  that  ye  go  to  in- 
quire of  Baal-zebub  the  god  of  Ekron? 

4  Now  therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord, 
Thou  Shalt  not  come  down  from  that  bed 
on  which  thou  art  gone  up,  but  shalt 
surely  die.     And  Elijah  departed. 

5  1  And  when  the  messengers  turned 
back  unto  him,  he  said  unto  them,  Why 
arc  ye  now  turned  back  ? 

6  And  they  said  unto  him,  There  came  a 
man  up  to  meet  us,  and  said  unto  us,  Go, 
turn  again  unto  the  king  that  sent  you, 
and  say  unto  him.  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
Is  it  not  because  there  is  not  a  God  in 
Israel,  that  thou  sendest  to  inquire  of 
Baal-zebub  the  god  of  Ekron?  therefore 
thou  shalt  not  come  down  from  that  bed 
on  which  thou  art  gone  up,  but  shalt 
surely  die. 

7  And  he  said  unto  them,  What  manner 
of  man  v.^as  lie  which  came  up  to  meet 
you,  and  told  you  these  words  ? 

8  And  they  answered  him.  He  ivax  a  hairy 
man,  and  girt  with  a  girdle  of  leather 
about  his  loins.  And  he  said.  It  is  Elijah 
the  Tishbite. 

9  Then  the  king  sent  unto  him  a  captain 
of  fifty  with  his  fifty.  And  he  went  up 
to  him:  and,  behold,  he  sat  on  the  top 
of  a  hill.  And  he  spake  unto  him,  Thou 
man  of  God,  the  king  hath  said,  Come 
down. 

10  And  Elijah  answered  and  said  to  the 
captain  of  fifty.  If  I  be  a  man  of  God,  then 
let  fire  come  down  from  heaven,  and  con- 
sume thee  and  thy  fifty.  And  there  came 
down  fire  from  heaven,  and  consumed  him 
and  his  fifty. 

11  Again  also  he  sent  unto  him  another 
captain  of  fifty  with  his  fifty.  And  he  an- 
swered and  said  unto  him,  O  man  of  God, 
thus  hath  the  king  said,  Come  down 
quickly. 

13  And  Elijah  answered  and  said  unto 
them,  If  I  be  a  man  of  God,  let  fire  come 
down  from  heaven,  and  consume  thee  and 
thy  fifty.  And  the  fire  of  God  came  doAvn 
from  heaven,  and  consumed  him  and  his 
fifty. 

13  1[  And  he  sent  again  a  captain  of  the 
third  fifty  with  his  fifty.  And  the  third 
captain  of  fifty  went  up,  and  came  and  fell 


on  his  knees  before  Elijah,  and  besought 
him,  and  said  unto  him,  O  man  of  God,  I 
pray  thee,  let  my  life,  and  the  life  of  these 
fifty  thy  servants,  be  precious  in  thy  sight. 

14  Behold,  there  came  fire  down  from 
heaven,  and  burnt  up  the  two  captains  of 
the  former  fifties  with  their  fifties :  there- 
fore let  my  life  now  be  precious  in  thj^ 
sight. 

15  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  unto 
Elijah,  Go  down  with  him:  be  not  afraid 
of  him.  And  he  arose,  and  went  down 
with  him  unto  the  king. 

16  And  he  said  unto  him,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord,  Forasmuch  as  thou  hast  sent  mes- 
sengers to  inquire  of  Baal-zebub  the  god 
of  Ekron,  is  it  not  because  there  is  no  God 
in  Israel  to  inquire  of  his  word?  there- 
fore thou  shalt  not  come  down  off  that 
bed  on  which  thou  art  gone  up,  but  shalt 
surely  die. 

17  1  So  he  died  according  to  the  word 
of  the  Lord  which  Elijah  had  spoken. 
And  Jehoram  reigned  in  his  stead,  in  the 
second  year  of  Jehoram  the  son  of  Je- 
hoshaphat  king  of  Judah ;  because  he  had 
no  son. 

18  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Ahaziah 
which  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the 
book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the  kings  of 
Israel?      » 

CHAPTER  II. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  Lord 
would  take  up  Elijah  into  heaven  by 
a  whirlwind,  that  Elijah  went  with  Elisha 
from  Gilgal. 

3  And  Elijah  said  unto  Elisha,  Tarry  here, 
I  pray  thee;  for  the  Lord  hath  sent  me 
to  Beth-el.  And  Elisha  said  nnfo  him,  As 
the  Lord  liveth,  and  as  thy  soul  liveth 
I  will  not  leave  thee.  So  they  went  down 
to  Beth-el. 

3  And  the  sons  of  the  prophets  that  w€7-e 
at  Beth-el  came  forth  to  Elisha,  and  said 
unto  him,  Knowest  thou  that  the  Lord 
will  take  away  thy  master  from  thy  head 
to  day?  And  he  said,  Yea,  I  know  it; 
hold  ye  your  peace. 

4  And  Elijah  said  unto  him,  Elisha,  tarry 
here,  I  pray  thee ;  for  the  Lord  hath  sent 
me  to  Jericho.  And  he  said,  As  the  Lord 
liveth,  and  as  thy  soul  liveth,  I  will  not 
leave  thee.     So  they  came  to  Jericho. 

5  And  the  sons  of  the  prophets  that  vei-e 
at  Jericho  came  to  Elisha,  and  said  unto 

371 


11.  KINGS. 


him,  Kuowest  thou  tlmt  tbe  Loud  will 
take  away  thy  master  from  thy  head  to 
day?  And  he  auswered,  Yea,  I  know  it ; 
hold  ye  your  peace. 

G  And  Elijah  said  unto  him.  Tarry,  I 
pray  thee,  here;  for  the  Loud  hath  sent 
me  to  Jordan.  And  he  said,  As  the  Lokd 
liveth,  and  as  thy  soul  liveth,  I  will  not 
leave  thee.     And  they  two  went  on. 

7  And  fifty  men  of  the  sons  of  the  proph- 
ets went,  and  stood  to  view  afar  off:  and 
they  two  stood  b}'  Jordan. 

8  And  Elijah  took  his  mantle,  and  wrap- 
ped it  together,  and  smote  the  waters, 
and  they  were  divided  hither  and  thither, 
so  that  they  two  went  over  on  dry 
ground. 

9  TI  And  it  came  to  jiass,  wlien  they  were 
gone  over,  that  Elijah  said  unto  Elisha, 
Ask  what  I  shall  do  for  thee,  before  I 
be  taken  away  from  thee.  And  Elisha  said, 
I  pray  thee,  let  a  double  portion  of  thy 
si)irit  be  upon  me. 

10  And  he  said,  Thou  hast  asked  a  hard 
thing:  nevertheless,  if  thou  see  me  when.  I 
am  taken  from  thee,  it  shall  be  so  imto 
thee;  but  if  not,  it  shall  not  be  .so. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  still  went 
on,  and  talked,  that,  behold,  there  appeared 
a  chariot  of  lire,  and  horses  of  lire,  and 
parted  them  l)oth  asunder;  and  Elijah 
went  up  by  a  Avhirlwlnd  into  heaven. 

13  ^  And  Elisha  saAv  «7,  and  he  cried.  My 
father,  my  father,  the  chariot  of  Israel, 
and  the  horsemen  thereof!  And  he  saw 
him  no  more:  and  he  took  hold  of  his 
own  clothes,  and  rent  them  in  two  pieces, 

13  lie  took  up  also  the  mantle  of  Elijah 
that  fell  from  hiui,  and  went  back,  and 
stood  1)y  the  bank  of  Jordan; 

14  And  he  took  the  mantle  of  Elijah 
that  fell  from  him,  and  smote  the  waters, 
and  said.  Where  is  the  Lokd  God  of  Eli- 
jah? And  when  he  also  had  smitten  the 
waters,  they  parted  hither  and  thither: 
and  Elisha  went  over. 

15  And  when  the  sons  of  the  prophets 
which  vKre  to  view  at  Jericho  saw  him, 
they  said.  The  spirit  of  Elijah  doth  rest 
on  Elisha.  And  the}'  came  to  meet  him, 
and  bowed  themselves  to  the  ground 
before  him. 

16  1  And  they  said  unto  him.  Behold 
now,  there  be  Avith  thy  servants  tifty 
strong  men ;   let  them  go,  wc  pray  thee,  | 

372 


and  seek  thy  master:  lest  peradventure 
the  Si)irit  of  the  Lokd  hath  taken  him 
ujj,  and  cast  him  upon  some  mountain, 
or  into  some  valley.  And  he  said,  Ye 
shall  not  send. 

17  And  when  they  urged  him  till  he 
was  ashamed,  he  said.  Send.  They  sent 
therefore  fifty  men  ;  and  they  sought  three 
days,  but  found  him  not. 

18  And  when  they  came  again  to  him, 
(for  he  tarried  at  Jericho,)  he  said  unto 
them.  Did  I  not  say  uuto  you.  Go  not? 

19  Tl  And  the  men  of  the  city  said  unto 
Elisha,  Behold,  I  pray  thee,  the  situation 
of  this  city  is  pleasant,  as  my  lord  seeth : 
but  the  water  is  naught,  and  the  ground 
barren. 

20  And  he  said,  Bring  me  a  new  cruse, 
and  i)ut  salt  therein.  And  they  brought 
it  to  him. 

21  And  he  went  forth  unto  the  spring  of 
the  waters,  and  cast  the  salt  in  there,  and 
said.  Thus  saith  the  Lokd,  I  have  healed 
these  waters ;  there  shall  not  be  from 
thence  any  more  death  or  barren  land. 

22  So  the  waters  were  healed  unto  this 
day,  according  to  the  saying  of  Elisha 
which  he  spake,  ^ 

23  1  And  he  went  uj)  from  thence  unto 
Beth-el :  and  as  he  was  going  up  by  the 
way,  there  came  forth  little  children  out 
of  the  city,  and  mocked  him,  and  said 
unto  him,  Go  up,  thou  bald  head;  go  up, 
thou  bald  head. 

24  And  he  turned  back,  and  looked  on 
them,  and  cursed  them  in  the  name  of 
the  Lokd.  And  there  came  forth  two 
she  bears  out  of  the  wood,  and  tare  forty 
and  two  children  of  them. 

25  And  he  Avent  from  thence  to  mount 
Carmcl,  and  from  thence  he  returned  to 
Samaria.        P-' 

CHAPTER  IIL 

NOW  Jehoram  the  son  of  Ahab  l)egan 
to  reign  over  Israel  in  Samaria  in 
the  eighteenth  year  of  Jehoshaphat  king 
of  Judah,  and  reigned  twelve  years. 

2  And  he  wrought  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lokd;  but  not  like  his  father,  and 
like  his  mother:  for  he  put  away  the 
image  of  Baal  that  his  father  had  made. 

3  Nevertheless  he  cleaved  unto  the  sins 
of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat,  which 
made  Israel  to  sin ;  he  departed  not 
therefrom. 


IL  KINGS. 


4  *\  Aud  Mcsba  king  of  Moab  was  a 
sheepmaster,  and  rendered  unto  the  king 
of  Israel  a  hundred  thousand  lambs,  and 
a  hundred  thousand  rams,  with  the  wool. 

5  But  it  came  to  pass,  when  Ahab  was 
dead,  that  the  king  of  Moab  rebelled 
against  the  king  of  Israel. 

6  1  And  king  Jehoram  went  out  of 
Samaria  the  same  time,  and  numbered 
all  Israel. 

7  And  he  went  and  sent  to  Jehoshaphat 
the  king  of  Judah,  saying,  The  king  of 
Moab  hath  rebelled  against  me:  wilt 
thou  go  with  me  against  Moab  to  battle? 
And  he  said,  I  will  go  up :  I  am  as  thou 
art,  my  people  as  thy  people,  and  my 
horses  as  thy  horses. 

8  And  he  said.  Which  w^ay  shall  we  go 
up?  And  he  answered,  The  way  through 
the  wilderness  of  Edom. 

9  So  the  king  of  Israel  went,  and  the  king 
of  Judah,  and  the  king  of  Edom :  and  they 
fetched  a  compass  of  seven  days'  journey: 
aud  there  was  no  water  for  the  host,  and 
for  the  cattle  that  followed  them. 

10  And  the  king  of  Israel  said,  Alas !  that 
the  Lord  hath  called  these  three  kings  to- 
gether, to  deliver  them  into  the  hand  of 
Moab ! 

11  But  Jehoshaphat  said,  In  there  not  here 
a  prophet  of  the  Lord,  that  we  may  in- 
quire of  the  Lord  by  him  ?  And  one  of 
the  king  of  Israel's  servants  answered 
and  said,  Here  is  Elisha  the  son  of  Sha- 
phat,  which  i)oured  water  on  the  hands 
of  Elijah. 

13  And  Jehoshaphat  said,  The  word  of  the 
Lord  is  with  him.  So  the  king  of  Israel 
and  Jehoshaphat  and  the  king  of  Edom 
went  down  to  him. 

13  Aud  Elisha  said  unto  the  king  of  Is- 
rael, What  have  I  to  do  with  thee?  get 
thee  to  the  prophets  of  thy  father,  and  to 
the  prophets  of  thy  mother.  And  the  king 
of  Israel  said  unto  him.  Nay:  for  the  Lord 
hath  called  these  three  kings  together,  to 
deliver  them  into  the  hand  of  Moab, 

14  And  Elisha  said.  As  the  Lord  of  hosts 
liveth,  before  whom  I  stand,  surely,  were 
it  not  that  I  regard  the  i)re6ence  of  Jehosh- 
aphat the  king  of  Judah,  I  would  not  look 
toward  thee,  nor  see  thee. 

15  But  now  bring  me  a  minstrel.  And  it 
came  to  pass,  when  the  minstrel  played, 
that  the  hand  of  the  Lord  came  upon  him. 


16  Aud  he  said,  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
Make  this  valley  full  of  ditches. 

17  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Ye  shall  not 
see  wind,  neither  shall  ye  sec  rain ;  yet  that 
valley  shall  be  filled  with  water,  that  ye 
may  drink,  both  ye,  and  your  cattle,  and 
your  beasts. 

18  And  this  is  but  a  light  thing  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord:  he  will  deliver  the 
Moabites  also  into  your  hand. 

19  And  ye  shall  smite  every  fenced  city, 
and  every  choice  city,  and  shall  fell  every 
good  tree,  aud  stop  all  wells  of  water,  and 
mar  every  good  piece  of  land  with  stones. 

20  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  morning, 
when  the  meat  offering  was  offered,  that, 
behold,  there  came  water  by  the  way  of 
Edom,  and  the  country  was  tilled  with 
water. 

21  Tf  And  when  all  the  Moabites  heard 
that  the  kings  were  come  up  to  fight 
against  them,  they  gathered  all  that  were 
able  to  put  on  armour,  aud  ui)ward,  aud 
stood  in  the  border. 

22  And  they  rose  up  early  in  the  morning, 
and  the  sun  shone  upon  the  Avater,  aud  the 
Moabites  saw  the  water  on  the  other  side 
as  red  as  blood : 

23  Aud  they  said,  This  is  blood :  the  kings 
are  surely  slain,  and  they  have  smitten 
one  another :  now  therefore,  Moab,  to  the 
spoil. 

24  And  when  they  came  to  the  camp  of 
Israel,  the  Israelites  rose  up  and  smote  the 
Moabites,  so  that  they  fled  before  them  : 
but  they  went  forward  smiting  the  Moab- 
ites, even  in  t7ieir  country. 

25  And  they  beat  down  the  cities,  and  on 
evei-y  good  piece  of  laud  cast  every  man 
his  stone,  aud  filled  it ;  aud  they  stopped 
all  the  wells  of  water,  and  felled  all  the 
good  trees:  only  in  Kir-haraseth  left  they 
the  stones  thereof;  howbeit  the  slingers 
went  about  it,  aud  smote  it. 

26  H  And  when  the  king  of  Moab  saw  that 
the  battle  was  too  sore  for  him,  he  took 
with  him  seven  hundred  men  that  drew 
swords,  to  break  through  even  unto  the 
king  of  Edom  :  but  they  could  not. 

27  Then  he  took  his  eldest  son  that  should 

have  reigned  in  his  stead,  and  ofiered  him 

for  a  burnt  oflering  upon  the  wall.     Aud 

there  was  great  indignatiou  against  Israel: 

and  they  departed  from  him,  aud  returned 

to  tlieir  oivu  laud.  » 

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11.  KINGS. 


CilAPTEK  IV. 

NOW  there  cried  a  certain  woman  of 
the  wives  of  the  sons  of  the  i)rophets 
unto  Elislm,  sayiujL!;,  Thy  servant  my  hus- 
band is  dead;  and  thou  knowest  that  thy 
servant  did  fear  the  Lokd:  and  the  cred- 
itor is  come  to  take  unto  him  my  two 
sons  to  be  houdmen. 

2  And  Elisha  said  unto  her,  What  shall 
I  do  for  thee?  tell  me,  what  hast  thou  in 
the  house?  And  she  said,  Thine  handmaid 
hath  not  any  thing  in  the  house,  save  a 
pot  of  oil. 

3  Then  he  said,  Go,  borrow  thee  vessels 
abroad  of  all  thy  nei<>hbours,  even  emj^ty 
vessels  ;  borrow  not  a  few. 

4  And  when  thou  art  come  in,  thou  shalt 
shut  the  door  upon  thee  and  upon  thy 
sons,  and  shalt  i)Our  out  into  all  those 
vessels,  and  thou  shalt  set  aside  that 
which  is  full. 

5  So  she  Avent  from  him,  and  shut  the  door 
upon  her  and  iipon  her  sons,  Avho  brought 
the  vcfifieh  to  her;  and  she  i)oured  out. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  ves- 
sels were  full,  that  she  said  unto  her  son, 
Bring  me  j'et  a  vessel.  And  he  said  unto 
her.  There  in  not  a  vessel  more.  And  the 
oil  stayed. 

7  Then  she  came  and  told  the  man  of 
God.  And  he  said,  Go,  sell  the  oil,  and 
pay  th}'  debt,  and  live  thou  and  thy  chil- 
dren of  the  rest. 

8  TI  And  it  fell  on  a  day,  that  Elisha 
passed  to  Shunem,  where  ivm  a  great 
woman;  and  she  constrained  him  to  eat 
bread.  And  so  it  was,  that  as  oft  as  he 
passed  by,  he  turaed  in  thither  to  eat 
l)read. 

9  And  she  said  unto  her  husband,  Be- 
hold noAV,  I  perceive  that  this  is  a  holy 
man  of  God,  which  passeth  by  us  con- 
tinually. 

10  Let  us  make  a  little  chamber,  I  pray 
thee,  on  the  wall;  and  let  us  set  for  him 
there  a  bed,  and  a  table,  and  a  stool,  and 
a  candlestick:  and  it  shall  be,  when  he 
coraeth  to  us,  that  he  shall  turn  in 
thither. 

11  And  it  fell  on  a  day,  that  he  came 
thither,  and  he  turned  into  the  chamber, 
and  lay  there. 

13  And  he  said  to  Gehazi  his  servant. 
Call  this  Shunammite.  And  when  he  had 
called  her,  she  stood  before  him. 


13  And  he  said  unto  him.  Say  noAv  unto 
her,  Behold,  thou  hast  been  careful  for  us 
with  all  this  care;  what  is  to  be  done 
for  thee?  wouldest  thou  be  spoken  for  to 
the  king,  or  to  the  captain  of  the  host  ? 
And  she  answered,  I  dwell  among  mine 
own  people. 

l-l  And  he  said,  What  then  w  to  be  done 
for  her?  And  Gehazi  answered.  Verily 
she  hath  no  child,  and  her  husband  is  old. 

15  And  he  said,  Call  her.  And  when  he 
had  called  her,  she  stood  in  the  door. 

16  And  he  said,  About  this  season,  ac- 
cording to  the  time  of  life,  thou  shalt 
embrace  a  son.  And  she  said,  Nay,  my 
lord,  i?ioH  man  of  God,  do  not  lie  imto 
thine  handmaid. 

17  And  the  woman  conceived,  and  bare 
a  son  at  that  season  that  Elisha  had 
said  unto  her,  according  to  the  time  of  life. 

18  1  And  when  the  child  was  grown,  it 
fell  on  a  day,  that  he  Avent  out  to  his 
father  to  the  reajjers. 

19  And  he  said  unto  his  Mher,  My  head, 
my  head!  And  he  said  to  a  lad,  Carry 
him  to  his  mother. 

20  And  when  he  had  taken  him,  and 
brought  him  to  his  mother,  he  sat  on  her 
knees  till  noon,  and  the7i  died. 

21  And  she  went  up,  and  laid  him  on 
the  bed  of  the  man  of  God,  and  shut  the 
door  upon  him,  and  Aveut  out. 

22  And  she  called  unto  her  husband, 
and  said,  Send  me,  I  pray  thee,  one  of  the 
young  men,  and  one  of  the  asses,  that  I 
may  run  to  the  man  of  God,  and  come 
again. 

23  And  he  said,  Wherefore  wilt  thou  go 
to  him  to   day?  it  is  neither  ncAV  moon,  j 
nor    sabbath.      And  she  said,   It  shall   he 
Avell. 

24  Then  she  saddled  an  ass,  and  said  to 
her  servant,  Drive,  and  go  forAvard ;  slack 
not  thy  riding  for  me,  except  I  bid  thee. 

25  So  she  Aveut  and  came  unto  the  man  i 
of  God  to  mount  Carmel.     And  it  came 
to  pass,  Avhen  the  man  of  God  saAv  her  afar 
otT,  that  he  said  to  Gehazi  his  servant,  Be- 
hold, yonder  is  that  Shunammite: 

26  Run  now,  I  pray  thee,  to  meet  her, 
and  say  unto  her,  is  it  Avell  Avith  thee?  is 
it  Avell  Avith  thy  husband?  is  it  Avell  Avith 
the  child?     And  she  answered,  It  U  Avell. 

27  And  Avhcn  she  came  to  the  man  of 
God  to  the  hill,  she  cauirht  him  by  the 


11.  KINGS. 


feet:  but  Gchazi  ciune  near  to  thrust  licr 
away.  And  the  man  of  God  said,  Let 
her  alone;  for  her  soul  is  vexed  within 
her:  and  the  Lokd  hath  hid  it  from  me, 
and  hath  not  told  me. 

28  Then  she  said,  Did  I  desire  a  son  of  my 
lord?  did  I  not  say,  Do  not  deceive  mc? 

29  Then  he  said  to  Gehazi,  Gird  up  thy 
loins,  and  take  my  staff  in  thine  hand,  and 
go  thy  way:  if  thou  meet  any  man,  salute 
him  not;  and  if  any  salute  thee,  answer 
him  not  again :  and  lay  my  staff  upon  the 
face  of  the  child. 

30  And  the  mother  of  the  child  said,  As 
the  LoHi>  liveth,  and  as  thy  soul  liveth, 
I  will  not  leave  thee.  And  he  arose,  and 
followed  her. 

31  And  Gehazi  passed  on  before  them, 
and  laid  the  staff  upon  the  face  of  the 
child;  but  the7-e  was  neither  voice,  nor 
hearing.  Wherefore  he  went  again  to 
meet  him,  and  told  him,  saying.  The  child 
is  not  awaked. 

32  And  when  Elisha  was  come  into  the 
house,  behold,  the  child  was  dead,  and 
laid  upon  his  bed. 

33  He  went  in  therefore,  and  shut  the 
door  upon  them  twain,  and  prayed  unto 
the  Lord, 

34  And  he  went  up,  and  lay  upon  the 
child,  and  put  his  mouth  upon  his  mouth, 
and  his  eyes  upon  his  eyes,  and  his  hands 
upon  his  hands :  and  he  stretched  himself 
upon  the  child ;  and  the  flesh  of  the  child 
waxed  warm. 

35  Then  he  returned,  and  walked  in  the 
house  to  and  fro;  and  went  up,  and 
stretched  himself  upon  him :  and  the 
child  sneezed  seven  times,  and  the  child 
opened  his  eyes. 

30  And  he  called  Gchazi,  and  said,  Call 
this  Shunammite.  So  he  called  her.  And 
when  she  was  come  in  unto  him,  he  said. 
Take  up  thy  son. 

37  Then  she  went  in,  and  fell  at  his  feet, 
and  bowed  herself  to  the  ground,  and  took 
up  her  son,  and  went  out. 

38  1  And  Elisha  came  again  to  Gilgal : 
and  there  was  a  dearth  in  the  land ;  and  the 
sons  of  the  ])rophets  v;ere  sitting  before 
him :  and  he  said  unto  his  servant.  Set  on 
the  great  pot,  and  seethe  pottage  for  the 
sons  of  the  prophets. 

39  And  one  Avent  out  into  the  field  to 
gather  herbs,  and  found  a  wild  vine,  and 


gathered  thereof  wild  gourds  his  lap  full, 
and  came  and  shred  them  into  the  pot  of 
pottage:  for  they  knew  tJiern  not. 

40  So  they  poured  out  for  the  men  to 
eat.  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  were 
eating  of  the  pottage,  that  they  cried  out, 
and  said,  O  thou  man  of  God,  there  is  death 
in  the  i)ot.     And  they  could  not  eat  thereof. 

41  But  he  said,  Then  bring  meal.  And 
he  cast  it  into  the  pot;  and  he  said.  Pour 
out  for  the  people,  that  they  may  eat. 
And  there  was  no  harm  in  the  ])ot. 

42  Tl  And  there  came  a  man  from  Baal- 
slialisha,  and  brought  the  man  of  God 
bread  of  the  firstfruits,  twenty  loaves  of 
barley,  and  full  ears  of  corn  in  the  husk 
thereof.  And  he  said,  Give  imto  the  peo- 
I)le,  that  they  may  eat. 

43  And  his  servitor  said.  What,  should  I 
set  this  before  a  hundred  men?  He  said 
again,  Give  the  people,  that  they  may  eat: 
for  thus  saith  the  Lord,  They  shall  eat, 
and  shall  leave  thereof. 

44  So  he  set  it  before  them,  and  they  did 
eat,  and  left  thereof  according  to  the  Avord 
of  the  Lord.       » 

CHAPTER  V. 

NOW  Naaman,  captain  of  the  host  of 
the  king  of  Syria,  Avas  a  great  man 
Avith  his  master,  and  honourable,  because 
by  him  the  Lord  had  given  deliverance 
unto  Syria:  he  Avas  also  a  mighty  man  in 
valour,  hut  he  was  a  leper. 

2  And  the  Syrians  had  gone  out  by  com- 
panies, and  had  brought  aAvay  captive  out 
of  the  land  of  Israel  a  little  maid;  and 
she  waited  on  Naaman's  Avife. 

3  And  she  said  unto  her  mistress.  Would 
God  my  lord  v^ere  Avith  the  j:)rophet  that 
is  in  Somaria!  for  he  Avould  recoA'er  him 
of  his  leprosy. 

4  And  one  Avent  in,  and  told  his  lord, 
saj'ing.  Thus  and  thus  said  the  maid  that 
is  of  the  land  of  Israel. 

5  And  the  king  of  Syria  said.  Go  to,  go, 
and  I  will  send  a  letter  unto  the  king  of 
Israel.  And  he  departed,  and  took  Avith 
him  ten  talents  of  silver,  and  six  thou- 
sand />ie(^cs  of  gold,  and  ten  changes  of 
raiment. 

6  And  he  brought  the  letter  to  the  king 
of  Israel,  saying,  Noav  Avhen  this  letter  is 
come  unto  thee,  behold,  I  have  therewith 
sent  Naaman  my  serA^ant  to  thee,  that  thou 
mayest  recover  him  of  bis  leprosy. 

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11.  KINGS. 


7  Aud  it  came  to  i^iss,  when  the  king 
of  Israel  had  read  the  letter,  that  he 
I'ent  his  clothes,  and  said.  Am  I  God,  to 
kill  aud  to  make  alive,  that  this  man 
doth  send  unto  me  to  recover  a  man  of 
his  leprosy?  Wherefore  consider,  I  praj^ 
you,  and  see  how  he  seeketh  a  quarrel 
against  me. 

8  ^  And  it  was  so,  when  Elisha  the  man 
of  God  had  heard  that  the  king  of  Israel 
had  rent  his  clothes,  that  he  sent  to  the 
king,  saying.  Wherefore  hast  thou  rent 
thy  clothes?  let  him  come  now  to  me, 
and  he  shall  know  that  there  is  a  prophet 
in  Israel. 

9  So  Naaman  came  with  his  horses  and 
with  his  chariot,  and  stood  at  the  door  of 
the  house  of  Elisha. 

10  And  Elisha  sent  a  messenger  unto 
him,  saying.  Go  and  wash  in  Jordan  seven 
times,  and  thy  flesh  shall  come  again  to 
thee,  and  thou  shalt  be  clean. 

11  But  Naaman  was  wroth,  and  went 
away,  and  said.  Behold,  I  thought.  He 
will  surely  come  out  to  me,  and  stand, 
and  call  on  the  name  of  the  Lord  his 
God,  and  strike  his  hand  over  the  place, 
and  I'ccover  the  leper. 

12  Are  not  Abana  and  Pharpar,  rivers 
of  Damascus,  better  than  all  the  waters 
of  Israel?  may  I  not  wash  in  them,  and 
be  clean?  So  he  turned  and  went  away 
in  a  rage. 

13  And  his  servants  came  near,  and  spake 
unto  him,  and  said.  My  father,  if  the 
prophet  had  bid  thee  do  some  great 
thing,  wouldest  thou  not  have  done  it? 
how  much  rather  then,  when  he  saith  to 
thee.  Wash,  and  be  clean  ? 

14  Then  went  he  down,  and  dipped  him- 
self seven  times  in  Jordan,  according  to 
the  saying  of  the  man  of  God:  and  his 
flesh  came  again  like  unto  the  flesh  of  a 
little  child,  and  he  was  clean. 

15  1[  And  he  returned  to  the  man  of 
God,  he  and  all  his  company,  and  came, 
and  stood  before  him:  and  he  said,  Be- 
hold, now  I  know  that  there  in  no  God 
in  all  the  earth,  but  in  Israel :  now  there- 
fore, I  pray  thee,  take  a  blessing  of  thy 
servant. 

16  Bnt  he    said,    An    the    Lord    liveth, 

before    whom    I    stand,    I    will    receive 

none.     And  he  urged  him  to  take  it;  but 

he  refused. 

_ 


17  And  Naaman  said,  Shall  there  not 
then,  I  pray  thee,  be  given  to  thy  servant 
two  mules'  burden  of  earth?  for  thy 
servant  will  henceforth  offer  neither  burnt 
oflering  nor  sacrifice  imto  other  gods,  but 
unto  the  Lord. 

18  In  this  thing  the  Lord  pa^rdon  thy 
servant,  i?iat  when  my  master  goeth  into 
the  house  of  Rimmon  to  worship  there, 
and  he  leaneth  on  my  hand,  and  I  bow 
myself  in  the  house  of  Rimmon:  when  I 
bow  down  myself  in  the  house  of  Rim- 
mon, the  Lord  pardon  thy  servant  in  this 
thing. 

19  And  he  said  unto  him,  Go  in  peace. 
So  he  departed  from  him  a  little  way. 

20  H  But  Gehazi,  the  servant  of  Elisha 
the  man  of  God,  said.  Behold,  my  master 
hath  spared  Naaman  this  Syrian,  in  not 
receiving  at  his  hands  that  w^hich  he 
brought:  but,  as  the  Lord  liveth,  I  will 
run  after  him,  and  take  somewhat  of  him. 

21  So  Gehazi  follow^ed  after  Naaman.  And 
when  Naaman  saw  7iim  running  after  him, 
he  lighted  down  from  the  chariot  to  meet 
him,  and  said.  Is  all  well  ? 

22  And  he  said.  All  is  well.  My  master 
hath  sent  me,  saying.  Behold,  even  now 
there  be  come  to  me  from  mount  Ephraim 
two  young  men  of  the  sons  of  the  proph- 
ets: give  them,  I  pray  thee,  a  talent  of 
silver,  and  two  changes  of  garments. 

23  And  Naaman  said.  Be  content,  take 
tw'o  talents.  And  he  urged  him,  and  bound 
two  talents  of  silver  in  two  bags,  with  two 
changes  of  garments,  and  laid  them  upon 
two  of  his  servants;  aud  they  bare  them  be- 
fore him. 

24  And  when  he  came  to  the  tower,  he 
took  them  from  their  hand,  and  bestowed 
t/iem  in  the  house :  aud  he  let  the  men  go, 
aud  they  departed. 

25  But  he  went  in,  and  stood  before  his 
master.  And  Elisha  said  unto  him. 
Whence  comest  thou,  Gehazi?  And  he  said, 
Thy  servant  went  no  whither. 

2(3  And  he  said  unto  him.  Went  not  mine 
heart  ivith  thee,  when  the  man  turned  again 
from  his  chariot  to  meet  thee?  Is  it  a  time 
to  receive  money,  and  to  receive  garments, 
and  oliveyards,  and  vineyards,  and  sheej), 
and  oxen,  and  menservauts,  and  maid- 
servants? 

27  The  leprosy  therefore  of  Naaman  shall 
cleave  unto  thee,  and  ixnto  thy  seed  for 


II.  KINGS. 


ever.  Aud  he  weut  out  from  his  prescuce 
a  leper  as  tvhite  as  sdow.        ** 

CHAPTER  VI. 

AND  the  sous  of  the  prophets  said  unto 
Elisha,  Behold  now,  the  place  where 
we  dwell  with  thee  is  too  strait  for  us. 

2  Let  us  go,  we  pray  thee,  unto  Jordan, 
aud  take  thence  every  man  a  beam,  and  let 
us  make  us  a  place  there,  where  we  may 
dwell.    And  he  answered,  Go  ye. 

3  And  one  said,  Be  content,  I  pray  thee, 
and  go  with  thy  seiTants.  And  he  answer- 
ed, I  will  go. 

4  So  he  went  with  them.  And  Avhen  they 
came  to  Jordan,  they  cut  down  wood. 

5  But  as  one  was  felling  a  beam,  the 
axe  head  fell  into  the  water :  and  he 
cried,  and  said,  Alas,  master !  for  it  was 
borrowed. 

6  And  the  man  of  God  said,  Where  fell  it? 
Aud  he  shewed  him  the  place.  And  he  cut 
down  a  stick,  and  cast  it  in  thither;  and 
the  iron  did  swim. 

7  Therefore  said  he.  Take  it  up  to  thee. 
And  he  put  out  his  hand,  and  took  it. 

8  "I  Then  the  king  of  Syria  warred  against 
Israel,  and  took  counsel  with  his  servauts, 
saying.  In  such  and  such  a  place  shall  be  my 
camp. 

9  And  the  man  of  God  sent  unto  the  king 
of  Israel,  saying,  Beware  that  thou  pass  not 
such  a  place;  for  thither  the  Syrians  are 
come  down. 

10  And  the  king  of  Israel  sent  to  the  }ilace 
which  the  man  of  God  told  him  and  warn- 
ed him  of,  and  saved  himself  there,  not 
once  nor  twice. 

11  Therefore  the  heart  of  the  king  of  Sy- 
ria was  sore  troubled  for  this  thing;  and 
he  called  his  servants,  and  said  unto  them, 
Will  ye  not  shew  me  which  of  us  is  for  the 
king  of  Israel  ? 

12  And  one  of  his  servants  said,  None,  my 
lord,  O  kiug:  but  Elisha,  the  prophet  that 
is  in  Israel,  telleth  the  king  of  Israel  the 
Avords  that  thou  speakest  in  thy  bed- 
chamber. 

13  1[  Aud  he  said,  Go  and  spy  where  he 
ts,  that  I  may  send  and  fetch  him.  And  it 
was  told  him,  saying,  Behold,  he  is  in 
Dothan. 

14  Therefore  sent  he  thither  horses,  and 
chariots,  and  a  great  host:  and  they  came 
by  night,  and  compassed  the  city  about. 


15  Aud  when  the  servant  of  the  man  of 
God  was  risen  early,  and  gone  forth,  be- 
hold, a  host  compassed  the  city  both  with 
horses  and  chariots.  And  his  servant  said 
unto  him,  Alas,  my  master!  how  shall  we 
do? 

16  And  he  answered.  Fear  not:  for  they 
that  be  with  us  are  more  than  they  that  be 
with  them. 

17  And  Elisha  prayed,  and  said.  Lord,  I 
pray  thee,  open  his  eyes,  that  he  may  see. 
And  the  Lokd  opened  the  eyes  of  the 
young  man;  and  he  saw:  and,  behold, 
the  mountain  wan  full  of  horses  and  char- 
iots of  fire  round  about  Elisha, 

18  And  when  they  came  down  to  him, 
Elisha  prayed  unto  the  Lokd,  and  said, 
Smite  this  people,  I  pray  thee,  with  blind- 
ness. And  he  smote  them  with  blindness 
according  to  the  word  of  Elisha. 

19  TI  And  Elisha  said  unto  them.  This  is 
not  the  way,  neither  is  this  the  city:  follow 
me,  and  I  will  briug  you  to  the  man  whom 
ye  seek.     But  he  led  them^  to  Samaria. 

20  And  it  came  to  jjass,  when  they  were 
come  into  Samaria,  that  Elisha  said,  Lokd, 
open  the  eyes  of  these  men,  that  they  may 
see.  And  the  Lokd  opened  their  eyes, 
and  they  saw;  aud,  behold,  they  were  in 
the  midst  of  Samaria. 

21  And  the  kiug  of  Israel  said  unto 
Elisha,  when  he  saw  them,  My  father, 
shall  I  smite  them?  shall  I  smite  them? 

22  And  he  answered.  Thou  shalt  not 
smite  t7iem:  wouldest  thou  smite  those 
whom  thou  hast  taken  captive  with  thy 
sword  and  with  thy  bow?  set  bread  and 
water  before  them,  that  they  may  eat  and 
drink,  and  go  to  their  master. 

23  Aud  he  prepared  great  provision  for 
them :  and  when  they  had  eaten  and 
drunk,  he  sent  them  away,  and  they  went 
to  their  master.  So  the  bands  of  Syria 
came  no  more  into  the  land  of  Israel. 

24  H  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that 
Ben-hadad  king  of  Syria  gathered  all  his 
host,  and  went  up,  and  besieged  Samaria. 

25  And  there  was  a  great  famine  in  Sa- 
maria: and,  behold,  they  besieged  it,  un- 
til an  ass's  head  was  sold  for  fourscore 
pieces  of  silver,  and  the  fourth  part  of  a 
cab  of  dove's  dung  for  five  pieces  of  silver. 

26  And  as  the  king  of  Israel  was  passing 
by  upon  the  wall,  there  cried  a  woman 
unto  him,  saying.  Help,  ray  lord,  O  king. 

377  " 


II.  KINGS. 


27  And  he  said,  If  the  Lord  do  not  help 
thee,  whence  shall  I  help  thee?  out  of  the 
barnfloor,  or  out  of  the  winepress? 

28  And  the  king  said  unto  her,  What 
aileth  thee?  And  she  answered,  This 
woman  said  unto  me,  Give  thy  son,  that 
we  may  eat  him  to  day,  and  we  will  eat 
my  son  to  morrow. 

29  So  we  boiled  my  son,  and  did  eat 
him:  and  I  said  unto  her  on  the  next 
day.  Give  thy  son,  that  we  may  eat  him: 
and  she  hath  hid  her  son. 

oO  ^  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  king 
heard  the  words  of  the  woman,  that  he 
rent  his  clothes ;  and  he  passed  by  upon  the 
wall,  and  the  people  looked,  and,  behold, 
he  had  sackcloth  within  upon  his  flesh. 

31  Then  he  said,  God  do  so  and  more 
also  to  me,  if  the  head  of  Elisha  the  son 
of  Shaphat  shall  stand  on  him  this  day. 

32  But  Elisha  sat  in  his  house,  and  the 
elders  sat  with  him;  and  the  king  sent  a 
man  from  before  him:  but  ere  the  mes- 
senger came  to  l^im,  he  said  to  the  elders. 
See  ye  how  this  son  of  a  murderer  hath 
sent  to  take  away  mine  head?  look,  when 
the  messenger  cometh,  shut  the  door, 
and  hold  him  fast  at  the  door :  is  not  the 
sound  of  his  master's  feet  behind  him? 

33  And  while  he  yet  talked  with  them, 
behold,  the  messenger  came  down  unto 
him:  and  he  said.  Behold,  this  evil  is  of 
the  LoKD ;  what  should  I  wait  for  the 
LoKD  any  longer  ?  ^ 

CHAPTER   VII. 

THEN  Elisha  said,  Hear  ye  the  word 
of  the  Lord;  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
To  morrow  about  this  time  sJiall  a  meas- 
ure of  fine  flour  he  sold  for  a  shekel,  and 
two  measures  of  barley  for  a  shekel,  in 
the  gate  of  Samaria. 

2  Then  a  lord  on  whose  hand  the  king 
leaned  answered  the  man  of  God,  and 
said,  Behold,  if  the  Lord  would  make 
windows  in  heaven,  might  this  thing  be? 
And  he  said,  Behold,  thoii  shalt  see  it 
with  thine  eyes,  but  shalt  not  eat  thereof. 

3  ^  And  there  were  four  leprous  men  at 
the  entering  in  of  the  gate :  and  they  said 
one  to  another.  Why  sit  we  here  until 
we  die? 

4  If  we  say,  We  will  enter  into  the  city, 
then  the  famine  is  in  the  city,  and  Ave 
shall  die  there:   and  if  Ave  sit  still  here, 

378 


Ave  die   also.     Noav    therefore    come,  and 

let  us  fall  imto  the  host  of  the  Syrians : 
if  they  save  us  alive,  we  shall  liA'e;  and 
if  they  kill  us,  we  shall  but  die. 

5  And  they  rose  up  in  the  tAvilight,  to 
go  unto  the  camp  of  the  Syrians :  and 
Avhen  they  were  come  to  the  uttermost 
part  of  the  camp  of  Syria,  behold,  there 
was  no  man  there. 

6  For  the  Lord  had  made  the  host  of 
the  Syrians  to  hear  a  noise  of  chariots, 
and  a  noise  of  horses,  even  the  noise  of  a 
great  host :  and  they  said  one  to  another, 
Lo,  the  king  of  Israel  hath  hired  against 
us  the  kings  of  the  Hittites,  and  the 
kings  of  the  Egyptians,  to  come  upon 
us. 

7  Wherefore  they  arose  and  fled  in  the 
tAvilight,  and  left  their  tents,  and  their 
horses,  and  their  asses,  even  the  camp  as 
it  7W/.S-,  and  fled  for  their  life. 

8  And  Avhen  these  lepers  came  to  the  ut- 
termost part  of  the  camp,  they  Avent  into 
one  tent,  and  did  eat  and  drink,  and  car- 
ried thence  silver,  and  gold,  and  raiment, 
and  Aveut  and  hid  it;  and  came  again, 
and  entered  into  another  tent,  and  car- 
ried thence  also,  and  Avent  and  hid  it. 

9  Then  they  said  one  to  another.  We 
do  not  Avell :  this  day  is  a  day  of  good 
tidings,  and  we  hold  our  peace:  if  Ave 
tarry  till  the  morning  light,  some  mischief 
Avill  come  upon  us :  noAV  therefore  come, 
that  Ave  may  go  and  tell  the  king's  house- 
hold. 

10  So  they  came  and  called  unto  the  por- 
ter of  the  city:  and  they  told  them,  say- 
ing, We  came  to  the  camp  of  the  Syrians, 
and,  behold,  there  was  no  man  there, 
neither  voice  of  man,  but  horses  tied,  and 
asses  tied,  and  the  tents  as  they  were. 

11  And  he  called  the  porters;  and  they 
told  it  to  the  khig's  house  Avithin. 

12  ^  And  the  king  arose  in  the  night,  and 
said  unto  his  servants,  I  Avill  noAv  sheAv 
you  what  the  Syrians  have  done  to  us. 
They  knoAV  that  Ave  be  hungry;  therefore 
are  they  gone  out  of  the  camp  to  hide 
themselves  in  the  field,  saying.  When 
they  conie  out  of  the  city,  Ave  shall  catch 
them  alive,  and  get  into  the  city. 

13  And  one  of  his  servants  answered  and 
said.  Let  some  take,  I  pray  thee,  five  of 
the  horses  that  remain,  Avhich  are  left  in 
the  city,  (behold,  they  are  as  all  the  mul- 


IL  KINGS. 


tiUide  of  Israel  that  are  left  in  it :  behold, 
I  say,  they  are  even  as  all  the  multitude 
of  the  Israelites  that  are  consumed :)  and 
let  us  send  and  see. 

14  They  took  therefore  two  chariot 
horses ;  and  the  king  sent  after  the  host 
of  the  Syrians,  saying.  Go  and  see. 

15  And  they  Avent  after  them  unto  Jor- 
dan :  and,  lo,  all  the  way  vms  full  of  gar- 
ments and  vessels,  which  the  Syrians  had 
cast  away  in  their  haste.  And  the  mes- 
sengers returned,  and  told  the  king. 

16  And  the  people  went  out,  and  spoiled 
the  tents  of  the  Syrians.  So  a  measure 
of  fine  flour  was  sold  for  a  shekel,  and 
two  m(!asures  of  barley  for  a  shekel,  ac- 
cording to  the  word  of  the  Lokd. 

17  Ti  And  the  king  appointed  the  lord 
on  whose  hand  he  leaned  to  have  the 
charge  of  the  gate :  and  the  people  trode 
upon  him  in  the  gate,  and  he  died,  as 
the  man  of  God  had  said,  who  sjjake 
when  the  king  came  down  to  him. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass  as  the  man  of 
God  had  spoken  to  the  king,  saying.  Two 
measures  of  barley  for  a  shekel,  and  a 
measure  of  fine  flour  for  a  shekel,  shall 
be  to  morrow  about  this  time  in  the  gate 
of  Samaria : 

19  And  that  lord  answered  the  man  of 
God,  and  said,  Now,  behold,  if  the  Loud 
should  make  windows  in  heaven,  might 
such  a  thing  be?  And  he  said,  Behold, 
thou  Shalt  see  it  with  thine  eyes,  but  shalt 
not  cat  thereof. 

20  And  so  it  fell  out  unto  him:  for  the 
people  trode  upon  him  in  the  gate,  and 
he  died.        » 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

THEN  spake  Elisha  unto  the  woman, 
whose  son  he  had  restored  to  life, 
saying,  Arise,  and  go  thou  and  thine 
household,  and  sojourn  v/heresoever  thou 
canst  sojourn:  for  the  Lord  hath  called 
for  a  famine ;  and  it  shall  also  come  upon 
the  land  seven  years. 

2  And  the  woman  arose,  and  did  after 
the  saying  of  the  man  of  God:  and  she 
went  with  her  household,  and  sojourned 
in  the  land  of  the  Philistines  seven  years. 

3  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  seven 
years'  end,  that  the  woman  returned  out 
of  the  land  of  the  Philistines:  and  she 
went  forth  to  cry  unto  tlie  king  for  her 
house  and  for  her  land. 


•i  And  the  king  talked  with  Gehazi  the 
servant  of  the  man  of  God,  saying,  Tell 
me,  I  pray  thee,  all  the  great  things  that 
Elisha  hath  done. 

5  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  was  telling 
the  king  how  he  had  restored  a  dead  body 
to  life,  that,  behold,  the  woman,  whose 
son  he  had  restored  to  life,  cried  to  the 
king  for  her  house  and  for  her  land.  And 
Gehazi  said,  My  lord,  O  king,  this  is-  the 
woman,  and  this  is  her  son,  whom  Elisha 
restored  to  life. 

6  And  when  the  king  asked  the  woman, 
she  told  him.  So  the  king  appointed 
unto  her  a  certain  oflicer,  saying,  Restore 
all  that  was  hers,  and  all  the  fruits  of  the 
field  since  the  day  that  she  left  the  land, 
even  until  now. 

7  ^[  And  Elisha  came  to  Damascus;  and 
Beu-hadad  the  king  of  Syria  was  sick; 
and  it  was  told  him,  saying.  The  man  of 
God  is  come  hither. 

8  And  the  king  said  unto  Hazael,  Take 
a  present  in  thine  hand,  and  go,  meet 
the  man  of  God,  and  inquire  of  the  Lord 
by  him,  saying,  Shall  I  recover  of  this 
disease  ? 

9  So  Hazael  went  to  meet  him,  and  took 
a  present  with  liim,  even  of  every  good 
thing  of  Damascus,  forty  camels'  burden, 
and  came  and  stood  before  him,  and  said. 
Thy  son  Ben-hadad  king  of  Syria  hath 
sent  me  to  thee,  saying.  Shall  I  recover 
of  this  disease? 

10  And  Elisha  said  unto  him.  Go,  say 
unto  him.  Thou  mayest  certainly  recover: 
howbeit  the  Lord  hath  shewed  me  that 
he  shall  surely  die. 

11  And  he  settled  his  countenance  stead- 
fastly, until  he  was  ashamed:  and  the 
man  of  God  wept. 

12  And  Hazael  said,  Why  weepeth  my 
lord?  And  he  answered,  Because  I  know 
the  evil  that  thou  wilt  do  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel:  their  strong  holds  wilt 
thou  set  on  fire,  and  their  young  men 
wilt  thou  slay  with  the  sword,  and  wilt 
dash  their  children,  and  rip  up  their 
women  with  child. 

13  And  Hazael  said,  But  what,  is  thy 
servant  a  dog,  that  he  should  do  this 
great  thing?  And  Elisha  answered,  The 
Lord  hath  shewed  me  that  thou  shalt  he 
king  over  Syria. 

14  So  he  departed  from  Elisha,  and  came 

379 


II.  KINGS. 


to  his  master;  who  baid  to  hhn,  What  said 
Elisha  to  thee?  Aud  he  answered,  He  told 
me  tJiat  thou  shouldest  surely  recover. 

15  Aud  it  came  to  ])ass  on  the  morrow, 
that  he  took  a  thick  cloth,  aud  dipi)ed 
it  iu  water,  aud  spread  it  ou  his  face,  so 
that  he  died:  aud  Hazael  reissued  iu  his 
stead. 

16  ^[  And  in  the  fifth  j'ear  of  Joram  the 
son  of  Ahab  kinj^  of  Israel,  Jehoshaphat 
being  then  kiujz;  of  Judah,  Jehoram  the 
son  of  Jehoshaphat  king  of  Judah  began 
to  reign. 

17  Thirty  and  two  years  old  was  he 
when  he  began  to  reign;  aud  he  reigned 
eight  years  iu  Jerusalem. 

18  And  he  walked  in  the  way  of  the 
kings  of  Israel,  as  did  the  house  of 
Ahab ;  for  the  daughter  of  Ahab  was  his 
wife:  and  he  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord. 

19  Yet  the  Lokd  would  not  destroy  Judah 
for  David  his  servant's  sake,  as  he  prom- 
ised him  to  give  him  always  a  light,  and  to 
his  children. 

20  II  In  his  days  Edom  revolted  from  un- 
der the  hand  of  Judah,  and  made  a  king 
over  themselves. 

21  So  Joram  went  over  to  Zair,  and  all 
the  chariots  with  him:  and  he  rose  by 
night,  aud  smote  the  Edomites  which 
com])assed  him  about,  aud  the  captains  of 
the  chariots :  and  the  people  lied  into  their 
tents. 

23  Yet  Edom  revolted  from  under  the 
hand  of  Judah  unto  this  day.  Then  Libnah 
revolted  at  the  same  time. 

23  Aud  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Joram,  and 
all  that  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the 
book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the  kings  of 
Judah? 

24  Aud  Joram  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
was  buried  with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of 
David :  and  Ahaziah  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

25  Ti  In  the  twelfth  year  of  Joram  the  eon 
of  Ahab  king  of  Israel  did  Ahaziah  the 
son  of  Jehoram  Icing  of  Judah  begin  to 
reign. 

26  Two  and  twenty  years  old  wan  Ahaziah 
when  he  began  to  reign;  and  he  reigned 
one  year  iu  Jerusalem.  And  his  mother's 
name  van  Athaliah,  the  daughter  of  Omri 
king  of  Israel. 

27  Aud  he  walked  in  the  Avay  of  the  house 

—  . 


of  Ahab,  aud  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
Loui>,  as  did  the  house  of  Ahab :  for  he  was 
the  son  in  law  of  the  house  of  Ahab. 

28  ^  And  he  Avcut  with  Joram  the  son  of 
Ahab  to  the  war  against  Hazael  king  of 
Syria  in  Ramoth-gilead;  aud  the  Syrians 
wounded  Joram. 

29  And  king  Joram  went  back  to  be  heal- 
ed in  Jezreel  of  the  wounds  which  the 
Syrians  had  given  him  at  Ramah,  when  he 
fought  against  Hazael  king  of  Syria.  And 
Ahaziah  the  son  of  Jehoram  king  of  Judah 
went  down  to  see  Joraiu  the  sou  of  Ahab 
iu  Jezreel,  because  he  was  sick.         ^ 

CHAPTER  IX. 

AND  Elisha  the  proi)het  called  one  of 
the  children  of  the  prophets,  and  said 
unto  him,  Gird  up  thy  loins,  and  take  this 
box  of  oil  in  thine  hand,  and  go  to  Ra- 
moth-gilead : 

2  And  when  thou  comest  thither,  look 
out  there  Jehu  the  sou  of  Jehoshaphat  the 
son  of  Nimshi,  and  go  in,  and  make  him 
arise  up  from  among  his  brethren,  and 
carry  him  to  an  inner  chamber; 

3  Then  take  the  box  of  oil,  and  pour  it  on 
his  head,  and  say,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  I 
have  anointed  thee  king  over  Israel.  Then 
open  the  door,  and  flee,  and  tarry  not. 

4  T[  So  the  young  man,  even  the  young 
man  the  prophet,  went  to  Ramoth-gilead. 

5  And  when  he  came,  behold,  the  captains 
of  the  host  were  sitting ;  and  he  said,  I  have 
an  errand  to  thee,  O  captain.  And  Jehu 
said.  Unto  which  of  all  us  ?  And  he  said, 
To  thee,  O  captain. 

6  And  he  arose,  and  went  into  the  house; 
and  he  poured  the  oil  on  his  head,  aud 
said  unto  him,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God 
of  Israel,  I  have  anointed  thee  king  over 
the  people  of  the  Lord,  ei<eu  over  Israel. 

7  And  thou  shalt  smite  the  house  of  Ahab 
thy  master,  that  I  may  aveuge  the  blood 
of  my  servants  the  i)rophets,  and  the  l)lood 
of  all  the  servants  of  the  Lord,  at  the  hand 
of  Jezebel. 

8  For  the  whole  house  of  Ahab  shall  per- 
ish: and  I  will  cut  off  from  Ahab  him  that 
])isseth  against  the  Avail,  and  him  that  is 
shut  up  and  left  in  Israel : 

9  And  I  will  make  the  house  of  Ahab  like 
the  house  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat, 
and  like  the  house  of  Baasha  the  son^f 
Ahijah: 


II.  KINGS. 


10  And  the  dojrs  shall  cat  Jczehel  in  the 
])ortiou  of  JczrcL'l,  and  there  sJiall  be  none 
to  bury  her.  And  he  opened  the  door, 
and  fled. 

11  Ti  Thcu  Jehu  came  forth  to  the  serv- 
ants of  his  lord:  and  o?<e  said  irnto  him, 
h  all  -well  y  -wherefore  came  this  mad 
felkm  to   thee?     And   he  said  unto   them, 

Ye   know  the   man,  and  his   eommuniea- 
tiou. 

12  And  they  said.  It  it  false ;  tell  us  now. 
And  he  said.  Thus  and  thus  spake  he  to 
me,  sayiui?.  Thus  saith  the  Lokd,  I  have 
anointed  thee  king  over  Israel. 

13  Then  they  hasted,  and  took  every  man 
his  garment,  and  put  it  imder  him  on  the 
top  of  the  stairs,  and  blew  with  trumpets, 
saying,  Jehu  is  king. 

14  So  Jehu  the  son  of  Jehoshaphat  the 
sou  of  Nimshi  eouspired  against  Jorara. 
(Now  Jorara  had  kept  Ramoth-gilead,  he 
and  all  Israel,  because  of  Hazael  king  of 
Syria. 

15  But  king  Joram  was  returned  to  be 
healed  in  Jezreel  of  the  wounds  which 
the  Syrians  had  given  him,  when  he  fought 
with  Hazael  king  of  Syria.)  And  Jehu 
said.  If  it  be  your  minds,  then  let  none 
go  forth  vor  escape  out  of  the  city  to  go 
to  tell  (7  in  Jezreel. 

16  So  Jehu  rode  in  a  chariot,  and  went 
to  Jezreel ;  fur  Joram  lay  there.  And 
Ahaziah  king  of  Judah  was  come  down  to 
see  Joram. 

17  And  there  stood  a  watchman  on  the 
tower  in  Jezreel,  and  he  spied  the  com- 
jiany  of  Jehu  as  he  came,  and  said,  I  see  a 
company.  And  Joram  said.  Take  a  horse- 
man, and  send  to  meet  them,  and  let 
him  say,  7s  it  peace  ? 

18  So  there  went  one  on  horseback  to 
meet  him,  and  said.  Thus  saith  the  king, 
Is  it  peace?  And  Jehu  said,  What  hast 
thou  to  do  Avith  peace?  turn  thee  behind 
me.  And  the  watchman  told,  saying.  The 
messenger  came  to  them,  but  he  cometh 
not  again. 

19  Then  he  sent  out  a  second  on  horse- 
back, Avhich  came  to  them,  and  said.  Thus 
saith  the  king.  Is  it  peace?  And  Jehu 
answered.  What  hast  thou  to  do  Avith 
peace  ?  turn  thee  behind  me. 

20  And  the  watchman  told,  saying,  He 
came  even  unto  them,  and  cometh  not 
again:  and  the  driving  i.s  like  the  driving 


of  Jehu  the  sou  of  Nimshi;  for  he  driveth 
furiously. 

21  And  Joram  said.  Make  ready.  And 
his  chariot  Avas  made  ready.  And  Joram 
king  of  Israel  and  Ahaziah  king  of  Ju- 
dah Avent  out,  each  in  his  chariot,  and 
they  Avcnt  out  against  Jehu,  and  met  him 
in  the  portioii  of  Naboth  the  Jezreelite. 

22  And  it  came  to  invss,  Avhen  Joram 
saw  Jehu,  that  he  said.  Is  it  peace,  Jehu  ? 
And  he  answered,  What  peace,  so  long  as 
the  whoredoms  of  thy  mother  Jezebel  and 
her  witchcrafts  are  so  many? 

23  And  Joram  turned  his  hands,  and  fled, 
and  said  to  Ahaziah,  T7iere  is  treachery, 
O  Ahaziah. 

24  And  Jehu  drcAV  a  boAV  with  his  full 
strength,  and  smote  Jehoram  betAveen 
his  arms,  and  the  arrow  Avcnt  out  at  his 
heart,  and  he  sunk  down  in  his  chariot. 

25  Then  said  Jehu  to  Bidkar  his  captain. 
Take  up,  aiid  cast  him  in  the  portion  of 
the  field  of  Naboth  the  Jezreelite:  for  re- 
member how  that,  Avhen  I  and  thou  rode 
together  after  Ahab  his  father,  the  Lokd 
laid  this  burden  upon  him; 

26  Surely  I  have  seen  yesterday  the  blood 
of  Naboth,  and  the  blood  of  his  sons,  saith 
the  Loud;  and  1  Avill  requite  thee  in  this 
plat,  saith  the  Lord.  Noav  therefore  take 
a7id  east  him  into  the  plat  of  ground^  ac- 
cording to  the  Avord  of  the  Lokd. 

27  K  But  Avhen  Ahaziah  the  king  of  Ju- 
dah saw  this^  he  fled  by  the  Avay  of  the 
garden  house.  And  Jehu  folloAved  after 
him,  and  said,  Smite  him  also  in  the  char- 
iot. And  they  did  so  at  the  going  up  to 
Gur,  Avhich  is  b}-  Ibleam.  And  he  fled  to 
Megiddo,  and  died  there. 

28  And  his  servants  carried  him  in  a  char- 
iot to  Jerusalem,  and  buried  him  in  his 
sepulchre  Avith  his  fixthers  in  the  city  of 
David. 

29  And  in  the  eleventh  year  of  Joram 
the  son  of  Ahab  began  Ahaziah  to  reign 
over  Judah. 

30  M  And  Avhen  Jehti  Avas  come  to  Jez- 
reel, Jezebel  heard  of  it ;  and  slie  painted 
her  face,  and  tired  her  head,  and  looked 
out  at  a  windoAv. 

31  And  as  Jehu  entered  in  at  the  gate, 
she  said,  Had  Zimri  peace,  Avho  slew  his 
master? 

32  And  he  lifted  up  his  flice  to  the  win- 
doAV,  and  said.  Who  is  on  my  side?  Avho? 

381 


II.  KINGS. 


And    there    looked    out   to    him    two    or 
three  eumichs. 

33  And  he  said,  Throw  her  down.  So 
they  threw  her  doAvn:  and  siome  of  her 
hlood  was  sprinkled  on  the  wall,  and  on 
the  horses :  and  he  trode  her  under 
foot. 

34  And  -when  he  was  come  in,  he  did 
eat  and  drink,  and  said.  Go,  see  now  this 
cursed  icoman,  and  bury  her:  for  she  is  a 
king's  daughter. 

35  And  they  went  to  bury  her:  but  they 
found  no  more  of  her  than  the  skull,  and 
the  feet,  and  the  palms  of  her  hands. 

30  Wherefore  they  came  again,  and  told 
him.  And  he  said.  This  in  the  word  of 
the  Lord,  which  he  spake  by  his  servant 
Elijah  the  Tishbite,  saying.  In  the  portion 
of  Jezreel  shall  dogs  eat  the  flesh  of 
Jezebel: 

37  And  the  carcass  of  Jezebel  shall  be 
as  dung  upon  the  face  of  the  field  in  the 
portion  of  Jezreel;  .so  that  they  shall  not 
say,  This  is  Jezebel. 

CHAPTER  X. 

AND  Ahab  had  seventy  sons  in  Sama- 
ria. And  Jehu  wrote  letters,  and 
sent  to  Samaria,  unto  the  rulers  of  Jez- 
reel, to  the  elders,  and  to  them  that 
brought  up  Ahab's  children.,  saying, 

2  Now  as  soon  as  this  letter  cometh  to 
you,  seeing  your  master's  sons  are  Avith 
you,  and  there  are  with  you  chariots  and 
horses,  a  fenced  city  also,  and  armour; 

3  Look  even  out  the  best  and  meetest 
of  your  master's  sons,  and  set  him  on 
his  father's  throne,  and  fight  for  your 
master's  house. 

4  But  they  were  exceedingly  afraid,  and 
said,  Behold,  two  kings  stood  not  before 
him :  how  then  shall  Ave  stand? 

5  And  he  that  was  over  the  house,  and 
he  that  wa.'i  over  the  city,  the  elders  also, 
and  the  bringers  up  of  the  children,  sent 
to  Jehu,  saying.  We  arc  thy  servants,  and 
will  do  all  that  thou  shalt  bid  us;  we 
will  not  make  any  king:  do  thou  that 
tchich  is  good  in  thine  eyes. 

6  Then  he  wrote  a  letter  the  second 
time  to  them,  saying.  If  ye  be  mine,  and 
if  ye  will  hearken  unto  my  voice,  take 
ye  the  heads  of  the  men  your  master's 
sons,  and  come  to  me  to  Jezreel  by  to 
morrow  this  time.     Now  the  king's  sons, 

3^ 


bciitf/  seventy  persons,  were  with  the  great 
men  of  the  city,  which  brought  them  up. 

7  And  it  came  to  pass,  Avhen  the  letter 
came  to  them,  that  they  took  the  king's 
sons,  and  slew  seventy  persons,  and  put 
their  heads  in  baskets,  and  sent  him  them 
to  Jezreel. 

8  li  And  there  came  a  messenger,  and 
told  him,  saying.  They  have  brought  the 
heads  of  the  king's  sous.  And  he  said, 
Lay  ye  them  in  two  heaps  at  the  enter- 
ing in  of  the  gate  until  the  morning. 

9  And  it  came  to  i)ass  in  the  morning, 
that  he  went  out,  and  stood,  and  said  to 
all  the  people.  Ye  be  righteous:  behold,  I 
conspired  against  ray  master,  and  slew 
him  :  but  who  slew  all  these? 

10  Know  now  that  there  shall  fall  unto 
the  earth  nothing  of  the  Avord  of  the 
Lord,  which  the  Lord  spake  concerning 
the  house  of  Ahab:  for  the  Lord  hath 
done  that  Avhich  he  spake  by  his  servant 
Elijah. 

11  So  Jehu  slew  all  that  remained  of 
the  house  of  Ahab  in  Jezreel,  and  all  his 
great  men,  and  his  kinsfolks,  and  his 
priests,  until  he  left  him  none  remaining. 

12  1i  And  he  arose  and  departed,  and 
came  to  Samaria.  A7id  as  he  was  at  the 
shearing  house  in  the  Avay, 

13  Jehu  met  Avith  the  brethren  of  Aha- 
ziah  king  of  Judah,  and  said,  Who  are 
ye?  And  they  ausAvered,  We  are  the 
brethren  of  Ahaziah;  and  we  go  dOAvn 
to  salute  the  children  of  the  king  and 
the  children  of  the  queen. 

14  And  he  said.  Take  them  alive.  And 
they  took  them  alive,  and  slew  them  at 
the  pit  of  the  shearing  house,  e7mi  two 
and  forty  men;  neither  left  he  any  of 
them. 

15  1  And  when  he  A\as  departed  thence, 
he  lighted  on  Jehonadab  the  son  of 
Rechab  cornintj  to  meet  him :  and  he 
saluted  him,  and  said  to  him.  Is  thine 
heart  right,  as  my  heart  U  Avith  thy  heart? 
And  Jehonadab  ansAvered,  It  is.  If  it  be, 
give  me  thine  hand.  And  he  gave  him 
his  hand ;  and  he  took  him  up  to  him 
into  the  chariot. 

16  And  he  said.  Come  with  me,  and  see 
my  zeal  for  the  Lord.  So  they  made  him 
ride  in  his  chariot. 

17  And  Avhen  he  came  to  Samaria,  he 
slew  all  that  remained  unto  Ahab  in  Sa- 


II.  KINGS. 


niaria,  till  he  had  destro3'cd  him,  accord- 
ing to  the  saying  of  the  Lokd,  which  he 
spake  to  Elijah. 

18  1  And  Jehu  gathered  all  the  people 
together,  and  saiid  unto  thera,  Ahab 
served  Baal  a  little;  but  Jehu  shall  serve 
him  much. 

19  Now  therefore  call  imto  me  all  the 
prophets  of  Baal,  all  his  servants,  and  all 
his  priests;  let  none  be  wanting:  for  I 
have  a  great  sacrifice  to  do  to  Baal;  who- 
soever shall  be  wanting,  he  shall  not  live. 
But  Jehu  did  it  in  subtilty,  to  the  intent 
that  he  might  destroy  the  worshippers  of 
Baal. 

20  And  Jehu  said.  Proclaim  a  solemn 
assembly  for  Baal.  And  they  proclaimed 
it. 

21  And  Jehu  sent  through  all  Israel : 
and  all  the  worshippers  of  Baal  came,  so 
that  there  was  not  a  man  left  that  came 
not.  And  they  came  into  the  house  of 
Biial;  and  the  house  of  Baal  was  full 
from  one  end  to  another. 

22  And  he  said  unto  him  that  was  over 
the  vestry.  Bring  forth  vestments  for  all 
the  worshippers  of  Baal.  And  he  brought 
them  forth  vestments. 

2o  And  Jehu  went,  and  Jehonadab  the 
son  of  Rechab,  into  the  house  of  Baal, 
and  said  unto  the  worshippers  of  Baal, 
Search,  and  look  that  there  be  here  with 
you  none  of  the  servants  of  the  Lokd, 
but  the  worshippers  of  Baal  only. 

24  And  when  they  went  in  to  offer 
sacrifices  and  burnt  offerings,  Jehu  ap- 
pointed fourscore  men  without,  and  said, 
If  any  of  the  men  whom  I  have  brought 
into  j'our  hands  escape,  he  that  letteth 
him  go^  his  life  shall  be  for  the  life  of 
him. 

25  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon  as  he 
had  made  an  end  of  offering  the  burnt 
ofi'ering,  that  Jehu  said  to  the  guard  and 
to  the  captains.  Go  in,  and  slay  them ; 
let  none  come  forth.  And  they  smote 
them  with  the  edge  of  the  sword;  and 
the  guard  and  the  captains  cast  them 
out,  and  went  to  the  city  of  the  house  of 
Baal. 

26  And  they  brought  forth  the  images 
out  of  the  house  of  Baal,  and  burned 
thera. 

27  And  they  brake  down  the  image  of 
Baal,  and  brake  down  the  house  of  Baal, 


and  made  it  a  draught  house  unto  this 
day. 

28  Thus  Jehu  destroyed  Baal  out  of 
Israel. 

29  T[  Howbeit,/rom  the  sins  of  Jeroboam 
the  son  of  Nebat,  who  made  Israel  to  sin, 
Jehu  departed  not  from  after  them,  to  tvit, 
the  golden  calves  that  were  in  Beth-el,  and 
that  loere  in  Dan. 

30  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Jehu,  Be- 
cause thou  hast  done  well  in  executing 
that  which  is  right  in  mine  eyes,  and  hast 
done  unto  the  house  of  Ahab  according 
to  all  that  was  in  mine  heart,  thy  chil- 
dren of  the  fourth  generation  shall  sit  on 
the  throne  of  Israel. 

31  But  Jehu  took  no  heed  to  walk  in  the 
law  of  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  with  all  his 
heart:  for  he  departed  not  from  the  sins 
of  Jeroboam,  which  made  Israel  to  sin. 

32  II  In  those  days  the  Lord  began  to 
cut  Israel  short:  and  Hazael  smote  them 
in  all  the  coasts  of  Israel; 

33  From  Jordan  eastward,  all  the  laud 
of  Gilead,  the  Gaditcs,  and  the  Rcubcn- 
ites,  and  the  Manassites,  from  Arocr, 
which  is  by  the  river  Arnon,  even  Gilead 
and  Bashan. 

34  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jehu, 
and  all  that  he  did,  and  all  his  might,  are 
they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
Chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel  ? 

35  And  Jehu  slept  with  his  fathers:  and 
they  buried  him  in  Samaria.  And  Jchoa- 
haz  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

36  And  the  time  that  Jehu  reigned  over 
Israel  in  Samaria  was  twenty  and  eight 
years.  ^ 

CHAPTER  XL 

AND    when    Athaliah    the    mother    of 
Ahaziah  saw  that  her  son  was  dead, 
she  arose  and  destroyed  all  the  seed  royal. 

2  But  Jehosheba,  the  daughter  of  king 
Joram,  sister  of  Ahaziah,  took  Joash  the 
son  of  Ahaziah,  and  stole  him  from  among 
the  king's  sons  vihicJi  vi'^re  slain ;  and  they 
hid  him,  even  him  and  his  nurse,  in  the 
bedchamber  from  Athaliah,  so  that  he  was 
not  slain. 

3  And  he  was  with  her  hid  in  the  house 
of  the  Lord  six  years.  And  Athaliah  did 
reign  over  the  land. 

4  i[  And  the  seventh  year  Jehoiada  sent 
and  fetched  the  rulers  over  hundreds,  with 
the  captains  and  the  guard,  and  brought 

"  383 


II.  KINGS. 


them  to  him  into  the  house  of  the  Lokd, 
and  made  a  covenant  "vvith  them,  and  took 
an  oath  of  them  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  shewed  them  the  kinj^'s  son. 

5  And  he  commanded  them,  saying,  This 
v<  the  thin<?  that  ye  shall  do ;  A  third  jxirt 
of  you  that  enter  in  on  the  sabbath  shall 
even  be  keepers  of  the  watch  of  the  king's 
house ; 

6  And  a  third  part  shall  be  at  the  gate  of 
Sur;  and  a  third  part  at  the  gate  behind 
the  guard:  so  shall  ye  keep  the  watch  of 
the  house,  that  it  be  not  broken  down. 

7  And  two  i)arts  of  all  you  that  go  forth 
on  the  sabbath,  even  they  shall  keep  the 
watch  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  about  the 
king. 

8  And  ye  shall  compass  the  king  round 
about,  every  man  with  his  weapons  in  his 
hand:  and  he  that  cometh  within  the 
ranges,  let  him  be  slain:  and  be  ye  with 
the  king  as  he  goeth  out  and  as  lie  cometh 
in. 

9  And  the  captains  over  the  hundreds  did 
according  to  all  things  that  Jehoiada  the 
priest  commanded:  and  they  took  every 
man  his  men  that  were  to  come  in  on  the 
sabbath,  Avith  them  that  should  go  out  on 
the  sabbath,  and  came  to  Jehoiada  the 
priest. 

10  And  to  the  cai)tains  over  hundreds  did 
the  priest  give  king  David's  spears  and 
shields,  that  were  in  the  temple  of  the 
Lord. 

11  And  the  guard  stood,  every  man  with 
his  weapons  in  his  hand,  round  about  the 
king,  from  the  right  corner  of  the  temple 
to  the  left  corner  of  the  temple,  along  by 
the  altar  and  the  tem])le. 

13  And  he  brought  forth  the  king's  son, 
and  put  the  crown  upon  him,  and  gave 
him  the  testimony;  and  they  made  him 
king,  and  anointed  him  ;  and  they  clapped 
their  hands,  and  said,  God  save  the  king. 

V't  ^  And  when  Athaliah  heard  the  noise 
of  the  guard  atnl  of  the  people,  she  came 
to  the  j)eople  into  the  temple  of  the 
Lord. 

14  And  Avhen  she  looked,  behold,  tlie  king 
stood  by  a  pillar,  as  the  manner  7ra.v,  and 
the  princes  and  the  trumpeters  by  the 
king,  and  all  the  people  of  the  land  rejoic- 
ed, and  blew  with  trumpets  :  and  Atlialiah 
rent  her  clothes,  and  cried.  Treason,  trea- 
son. 


15  But  Jehoiada  the  priest  commanded 
the  ca])tains  of  the  hundreds,  the  officers 
of  the  host,  and  said  unto  them,  Have  her 
forth  without  the  ranges ;  and  him  that 
followeth  her  kill  with  the  sword.  For  the 
priest  had  said.  Let  her  not  be  slain  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord. 

16  And  they  laid  hands  on  her;  and  she 
went  by  the  way  by  the  which  the  horses 
came  into  the  king's  house :  and  there  was 
she  slain. 

17  H  And  Jehoiada  made  a  covenant  be- 
tween the  Lord  and  the  king  and  the 
people,  that  they  should  be  the  Lord's 
people;  between  the  king  also  and  the 
people. 

I  18  And  all  the  people  of  the  land  went 
into  the  house  of  Baal,  and  brake  it  down; 
his  altars  and  his  images  brake  they  in 
pieces  thoroughly,  and  slew  Mattan  the 
priest  of  Baal  before  the  altars.  And  the 
priest  appointed  officers  over  the  house  of 
the  Lord. 

19  And  he  took  the  rulers  over  hundreds, 
and  the  captains,  and  the  guard,  and  all 
the  people  of  the  land;  and  they  brought 
down  the  king  from  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  came  by  the  way  of  the  gate 
of  the  guard  to  the  king's  house.  And 
he  sat  on  the  throne  of  the  kings. 

20  And  all  the  people  of  the  land  re- 
joiced, and  the  city  was  in  quiet :  and 
they  slew  Athaliah  with  the  sword  beside 
the  king's  house. 

21  Seven  years  old  7oas  Jehoash  when  he 
began  to  reign.         r 

CHAPTER   XIL 

IN  the  seventh  year  of  Jehu,  Jehoash 
began  to  reign  ;  and  forty  years  reigned 
he  in  Jerusalem.  And  his  mother's  name 
was  Zibiah  of  Beer-sheba. 

2  And  Jehoash  did  that  whicli  wa.f  right 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  all  his  days 
wherein  Jehoiada  the  priest  instructed 
him. 

3  But  the  high  places  were  not  taken 
away:  the  people  still  sacriliced  and  burnt 
incense  in  the  high  places. 

4  If  And  Jehoash  said  to  the  priests.  All 
the  money  of  the  dedicated  things  that  is 
brought  into  the  house  of  the  Lord,  cveii 
the  money  of  every  one  that  passeth  iJte 
aceonni,  the  money  that  every  man  is  set 
at,  a7ui  all  the  money  that    cometh  into 


II.  KINGS. 


any  man's  heart  to  bring  into  the  house 
of  the  LoKD, 

5  Let  the  priests  take  it  to  them,  every 
man  of  his  acquaintance :  and  let  them 
repair  the  breaches  of  the  house,  -whereso- 
ever any  breach  shall  be  found. 

6  But  it  was  .so,  that  in  the  three  and 
twentieth  year  of  king  Jehoash  the  priests 
had  not  repaired  the  breaches  of  the  house. 

7  Then  king  Jehoash  called  for  Jehoia- 
da  the  priest,  and  the  other  priests,  and 
said  unto  them.  Why  repair  ye  not  the 
breaches  of  the  house?  now  therefore  re- 
ceive no  7n<>7-e  money  of  your  acquaint- 
ance, but  deliver  it  for  the  breaches  of 
the  house. 

8  And  the  priests  consented  to  receive 
no  more  money  of  the  people,  neither  to 
repair  the  breaches  of  the  house. 

9  But  Jehoiadu  the  priest  took  a  chest, 
and  bored  a  hole  in  the  lid  of  it,  and  set 
it  beside  the  altar,  on  the  right  side  as 
one  Cometh  into  the  house  of  the  Lord  : 
and  the  priests  that  kept  the  door  put 
therein  all  the  money  that  was  brought 
into  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

10  And  it  was  so,  M^hen  they  saw  that 
there  was  much  money  in  the  chest,  that 
the  king's  scribe  and  the  high  priest  came 
up,  and  they  put  up  in  bags,  and  told 
the  money  that  was  found  in  the  house 
of  the  Lord. 

11  And  they  gave  the  money,  being  told, 
into  the  hands  of  them  that  did  the  work, 
that  had  the  oversight  of  the  house  of 
the  Lord:  and  they  laid  it  out  to  the 
carpenters  and  builders,  that  wrought 
upon  the  house  of  the  Lord, 

12  And  to  masons,  and  hewers  of  stone, 
and  to  buy  timber  and  hewed  stone  to 
repair  the  breaches  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  for  all  that  was  laid  out  for 
the  house  to  repair  it. 

13  Howbeit  there  were  not  made  for  the 
house  of  the  Lord  bowls  of  silver,  snuff- 
ers, basins,  trumpets,  any  A'esscls  of  gold, 
or  vessels  of  silver,  of  the  money  that 
was  brought  into  the  house  of  the  Lord  : 

14  But  they  gave  that  to  the  workmen, 
and  repaired  therewith  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

15  Moreover  they  reckoned  not  with  the 
men,  into  whose  hand  they  delivered  the 
money  to  be  bestowed  on  workmen:  for 
they  dealt  faithfully. 

25 


16  The  trespass  money  and  sin  money 
was  not  brought  into  the  house  of  the 
Lord  :  it  was  the  priests'. 

17  T[  Then  Hazael  king  of  Syria  went  up, 
and  fought  against  Gath,  and  took  it : 
and  Hazael  set  his  face  to  go  up  to  Jeru- 
salem. 

18  And  Jehoash  king  of  Judah  took  all 
the  hallowed  things  that  Jehoshaphat,  and 
Jehoram,  and  Ahaziah,  his  fiithers,  kings 
of  Judah,  had  dedicated,  and  his  own  hal- 
lowed things,  and  all  the  gold  that  Avas 
found  in  the  treasures  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  in  the  king's  house,  and  sent 
it  to  Hazael  king  of  Syria:  and  he  went 
away  from  Jerusalem. 

19  1  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Joash, 
and  all  that  he  did,  are  they  not  written 
in  the  book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the 
kings  of  Judah  ? 

20  And  his  servants  arose,  and  made  a 
conspiracy,  and  slew  Joash  in  the  house 
of  Millo,  which  goeth  down  to  Silla. 

21  For  Jozachar  the  son  of  Shimeath, 
and ,  Jehozabad  the  son  of  Shomer,  his 
servants,  smote  him,  and  he  died;  and 
they  buried  him  with  his  tl\thers  in  the 
city  of  David :  and  Amaziah  his  son  reign- 
ed in  his  stead.  ««• 

CHAPTER  XIIL 

IN  the  three  and  twentieth  year  of  Jo- 
ash the  son  of  Ahaziah  king  of  Ju- 
dah, Jehoahaz  the  son  of  Jehu  began  to 
reign  over  Israel  in  Samaria,  a7ul  reiyjicd 
seventeen  years. 

2  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord,  and  followed  the  sins 
of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat,  which 
made  Israel  to  sin;  he  departed  not 
therefrom. 

3  TI  And  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was 
kindled  against  Israel,  and  he  delivered 
them  into  the  hand  of  Hazael  king  of 
Syria,  and  into  the  hand  of  Beu-hadad  the 
son  of  Hazael,  all  tJteir  days. 

4  And  Jehoahaz  besought  the  Lord,  and 
the  Lord  hearkened  unto  him :  for  he  saw 
the  oppression  of  Israel,  because  the  king 
of  Syria  oppressed  them. 

5  (And  the  Lord  gave  Israel  a  saviour,  so 
that  they  went  out  from  under  the  hand 
of  the  Syrians :  and  the  children  of  Israel 
dwelt  in  their  tents,  as  beforetime. 

6  Nevertheless    they   departed   not   from 


oSo 


II.  KINGS. 


the  sius  of  the  house  of  Jeroboam,  who 
made  Israel  sin,  hut  walked  therein:  and 
there  remained  the  grove  also  in  Samaria.) 

7  Neither  did  he  leave  of  the  people  to 
Jehoahaz  Init  tifty  horsemen,  and  ten  char- 
iots, and  ten  thousand  footmen;  for  the 
king  of  Syria  had  destroyed  them,  and 
had  made  them  like  the  dust  by  threshing. 

8  II  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jehoahaz, 
and  all  that  he  did,  and  his  might,  are 
they  not  written  in  the  1)ook  of  the 
Chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel? 

y  And  Jehoahaz  slept  with  his  fathers; 
and  they  buried  him  in  Samaria:  and  Jo- 
ash  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

10  ^  In  the  thirty  and  seventh  year  of 
Joash  king  of  Judah  began  Jehoash  the 
son  of  Jehoahaz  to  reign  over  Israel  in 
Samaria,  and  reigned  sixteen  years. 

11  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the 
sight  of  the  Loud;  he  departed  not  from 
all  the  sins  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat, 
who  made  Israel  sin :  bnt  he  walked  there- 
in. 

13  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Joash,  and 
all  that  he  did,  and  his  might  wherewith 
he  fought  against  Amaziah  king  of  Judah, 
are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
Chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel? 

13  And  Joash  slept  Avith  his  fathers; 
and  Jeroboam  sat  upon  his  throne:  and 
Joash  was  buried  in  Samaria  with  the 
kings  of  Israel. 

14  1[  Now  Elisha  was  fallen  sick  of  his 
sickness  whereof  he  died.  And  Joash  the 
king  of  Israel  came  down  unto  him,  and 
wept  over  his  face,  and  said,  O  my  father, 
my  father!  the  chariot  of  Israel,  and  the 
horsemen  thereof. 

1.5  And  Elisha  said  unto  him.  Take  bow 
and  arrows.  And  he  took  unto  him  bow 
and  arrows. 

16  And  he  said  to  the  king  of  Israel, 
Put  thine  hand  upon  the  bow.  And  he 
put  his  hand  npo?/,  it:  and  Elisha  put  his 
hands  upon  the  king's  hands. 

17  And  he  said.  Open  the  window  east- 
ward. And  he  opened  it.  Then  Elislia 
said.  Shoot.  And  he  shot.  And  he  said. 
The  arrow  of  the  Lord's  deliverance,  and 
the  arrow  of  deliverance  from  Syria:  for 
thou  shalt  smite  the  Syrians  in  Aphek,  till 
thou  have  consumed  thrm. 

18  And  he  said,  Take  the  arrows.  And  he 
took  them.     And  he  said  unto  the  king  of 

386 


Israel,   Smite  upon  the  ground.     And  he 
smote  thrice,  and  stayed. 

19  And  the  man  of  God  Avas  wroth  with 
him,  and  said.  Thou  shouldest  have  smit- 
ten five  or  six  times;  then  hadst  thou 
smitten  Syria  till  thou  hadst  consumed 
it:  whereas  now  thou  shalt  smite  Syria 
but  thrice. 

20  Ti  And  Elisha  died,  and  they  buried 
him.  And  the  bands  of^the  Moabites  in- 
vaded the  land  at  the  coming  in  of  the 
year. 

21  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  were 
burying  a  man,  that,  behold,  they  spied 
a  band  of  men :  and  they  cast  the  man 
into  the  sepulchre  of  Elisha:  and  when 
the  man  Avas  let  doAvn,  and  touched 
the  bones  of  Elisha,  he  revived,  and  stood 
up  on  his  feet. 

22  ^  But  Hazael  king  of  Syria  oppressed 
Israel  all  the  days  of  Jehoahaz. 

23  And  the  Lokd  Avas  gracious  imto  them, 
and  had  compassion  on  them,  and  had 
respect  unto  them,  because  of  his  cove- 
nant with  Abraham,  Isaac,  and  Jacob, 
and  Avould  not  destroy  them,  neither  cast 
he  them  from  his  presence  as  yet. 

24  So  Hazael  king  of  Syria  died ;  and  Ben- 
hadad  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

25  And  Jehoash  the  son  of  Jehoahaz  took 
again  out  of  the  hand  of  Ben-hadad  the 
son  of  Hazael  the  cities,  which  he  had 
taken  out  of  the  hand  of  Jehoahaz  his 
father  by  war.  Three  times  did  Joash 
beat  him,  and  recovered  the  cities  of  Is- 
rael. > 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

IN   the    second    year    of   Joash    son    of 
Jehoahaz  king  of  Israel  reigned  Ama- 
ziah the  son  of  Joash  king  of  Judah. 

2  He  Avas  twenty  and  five  years  old  when 
he  began  to  reign,  and  reigned  tAventy  and 
nine  years  in  Jerusalem.  And  his  mother's 
name  watt  Jehoaddan  of  Jeriisalem. 

3  And  he  did  that  which  waj<  right  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lokd,  yet  not  like  David 
his  father:  he  did  according  to  all  things 
as  Joash  his  father  did. 

4  HoAvbeit  the  high  places  Avere  not 
taken  away :  as  yet  the  people  did  sacritice 
and  burnt  incense  on  the  high  places. 

5  H  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon  as 
the  kingdom  Avas  confirmed  in  his  hand, 
that  he  sIcav  his  servants  Avhich  had  slain 

'  the  king  his  father. 


II.  KINGS. 


6  But  the  children  of  the  murderers  he 
slew  not :  according  unto  that  which  is 
written  in  the  book  of  the  law  of  Moses, 
wherein  the  Loud  commanded,  saying. 
The  fathers  shall  not  be  put  to  death  for 
the  children,  nor  the  children  be  put  to 
death  for  the  fathers ;  but  every  man  shall 
be  put  to  death  for  his  own  sin. 

7  He  slew  of  Edom  in  the  valley  of 
salt  ten  thousand,  and  took  Selah  by  war, 
and  called  the  name  of  it  Joktheel  unto 
this  day. 

8  1  Then  Araaziah  sent  messengers  to 
Jehoasli,  the  son  of  Jehoahaz  son  of  Jehu, 
king  of  Israel,  saying,  Come,  let  us  look 
one  another  in  the  face. 

9  And  Jehoash  the  king  of  Israel  sent  to 
Amaziah  king  of  Judah,  saying.  The  thistle 
that  tvas  in  Lebanon  sent  to  the  cedar 
that  was  in  Lebanon,  saying.  Give  thy 
daughter  to  my  son  to  wife:  and  there 
passed  by  a  wild  bciist  that  imn  in  Leb- 
anon, and  trode  down  the  thistle. 

10  Thou  hast  indeed  smitten  Edom,  and 
thine  heart  hath  lifted  thee  up:  glory  (/ 
this,  and  tarry  at  home :  for  why  shouid- 
est  thou  meddle  to  thy  hurt,  that  thou 
shouldest  fall,  even  thou,  and  Judah  with 
thee  ? 

11  But  Amaziah  would  not  hear.  There- 
fore Jehoash  king  of  Israel  went  up ;  and 
he  and  Amaziah  king  of  Judah  looked 
one  another  in  the  face  at  Beth-she- 
mesh,  which  heloiigcth  to  Judah. 

12  And  Judah  was  put  to  the  worse 
before  Israel;  and  they  tied  every  man 
to  their  tents. 

13  And  Jehoash  king  of  Israel  took 
Amaziah  king  of  Judah,  the  son  of  Jeho- 
ash the  son  of  Ahaziah,  at  Beth-shemesh, 
and  came  to  Jerusalem,  and  brake  down 
the  wall  of  Jerusalem  from  the  gate  of 
Ephraim  unto  the  corner  gate,  four  hund- 
red cubits. 

14  And  he  took  all  the  gold  and  silver, 
and  all  the  vessels  that  were  found  in 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  in  the  treas- 
ures of  the  king's  house,  and  hostages, 
and  retunied  to  Samaria. 

15  H  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jeho- 
ash which  he  did,  and  his  might,  and  how 
he  fought  with  Amaziah  king  of  Judah, 
are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
Chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel  ? 

16  And  Jehoash   slept   with   his  fathers, 


and  was  buried  in  Samaria  with  the 
kings  of  Israel ;  and  Jeroboam  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

17  1[  And  Amaziah  the  son  of  Joash 
king  of  Judah  lived  after  the  death  of 
Jehoash  son  of  Jehoahaz  king  of  Israel 
fifteen  years. 

18  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Amaziah, 
are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
Chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Judah? 

19  Now  they  made  a  conspiracy  against 
him  in  Jerusalem:  and  he  fled  to  La- 
chish;  but  they  sent  after  him  to  Lachish, 
and  slew  him  there. 

20  And  they  brought  him  on  horses: 
and  he  was  buried  at  Jerusalem  with  his 
fathers  in  the  city  of  David. 

21  1|  And  all  the  people  of  Judah  took 
Azariah,  which  wan  si.xtcen  years  old,  and 
made  him  king  instead  of  his  fother  Am- 
aziah. 

22  He  built  Elath,  and  restored  it  to 
Judah,  after  that  the  king  slept  with  his 
fathers. 

23  Ti  In  the  fifteenth  year  of  Amaziah 
the  son  of  Joash  king  of  Judah,  Jeroboam 
the  son  of  Joash  king  of  Israel  began 
to  reign  in  Samaria,  and  reigned  forty  and 
one  years. 

24  And  he  did  that  whicJi  wan  evil  in  the 
siglit  of  the  Lord:  he  departed  not  from 
all  the  sins  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat, 
who  made  Israel  to  sin. 

25  He  restored  the  coast  of  Israel  from 
the  entering  of  Hamath  unto  the  sea  of 
the  plain,  according  to  the  word  of  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel,  which  he  spake  by 
the  hand  of  his  servant  Jonah,  the  son  of 
Amittai,  the  prophet,  which  was  of  Gath- 
hepher. 

26  For  the  Lord  saw  the  affliction  of 
Israel,  that  it  iva-s  very  bitter:  for  there 
was  not  any  shut  up,  nor  any  left,  nor 
any  helper  for  Israel. 

27  And  the  Lord  said  not  that  he  would 
blot  out  the  name  of  Israel  from  under 
heaven :  but  he  saved  them  by  the  hand 
of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Joash. 

28  *[]  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jero- 
boam, and  all  that  he  did,  and  his  might, 
how  he  warred,  and  how  he  recovered 
Damascus,  and  Hamath,  which  belonged  to 
Judah,  for  Israel,  are  they  not  written  in 
the  book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the  kings 
of  Israel ? 

387" 


II.  KINGS. 


29  And  Jeroboam  slept  witli  his  fathers, 
even  with  the  kings  of  Israel;  and  Zach- 
ariah  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead.         ••? 

CHAPTER  XV. 

IN  llie  tAvcnty  and  seventh  3'ear  of  Jero- 
boam   Iviug    of   Israel    began    Azariah 
son  of  Amaziah  king  of  Judah  to  reign. 

2  Sixteen  years  old  Avas  he  when  he 
began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  two  and 
fifty  years  in  Jerusalem.  And  his  mother's 
name  was  Jecholiah  of  Jerusalem. 

3  And  he  did  that  which  ivas  right  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lord,  aceording  to  all 
that  his  fither  Araaziah  had  done ; 

4  Save  that  the  high  places  Avere  not 
removed:  the  people  sacrificed  and  burnt 
incense  still  on  the  high  places. 

5  T[  And  the  Lord  smote  the  king,  so 
that  he  was  a  leper  unto  the  day  of  his 
death,  and  dwelt  in  a  several  house.  And 
Jotham  the  king's  son  iva.s  over  the  house, 
judging  the  people  of  the  land. 

6  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Azariah,  and 
all  that  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the 
book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the  kings  of 
Judah? 

7  So  Azariah  slept  with  his  fathers;  and 
they  biiried  him  with  his  fathers  in  the 
city  of  David :  and  Jotham  his  son  reigned 
in  his  stead. 

8  ^1  In  the  thirty  and  eighth  year  of  Aza- 
riah king  of  Judah  did  Zachariah  the  son 
of  Jeroboam  reign  over  Israel  in  Samaria 
six  months. 

9  And  he  did  t?iat  which  was  evil  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord,  as  his  fathers  had  done: 
he  departed  not  from  the  sins  of  Jeroboam 
the  son  of  Nebat,  who  made  Israel  to  sin. 

10  And  Shallum  the  son  of  Jal>esh  con- 
spired against  him,  and  smote  him  before 
the  people,  and  slew  him,  and  reigned  in 
his  stead. 

11  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Zachariah, 
behold,  they  are  written  in  the  book  of  the 
Chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel. 

12  This  ii'cts  the  word  of  tlie  Lord  which 
he  spake  unto  Jehu,  saying.  Thy  sons  shall 
sit  on  the  throne  of  Israel  unto  the  fourth 
generation.     And  so  it  came  to  pass. 

13  TI  Shallum  the  son  of  Jabesh  began  to 
reign  in  the  nine  and  thirtieth  year  of  Uz- 
ziah  king  of  Judah ;  and  he  reigned  a  full 
month  in  Samaria. 

14  For  Menahem  the  son  of  Gadi  went  up 

■  388 


from  Tirzah,  and  came  to  Samaria,  and 
smote  Shallum  the  son  of  Jal)esh  in  Sa- 
maria, and  slew  him,  and  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

15  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Shallum, 
and  his  conspiracy  which  he  made,  behold, 
they  arc  written  in  the  book  of  the  Chron- 
icles of  the  kings  of  Israel. 

16  Ti  Then  Menahem  smote  Tiphsah,  and 
all  that  were  therein,  and  the  coasts  thereof 
from  Tirzah :  because  they  opened  not  to 
him^  therefore  he  smote  it;  and  all  the 
women  therein  that  were  with  child  he 
ripped  up. 

17  In  the  nine  and  thirtieth  year  of  Aza- 
riah king  of  Judah  began  IMenahem  the 
son  of  Gadi  to  reign  over  Israel,  and  reign- 
ed ten  j'cars  in  Samaria. 

18  And  he  did  thcd  which  ivas  evil  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord  :  he  departed  not  all  his 
days  from  the  sins  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of 
Nebat,  who  made  Israel  to  sin. 

19  And  Pul  the  king  of  Assyria  came 
against  the  land :  and  Menahem  gave  Pul  a 
thousand  talents  of  silver,  that  his  hand 
might  be  with  him  to  confirm  the  king- 
dom in  his  hand. 

20  And  Menahem  exacted  the  money  of 
Israel,  eve7i  of  all  the  mighty  men  of 
wealth,  of  each  man  fifty  shekels  of  silver, 
to  give  to  the  king  of  Assyria.  So  the  king 
of  Assyria  turned  back,  and  stayed  not 
there  in  the  land. 

21  T[  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Menahem, 
and  all  that  he  did,  are  they  not  Avritten  in 
the  book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the  kings  of 
Israel ? 

22  And  Menahem  slept  with  his  fathers ; 
and  Pekahiah  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

23  1  In  the  fiftieth  year  of  Azariah  king  of 
Judah,  Pekahiah  the  son  of  Menahem  be- 
gan to  reign  over  Israel  in  Samaria,  and 
reigned  two  years. 

24  And  he  did  that  which  wa^t  evil  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord  :  he  departed  not  from 
the  sins  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat, 
who  made  Israel  to  sin. 

25  But  Pekah  the  son  of  Remaliah,  a  cap- 
tain of  his,  conspired  against  him,  and 
smote  him  in  Samaria,  in  the  palace  of  the 
king's  house,  with  Argob  and  Arieh,  and 
with  him  fifty  men  of  the  Gileadites  :  and 
he  killed  him,  and  reigned  in  his  room. 

26  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Pekahiah, 
and  all  that  he  did,  behold,  they  «?•<?  written 


II.  KINGS. 


in  the  book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the  kings 
of  Israel. 

27  TI  In  the  two  and  fiftieth  year  of 
Azariah  king  of  Judah,  Pekah  the  son  of 
Kemaliah  began  to  reign  over  Israel  in 
Samaria,  and  reigned  twenty  years. 

28  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord:  he  departed  not  from 
the  sins  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat, 
who  made  Israel  to  sin. 

29  In  the  days  of  Pekah  king  of  Israel 
came  Tiglath-pileser  king  of  Assyria,  and 
took  Ijon,  and  Abel-beth-maachah,  and 
Janoah,  and  Kedesh,  and  Hazor,  and  Gil- 
ead,  and  Galilee,  all  the  land  of  Naphtali, 
and  carried  them  captive  to  Assyria. 

30  And  Hoshea  the  son  of  Elah  made  a 
conspiracy  against  Pekah  the  son  of  Rem- 
aliah,  and  smote  him,  and  slew  him,  and 
reigned  in  his  stead,  in  the  twentieth 
year  of  Jotham  the  son  of  Uzziah. 

31  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Pekah, 
and  all  that  he  did,  behold,  they  o?'e  writ- 
ten in  the  book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the 
kings  of  Israel. 

32  T[  In  the  second  year  of  Pekah  the  son 
of  Remaliah  king  of  Israel  began  Jotham 
the  son  of  Uzziah  king  of  Judah  to  reign. 

33  Five  and  twenty  years  old  was  he 
when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned 
sixteen  years  in  Jerusalem.  And  his 
mother's  name  was  Jerusha,  the  daughter 
of  2^adok. 

34  And  he  did  tltat  wJiich  was  right  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lord:  he  did  according 
to  all  that  his  father  Uzziah  had  done. 

35  H  Howbeit  the  high  places  were  not 
removed :  the  people  sacrificed  and  bm*ned 
Incense  still  in  the  high  places.  He  built 
the  higher  gate  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

36  H  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jotham, 
and  all  that  he  did,  are  they  not  written 
in  the  book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the 
kings  of  Judah  ? 

37  In  those  days  the  Lord  began  to  send 
against  Judah  Rezin  the  king  of  Syria, 
and  Pekah  the  son  of  Remaliah. 

38  And  Jotham  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
was  buried  with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of 
David  his  father :  and  Ahaz  hifi  son  reigned 
in  his  stead.     * 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

IN   the  seventeenth  year    of  Pekah  the 
son  of  Remaliah,  Ahaz  the  son  of  Jo- 
tham king  of  Judah  began  to  reign. 


2  Twenty  years  old  was  Ahaz  when  he 
began  to  reign,  and  reigned  sixteen  years 
in  Jerusalem,  and  did  not  that  whic?i.  was 
right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  his  God, 
like  David  his  father. 

3  But  he  walked  in  the  way  of  the  kings 
of  Israel,  yea,  and  made  his  son  to  puss 
through  the  fire,  according  to  the  abom- 
inations of  the  heathen,  whom  the  Lord 
cast  out  from  before  the  children  of 
Israel. 

4  And  he  sacrificed  and  biirnt  incense 
in  the  high  places,  and  on  the  hills,  and 
under  every  green  tree. 

5  11  Then  Rezin  king  of  Syria,  and  Pekah 
son  of  Remaliah  king  of  Israel,  came  up 
to  Jerusalem  to  Avar:  and  they  besieged 
Ahaz,  but  could  not  overcome  him. 

6  At  that  time  Rezin  king  of  Syria  re- 
covered Elath  to  Syria,  and  drave  the  Jews 
from  Elath:  and  the  Syrians  came  to 
Elath,  and  dwelt  there  unto  this  day. 

7  So  Ahaz  sent  messengers  to  Tiglath- 
pileser  king  of  Assyria,  saying,  I  am  thy 
sen'ant  and  thy  son:  come  up,  and  save 
me  out  of  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Syria, 
and  out  of  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Israel, 
which  rise  up  against  me. 

8  And  Ahaz  took  the  silver  and  gold 
that  was  found  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  in  the  treasures  of  the  king's  house, 
and  sent  it  for  a  present  to  the  king  of 
Assyria. 

9  And  the  king  of  Assyria  hearkened 
unto  him :  for  the  king  of  Assyria  went 
up  against  Damascus,  and  took  it,  and 
carried  the  people  of  it  captive  to  Kir,  and 
slew  Rezin, 

10  Tf  And  king  Ahaz  went  to  Damascus 
to  meet  Tiglath-pileser  king  of  Assyria, 
and  saw  an  altar  that  was  at  Damascus : 
and  king  Ahaz  sent  to  Urijah  the  priest 
the  fashion  of  the  altar,  and  the  pattern 
of  it,  according  to  all  the  workmanship 
thereof. 

11  And  Urijah  the  priest  built  an  altar 
according  to  all  that  king  Ahaz  had  sent 
from  Damascus  :  so  Urijah  the  priest  made 
it  against  king  Ahaz  came  from  Damascus. 

12  And  when  the  king  was  come  from 
Damascus,  the  king  saw  the  altar:  and 
the  king  approached  to  the  altar,  and 
otfered  thereon. 

13  And  he  burnt  his  burnt  offering  and 
his  meat   offering,  and  poured  his   drink 


389 


II.  KINGS. 


otJenug,   and  spriukled   I  be    blood   of  hi-s 
peace  ofterinj^s,  upon  tlie  altar. 

14  And  he  brought  also  the  brazen  altar, 
which  ?<'a.s-  before  the  Lokd,  from  the  fore- 
front of  the  house,  from  between  the  altar 
and  the  house  of  the  Loud,  and  put  it  on 
the  north  side  of  the  altar. 

15  And  king  Ahuz  commanded  Urijah 
the  priest,  saj-ing.  Upon  the  great  altar 
burn  the  morning  burnt  otfering,  and  the 
evening  meat  offering,  and  the  king's 
burnt  sacrifice,  and  his  meat  otfering, 
■with  the  burnt  offering  of  all  the  people 
of  the  land,  and  their  meat  offering,  and 
their  drink  offerings ;  and  sprinkle  ui)on 
it  all  the  blood  of  the  burnt  offering,  and 
all  the  blood  of  the  sacrifice :  and  the  bra- 
zen altar  shall  be  for  me  to  inquire  by. 

10  Thus  did  Urijah  the  priest,  according 
to  all  that  king  Ahaz  commanded. 

17  %  And  king  Ahaz  cut  off  the  borders 
of  the  bases,  and  removed  the  laver  from 
off"  them ;  and  took  down  the  sea  from  off" 
the  brazen  oxen  that  v;ere  under  it,  and 
put  it  upon  a  ])avement  of  stones. 

18  And  the  covert  for  the  sabbath  that 
they  had  built  in  the  house,  and  the  king's 
entry  without,  turned  he  from  the  house 
of  the  Lord  for  the  king  of  Assyria. 

19  TI  NoAV  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Ahaz 
which  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the 
book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the  kings  of 
Judah  ? 

20  And  Ahaz  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
was  l)uried  with  his  fathers  in  the  eitj'  of 
David :  and  llezekiah  his  son  reigned  in 
his  stead.       ^ 

CHAPTER  XVII. 

IX  the  twelfth  year  of  Ahaz  king  of 
Judah  began  Hoshea  the  son  of  Elah 
to  reign  in  Samaria  over  Israel  nine 
years. 

2  And  he  did  tJiat  whicJi  wan  evil  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord,  biit  not  as  the  kings 
of  Israel  that  were  before  him. 

3  *l  Against  him  came  up  Shalmaneser 
king  of  Assyria;  and  Hoshea  became  his 
servant,  and  gave  him  presents, 

4  And  the  king  of  Assyria  found  con- 
spiracy in  Hoshea:   for  he  had  sent  mes- 

!  sengers  to  So  king  of  Egypt,  and  brought 
no  preseiit  to  the  king  of  Assyria,  as  hti 
Jiad  done  year  l)y  year:  therefore  the  king 
of  Assyria  shut  him  up,  and  bound  him 
in  prison. 

390 


5  "j  Tlicn  the  king  of  Assyria  came  up 
throughout  all  the  land,  and  went  up  to 
Samaria,  and  besieged  it  three  years. 

6  "i  In  the  ninth  year  of  Hoshea  the  king 
of  Assyria  took  Samaria,  and  carried  Israel 
away  into  Assyria,  and  placed  them  in 
Halah  and  in  Ilabor  by  the  river  of  Go- 
zan,  and  in  the  cities  of  the  Medes. 

7  For  .so  it  was,  that  the  children  of  Is- 
rael had  sinned  against  the  Loud  their 
God,  which  had  brought  them  up  out  of 
the  land  of  Egyj^t,  from  under  the  hand 
of  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt,  and  had  feared 
other  gods, 

8  And  walked  in  the  statutes  of  the  hea- 
then, whom  the  Lord  cast  out  from  be- 
fore the  children  of  Israel,  and  of  the 
kings  of  Israel,  which  they  had  made. 

9  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  secretly 
thoKc  things  that  v)ere  not  right  against  the 
Lord  their  God,  and  they  built  them  high 
l)laces  in  all  their  cities,  from  the  tower 
of  the  watchmen  to  the  fenced  city. 

10  And  they  set  them  up  images  and 
groves  in  every  high  hill,  and  under  every 
green  tree : 

11  And  there  they  burnt  incense  in  all 
the  high  places,  as  did  the  heathen  whom 
the  Lord  carried  away  before  them ;  and 
wrought  wicked  things  to  provoke  the 
Lord  to  anger : 

12  For  they  served  idols,  whereof  the 
Lord  had  said  unto  them,  Ye  shall  not 
do  this  thing. 

13  Yet  the  Lord  testified  against  Israel, 
and  against  Judah,  by  all  the  prophets, 
and  by  all  the  seers,  saying,  Turn  ye  from 
your  evil  ways,  and  keep  my  command- 
ments and  my  statutes,  according  to  all 

j  the  law  which  I  commanded  your  fathers, 
I  and  which  I  sent  to  you  by  my  servants 
the  prophets. 

14  Notwithstanding,  they  would  not  hear, 
but  hardened  their  necks,  like  to  the  neck 
of  their  fathers,  that  did  not  believe  in 
the  Loiti)  their  God. 

j    15  And   they  rejected   his   statutes,   and 
i  his    covenant    that    he    made    with   their 
!  fathers,  and  his  testimonies  which  he  tes- 
tified   against    them;    and    they   followed 
vanity,  and  became  vain,  and  went  after 
the  heathen  that   vicre  round  about  them, 
coiireniinfj  whom   the   LoitD  had  charged 
them,    that     they    should    not    do    like 
i  them. 


II.  KINGS. 


ItJ  And  they  Iclt  all  the  comniandmcutB 
of  the  Loud  their  God,  and  made  them 
molten  images,  etjen  two  calves,  and  made 
a  grove,  and  worshipped  all  the  host  of 
heaven,  and  served  Baal. 

17  And  they  caused  their  sons  and  their 
daughters  to  pass  through  the  fire,  and 
used  divination  and  enchantments,  and 
sold  themselves  to  do  evil  in  the  sight 
of  the  Lord,  to  provoke  him  to  anger. 

18  Therefore  the  Lord  was  very  angry 
with  Israel,  and  removed  them  out  of 
his  sight:  there  was  none  left  but  the 
tribe  of  Judah  only. 

19  Also  Judah  kept  not  the  command- 
ments of  the  Lord  their  God,  but  walked 
in  the  statutes  of  Israel  which  they  made. 

20  And  the  Lord  rejected  all  the  seed 
of  Israel,  and  afflicted  them,  and  delivered 
them  into  the  hand  of  spoilers,  until  he 
had  cast  them  out  of  his  sight. 

21  For  he  rent  Israel  from  the  house  of 
David;  and  they  made  Jeroboam  the  son 
of  Nebat  king:  and  Jeroboam  drave  Israel 
from  following  the  Lord,  and  made  them 
sin  a  great  sin. 

22  For  the  children  of  Israel  walked  in 
all  the  sins  of  Jeroboam  which  be  did; 
they  departed  not  from  them ; 

213  Until  the  Lord  removed  Israel  out  of 
his  sight,  as  he  had  said  by  all  his  serv- 
ants the  prophets.  So  was  Israel  carried 
away  out  of  their  own  land  to  Assy/ia 
unto  this  day. 

24  If  And  the  king  of  Assyria  brought 
•men  from  Babylon,  and  from  Cuthah, 
and  from  Ava,  and  from  Hamath,  and 
from  Sepharvaim,  and  placed  them  in  the 
cities  of  Samaria  instead  of  the  children 
of  Israel:  and  they  possessed  Samaria,  and 
dwelt  in  the  cities  thereof. 

25  And  .so  it  was  at  the  beginning  of  their 
dwelling  there,  ituit  they  feared  not  the 
Lord:  therefore  the  Lord  sent  lions 
among  them,  which  slew  mmc  of  them. 

26  Wherefore  they  spake  to  the  king  of 
Assyria,  saying.  The  nations  which  thou 
liast  removed,  and  placed  in  the  cities  of 
Samaria,  know  not  the  manner  of  the 
God  of  the  land:  therefore  he  hath  sent 
lions  among  them,  and,  behold,  they  slay 
them,  because  they  know  not  the  manner 
of  the  God  of  the  land. 

27  Then  the  king  of  Assyria  commanded, 
saying.   Carry  thither  one  of  the  priests 


whom  ye  brought  from  thence;  and  let 
them  go  and  dwell  there,  and  let  him 
teach  them  the  manner  of  the  God  of  the 
laud. 

28  Then  one  of  the  priests  whom  they 
had  carried  away  from  Samaria  came  and 
dwelt  in  Beth-el,  and  taught  them  how 
they  should  fear  the  Lord. 

29  Ilowbeit  every  nation  made  gods  of 
their  own,  and  put  them  in  the  houses  of 
the  high  places  which  the  Samaritans  had 
made,  every  nation  in  their  cities  wherein 
they  dwelt. 

yO  And  the  men  of  Bal)ylon  made  Suc- 
coth-benoth,  and  the  men  of  Cuth  made 
Nergal,  and  the  men  of  Hamath  made 
Ashima, 

31  And  the  Avites  made  Nibhaz  and 
Tartak,  and  the  Sepharvites  burnt  their 
children  in  fire  to  Adrammelech  and 
Anammelech,  the  gods  of  Sephai-vaim. 

32  So  they  feared  the  Lord,  and  made 
unto  themselves  of  the  lowest  of  them 
priests  of  the  high  places,  which  sacrificed 
for  them  in  the  houses  of  the  high  places. 

33  They  feared  the  Lord,  and  served 
their  own  gods,  after  the  manner  of  the 
nations  whom  they  carried  away  from 
thence. 

34  Unto  this  day  they  do  after  the  former 
manners:  they  fear  not  the  Lord,  neither 
do  they  after  their  statutes,  or  after  their 
ordinances,  or  after  the  law  and  command- 
ment which  the  LoiiD  commanded  the 
children  of  Jacob,  whom  he  named  Is- 
rael ; 

35  With  whom  the  Lord  had  made  a 
covenant,  and  charged  them,  saying.  Ye 
shall  not  fear  other  gods,  nor  bow  your- 
selves to  them,  nor  serve  them,  nor 
sacrifice  to  them: 

36  But  the  Lord,  who  brought  you  up 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  with  great  power 
and  a  stretched  out  arm,  him  shall  ye 
feai-,  and  him  shall  ye  worship,  and  to 
him  shall  ye  do  sacrifice. 

37  And  the  statutes,  and  the  ordinances, 
and  the  law,  and  the  commandment, 
which  he  wrote  for  you,  ye  shall  observe 
to  do  for  evermore;  and  ye  shall  not 
fear  other  gods. 

38  And  the  covenant  that  I  have  made 
with  you  ye  shall  not  forget;  neither  shall 
ye  fear  other  gods. 

39  But  the  Lord  your  God  ye  shall  fear; 
_  __ 


II.  KINGS. 


iiucl  lie  shall  deliver  you  out  of  the  Iiaud 
of  all  3'our  eueiuies. 

40  Howbeit  they  did  not  hearken,  but 
they  did  after  their  former  mamner. 

41  So  these  uatious  feared  the  Lord,  and 
served  their  <rraven  images,  both  their 
children,  aud  their  children's  children:  as 
did  their  fathers,  so  do  they  unto  this  day. 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 

NOW   it    came    to   pass    in    the    third 
year  of   Hoshea  son    of  Elah    king 
of  Israel,   that  Hezekiah  the  son  of  Ahaz 
king  of  Judah  began  to  reign. 
2   Twenty   and    five    years    old    was    he 


in    Ilalah   and   in   llabor  hij  the    river   of 
Gozan,  and  in  the  cities  of  the  Medes  : 

12  Because  they  obeyed  not  the  voice  of 
the  Lord  their  God,  but  transgressed  his 
covenant,  and  all  that  Moses  the  servant 
of  the  Lord  commanded,  and  would  not 
hear  them,  nor  do  them. 

13  ^  Now  in  the  fourteenth  year  of  king 
Hezekiah  did  Sennacherib  king  of  Assyria 
come  up  against  all  the  fenced  cities  of 
Judah,  and  took  them. 

14  And  Hezekiah  king  of  Judali  sent  to 
the  king  of  Assyria  to  Lachish,  saying,  I 
have  oflfended;  return  from  me:  that 
which  thou   puttest    on  me  will  I   bear. 


when  he  began   to  reign ;  and  he  reigned  ;  And  the  king  of  Assyria  appointed  unto 
twenty  and  nine  years  in  Jerusalem.    His  1  Hezekiah  king  of  Judah   three    hundred 


mother's  name  also  ^vas  Abi,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Zachariah. 
3  Aud  he  did  that  which  wan  right  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lord,  according  to  all 
that  David  his  father  did. 
I  4  ^  He  removed  the  high  places,  and 
brake  the  images,  and  cut  down  the 
groves,  and  brake  in  pieces  the  brazen 
serpent  that  Moses  had  made :  for  unto 
those  days  the  children  of  Israel  did  burn 
incense  to  it :  and  he  called  it  Nehushtan. 

5  He  trusted  in  the  Lord  God  of  Israel; 
so  that  after  him  was  none  like  him  among 
all  the  kings  of  Judah,  nor  any  that  were 
before  him. 

6  For  he  clave  to  the  Lord,  aiid  departed 
not  from  following  him,  but  kept  his  com- 
mandments, Avhich  the  Lord  commanded 
Moses. 

7  And  the  Lord  was  with  him;  and  he 
prospered  whithersoever  he  went  forth : 
and  he  rebelled  against  the  king  of 
Assyria,  and  served  him  not. 

8  He  smote  the  Philistines,  even  unto 
Gaza,  and  the  borders  thereof,  from  the 
tower  of  the  watchmen  to  the  fenced  city. 

9  ^  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  fourth 


talents    of   silver    and    thirty    talents    of 
gold. 

15  And  Hezekiah  gave  him  all  the  silver 
that  was  found  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  in  the  treasures  of  the  king's  house. 

16  At  that  time  did  Hezekiah  cut  off  the 
gold  from  the  doors  of  the  temple  of  the 
Lord,  and  from  the  pillars  which  Heze- 
kiah king  of  Judah  had  overlaid,  and  gave 
it  to  the  king  of  Assyria. 

17  Ti  And  the  king  of  Assyria  sent  Tar- 
tan and  Rabsaris  and  Rab-shakeh  from 
Lachish  to  king  Hezekiah  with  a  great 
host  against  Jerusalem  :  and  they  went  up 
aud  came  to  Jerusalem.  And  when  they 
were  come  up,  they  came  aud  stood  by 
the  conduit  of  the  upper  pool,  which  is 
in  the  highway  of  the  fuller's  field. 

18  And  when  they  had  called  to  the 
king,  there  came  oiit  to  them  Eliakim 
the  son  of  Hilkiah,  which  wan  over  the 
household,  and  Shebna  the  scribe,  aud 
Joah  the  son  of  Asaph  the  recorder. 

11)  And  Rab-shakeh  said  unto  them.  Speak 
ye  now  to  Hezekiah,  Thus  saith  the  great 
king,  the  king  of  Assyria,  What  confidence 
is  this  wherein  thou  trustest? 


year   of   king    Hezekiah,    which    wan    the  ■    20   Thou   say  est,    (but    they  are  hut  vain 
seventh  year  of  Hoshea  son  of  Elah  king  :  words,)  /  have  counsel  and  strength   for 
of  Israel,    that   Shalmaneser   king   of  As-  :  the  war.     Noav  on  whom  dost  thou  trust, 
Syria  came  up  against  Samaria,    and    be-  i  that  thou  rebellest  against  me  ? 
sieged  it.  j    21  Now,  behold,  thou  trustest  upon  the 

10  And  at  the  end  of  three  j^ears  they  j  staff  of  this  bruised  reed,  evoi  upon  Egypt, 
took  it :  even  in  the  sixth  year  of  Heze-  on  which  if  a  man  lean,  it  will  go  into  his 
kiah,  that  is  the  ninth  year  of  Hoshea  |  hand,  and  pierce  it:  so  is  Pharaoh  king 
king  of  Israel,  Samaria  was  taken.  ;  of  Egypt  unto  all  that  trust  on  him. 

11  And  the  king  of  Assyria  did  carry  '  22  But  if  ye  say  unto  me,  We  trust  in 
away  Israel  uuto   Assyria,  and   put  them    the  Lord  our  God:  is  not  that  he,  whose 


II.  KINGS. 


hiii'li  place's  and  whose  allais  Hezekiah 
hath  taken  away,  and  hath  said  to  Judah 
and  Jerusalem,  Ye  shall  worship  before 
this  altar  iu  Jerusalem  ? 

23  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  give 
phidges  to  ray  lord  the  king  of  Assyria, 
and  I  will  deliver  thee  two  thousand 
horses,  if  thou  be  able  on  thy  part  to 
set  riders  upon  them. 

24  How  then  wilt  thou  turn  away  the 
face  of  one  captain  of  the  least  of  my 
master's  servants,  and  put  thy  trust  on 
Egypt  for  chariots  and  for  horsemen  ? 

25  Am  I  now  come  up  without  the  Lort) 
against .  this  i^lace  to  destroy  it?  The 
Lord  said  to  me,  Go  up  against  this  land, 
and  destroy  it. 

26  Then  said  Eliakim  the  son  of  Hilkiah, 
and  Shebna,  and  Joah,  unto  Rab-shakeh, 
Speak,  I  pray  thee,  to  thy  servants  in  the 
Syrian  language;  for  we  landerstand  it: 
and  talk  not  with  us  in  the  Jews'  lan- 
guage in  the  ears  of  the  people  that  are  on 
the  wall. 

27  But  Rab-shakeh  said  unto  them.  Hath 
my  master  sent  me  to  thy  master,  and  to 
thee,  to  speak  these  words?  Iiath  he  not 
sent  me  to  the  men  which  sit  on  the  wall, 
that  they  may  eat  their  own  dung,  and 
drink  their  own  piss  with  you  ? 

28  Then  Rab-shakeh  stood  and  cried  with 
a  loud  voice  in  the  Jews'  language,  and 
spake,  saying.  Hear  the  word  of  the  great 
king,  the  king  of  Assyria: 

29  Thus  saith  the  king.  Let  not  Heze- 
kiah deceive  you :  for  he  shall  not  be 
able  to  deliver  you  out  of  his  hand: 

30  Neither  let  Hezekiah  make  you  trust 
in  the  Lord,  saying.  The  Lord  will  surely 
deliver  us,  and  this  city  shall  not  be  deliv- 
ered into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Assyria. 

31  Hearken  not  to  Hezekiah :  for  thus 
saith  the  king  of  Assyria,  Make  an  agree- 
ment with  me  by  a  present,  and  come  out 
to  me,  and  then  eat  ye  every  man  of  his 
own  vine,  and  every  one  of  his  fig  tree, 
and  drink  ye  every  one  the  waters  of  his 
cistern :         'Cj 

32  Until  I  come  and  take  you  away  to 
a  land  like  your  own  land,  a  land  of  corn 
and  wine,  a  land  of  bread  and  vineyards, 
a  land  of  oil  olive  and  of  honey,  that  ye 
may  live,  and  not  die:  and  hearken  not 
tinto  Hezekiah,  when  he  persuadeth  you, 
saying.  The  Lord  will  deliver  us. 


33  Hath  any  of  the  gods  of  the  nations 
delivered  at  all  his  land  out  of  the  hand 
of  the  king  of  Assyria? 

34  Where  are  the  gods  of  Hamath,  and 
of  Arpad  ?  Avhere  are  the  gods  of  Sephar- 
vaim,  Hena,  and  Ivah?  have  they  deliv- 
ered Samaria  out  of  mine  hand? 

35  Who  are  they  among  all  the  gods  of 
the  countries,  that  have  delivered  their 
country  out  of  mine  hand,  that  the  Lord 
should  deliver  Jerusalem  out  of  mine 
hand? 

36  But  the  people  held  their  peace,  and 
answered  him  not  a  word :  for  the  king's 
commandment  was,  saying,  Answer  him 
not. 

37  Then  came  Eliakim  the  son  of  Hil- 
kiah, which  ?ra.s'  over  the  household,  and 
Shebna  the  scribe,  and  Joah  the  son  of 
Asaph  the  recorder,  to  Hezekiah  with 
t?ieir  clothes  rent,  and  told  him  the  words 
of  Rab-shakeh.  ^ 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  king  Heze- 
-  kiah  heard  i7,  that  he  rent  his  clothes, 
and  covered  himself  with  sackcloth,  and 
went  into  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

2  And  he  sent  Eliakim,  which  vias  over 
the  household,  and  Shebna  the  scribe, 
and  the  elders  of  the  priests,  covered 
with  sackcloth,  to  Isaiah  the  prophet  the 
son  of  Amoz. 

3  And  they  said  unto  Lim,  Thus  saith 
Hezekiah,  This  day  is  a  day  of  trouble, 
and  of  rebuke,  and  blasphemy :  for  the 
children  are  come  to  the  birth,  and  there 
is  not  strength  to  bring  forth. 

4  It  may  be  the  Lord  thy  God  Avill  hear 
all  the  words  of  Rab-shakeh,  whom  the 
king  of  Assyria  his  master  hath  sent  to 
reproach  the  living  God;  and  will  re- 
prove the  words  which  the  Lord  thy 
God  hath  heard:  wherefore  lift  up  tJiy 
prayer  for  the  remnant  that  are  lelt. 

5  So  the  sex*^^ants  of  king  Hezekiah  came 
to  Isaiah. 

6  Ti  And  Isaiah  said  unto  them.  Thus  shall 
ye  say  to  your  master.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord,  Be  not  afraid  of  the  words  which 
thou  hast  heard,  with  which  the  servants 
of  the  king  of  Assyria  have  blasphemed 
me. 

7  Behold,  I  will  send  a  blast  upon  him, 
and  he  shall  hear  a  rumour,  and  shall  re- 


393 


II.  kinctS. 


turn  to  his  own  Innd ;  and  1  will  cause 
bini  to  fall  by  the  sword  iu  his  own 
land. 

8  ^i  So  Rab-shakeh  returned,  and  found 
the  king  of  Assyria  warrinj^  against  Lib- 
nah :  for  he  had  heard  that  he  was  de- 
parted from  Laehish. 

9  And  when  he  heard  say  of  Tirhakah 
king  of  Ethiopia,  Behold,  he  is  come  out 
to  fight  against  thee ;  he  sent  messen- 
gers again  unto  Ilezekiah,  saying, 

10  Thus  shall  ye  si)eak  to  Hezekiah  king 
of  Judah,    saying.    Let   not    thy    (Jod    in 


^0  "ii  Then  Isaiah  the  son  of  Amoz 
sent  to  Hezekiah,  saying,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel,  That  which  thou 
hast  ])rayed  to  me  against  Sennacherib 
king  of  Assyria  I  have  heard. 

21  This  is  the  word  that  the  Lokd 
hath  spoken  concerning  him ;  The  virgin 
the  daughter  of  Zion  hath  despised  thee, 
mid  laughed  thee  to  scorn ;  the  daughter 
of  Jerusalem  hath  shaken  her  head  at 
thee. 

22  Whom  hast  thou  reproached  and  blas- 
phemed?    and  against    whom   hast    thou 


whom  thou  trustcst  deceive  thee,  saying,  !  exalted    thy    voice,    and    lifted    up    thine 


Jerusalem  shall  not  be  delivered  into  the 
hand  of  the  kuig  of  Assyria. 

11  Behold,  thou  hast  heard  what  the 
kings  of  Assyria  have  done  to  all  lands, 
by  destroying  them  utterly:  and  shalt 
thou  be  delivered  V 

12  Have  the  gods  of  the  nations  deliv- 
ered them  which  my  f:\thers  have  de- 
stroyed; w<  Gozan,  and  Haran,  and  Re- 
zeph,  and  the  children  of  Eden  which 
toere  in  Thelasar  ? 

13  Where  i.s  the  king  of  Hamath,  and 
the  king  of  Arpad,  and  the  king  of  the 
city  of  Sepharvaim,  of  Hena,  and  Ivah? 

14  1  And  Hezekiah  received  the  letter 
of  the  hand  of  the  messengers,  and  read 
it :  and  Hezekiah  went  up  into  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  and  spread  it  before 
the  Lord. 

15  And  Hezekiah  prayed  before  the 
Lord,  and  said,  O  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
which  dwellest  betweeti  the  cherubim, 
thou  art  the  God,  eve7i  thou  alone,  of  all 
the  kingdoms  of  the  earth;  thou  hast 
made  heaven  and  earth. 

16  Lord,  bow  down  thine  ear,  and  hear: 
open,  LoRB,  thine  eyes,  and  see:  and  hear 
the  words  of  Sennacherib,  which  hath 
sent  him  to  reproach  the  living  God. 

17  Of  a  truth.  Lord,  the  kings  of  As- 
syria have  destroj'cd  the  nations  and  their 
lands, 

18  And  have  cast  their  gods  into  the 
fire:  for  they  vjere  no  gods,  but  the 
work  of  men's  hands,  wood  and  stone: 
therefore  they  have  destroyed  them. 

19  Now  therefore,   O    Lord   our  God,  I 

beseech    thee,   save    thou  us    out    of  his 

hand,  that  all  the  kingdoms  of  the   earth 

may  know  that  thou  art  the  Lord  God, 

eve7i  thou  only. 
_  __ 


eyes  on  high?  eveti  against  the  Holy  One 
of  Israel. 

23  By  thy  messengers  thou  hast  re- 
proached the  Lord,  and  hast  said.  With 
the  multitude  of  my  chariots  I  am  come 
up  to  the  height  of  the  mountains,  to 
the  sides  of  Lebanon,  and  will  cut  down 
the  tall  cedar  trees  thereof,  and  the  choice 
fir  trees  thereof:  and  I  Avill  enter  into  the 
lodgings  of  his  borders,  a7id  into  the  forest 
of  his  Carmel. 

24  1  have  digged  and  drunk  strange 
waters,  and  with  the  sole  of  my  feet  have 
I  dried  up  all  the  rivers  of  besieged 
places. 

25  Hast  thou  not  heard  long  ago  how 
I  have  done  it,  and  of  ancient  times  that 
I  have  formed  it?  now  have  I  brought 
it  to  pass,  that  thou  shouldest  be  to  lay 
waste  fenced  cities  into  ruinous  heaps. 

26  Therefore  their  inhabitants  were  of 
small  powder,  they  were  dismayed  and  con- 
founded; they  were  an  the  grass  of  the 
field,  and  as  the  green  herb,  a,s-  the  grass 
on  the  housetops,  and  as  corn  blasted 
before  it  be  grown  up. 

27  But  I  know  thy  abode,  and  thy  going 
out,  and  thy  coming  in,  and  thy  rage 
against  me. 

28  Because  thy  rage  against  me  and  thy 
tumult  is  come  up  into  mine  ears,  there- 
fore I  ^\\\\  put  my  hook  in  thy  nose,  and 
my  bridle  in  thy  lips,  and  I  will  tuni 
thee  back  by  the  way  by  which  thou 
camest. 

29  And  this  i<ho.ll  he  a  sign  unto  thee.  Ye 
shall  eat  this  year  such  things  as  grow 
of  themselves,  and  in  the  second  year 
that  which  springeth  of  the  same;  and 
in  the  third  year  sow  ye,  and  reaj),  and 
plant  viuej'ards,  and  eat  the  fruits  thereof. 


11.  KINGS. 


80  And  the  remnant  that  is  escaped  of 
the  house  of  Judah  shall  yet  again  take 
root  downward,  and  bear  fruit  upward. 

31  For  out  of  Jerusalem  shall  go  forth 


thou  shalt  go  up  unto  the  house   of  the 
Lord. 
6  And  I  will  add  unto  thy   days  fifteen 
years;    and    I  will  deliver  thee  and    this 


remnant,  and  they  that   escape   out    of  j  city  out  of  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Assyria; 

and  I  will  defend  this  city  for  mine  own 
sake,  and  for  my  servant  David's  sake. 

7  And  Isaiah  said,  Take  a  lump  of  figs. 
And  they  took  and  laid  it  on  the  boil,  and 
he  recovered. 

8  1[  And  Hezekiah  said  unto  Isaiah, 
What  shall  be  the  sign  that  the  Lord 
will  heal  me,  and  that  I  shall  go  up  into 
the  house  of  the  Lord  the  third  day? 

9  And  Isaiah  said.  This  sign  shalt  thou 
have  of  the  Lord,  that  the  Lord  will 
do  the  thing  that  he  hath  spoken:  shall 
the  shadow  go  forward  ten  degrees,  or  go 
back  ten  degrees  ? 

10  And  Hezekiah  answered.  It  is  a  light 
thing  for  the  shadow  to  go  down  ten 
degrees:  nay,  but  let  the  shadow  return 
backward  ten  degrees. 

11  And  Isaiah  the  prophet  cried  unto  the 
Lord:  and  he  brought  the  shadow  ten 
degrees  backward,  by  which  it  had  gone 
down  in  the  dial  of  Ahaz. 

12  T[  At  that  time  Berodach-baladan,  the 
son  of  Baladan,  king  of  Babylon,  sent 
letters  and  a  present  unto  Hezekiah:  for 
he  had  heard  that  Hezekiah  had  been  sick. 

13  And  Hezekiah  hearkened  unto  them, 
and  shewed  them  all  the  house  of  his 
precious  things,  the  silver,  and  the  gold, 
and  the  spices,  and  the  precious  ointment 


mount    Zion :    the    zeal  of  the    Lord  of 
hosts  shall  do  this. 

32  Therefore  thus  sailh  the  Lord  con- 
cerning the  king  of  Assyria,  He  shall 
not  come  into  this  city,  nor  shoot  an 
arrow  there,  nor  come  before  it  with 
shield,  nor  cast  a  bank  against  it. 

33  By  the  way  that  he  came,  by  the  same 
shall  he  return,  and  shall  not  come  into 
this  city,  saith  the  Lord. 

34  For  I  will  defend  this  city,  to  save  it, 
for  mine  own  sake,  and  for  my  servant 
David's  sake. 

35  H  And  it  came  to  pass  that  night,  that 
the  angel  of  the  Lord  went  out,  and  smote 
in  the  camp  of  the  Assyrians  a  hundred 
fourscore  and  five  thousand:  and  Mhen 
they  arose  early  in  the  morning,  behold, 
they  were  all  dead  corpses. 

36  So  Sennacherib  king  of  Assyria  de- 
parted, and  went  and  returned,  and  dwelt 
at  Nineveh. 

37  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  was  wor- 
shipping in  the  house  of  Nisroch  his  god, 
that  Adrammelech  and  Sharezer  his  sons 
smote  him  with  the  sword :  and  they 
escaped  into  the  land  of  Armenia. 
And  Esar-haddon  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead.      ^ 

CHAPTER  XX. 


N  those  days  was  Hezekiah   sick  unto    and  all  the  house  of  his  armour,  and  all 


A  death.  And  the  prophet  Isaiah  the 
son  of  Amoz  came  to  him,  and  said  unto 
him.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Set  thine  house 
in  order ;  for  thou  shalt  die,  and  not  live. 

2  Then  he  turned  his  face  to  the  wall,  and 
prayed  unto  the  Lord,  saying, 

3  I  beseech  thee,  O  Lord,  remember 
now  how  I  have  walked  before  thee  in 
truth  and  with  a  perfect  heart,  and  have 
done  that  which  is  good  in  thy  sight.  And 
Hezekiah  wept  sore. 

4  And  it  came  to  pass,  afore  Isaiah  was 
gone  out  into  the  middle  court,  that  the 
word  of  the  Lord  came  to  him,  saying, 

5  Turn  again,  and  tell  Hezekiah  the 
captain  of  my  people.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord,  the  God  of  David  thy  fixther,  I  have 
heard  thy  prayer,  I  have  seen  thy  tears: 
behold,  I  Avill  heal  thee:  on  the  third  day 


that  was  found  in  his  treasures:  there 
was  nothing  in  his  house,  nor  in  all  his 
dominion,  that  Hezekiah  shewed  them 
not. 

14  1[  Then  came  Isaiah  the  prophet 
unto  king  Hezekiah,  and  said  unto  him, 
What  said  these  men?  and  from  whence 
came  the}'  unto  thee?  And  Hezekiah 
said.  They  are  come  from  a  far  country, 
even  from  Babylon. 

15  And  he  said,  What  have  they  seen  in 
thine  house?  And  Hezekiah  answered. 
All  the  things  that  are  in  mine  house 
have  they  seen :  there  is  nothing  among 
my  treasures  that  I  have  not  shewed 
them. 

16  And  Isaiah  said  unto  Hezekiah,  Hear 
the  word  of  the  Lord. 

17  Behold,  the  days  come,   that  all  that 


II.  KINGS. 


is  in  thine  house,  and  that  which  thy 
fathers  have  laid  up  in  store  unto  this 
day,  shall  be  carried  unto  Babylon:  noth- 
ing shall  be  left,  saith  the  Lokd. 

IS  And  of  thy  sons  that  shall  issue  from 
thee,  -which  thou  shalt  beget,  shall  they 
take  away;  and  they  shall  be  eunuchs  in 
the  palace  of  the  king  of  Babylon. 

19  Then  said  Hezekiah  unto  Isaiah,  Good 
is-  the  word  of  the  Lord  which  thou  hast 
spoken.  And  he  said.  Is  it  not  good^  if 
peace  and  truth  be  in  my  days? 

20  1!  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Heze- 
kiah, and  all  his  might,  and  how  he 
made  a  pool,  and  a  conduit,  and  brought 
water  into  the  city,  are  they  not  written 
in  the  book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the 
kings  of  Judah  ? 

21  And  Hezekiah  slept  with  his  fathers: 
and  Manasseh  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

r 

CHAPTER  XXI. 

MANASSEH  teas  twelve  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign,  and  reigned 
fifty  and  five  years  in  Jerusalem.  And 
his  mother's  name  was  Hephzi-bah. 

2  And  he  did  t/mt  vMch  was  evil  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord,  after  the  abominations 
of  the  heathen,  whom  the  Lord  cast  out 
before  the  children  of  Israel. 

3  For  he  built  up  again  the  high  places 
which  Hezekiah  his  father  had  destroyed ; 
and  he  reared  up  altars  for  Baal,  and  made 
a  grove,  as  did  Ahab  king  of  Israel ;  and 
worshipped  all  the  host  of  heaven,  and 
served  them. 

4  And  he  built  altars  in  the  house  of 
the  Lord,  of  which  the  Lord  said,  In  Jeru- 
salem will  I  put  my  name. 

5  And  he  built  altars  for  all  the  host  of 
heaven  in  the  two  courts  of  the  house  of 
the  Lord. 

6  And  he  made  his  son  pass  throtigh  the 
fire,  and  observed  times,  and  used  enchant- 
ments, and  dealt  with  familiar  spirits  and 
wizards :  he  wrought  much  wickedness  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lord,  to  provoke  fiim  to 
anger. 

7  And  he  set  a  graven  image  of  the  grove 
that  he  had  made  in  the  house,  of  which 
the  Lord  said  to  David,  and  to  Solomon 
his  son.  In  this  house,  and  in  Jerusalem, 
which  I  have  chosen  out  of  all  the  tribes 
of  Israel,  will  I  put  ray  name  for  ever: 

8  Neither  will  I  make   the  feet  of  Israel 

3iH3 


move  any  more  out  of  the  land  which  I 
gave  their  fathers;  only  if  they  will  oli- 
serve  to  do  according  to  all  that  I  have 
commanded  them,  and  according  to  all  the 
law  that  my  ser^'ant  Moses  commanded 
them. 

9  But  they  hearkened  not :  and  Manasseh 
seduced  them  to  do  more  evil  than  did  the 
nations  whom  the  Lord  destroyed  before 
the  children  of  Israel. 

10  II  And  the  Lord  spake  by  his  servants 
the  prophets,  saying, 

11  Because  Manasseh  king  of  Judah  hath 
done  these  abominations,  a7id  hath  done 
wickedly  above  all  that  the  Amorites  did, 
which  were  before  hira,  and  hath  made 
Judah  also  to  sin  with  his  idols : 

12  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of 
Israel,  Behold,  I  atn  bringing  siicfi  evil 
upon  Jerusalem  and  Judah,  that  whoso- 
ever heareth  of  it,  both  his  ears  shall 
tingle. 

13  And  I  will  stretch  over  Jerusalem  the 
line  of  Samaria,  and  the  plummet  of  the 
house  of  Ahab :  and  I  will  wipe  Jerusa- 
lem as  a  man  wipoth  a  dish,  wiping  it, 
and  turning  it  upside  doAvn. 

14  And  I  will  forsake  the  remnant  of 
mine  inheritance,  and  deliver  them  into 
the  hand  of  their  enemies ;  and  they  shall 
become  a  prey  and  a  spoil  to  all  their 
enemies; 

15  Because  they  have  done  tliat  which  was 
evil  in  my  sight,  and  have  provoked  me  to 
anger,  since  the  day  their  fathers  came 
forth  out  of  Egypt,  even  unto  this  day. 

16  Moreover  Manasseh  shed  innocent 
blood  very  much,  till  he  had  filled  Jeru- 
salem from  one  end  to  another;  besides 
his  sin  wherewith  he  made  Judah  to  sin, 
in  doing  that  tvhich  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord. 

17  1[  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Manas- 
seh, and  all  that  he  did,  and  his  sin  that  he 
sinned,  are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of 
the  Chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Judah? 

18  And  Manasseh  slept  with  his  fathers, 
and  was  buried  in  the  garden  of  his  own 
house,  in  the  garden  of  Uzza:  and  Am  on 
his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

19  1  Amon  looJi  twenty  and  two  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned 
two  years  in  Jerusalem.  And  his  mother's 
name  was  Meshullemeth,  the  daughter  of 
Haruz  of  Jotbah. 


II.  KINGS. 


20  And  he  did  that  whicJi  xvas  evil  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lokd,  as  his  father  Manasseh 
did. 

21  And  he  walked  in  all  the  way  that  his 
father  walked  in,  and  scrA'ed  the  idols 
that  his  father  served,  and  worshiijped 
them : 

23  And  he  forsook  the  Lokd  God  of  his 
fathers,  and  walked  not  in  the  way  of  the 
Lord. 

23  H  And  the  servants  of  Amon  conspired 
against  him.  and  sleAV  the  king  in  his  own 
house. 

24  And  the  people  of  the  land  slew  all 
them  that  had  conspired  against  king 
Amon;  and  the  people  of  the  land  made 
Josiah  his  son  king  in  his  stead. 

25  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Amon 
which  he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the 
book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the  kings  of 
Judah  ? 

26  And  he  was  buried  in  his  sepulchre 
in  the  garden  of  Uzza :  and  Josiah  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead.         ^ 

CHAPTER  XXII. 

JOSIAH  was  eight  years  old  when  he 
began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  thirty 
and  one  years  in  Jerusalem.  And  his 
mother's  name  was  Jedidah,  the  daughter 
of  Adaiah  of  Boscath. 

2  And  he  did  that  which  was  right  in 
the  sight  of  the  Loud,  and  walked  in  all 
the  way  of  David  his  father,  and  turned 
not  aside  to  the  right  hand  or  to  the  left. 

3  1  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  eighteenth 
year  of  king  Josiah,  that  the  king  sent 
Shaphan  the  son  of  Azaliah,  the  son  of 
Meshullam,  the  scribe,  to  the  house  of 
the  Lokd,  saying, 

4  Go  up  to  Hilkiah  the  high  priest,  that 
he  may  sum  the  silver  which  is  brought 
into  the  house  of  the  Lokd,  which  the 
keepers  of  the  door  have  gathered  of  the 
people : 

5  And  let  them  deliver  it  into  the  hand 
of  the  doers  of  the  work,  that  have  the 
oversight  of  the  house  of  the  Lokd:  and 
let  them  give  it  to  the  doers  of  the  work 
which  is  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  to  re- 
pair the  breaches  of  the  house, 

6  Unto  carpenters,  and  builders,  and  ma- 
sons, and  to  buy  timber  and  hewn  stone 
to  repair  the  house. 

7  Howbeit,  there  was  no  reckoning  made 


with  them  of  the  money  that  was  de- 
livered into  their  hand,  because  they  dealt 
faithfully. 

8  T[  And  Hilkiah  the  high  priest  said  unto 
Shaphan  the  scribe,  I  have  found  the  book 
of  the  law  in  the  house  of  the  Lord.  And 
Hilkiah  gave  the  book  to  Shaphan,  and 
he  read  it. 

9  And  Shaphan  the  scribe  came  to  the 
king,  and  brought  the  king  word  again, 
and  said.  Thy  servants  have  gathered  the 
money  that  was  found  in  the  house,  and 
have  delivered  it  into  the  hand  of  them 
that  do  the  work,  that  have  the  oversight 
of  the  house  of  the  Lokd. 

10  And  Shaphan  the  scribe  shewed  the 
king,  saying,  Hilkiah  the  priest  hath  de- 
livered me  a  book.  And  Shaphan  read  it 
before  the  king. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  king 
had  heard  the  Avords  of  the  book  of  the 
law,  that  he  rent  his  clothes. 

12  And  the  king  commanded  Hilkiah 
the  priest,  and  Ahikam  the  son  of  Sha- 
phan, and  Achbor  the  son  of  Michaiah, 
and  Shaphan  the  scribe,  and  Asahiah  a 
servant  of  the  king's,  saying, 

13  Go  ye,  inquire  of  the  Lord  for  me, 
and  for  the  people,  and  for  all  Judah, 
concerning  the  words  of  this  book  that  is 
found :  for  great  is  the  wrath  of  the  Lord 
that  is  kindled  against  us,  because  our 
fathers  have  not  hearkened  unto  the  words 
of  this  book,  to  do  according  unto  all  that 
which  is  written  concerning  us. 

14  So  Hilkiah  the  priest,  and  Ahikam, 
and  Achbor,  and  Shaphan,  and  Asahiah, 
went  unto  Huldah  the  prophetess,  the 
wife  of  Shallura  the  son  of  Tikvah,  the 
son  of  Harhas,  keeper  of  the  wardrobe ; 
(now  she  dwelt  in  Jerusalem  in  the  col- 
lege ;)  and  they  communed  with  her. 

15  T[  And  she  said  unto  them,  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  Tell  the  man  that 
sent  you  to  me, 

16  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will 
bring  evil  upon  this  place,  and  upon  the 
inhabitants  thereof,  even  all  the  words  of 
the  book  which  the  king  of  Judah  hath  read : 

17  Because  they  have  forsaken  me,  and 
have  burned  incense  unto  other  gods,  that 
they  might  provoke  me  to  anger  with 
all  the  works  of  their  hands;  therefore 
my  wrath  shall  be  kindled  against  this 
place,  and  shall  not  be  cjuenohed. 

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II.  KINGS. 


18  But  to  the  king  of  Judah  which  sent 
you  to  inquire  of  tlic  Lokd,  thus  shall  ye 
say  to  him,  Thus  suith  the  Lokd  God  of 
Israel,  As  toivchimj  the  words  which  thou 
hast  heard; 

19  Because  thine  heart  was  tender,  and 
thou  hast  humbled  thyself  before  the 
Lord,  when  thou  heardest  what  I  spake 
against  this  place,  and  against  the  inhab- 
itants thereof,  that  they  should  become 
a  desolation  and  a  curse,  and  hast  rent 
thy  clothes,  and  wei)t  before  me;  I  also 
have  heai'd  thee^  saith  the  Lord. 

20  Behold  therefore,  I  will  gather  thee 
unto  thy  fathers,  and  thou  shalt  be  gath- 
ered into  thy  grave  in  peace;  and  thine 
eyes  shall  not  see  all  the  evil  which  I 
will  bring  xipon  this  place.  And  they 
brought  the  king  word  again.  ^ 

CHAPTER  XXIIL 

AND  the  king  sent,  and  they  gathered 
unto   him   all    the    elders    of   Judah 
and  of  Jerusalem. 

2  And  the  king  went  np  into  the  house 
of  the  Lord,  and  all  the  men  of  Judah 
and  all  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  with 
him,  and  the  priests,  and  the  prophets, 
and  all  the  people,  both  small  and  great: 
and  he  read  in  their  ears  all  the  words  of 
the  book  of  the  covenant  which  was 
found  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

3  Tf  And  the  king  stood  by  a  j)illar,  and 
made  a  covenant  before  the  Lord,  to  walk 
after  the  Lord,  and  to  keep  his  com- 
mandments and  his  testimonies  and  his 
statutes  Avith  all  ilieir  heart  and  all  tJieir 
soul,  to  perform  the  words  of  this  cov- 
enant that  were  written  in  this  book. 
And  all  the  people  stood  to  the  cove- 
nant. 

4  And  the  king  commanded  Hilkiah  the 
high  priest,  and  the  priests  of  the  second 
order,  and  the  keepers  of  the  door,  to 
bring  forth  out  of  the  temple  of  the 
LoitD  all  the  vessels  that  were  made  for 
Baal,  and  for  the  groAc,  and  for  all  the 
host  of  heaven:  and  he  burned  them 
without  Jerusalem  in  the  lields  of  Kidron, 
and  carried  the  ashes  of  them  unto  Beth-el. 

5  And  he  put  down  the  idolatrous  priests, 
whom  the  kings  of  Judah  had  ordained  to 
burn  incense  in  the  high  places  in  the 
cities  of  Judah,  and   in  the   places  round 


incense  unto  Baal,  to  the  sun,  and  to 
the  moon,  and  to  the  planets,  and  to  all 
the  host  of  heaven. 

6  And  he  brought  out  the  grove  from 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  without  Jerusa- 
lem, unto  the  brook  Kidron,  and  burned 
it  at  the  brook  Kidron,  and  stamped  it 
small  to  powder,  and  cast  the  powder 
thereof  npon  the  graves  of  the  children 
of  the  people. 

7  And  he  brake  down  the  houses  of  the 
sodomites,  that  were  by  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  where  the  women  wove  hangings 
for  the  grove. 

8  And  he  brought  all  the  priests  out  of 
the  cities  of  Judah,  and  defiled  the  high 
places  where  the  j^riests  had  burned  in- 
cense, from  Geba  to  Beer-sheba,  and 
brake  down  the  high  places  of  the  gates 
that  ivere  in  the  entering  in  of  the  gate 
of  Joshua  the  governor  of  the  city,  which 
were  on  a  man's  left  hand  at  the  gate  of 
the  city. 

9  Nevertheless  the  priests  of  the  high 
places  came  not  up  to  the  altar  of  the 
Lord  in  Jerusalem,  but  they  did  eat  of 
the  unleavened  bread  among  their  breth- 
ren. 

10  And  he  defiled  Topheth,  which  i.s  in 
the  valley  of  the  children  of  Hiunom, 
that  no  man  might  make  his  son  or  his 
daughter  to  pass  through  the  tire  to 
Moiech. 

11  And  he  took  away  the  horses  that  the 
kings  of  Judah  had  given  to  the  sun,  at 
the  entering  in  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
by  the  chamber  of  Nathau-melech  the 
chamberlain,  which  wan  in  the  suburl)S, 
and  burned  the  chariots  of  the  sun  Avith 
fire. 

12  And  the  altars  that  were  on  the  top  of 
the  iipper  chamlier  of  Ahaz,  Avhich  the 
kings  of  Judah  had  made,  and  the  altars 
which  Manasseh  had  made  in  the  two 
courts  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  did  the 
king  beat  down,  and  brake  them  down 
from  thence,  and  cast  the  dust  of  them 
into  the  brook  Kidron. 

13  And  the  high  places  that  were  before 
Jerusalem,  which  were  on  the  right  hand 
of  the  mount  of  corruption,  which  Solo- 
mon the  king  of  Israel  had  buildcd  for 
Ashtoreth  the  abomination  of  the  Zi- 
donians,   and   for   Chcmosh   the   abomina- 

about  Jerusalem;   them  also  that  burned    tion  of  the  Moabitcs,  and  for  Milcom  the 


II.  KINGS. 


abomin.ition  of  the  children  of  Amnion, 
did  the  king-  detilc. 

14  And  he  brake  in  pieces  the  ima<::es, 
and  cut  down  the  groves,  and  filled  their 
l)laces  Avith  the  bone's  of  men. 

15  1  Moreover  the  altar  that  tra.s  at 
Beth-el,  ami  the  high  place  which  Jero- 
boam the  son  of  Nebat,  Avho  made  Israel 
to  sin,  had  made,  both  that  altar  and 
the  high  place  he  brake  down,  and  burned 
the  high  place,  and  stamped  it  small  to 
powder,  and  burned  the  grove. 

10  And  as  Josiah  turned  himself,  he 
spied  the  sepulchres  that  ii:ere  there  in 
the  mount,  and  sent,  and  took  the  bones 
out  of  {he  sepulchres,  and  burned  them 
up(m  the  altar,  and  polluted  it,  according 
to  the  word  of  the  Lord  which  the  man 
of  God  proclaimed,  who  proclaimed  these 
words. 

17  Then  he  said.  What  title  is  that  that 
1  see?  And  the  men  of  the  city  told  him, 
It  is  the  sepulchre  of  the  man  of  God, 
which  came  from  Judah,  and  proclaimed 
these  things  that  thou  hast  done  against 
the  altar  of  Beth-el. 

18  And  he  said,  Let  him  alone;  let  no 
man  move  his  bones.  So  they  let  his 
bones  alone,  with  the  bones  of  the  proph- 
et that  came  out  of  Samaria. 

19  And  all  the  houses  also  of  the  high 
places  that  were  in  the  cities  of  Samaria, 
which  the  kings  of  Israel  had  made  to 
provoke  t/te  Loud  to  anger,  Josiah  took 
away,  and  did  to  them  according  to  all  the 
acts  that  he  had  done  in  Beth-el. 

30  And  he  slew  all  the  priests  of  the 
high  places  that  iverc  there  upon  the  altars, 
and  burned  men's  bones  upon  them,  and 
returned  to  Jerusalem. 

31  T[  And  the  king  commanded  all  the 
people,  saying.  Keep  the  passover  unto 
the  Loud  your  God,  as  it  is  written  in  the 
book  of  this  covenant. 

33  Surely  there  was  not  holden  snch  a 
passover  from  the  days  of  the  judges  that 
judged  Israel,  nor  in  all  the  days  of  the 
kings  of  Israel,  nor  of  the  kings  of  Judah  ; 

33  But  in  the  eighteenth  year  of  king 
Josiah,  v)herein  this  passover  was  holden 
to  the  Lord  in  Jerusalem. 

34  Tf  Moreover  the  workers  with  familiar 
spirits,  and  the  wizards,  and  the  images, 
and  the  idols,  and  all  the  abominations 
that  were  spied  in  the  land  of  Judah  and 


in  Jerusalem,  did  Josiah  put  awa}',  that 
he  might  perform  the  words  of  the  law, 
which  were  written  in  the  book  that  Hil- 
kiah  the  priest  found  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

35  And  like  unto  hira  was  there  no 
king  before  him,  that  turned  to  the  Lord 
with  all  his  heart,  and  with  all  his  soul, 
and  with  all  his  might,  according  to  all 
the  law  of  Moses ;  neither  after  him  arose 
there  any  like  him. 

36  T[  Notwithstanding,  the  Lord  turned 
not  from  the  fierceness  of  his  great  wrath, 
wherewith  his  anger  was  kindled  against 
Judah,  because  of  all  the  provocations  that 
Manasseh  had  provoked  him  withal. 

37  And  the  Lord  said,  I  will  remove 
Judah  also  out  of  my  sight,  as  I  have 
removed  Israel,  and  will  cast  oflT  this  city 
Jerusalem  which  I  have  chosen,  and  the 
house  of  which  I  said,  My  name  shall  be 
there. 

38  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Josiah, 
and  all  that  he  did,  are  they  not  written 
in  the  book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the 
kings  of  Judah  ? 

39  Tf  In  his  days  Pharaoh-nechoh  king 
of  Egypt  went  up  against  the  king  of 
Assyria  to  the  river  Euphrates:  and  king 
Josiah  went  against  him ;  and  he  slew  him 
at  Megiddo,  when  he  had  seen  him. 

30  And  his  servants  carried  him  in  a 
chariot  dead  from  ^Megiddo,  and  brought 
him  to  Jerusalem,  and  buried  him  in  his 
own  sepulchre.  And  the  people  of  the 
land  took  Jehoahaz  the  son  of  Josiah, 
and  anointed  him,  and  made  him  king 
in  his  tiither's  stead. 

31  1[  Jehoahaz  ?ra.s'  twenty  and  three  years 
old  when  he  began  to  reign ;  and  he 
reigned  three  months  in  Jerusalem.  And 
his  mother's  name  was  Hamutal,  the 
daughter  of  Jeremiah  of  Libnah. 

33  And  he  did  tliat  whirh  icas  evil  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lord,  according  to  all 
that  his  fathers  had  done. 

33  And  Pharaoh-nechoh  put  him  in 
bands  at  Riblah  in  the  land  of  Hamath, 
that  he  might  not  reign  in  Jerusalem; 
and  put  the  land  to  a  tribute  of  a  hund- 
red talents  of  silver,  and  ja  talent  of 
gold. 

34  And  Pharaoh-nechoh  made  Eliakim 
the  son  of  Josiah  king  in  the  room  of 
Josiah    his   father,   and    turned  his    name 

399 


II.  KINGS. 


to  Jehoiakim,  and   took   Jelioahaz  away: 
aud  he  came  to  Egypt,  and  died  there. 

35  And  Jehoiakim  gave  the  silver  and 
the  gold  to  Pharaoh;  but  he  taxed  the 
land  to  give  the  money  according  to  the 
commandment  of  Pharaoh:  he  exacted 
the  silver  and  the  gold  of  the  people  of 
the  land,  of  every  one  according  to  his 
taxation,  to  give  it  unto  Pharaoh-nechoh. 

36  1  Jehoiakim  wan  twenty  and  five  years 
old  when  he  began  to  reign;  and  he 
reigned  eleven  j^ears  in  Jerusalem.  And 
his  mother's  name  was  Zebudah,  the 
daughter  of  Pedaiah  of  Rumah. 

37  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lokd,  according  to  all 
that  his  fathers  had  done.  tf 

CHAPTEPv  XXIV. 

IN  his  days  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of 
Babylon  came  up,  and  Jehoiakim 
became  his  servant  three  years :  then  he 
turned  and  rebelled  against  him. 

2  And  the  Lord  sent  against  him  bands 
of  the  Chaldees,  and  bands  of  the  Syrians, 
and  bands  of  the  Moabites,  and  bands  of 
the  children  of  Ammon,  and  sent  them 
against  Judah  to  destroy  it,  according  to 
the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  he  spake 
by  his  servants  the  projjhets. 

3  Surely  at  the  commandment  of  the 
Lord  came  this  upon  Judah,  to  remove 
them  out  of  his  sight,  for  the  sins  of  Ma- 
uasseh,  according  to  all  that  he  did ; 

4  And  also  for  the  innocent  blood  that 
he  shed:  for  he  filled  Jerusalem  with 
innocent  blood ;  which  the  Lord  would 
not  pardon. 

5  H  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jehoia- 
kim, and  all  that  he  did,  a7'e  they  not 
written  in  the  book  of  the  Chronicles  of 
the  kings  of  Judah  ? 

6  So  Jehoiakim  slept  with  his  fathers : 
and  Jehoiachia  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

7  And  the  king  of  Egypt  came  not  again 
any  more  out  of  his  land:  for  the  king 
of  Babylon  had  taken  from  the  river  of 
Egypt  unto  the  river  Euphrates  all  that 
pertained  to  the  king  of  Egypt. 

8  Tf  Jehoiachin  was  eighteen  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned 
in  Jerusalem  three  months.  And  his 
mother's  name  was  Nehushta,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Elnathan  of  Jerusalem. 


9  And  he  did  that  ivJiich  was  evil  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lord,  according  to  all 
that  his  father  had  done. 

10  1  At  that  time  the  servants  of  Neb- 
uchadnezzar king  of  Babylon  came  up 
against  Jerusalem,  and  the  city  was  be- 
sieged. 

11  And  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Babylon 
came  against  the  city,  and  his  servants 
did  besiege  it. 

12  And  Jehoiachin  the  king  of  Judah 
went  out  to  the  king  of  Babylon,  he, 
and  his  mother,  aud  his  servants,  and  his 
princes,  and  his  officers :  and  the  king 
of  Babylon  took  him  in  the  eighth  year 
of  his  reign. 

13  And  he  carried  out  thence  all  the 
treasures  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and 
the  treasures  of  the  king's  house,  and 
cut  in  pieces  all  the  vessels  of  gold 
which  Solomon  king  of  Israel  had  made 
in  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  as  the  Lord 
had  said. 

14  And  he  carried  away  all  Jerusalem,  and 
all  the  i:>rinces,  and  all  the  mighty  men  of 
A-alour,  eve7i  ten  thousand  captives,  and  all 
the  craftsmen  and  smiths  :  none  remained, 
save  the  poorest  sort  of  the  people  of  the 
land. 

15  And  he  carried  away  Jehoiachin  to 
Babylon,  and  the  king's  mother,  and  the 
king's  wives,  and  his  officers,  and  the 
mighty  of  the  land,  those  carried  he  into 
captivity  from  Jerusalem  to  Babylon. 

16  And  all  the  men  of  might,  eveji  seven 
thousand,  and  craftsmen  and  smiths  a 
thousand,  all  that  were  strong  a?id  apt  for 
war,  even  them  the  king  of  Babylon 
brought  captive  to  Babylon. 

17  1  And  the  king  of  Babjdon  made 
Mattauiah  his  father's  brother  king  in  his 
stead,  and  changed  his  name  to  Zedekiah. 

18  Zedekiah  ivas  twenty  and  one  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned 
eleven  years  in  Jerusalem.  And  his  moth- 
er's name  u^as  Ilamutal,  the  daughter  of 
Jeremiah  of  Libnah. 

19  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord,  according  to  all  that 
Jehoiakim  had  done. 

20  For  through  the  anger  of  the  Lord  it 
came  to  pass  in  Jerusalem  and  Judah, 
until  he  had  cast  them  out  from  his  pres- 
ence, that  Zedekiah  rebelled  against  the 
kinsr  of  Babvlon.  * 


II.  KINGS. 


CHAPTER  XXV. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  nintli  year 
of  liis  reign,  in  tlie  teutli  month,  in 
the  tenth  day  of  the  month,  that  Nebu- 
chadnezzar king  of  Babylon  came,  he,  and 
all  his  host,  against  Jerusalem,  and  pitched 
against  it ;  and  they  built  forts  against  it 
round  about. 

3  And  the  city  was  besieged  unto  the 
eleventh  year  of  king  Zedekiah. 

3  And  on  the  ninth  day  of  the  fourth 
month  the  fjimine  prevailed  in  the  city, 
and  there  was  no  bread  for  the  people  of 
the  land. 

4  ^J  And  the  city  was  broken  up,  and  all 
the  men  of  yv-Av  fled  by  night  by  the  way  of 
the  gate  between  two  walls,  which  is  by 
the  king's  garden  :  (now  the  Chaldees  were 
against  the  city  round  about :)  and  the  king 
went  the  way  toward  the  plain. 

"5  And  the  army  of  the  Chaldees  pursued 
after  the  king,  and  overtook  him  in  the 
plains  of  Jericho:  and  all  his  army  were 
scattered  from  him. 

6  So  they  took  the  king,  and  brought  him 
up  to  the  king  of  Babylon  to  Riblah ;  and 
they  gave  judgment  upon  him. 

7  And  they  slew  the  sons  of  Zedekiah 
before  his  eyes,  and  put  out  the  eyes  of 
Zedekiah,  and  bound  him  with  fetters  of 
brass,  and  carried  him  to  Babylon. 

8  Tf  And  in  the  fifth  mouth,  on  the 
seventh  day  of  the  month,  which  is  the 
nineteenth  year  of  king  Nebuchadnezzar 
king  of  Babylon,  came  Nebuzar-adan,  cap- 
tain of  the  guard,  a  servant  of  the  king  of 
Babylon,  unto  Jerusalem: 

9  And  he  burnt  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  the  king's  house,  and  all  the  houses  of 
Jerusalem,  and  every  great  man's  house 
burnt  he  with  fire. 

10  And  all  the  army  of  the  Chaldees,  that 
were  with  the  captain  of  the  guard,  brake 
down  the  walls  of  Jerusalem  round  about. 

11  Now  the  rest  of  the  people  that  were 
left  in  the  city,  and  the  fugitives  that  fell 
away  to  the  king  of  Babylon,  with  the 
remnant  of  the  multitude,  did  Nebuzai'- 
adan  the  captain  of  the  guard  carry  away. 

12  But  the  captain  of  the  guard  left  of  the 
poor  of  the  land  to  he  vinedressers  and 
husbandmen. 

13  And  the  pillars  of  Ijrass  that  were  in 
the  house  of  the  Lokd,  and  the  bases,  and 
the  brazen  sea  that  ?m.<(  in  the  house  of  the 

26 


Lord,   did  the  Chaldees  break  in  pieces, 
and  carried  the  brass  of  them  to  Babylon. 

14  And  the  pots,  and  the  shovels,  and  the 
snuffers,  and  the  spoons,  and  all  the  ves- 
sels of  brass  wherewith  they  ministered, 
took  they  away. 

15  And  the  firepans,  and  the  bowls,  and 
such  things  as  xvere  of  gold,  in  gold,  and 
of  silver,  in  silver,  the  captain  of  the 
guard  took  away. 

16  The  two  pillars,  one  sea,  and  the  bases 
which  Solomon  had  made  for  the  house 
of  the  Lord;  the  brass  of  all  these  ves- 
sels was  without  weight. 

17  The  height  of  the  one  pillar  was 
eighteen  cubits,  and  the  chapiter  upon  it 
was  brass :  and  the  height  of  the  chapiter 
three  cubits ;  and  the  wreathen  work,  and 
pomegranates  upon  the  chapiter  round 
about,  all  of  brass:  and  like  unto  these 
had  the  second  pillar  with  wreathen  work. 

18  T[  And  the  captain  of  the  guard  took 
Seraiah  the  chief  priest,  and  Zephaniah 
the  second  priest,  and  the  three  keepers 
of  the  door: 

19  And  out  of  the  city  he  took  an  officer 
that  was  set  over  the  men  of  war,  and  five 
men  of  them  that  were  in  the  king's 
presence,  which  were  found  in  the  city, 
and  the  principal  scribe  of  the  host,  which 
mustered  the  people  of  the  land,  and 
threescore  men  of  the  people  of  the  land 
that  were  found  in  the  city : 

20  And  Nebuzar-adan  captain  of  the  guard 
took  these,  and  brought  them  to  the  king 
of  Babylon  to  Riblah: 

21  And  the  king  of  Babylon  smote  them, 
and  slew  them  at  Riblah  in  the  land  of 
Hamath.  So  Judah  was  carried  away  out 
of  their  land. 

22  ^  And  as  for  the  people  that  remained 
in  the  land  of  Judah,  whom  Nebuchadnez- 
zar king  of  Babylon  had  left,  even  over 
them  he  made  Gedaliah  the  sou  of  Ahi- 
kam,  the  son  of  Shaphan,  ruler, 

23  And  when  all  the  captains  of  the 
armies,  they  and  their  men,  heard  that 
the  king  of  Babj^lon  had  made  Gedaliah 
governor,  there  came  to  Gedaliah  to  Miz- 
pah,  even  Ishmael  the  son  of  Nethaniah, 
and  Johanan  the  son  of  Careah,  and 
Seraiah  the  son  of  Tanhumeth  the  Ne- 
tophathite,  and  Jaazaniah  the  son  of  a 
Maachathite,  they  and  their  men. 

24  And  Gedaliah   sware  to  them,  and  to 

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I.  CHRONICLES. 


their  men,  and  said  unto  them,  Fear  not 
to  be  tlie  servants  of  tlie  Chaldees:  dwell 
iu  the  land,  and  serve  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon ;  and  it  shall  be  well  with  j'ou. 
25  But  it  came  to  pass  iu  the  seventh 
month,  that  Ishmael  the  son  of  Nethaniah, 
the  son   of  Elishama,   of  the  seed   royal,  !  of  Judah  out  of  prison; 


and  thirtieth  year  of  the  captivity  of  Je- 
hoiachin  king  of  Judah,  in  the  twelfth 
month,  on  the  seven  and  twentieth  clay  of 
the  month,  that  Evil-merodach  king  of 
Babylon  in  the  year  that  he  began  to  reign 
did  lift  up  the  head  of  Jehoiachin  king 


came,  and  ten  men  with   him,  and  smote 
Gedaliah,  that  he  died,  and  the  Jews  and 
the  Chaldees  that  were  with  him  at  Miz- 
pah. 
26  And  all  the    people,   both  small  and 


28  And  he  spake  kindly  to  him,  and  set 
his  throne  above  the  throne  of  the  kings 
that  were  with  him  in  Babylon ; 

29  And  changed  his  prison  garments  : 
and  he  did   eat  bread   continually  before 


great,    and  the    captains    of  the    armies,  |  him  all  the  days  of  his  life. 


I  arose,  and  came  to  Egypt:  for  they  were 
afraid  of  the  Chaldees. 
27  \  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  seven 


30  And  his  allowance  was  a  continnal 
allowance  given  him  of  the  king,  a  daily 
rate  for  every  day,  all  the  days  of  his  life. 


THE    FIRST    BOOK    OF 


THE    CHRONICLES. 


CHAPTER  I. 

ADAM,  Sheth,  Enosh, 
2  Kenan,  Mahalaleel,  Jered, 

3  Henoch,  Methuselah,  Lamech, 

4  Noah,  Shera,  Ham,  and  Japheth. 

5  H   The  sons   of  Japheth;   Goraer,   and 
Magog,  and  Madai,  and  Javan,  and  Tubal, 

j  and  Meshech,  and  Tiras. 

I    6  And  the  sons   of  Goraer;    Ashchenaz, 

I  and  Riphath,  and  Togarmah, 

j    7  And  the   sons  of  Javan  ;   Elishah,  and 

I  Tarshish,  Kittira,  and  Dodanira. 

8  t  The  sons   of  Ham ;   Cush,   and  Miz- 
raim.  Put,  and  Canaan. 

9  And  the  sons  of  Cush ;  Seba,  and  Hav- 
ilah,   and    Sabta,    and    Raamah,   and    Sab- 

'<  techa.     And  the  sons  of  Raamah;   Sheba, 
and  Dedan. 

10  And  Cush  begat  Nimrod:    he  began 
to  be  mighty  upon  the  earth. 

11  And  Mizraim  begat  Ludim,  and  Ana- 
:  mim,  and  Lehabim,  and  Nai)htuhira, 

j     12    And    Pathrusim,    and    Casluhim,    (of 
j  whom    came  the   Philistines,)  and    Caph- 
I  torim. 
i    13  And  Canaan  begat  Zidon  his  firstborn, 

and  Heth, 
14   The  Jebusite  also,  and  the  Araorite, 

and  the  Girgashite, 


15  And  the  Hivite,  and  the  Arkite,  and 
the  Sinite, 

16  And  the  Arvadite,  and  the  Zemarite, 
and  the  Hamathite. 

17  1  The  sons  of  Shem ;  Elam,  and  As- 
shur,  and  Arj^haxad,  and  Lud,  and  Aram, 
and  Uz,  and  Hul,  and  Gether,  and  Me- 
shech. 

18  And  Arphaxad  begat  Shelah,  and  She- 
lah  begat  Eber. 

19  And  unto  Eber  were  bom  two  sons: 
the  name  of  the  one  was  Pel  eg;  because 
in  his  days  the  earth  was  divided :  and  his 
brother's  name  wan  Joktan. 

20  And  Joktan  begat  Almodad,  and  She- 
leph,  and  Hazarmaveth,  and  Jerah, 

21  Hadoram  also,  and  Uzal,  and  Diklah, 

22  And  Ebal,  and  Abimael,  and  Sheba, 

23  And  Ophir,  and  Havilah,  and  Jobab. 
All  these  uvre  the  sons  of  Joktan. 

24  1[  Shem,  Arphaxad,  Shelah, 

25  Eber,  Peleg,  Reu, 

26  Serug,  Nahor,  Terah, 

27  Abram;  the  same  U  Abraham. 

28  The    sons    of  Abraham ;    Isaac, 
Ishmael. 

29  T[  These  are  their  generations  : 
firstborn  of  Ishmael,  Nebaioth;   then  Ke- 
dar,  and  Adbeel,  and  Mibsam, 


and 


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I.  CHRONICLES. 


80  Mishma,  and  Dumah,  Massa,  Hadad, 
and  Tema, 

31  Jetur,  Naphish,  and  Kedemah,  These 
are  the  sons  of  Ishmael. 

32  TI  Now  the  sons  of  Keturah,  Abraham's 
concubine :  she  bare  Zimran,  and  Jokshan, 
and  Medan,  and  Midian,  and  Ishbak,  and 
Shiiah.  And  the  sons  of  Jokshan;  Sheba, 
and  Dedan. 

33  And  the  sons  of  Midian ;  Ephah,  and 
Epher,  and  Henoch,  and  Abida,  and  El- 
daah.     All  these  are  the  sons  of  Keturah. 

34  And  Abraham  begat  Isaac.  The  sons 
of  Isaac;  Esau  and  Israel. 

35  H  The  sons  of  Esau;  Eliphaz,  Reuel, 
and  Jeush,  and  Jaalara,  and  Korah. 

36  The  sons  of  Eliphaz;  Tcman,  and 
Omar,  Zephi,  and  Gatam,  Kenaz,  and  Tim- 
na,  and  Amalek. 

37  The  sons  of  Reuel;  Nahath,  Zerah, 
Shammah,  and  Mizzah. 

38  And  the  sons  of  Seir ;  Lotan,  and  Sho- 
bal,  and  Zibeon,  and  Anah,  and  Dishon, 
and  Ezar,  and  Dishan. 

39  And  the  sons  of  Lotan;  Hori,  and  Ho- 
mam :  and  Timna  wan  Lotan's  sister. 

40  The  sons  of  Shobal ;  Allan,  and  Mana- 
hath,  and  Ebal,  Shephi,  and  Onam.  And 
the  sons  of  Zibeon;  Aiah,  and  Anah. 

41  The  sons  of  Anah;  Dishon.  And  the 
sons  of  Dishon;  Amram,  and  Eshban, 
and  Ithran,  and  Cheran. 

42  The  sons  of  Ezer;  Bilhan,  and  Zavan, 
and  Jakan.  The  sons  of  Dishan ;  Uz,  and 
Aran. 

43  1  Now  these  are  the  kings  that  reigned 
in  the  land  of  Edom  before  a^iy  king  reign- 
ed over  the  children  of  Israel ;  Bela  the 
son  of  Beor:  and  the  name  of  his  cit)' 
was  Dinhabah. 

44  And  when  Bela  was  dead,  Jobab  the 
son  of  Zerah  of  Bozrah  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

45  And  when  Jobab  was  dead,  Husham 
of  the  land  of  the  Temanites  reigned  in 
his  stead. 

46  And  when  Husham  was  dead,  Hadad 
the  son  of  Bedad,  which  smote  Midian 
in  the  field  of  Moab,  reigned  in  his  stead : 
and  the  name  of  his  city  was  Avith. 

47  And  when  Hadad  was  dead,  Samlah 
of  Masrekah  reigned  in  his  stead. 

48  And  when  Samlah  was  dead,  Shaul  of 
Rehoboth  by  the  river  reigned  in  his 
stead. 


49  And  when  Shaul  was  dead,  Baal-hanan 
the  son  of  Achbor  reigned  in  his  stead. 

50  And  when  Baal-hanan  was  dead,  Hadad 
reigned  in  his  stead:  and  the  name  of 
his  city  wo,s  Pal;  and  his  wife's  name 
was  Mehetabel,  the  daughter  of  Matred, 
the  daughter  of  Mezahab. 

51  H  Hadad  died  also.  And  the  dukes  of 
Edom  were;  duke  Timnah,  duke  Aliah, 
duke  Jetheth, 

52  Duke  Aholibamah,  duke  Elah,  duke 
Pinon, 

53  Duke  Kenaz,  duke  Teman,  duke 
Mibzar, 

54  Duke  Magdiel,  duke  Iram.  These  are 
the  dukes  of  Edom. 

CHAPTER  IL 

THESE  are  the    sous    of   Israel;    Reu- 
ben,  Simeon,  Levi,  and  Judah,  Issa- 
char,  and  Zebulun, 

2  Dan,  Joseph,  and  Benjamin,  Naphtali, 
Gad,  and  Asher. 

3  T[  The  sons  of  Judah;  Er,  and  Onan, 
and  Shelah:  whicli  three  were  born  unto 
him  of  the  daughter  of  Shua  the  Canaan- 
itcss.  And  Er,  the  firstborn  of  Judah,  was 
evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord;  and  he 
slew  him. 

4  And  Tamar  his  daughter  in  law  bare 
him  Pharez  and  Zerah.  All  the  sons  of 
Judah  vxre  five. 

5  The  sons  of  Pharez  ;  Hezron,  and 
Hamul. 

6  And  the  sons  of  Zerah;  Zimri,  and 
Ethan,  and  Heman,  and  Calcol,  and  Dara : 
five  of  them  in  all. 

7  And  the  sons  of  Carmi;  Achar,  the 
troubler  of  Israel,  who  transgressed  in 
the  thing  accursed. 

8  And  the  sons  of  Ethan ;  Azariah. 

9  The  sons  also  of  Hezron,  that  were  bom 
unto  him ;  Jerahmeel,  and  Ram,  and  Che- 
lubai. 

10  And  Ram  begat  Amminadab;  and 
Amminadab  begat  Nahshon,  priuce  of  the 
children  of  Judah ; 

11  And  Nahshon  begat  Salma,  and  Salma 
begat  Boaz, 

12  And  Boaz  begat  Obed,  and  Obed  be- 
gat Jesse. 

13  1  And  Jesse  begat  his  firstborn  Eliab, 
and  Abinadab  the  second,  and  Shirama 
the  third, 

14  Nethaneel  the  fourth,  Raddai  the  fifth, 

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I.  CHRONICLES. 


15  Ozem  the  sixth,  David  the  seventh : 

16  Whose  sisters  were  Zeruiah,  and  Al)i- 
gail.  And  the  sons  of  Zeruiah;  Abishai, 
and  Joab,  and  Asahel,  three. 

17  And  Abigail  bare  Amasa:  and  the 
father  of  Amasa  was  Jether  the  Ishmaelite. 

18  1  And  Caleb  the  son  of  Hczron  begat 
children  of  Azubah  hia  wife,  and  of  Jeri- 
oth:  her  sons  are  these;  Jesher,  and 
Shobab,  and  Ardon. 

19  And  when  Azubah  was  dead,  Caleb 
took  unto  him  Ephrath,  which  bare  him 
Hur. 

20  And  Hur  begat  Uri,  and  Uri  begat 
Bezaleel. 

21  1[  And  afterward  Hezron  went  in 
to  the  daughter  of  Machir  the  father 
of  Gilead,  whom  he  married  when  he  wan 
threescore  years  old;  and  she  bare  him 
Segub. 

22  And  Segub  begat  Jair,  who  had  three 
and  twenty  cities  in  the  land  of  Gilead. 

23  And  he  took  Geshur,  and  Aram,  with 
the  towns  of  Jair,  from  them,  with 
Kenath,  and  the  towns  thereof,  eve)t 
threescore  cities.  All  these  belonged  to 
the  sons  of  Machir  the  father  of  Gilead. 

2A  And  after  that  Hezron  was  dead  in 
Caleb-ephratah,  then  Abiah  Hezron's  wife 
bare  him  Ashur  the  father  of  Tekoa. 

25  TI  And  the  sons  of  Jerahmeel  the  first- 
born of  Hezron  were.  Ram  the  firstborn, 
and  Bunah,  and  Oren,  and  Ozem,  and 
Ahijah. 

26  Jerahmeel  had  also  another  wife, 
whose  name  wan  Atarah;  she  wan  the 
mother  of  Onam. 

27  And  the  sons  of  Ram  the  firstborn 
of  Jerahmeel  were,  Maaz,  and  Jamiu,  and 
Eker. 

28  And  the  sons  of  Onam  were,  Sharamai, 
and  Jada.  And  the  sons  of  Shammai; 
Nadab,  and  Abishiir. 

29  And  the  name  of  the  wife  of  Abishur 
vjaa  Abihail,  and  she  bare  him  Ahban,  and 
Molid. 

30  And  the  sons  of  Nadab ;  Seled,  and 
Appaim :  but  Seled  died  without  chil- 
dren. 

31  And  the  sons  of  Appaim;  Ishi.  And 
the  sons  of  Ishi;  Sheshan,  And  the  chil- 
dren of  Sheshan ;  Ahlai. 

32  And  the  sons  of  Jada  the  brother  of 
Shammai ;  Jether,  and  Jonathan ;  and 
Jether  died  without  children. 


33  And  the  sons  of  Jonathan;  Pelcth, 
and  Zaza.  These  were  the  sous  of  Je- 
rahmeel. 

34  ^  Now  Sheshan  had  no  sons,  but 
daughters.  And  Sheshan  had  a  servant, 
an  Egyptian,  whose  name  was  Jarha. 

35  And  Sheshan  gave  his  daughter  to 
Jarha  his  servant  to  wife;  and  she  bare 
him  Attai. 

36  And  Attai  begat  Nathan,  and  Nathan 
begat  Zabad, 

37  And  Zabad  begat  Ephlal,  and  Ephlal 
begat  Obed, 

38  And  Obed  begat  Jehu,  and  Jehu  begat 
Azariah, 

39  And  Azariah  begat  Helez,  and  Helez 
begat  Eleasah, 

40  And  Eleasah  begat  Sisamai,  and 
Sisamai  begat  Shallum, 

41  And  Shallum  begat  Jekamiah,  and 
Jekamiah  begat  Elishama. 

42  TI  Now  the  sons  of  Caleb  the  brother 
of  Jerahmeel  were^  Mesha  his  firstborn, 
which  wan  the  father  of  Ziph ;  and  the 
sons  of  Mareshah  the  father  of  Hebron. 

43  And  the  sons  of  Hebron ;  Korah,  and 
Tappuah,  and  Rekem,  and  Shema. 

44  And  Shema  begat  Raham,  the  father  of 
Jorkoam  :  and  Rekem  begat  Shammai. 

45  And  the  son  of  Shammai  was  Maon: 
and  Maon  vms  the  father  of  Beth-zur. 

46  And  Ephah,  Caleb's  concubine,  bare 
Haran,  and  Moza,  and  Gazez:  and  Haran 
begat  Gazez. 

47  And  the  sons  of  Jahdai ;  Regem,  and 
Jotham,  and  Gesham,  and  Relet,  and 
Ephah,  and  Shaaph. 

48  Maachah,  Caleb's  concubine,  bare 
Sheber,  and  Tirhanah. 

49  She  bare  also  Shaaph  the  father  of 
Madmannah,  Sheva  the  fiither  of  Mach- 
benah,  and  the  father  of  Gibea:  and  the 
daughter  of  Caleb  was  Achsa. 

50  ^  These  were  the  sons  of  Caleb  the 
son  of  Hur,  the  firstborn  of  Ephratah ; 
Shobal  the  fiither  of  Kirjath-jcarim, 

51  Salma  the  father  of  Beth-lehem, 
Hareph  the  Mher  of  Bcth-gader. 

52  And  Shobal  the  father  of  Kirjath-jearim 
had  sons;  Haroeh,  and  half  of  the  Mana- 
hethites. 

53  And  the  fomilies  of  Kirjath-jearim; 
!  the    Ithrites,    and  the    Puhites,    and    the 

Shumathites,  and  the  Mishraitos;  of  them 
i  came  the  Zarcathites,  and  the  Eshtaulites. 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


54  The  sons  of  Salma;  Bcth-lehem,  and 
the  Netophathites,  Ataroth,  the  house  of 
Joab,  and  half  of  the  Manahethites,  the 
Zorites. 

55  And  the  families  of  the  scribes 
which  dwelt  at  Jabez;  the  Tirathites, 
the  Shimeathites,  and  Suchathites.  These 
are  the  Kenites  that  came  of  Hemath, 
the  father  of  the  house  of  Rechab. 

CHAPTER  III. 

NOW  these  were  the  sons  of  David, 
which  were  born  unto  him  in  Hebron; 
the  firstborn  Amnon,  of  Ahinoam  the  Jez- 
reelitess :  the  second,  Daniel,  of  Abigail 
the  Carmelitess : 

2  The  third,  Absalom  the  son  of  Maa- 
chah  the  daughter  of  Talmai  king  of  Ge- 
shur:  the  fourth,  Adonijah  the  son  of 
Haggith : 

•  3  The  fifth,   Shephatlah   of  Abital:   the 
sixth,  Ithream  by  Eglah  his  wife. 

4  These  six  were  born  unto  him  in  He- 
bron; and  there  he  reigned  seven  j'ears 
and  six  months :  and  in  Jerusalem  he 
reigned  thirty  and  three. years. 

5  And  these  were  bom  unto  him  in  Jeru- 
salem; Shimea,  and  Shobab,  and  Nathan, 
and  Solomon,  four,  of  Bath-shua  the 
daughter  of  Ammiel : 

6  Ibhar  also,  and  Elisharaa,  and  Eliphelet, 

7  And  Nogah,  and  Nepbeg,  and  Japliia, 

8  And  Elishama,  and  Eliada,  and  Eliph- 
elet, nine. 

9  These  were  all  the  sons  of  David,  besides 
the  sons  of  the  concubines,  and  Tamar 
their  sister. 

10  1[  And  Solomon's  son  was  Rehoboam, 
Abia  his  son,  Asa  his  son,  Jehoshaphat  his 
son, 

11  Joram  his  son,  Ahaziah  his  sou,  Joash 
his  son, 

12  Amaziah  his  son,  Azariah  his  son,  Jo- 
tham  his  son, 

13  Ahaz  his  son,  Hezekiah  his  son,  Manas- 
Beh  his  son, 

14  Anion  his  son,  Josiah  his  son. 

15  And  the  sons  of  Josiah  were^  the  first- 
born Johanan,  the  second  Jehoiakim,  the 
third  Zedekiah,  the  fourth  Sballum. 

16  And  the  sons  of  Jehoiakim ;  Jeconiah 
his  son,  Zedekiah  his  son. 

17  T[  And  the  sons  of  Jeconiah;  Assir, 
Salathiel  his  son, 

18  Malchiram    also,   and     Pedaiah,    and 


Shenazar,  Jecamiah,  Hoshama,  and   Neda- 
biah. 

19  And  the  sons  of  Pedaiah  were^  Zerub- 
babel,  and  Shimei :  and  the  sons  of  Zerub- 
babel;  Meshullam,  and  Hananiah,  and 
Shelomith  their  sister: 

20  And  Hashubah,  and  Ohel,  and  Berechi- 
ah,  and  Hasadiah,  Jushab-hesed,  five. 

21  And  the  sons  of  Hananiah;  Pelntiah, 
and  Jesaiah :  the  sons  of  Rephaiah,  the 
sons  of  Aruan,  the  sons  of  Obadiah,  the 
sons  of  Shechaniah. 

22  And  the  sons  of  Shechaniah ;  Shema- 
iah :  and  the  sons  of  Shemaiah ;  Hattush, 
and  Igeal,  and  Bariah,  and  Neariah,  and 
Shaphat,  six. 

23  And  the  sons  of  Neariah;  Elioenai,  and 
Hezekiah,  and  Azrikam,  three. 

24  And  the  sons  of  Elioenai  were^  Hoda- 
iah,  and  Eliashib,  and  Pelaiah,  and  Akkub, 
and  Johanan,  and  Dalaiah,  and  Anani, 
seven. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

TH  E   sons    of  Judah ;   Pharez,  Hezron, 
and  Carmi,  and  Hur,  and  Shobal. 

2  And  Reaiah  the  son  of  Shobal  begat 
Jahath;  and  Jahath  begat  Ahumai,  and 
Lahad.  These  are  the  families  of  the  Zor- 
athites. 

3  And  these  were  of  the  father  of  Etam ; 
Jezreel,  and  Ishma,  and  Idbash:  and  the 
name  of  their  sister  loas  Hazelelponi : 

4  And  Penael  the  father  of  Gedor,  and 
Ezer  the  father  of  Hushah.  These  are  the 
sons  of  Hur,  the  firstborn  of  Ephratah,  the 
father  of  Beth-lehem. 

5  H  And  Ashur  the  father  of  Tekoa  had 
two  wives,  Helah  and  Naarah. 

6  And  Naarah  bare  him  Ahuzam,  and 
Hepher,  and  Temeni,  and  Haahashtari. 
These  ivere  the  sons  of  Naarah. 

7  And  the  sons  of  Helah  ivere,  Zereth,  and 
Jezoar,  and  Ethnan. 

8  And  Coz  begat  Anub,  and  Zobebah, 
and  the  families  of  Aharhel  the  son  of 
Harum. 

9  H  And  Jabez  was  more  honourable  than 
his  brethren:  and  his  mother  called  his 
name  Jabez,  saying,  Because  I  bare  him 
with  sorrow. 

10  And  Jabez  called  on  the  God  of  Israel, 
saying.  Oh  that  thou  wouldest  bless  me 
indeed,  and  enlarge  my  coast,  and  that 
thine  hand  might  be  with  me,  and  that 
thou  wouldest  keep  me  from  evil,  that  it 

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I.  CHRONICLES. 


may  not  grieve  me !  And  God  granted  him 
that  Avhich  he  requested. 

11  ^  And  Chelub  the  brother  of  Shuah 
begat  Mehir,  which  ivas  the  father  of  Esh- 
ton. 

12  And  Eshton  begat  Beth-rapha,  and  Pa- 
seah,  and  Tehinnah  the  father  of  Ir-uahash. 
These  are  the  men  of  Rechah. 

13  And  the  sons  of  Kenaz ;  Othniel,  and 
Seraiah:  and  the  sons  of  Othniel;  Hathath. 

14  And  Meonothai  begat  Ophrah :  and 
Seraiah  begat  Joab,  the  father  of  the  val- 
ley of  Charashim ;  for  they  were  erafts- 
men. 

15  And  the  sons  of  Caleb  the  son  of 
Jephunneh;  Iru,  Elah,  and  Naam  :  and  the 
sons  of  Elah,  even  Kenaz. 

16  And  the  sons  of  Jehaleleel ;  Ziph,  and 
Ziphah,  Tiria,  and  Asareel. 

17  And  the  sons  of  Ezra  were^  Jether, 
and  Mered,  and  Epher,  and  Jalon :  and 
she  bare  Miriam,  and  Shammai,  and  Ishbah 
the  father  of  Eshtemoa. 

18  And  his  wife  Jehudijah  bare  Jered  the 
father  of  Gedor,  and  Heber  the  father  of 
Socho,  and  Jekuthiel  the  father  of  Za- 
noah.  And  these  are  the  sons  of  Bithiah 
the  daughter  of  Pharaoh,  which  Mered 
took. 

19  And  the  sons  of  his  wife  Hodiah  the 
sister  of  Naham,  the  father  of  Keilah  the 
Garmite,  and  Eshtemoa  the  Maachathite. 

20  And  the  sons  of  Shimon  were,  Amnon, 
and  Rinnah,  Ben-hanan,  and  Tilon.  And 
the  sons  of  Ishi  were,  Zoheth,  and  Ben- 
zoheth. 

21  :i  The  sons  of  Shelah  the  sou  of  Ju- 
dah  were,  Er  the  father  of  Lecah,  and 
Laadah  the  father  of  Mareshah,  and  the 
families  of  the  house  of  them  that 
wrought  fine  linen,  of  the  house  of  Ash- 
bea, 

23  And  Jokim,  and  the  men  of  Chozeba, 
and  Joash,  and  Saraph,  who  had  the  do- 
minion in  Moab,  and  Jashubi-lehera.  And 
these  are  ancient  things. 

23  These  were  the  potters,  and  those  that 
dwelt  among  plants  and  hedges :  there 
they  dwelt  with  the  king  for  his  work. 

24  ^  The  sons  of  Simeon  vjere,  Nemuel, 
and  Jamin,  Jarib,  Zerah,  a7id  Shaul : 

25  Shallum  his  son,  Mibsam  his  sou, 
Mishma  his  son. 

20  And  the  sons  of  Mishma;  Hamuel 
his  son,  Zaechur  his  son,  Shimei  liis  son. 

406 


27  And  Shimei  had  sixteen  sons  and  six 
daughters;  but  his  brethren  had  not  many 
children,  neither  did  all  their  fomily  multi- 
ply, like  to  the  children  of  Judah. 

28  And  they  dwelt  at  Beer-sheba,  and 
Moladah,  and  Hazar-shual, 

29  And  at  Bilhah,  and  at  Ezem,  and  at 
Tolad, 

30  And  at  Bethuel,  and  at  Hormah,  and  at 
Ziklag, 

31  And  at  Beth-marcaboth,  and  Ilazar- 
susim,  and  at  Beth-birei,  and  at  Shiuvraim. 
These  were  their  cities  unto  the  reign  of 
David. 

32  And  their  villages  ^vere,  Etam,  and 
Ain,  Rimmon,  and  Tochen,  and  Ashan, 
five  cities : 

j    33  And  all  their  villages  that  were  round 
i  about  the  same  cities,   unto  Ba^vl.  These 
were  their  habitations,  and  their  genealogy. 
;    34  And  Meshobab,  and  Jamlech,  and  Jo- 
shah  the  son  of  Amaziah, 

35  And  Joel,  and  Jehu  the  son  of  Josi- 
biah,  the  son  of  Seraiah,  the  son  of  Asiel, 

36  And  Elioenai,  and  Jaakobah,  and 
Jeshohaiah,  and  Asaiah,  and  Adiel,  and 
Jesimiel,  and  Benaiah, 

37  And  Ziza  the  son  of  Shiphi,  the  son 
of  Allon,  the  son  of  Jedaiah,  the  son  of 
Shimri,  the  son  of  Shemaiah  ; 

38  These  mentioned  by  their  names  were 
princes  in  their  families :  and  the  house 
of  their  fathers  increased  greatly. 

39  1  And  they  went  to  the  entrance  of 
Gedor,  even  unto  the  east  side  of  the 
valley,  to  seek  pasture  for  their  flocks. 

40  And  they  found  fat  pasture  and  good, 
and  the  land  7vas  wide,  and  quiet,  and 
peaceable;  for  they  of  Ham  had  dwelt 
there  of  old. 

41  And  these  written  by  name  came  in 
the  days  of  Hczekiah  king  of  Judah,  and 
smote    their    tents,    and    the    habitations 

i  that  were  found  there,  and  destroyed  them 
j  utterly  unto  this  day,  and  dwelt  in  their 
[  rooms :  because  there  wax  pasture  there 
for  their  flocks. 

42  And  some  of  them,  ei'e7i  of  the  sons 
of  Simeon,  five  hundred  men,  went  to 
mount  Seir,  having  for  their  captains  Pela- 
tiah,  and  Neariah,  and  Rephaiah,  and  Uz- 
ziel,  the  sons  of  Ishi. 

43  And  they  smote  the  rest  of  the  Ama- 
lekites  that  were  escaped,  and  dwelt  there 
unto  this  dav. 


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CHAPTER  V. 

NOW  the  sons  of  Reuben  the  firstborn 
of  Israel,  (for  he  was  the  firstborn ; 
but,  forasmuch  as  he  defiled  his  father's 
bed,  his  birthright  Avas  given  unto  the  sons 
of  Joseph  the  son  of  Israel :  and  the  gen- 
ealogy is  not  to  be  reckoned  after  the 
birthright. 

2  For  Juduh  prevailed  above  his  breth- 
ren, and  of  him  came  the  chief  ruler ;  but 
the  birthright  was  Joseph's  :) 

3  The  sons,  /  say,  of  Reuben  the  first- 
born of  Israel  were,  Hanoch,  and  Pallu, 
Hezrou,  and  Carmi. 

4  The  sons  of  Joel ;  Sheraaiah  his  son, 
Gog  his  son,  Shimei  his  sou, 

5  Micah  his  son,  Reaia  his  son,  Baal  his 
son, 

6  Beerah  his  son,  whom  Tilgath-pilneser 
king  of  Assyria  carried  away  captive:  he 
wa^  prince  of  the  Reubenites. 

7  And  his  brethren  by  their  families, 
when  the  genealogy  of  their  generations 
was  reckoned,  were  the  chief,  Jeiel,  and 
Zechariah, 

8  And  Bela  the  son  of  Azaz,  the  son  of 
Shema,  the  son  of  Joel,  who  dwelt  in 
Aroer,  even  unto  Nebo  and  Baal-meon  : 

9  And  eastward  he  inhabited  unto  the 
entering  in  of  the  wilderness  from  the 
river  Euphrates :  because  their  cattle  were 
multiplied  in  the  land  of  Gilead. 

10  And  in  the  days  of  Saul  they  made 
war  with  the  Hagarites,  who  fell  by  their 
hand:  and  they  dwelt  in  their  tents 
throughout  all  the  east  land  of  Gilead. 

11  T[  And  the  children  of  Gad  dwelt  over 
against  them,  in  the  land  of  Bashan  unto 
Salcah : 

12  Joel  the  chief,  and  Shapham  the  next, 
and  Jaanai,  and  Shaphat  in  Bashan. 

13  And  their  brethren  of  the  house  of 
their  fathers  ivere,  Michael,  and  Meshul- 
1am,  and  Sheba,  and  Jorai,  and  Jachan, 
and  Zia,  and  Heber,  seven. 

14:  These  are  the  children  of  Abihail 
the  son  of  Huri,  the  son  of  Jaroah,  the 
son  of  Gilead,  the  sou  of  Michael,  the  son 
of  Jeshishai,  the  son  of  Jahdo,  the  son 
of  Buz ; 

15  Ahi  the  son  of  Abdiel,  the  son  of 
Guni,  chief  of  the  house  of  their  Mhers. 

16  And  they  dwelt  in  Gilead  in  Bashan,  | 
and  in  her  towns,  and  in  all  the  suburbs  j 
of  Sharon,  upon  their  borders.  I 


17  All  these  were  reckoned  by  genealo- 
gies in  the  days  of  Jotham  king  of  Judah, 
and  in  the  days  of  Jeroboam  king  of 
Israel. 

18  *|[  The  sons  of  Reuben,  and  the  Gad- 
ites,  and  half  the  tribe  of  Manasseh,  of 
valiant  men,  meu  able  to  bear  buckler 
and  sword,  and  to  shoot  with  bow,  and 
skilful  in  w^ar,  were  four  and  forty  thou- 
sand seven  hundred  and  threescore,  that 
went  out  to  the  war. 

19  And  they  made  war  with  the  Hagarites, 
with  Jetur,  and  Nephish,  and  Nodab. 

20  And  they  were  helped  against  them, 
and  the  Hagarites  were  delivered  into  their 
hand,  and  all  that  were  w^ith  them  :  for  they 
cried  to  God  in  the  battle,  and  he  was 
entreated  of  them ;  because  they  put  their 
trust  in  him. 

21  And  they  took  away  their  cattle;  of 
their  camels  fifty  thousand,  and  of  sheep 
two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand,  and  of 
asses  two  thousand,  and  of  men  a  hund- 
red thousand. 

22  For  there  fell  down  many  slain,  be- 
cause the  war  was  of  God.  And  they 
dwelt  in  their  steads  until  the  captivity. 

23  H  And  the  children  of  the  half  tribe 
of  Manasseh  dwelt  in  the  land :  they  in- 
creased from  Bashan  unto  Baal-hermon 
and  Senir,  and  unto  mount  Hermon. 

24  And  these  wei'e  the  heads  of  the  house 
of  their  fathers,  even  Epher,  and  Ishi,  and 
Eliel,  and  Azriel,  and  Jeremiah,  and  Hoda- 
viah,  and  Jahdiel,  mighty  men  of  valour, 
famous  men,  and  heads  of  the  house  of 
their  fathers. 

25  U  And  they  transgressed  against  the 
God  of  their  fathers,  and  went  a  whoring 
after  the  gods  of  the  people  of  the  land, 
whom  God  destroyed  before  them. 

26  And  the  God  of  Israel  stirred  up  the 
spirit  of  Pul  king  of  Assyria,  and  the  spirit 
of  Tilgath-pilneser  king  of  Assyria,  and  he 
carried  them  away,  even  the  Reubenites, 
and  the  Gadites,  and  the  half  tribe  of 
Manasseh,  and  brought  them  unto  Halah, 
and  Habor,  and  Hara,  and  to  the  river 
Gozan,  unto  this  day. 

CHAPTER  VL 

THE  sons   of  Levi;    Gershon,   Kohath, 
and  Merari. 
2  And  the  sons  of  Kohath;    Amram,   Iz- 
har,  and  Hebron,  and  Uzziel. 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


o  And  tlie  children  of  Anirani;  Auron, 
and  Moses,  and  Miriam.  The  sons  also  of 
Aaron ;  Nadab  and  Abiliu,  Eleazar  and 
Itharaar. 

4  ^  Eleazar  begat  Pliinclias,  Phinelias 
begat  Abisbua, 

5  And  Abishua  begat  Bukki,  and  Bukki 
begat  Uzzi, 

6  And  Uzzi  begat  Zerabiah,  and  Zerabiab 
begat  Meraioth, 

7  Meraioth  begat  Amariah,  and  Amariali 
begat  Ahitub, 

8  And  Abitub  begat  Zadok,  and  Zadok 
begat  Abimaaz, 

9  And  Abimaaz  begat  Azariah,  and  Aza- 
riah  begat  Jobanan, 

10  And  Jobanan  begat  Azariah ;  ( he  it  is 
that  executed  the  priest's  office  in  the 
temple  that  Solomon  built  in  Jerusalem :) 

11  And  Azariah  begat  Amariah,  and 
Amariah  begat  Ahitub, 

12  And  Ahitub  begat  Zadok,  and  Zadok 
begat  Shall  um, 

13  And  Shallum  begat  Hilkiah,  and  Hil- 
kiah  begat  Azariah, 

14  And  Azariah  begat  Seraiah,  and  Seraiah 
begat  Jehozadak, 

15  And  Jehozadak  went  into  captivity, 
when  the  Lord  carried  away  Judah  and 
Jerusalem  by  the  hand  of  Nebuchadnezzar. 

16  Ti  The  sons  of  Levi ;  Gershom,  Ko- 
hath,  and  Merari. 

17  And  these  be  the  names  of  the  sons 
of  Gershom ;  Libni,  and  Shimei. 

18  And  the  sons  of  Kohath  were,  Amram, 
and  Izhar,  and  Hebron,  and  Uzziel. 

19  The  sons  of  Merari ;  Mahli,  and  Mushi. 
And  these  are  the  families  of  the  Levites 
according  to  their  fathers. 

20  Of  Gershom;  Libni  his  son,  Jahath  his 
sou,  Zimmah  his  son, 

21  Joah  his  son,  Iddo  his  son,  Zerah  his 
son,  Jeaterai  his  son. 

22  The  sons  of  Kohath;  Amminadab  his 
son,  Korah  his  son,  Assir  his  son, 

23  Elkanah  his  son,  and  Ebiasaph  his 
son,  and  Assir  his  son, 

24  Tahath  his  son,  Uriel  his  son,  Uzziah 
his  son,  and  Shaul  his  son. 

25  And  the  sons  of  Elkanah;  Amasai, 
and  Ahimoth. 

26  .-l.s /or  Elkanah :  the  sons  of  Elkanah; 
Zoiihai  his  son,  and  Nuhatli  his  son, 

27  Eliab  his  sou,  Jeroham  his  son,  El- 
kanah his  son. 

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28  And  the  sons  of  Samuel;  the  lirstborn 
Vashni,  and  Abiah. 

29  The  sons  of  Merari;  Mahli,  Libni  his 
son,  Shimei  his  son,  Uzza  liis  son, 

30  Shiraea  his  sou,  Haggiah  his  son, 
Asaiah  his  sou. 

31  And  these  are  ifie?/  whom  David  set 
over  the  service  of  song  in  the  house 
of  the  Lord,  after  that  the  ark  had  rest. 

32  And  they  ministered  before  the  dwell- 
ingplace  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation with  singing,  until  Solomon  had 
built  the  house  of  the  Lord  in  Jerusalem : 
and  then  they  waited  on  their  office  ac- 
cording to  their  order. 

33  And  these  are  they  that  waited  with 
their  children.  Of  the  sons  of  the  Kohatli- 
ites;  Heman  a  singer,  the  son  of  Joel,  the 
son  of  Shemuel, 

34  The  son  of  Elkanah,  the  son  of 
Jeroham,  the  son  of  Eliel,  the  son  of 
Toah, 

35  The  son  of  Zuph,  the  son  of  Elkanah, 
the  son  of  Mahath,  the  sou  of  Amasai, 

36  The  sou  of  Elkanah,  the  son  of  Joel, 
the  sou  of  Azariah,  the  sou  of  Zephaniah, 

37  The  son  of  Tahath,  the  son  of  Assir, 
the  son  of  Ebiasaph,  the  son  of  Korah, 

38  The  son  of  Izhar,  the  son  of  Kohath, 
the  son  of  Levi,  the  son  of  Israel. 

39  And  his  brother  Asaph,  who  stood  on 
his  right  hand,  eveti  Asaph  the  sou  of 
Berachiah,  the  son  of  Shimea, 

40  The  son  of  Michael,  the  son  of  Baa- 
seiah,  the  son  of  Malchiah, 

41  The  son  of  Ethni,  the  sou  of  Zerah, 
the  son  of  Adaiah, 

42  The  son  of  Ethan,  the  son  of  Zimmah, 
the  sou  of  Shimei, 

43  The  sou  of  Jahath,  the  son  of  Ger- 
shom, the  son  of  Levi. 

44  And  their  brethren  the  sons  of  Merari 
stood  on  the  left  hand:  Ethan  the  son  of 
Kishi,  the  son  of  Abdi,  the  son  of  Malluch, 

45  The  son  of  Hashabiah,  the  sou  of 
Amaziah,  the  son  of  Hilkiali, 

46  The  son  of  Amzi,  the  son  of  Bani,  the 
son  of  Shamer, 

47  The  son  of  Mahli,  the  son  of  Mushi, 
the  sou  of  Merari,  the  son  of  Levi. 

48  Their  brethren  also  the  Levites  were 
appointed  luito  all  manner  of  sen'ice  of 
the  taberuacle  of  the  house  of  God. 

49  1|  But  Aaron  and  his  sons  ofiered 
upon  the  altar  of  the  burnt  olleriug,  and 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


OR  the  altar  of  incense,  mul  were  appointed 
for  all  the  work  of  the  /jtocc  most  holy, 
and  to  make  an  atonement  for  Israel, 
according  to  all  that  Moses  the  servant  of 
God  had  commanded, 

50  And  these  are  the  sons  of  Aaron; 
Eleazar  his  son,  Phiuehas  his  son,  Abishua 
his  son, 

51  Bukki  his  son,  Uzzi  liis  son,  Zerahiah 
his  son, 

53  Meraioth  his  son,  Amariah  his  son, 
Ahitub  his  sou, 

53  Zadok  his  son,  Ahimaaz  his  son. 

54  TI  Now  these  are  their  dwelliuiiplaces 
throughout  their  castles  in  their  coasts, 
of  the  Sons  of  Aaron,  of  the  families  of 
the  Kohathites  :  for  theirs  was  the  lot. 

55  And  thej'  gave  them  Hebron  in  the 
land  of  Judah,  and  the  suburbs  thereof 
round  about  it. 

56  But  the  fields  of  the  city,  and  the 
villages  thereof,  they  gave  to  Caleb  the 
son  of  Jephunneh. 

57  And  to  the  sons  of  Aaron  they  gave 
the  cities  of  Judah,  namely^  Hebron,  the 
city  of  refuge,  and  Libnah  with  her  sub- 
urbs, and  Jattir,  and  Eshtemoa,  with  their 
suburbs, 

58  And  Hilen  with  her  suburbs,  Debir 
with  her  suburbs, 

59  And  Ashan  with  her  suburbs,  and 
Beth-shemesh  with  her  suburbs : 

60  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin; 
Geba  with  her  suburbs,  and  Alemeth  with 
her  suburbs,  and  Anathoth  with  her  sub- 
urbs. All  their  cities  throughout  their 
families  were  thirteen  cities. 

61  And  unto  the  sons  of  Kohath,  which 
were  left  of  the  family  of  that  tribe,  were 
cities  given  out  of  the  half  tribe,  namely, 
out  of  the  half  tribe  of  Manasseh,  by  lot, 
ten  cities, 

62  And  to  the  sons  of  Gershom  through- 
out their  families  o\it  of  the  tribe  of  Is- 
sachar,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Asher,  and 
out  of  the  tribe  of  Nai)htali,  and  out  of 
the  tribe  of  Manasseh  in  Bashau,  thirteen 
cities. 

63  Unto  the  sons  of  Merari  tcere  given 
by  lot,  throughout  their  families,  out  of 
the  tribe  of  Reuben,  and  out  of  the  tribe 
of  Gad,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Zebulun, 
twelve  cities. 

64  And  the  children  of  Israel  gave  to  the 
Levites  these  cities  with  their  suburbs. 


65  And  they  gave  by  lot  out  of  the  tribe 
of  the  children  of  Judah,  and  out  of  the 
tribe  of  the  children  of  Simeon,  and  out 
of  the  tribe  of  the  children  of  Benjamin, 
these  cities,  which  are  called  by  their 
names. 

66  And  t7ie  residue  of  the  fiimilies  of  the 
sons  of  Kohath  had  cities  of  their  coasts 
out  of  the  tribe  of  Ephraim. 

67  And  they  gave  imto  them,  of  the  cities 
of  refuge,  Shechem  in  mount  Ephraim 
with  her  suburbs ;  they  gave  also  Gezer 
with  her  subiirbs, 

68  And  Jokraeam  with  her  suburbs,  and 
Beth-horon  with  her  suburbs, 

69  And  Ajalon  with  her  suburbs,  and 
Gath-rimmon  Avith  her  suburbs : 

70  And  out  of  the  half  tribe  of  Manasseh; 
Aner  with  her  suburbs,  and  Bileam  with 
her  suburbs,  for  the  family  of  the  rem- 
nant of  the  sons  of  Kohath. 

71  Unto  the  sons  of  Gershom  were  given, 
out  of  the  family  of  the  half  tribe  of 
Manasseh,  Golan  in  Bashan  with  her  sub- 
urbs, and  Ashtaroth  with  her  suburbs : 

72  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Issachar ;  Ke- 
desh  with  her  suburbs,  Daberath  with  her 
suburbs, 

73  And  Ramoth  with  her  suburbs,  and 
Anem  with  her  suburbs : 

74  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Asher;  Mashal 
with  her  suburbs,  aud  Abdon  with  her 
suburbs, 

75  And  Hukok  with  her  suburbs,  and 
Rehob  with  her  suburbs  : 

76  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Naphtali; 
Kedesh  in  Galilee  with  her  suburbs,  and 
Hammon  with  her  suburbs,  and  Kirjath- 
aim  with  her  suburbs. 

77  Unto  the  rest  of  the  children  of  Merari 
were  given,  out  of  the  tribe  of  Zebulun, 
Rimmon  with  her  STiburbs,  Tabor  with  her 
suburbs : 

78  And  on  the  other  side  Jordan  by  Jer- 
icho, on  the  east  side  of  Jordan,  ivere  given 
them,  out  of  the  tribe  of  Reuben,  Bezer  in 
the  wilderness  with  her  suburbs,  and  Jah- 
zah  with  her  suburbs, 

79  Kedemoth  also  with  her  suburbs,  and 
Mephaath  with  her  su])urbs : 

80  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Gad;  Ramoth 
in  Gilead  with  her  suburbs,  and  Mahanaim 
with  her  suburbs, 

81  And  Heshbon  with  her  suburbs,  and 
Jazer  with  her  suburbs. 

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I.  CHRONICLES, 


CHAPTER  VII. 

NOW   the  sons  of  Issachar  vxre^  Tola, 
and  Puah,  Jashub,  and  Shimrom,  fonr. 

2  And  the  sons  of  Tola;  Uzzi,  and  Repha- 
iah,  and  Jeriel,  and  Jabraai,  and  Jlbsam, 
and  Shemuel,  beads  of  their  father's  house, 
to  wit,  of  Tola:  they  were  valiant  men  of 
might  in  their  generations  ;  whose  number 
was  in  the  days  of  David  two  and  twenty 
thousand  and  six  hundred. 

3  And  the  sons  of  Uzzi ;  Izrahiah :  and  the 
sons  of  Izrahiah;  Michael,  and  Obadiah, 
and  Joel,  Ishiah,  live:  all  of  them  chief 
men. 

4  And  with  them,  by  their  generations, 
after  the  house  of  their  fathers,  rvere  bands 
of  soldiers  for  war,  six  and  thirty  thousand 
men:  for  they  had  many  wives  and  sons. 

5  And  their  brethren  among  all  the  fam- 
ilies of  Issachar  we7-e  valiant  men  of  might, 
reckoned  in  all  by  their  genealogies  four- 
score and  seven  thousand. 

6  1!  The  sons  of  Benjamin;  Bela,  and 
Becher,  and  Jediael,  three. 

7  And  the  sons  of  Bela;  Ezbon,  and  Uzzi, 
and  Uzziel,  and  Jerimoth,  and  Iri,  five; 
heads  of  the  house  of  their  fathers,  mighty 
men  of  valour;  and  were  reckoned  by 
their  genealogies  twenty  and  two  thousand 
and  thirty  and  four. 

8  And  the  sons  of  Becher;  Zemira,  and 
Joash,  and  Eliezer,  and  Elioenai,  and  Omri, 
and  Jerimoth,  and  Abiah,  and  Anathoth, 
and  Alameth.  All  these  are  the  sons  of 
Becher. 

9  And  the  number  of  them,  after  their 
genealogy  by  their  generations,  heads  of 
the  house  of  their  fathers,  mighty  men  of 
valour,  was  twenty  thousand  and  two 
hundred. 

10  The  sons  also  of  Jediael ;  Bilhan :  and 
the  sons  of  Bilhan;  Jeush,  and  Benjamin, 
and  Ehud,  and  Chenaanah,  and  Zethan,  and 
Tharshish,  and  Ahishahar. 

11  All  these  the  sons  of  Jediael,  by  the 
heads  of  their  fathers,  mighty  men  of 
A'alour,  were  seventeen  thousand  and  two 
hundred  soldiers,  fit  to  go  out  for  war  and 
battle. 

12  Shuppim  also,  and  Huppim,  the  chil- 
dren of  Ir,  a)id  Hushim,  the  sons  of  Aher. 

13  ^  The  sons  of  Naphtali;  Jahziel,  and 
Guni,  and  Jezer,  and  Shallum,  the  sons  of 
Bilhah. 

14  ^   The    sous    of  Manasseh;    Ashriel, 


whom  she   bare;    {but  his   concubine  the 
Aramitess  bare  Machir  the  father  of  Gilead: 

15  And  Machir  took  to  wife  t?ie  si-ster  of 
Huppim  and  Shuppim,  whose  sister's 
name  was  Maachah ;)  and  the  name  of  the 
second  icas  Zelophehad :  and  Zelophehad 
had  daughters. 

16  And  Maachah  the  wife  of  Machir  bare 
a  son,  and  she  called  his  name  Peresh ;  and 
the  name  of  his  brother  was  Sheresh ;  and 
his  sons  were  Ulam  and  Rakem. 

17  And  the  sons  of  Ulam  ;  Bedan.  These 
ivere  the  sons  of  Gilead,  the  son  of  Machir, 
the  son  of  Manasseh. 

18  And  his  sister  Hammoleketh  bare 
Ishod,  and  Abiezer,  and  Mahalah. 

19  And  the  sons  of  Shemidah  were, 
Ahian,  and  Shechem,  and  Likhi,  and  Ani- 
am. 

20  T[  And  the  sons  of  Ephraim;  Shuthc- 
lah,  and  Bcrcd  his  son,  and  Tahath  his 
son,  and  Eladah  his  son,  and  Tahath  his 
son, 

21  1  And  Zabad  his  son,  and  Shuthelah 
his  son,  and  Ezer,  and  Elead,  whom  the 
men  of  Gath  that  were  born  in  t?iat  land 
slew,  because  they  came  down  to  take 
away  their  cattle. 

22  And  Ephraim  their  father  mourned 
many  days,  and  his  brethren  came  to  com- 
fort him. 

23  II  And  when  he  went  in  to  his  wife, 
she  conceived  and  bare  a  son,  and  he  called 
his  name  Beriah,  because  it  went  evil  with 
his  bouse. 

24  (And  his  daughter  was  Sherah,  who 
built  Beth-boron  the  nether,  and  the  tip- 
per, and  Uzzen-sberab.) 

25  And  Repbah  ?ra.s'  bis  son,  also  Resheph, 
and  Telah  his  son,  and  Tahan  his  son, 

26  Laadan  his  sou,  Ammihud  his  son, 
Elishama  his  son, 

27  Non  his  son,  Jehoshuah  his  son. 

28  •[  And  their  possessions  and  habita- 
tions vKre,  Bctb-cl  and  the  towns  thereof, 
and  eastward  Naaran,  and  Avcstward  Ge70r, 
with  the  towns  thereof;  Shechem  also 
and  the  towns  thereof,  unto  Gaza  and  the 
towns  thereof: 

29  And  by  the  borders  of  the  children 
of  Manasseh,  Beth-sbean  and  her  towns, 
Taanach  and  her  towns,  Megiddo  and  her 
towns,  Dor  and  her  towns.  In  these  dwelt 
the  children  of  Joseph  the  son  of  Israel. 

30  1  The  sons  of  Asher;  Imnah,  and  Is- 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


uah,   and    Ishiiai,    and  Bcriah,   and   Serah 
their  sister. 

31  And  the  sons  of  Beriah ;  Heber,  and 
Malehlei,  who  is  the  father  of  Birzavith. 

32  And  Heber  begat  Japhlet,  and  Shomer, 
and  Hotham,  and  Shiia  their  sister. 

33  And  the  sons  of  Japhlet ;  Pasach,  and 
Bimhal,  and  Ashvath.  These  are  the  ehil- 
dreu  of  Japhlet. 

34  And  the  sons  of  Shamer;  Ahi,  and 
Rohgah,  Jehubbah,  and  Aram. 

35  And  the  sons  of  his  brother  Helem ; 
Zophah,  and  Imna,  and  Shelesh,  and  Amal. 

36  The  sons  of  Zophah ;  Suah,  and  Har- 
nepher,  and  Shual,  and  Beri,  and  Imrah, 

37  Bez6r,  and  Hod,  and  Shamma,  and 
Shilshah,  and  Ithran,  and  Beera. 

38  And  the  sons  of  Jether;  Jephunneh, 
and  Pispah,  and  Ara. 

39  And  the  sons  of  Ulla ;  Arab,  and  Hani- 
el,  and  Rezia. 

40  All  these  rvere  the  children  of  Asher, 
heads  of  their  father's  house,  choice  a7id 
mighty  men  of  valour,  chief  of  the  princes. 
And  the  number  throughout  the  genealogy 
of  them  that  were  apt  to  the  war  and  to 
battle  was  twenty  and  six  thousand  men. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

NOW  Benjamin  begat  Bela  his  firstborn, 
Ashbel  the  second,  and  Aharah  the 
third, 

2  Nohah  the  fourth,  and  Rapha  the  fifth. 

3  And  the  sons  of  Bela  were,  Addar,  and 
Gera,  and  Abihud, 

4  And  Abishua,  and  Naaraan,  and  Ahoah, 

5  And  Gera,  and  Shephuphan,  and  Hu- 
ram, 

6  And  these  are  the  sons  of  Ehud :  these 
are  the  heads  of  the  fathers  of  the  in- 
habitants of  Geba,  and  they  removed  them 
to  Manahath : 

7  And  Naaman,  and  Ahiah,  and  Gera,  he 
removed  them,  and  begat  Uzza,  and  Ahi- 
hud. 

8  And  Shaharaim  begat  children  in  the 
country  of  Moab,  after  he  had  sent  them 
away ;  Hushim  and  Baara  v)ere  his  wives. 

9  And  he  begat  of  Hodesh  his  wife, 
Jobab,  and  Zibia,  and  Mesha,  and  Mal- 
cham, 

10  And  Jeuz,  and  Shachia,  and  Mirma. 
These  %vere  his  sons,  heads  of  the  fathers. 

11  And  of  Hushim  he  begat  Abitub,  and 
Elpaal. 


12  The  sons  of  Elpaal;  Eber,  and  Mi- 
sham,  and  Shamed,  who  built  Ono,  and 
Lod,  with  the  towns  thereof: 

13  Beriah  also,  and  Shema,  who  vere 
heads  of  the  fathers  of  the  inhabitants 
of  Ajalon,  who  drove  awa}'  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Gath: 

14  And  Ahio,  Shashak,  and  Jeremoth, 

15  And  Zebadiah,  and  Arad,  and  Ader, 

16  And  Michael,  and  Ispah,  and  Joha,  the 
sons  of  Beriah ; 

17  And  Zebadiah,  and  Meshullam,  and 
Hezeki,  and  Heber, 

18  Ishmerai  also,  and  Jezliah,  and  Jobab, 
the  sons  of  Elpaal; 

19  And  Jakim,  and  Zichri,  and  Zabdi, 

20  And  Elienai,  and  Zilthai,  and  Eliel, 

21  And  Adaiab,  and  Beraiah,  and  Shim- 
rath,  the  sons  of  Shimhi; 

22  And  Ishpan,  and  Heber,  and  Eliel, 

23  And  Abdon,  and  Zichri,  and  Hanan, 

24  And  Hananiah,  and  Elam,  and  An- 
tothijah, 

25  And  IiDhedeiah,  and  Penuel,  the  sons 
of  Shashak ; 

26  And  Shamsherai,  and  Shehariah,  and 
Athriliah, 

27  And  Jaresiah,  and  Eliah,  and  Zichri, 
the  sons  of  Jeroham. 

28  These  v^ere  heads  of  the  fathers,  by 
their  generations,  chief  men.  These  dwelt 
in  Jerusalem. 

29  And  at  Gibeon  dwelt  the  father  of 
Gibeon ;  whose  wife's  name  was  Maa- 
chah : 

30  And  his  firstborn  son  Abdon,  and  Zur, 
and  Kish,  and  Baal,  and  Nadab, 

31  And  Gedor,  and  Ahio,  and  Zacher. 

32  And  Mikloth  begat  Shimeah.  And 
these  also  dwelt  with  their  brethren  in 
Jerusalem,  over  against  them. 

33  ^  And  Ner  begat  Kish,  and  Kish  begat 
Saul,  and  Saul  begat  Jonathan,  and  Malchi- 
shua,  and  Abinadab,  and  Esh-baal. 

34  And  the  son  of  Jonathan  was  Merib- 
baal ;  and  Merib-baal  begat  Micah. 

35  And  the  sons  of  Micah  were,  Pithon, 
and  Melech,  and  Tarea,  and  Ahaz. 

36  And  Ahaz  begat  Jehoadah;  and  Jeho- 
adah  begat  Alemeth,  and  Azmaveth,  and 
Zimri;  and  Zimri  begat  Moza; 

37  And  Moza  begat  Binea :  Rapha  was  his 
son,  Eleasah  his  son,  Azel  his  son. 

38  And  Azel  had  six  sons,  whose  names 
are  these,  Azrikam,  Bocheru,  and  Ishmael, 

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I.  CHRONICLES. 


and  Sheariah,  and  Obadiah,  and  Hauau. 
All  these  were  the  sons  of  Azel. 

39  And  the  sous  of  Eshek  his  brother 
ivere,  Ulam  his  firstborn,  Jehush  the  seeond, 
and  Eliphelet  the  third. 

40  And  the  sons  of  Ulam  -u'ere  mighty 
men  of  valour,  archers,  and  had  many 
sons,  and  sons'  sons,  a  hundred  and  fifty. 
All  these  are  of  the  sons  of  Benjamin. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

SO  all  Israel  were  reckoned  by  genealo- 
gies ;  and,  behold,  they  v;ei-e  Avritten  in 
the  book  of  the  kings  of  Israel  and  Ju- 
dah,  w]io  were  carried  away  to  Babylou 
for  their  transgression. 
3  1[  Now  the  first  inhabitants  that  dwelt 
in  their  possessions  in  their  cities  were,  the 
Israelites,  the  priests,  Levites,  and  the 
Nethinim. 

3  And  in  Jerusalem  dwelt  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Judah,  and  of  the  children  of 
Benjamin,  and  of  the  children  of  Ephraim, 
and  Manasseh ; 

4  Uthai  the  son  of  Ammihud,  the  son 
of  Omri,  the  son  of  Imri,  the  son  of  Bani, 
of  the  children  of  Pharez  the  son  of 
Judah. 

5  And  of  the  Shilonites;  Asaiah  the  first- 
born, and  his  sons. 

6  And  of  the  sons  of  Zerah;  Jeuel,  and 
their  brethren,  six  hundred  and  ninety. 

7  And  of  the  sons  of  Benjamin ;  Sallu  the 
son  of  Meshullam,  the  son  of  Hodaviah, 
the  sou  of  Hasenuah, 

8  And  Ibneiah  the  son  of  Jeroham,  and 
Elah  the  son  of  Uzzi,  the  son  of  Michri, 
and  Meshullam  the  son  of  Shephathiah, 
the  son  of  Reuel,  the  sou  of  Ibni- 
jah; 

9  And  their  brethren,  according  to  their 
generations,  nine  hundred  and  fifty  and 
six.  All  these  men  were  chief  of  the  fathers 
in  the  house  of  their  fathers. 

10  ^  And  of  the  priests  ;  Jedaiah,  and 
Jchoiarib,  and  Jachin, 

11  And  Azariah  the  sou  of  Hilklah,  the 
son  of  Meshullam,  the  sou  of  Zadok,  the 
son  of  Meraioth,  the  son  of  Ahitub,  the 
ruler  of  the  house  of  God; 

12  And  Adaiah  the  son  of  Jeroham,  the 

son  of  Pashur,  the  son  of  Malchijah,  and 

Maasiai  the  son  of  Adiel,  the  son  of  Jah- 

zerah,  the  son   of  Meshullam,  the  son   of 

Meshillemith,  the  son  of  Immer ; 
— 


13  And  tlieir  brethren,  heads  of  the 
house  of  their  fathers,  a  thousand  and 
seven  hundred  and  threescore;  very  al)le 
men  for  the  work  of  the  service  of  the 
house  of  God. 

14  And  of  the  Levites ;  Shemaiah  the  son 
of  Hasshub,  the  son  of  Azrikam,  the  son 
of  Hashabiah,  of  the  sons  of  Merari ; 

15  And  Bakbakkar,  Heresh,  and  Galal, 
and  Mattaniah  the  son  of  Micah,  the  son 
of  Zichri,  the  son  of  Asaph; 

16  And  Obadiah  the  sou  of  Shemaiah,  the 
son  of  Galal,  the  son  of  Jeduthun,  and 
Berechiah  the  son  of  Asa,  the  sou  of  El- 
kanah,  that  dwelt  in  the  villages  of  the 
Netophathites. 

17  And  the  porters  tocre,  Shalhim,  and 
Akkub,  and  Talmon,  and  Ahiman,  and 
their  brethren :  Shallum  wo.s-  the  chief; 

18  Who  hitherto  waited  in  the  king's 
gate  eastward:  they  vjere  porters  in  the 
companies  of  the  children  of  Levi. 

19  And  Shallum  the  son  of  Kore,  the 
son  of  Ebiasaph,  the  son  of  Korah,  and 
his  brethren,  of  the  house  of  his  father, 
the  Korahites,  were  over  the  work  of  the 
service,  keepers  of  the  gates  of  the 
tabernacle:  and  their  fathers,  heiyig  over 
the  host  of  the  Lord,  were  keepers  of 
the  entry. 

20  And  Phinehas  the  son  of  Eleazar 
was  the  ruler  over  them  in  time  past, 
and  the  Lokd  was  with  him. 

21  And  Zeehariah  the  son  of  Meshele- 
miah  ivas  porter  of  the  door  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation. 

22  All  these  ivliick  were  chosen  to  be 
porters  in  the  gates  toere  two  hundred 
and  twelve.  These  were  reckoned  by 
their  genealogy  in  their  villages,  whom 
David  and  Samuel  the  seer  did  ordain  in 
their  set  office. 

23  So  they  and  their  children  had  the 
oversight  of  the  gates  of  the  house  of 
the  Lord,  naraehj,  the  house  of  the 
taberuacle,  by  wards, 

24  In  four  quarters  were  the  iK)i-tcrs, 
toward  the  east,  west,  north,  and  south. 

25  And  their  brethren,  which  were  in 
their  villages,  were  to  come  after  seven 
days  from  time  to  time  with  them. 

26  For  these  Levites,  the  four  chief 
porters,  were  in  their  set  office,  and  were 
over  the  chambers  and  treasuries  of  the 
house  of  God. 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


37  H  And  they  lodg-cd  round  about  the 
house  of  God,  because  the  charj^e  was 
upon  them,  and  the  opening  thereof  every 
mormnii:  jjertained  to  them. 

38  And  certain  of  them  had  the  charge  of 
the  ministering  vessels,  that  they  should 
bring  them  in  and  out  by  tale. 

29  *S'o/>te  of  them  also  were  appointed  to 
oversee  the  vessels,  and  all  the  instru- 
ments of  the  sanctuary,  and  the  fine  flour, 
and  the  wine,  and  the  oil,  and'  the 
frankincense,  and  the  spices. 

30  And  tiome  of  the  sons  of  the  priests 
made  the  ointment  of  the  spices. 

31  And  Mattithiah,  ofie  of  the  Lcvites, 
who  teas'  the  firstborn  of  Shallum  the 
Korahite,  had  the  set  office  over  the 
things  that  were  made  in  the  pans. 

33  And  other  of  their  brethren,  of  the 
sons  of  the  Kohathites,  were  over  the 
shewbread,  to  prepare  it  every  sabbath. 

33  And  these  are  the  singers,  chief  of 
the  fathers  of  the  Levites,  who  remaining 
in  the  chambers  were  free:  for  they  were 
employed  in  that  work  day  and  night. 

34  These  chief  flithers  of  the  Levites  were 
chief  throughout  their  generations ;  these 
dwelt  at  Jerusalem. 

35  ^  And  in  Gibeon  dwelt  the  father  of 
Gibeon,  Jehiel,  whose  wife's  name  was 
Maachah : 

36  And  his  firstborn  son  Abdon,  then  Zur, 
and  Kish,  and  Baal,  and  Ner,  and  Na- 
dab, 

37  And  Gedor,  and  Ahio,  and  Zechariah, 
and  Mikloth. 

38  And  Mikloth  begat  Shimeam.  And 
they  also  dwelt  with  their  brethren  at 
Jerusalem,  over  against  their  brethren. 

39  And  Ner  begat  Kish;  and  Kish  begat 
Saul ;  and  Saul  begat  Jonathan,  and 
Malchi-shua,  and  Abiuadab,  and  Esh-baal. 

40  And  the  son  of  Jonathan  vxts  Merib- 
baal :  and  Merib-baal  begat  Micah. 

41  And  the  sons  of  Micah  were,  Pithon, 
and  Melech,  and  Tahrea,  and  Ahaz. 

43  And  Ahaz  begat  Jarah;  and  Jarah 
begat  Alemeth,  and  Azmaveth,  and  Zimri; 
and  Zimri  begat  Moza ; 

43  And  Moza  begat  Binca;  and  Rei^haiah 
his  son,  Eleasah  his  son,  Azel  his  son. 

44  And  Azel  had  six  sons,  whose  names 
ai-e  these,  Azrikam,  Bocheru,  and  Ishmael, 
and  Sheariah,  and  Obadiah,  and  Hanan. 
These  were  the  sons  of  Azel. 


CHAPTER  X. 

NOW  the  Philistines  fought  against 
Israel;  and  the  men  of  Israel  fled 
from  before  the  Philistines,  and  fell  down 
slain  in  mount  Gilboa. 
3  And  the  Philistines  followed  hard  after 
Saul,  and  after  his  sons;  and  the  Phi- 
listines slew  Jonathan,  and  Abiuadab,  and 
Malchi-shua,  the  sons  of  Saul. 

3  And  the  battle  went  sore  against  Saul, 
and  the  archers  hit  him,  and  he  was 
wounded  of  the  archers. 

4  Then  said  Saul  to  his  armourbearer, 
Draw  thy  sword,  and  thrust  me  through 
therewith  ;  lest  these  nncircumcised  come 
and  abuse  me.  But  his  armourbearer 
would  not;  for  he  was  sore  afraid.  So 
Saul  took  a  sword,  and  fell  upon  it. 

5  And  when  his  armourbearer  saw  that 
Saul  was  dead,  he  fell  likewise  on  the 
sword,  and  died. 

6  So  Saul  died,  and  his  three  sons,  and 
all  his  house  died  together. 

7  And  when  all  the  men  of  Israel  that 
I  were  in  the  valley  saw  that  they  fled,  and 

that  Saul  and  his  sons  were  dead,  then 
they  forsook  their  cities,  and  fled:  and 
the  Philistines  came  and  dwelt  in  them. 

8  TI  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow, 
when  the  Philistines  came  to  strip  the 
slain,  that  they  found  Saul  and  his  sons 
fallen  in  mount  Gilboa. 

9  And  when  they  had  stripped  him,  they 
took  his  head,  and  his  armour,  and  sent 
into  the  land  of  the  Philistines  round 
about,  to  carry  tidings  unto  their  idols, 
and  to  the  people. 

10  And  they  put  his  armour  in  the 
house  of  their  gods,  and  fastened  his 
head  in  the  temple  of  Dagon. 

11  1  And  when  all  Jabesh-gilead  heard 
all  that  the  Philistines  had  done  to 
Saul, 

13  They  arose,  all  the  valiant  men,  and 
took  away  the  body  of  Saul,  and  the 
bodies  of  his  sons,  and  brought  them  to 
Jabesh,  and  buried  their  bones  under  the 
oak  in  Jabesh,  and  fasted  seven  days. 

13  1  So  Saul  died  for  his  transgression 
which  he  committed  against  the  Lord, 
ei'eii  against  the  word  of  the  Lord,  which 
he  kept  not,  and  also  for  asking  counsel 
of  o?ie  that  had  a  familiar  spirit,  to  inquire 
of  it; 

14  And    inquired    not    of    the    Lord: 

413 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


llierelore    lie    slew    biiu,   aucl    turned 
kingdom  uuto  David  the  son  of  Jesse. 


Ike 


CHAPTER  XL 

THEN   all   Israel   gathered  themselves 
to  David  uuto  Hebron,  saj'iug,  Behold, 
we  ai'c  thy  bone  and  thy  flesh. 

2  And  moreover  iu  time  past,  even  when 
Saul  was  king,  thou  xmst  he  that  leddest 
out  and  broughtest  iu  Israel:  and  the 
Loud  thy  God  said  uuto  thee.  Thou 
Shalt  feed  my  people  Israel,  and  thou 
Shalt  be  ruler  over  my  people  Israel. 

3  Therefore  came  all  the  elders  of  Israel 
to  the  king  to  Hebron;  and  David  made  a 
covenant  with  them  in  Hebron  before  the 
Lord;  and  they  anointed  David  king  over 
Israel,  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord 
b)'  Samuel. 

4  T!  And  David  and  all  Israel  went  to 
Jerusalem,  which  in  Jebus ;  where  the 
Jebusites  ?/;ere,  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land. 

5  And  the  inhabitants  of  Jebus  said  to 
David,  Thou  shalt  not  come  hither.  Never- 
theless David  took  the  castle  of  Zion, 
which  ix  the  city  of  David. 

6  And  David  said,  Whosoever  smiteth  the 
Jebusites  first  shall  be  chief  and  captain. 
So  Joab  the  son  of  Zeruiah  went  first  up, 
and  was  chief 

7  And  David  dwelt  in  the  castle;  there- 
fore they  called  it  the  city  of  David. 

8  And  he  built  the  city  round  about,  even 
from  Millo  round  about :  and  Joab  repair- 
ed the  rest  of  the  cit}'. 

9  So  David  waxed  greater  and  greater: 
for  the  Lord  of  hosts  vxix  Avith  him. 

10  Ti  These  also  are  the  chief  of  the  mighty 
men  Avhom  David  had,  who  strengthened 
themselves  Avith  him  in  his  kingdom,  and 
with  all  Israel,  to  make  him  king,  accord- 
ing to  the  word  of  the  Lord  concerning 
Israel. 


full  of  barley;    and  the  people  tied  from 
before  the  Philistines. 

14  And  they  set  themselves  in  the  midst 
of  tJiat  })arcel,  and  delivered  it,  and  slew 
the  Philistines;  and  the  Lord  saved  them 
by  a  great  deliverance. 

15  Ti  Now  three  of  the  thirty  captains 
went  down  to  the  rock  to  David,  into  the 
cave  of  Adullara;  and  the  host  of  the  Phi- 
listines encamped  in  the  valley  of  Rephaira. 

16  And  David  was  then  in  the  hold,  and 
the  Philistines'  garrison  was  then  at  Beth- 
lehem. 

17  And  David  longed,  and  said,  Oh  that 
one  would  give  me  drink  of  the  water  of 
the  well  of  Beth-lehem,  that  is  at  the 
gate! 

18  And  the  three  brake  through  the  host 
of  the  Philistines,  and  drew  water  out  of 
the  well  of  Beth-lehem,  that  ims  by  the 
gate,  and  took  it,  and  brought  it  to  David : 
but  David  would  not  drink  of  it,  but  pour- 
ed it  out  to  the  Lord, 

19  And  said.  My  God  forbid  it  me,  that  I 
should  do  this  thing:  shall  I  drink  the 
blood  of  these  men  that  have  put  their 
lives  in  jeopardy?  for  with  the  jeopardy  of 
their  lives  they  brought  it :  therefore  ho 
would  not  drink  it.  These  things  did  these 
three  mightiest. 

20  11  And  Abishai  the  brother  of  Joab,  he 
was  chief  of  the  three:  for  lifting  up  his 
spear  against  three  hundred,  he  slew  them, 
and  had  a  name  among  the  three. 

21  Of  the  three,  he  was  more  honourable 
than  the  two;  for  he  was  their  captain: 
howbeit  he  attained  not  to  Xhe  first  three, 

22  Benaiah  the  son  of  Jehoiada,  the  son  of 
a  valiant  man  of  Kabzeel,  who  had  done 
manj-^  acts;  he  slew  two  lionlike  men  of 
Moab  :  also  he  went  down  and  slew  a  lion 
in  a  pit  in  a  snowy  day. 

23  And  he  slew  an  Egyptian,  a  man  of 
great  stature,  five  cubits  high ;   and  in  the 


11  And  this  is  the  number  of  the  mighty  ;  Egyptian's  hand  wan  a  spear  like  a  weaver's 
men  whom  David  had;  Jashobeam,  a  Hach- :  beam  ;  and  he  went  down  to  him  with  a 
monite,  the  chief  of  the  captains:  he  lifted  staflT,  and  plucked  the  spear  out  of  the 
up  his  spear  against  three  hundred  slain  by  Egyptian's  hand,  aud  slew  him  with  his 
Mm  at  one  time.  :  own  spear. 

12  And  after  him  viaa  Eleazar  the  son  of  24  These  thinys  did  Benaiah  the  son  of 
Dodo,  the  Ahohite,  who  was  one  of  the  Jehoiada,  and  had  a  name  among  the  three 
three  mighties.  |  mighties. 

13  He  was  with  David  at  Pas-dararaim,  and  '  25  Behold,  he  was  honourable  among  the 
there  the  Philistines  were  gathered  toe;eth-  thirty,  but  attained  not  to  \\\fi  first  three: 
er  to  battle,  where  was  a  parcel  of  ground    and  David  set  him  over  his  guard. 

414  ' 


L  CHRONICLES. 


26  H  Also  the  valiant  men  of  the  armies 
were,  Asahel  the  brother  of  Joab,  Elhauan 
the  son  of  Dodo  of  Beth-lehem, 

27  Shammoth  the  Harorite,  Helez;  the  Pel- 
onite, 

28  Ira  the  son  of  Ikkesh  the  Tekoite,  Abi- 
ezer  the  Antothite, 

29  Sibbecai  the  Hushathite,  Ilai  the 
Ahohite, 

30  Maharai  the  Netophathite,  Heled  the 
son  of  Baanah  the  Netophathite, 

31  Ithai  the  son  of  Ribai  of  Gibeah,  tliat 
perf anted  to  the  children  of  Benjamin, 
Benaiah  the  Pirathonite, 

32  Hurai  of  the  brooks  of  Gaash,  Abiel 
the  Arb'athite, 

33  Azmaveth  the  Baharumite,  Eliahba 
the  Shaalbonite, 

34  The  sons  of  Hashem  the  Gizonite, 
Jonathan  the  son  of  Shage  the  Hararite, 

35  Ahiam  the  son  of  Sacar  the  Hararite, 
Eliphal  the  son  of  Ur, 

36  Hepher  the  Mecherathite,  Ahijah  the 
Pelonite, 

37  Hezro  the  Carmelite,  Naarai  the  son 
of  Ezbai, 

38  Joel  the  brother  of  Nathan,  Mibhar 
the  son  of  Haggeri, 

39  Zelek  the  Ammonite,  Naharai  the  Ber- 
othite,  the  armourbearer  of  Joab  the  son- 
of  Zeruiah, 

40  Ira  the  Ithrite,  Gareb  the  Ithrite, 

41  Uriah  the  Hittite,  Zabad  the  son  of 
Ahlai, 

42  Adina  the  son  of  Shiza  the  Reiiben- 
ite,  a  captain  of  the  Reubenites,  and  thirty 
with  him, 

43  Hauan  the  son  of  Maachah,  and  Josh- 
aphat  the  Mithnite, 

44  Uzzia  the  Ashterathitc,  Shama  and 
Jehiel  the  sons  of  Hothan  the  Aroerite, 

45  Jediael  the  son  of  Shimri,  and  Joha 
his  brother,  the  Tizite, 

46  Eliel  the  Mahavite,  and  Jeribai  and 
Joshaviah  the  sons  of  Elnaam,  and  Ith- 
mah  the  Moabite, 

47  Eliel,  and  Obed,  and  Jasiel  the  Mesoba- 
ite. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

NOW  these  aj-e  they  that  came  to  Da- 
vid to  Ziklag,  while  he  yet  kept  him- 
self close  because  of  Saul  the  son  of  Kish : 
and   they  were    among   the    mighty   men, 
helpers  of  the  war. 
2  They  were  ai'med  with  bows,  and  could 


use  both  the  right  hand  and  the  left  in 
hnrUvg  stones  and  sJiootinr/  arrows  out  of  a 
bow,  even  of  Saul's  brethren  of  Benjamin. 

3  The  chief  waft  Ahiezer,  then  Joash,  the 
sons  of  Shemaah  the  Gibeathite ;  and  Je- 
ziel,  and  Pelet,  the  sons  of  Azmaveth; 
and  Berachah,  and  Jehu  the  Antothite, 

4  And  Ismaiah  the  Gibeonite,  a  mighty 
man  among  the  thirty,  and  over  the  thir- 
ty; and  Jeremiah,  and  Jahaziel,  and  Jo- 
hanan,  and  Josabad  the  Gederathite, 

5  Eluzai,  and  Jerimoth,  and  Bealiah,  and 
Shemariah,  and  Shephatiah  the  Haruphite, 

6  Elkanah,  and  Jesiah,  and  Azarcel,  and 
Joezer,  and  Jashobeam,  the  Korhites, 

7  And  Joelah,  and  Zebadiah,  the  sons  of 
Jeroham  of  Gedor. 

8  And  of  the  Gadites  there  separated 
themselves  unto  David  into  the  hold  to 
the  wilderness  men  of  might,  a7td  men 
of  war  Jit  for  the  battle,  that  could  han- 
dle shield  and  buckler,  whose  faces  icere 
like  the  faces  of  lions,  and  were  as  swift 
as  the  roes  upon  the  mountains  ; 

9  Ezer  the  first,  Obadiah  the  second, 
Eliab  the  third, 

10  Mishmannah  the  fourth,  Jeremiah  the 
fifth, 

11  Attai  the  sixth,  Eliel  the  seventh, 

12  Johanan  the  eighth,  Elzabad  the  ninth, 

13  Jeremiah  the  tenth,  Machbanai  the 
eleventh. 

14  These  u'cre  of  the  sons  of  Gad,  cap- 
tains of  the  host :  one  of  the  least  was 
over  a  hundred,  and  the  greatest  over  a 
thousand. 

15  These  are  they  that  went  over  Jor- 
dan in  the  first  month,  when  it  had  over- 
flown all  his  banks;  and  they  put  to 
flight  all  them  of  the  valleys,  both  toward 
the  east,  and  toward  the  west. 

16  And  there  came  of  the  children  of 
Benjamin  and  Jiidah  to  the  hold  unto 
David. 

17  And  David  went  out  to  meet  them, 
and  answered  and  said  unto  them.  If  ye 
be  come  peaceably  unto  me  to  help  me, 
mine  heart  shall  be  knit  unto  you :  but 
if  ye  be  come  to  betray  me  to  mine  ene- 
mies, seeing  there  is  no  Avrong  in  mine 
hands,  the  God  of  our  fathers  look  there- 
on, and  rebuke  it. 

18  Then  the  spirit  came  upon  Amasai, 
who  was  chief  of  the  captains,  a7id  he  said, 
Thine  are  we,  David,  and  on  thy  side,  thou 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


son  of  Jesse :  peace,  peace  be  unto  tbee, 
and  peace  be  to  thine  helpers ;  for  thy  God 
hclpeth  thee.  Then  David  received  them, 
and  made  them  captains  of  the  band. 

19  And  there  fell  smne  of  Manasseh  to 
David,  when  he  came  with  the  Philistines 
atrainst  Saul  to  battle;  but  they  heli)ed 
them  not:  for  the  lords  of  the  Philistines 
upon  advisement  sent  him  away,  sayin<>;, 
He  will  fall  to  his  master  Saul  to  the 
jeopardy  of  our  heads. 

20  As  he  went  to  Ziklag,  there  fell  to 
him  of  Manasseh,  Aduah,  and  Jozabad, 
and  Jediael,  and  Michael,  and  Jozabad, 
and  Elihu,  and  Zilthai,  captains  of  the 
thousands  that  v^ere  of  Manasseh. 

21  And  they  helped  David  against  the 
band  of  the  rovers:  for  they  were  all  mighty 
men  of  valour,  and  were  captains  in  the 
host. 

22  For  at  that  time  day  by  day  there 
came  to  David  to  help  him,  until  it  wa,s 
a  great  host,  like  the  host  of  God. 

23  ^  And  these  are  the  numbers  of  the 
bands  that  were  ready  armed  to  the  war, 
and  came  to  David  to  Hebron,  to  turn 
the  kingdom  of  Saul  to  him,  according 
to  the  word  of  the  Lokd. 

24  The  children  of  Judah  that  bare  shield 
and  spear  were  six  thousand  and  eight 
hundred,  ready  armed  to  the  war. 

25  Of  the  children  of  Simeon,  mighty 
men  of  valour  for  the  war,  seven  thou- 
sand and  one  hundred. 

26  Of  the  children  of  Levi  four  thousand 
and  six  hundred. 

27  And  Jehoiada  loas  the  leader  of  the 
Aaronites,  and  with  him  tvere  three  thou- 
sand and  seven  hundred; 

28  And  Zadok,  a  young  man  mighty  of 
valour,  and  of  his  father's  house  twenty 
and  two  captains. 

29  And  of  the  children  of  Benjamin,  the 
kindred  of  Saul,  three  thousand:  for  hith- 
erto the  greatest  part  of  them  had  kept 
the  ward  of  the  house  of  Saul. 

30  And  of  the  children  of  Ephraim  twenty 
thousand  and  eight  hundred,  mighty  men 
of  valour,  famous  throughout  the  house 
of  their  fathers. 

31  And  of  the  half  tribe  of  Manasseh 
eighteen  thousand,  which  were  expressed 
by  name,  to  come  and  make  David 
king. 

32  And  of  the  children  of  Issachar,  vMc/i 

ilO 


uvre  men  that  had  understanding  of  the 
times,  to  know  what  Israel  ought  to  do; 
the  heads  of  them  ivere  two  hundred; 
and  all  their  brethren  were  at  their  com- 
mandment. 

33  Of  Zebulun,  such  as  went  forth  to 
battle,  expert  in  war,  with  all  instruments 
of  war,  tifty  thousand,  which  could  keep 
rank :  tfiey  were  not  of  double  heart. 

34  And  of  Naphtali  a  thousand  captains, 
and  with  them  with  shield  and  spear  thirty 
and  seven  thousand. 

35  And  of  the  Danites  expert  in  war 
twenty  and  eight  thousand  and  six  hund- 
red. 

36  And  of  Asher,  such  as  went  forth  to 
battle,  expert  in  war,  forty  thousand. 

37  And  on  the  other  side  of  Jordan,  of 
the  Reubeuites,  and  the  Gadites,  and  of 
the  half  tribe  of  Manasseh,  with  all  man- 
ner of  instruments  of  war  for  the  battle, 
a  hundred  and  twenty  thousand. 

38  All  these  men  of  war,  that  could  keep 
rank,  came  with  a  perfect  heart  to  He- 
bron, to  make  David  king  over  all  Israel : 
and  all  the  rest  also  of  Israel  were  of  one 
heart  to  make  David  king. 

39  And  there  they  were  with  David  three 
days,  eating  and  drinking:  for  their  breth- 
ren had  prepared  for  them. 

40  Moreover  they  that  were  nigh  them, 
even  unto  Issachar  and  Zebulun  and  Naph- 
tali, brought  bread  on  asses,  and  on  cam- 
els, and  on  mules,  and  on  oxen,  and  meat, 
meal,  cakes  of  tigs,  and  bunches  of  raisins, 
and  wine,  and  oil,  and  oxen,  and  sheep 
abundantly :  for  there  was  joy  in  Israel. 


A   ND 
XJL  tain 


CHAPTER  XIIL 
David    consulted   with   the   cap- 
\ms    of    thousands    and    hundreds, 
and  with  every  leader. 

2  And  David  said  unto  all  the  congrega- 
tion of  Israel,  If  it  seem  good  unto  you, 
and  that  it  be  of  the  Lokd  our  God,  let  us 
send  abroad  unto  our  brethren  every 
where,  that  are  left  in  all  the  land  of 
Israel,  and  with  them  also  to  the  ])riests 
and  Levites  vMch  are  in  their  cities  and 
suburbs,  that  they  may  gather  themselves 
unto  us : 

3  And  let  us  bring  again  the  ark  of  our 
God  to  us:  for  we  inquired  not  at  it  in 
the  days  of  Saul. 

4  And    all    the    congregation    said    that 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


they   would    do    so:    for    the    thing    was 
right  iu  the  eyes  of  all  the  people. 

5  So  David  gathered  all  Israel  together, 
from  Shihor  of ,  Egypt  even  unto  the 
entering  of  Heraath,  to  bring  the  ark  of 
God  from  Kirjath-jeariin. 

6  And  David  went  up,  and  all  Israel,  to 
Baalah,  that  is,  to  Kirjath-jearim,  which 
belonged  to  Judah,  to  bring  up  thence  the 
ark  of  God  the  Lord,  that  dwelleth 
hetioeen  the  cherubim,  whose  name  is 
called  071  it. 

7  And  they  carried  the  ark  of  God  in  a 
new  cart  out  of  the  house  of  Abinadab: 
and  Uzza  and  Ahio  drave  the  cart. 

8  And  David  and  all  Israel  played  be- 
fore God  with  all  their  might,  and  with 
singing,  and  with  harps,  and  with  psal- 
teries, and  with  timbrels,  and  with  cym- 
bals, and  with  trumpets. 

9  1  And  when  they  came  unto  the  thresh- 
ingttoor  of  Chidon,  Uzza  put  forth  his  hand 
to  hold  the  ark;  for  the  oxen  stumbled. 

10  And  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  kin- 
dled against  Uzza,  and  he  smote  him, 
because  he  put  his  hand  to  the  ark:  and 
there  he  died  before  God. 

11  And  David  was  displeased,  because 
the  Lord  had  made  a  breach  upon  Uzza: 
wherefore  that  place  is  called  Perez-uzza 
to  this  day. 

12  And  David  was  afraid  of  God  that  day, 
saying.  How  shall  I  bring  the  ark  of  Gcd 
home  tome? 

13  So  David  brought  not  the  ark  home 
to  himself  to  the  city  of  David,  but 
carried  it  aside  into  the  house  of  Obed- 
edom  the  Gittite. 

14  And  the  ark  of  God  remained  with  the 
family  of  Obed-edom  iu  his  house  three 
mouths.  And  the  Lord  blessed  the  house 
of  Obed-edom,  and  all  that  he  had. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

NOW  Hiram  king  of  Tyre  sent  mes- 
sengers to  David,  and  timber  of 
cedars,  with  masons  and  carpenters,  to 
build  him  a  house. 

2  And  David  perceived  that  the  Lord  had 
confirmed  him  king  over  Israel,  for  his 
kingdom  was  lifted  up  on  high,  because  of 
his  people  Israel. 

3  IT  And  David  took  more  wives  at 
Jerusalem:  and  David  begat  more  sons 
and  daughters. 

27 


4  Now  these  are  the  names  oi  his  children 
which  he  had  in  Jerusalem;  Shammua, 
and  Shobab,  Nathan,  and  Solomon, 

5  And  Ibhar,  and  Elishua,  and  Elpalet, 

6  And  Nogah,  and  Nepheg,  and  Japhia, 

7  And  Elishama,  and  Beeliada,  and  Eliph- 
alet. 

8  Tl  And  when  the  Philistines  heard  that 
David  was  anointed  king  over  all  Israel, 
all  the  Philistines  went  up  to  seek  Da- 
vid. And  David  heard  of  it,  and  went  out 
against  them. 

9  And  the  Philistines  came  and  spread 
themselves  in  the  valley  of  Rephaim. 

10  And  David  inquired  of  God,  saying, 
Shall  1  go  up  against  the  Philistines  ?  and 
wilt  thou  deliver  them  into  mine  hand? 
And  the  Lord  said  unto  him.  Go  up;  for 
I  will  deliver  them  into  thine  hand. 

11  So  they  came  up  to  Baal-perazim ; 
and  David  smote  them  there.  Then  David 
said,  God  hath  broken  in  upon  mine  ene- 
mies by  mine  hand  like  the  breaking 
forth  of  waters  :  therefore  they  called 
the  name  of  that  place  Baal-perazim. 

13  And  when  they  had  left  their  gods 
there,  David  gave  a  commandment,  and 
they  were  burned  with  fire. 

13  And  the  Philistines  yet  again  spread 
themselves  abroad  in  the  valley. 

14  Therefore  David  inquired  again  of 
God;  and  God  said  unto  him.  Go  not  up 
after  them ;  turn  away  from  them,  and 
come  upon  them  over  against  the  mul- 
berry trees. 

15  x\nd  it  shall  be,  when  thou  shalt  hear 
a  sound  of  going  in  the  tops  of  the  mul- 
berry trees,  that  then  thou  shalt  go  out 
to  battle:  for  God  is  gone  forth  before 
thee  to  smite  the  host  of  the  Philistines. 

16  David  therefore  did  as  God  com- 
manded him  :  and  they  smote  the  host 
of  the  Philistines  from  Gibeon  even  to 
Gazer. 

17  And  the  fame  of  David  went  out 
into  all  lands;  and  the  Lord  brought  the 
fear  of  him  upon  all  nations. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

AND  David  made  him  houses  in  the 
city  of  David,  and  prepared  a  place 
for  the  ark  of  God,  and  pitched  for  it  a 
tent. 

2  Then  David  said.  None  ought  to  carry 
the  ark  of  God  but  the  Levites :  for  them 
417      '  ~ 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


I  hath  the  Loud  chosen  to  carry  the  ark  of 
God,  and  to  minister  unto  him  for  ever. 
o  And  David  gathered  all  Israel  together 
to  Jernsalem,  to  bring  up  the  ark  of 
the  Lord  unto  his  i)lace,  which  he  had 
prepared  for  it. 

4  And  David  assembled  the  children  of 
Aaron,  and  the  Levites : 

5  Of  the  sons  of  Kohath;  Uriel  the  chief, 
and  his  brethren  a  hundred  and  twenty: 

6  Of  the  sons  of  Merari;  Asaiah  the  chief, 
and  his  brethren  two  hundred  and  twenty: 

7  Of  the  sons  of  Gershom ;  Joel  the  chief, 
and  his  brethren  a  hundred  and  thirty  : 

8  Of  the  sons  of  Elizaphan;  Sheraaiah 
the  chief,  and  his  brethren  two  hundred : 

9  Of  the  sons  of  Hebron;  Eliel  the  chief, 
and  his  brethren  fourscore : 

10  Of  the  sons  of  Uzziel;  Amminadab 
the  chief,  and  his  brethren  a  hundred  and 
twelve. 

11  And  David  called  for  Zadok  and  Abi- 
athar  the  priests,  and  for  the  Levites,  for 
Uriel,  Asaiah,  and  Joel,  Shemaiah,  and 
Eliel,  and  Amminadab, 

12  And  said  unto  them.  Ye  are  the  chief 
of  the  fathers  of  the  Levites:  sanctify 
yourselves,  botJi  ye  and  your  brethren, 
that  ye  may  bring  up  the  ark  of  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel  unto  the  place  that 
I  have  i)repared  for  it. 

13  For  because  ye  did  it  not  at  the  first, 
the  Lord  our  God  made  a  breach  upon 
us,  for  that  we  sought  him  not  after  the 
due  order. 

14  So  the  priests  and  the  Levites  sanc- 
tified themselves  to  bring  up  the  ark  of 
the  Loud  God  of  Israel. 

15  And  the  children  of  the  Levites  bare 
the  ark  of  God  upon  their  shoulders  Avith 
the  staves  thereon,  as  Moses  commanded, 
according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

16  And  David  spake  to  the  chief  of  the 
Levites  to  appoint  their  brethren  to  be  the 
singers  with  instruments  of  music,  psal- 
teries and  harps  and  cymbals,  soundmg, 
l)y  lifting  up  the  voice  with  joy. 

17  So  the  Levites  apjjointed  Heman  the 
son  of  Joel ;  and  of  his  brethren,  Asaph 
the  son  of  Berechiah;  and  of  the  sons  of 
Aferari  their  brethren,  Ethan  the  son  of 
Kusliaiah  ; 

18  And  with  them  their  brethren  of  the 
second  detpye,  Zeehariah,  Btn,  and  Jaaziel, 
and  Shemiramoth,  and  Jehiel,  and   Unni, 


L' 


Eliab,  and  IJenaiah,  and  Maaseiah,  and 
Mattithiah,  and  Elipheleh,  and  Mikneiah, 
and  Obed-edom,  and  Jeiel,  the  porters. 

19  So  the  singers,  Heman,  Asaph,  and 
Ethan,  ivere  aiiijohded  to  sound  with  cym- 
bals of  brass ; 

20  And  Zeehariah,  and  Aziel,  and  She- 
miramoth, and  Jehiel,  and  Unni,  and 
Eliab,  and  Maaseiah,  and  Benaiah,  with 
psalteries  on  Alamoth; 

21  And  Mattithiah,  and  Elipheleh,  and 
Mikneiah,  and  Obed-edora,  and  Jeiel,  and 
Azaziah,  with  harps  on  the  Sheminith  to 
excel. 

22  And  Chenaniah,  chief  of  the  Levites, 
wax  for  song:  he  instructed  about  the 
song,  because  he  wan  skilful. 

23  And  Berechiah  and  Elkanah  were  door- 
keepers for  the  ark. 

24  And  Shebaniah,  and  Jehoshaphat,  and 
Nethaneel,  and  Amasai,  and  Zeehariah, 
and  Benaiah,  and  Eliezer,  the  priests,  did 
bloAV  with  the  trumpets  before  the  ark  of 
God:  and  Obed-edom  and  Jehiah  were 
doorkeepers  for  the  ark. 

25  ^  So  David,  and  the  elders  of  Israel, 
and  the  captains  over  thousands,  went  to 
bring  up  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the 
Lord  out  of  the  house  of  Obed-edom 
with  joy. 

26  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  God  helped 
the  Levites  that  bare  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  the  Lord,  that  they  oftered  seven 
bullocks  and  seven  rams. 

27  And  David  wan  clothed  with  a  robe  of 
line  linen,  and  all  the  Levites  that  bare  the 
ark,  and  the  singers,  and  Chenaniah  the 
master  of  the  song  with  the  singers:  David 
also  had  upon  him  an  ephod  of  linen. 

28  Thus  all  Israel  brought  up  the  ark  of 
the  covenant  of  the  Lord  with  shouting, 
and  with  sound  of  the  cornet,  and  with 
trumpets,  and  Avith  cymbals,  making  a 
noise  with  psalteries  and  harps. 

29  H  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  the  ark  of 
the  covenant  of  the  Lord  came  to  the  city 
of  David,  that  Michal  the  daughter  of  Saul 
looking  out  at  a  Avindow  saAV  king  David 
dancing  and  playing :  and  she  despised  him 
in  her  heart. 

CHAPTER  XVL 
they  brought  the  ark  of  God,  and  set 
in  the  midst  of  the  tent  that  David 
had  [litehed  for  it :  and  they  otfcrcd  burnt 
sacrifices  and  ])eace  offerings  before  God. 


Sot 
it 


418 


I.  CPIRONICLES. 


2  And  when  David  had  made  an  end  of 
offerinij  the  burnt  offerings  and  the  peace 
offerings,  he  blessed  the  people  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord, 

3  And  he  dealt  to  every  one  of  Israel, 
both  man  and  woman,  to  every  one  a  loaf 
of  bread,  and  a  good  piece  of  flesh,  and  a 
flagon  of  wine. 

4  *|[  And  he  appointed  certain  of  the  Le- 
vites  to  minister  before  the  ark  of  the 
Lord,  and  to  record,  and  to  thank  and 
praise  the  Lord  God  of  Israel : 

5  Asaph  the  chief,  and  next  to  him  Zech- 
ariah,  Jeiel,  and  Shemiramoth,  and  Jehiel, 
and  Mattithiah,  and  Eliab,  and  Benoiah, 
and  Obed-edom :  and  Jeiel  with  psalteries 
and  with  harps ;  but  Asaph  made  a  sound 
with  cymbals ; 

6  Benaiah  also  and  Jahaziel  the  priests 
with  trumpets  continually  before  the  ark 
of  the  covenant  of  God. 

7  1  Then  on  that  day  David  delivered  first 
tliis  psalm  to  thank  the  Lord  into  the  hand 
of  Asaph  and  his  brethren. 

8  Give  thanks  unto  the  Lord,  call  upon 
his  name,  make  known  his  deeds  among 
the  peoi)le. 

9  Sing  lanto  him,  sing  psalms  unto  him, 
talk  ye  of  all  his  wondrous  works. 

10  Glory  ye  in  his  holy  name:  let  the 
heart  of  them  rejoice  that  seek  the  Lord. 

11  Seek  the  Lord  and  his  strength,  seek 
his  face  continually. 

12  Remember  his  marvellous  works  that 
he  hath  done,  his  wonders,  and  the  judg- 
ments of  his  mouth ; 

13  O  ye  seed  of  Israel  his  servant,  ye  chil- 
dren of  Jacob,  his  chosen  ones. 

14  He  is  the  Lord  our  God ;  his  judg- 
ments arc  in  all  the  earth. 

15  Be  ye  mindful  always  of  his  covenant ; 
the  word  V!?iic7i  he  commanded  to  a  thou- 
sand generations ; 

16  Even  of  the  covenant  which  he  made 
with  Abraham,  and  of  his  oath  unto  Isaac ; 

17  And  hath  confirmed  the  same  to  Jacob 
for  a  law,  and  to  Israel  for  an  everlasting 
covenant, 

18  Saying,  Unto  thee  will  I  give  the  land 
of  Canaan,  the  lot  of  your  inheritance  ; 

19  When  ye  were  but  few,  even  a  few, 
and  strangers  in  it. 

20  And  lohen  they  went  from  nation  to 
nation,  and  from  one  kingdom  to  another 
people ; 


21  He  sutfered  no  man  to  do  them 
wrong:  yea,  he  rei)roved  kings  for  their 
sakes, 

32  Saijinr/,  Touch  not  mine  anointed,  and 
do  my  prophets  no  harm. 

23  Sing  unto  the  Lord,  all  the  earth; 
shew  forth  from  day  to  day  his  salvation. 

24  Declare  his  glory  among  the  heathen ; 
his  marvellous  works  among  all  nations. 

25  For  great  is  the  Lord,  and  greatly  to 
be  praised:  he  also  is  to  be  feared  above  i 
all  gods.  i 

20  For  all  the  gods  of  the  people  ai-e 
idols  :  but  the  Lord  made  the  heavens. 

27  Glory  and  honour  a?*«  in  his  pres- 
ence; strength  and  gladness  are  in  his 
place. 

28  Give  nnto  the  Lord,  ye  kindreds  of 
the  people,  give  nnto  the  Lord  glory  and 
strength. 

29  Give  unto  the  Lord  the  glory  due 
unto  his  name :  bring  an  offering,  and 
come  before  him :  worship  the  Lord  in 
the  beauty  of  holiness. 

30  Fear  before  him,  all  the  earth :  the 
world  also  shall  be  stable,  that  it  be  not 
moved. 

31  Let  the  heavens  be  glad,  and  let  the 
earth  rejoice :  and  let  men  say  among  the 
nations.  The  Lord  reigneth. 

32  Let  the  sea  roar,  and  the  fulness 
thereof:  let  the  fields  rejoice,  and  all  that 
is  therein. 

33  Then  shall  the  trees  of  the  wood 
sing  out  at  the  presence  of  the  Lord,  be- 
cause he  eometh  to  judge  the  earth. 

34  O  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord  ;  for  7ie 
is  good;  for  his  mercy  endnreth  for  ever. 

35  And  say  ye.  Save  lis,  0  God  of  our 
salvation,  and  gather  us  together,  and  de- 
liver us  from  the  heathen,  that  we  may 
give  thanks  to  thy  holy  name,  and  glory 
in  thy  praise. 

36  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God  of  Israel 
for  ever  and  ever.  And  all  the  people 
said.  Amen,  and  praised  the  Lord. 

37  1  So  he  left  there  before  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  the  Lord  Asaph  and  his 
brethren,  to  minister  before  the  ark  con- 
tinually, as  every  day's  work  required  : 

38  And  Obed-edom  with  their  brethren, 
threescore  and  eight ;  Obed-edom  also  the 
son  of  Jeduthun  and  Hosah  to  be  porters  : 

39  And  Zadok  the  priest,  and  his  breth- 
ren the   priests,  before  the  tabernacle  of 

419  " 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


the  Lord  in  the  high  place  that  was  at 
Gibeon, 

40  To  ofler  burnt  offerings  unto  the  Lord 
upon  the  altar  of  the  burnt  offering  con- 
tinually morning  and  evening,  and  to  do 
according  to  all  that  is  written  in  the  law 
of  the  Lord,  which  he  commanded  Israel ; 

41  And  with  them  Heman  and  Jeduthun, 
and  the  rest  that  were  chosen,  who  were 
expressed  by  name,  to  give  thanks  to  the 
Lord,  because  his  mercy  endureth  for 
ever ; 

43  And  with  them  Heman  and  Jeduthun 
with  trumpets  and  cymbals  for  those  that 
should  make  a  sound,  and  with  musical 
instruments  of  God.  And  the  sons  of 
Jeduthun  were  porters. 

43  And  all  the  i)eople  departed  every 
man  to  his  house :  and  David  returned  to 
bless  his  house. 

CHAPTER  XVII. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass,  as  David  sat  in 
his  house,  that  David  said  to  Nathan 
the  prophet,  Lo,  I  dwell  in  a  house  of 
cedars,  but  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the 
Lord  remaineth  under  curtains. 

2  Then  Nathan  said  unto  David,  Do  all 
that  is  in  thine  heart ;  for  God  U  with  thee. 

3  1  And  it  came  to  pass  the  same  night, 
that  the  word  of  God  came  to  Nathan, 
saying, 

4  Go  and  tell  David  my  servant,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord,  Thou  shalt  not  build  me 
a  house  to  dwell  in  : 

5  For  I  have  not  dwelt  in  a  house  since 
the  day  that  I  brought  up  Israel  unto  this 
day;  but  have  gone  from  tent  to  tent, 
and  from  one  tabernacle  to  another. 

6  Wheresoever  I  have  walked  with  all 
Israel,  spake  I  a  word  to  any  of  the  judges 
of  Israel,  whom  I  commanded  to  feed  my 
people,  saying,  Why  have  ye  not  built 
me  a  house  of  cedars  ? 

7  Now  therefore  thus  shalt  thoii  say 
unto  my  servant  David,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  I  took  thee  from  the 
shecpcote,  even  from  following  the  sheep, 
that  thou  shouldest  be  ruler  over  my 
people  Israel : 

8  And  I  have  been  with  thee  whither- 
soever tliou  hast  walked,  and  have  cut 
off  all  thine  enemies  from  before  thee, 
and  have  made  thee  a  name  like  the  name 
of  the  great  men  that  are  in  the  earth. 

420 


9  Also  I  will  ordain  a  place  for  my  peo- 
ple Israel,  and  will  plant  them,  and  they 
shall  dwell  in  their  place,  and  shall  be 
moved  no  more ;  neither  shall  the  children 
of  wickedness  waste  them  any  more,  as  at 
the  beginning, 

10  And  since  the  time  that  I  commanded 
judges  to  he  over  my  people  Israel.  More- 
over I  will  subdue  all  thine  enemies. 
Furthermore  I  tell  thee,  that  the  Lord 
will  build  thee  a  house. 

11  TI  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  thy 
days  be  exjjired  that  thou  must  go  to  he 
with  thy  fathers,  that  I  will  raise  up  thy 
seed  after  thee,  which  shall  be  of  thy 
sons  ;  and  I  will  establish  his  kingdom. 

12  He  shall  build  me  a  house,  and  I  will 
stablish  his  throne  for  ever. 

13  I  will  be  his  fother,  and  he  shall  be 
my  son:  and  1  Avill  not  take  my  mercy 
away  from  him,  as  I  took  it  from  him  that 
was  before  thee : 

14  But  I  will  settle  him  in  mine  house 
and  in  my  kingdom  for  ever:  and  his 
throne  shall  be  established  for  evermore. 

15  According  to  all  these  words,  and  ac- 
cording to  all  this  vision,  so  did  Nathan 
speak  unto  David. 

16  ^  And  David  the  king  came  and  sat 
before  the  Lord,  and  said.  Who  am  I, 
O  Lord  God,  and  Avhat  is  mine  house, 
that  thou  hast  brought  me  hitherto  ? 

17  And  7jet  this  was  a  small  thing  in 
thine  eyes,  O  God;  for  thou  hast  also 
spoken  of  thy  servant's  house  for  a  great 
while  to  come,  and  hast  regarded  me  ac- 
cording to  the  estate  of  a  man  of  high  de- 
gree, O  Lord  God. 

18  What  can  David  speak  more  to  thee 
for  the  honour  of  thy  servant?  for  thou 
knowest  thy  servant. 

19  O  Lord,  for  thy  servant's  sake,  and 
according  to  thine  own  heart,  hast  thou 
done  all  this  greatness,  in  making  known 
all  these  great  things. 

20  O  Lord,  tJiere  is  none  like  thee,  neither 
is  there  any  God  besides  thee,  according  to 
all  that  we  have  heard  with  our  ears. 

21  And  what  one  nation  in  the  earth  is 
like  thy  people  Israel,  whom  God  went 
to  redeem  to  he  his  own  people,  to  make 
thee  a  name  of  greatness  and  terribleness, 
by  driving  out  nations  from  before  thy 
peoi)le,  whom  thou  hast  redeemed  out  of 
Eirypt? 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


22  For  thy  people  Israel  didst  thon  make 
thine  own  people  for  ever;  and  thou, 
Lord,  becamest  their  God. 

23  Therefore  now,  Lord,  let  the  thing 
that  thou  hast  spoken  concerning  thy 
servant  and  concerning  his  house  be  estab- 
lished for  ever,  and  do  as  thou  hast 
said. 

24  Let  it  even  be  established,  that  thy 
name  may  be  magnified  for  ever,  saying. 
The  Lord  of  hosts  is  the  God  of  Israel, 
eve?i,  a  God  to  Israel :  and  let  the  house  of 
David  thy  servant  be  established  before 
thee. 

25  Fpr  thou,  O  ray  God,  hast  told  thy 
servant  that  thou  wilt  build  him  a  house : 
therefore  thy  servant  hath  found  m  ?iis 
heart  to  pray  before  thee. 

26  And  now.  Lord,  thou  art  God,  and 
hast  promised  this  goodness  unto  thy 
servant : 

27  Now  therefore  let  it  please  thee  to 
bless  the  house  of  thy  servant,  that  it 
may  be  before  thee  for  ever:  for  thou 
blessest,  O  Lord,  and  it  shall  he  blessed 
for  ever. 

CHAPTER  XVIIL 

NOW  after  this  it  came  to  pass,  that 
David  smote  the  Philistines,  and  sub- 
dued them,  and  took  Gath  and  her  towns 
out  of  the  hand  of  the  Philistines. 

2  And  he  smote  Moab;  and  the  Moabites 
became  David's  servants,  and  brought 
gifts. 

3  ^  And  David  smote  Hadarezer  king 
of  Zobah  unto  Haraath,  as  he  went  to 
stablish  his  dominion  by  the  river  Euphra- 
tes. 

4  And  David  took  from  him  a  thou- 
sand chariots,  and  seven  thousand  horse- 
men, and  twenty  thousand  footmen :  Da- 
vid also  houghed  all  the  chariot  horses, 
but  reserved  of  them  a  hundred  chariots. 

5  And  when  the  Syrians  of  Damascus 
came  to  help  Hadarezer  king  of  Zobah, 
David  slew  of  the  Syrians  two  and  twenty 
thousand  men. 

6  Then  David  put  ffarriso7is  in  Syria- 
damascus;  and  the  Syrians  became  Da- 
vid's servants,  and  brought  gifts.  Thus 
the  Lord  preserved  David  whithersoever 
he  went. 

7  And  David  took  the  shields  of  gold 
that  were  on  the  servants  of  Hadarezer, 
and  brought  them  to  Jerusalem. 


8  Likewise  from  Tibhath,  and  from  Chun, 
cities  of  Hadarezer,  brought  David  very 
much  brass,  wherewith  Solomon  made 
the  brazen  sea,  and  the  piUars,  and  the 
vessels  of  brass. 

9  ^  Now  when  Tou  king  of  Hamath 
heard  how  David  had  smitten  all  the 
host  of  Hadarezer  king  of  Zobah ; 

10  He  sent  Hadoram  his  son  to  king 
David,  to  inquire  of  his  welfare,  and  to 
congratulate  him,  because  he  had  fought 
against  Hadarezer,  and  smitten  him;  (for 
Hadarezer  had  war  with  Tou;)  and  with 
him  all  manner  of  vessels  of  gold  and 
silver  and  brass. 

11  H  Them  also  king  David  dedicated 
unto  the  Lord,  with  the  silver  and  the 
gold  that  he  brought  from  all  these  na- 
tions; from  Edom,  and  from  Moab,  and 
from  the  children  of  Amnion,  and  from 
the  Philistines,  and  from  Amalek. 

12  Moreover,  Abishai  the  son  of  Zeruiah 
slew  of  the  Edomites  in  the  valley  of 
salt  eighteen  thousand. 

13  T[  And  he  put  garrisons  in  Edom  ;  and 
all  the  Edomites  became  David's  servants. 
Thus  the  Lord  preserved  David  whither- 
soever he  went. 

14  T[  So  David  reigned  over  all  Israel, 
and  executed  judgment  and  justice  among 
all  his  people. 

15  And  Joab  the  son  of  Zeruiah  was  over 
the  host ;  and  Jehoshaphat  the  son  of 
Ahilud,  recorder; 

16  And  Zadok  the  son  of  Ahitub,  and 
Abimelech  the  son  of  Abiathar,  were  the 
priests  ;  and  Shavsha  was  scribe  ; 

17  And  Benaiah  the  son  of  Jehoiada  was 
over  the  Cherethites  and  the  Pelethites  ; 
and  the  sons  of  David  were  chief  about 
the  king. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that 
Nahash  the  king  of  the  children  of 
Ammon  died,  and  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

2  And  David  said,  I  will  shew  kindness 
unto  Hanun  the  son  of  Nahash,  because 
his  father  shewed  kindness  to  me.  And 
David  sent  messengers  to  comfort  him 
concerning  his  father.  So  the  servants 
of  David  came  into  the  laud  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Ammon  to  Hanun,  to  comfort 
him. 

8   But    the   princes    of   the    children  of 
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I.  CHRONICLES. 


Aramou  said  to  Huuun,  Tliiukest  thou 
that  David  doth  honour  thy  father,  that 
he  hath  sent  comforters  unto  thee?  are 
not  his  servants  come  unto  thee  for  to 
search,  and  to  overthrow,  and  to  spy  out 
the  hind  ? 

4  Wherefore  Hanun  took  David's  serv- 
ants, and  shaved  them,  and  cut  off  their 
garments  in  the  midst  hard  by  their 
buttocks,  and  sent  them  away. 

5  Then  there  went  certain^  and  told  Da- 
vid how  the  men  were  served;  and  he 
sent  to  meet  them :  for  the  men  were 
greatly  ashamed.  And  the  king  said, 
Tarry  at  Jericho  until  your  beards  be 
grown,  and  tJien  return. 

6  1  And  when  the  children  of  Amnion 
saw  that  they  had  made  themselves  odious 
to  David,  Hanun  and  the  children  of  Am- 
raon  sent  a  thousand  talents  of  silver  to 
hire  them  chariots  and  horsemen  out  of 
Mesopotamia,  and  out  of  Syria-maachah, 
and  out  of  Zobah. 

7  So  they  hired  thirty  and  two  thousand 
chariots,  and  the  king  of  Maachah  and  his 
people;  who  came  and  pitched  before 
Medeba.  And  the  children  of  Ammon 
gathered  themselves  together  from  their 
cities,  and  came  to  battle. 

8  And  when  David  heard  of  it,  he  sent 
Joab,  and  all  the  host  of  the  mighty  men. 

9  And  the  children  of  Ammon  came  out, 
and  put  the  battle  in  array  before  the 
gate  of  the  city :  and  the  kiugs  that  were 
come  ivcre  by  themselves  in  the  field. 

10  Now  when  Joab  saw  that  the  battle 
was  set  against  him  before  and  behind, 
he  chose  out  of  all  the  choice  of  Israel, 
and  put  them  in  array  against  the  Syrians, 

11  And  the  rest  of  the  people  he  deliv- 
ered unto  the  hand  of  Abishai  his 
brother,  and  they  set  thcmmvea  in  array 
against  the  children  of  Ammon. 

12  And  he  said.  If  the  Syrians  be  too 
strong  for  me,  then  thou  shalt  help  me: 
but  if  the  children  of  Amnion  be  too 
strong  for  thee,  then  I  Avill  help  thee. 

13  Be  of  good  courage,  and  let  us  behave 
ourselves  valiantly  for  our  people,  and  for 
the  cities  of  our  God :  and  let  the  Lokd 
do  tliat  which  is  good  in  his  sight. 

1-4  So  Joowb  and  the  people  that  rcere  with 
him  drew  nigh  before  the  Syrians  unto 
the  battle;  and  they  lied  before  him. 

15   And  when  the  children    of  Ammon 


saw  that  the  Syrians  were  fled,  they  like- 
wise fled  before  Abishai  his  brother,  and 
entered  into  the  city.  Then  Joab  came  to 
Jerusalem. 

16  T[  And  when  the  Syrians  saw  that  they 
were  put  to  the  worse  before  Israel,  they 
sent  messengers,  and  drew  forth  the 
Syrians  that  were  beyond  the  river:  and 
Shophach  the  captain  of  the  host  of 
Hadarezer  ^ve1lt  before  them. 

17  And  it  was  told  David ;  and  he 
gathered  all  Israel,  and  passed  over 
Jordan,  and  came  upon  them,  and  set  the 
battle  in  array  against  them.  So  when 
David  had  put  the  battle  in  array  against 
the  Syrians,  they  fought  with  him. 

18  But  the  Syrians  fled  before  Israel; 
j  and    David    slew    of    the    Syrians    seven 

thousand  men  which  fought  in  chariots, 
and  forty  thousand  footmen,  and  killed 
Shophach  the  captain  of  the  host. 

19  And  when  the  servants  of  Hadarezer 
saw  that  they  were  put  to  the  worse 
before  Israel,  they  made  peace  with  Da- 
vid, and  became  his  servants :  neither 
would  the  Syrians  help  the  children  of 
Ammon  any  more. 

CHAPTER  XX. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  that  after  the 
year  was  expired,  at  the  time  that 
kings  go  out  to  battle,  Joab  led  forth  the 
power  of  the  army,  and  wasted  the 
country  of  the  children  of  Ammon,  and 
came  and  besieged  Rabbah.  But  David 
tarried  at  Jerusalem.  And  Joab  smote 
Rabbah,  and  destroyed  it. 

2  And  David  took  the  crown  of  their 
king  from  oft"  his  head,  and  found  it  to 
weigh  a  talent  of  gold,  and  there  were 
precious  stones  in  it ;  and  it  was  set  upon 
David's  head :  and  he  brought  also  ex- 
ceeding much  spoil  out  of  the  city. 

3  And  he  brought  out  the  people  that 
were  in  it,  and  cut  them  with  saws,  and 
with  harrows  of  iron,  and  with  axes. 
Even  so  dealt  David  with  all  the  cities  of 
the  children  of  Ammon.  And  David  and 
all  the  people  returned  to  Jerusalem. 

4  TI  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that 
there  arose  war  at  Gejcer  with  the  Phi- 
listines; at  Avliich  time  Sibbechai  the 
Hushathite  slew  Sippai,  that  vxts  of  the 
children  of  the  giant ;  and  they  were  sub- 
dued. 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


5  And  there  was  war  again  with  the  Phi- 
listines; and  Elhanan  the  son  of  Jair 
slew  Lahmi  the  brother  of  Goliath  the 
Gittite,  whose  spear  staff  was  like  a 
weaver's  beam. 

6  And  yet  again  there  was  war  at  Gath, 
where  was  a  man  of  great  stature,  whose 
fingers  and  toes  were  four  and  twenty,  six 
mi  each  hand,  and  six  o?t  each  foot :  and  he 
also  was  the  son  of  the  giant. 

7  But  when  he  defied  Israel,  Jonathan 
the  son  of  Shimea  David's  brother  slew 
him. 

8  These  were  born  unto  the  giant  in 
Gath;  and  they  fell  by  the  hand  of  David, 
and  by  the  hand  of  his  servants. 

CHAPTER  XXI. 

AND  Satan  stood  up  against  Israel,  and 
provoked  David  to  number  Israel. 

2  And  David  said  to  Joab  and  to  the 
rulers  of  the  peojjle.  Go,  number  Israel 
from  Beer-sheba  even  to  Dan ;  and  bring 
the  number  of  them  to  me,  that  I  may 
know  it. 

3  And  Joab  answered.  The  Lord  make 
his  people  a  hundred  times  so  many  more 
as  they  he:  but,  my  lord  the  king,  are  they 
not  all  my  lord's  servants  ?  why  then  doth 
my  lord  require  this  thing?  Avhy  will  he 
be  a  cause  of  trespass  to  Israel  ? 

4  Nevertheless  the  king's  word  prevailed 
against  Joab.  Wherefore  Joab  departed, 
and  went  throughout  all  Israel,  and  came 
to  Jerusalem. 

5  T[  And  Joab  gave  the  sum  of  the  number 
of  the  people  unto  David.  And  all  they  of 
Israel  were  a  thousand  thousand  and  a 
hundred  thousand  men  that  drew  sword: 
and  Judah  vjas  four  hundred  threescore 
and  ten  thousand  men  that  drew  sword. 

6  But  Levi  and  Benjamin  counted  he  not 
among  them :  for  the  king's  word  "vvas 
abominable  to  Joab. 

7  And  God  was  displeased  with  this 
thing ;  therefore  he  smote  Israel. 

8  And  David  said  nnto  God,  I  have  sinned 
greatly,  because  I  have  done  this  thing: 
but  now,  I  beseech  thee,  do  away  the  in- 
iquity of  thy  servant ;  for  I  have  done  very 
foolishly. 

9  TI  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Gad,  Da- 
vid's seer,  saying, 

10  Go  and  tell  David,  saying,  Thus  saith 
the  Lord,  I  offer  thee  three  things;  choose 


thee  one  of  them,  that  I  ma}'  do  it  unto 
thee. 

11  So  Gad  came  to  David,  and  said  unto 
him,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Choose  thee 

12  Either  three  years'  famine;  or  three 
months  to  be  destroyed  before  thy  foes, 
while  that  the  sword  of  thine  enemies 
overtaketh  tJiee ;  or  else  three  days  the 
sword  of  the  Lord,  even  the  pestilence,  in 
the  land,  and  the  angel  of  the  Lord  de- 
stroying throughout  all  the  coasts  of  Is- 
rael. Now  therefore  advise  thyself  what 
word  I  shall  bring  again  to  him  that  sent 
me. 

13  And  David  said  unto  Gad,  I  am  in  a 
great  strait :  let  me  fall  now  into  the  hand 
of  the  Lord;  for  verj'  great  are  his  mei'- 
cies :  but  let  me  not  fall  into  the  hand  of 
man. 

14  T[  So  the  Lord  sent  pestilence  upon 
Israel:  and  there  fell  of  Israel  seventy 
thousand  men. 

1.5  And  God  sent  an  angel  unto  Jerusalem 
to  destroy  it :  and  as  he  was  destroying, 
the  Lord  beheld,  and  he  repented  him 
of  the  evil,  and  said  to  the  angel  that  de- 
stroyed. It  is  enough,  stay  noAV  thine  hand. 
And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  stood  by  the 
threshingfloor  of  Oman  the  Jebusite. 

16  And  David  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  saw 
the  angel  of  the  Lord  stand  between  the 
earth  and  the  heaven,  having  a  drawn 
sword  in  his  hand  stretched  out  over  Jeru- 
salem. Then  David  and  the  elders  of  Israel, 
v}ho  were  clothed  in  sackcloth,  fell  upon 
their  faces. 

17  And  David  said  unto  God,  Is  it  not  I 
tltat  commanded  the  people  to  be  number- 
ed ?  even  I  it  is  that  have  sinned  and  done 
evil  indeed ;  but  as  for  these  sheep,  what 
have  they  done?  let  thine  hand,  I  pray 
thee,  O  Lord  my  God,  be  on  me,  and  on 
my  father's  house  ;  but  not  on  thy  peoi)le, 
that  they  should  be  plagued. 

18  ^  Then  the  angel  of  the  Lord  com- 
manded Gad  to  say  to  David,  that  David 
should  go  up,  and  set  up  an  altar  unto 
the  Lord  in  the  threshingfloor  of  Oman 
the  Jebusite. 

19  And  David  went  up  at  the  saying  of 
Gad,  which  he  spake  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord. 

20  And  Oman  turned  back,  and  saw  the 
angel ;  and  his  four  sons  with  him  hid  them- 
selves.    Now  Oman  Avas  threshing  wheat. 

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I.  CHRONICLES. 


21  And  as  David  came  to  Oniai!,  Oman 
looked  and  saw  David,  and  went  out  of 
the  threshingfloor,  and  bowed  himself  to 
David  with  ?ds  face  to  the  ground, 

22  Then  David  said  to  Oman,  Grant  me 
the  place  of  i/ils  threshingfioor,  that  I  may 
build  an  altar  therein  unto  the  Lord:  thou 
Shalt  grant  it  me  for  the  full  price :  that 
the  plague  may  be  stayed  from  the  people. 

23  And  Oman  said  unto  David,  Take  it 
to  thee,  and  let  my  lord  the  king  do  that 
rnhich  is  good  in  his  eyes :  lo,  I  give  t/tee 
the  oxen  also  for  burnt  olTerings,  and  the 
threshing  instruments  for  wood,  and  the 
wheat  for  the  meat  olfering;  I  give  it  all. 

24  And  king  David  said  to  Oman,  Nay; 
but  I  will  verily  buy  it  for  the  full  price : 
for  I  will  not  take  that  which  is  thine  for 
the  Lord,  nor  ofi'er  burnt  oflerings  with- 
out cost. 

25  So  David  gave  to  Oman  for  the  place 
six  hundred  shekels  of  gold  by  weight. 

26  And  David  built  there  an  altar  unto 
the  Lord,  and  olfered  burnt  offerings  and 
peace  offerings,  and  called  upon  the  Lord; 
and  he  answered  him  from  heaven  by  fire 
upon  the  altar  of  burnt  offering. 

27  And  the  Lord  commanded  the  angel ; 
and  he  put  up  his  sword  again  into  the 
sheath  thereof. 

28  Tl  At  that  time  when  David  saw  that 
the  Lord  had  answered  him  in  the  thresh- 
ingrtoor  of  Oman  the  Jebusite,  then  he 
sacrificed  there. 

29  For  the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord,  which 
Moses  made  in  the  wilderness,  and  the 
altar  of  the  burnt  offering,  we7'e  at  that 
season  in  the  high  place  at  Gibeon. 

30  But  David  could  not  go  before  it  to 
inquire  of  God :  for  he  was  afraid  because 
of  the  sword  of  the  angel  of  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  XXIL 

THEN  David  said.  This  is  the  house  of 
the  Lord  God,  and  this  w  the  altar  of 
the  ])urnt  offering  for  Israel. 

2  And  David  commanded  to  gather  to- 
gether the  strangers  that  were  in  the  land 
of  Israel;  and  he  set  masons  to  hew 
wrought  stones  to  build  the  house  of 
God.  ^ 

3  And  David  prepared  iron  in  abundance 
for  the  nails  for  the  doors  of  the  gates, 
and  for  the  joinings;  and  brass  in  abund- 
ance without  weight ; 

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4  Also  cedar  trees  in  abundance:  for  the 
Zidoniaus  and  they  of  Tyre  brought  much 
cedar  wood  to  David. 

5  And  David  said,  Solomon  my  son  it 
young  and  tender,  and  the  hoiise  tliat  is 
to  be  builded  for  the  Lord  must  be  ex- 
ceeding magnifical,  of  fame  and  of  glory 
throughout  all  countries :  I  will  therefore 
now  make  preparation  for  it.  So  David 
prepared  abundantly  before  his  death. 

6  1[  Then  he  called  for  Solomon  his  son, 
and  charged  him  to  build  a  house  for  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel. 

7  And  David  said  to  Solomon,  My  son, 
as  for  me,  it  was  in  my  mind  to  build  a 
house  unto  the  name  of  the  Lord  my 
God: 

8  But  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to 
me,  saying.  Thou  hast  shed  blood  abund- 
antly, and  hast  made  great  wars:  thou 
Shalt  not  build  a  house  unto  my  name, 
because  thou  hast  shed  much  blood  upon 
the  earth  in  my  sight. 

9  Behold,  a  son  shall  be  bom  to  thee, 
who  shall  be  a  man  of  rest ;  and  I  will 
give  him  rest  from  all  his  enemies  round 
about:  for  his  name  shall  be  Solomon,  and 
I  will  give  peace  and  quietness  unto  Is- 
rael in  his  days. 

10  He  shall  build  a  house  for  my  name; 
and  he  shall  be  my  sou,  and  I  will  be  his 
father;  and  I  will  establish  the  throne  of 
his  kingdom  over  Israel  for  ever. 

11  Now,  my  son,  the  Lord  be  with  thee ; 
and  prosper  thou,  and  build  the  house  of 
the  Lord  thy  God,  as  he  hath  said  of  thee. 

12  Only  the  Lord  give  thee  wisdom  and 
understanding,  and  give  thee  charge  con- 
cerning Israel,  that  thou  mayest  keep  the 
law  of  the  Lord  thy  God. 

13  Then  shalt  thou  prosper,  if  thou  tak- 
est  heed  to  fulfil  the  statutes  and  judg- 
ments which  the  Lord  charged  Moses 
with  concerning  Israel:  be  strong,  and 
of  good  courage ;  dread  not,  nor  be  dis- 
mayed. 

14  Now,  behold,  in  my  trouble  I  have 
prepared  for  the  house  of  the  Lord  a 
hundred  thousand  talents  of  gold,  and  a 
thousand  thousand  talents  of  silver;  and 
of  brass  and  iron  Avithout  weight;  for  it 
is  in  abundance:  timber  also  and  stone 
have  I  prepared;  and  thou  mayest  add 
thereto. 

15  Moreover,    tliere    are    workmen    with 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


thee  in  abundance,  hewers  and  workers 
of  stone  and  timber,  and  all  manner  of 
cunninj^  men  for  every  manner  of  work. 

16  Of  the  gold,  the  silver,  and  the  brass, 
and  the  iron,  there  is  no  number.  Arise 
therefore^  and  be  doing,  and  the  Loud  be 
with  thee. 

17  Tl  David  also  commanded  all  the  princes 
of  Israel  to  help  Solomon  his  son,  saying^ 

18  h  not  the  Lord  your  God  with  you  ? 
and  hath  he  not  given  you  rest  on  every 
side  ?  for  he  hath  given  the  inhabitants  of 
the  laud  into  mine  hand;  and  the  land  is 
subdued  before  the  Lord,  and  before  his 
people. 

19  Now  set  your  heart  and  your  soul 
to  seek  the  Lord  your  God ;  arise  there- 
fore, and  build  ye  the  sanctuary  of  the 
Lord  God,  to  bring  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  the  Lord,  and  the  holy  vessels 
•of   God,    into    the    house    that    is    to    be 

built  to  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  XXm. 

SO  when  David  was  old  and  full  of  days, 
he  made  Solomon  his  sou  king  over 
Israel. 

2  1[  And  he  gathered  together  all  the 
princes  of  Israel,  with  the  priests  and 
the  Levites. 

3  Now  the  Levites  were  numbered  from 
the  age  of  thirty  years  and  upward :  and 
their  number  by  their  polls,  man  by  man, 
was  thirty  and  eight  thousand. 

4  Of  which,  twenty  and  four  thousand 
were  to  set  forward  the  work  of  the  house 
of  the  Lord  ;  and  six  thousand  were  offi- 
cers and  judges : 

5  Moreover  four  thousand  were  porters  ; 
and  four  thousand  praised  the  Lord  with 
the  instruments  which  I  made,  said  David, 
to  praise  therewith. 

6  And  David  divided  them  into  courses 
among  the  sons  of  Levi,  namely,  Gershon, 
Kohath,  and  Merari. 

7  1  Of  the  Gershonites  were  Laadan,  and 
Shimei. 

8  The  sons  of  Laadan ;  the  chief  was 
Jehiel,  and  Zetham,  and  Joel,  three. 

9  The  sons  of  Shimei;  Shelomith,  and 
Haziel,  and  Haran,  three.  These  ive^'e  the 
chief  of  the  fathers  of  Laadan. 

10  And  the  sons  of  Shimei  were,  Jahath, 
Zina,  and  Jcush,  and  Beriah.  These  four 
were  the  sons  of  Shimei. 


11  And  Jahath  was  the  chief,  and  Zizah 
the  second :  but  Jeush  and  Beriah  had  not 
many  sous ;  therefore  they  were  in  one 
reckoning,  according  to  their  father's 
house. 

13  Tf  The  sous  of  Kohath;  Amram,  Izhar, 
Hebron,  and  Uzziel,  four. 

13  The  sons  of  Amram ;  Aaron,  and  Mo- 
ses:  and  Aaron  was  separated,  that  he 
should  sanctify  the  most  holy  things,  he 
and  his  sons  for  ever,  to  burn  incense  be- 
fore the  Lord,  to  minister  unto  him,  and 
to  bless  in  his  name  for  ever. 

14  Now  coucennng  Moses  the  man  of 
God,  his  sons  were  named  of  the  tribe  of 
Levi. 

15  The  sons  of  Moses  were,  Gershom, 
and  Eliezer. 

16  Of  the  sons  of  Gershom,  Shebuel  vms 
the  chief. 

17  And  the  sons  of  Eliezer  were,  Rehabiah 
the  chief.  And  Eliezer  had  none  other 
sons ;  but  the  sons  of  Rehabiah  were  very 
many. 

18  Of  the  sons  of  Izhar;  Shelomith  the 
chief. 

19  Of  the  sons  of  Hebron ;  Jeriah  the 
first,  Amariah  the  second,  Jahaziel  the 
third,  and  Jekameara  the  fourth. 

20  Of  the  sons  of  Uzziel;  Micah  the  first, 
and  Jesiah  the  second. 

21  H  The  sons  of  Merari;  Mahli,  and 
Mushi,  The  sons  of  Mahli ;  Eleazar,  and 
Kish. 

23  And  Eleazar  died,  and  had  no  sons, 
but  daughters :  and  their  brethren  the 
sons  of  Kish  took  them. 

23  The  sons  of  Mushi;  Mahli,  and  Eder, 
and  Jeremoth,  three. 

24  If  These  u^ere  the  sons  of  Levi  after 
the  house  of  their  fsxthers ;  even  the  chief 
of  the  fathers,  as  they  were  counted  by 
number  of  names  by  their  polls,  that  did 
the  work  for  the  service  of  the  house  of 
the  Lord,  from  the  age  of  twenty  years 
and  upward. 

25  For  David  said.  The  Lord  God  of 
Israel  hath  given  rest  unto  his  people, 
that  they  may  dwell  in  Jerusalem  for  ever : 

26  And  also  unto  the  Levites  :  they  shall 
no  more  carry  the  tabernacle,  nor  any  ves- 
sels of  it  for  the  service  thereof. 

27  For  by  the  last  words  of  David  the 
Levites  were  numbered  from  twenty  years 
old  and  above : 

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I.  CHRONICLES. 


28  Because  their  ottice  ?/"«.s  to  wait  on  the 
Bons  of  Aaron  for  the  service  of  the  house 
of  the  Loud,  in  the  courts,  and  in  the 
chambers,  and  in  the  ])urifyin^  of  all  holy 
things,  and  the  work  of  the  service  of  the 
house  of  God; 

29  Both  for  the  shewbread,  and  for  the 
fine  flour  for  meat  offering,  and  for  the 
unleavened  cakes,  and  fur  that  which  i-n 
baked  in  the  pan,  and  for  that  which  is 
fried,  and  for  all  manner  of  measure  and 
size; 

30  And  to  stand  every  morning  to  thank 
and  praise  the  Lord,  and  likewise  at  even ; 

31  And  to  offer  all  burnt  sacrifices  unto 
the  Lord  in  the  sabbaths,  in  the  new 
moons,  and  on  the  set  feasts,  by  number, 
according  to  the  order  commanded  unto 
them,  continually  before  the  Lord  : 

32  And  that  they  should  keep  the  charge 
of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  aud 
the  charge  of  the  holy  place,  and  the 
charge  of  the  sons  of  Aaron  their  brethren, 
in  the  service  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 

NOW  these  are  the  divisions  of  the  sons 
of  Aaron.    The  sons  of  Aaron;  Nadab 
and  Abihu,  Eleazar  and  Ithamar. 

2  But  Nadab  and  Abihu  died  before  their 
father,  and  had  no  children:  therefore 
Eleazar  and  Ithamar  executed  the  priest's 
office. 

3  And  David  distributed  them,  both  Za- 
dok  of  the  sons  of  Eleazar,  and  Ahimelech 
of  the  sons  of  Ithamar,  according  to  their 
offices  in  their  service. 

4  And  there  were  more  chief  men  found 
of  the  sons  of  Eleazar  than  of  the  sons 
of  Ithamar;  and  thus  were  they  divided. 
Among  the  sons  of  Eleazar  there  were  six- 
teen chief  men  of  the  liouse  of  their 
fathers,  and  eight  among  the  sons  of 
Ithamar  according  to  the  house  of  their 
fathers. 

5  Thus  w^ere  they  divided  by  lot,  one 
sort  with  another;  for  the  governors  of 
the  sanctuary,  and  governors  of  the  houne 
of  God,  were  of  the  sons  of  Eleazar,  and 
of  the  sons  of  Ithamar. 

6  And  Shemaiah  the  son  of  Nethaneel 
the  scribe,  one  of  the  Levites,  Avrote  them 
before  the  king,  and  the  princes,  and  Za- 
dok  the  priest,  and  Ahimelech  the  son 
of  Abiathar,  and  before  the  chief  of  the 

l2G~ 


fathers  of  the  priests  and  Levites :  one 
;  i>rincipal  household  being  taken  for  Elea- 
zar, and  one  taken  for  Ithamar. 

7  Now  the  first  lot  came  forth  to  Je- 
hoiarib,  the  second  to  Jedaiah, 

8  The  third  to  Ilarim,  the  fourth  to 
Seorim, 

9  The  fifth  to  Malchijah,  the  sixth  to 
Mijamin, 

10  The  seventh  to  Hakkoz,  the  eighth  to 
Abijah, 

11  The  ninth  to  Jeshuah,  the  tenth  to 
Shecaniah, 

12  The  eleventh  to  Eliashib,  the  twelfth 
to  Jakim,  j 

13  The  thirteenth  to  Huppah,  the  four-  j 
teenth  to  Jeshebeab, 

14  The  fifteenth  to  Bilgah,  the  sixteenth 
to  Immer, 

15  The  seventeenth  to  Hezir,  the  eigh- 
teenth to  Aphses, 

16  The  nineteenth  to  Pethahiah,  the 
twentieth  to  Jehezekel, 

17  The  one  and  twentieth  to  Jachin, 
the  two  and  twentieth  to  Gamul, 

18  The  three  and  twentieth  to  Delaiah, 
the  four  and  twentieth  to  Maaziah. 

19  These  were  the  orderings  of  them  in 
their  service  to  come  into  the  house  of 
the  Lord,  according  to  their  manner, 
under  Aaron  their  father,  as  the  Lord 
God  of  Israel  had  commanded  him.  j 

20  t  And   the  rest   of  the  sons   of   Levi  ' 
were  these:  Of  the  sons   of  Amram ;    Shu- 
bael :     of    the     sons     of    Shubael  ;     Jeh- 
deiah. 

21  Concerning  Rehabiah :  of  the  sons 
of  Rehabiah,  the  first  ?m.s-  Isshiah. 

22  Of  the  Izharites;  Shelomoth :  of  the 
sons  of  Shelomoth;  Jahath. 

23  Aud  the  sons  of  Hebron ;  Jeriah  the 
first,  Amariah  the  second,  Jahaziel  the 
third,  Jekameani  the  fourth. 

24  Of  the  sons  of  Uzziel;  Michah:  of 
the  sons  of  Michah;  Shamir. 

25  The  brother  of  Michah  was  Isshiah: 
of  the  sons  of  Isshiah;  Zechariah. 

20  The  sons  of  Merari  were  Mahli  and 
Mushi :  the  sons  of  Jaaziah  ;  Beuo. 

27  ^  The  sons  of  Merari  by  Jiuiziah; 
Beno,  and  Shoham,  aud  Zaccur,  and  Ibri. 

28  Of  Mahli  came  Eleazar,  who  had  no 
sons. 

29  Concerning  Kish:  the  son  of  Kish  was 
Jerahmeel. 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


30  The  sons  also  of  Mushi;  Mahli,  and 
Eder,  and  Jerimotli.  These  ^vere  the  sons 
of  the  Levites  after  the  house  of  their 
fathers, 

31  These  likewise  cast  lots  over  against 
their  brethren  the  sons  of  Aaron  in  the 
presence  of  David  the  king,  and  Zadok, 
and  Ahimelcch,  and  the  chief  of  the  fa- 
thers of  the  priests  and  Levites,  even 
the  principal  fathers  over  against  their 
younger  brethren. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 

MOREOVER  David  and  the  captains 
of  the  host  separated  to  the  service 
of  the  sons  of  Asaph,  and  of  Heiuan, 
and  of  Jeduthun,  who  should  prophesy 
with  harps,  with  psalteries,  and  Avith 
cymbals:  and  the  number  of  the  work- 
men according  to  their  service  was : 

2  Of  the  sons  of  Asaph;  Zaccur,  and 
Joseph,  and  Nethaniah,  and  Asarelah,  the 
sons  of  Asaph  under  the  hands  of  Asaph, 
which  prophesied  according  to  the  order 
of  the  king. 

3  Of  Jeduthun :  the  sons  of  Jeduthun ; 
Gedaliah,  and  Zeri,  and  Jeshaiah,  Hasha- 
biah,  and  Mattithiah,  six,  under  the  hands 
of  their  father  Jeduthun,  who  prophesied 
with  a  harp,  to  give  thanks  and  to  praise 
the  Lord. 

4  Of  Heman:  the  sons  of  Heman;  Buk- 
kiah,  Mattaniah,  Uzziel,  Shebucl,  and 
Jerimoth,  Hananiah,  Hanani,  Eliathah, 
Giddalti,  and  Romamti-ezer,  Joshbeka- 
shah,  Mallothi,  Hothir,  and  Mahazioth: 

5  All  these  vxrc  the  sons  of  Heman  the 
king's  seer  in  the  words  of  God,  to  lift 
up  the  horn.  And  God  gave  to  Heman 
fourteen  sons  and  three  daughters. 

6  All  these  were  under  the  hands  of  their 
father  for  song  in  the  house  of  the  Lokd, 
with  cymbals,  psalteries,  and  harps,  for 
the  service  of  the  house  of  God,  ac- 
cording to  the  king's  order  to  Asaph, 
Jeduthun,  and  Heman. 

7  So  the  number  of  them,  with  their 
brethren  that  were  instructed  in  the 
songs  of  the  Lord,  even  all  that  were 
cunning,  was  two  hundred  fourscore 
and  eight. 

8  T[  And  they  east  lots,  ward  against 
ward,  as  well  the  small  as  the  great,  the 
teacher  as  the  scholar. 

9  Now  the  first  lot  came  forth  for  Asaph 


to   Joseph:    the  second  to  Gedaliah,  who 
with  his  brethren  and  sons  vrcre  twelve  : 

10  The  third  to  Zaccur,  he,  his  sons,  and 
his  brethren,  were  twelve  : 

11  The  fourth  to  Izri,  he,  his  sons,  and 
his  brethren,  v:ere  twelve: 

12  The  fifth  to  Nethaniah,  he,  his  sons, 
and  his  brethren,  were  twelve  : 

13  The  sixth  to  Bukkiah,  he,  his  sons,  and 
his  brethren,  v:ere  twelve  : 

14  The  seventh  to  Jesharelah,  7ic,  his  sons, 
and  his  brethren,  v^ere  twelve  : 

15  The  eighth  to  Jeshaiah,  he,  his  sons,  and 
his  brethren,  were  twelve  : 

16  The  ninth  to  Mattaniah,  he,  his  sons, 
and  his  brethren,  ivere  twelve  : 

17  The  tenth  to  Shimci,  he,  his  sons,  and 
his  brethren,  were  twelve  : 

18  The  eleventh  to  Azareel,  lie,  his  sons, 
and  his  brethren,  v'ere  twelve  : 

19  The  twelfth  to  Hashabiah,  Jie,  his  sons, 
and  his  brethren,  were  twelve : 

20  The  thirteenth  to  Shubael,  7ie,  his  sous, 
and  his  brethren,  were  twelve : 

21  The  fourteenth  to  Mattithiah,  he,  his 
sons,  and  his  brethren,  v;ere  twelve  : 

22  The  fifteenth  to  Jeremoth,  lie,  his  sons, 
and  his  brethren,  tvere  twelve  : 

23  The  sixteenth  to  Hananiah,  he,  his 
sons,  and  his  brethren,  ivere  twelve : 

24  The  seventeenth  to  Joshbekashah,  Jie, 
his  sons,  and  his  brethren,  vm-e  twelve : 

25  The  eighteenth  to  Hanani,  he,  his  sons, 
and  his  brethren,  vjere  twelve : 

20  The  nineteenth  to  Mallothi,  he,  his 
sons,  and  his  brethren,  were  twelve: 

27  The  twentieth  to  Eliathah,  he,  his  sous, 
and  his  brethren,  tuere  twelve : 

28  The  one  and  twentieth  to  Hothir,  he, 
his  sons,  and  his  brethren,  viere  twelve : 

29  The  two  and  twentieth  to  Giddalti,  he, 
his  sons,  and  his  brethren,  were  twelve: 

30  The  three  and  twentieth  to  Mahazioth, 
he,  his  sons,  and  his  brethren,  ii^ere  twelve : 

31  The  four  and  twentieth  to  Romamti- 
ezer,  he,  his  sons,  and  his  brethren,  uere 
twelve. 

CHAPTER  XXVL 

CONCERNING  the  divisions  of  the  por- 
ters: Of  the  Korhites  ?m.s  Meshelcmiah 
the  son  of  Kore,  of  the  sons  of  Asaph. 
2   And    the    sons   of   Meshelcmiah    v;ere, 
Zechariah   the   firstborn,  Jediael   the   sec- 
ond,   Zebadiah    the    third,    Jathniel    the 

fourth, 

_ 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


3  Elam  the  lifth,  Jehohanan  the  sixth, 
Elioenai  the  seventh. 

4  Moreover  the  sous  of  Obed-edom  wer^, 
Shemaiah  the  firstborn,  Jehozabad  the  sec- 
ond, Joah  the  third,  and  Sacar  the  fourth, 
and  Nethaneel  the  fifth, 

5  Ammiel  the  sixth,  Issaehar  the  seventh, 
Peulthai  the  eighth:  for  God  blessed  him. 

6  Also  unto  Shemaiah  his  son  were  sons 
bom,  that  ruled  throughout  the  house  of 
their  father :  for  they  were  mighty  men  of 
valour. 

7  The  sons  of  Shemaiah;  Othni,  and 
Rephael,  and  Obed,  Elzabud,  whose  breth- 
ren were  strong  men,  Elihu,  and  Sema- 
chiah. 

8  All  these  of  the  sons  of  Obed-edom : 
they  and  their  sons  and  their  brethren, 
able  men  for  strength  for  the  service,  were 
threescore  and  two  of  Obed-edom. 

9  And  Meshelemiah  had  sons  and  breth- 
ren, strong  men,  eighteen. 

10  Also  Hosah,  of  the  children  of  Merari, 
had  sons ;  Simri  the  chief,  (for  though  he 
was  not  the  firstborn,  yet  his  father  made 
him  the  chief;) 

11  Hilkiah  the  second,  Tebaliah  the  third, 
Zeehariah  the  fourth :  all  the  sons  and 
brethren  of  Hosah  were  thirteen. 

12  Among  these  were  the  divisions  of  the 
porters,  even  among  the  chief  men,  having 
wards  one  against  another,  to  minister  in 
the  house  of  the  Lord. 

13  •[  And  they  cast  lots,  as  well  the  small 
as  the  great,  according  to  the  house  of 
their  fathers,  for  every  gate. 

14  And  the  lot  eastward  fell  to  Shelemiah. 
Then  for  Zeehariah  his  son,  a  wise  counsel- 
lor, they  cast  lots  ;  and  his  lot  came  out 
northward. 

15  To  Obed-edom  southward ;  and  to  his 
sons  the  house  of  Asuppim. 

16  To  Shuppim  and  Hosah  the  lot  came 
forth  westward,  with  the  gate  Shallecheth, 
by  the  causeway  of  the  going  up,  ward 
against  ward. 

17  Eastward  were  six  Levites,  northward 
four  a  day,  southward  four  a  day,  and 
toward  Asuppim  two  and  two. 

18  At  Parbar  westward,  four  at  the  cause- 
way, and  two  at  Parbar. 

19  These  are  the  divisions  of  the  por- 
ters among  the  sons  ofKore,  and  among 
the  sous  of  Merari. 

20  *[  And  of  the  Levites,  Ahijah  was  over 

428 


the  treasures  of  the  house  of  God,  and 
over  the  treasures  of  the  dedicated  things. 

21  As  conceryiing  the  sons  of  Laadan; 
the  sons  of  the  Gershonite  Laadan,  chief 
fathers,  even  of  Laadan  the  Gershonite, 
were  Jehieli. 

22  The  sons  of  Jehieli ;  Zetham,  and  Joel 
his  brother,  which  were  over  the  treasures 
of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

23  Of  the  Amramites,  and  the  Izharites, 
the  Hebronites,  and  the  Uzzielites : 

24  And  Shebuel  the  son  of  Gershom,  the 
son  of  Moses,  was  ruler  of  the  treasures. 

25  And  his  brethren  by  Eliezer;  Rehabiah 
his  son,  and  Jeshaiah  his  son,  and  Jorara 
his  son,  and  Zichri  his  son,  and  Shelomith 
his  son  : 

26  Which  Shelomith  and  his  brethren 
were  over  all  the  treasures  of  the  dedicated 
things,  which  David  the  king,  and  the 
chief  fathers,  the  captains  over  thousands 
and  hundreds,  and  the  captains  of  the 
host,  had  dedicated. 

27  Out  of  the  spoils  won  in  battles  did 
they  dedicate  to  maintain  the  house  of 
the  Lord. 

28  And  all  that  Samuel  the  seer,  and 
Saul  the  son  of  Kish,  and  Abner  the  son 
of  Ner,  and  Joab  the  son  of  Zeruiah,  had 
dedicated;  and  whosoever  had  dedicated 
any  thing,  it  loas  under  the  hand  of  Shelo- 
mith, and  of  his  brethren. 

29  *[  Of  the  Izharites,  Chenaniah  and  his 
sons  were  for  the  outward  business  over 
Israel,  for  oflficers  and  judges. 

30  A7id  of  the  Hebronites,  Hashabiah  and 
his  brethren,  men  of  valour,  a  thousand 
and  seven  hundred,  were  officers  among 
them  of  Israel  on  this  side  Jordan  west- 
ward in  all  the  business  of  the  Lord,  and 
in  the  service  of  the  king. 

31  Among  the  Hebronites  7vas  Jerijah 
the  chief,  even  among  the  Hebronites, 
according  to  the  generations  of  his  fa- 
thers. In  the  fortieth  year  of  the  reign 
of  David  they  were  sought  for,  and  there 
were  found  among  them  mighty  men  of 
valour  at  Jazer  of  Gilead. 

32  And  his  brethren,  men  of  valour, 
were  two  thousand  and  seven  hundred 
chief  fathers,  whom  king  David  made 
rulers  over  the  Reubenites,  the  Gadites, 
and  the  half  tribe  of  Manasseh,  for  every 
matter  pertaining  to  God,  and  aflfairs  of 
the  l:ing. 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


CHAPTER  XXVII. 

NOW  the  childreu  of  Israel  after  tlieir 
number,  to  wit.,  the  chief  fathers  and 
captains  of  thousands  and  hundreds,  and 
their  offieers  that  served  the  king  in  any 
matter  of  the  courses,  which  came  in  and 
went  out  month  by  month  throughout 
all  the  months  of  the  year,  of  every  course 
were  twenty  and  four  thousand. 

2  Over  the  first  course  for  the  first 
month  was  Jashobeam  the  son  of  Zabdiel : 
and  in  his  course  toere  twenty  and  four 
thousand. 

3  Of  the  children  of  Perez  tms  the  chief 
of  all  the  captains  of  the  host  for  the  first 
month. 

4  And  over  the  course  of  the  second 
month  was  Dodai  an  Ahohite,  and  of  his 
course  wa.s  Miltloth  also  the  ruler:  in  his 
course  lilcewise  were  twenty  and  four  thou- 
sand. 

5  The  third  captain  of  the  host  for  the 
third  month  xvaa  Bcnaiah  the  son  of  Je- 
hoiada,  a  chief  priest :  and  in  his  course 
votre  twenty  and  four  thousand. 

6  This  i.s  that  Benaiah,  viho  was  mighty 
amotig  the  thirty,  and  above  the  thirty: 
and  in  his  course  ?oa.s  Ammizabad  his  son. 

7  The  fourth  captai7i  for  the  fourth  month 
was  Asahel  the  brother  of  Joab,  and  Zeba- 
diah  his  son  after  him:  and  in  his  course 
tvere  twenty  and  four  thousand. 

8  The  fifth  captain  for  the  fifth  month 
was  Shamhuth  the  Izrahite:  and  in  his 
course  were  twenty  and  four  thousand. 

9  The  sixth  captain  for  the  sixth  month 
was  Ira  the  son  of  Ikkesh  the  Tekoite: 
and  in  his  course  were  twenty  and  four 
thousand. 

10  The  seventh  captaiii  for  the  seventh 
month  vms  Helez  the  Pelouite,  of  the 
children  of  Ephraim :  and  in  his  course 
were  twenty  and  four  thousand. 

11  The  eighth  captain  for  the  eighth 
month  was  Sibbecai  the  Hushathite,  of  the 
Zarhites:  and  in  his  course  %vere  twent}^ 
and  four  thousand. 

13  The  ninth  captain  for  the  ninth  month 
was  Abiezer  the  Anetothitc,  of  the  Benja- 
mites:  and  in  his  course  roere  twenty  and 
four  thousand. 

13  The  tenth  captaiit.  for  the  tenth  month 
was  Maharai  the  Netophathite,  of  the  Zar- 
hites: and  in  his  course  were  twenty  and 
four  thousand. 


14  The  eleventli  cajjtaiu  for  the  eleventh 
month  was  Bcnaiah  the  Pirathouite,  of  the 
children  of  Ephraim :  and  in  his  course 
tca-e  twenty  and  four  thousand. 

15  The  twelfth  captairi  for  the  twelfth 
month  ivas  Heldai  the  Netophathite,  of 
Othniel:  and  in  liis  course  ivere  twenty 
and  four  thousand. 

16  H  Furthermore  over  the  tribes  of  Is- 
rael: the  ruler  of  the  Reubenites  ims  Elie- 
zer  the  son  of  Zichri :  of  the  Simeonites, 
Shephatiah  the  son  of  Maachah : 

17  Of  the  Levites,  Hashabiah  the  son  of 
Kemuel :  of  the  Aaronites,  Zadok  : 

18  Of  Judah,  Eliliu,  one  of  the  brethren 
of  David :  of  Issachar,  Omri  the  son  of  Mi- 
chael : 

19  Of  Zebulun,  Ishmaiah  the  son  of  Oba- 
diah:  of  Najihtali,  Jerimoth  the  son  of 
Azriel : 

20  Of  the  children  of  Ephraim,  Hoshca 
the  son  of  Azaziah:  of  the  half  tribe  of 
Manasseh,  Joel  the  son  of  Pedaiah : 

21  Of  the  half  ^r(6e  of  Manasseh  in  Gilead, 
Iddo  the  son  of  Zechariah :  of  Benjamin, 
Jaasiel  the  son  of  Abner : 

22  Of  Dan,  Azareel  the  son  of  Jeroham. 
These  were  the  princes  of  the  tribes  of 
Israel. 

23  TI  But  David  took  not  the  number  of 
them  from  twenty  y(;ars  old  and  under: 
because  the  Lokd  had  said  he  would  in- 
crease Israel  like  to  the  stars  of  the 
heavens. 

24  Joab  the  son  of  Zeruiah  began  to 
number,  but  he  finished  not,  because  there 
fell  wrath  for  it  against  Israel;  neltlier 
Avas  the  number  put  in  the  account  of 
the  Chronicles  of  king  David. 

25  TI  And  over  the  king's  treasures  was 
Azmaveth  the  son  of  Adiel :  and  over  the 
storehouses  in  the  fields,  in  the  cities,  and 
in  the  villages,  and  in  the  castles,  was  Jc- 
honathan  the  son  of  Uzziah : 

26  And  over  them  that  did  the  work  of 
the  field  for  tillage  of  the  ground  was  Ezri 
the  son  of  Chelub  : 

27  And  over  the  vineyards  was  Shimei 
the  Ramathite:  over  the  increase  of  the 
vinej'ards  for  the  wine  cellars  was  Zabdi 
the  Shiphmite: 

28  And  over  the  olive  trees  and  the  syca- 
more trees  that  were  in  the  low  plains 
was  Baal-hsnan  the  Gederite:  and  over 
the  cellars  of  oil  was  Joash  : 

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I.  CHRONICLES. 


29  And  over  the  herds  that  fed  in  Sharon 
was  Shitrai  the  Sharonite :  and  over  the 
herds  i/tat  v'ere  in  the  valleys  was  Shaphat 
the  son  of  Adlai : 

30  Over  the  camels  also  was  Obil  the 
Ishmaelite :  and  over  the  asses  was  Jeh- 
deiah  the  Meronothite : 

31  And  over  the  flocks  ivas  Jaziz  the 
Hagerite.  All  these  wej-e  the  rulers  of  the 
substance  which  was  king  David's. 

32  Also  Jonathan  David's  uncle  was  a 
counsellor,  a  wise  man,  and  a  scribe :  and 
Jchiel  the  son  of  Hachmoni  was  with  the 
kings  sons: 

33  And  Ahithophel  was  the  king's  coun- 
sellor: and  Hushai  the  Archite  was  the 
king's  companion : 

34  And  after  Ahithophel  ivas  Jehoiada 
the  son  of  Benaiah,  and  Abiathar :  and 
the  general  of  the  king's  army  was  Joab. 

CHAPTER   XXVIII. 

AND  David  assembled  all  the  princes 
of  Israel,  the  princes  of  the  tribes, 
and  the  captains  of  the  companies  that 
ministered  to  the  king  by  course,  and  the 
captains  over  the  thousands,  and  captains 
over  the  himdreds,  and  the  stewards  over 
all  the  substance  and  possession  of  the 
king,  and  of  his  sons,  with  the  officers, 
and  with  the  mighty  men,  and  with  all 
the  valiant  men,  unto  Jerusalem. 

2  Then  David  the  king  stood  up  upon 
his  feet,  and  said.  Hear  me,  my  brethren, 
and  my  people :  As  for  nie^  I  JkuI  in  mine 
heart  to  build  a  house  of  rest  for  the  ark 
of  the  covenant  of  the  Lokd,  and  for  the 
footstool  of  our  God,  and  had  made  ready 
for  the  building: 

3  But  God  said  unto  me.  Thou  shalt  not 
build  a  house  for  my  name,  because  thou 
hast  been  a  man  of  Avar,  and  hast  shed 
blood. 

4  Howbeit  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  chose 
me  l)efore  all  the  house  of  my  father  to 
be  king  over  Israel  for  ever:  for  he  hath 
chosen  Judah  to  be  the  ruler ;  and  of  the 
house  of  Judah,  the  house  of  my  father ; 
and  among  the  sons  of  my  father  he  liked 
me  to  make  me  king  over  all  Israel : 

5  And  of  all  my  sons,  (for  the  Lord  hath 
given  me  many  sons,)  he  hath  chosen 
Solomon  my  son  to  sit  upon  the  throne 
of  the  kingdom  of  the  Lord  over  Israel. 

6  And   he   said   unto   me,   Solomon  thy ' 

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son,  he  shall  build  my  house  and  my 
courts :  for  I  have  chosen  him  to  be  my 
son,  and  I  will  be  his  father. 

7  Moreover  I  will  establish  his  kingdom 
for  ever,  if  he  be  constant  to  do  my 
commandments  and  mj'  judgments,  as  at 
this  day. 

8  Now  therefore,  in  the  sight  of  all 
Israel  the  congregation  of  the  Lord, 
and  in  the  audience  of  our  God,  keep 
and  seek  for  all  the  commandments  of 
the  Lord  your  God:  that  ye  may  possess 
this  good  land,  and  leave  it  for  an  inher- 
itance for  your  children  after  you  for  ever. 

9  Ti  And  thou,  Solomon  my  son,  know 
thou  the  God  of  thy  father,  and  serA'e 
him  with  a  perfect  heart  and  with  a  will- 
ing mind :  for  the  Lord  searcheth  all 
hearts,  and  understandeth  all  the  imagina- 
tions of  the  thoughts:  if  thou  seek  him, 
he  will  be  found  of  thee;  but  if  thou 
forsake  him,  he  will  cast  thee  oflFfor  ever. 

10  Take  heed  now ;  for  the  Lord  hath 
chosen  thee  to  build  a  house  for  the  sanc- 
tuary :  be  strong,  and  do  it. 

11  Ti  Then  David  gave  to  Solomon  his 
son  the  pattern  of  the  porch,  and  of  the 
houses  thereof,  and  of  the  treasuries  there- 
of, and  of  the  upper  chambers  thereof, 
and  of  the  inner  parlours  thereof,  and  of 
the  place  of  the  mercy  seat, 

12  And  the  pattern  of  all  that  he  had  by 
the  Spirit,  of  the  courts  of  the  house  of 
the  Lord,  and  of  all  the  chambers  round 
about,  of  the  treasuries  of  the  house  of 
God,  and  of  the  treasuries  of  the  dedicated 
things : 

13  Also  for  the  courses  of  the  priests 
and  the  Levites,  and  for  all  the  work  of 
the  service  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  for  all  the  vessels  of  service  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord. 

14  He  gave  of  gold  by  weight  for  thivcfs 
of  gold,  for  all  instruments  of  all  manner 
of  service;  silver  also  for  all  instruments 
of  silver  by  weight,  for  all  instruments  of 
every  kind  of  service  : 

1.5  Even  the  weight  for  the  candlesticks 
of  gold,  and  for  their  lamps  of  gold,  by 
weight  for  every  candlestick,  and  for  the 
lamps  thereof:  and  for  the  candlesticks 
of  silver  by  weight,  both  for  the  candle- 
stick, and  aJxo  for  the  lamps  thereof,  ac- 
cording to  the  use  of  every  candlestick. 

IG  And  by  Avclght  he  gave  gold  for   the 


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tables  of  shcwbrcad,  for  every  table;  and 
Ukeviise  silver  for  the  tables  of  silver  : 

17  Also  pure  gold  for  the  fleshhooks,  and 
the  bowls,  and  the  cups :  and  for  the  gold- 
en basins  lie  gave  gold  by  weight  for  every 
basin ;  and  likewise  silver  by  weight  for 
every  basin  of  silver : 

18  And  for  the  altar  of  incense  refined 
gold  by  weight;  and  gold  for  the  pattern 
of  the  chariot  of  the  cherubim,  that 
spread  out  their  wings^  and  covered  the 
ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Loud. 

19  All  this^  said  David^  the  Loud  made 
me  understand  in  writing  by  his  hand 
uj)on  me,  <??/€«  all  the  works  of  this  pattern. 

20  And  David  said  to  Solomon  his  son, 
Be  strong  and  of  good  courage,  and  do  it: 
fear  not,  nor  be  dismayed,  for  the  Lokd 
God,  even  my  God,  will  he  with  thee;  he 
will  not  fail  thee,  nor  forsake  thee,  until 
thou  hast  finished  all  the  work  for  the 
service  of  the  house  of  the  Lokd. 

21  And,  behold,  the  courses  of  the  priests 
and  the  Levites,  even  they  shall  he  with  thee 
for  all  the  service  of  the  house  of  God : 
and  there  shall  he  with  thee  for  all  manner 
of  workmanship  every  willing  skilful 
man,  for  any  manner  of  service :  also  the 
princes  and  all  the  people  vnll  be  wholly 
at  thy  commandment. 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 

FURTHERMORE  David  the  king  said 
unto  all  the  congregation,  Solomon 
my  son,  whom  alone  God  hath  chosen, 
is  yet  young  and  tender,  and  the  work 
is  great :  for  the  palace  is  not  for  man, 
but  for  the  Lord  God. 

2  Now  I  have  jirepared  with  all  my 
might  for  the  house  of  my  God  the  gold 
for  things  to  be  made  of  gold,  and  the  silver 
for  things  of  silver,  and  the  brass  for 
thingx  of  brass,  the  iron  for  things  of 
iron,  and  wood  for  things  of  wood ;  onyx 
stones,  and  stones  to  be  set,  glistering 
stones,  and  of  divers  colours,  and  all 
manner  of  precious  stones,  and  marble 
stones  in  abundance. 

3  Moreover,  because  I  have  set  my  affec- 
tion to  the  house  of  my  God,  I  have  of 
mine  own  j^roper  good,  of  gold  and  silver, 
which  I  have  given  to  the  house  of  ray 
God,  OA'Cr  and  above  all  that  I  have 
prepared  for  the  holy  house, 

4  Even  three  thousand    talents    of  gold, 


of  the  gold  of  Ophir,  and  seven  thousand 
talents  of  refined  silver,  to  overlay  the 
walls  of  the  houses  withal: 

5  The  gold  for  thiyigs  of  gold,  and  the 
silver  for  thiyigs  of  silver,  and  for  all 
manner  of  work  to  be  made  by  the  hands 
of  artificers.  And  Avho  then  is  willing  to 
consecrate  his  service  this  day  unto  the 
Lord  ? 

6  H  Then  the  chief  of  the  fath(u-s  and 
princes  of  the  tribes  of  Israel,  and  the 
captains  of  thousands  and  of  hundreds, 
with  the  rulers  of  the  king's  work,  offered 
willingly, 

7  And  gave,  for  the  service  of  the  house 
of  God,  of  gold  five  thousand  talents 
and  ten  thousand  drams,  and  of  silver 
ten  thousand  talents,  and  of  brass  eigh- 
teen thousand  talents,  and  one  hundred 
thousand  talents  of  iron. 

8  And  they  with  whom  precious  stones 
were  found  gave  them  to  the  treasure  of 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  by  the  hand  of 
Jehiel  the  Gershonite. 

9  Then  the  people  rejoiced,  for  that  they 
offered  willingly,  because  with  perfect 
heart  they  offered  willingly  to  the  Lord: 
and  David  the  king  also  rejoiced  with  great 
joy. 

10  1  Wherefore  David  blessed  the  Lord 
before  all  the  congregation :  and  David 
.said.  Blessed  he  thou.  Lord  God  of  Israel 
our  father,  for  ever  and  ever. 

11  Thine,  O  Lord,  is  the  greatness, 
and  the  power,  and  the  glory,  and  the 
victory,  and  the  majesty:  for  all  that  is 
in  the  heaven  and  in  the  earth  is  thine; 
thine  is  the  kingdom,  O  Lord,  and  thou 
art  exalted  as  head  above  all. 

12  Both  riches  and  honour  come  of 
thee,  and  thou  reignest  over  all ;  and  in 
thine  hand  is  poAver  and  might ;  and  in 
thine  hand  it  is  to  make  great,  and  to 
give  strength  unto  all. 

13  Now  therefore,  our  God,  we  thank 
thee,  and  praise  th}'  glorious  name. 

14  But  who  am  I,  and  what  is  my  peo- 
ple, that  we  should  be  able  to  offer  so 
willingly  after  this  sort  ?  for  all  things 
come  of  thee,  and  of  thine  own  have  we 
given  thee. 

15  For  we  are  strangers  before  thee,  and 
sojourners,  as  were  all  our  fathers :  our 
days  on  the  earth  are  as  a  shadow,  and  there 
is  none  abiding. 

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16  O  LoKD  our  God,  all  this  store  that  we 
have  prepared  to  build  thee  a  house  for 
thine  holy  uauie  cometh  of  thiue  hand,  and 
hi  all  thine  own. 

17  I  know  also,  my  God,  that  thou  triest 
the  heart,  and  hast  pleasure  in  uprightness. 
As  for  me,  in  the  uijrightness  of  mine  heart 
I  have  willingly  offered  all  these  things : 
and  now  have  I  seen  with  joy  thy  people, 
whieh  are  present  here,  to  offer  willingly 
unto  thee. 

18  O  Lord  God  of  Abraham,  Isaac,  and 
of  Israel,  our  fathers,  keep  this  for  ever  in 
the  imagination  of  the  thoughts  of  the 
heart  of  thy  people,  and  prepare  their 
heart  unto  thee : 

19  And  give  unto  Solomon  my  son  a  per- 
fect heart,  to  keep  thy  commandments,  thy 
testimonies,  and  thy  statutes,  and  to  do  all 
these  thhifjs,  and  to  build  the  palace,  for  the 
which  I  have  made  provision. 

20  H  And  David  said  to  all  the  congrega- 
tion. Now  bless  the  Lord  your  God.  And 
all  the  congregation  blessed  the  Lord  God 
of  their  fathers,  and  bowed  down  their 
heads,  and  worshipped  the  Lord,  and  the 
king. 

21  And  they  sacrificed  sacrifices  unto  the 
Lord,  and  off'ered  burnt  offerings  unto  the 
Lord,  on  the  morrow  after  that  day,  even  a 
thousand  bullocks,  a  thousand  rams,  and 
a  thousand  lambs,  with  their  drink  offer- 
ings, and  sacrifices  in  abundance  for  all 
Israel : 

22  And  did  eat  and  drink  before  the  Lord 


on  that  day  with  great  gladness.  And  they 
made  Solomon  the  son  of  David  king  the 
second  time,  and  anointed  him  unto  the 
Lord  to  be  the  chief  governor,  and  Zadok  to 
be  priest. 

23  Then  Solomon  sat  on  the  throne  of  the 
Lord  as  king  instead  of  David  his  father, 
and  prospered ;  and  all  Israel  obeyed  him. 

24  And  all  the  princes,  and  the  mighty 
men,  and  all  the  sons  likewise  of  king 
David,  submitted  themselves  unto  Solo- 
mon the  king. 

25  And  the  Lord  magnified  Solomon  ex- 
ceedingly in  the  sight  of  all  Israel,  and 
bestowed  upon  him.  such  royal  majesty  as 
had  not  been  on  any  king  before  him  in 
Israel. 

26  ^  Thus  David  the  son  of  Jesse  reigned 
over  all  Israel. 

27  And  the  time  that  he  reigned  over  Is- 
rael t/Ms  forty  years ;  seven  years  reigned 
he  in  Hebron,  and  thirty  and  three  years 
reigned  he  in  Jerusalem. 

28  And  he  died  in  a  good  old  age,  full  of 
days,  riches,  and  honour:  and  Solomon  his 
son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

29  Now  the  acts  of  David  the  king,  first 
and  last,  behold,  they  are  written  in  the 
book  of  Samuel  the  seer,  and  in  the  book 
of  Nathan  the  prophet,  and  in  the  book  of 
Gad  the  seer, 

30  With  all  his  reign  and  his  might,  and 
the  times  that  went  over  him,  and  over 
Israel,  and  over  all  the  kingdoms  of  the 
countries. 


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THE    CHRONICLES. 


CHAPTER  I. 

AND  Solomon  the  son  of  David  was 
strengthened  in  his  kingdom,  aixd 
the  Lord  his  God  v)cui  with  him,  and 
magnified  him  exceedingly. 
2  Then  Solomon  spake  unto  all  Israel,  to 
the  captains  of  thousands  and  of  hund- 
reds, and  to  the  judges,  and  to  every 
governor    in    all  Israel,   the    chief  of  the 

f\\thers. 

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3  So  Solomon,  and  all  the  congregation 
with  him,  weut  to  the  higli  place  that  »/>/,<{ 
at  Gibeon;  for  there  was  the  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation  of  God,  which  Moses 
the  servant  of  the  Lord  had  made  in  the 
wilderness. 

4  But  the  ark  of  God  had  David  brought 
up  from   Kirjath-jcarim  to  the  place  which 
David   had  prepared    for    it:    for   he 
pitched  a  tent  for  it  at  Jerusalem. 


had 


ir.  CHRONICLES. 


5  Moreover  the  brazen  altar,  that  Be- 
zaleel  the  son  of  Uri,  the  son  of  Hur,  had 
made,  he  put  before  the  tabernacle  of  the 
Lord  :  and  Solomon  and  the  conti:regatiou 
sought  unto  it. 

6  And  Solomon  went  up  thither  to  the 
brazen  altar  before  the  Lord,  which  was 
at  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and 
offered  a  thousand  burnt  offerings  upon  it. 

7  1  In  that  night  did  God  appear  unto 
Solomon,  and  said  unto  him,  Ask  what  I 
shall  give  thee. 

8  And  Solomon  said  nnto  God,  Thou 
hast  shewed  great  mercy  imto  David  my 
father,  and  hast  made  me  to  reign  in  his 
stead. 

9  Now,  O  Lord  God,  let  thy  promise 
unto  David  my  father  be  established:  for 
thou  hast  made  me  king  over  a  people 
like  the  dust  of  the  earth  in  multitude. 

10  Give  me  now  wisdom  and  knowledge, 
that  I  may  go  out  and  come  in  before  this 
people:  for  who  can  judge  this  thy  peo- 
ple, that  is  so  great  ? 

11  And  God  said  to  Solomon,  Because 
this  was  in  thine  heart,  and  thou  hast  not 
asked  riches,  wealth,  or  honour,  nor  the 
life  of  thine  enemies,  neither  yet  hast 
asked  long  life;  but  hast  asked  wisdom 
and  knowledge  for  thyself,  that  thou  may- 
est  judge  my  peoi)le,  over  whom  I  have 
made  thee  king : 

12  Wisdom  and  knowledge  is  granted 
unto  thee;  and  I  will  give  thee  riches, 
and  wealth,  and  honour,  such  as  none  of 
the  kings  have  had  that  Iiave  been  before 
thee,  neither  shall  there  any  after  thee 
have  the  like. 

13  ^[  Then  Solomon  came  from  his  jour- 
ney to  the  high  place  that  ivas  at  Gibeon 
to  Jerusalem,  from  before  the  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation,  and  reigned  over 
Israel. 

14  And  Solomon  gathered  chariots  and 
horsemen:  and  he  had  a  thousand  and 
four  hundred  chariots,  and  twelve  thou- 
sand horsemen,  which  he  placed  in  the 
chariot  cities,  and  with  the  king  at  Jeru- 
salem. 

15  And  the  king  made  silver  and  gold 
at  Jerusalem  as  jjlenteous  as  stones,  and 
cedar  trees  made  he  as  the  sycamore  trees 
that  are  in  the  vule  for  abundance. 

16  And  Solomon  had  horses  brought  out 
of   Egypt,  and    linen    yarn :    the    king's  i 

S8 


merchants  received  the  linen  yarn  at  a 
price. 
17  And  they  fetched  up,  and  brought 
forth  out  of  Egypt  a  chariot  for  six  hund- 
red shekels  of  silver,  and  a  horse  for  a 
hundred  and  fifty:  and  so  brought  they 
out  horses  for  all  the  kings  of  the  Hittites, 
and  for  the  kings  of  Syria,  by  their  means. 

CHAPTER  IL 

AND   Solomon   determined  to  build   a 
house  for  the  name  of  the  Lord,  and 
a  house  for  his  kingdom. 

2  And  Solomon  told  out  threescore  and 
ten  thousand  men  to  bear  burdens,  and 
fourscore  thousand  to  hew  in  the  mount- 
ain, and  three  thousand  and  six  hundred 
to  oversee  them. 

3  1[  And  Solomon  sent  to  Huram  the  king 
of  Tyre,  saying.  As  thou  didst  deal  with 
David  my  father,  and  didst  send  him  ce- 
dars to  build  him  a  house  to  dwell  there- 
in, evc7t  so  deal  with  me. 

4  Behold,  I  build  a  house  to  the  name 
of  the  Lord  my  God,  to  dedicate  it  to 
him,  and  to  burn  before  him  sweet  in- 
cense, and  for  the  continual  shewbread, 
and  for  the  burnt  offerings  morning  and 
evening,  on  the  sabbaths,  and  on  the  new 
moons,  and  on  the  solemn  feasts  of  the 
Lord  our  God.  This  is  an  ordinajice  for 
ever  to  Israel. 

5  And  the  house  which  I  build  is  great: 
for  great  is  our  God  above  all  gods. 

6  But  who  is  able  to  build  him  a  house, 
seeing  the  heaven  and  heaven  of  heavens 
cannot  contain  him?  who  am  I  then,  that 
I  should  build  him  a  house,  save  only  to 
burn  sacrifice  before  him  ? 

7  Send  me  now  therefore  a  man  cunning 
to  work  in  gold,  and  in  silver,  and  in  brass, 
and  in  iron,  and  in  purple,  and  crimson, 
and  blue,  and  that  can  skill  to  grave  with 
the  cunning  men  that  are  with  me  in  Jii- 
dah  and  in  Jeriisalera,  Avhom  David  my 
father  did  provide. 

8  Send  me  also  cedar  trees,  fir  trees,  and 
algum  trees,  out  of  Lebanon:  for  I  know 
that  thy  servants  can' skill  to  cut  timber 
in  Lebanon;  and,  behold,  my  servants 
shall  he  with  thy  servants, 

9  Even  to  prepare  me  timber  in  abund- 
ance: for  the  house  which  I  am  about  to 
])uild  shall  be  wonderful  great. 

10  And,  behold,  I  will  give  to  thy  serv- 

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II.  CHRONICLES. 


ants,  the  hewers  that  cut  timber,  twenty 
thousand  meivsures  of  beaten  wheat,  and 
twenty  thousand  measures  of  barley,  and 
twenty  thousand  baths  of  wine,  and  twenty 
thousand  baths  of  oil. 

11  '^  Then  Huram  the  king  of  Tyre  an- 
swered in  writing,  which  he  sent  to  Solo- 
mon, Because  the  Lokd  hath  loved  his 
people,  he  hath  made  thee  king  over  them. 

13  Huram  said  moreover.  Blessed  le  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel,  that  made  heaven 
and  earth,  who  hath  given  to  David  the 
king  a  wise  son,  endued  with  prudence 
and  understanding,  that  might  build  a 
house  for  the  Lord,  and  a  house  for  his 
kingdom. 

13  And  now  I  haA'c  sent  a  cunning  man, 
endued  with  understanding,  of  Huram  my 
father's, 

14  The  son  of  a  woman  of  the  daughters 
of  Dan,  and  his  father  was  a  man  of  Tyre, 
skilful  to  work  in  gold,  and  in  silver,  in 
brass,  in  iron,  in  stone,  and  in  timber,  in 
puqjle,  in  blue,  and  in  fine  linen,  and  in 
crimson;  also  to  grave  any  manner  of 
graving,  and  to  find  out  every  device 
which  shall  be  put  to  him,  with  thy  cun- 
ning men,  and  with  the  cunning  men  of 
my  lord  David  thy  father. 

15  Now  therefore  the  wheat,  and  the 
barlej',  the  oil,  and  the  Avine,  Avhich  my 
lord  hath  spoken  of,  let  him  send  unto 
his  servants : 

16  And  we  will  cut  wood  out  of  Leba- 
non, as  much  as  thou  shalt  need :  and  we 

I  will  bring  it  to  thee  in  floats  by  sea  to 
Jopi)a;  and  thou  shalt  carry  it  up  to  Je- 
rusalem. 

17  ^  Aiul  Solomon  numbered  all  the 
strangers  that  were  in  the  land  of  Israel, 
after  the  numbering  wherewith  David  his 
father  had  numbered  them ;  and  they  Avere 
found  a  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  and 
three  thousand  and  six  hundred. 

IS  And  he  set  threescore  and  ten  thou- 
sand of  them  to  be  bearers  of  burdens, 
and  fourscore  thousand  to  be  hewers  in 
the  mountain,  and  three  thousand  and 
six  hundred  overseers  to  set  the  people 
a  work. 

CHAPTER  IIL 

THEN  Solomon  began  to  build  the 
house  of  the  Lord  at  Jerusalem  in 
mount  Moriah,  where  ihe  Lonn  ajipeared 
unto  David  his   father,  in  the  place  that 

434 


David  had  prepared  in  the  threshingfloor 
of  Oman  the  Jebusite. 

2  And  he  began  to  build  in  the  second 
clay  of  the  second  month,  in  the  fourth  year 
of  his  reign. 

3  T[  Now  these  are  the  thmgs  vyJierein 
Solomon  was  instructed  for  the  building 
of  the  house  of  God.  The  length  by  cubits 
after  the  first  measure  %vaii  threescore 
cubits,  and  the  breadth  twenty  cubits. 

4  And  the  porch  that  woji  in  the  front 
of  the  house,  the  length  of  it  icas  according 
to  the  breadth  of  the  house,  twenty  cubits, 
and  the  height  wax  a  hundred  and  twenty : 
and  he  overlaid  it  within  with  pure  gold. 

5  And  the  greater  house  he  ceiled  with 
fir  tree,  which  he  overlaid  with  fine  gold, 
and  set  thereon  palm  trees  and  chains. 

6  And  he  garnished  the  house  with  pre- 
cious stones  for  beauty :  and  the  gold  was 
gold  of  Parvaim. 

7  He  overlaid  also  the  house,  the  beams, 
the  posts,  and  the  walls  thereof,  and  the 
doors  thereof,  with  gold;  and  graved 
cherubim  on  the  walls. 

8  And  he  made  the  most  holy  house, 
the  length  Avhereof  7vas  according  to  the 
breadth  of  the  house,  twenty  cubits,  and 
the  breadth  thereof  twenty  cubits :  and 
he  overlaid  it  with  tine  gold,  amoimtijKj  to 
six  hundred  talents. 

9  And  the  Aveight  of  the  nails  vkis  fifty 
shekels  of  gold.  And  he  overlaid  the 
upper  chambers  Avith  gold. 

10  And  in  the  most  holy  house  he  made 
two  cherubim  of  image  Avork,  and  over- 
laid them  Avith  gold. 

11  ^  And  the  Avings  of  the  chenibim 
were  tAventy  cubits  long:  one  Aving  of  the 
one  cherub  was  five  cubits,  reaching  to 
the  Avail  of  the  house:  and  the  other 
Aving  ivas  likewise  five  cubits,  reaching 
to  the  Aving  of  the  other  cherub. 

13  And  o)te  Aving  of  the  other  cherub 
7ms  five  cul)its,  reaching  to  the  Avall  of 
the  house:  and  the  other  Aving  was  five 
cubits  also,  joining  to  the  Aving  of  the 
other  chenib. 

13  The  Avings  of  these  cherubim  si)read 
themselves  forth  twenty  cubits:  and  they 
stood  on  their  feet,  and  their  faces  icere 
iuAA-ard. 

14  T[  And  he  made  the  vail  of  blue,  and 
purple,  and  crimson,  and  fine  linen,  and 
wrou2:ht  cherubim  thereon. 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


15  Also  he  made  before  the  house  two 
pillars  of  thirty  aud  live  cubits  high,  and 
the  chai)iter  that  was  on  the  top  of  each 
of  them  VMS  five  cubits. 

16  And  he  made  chains,  as  in  the  oracle, 
and  put  them  on  the  heads  of  the  pillars ; 
and  made  a  hundred  pomegranates,  and 
put  them  on  the  chains. 

17  And  he  reared  up  the  pillars  before  the 
temple,  one  on  the  right  hand,  and  the 
other  on  the  left;  and  called  the  name  of 
that  on  the  right  hand  Jachin,  and  the 
name  of  that  on  the  left  Boaz. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

MOREOVER  he  made  an  altar  of 
brass,  twenty  cubits  the  length  there- 
of, and  twenty  cubits  the  breadth  there- 
of, and  ten  cubits  the  height  thereof 

2  TI  Also  he  made  a  molten  sea  of  ten 
cubits  from  brim  to  brim,  round  in  com- 
pass, and  fiA^e  cubits  the  height  thereof; 
and  a  line  of  thirty  cubits  did  compass  it 
round  about. 

3  And  under  it  was  the  similitude  of 
oxen,  which  did  compass  it  round  about : 
ten  in  a  cubit,  compassing  the  sea  round 
about.  Two  rows  of  oxen  %vere  cast,  when 
it  was  cast. 

4  It  stood  upon  twelve  oxen,  three 
looking  toward  the  north,  and  three  look- 
ing toward  the  west,  iind  three  looking 
toward  the  south,  and  three  looking 
toward  the  east :  and  the  sea  was  set  above 
upon  them,  and  all  their  hinder  parts 
were  inward. 

5  And  the  thickness  of  it  ims  a  hand- 
breadth,  and  the  brim  of  it  like  the  work 
of  the  brim  of  a  cup,  with  flowers  of 
lilies ;  aiid  it  received  and  held  three  thou- 
sand baths. 

6  IT  He  made  also  ten  lavers,  and  put 
five  on  the  right  hand,  and  five  on  the 
left,  to  wash  in  them:  such  things  as 
they  oflered  for  the  burnt  offering  they 
washed  in  them;  but  the  sea  was  for  the 
priests  to  wash  in. 

7  And  he  made  ten  candlesticks  of 
gold  according  to  their  form,  and  set 
them  in  the  temple,  five  on  the  right 
hand,  and  five  on  the  left. 

8  He  made  also  ten  tables,  and  placed 
them  in  the  temple,  five  on  the  right  side, 
and  five  on  the  left.  And  he  made  a 
hundred  basins  of  gold. 


9  11  Furthermore  he  made  the  court  of 
the  priests,  and  the  great  court,  and 
doors  for  the  court,  and  overlaid  the 
doors  of  them  with  brass. 

10  And  he  set  the  sea  on  the  right  side 
of  the  east  end,  over  against  the  south. 

11  And  Hurara  made  the  pots,  and  the 
shovels,  and  the  basins.  And  Huram 
finished  the  Avork  that  he  was  to  make 
for  king  Solomon  for  the  house  of  God  ; 

12  To  wit,  the  two  pillars,  and  the  pom- 
mels, and  the  chai^iters  w/u'c/i  were  on  the 
top  of  the  two  pillars,  and  the  two 
wreaths  to  cover  the  two  pommels  of 
the  chapiters  which  were  on  the  toj)  of  the 
pillars ; 

13  And  four  hundred  pomegranates  on 
the  two  w^reaths;  two  rows  of  pome- 
granates on  each  wreath,  to  cover  the 
two  pommels  of  the  chapiters  which  were 
ui5on  the  pillars. 

14  He  made  also  bases,  and  lavers  made 
he  upon  the  bases  ; 

15  One  sea,  and  twelve  oxen  under  it. 

16  The  pots  also,  aud  the  shovels,  and 
the  fleshhooks,  and  all  their  instruments, 
did  Huram  his  father  make  to  king 
Solomon  for  the  house  of  the  Lokd,  of 
bright  brass. 

17  In  the  plain  of  Jordan  did  the  king 
cast  them,  in  the  clay  ground  between 
Succoth  and  Zeredathah. 

18  Thus  Solomon  made  all  these  vessels 
in  great  abundance:  for  the  weight  of 
the  brass  could  not  be  found  out. 

19  II  And  Solomon  made  all  the  vessels 
that  were  for  the  house  of  God,  the 
golden  altar  also,  and  the  tables  whereon 
the  shewbread  vms  set ; 

20  Moreover  the  candlesticks  with  their 
lamps,  that  they  should  burn  after  the 
manner  before  the  oracle,  of  pure  gold; 

21  And  the  flowers,  and  the  lamps,  and 
the  tongs,  made  he  o/'gold,  and  that  perfect 
gold ; 

22  And  the  snuffers,  and  the  basins, 
and  the  spoons,  and  the  censers,  of  pure 
gold:  and  the  entry  of  the  house,  the 
inner  doors  thereof  for  the  most  holy 
place,  and  the  doors  of  the  house  of  the 
temple,  were  o/'gold. 

CHAPTER  V. 

THUS  all  the  w^ork  that  Solomon  made 
for  the  house  of  the   Lokd  was  fin- 
435  ~ 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


ished :  aud  Soloniou  brought  in  all  the 
things  that  David  his  father  had  dedi- 
cated; aud  the  silver,  and  the  gold,  aud 
all  the  instruments,  put  he  among  the 
treasures  of  the  house  of  God. 

2  Tl  Then  Solomon  assembled  the  elders 
of  Israel,  and  all  the  heads  of  the  tribes, 
the  chief  of  the  fathers  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  unto  Jerusalem,  to  bring  up  the 
ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  out  of 
the  city  of  David,  which  is  Zion. 

3  Wherefore  all  the  men  of  Israel  assem- 
bled themselves  unto  the  king  in  the  feast 
which  was  in  the  seventh  mouth. 

4  And  all  the  elders  of  Israel  came;  and 
the  Levites  took  up  the  ark. 

5  And  they  brought  up  the  ark,  and  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and  all 
the  holy  vessels  that  were  in  the  taberna- 
cle, these  did  the  priests  and  the  Levites 
bring  up. 

6  Also  king  Solomon,  and  all  the  con- 
gregation of  Israel  that  were  assembled 
unto  him  before  the  ark,  sacrificed  sheep 
and  oxen,  which  could  not  be  told  nor 
numbered  for  multitude. 

7  And  the  priests  brought  in  the  ark 
of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  unto  his 
place,  to  the  oracle  of  the  house,  into 
the  most  holy  place,  even  under  the  wings 
of  the  cherubim : 

8  For  the  cherubim  spread  forth  their 
wings  over  the  place  of  the  ark,  and  the 
cherubim  covered  the  ark  and  the  staves 
thereof  above. 

9  And  they  drew  out  the  staves  of  the  ark, 
that  the  ends  of  the  staves  were  seen  from 
the  ark  before  the  oracle;  but  they  were 
not  seen  without.  And  there  it  is  unto 
this  day. 

10  There  vias  nothing  in  the  ark  save  the 
two  tables  which  Moses  put  therein  at 
Horeb,  when  the  Lord  made  a  covenant 
with  the  children  of  Israel,  when  they  came 
out  of  Egypt. 

11  ^  And  it  came  to  pass,  Avhen  the 
priests  were  come  out  of  the  holy  place: 
(for  all  the  priests  that  were  present  were 
sanctified,  a7ul  did  not  then  wait  by 
course : 

12  Also  the  Levites  7i:?iu:h  were  the  singers, 
all  of  thera  of  Asaph,  of  Heman,  of  Jedu- 

I  thun,  with  their  sons  and  their  brethren, 
being  arrayed  in  white  linen,  having  cym- 
bals and  psalteries  and  harps,  stood  at  the 


east  end  of  the  altar,  and  with  them  a 
hundred  and  twenty  priests  soundiug  with 
trumpets :) 

13  It  came  even  to  pass,  as  the  trumpeters 
and  singers  were  as  one,  to  make  one  sound 
to  be  heard  in  praising  and  thanking  the 
Lord;  and  when  they  lifted  up  their  voice 
with  the  trumpets  and  cymbals  and  instru- 
ments of  music,  and  praised  the  Lord, 
saying,  For  he  is  good;  for  his  mercy  eti- 
dureth  for  ever:  that  then  the  house  was 
filled  with  a  cloud,  even  the  house  of  the 
Lord; 

14  So  that  the  priests  could  not  stand  to 
minister  by  reason  of  the  cloud :  for  the 
glory  of  the  Lord  had  filled  the  house  of 
God. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

THEN    said  Solomon,  The  Lord  hath 
said  that  he  would  dwell  in  the  thick 
darkness. 

2  But  I  have  built  a  house  of  habitation 
for  thee,  and  a  place  for  thy  dwelling  for 
ever. 

3  And  the  king  turned  his  face,  and  bless- 
ed the  whole  congregation  of  Israel :  and 
all -the  congregation  of  Israel  stood. 

4  And  he  said,  Blessed  he  the  Lord  God 
of  Israel,  who  hath  with  his  hands  fulfilled 
that  which  he  spake  with  his  mouth  to  my 
father  David,  saying, 

5  Since  the  day  that  I  brought  forth  my 
people  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  I  chose  no 
city  among  all  the  tribes  of  Israel  to  build 
a  house  in,  that  my  name  might  be  there ; 
neither  chose  I  any  man  to  be  a  ruler  over 
my  people  Israel : 

6  But  I  have  chosen  Jerusalem,  that  my 
name  might  be  there ;  and  have  chosen 
David  to  be  over  my  people  Israel. 

7  Now  it  was  in  the  heart  of  David  my 
father  to  build  a  house  for  the  name  of  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel. 

8  But  the  Lord  said  to  David  my  ftither. 
Forasmuch  as  it  was  in  thine  heart  to  build 
a  house  for  my  name,  thou  didst  well  in 
that  it  was  in  thine  heart : 

9  Notwithstanding  thou  shalt  not  build 
the  house ;  but  thy  son  Avhich  shall  come 
forth  out  of  thy  loins,  he  shall  build  the 
house  for  my  name. 

10  The  Lord  therefore  hath  performed 
his  word  that  he  hath  spoken:  for  I  am 
risen  up  in  the  room  of  David  my  father, 
and  am  set  on  the  throne  of  Israel,  as  the 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


Lord  promised,  and  have  built  the  house 
for  the  uame  of  the  Loku  God  of  Israel. 

11  And  in  it  have  I  put  the  ark,  wherein 
is  the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  that  he  made 
with  the  children  of  Israel. 

13  ^  And  he  stood  before  the  altar  of  the 
Lord  in  the  presence  of  all  the  congre- 
gation of  Israel,  and  spread  forth  his 
hands : 

13  For  Solomon  had  made  a  brazen  scaf- 
fold, of  five  cubits  long,  and  five"  cubits 
broad,  and  three  cubits  high,  and  had  set  it 
in  the  midst  of  the  court :  and  upon  it  he 
stood,  and  kneeled  down  upon  his  knees 
before  all  the  congregation  of  Israel,  and 
spread  forth  his  hands  toward  heaven, 

14  And  said,  O  Lord  God  of  Israel,  there  i.s 
no  God  like  thee  in  the  heaven,  nor  in  the 
earth ;  which  keepest  covenant,  and  fi/iewest 
mercy  unto  thy  servants,  that  walk  before 
thee  with  all  their  hearts  : 

15  Thou  which  hast  kept  with  thy  serv- 
ant David  my  father  that  which  thou  hast 
jiromised  him ;  and  spakest  with  thy 
mouth,  and  hast  fulfilled  it  with  thine 
hand,  as  it  is  this  day. 

16  Now  therefore,  O  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
keep  with  thy  servant  David  my  father 
that  which  thou  hast  promised  him,  say- 
ing. There  shall  not  fail  thee  a  man  in 
my  sight  to  sit  upon  the  throne  of  Israel ; 
yet  so  that  thy  children  take  heed  to  their 
way  to  walk  in  my  law,  as  thou  hast  walk- 
ed before  me. 

17  Now  then,  O  Lord  God  of  Israel,  let 
thy  word  be  verified,  which  thou  hast 
spoken  unto  thy  servant  David. 

18  But  will  God  in  very  deed  dwell  with 
men  on  the  earth?  Behold,  heaven  and 
the  heaven  of  heavens  cannot  contain 
thee;  how  much  less  this  house  which  I 
have  built ! 

19  Have  respect  therefore  to  the  prayer 
of  thy  servant,  and  to  his  supplication,  O 
Lord  my  God,  to  hearken  unto  the  cry 
and  the  prayer  which  thy  servant  prayeth 
before  thee : 

20  That  thine  eyes  may  be  open  upon 
this  house  day  and  night,  upon  the  i)lace 
whereof  thou  hast  said  that  thou  would- 
est  put  thy  name  there;  to  hearken  unto 
the  prayer  which  thy  servant  prayeth  to- 
ward this  place. 

21  Hearken  therefore  unto  the  sup])lica- 
tions  of  thy  servant,  and  of  thy  people  Is- 


rael, which  they  shall  make  toward  this 
place :  hear  thou  from  thy  dwellingplace, 
ei'€}i  from  heaven ;  and  when  thou  hearest, 
forgive. 

22  "H  If  a  man  sin  against  his  neighbour, 
and  an  oath  be  laid  upon  him  to  make 
him  swear,  and  the  oath  come  before  thine 
altar  in  this  house ; 

23  Then  hear  thou  from  heaven,  and  do, 
i  and  judge  thy  servants,   by  requiting  the 

wicked,  by  recompensing  his  way  upon 
his  own  head;  and  by  justifying  the 
righteous,  by  giving  him  according  to  his 
righteousness. 

24  H  And  if  thy  people  Israel  be  put 
to  the  worse  before  the  enemy,  because 
they  have  sinned  against  thee ;  and  shall 
return  and  confess  thy  name,  and  pray 
and  make  supplication  before  thee  in  this 
house; 

25  Then  hear  thou  from  the  heavens,  and 
forgive  the  sin  of  thy  people  Israel,  and 
bring  them  again  unto  the  land  which 
thou  gavest  to  them  and  to  their  fathers. 

26  H  When  the  heaven  is  shut  up,  and 
there  is  no  rain,  because  they  have  sinned 
against  thee ;  yet  if  they  pray  toward  this 
place,  and  confess  thy  name,  and  turn  from 
their  sin,  when  thou  dost  afflict  them  ; 

27  Then  hear  thou  from  heaven,  and  for- 
give the  sin  of  thy  servants,  and  of  thy 
people  Israel,  when  thou  hast  taught  them 
the  good  way,  wherein  they  should  walk; 
and  send  rain  upon  thy  land,  which  thou 
hast  given  unto  thy  people  for  an  inherit- 
ance. 

28  H  If  there  be  dearth  in  the  land,  if 
there  be  pestilence,  if  there  be  blasting 
or  mildew,  locusts  or  caterpillars  ;  if  their 
enemies  besiege  them  in  the  cities  of  their 
land ;  whatsoever  sore,  or  whatsoever  sick- 
ness there  be: 

29  The7i  what  prayer  or  what  siippli- 
cation  soever  shall  be  made  of  any  man, 
or  of  all  thy  people  Israel,  when  every 
one  shall  know  his  own  sore  and  his  own 
grief,  and  shall  spread  forth  his  hands  in 
this  house : 

30  Then  hear  thoiT  from  beaven  thy  dwell- 
ingplace, and  forgive,  and  render  unto 
every  man  according  unto  all  his  ways, 
whose  heart  thou  knowest;  (for  thou 
only  knowest  the  hearts  of  the  children 
of  men;) 

31  That  they  may  fear  thee,  to  walk  in 

437 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


thy  Avays,  so  loni^  as  they  live  in  the  land 
which  thou  gavest  unto  our  fathers. 

33  H  Moreover  coucernin-r  the  strauijer, 
which  is  not  of  thy  people  Israel,  but  is 
come  from  a  far  country  for  thy  great 
name's  sake,  and  thy  mighty  hand,  and 
thy  stretched  out  arm ;  if  they  come  and 
pray  in  this  house ; 

33  Then  hear  thou  from  the  heavens, 
even  from  thy  dwellingplace,  and  do  ac- 
cording to  all  that  the  stranger  calleth  to 
thee  for;  that  all  people  of  the  earth  may 
know  thy  name,  and  fear  thee,  as  doth  thy 
people  Israel,  and  may  know  that  this 
house  which  1  have  built  is  called  by  thy 
name. 

3-t  If  thy  people  go  out  to  war  against 
their  enemies  by  the  way  that  thou  shalt 
send  them,  and  they  pray  unto  thee  to- 
ward this  city  which  thou  hast  chosen,  and 
the  house  which  I  have  built  for  thy  name; 

35  Then  hear  thou  from  the  heavens 
their  prayer  and  their  supplication,  and 
maintain  their  cause. 

36  If  they  sin  against  thee,  (for  there  is  no 
man  which  sinneth  not,)  and  thou  be  an- 
gry with  them,  and  deliver  them  over  be- 
fore their  enemies,  and  they  carry  them 
away  captives  unto  a  land  far  oflf  or 
near; 

37  Yet  if  they  bethink  themselves  in  the 
land  whither  they  are  carried  captive,  and 
turn  and  pray  unto  thee  in  the  land  of 
their  captivity,  saying.  We  have  sinned,  we 
have  done  amiss,  and  have  dealt  wickedly ; 

38  If  they  return  to  thee  with  all  their 
heart  and  with  all  their  soul  in  the  land 
of  their  captivity,  whither  they  have  car- 
ried them  captives,  and  pray  toward  their 
land,  which  thou  gavest  unto  their  fathers, 
and  toicard  the  city  which  thou  hast  cho- 
sen, and  toward  the  house  which  I  have 
built  for  thy  name : 

39  Then  hear  thou  from  the  heavens,  eveyi 
from  thy  dwellingplace,  their  prayer  and 
their  supplications,  and  maintain  their 
cause,  and  forgive  thy  people  which  have 
sinned  against  thee. 

40  Now,  my  God,  let,  I  beseech  thee, 
thine  eyes  be  open,  and  let  thine  ears  he 
attent  unto  the  prayer  that  is  made  in 
this  place. 

41  Now    therefore   arise,   O  Lord    God, 

into  thy  resting  place,  thou,  and  the  ark 

of  thy  strength:  let  thy  priests,  O  Lord 
__ 


God,   be  clothed   with   salvation,   and  let 
thy  saints  rejoice  in  goodness. 
42  O  Loud  God,  turn  not  away  the  face 
of  thine  anointed:  remember  the  mercies 
of  David  thy  servant. 

CHAPTER  YIL 

NOW  when  Solomon  had  made  an 
end  of  praying,  the  fire  came  down 
from  heaven,  and  consumed  the  burnt 
oflFering  and  the  sacrifices;  and  the  glory 
of  the  Lord  filled  the  house. 

2  And  the  priests  could  not  enter  into 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  because  the  glory 
of  the  Lord  had  filled  the  Lord's 
house. 

3  And  when  all  the  children  of  Israel  saw 
how  the  fire  came  down,  and  the  glory 
of  the  Lord  upon  the  house,  they  bowed 
themselves  with  their  faces  to  the  ground 
upon  the  x>avement,  and  worshipped,  and 
praised  the  Lord,  sayiyu/,  For  he  is  good; 
for  his  mercy  endnreth  for  CA'cr. 

4  ^  Then  the  king  and  all  the  x>eople 
ofiered  sacrifices  before  the  Lord. 

5  And  king  Solomon  offered  a  sacrifice 
of  twenty  and  two  thousand  oxen,  and  a 
hundred  and  twenty  thousand  sheep.  So 
the  king  and  all  the  people  dedicated  the 
house  of  God. 

6  And  the  priests  waited  on  their  offices: 
the  Levites  also  with  instruments  of  mu- 
sic of  the  Lord,  Avhich  David  the  king 
had  made  to  praise  the  Lord,  because 
his  mercy  endareth  for  ever,  when  David 
praised  by  their  ministry;  and  the  priests 
sounded  trumpets  before  them,  and  all 
Israel  stood. 

7  Moreover  Solomon  hallowed  the  mid- 
dle of  the  court  that  was  before  the  house 
of  the  Lord:  for  there  he  offered  burnt 
offerings,  and  the  fat  of  the  peace  offer- 
ings, because  the  brazen  altar  which  Solo- 
mon had  made  was  not  able  to  receive 
the  burnt  offerings,  and  the  meat  oflTer- 
ings,  and  the  fat. 

8  ^  Also  at  the  same  time  Solomon  kept  | 
the  feast  seven  days,  and  all  Israel  with  j 
him,  a  very  great  congregation,  from  the  i 
entering  in  of  Hamath  unto  the  river  of 
Egypt.  I 

9  And  in  the  eighth  day  they  made  a 
solemn  assembly:  for  they  kept  the  dedi- 
cation of  the  altar  seven  days,  and  the 
feast  seven  days. 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


10  And   on  the  throe  and   twentieth  day  I  hath  the  Loud   done  thus  unto  this  land, 
of  the  seventh  month  he  sent  the  people  !  and  unto  this  house' 
away  into   their  tents,  j^lad  and  merry  in 
heart  for  the  goodness  that  the  Lokd  had 
shewed  unto  David,  and  to  Solomon,  and 
to  Israel  his  people. 

11  Thus  Solomon  finished  the  house  of 
the  Lord,  and  the  king's  house:  and  all 
that  came  into  Solomon's  heart  to  make 
in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  in  his 
own  house,  he  prosperously  elTected. 

12  TI  And  the  Lord  appeared  to  Solomon 
by  night,  and  said  unto  him,  I  have  heard 
thy  prayer,  and  have  chosen  this  place 
to  myself  for  a  house  of  sacrifice. 

13  If  I  shut  up  heaven  that  there  be 
no  rain,  or  if  I  command  the  locusts  to 
devour  the  land,  or  if  I  send  pestilence 
among  my  people ; 

14  If  my  people,  which  are  called  by 
my  name,  shall  humble  themselves,  and 
pray,  and  seek  my  lace,  and  turn  from 
their  wicked  ways ;  then  will  I  hear  from 
heaven,  and  will  forgive  their  sin,  and  will 
heal  their  land. 

15  Now  mine  eyes  shall  be  open,  and 
mine  ears  attent  unto  the  prayer  that  w 
made  in  this  place. 

16  For  now  have  I  chosen  and  sanctified 
this  house,  that  my  name  may  be  there 
for  ever:  and  mine  eyes  and  mine  heart 
shall  be  there  perpetually. 

17  And  as  for  thee,  if  thou  wilt  walk  be- 
fore me,  as  David  thy  father  walked,  and 
do  according  to  all  that  I  have  com 
manded  thee,  and  shalt  observe  my  stat- 
utes and  my  judgments ; 

18  Then  will  1  stablish  the  throne  of 
thy  kingdom,  according  as  I  have  cove- 
nanted with  David  thy  father,  saying. 
There  shall  not  fail  thee  a  man  to  be 
ruler  in  Israel. 

19  But  if  ye  turn  away,  and  forsake  my 


23  And  it  shall  be  answered.  Because 
they  forsook  the  Lord  God  of  their 
fathers,  which  brought  them  forth  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  laid  hold  on 
other  gods,  and  worshipped  them,  and 
served  them:  therefore  hath  he  brought 
all  this  evil  upon  them. 

CHAPTER  VIIL 
A   ND   it   came  to  pass   at  the   end    of  i 
-^-JL  twenty  years,  wherein   Solomon  had 
built  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  his  own 
house, 

2  That  the  cities  which  Huram  had 
restored  to  Solomon,  Solomon  built 
them,  and  caused  the  children  of  Israel 
to  dwell  there. 

3  And  Solomon  went  to  Hamath-zobah, 
and  prevailed  against  it. 

4  And  he  built  Tadmor  in  the  wilderness, 
and  all  the  store  cities,  which  he  built 
in  Hamath.  | 

5  Also  he  built  Beth-horon  the  upj^er, 
and  Beth-horon  the  nether,  fenced  cities, 
with  walls,  gates,  and  bars; 

6  And  Baalath,  and  all  the  store  cities 
that  Solomon  had,  and  all  the  chariot 
cities,  and  the  cities  of  the  horsemen, 
and  all  that  Solomon  desired  to  build  in 
Jerusalem,  and  in  Lebanon,  and  through- 
out all  the  land  of  his  dominion. 

7  ^\  As  for   all  the  people  that  were   left 
f  the  Hittites,  and  the  Amorites,  ar 

Perizzites,  and  the  Hivites,  and  the  Jeb- 
usites,  which  were  not  of  Israel, 

8  But  of  their  children,  who  were  left 
after  them  in  the  land,  whom  the  children 
of  Israel  consumed  not,  them  did  Sol- 
omon make  to  pay  tribute  until  this 
day. 

9  But  of  the  children  of  Israel   did  Sol- 


statutes  and  my  commandments,  which  I  |  oraon  make  no  servants  for  his  Avork;  but 


have  set  before    you,   and    shall    go    and 
I  serve  other  gods,  and  worship  them; 


20  Then  will  I  pluck  them  up  by  the 
roots  out  of  my  land  which  I  have  given 
them ;  and  this  house,  which  I  have  sancti- 
fied for  my  name,  will  I  cast  out  of  my 
sight,  and  will  make  it  to  be  a  proverb  and 
a  byword  among  all  nations. 

21  And  this  house,  which  is  high,  shall 


they  ivere  men  of  war,  and  chief  of  his  cap- 
tains, and  cajitains  of  his  chariots  and 
horsemen. 

10  And  these  were  the  chief  of  king 
Solomon's  officers,  even  two  hundred  and 
fifty,  that  bare  rule  over  the  people. 

11  T[  And  Solomon  brought  up  the  daugh- 
ter of  Pharaoh  out  of  the  city  of  David 
unto  the  house  that  he  had  built  for  her : 


be    an    astonishment    to    every  one    that  i  for  he   said.   My  wife   shall    not  dwell  in 
passeth  by  it ;    so  that  he  shall  say.  Why  '  the  house  of  David  king  of  Israel,  because 


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II.  CHRONICLES. 


the  2il<u.-ex  are  holy,  wiiereuuto  the  ark   of 
the  Lord  hath  come. 

13  ^  Then  Solomon  offered  burnt  of- 
ferings unto  the  Loud  on  the  altar  of  the 
LoKO,  which  he  had  built  before  the  porch, 

13  Even  after  a  certain  rate  every  day, 
offering  according  to  the  commandment 
of  Moses,  on  the  sabbaths,  and  on  the  new 
moons,  and  on  the  solemn  feasts,  three 
times  in  the  year,  even  in  the  feast  of 
unleavened  bread,  and  in  the  feast  of 
weeks,  and  in  the  feast  of  tabernacles. 

14  ^  And  he  ai)pointed,  according  to  the 
order  of  David  his  father,  the  courses  of 
the  priests  to  their  service,  and  the  Levites 
to  their  charges,  to  praise  and  minister 
before  the  priests,  as  the  duty  of  every 
day  required :  the  porters  also  by  their 
courses  at  every  gate  :  for  so  liad  David 
the  man  of  God  commanded. 

15  And  they  departed  not  from  the  com- 
mandment of  the  king  unto  the  priests 
and  Levites  concerning  any  matter,  or 
concerning  the  treasures. 

16  Now  all  the  work  of  Solomon  Avas 
prepared  imto  the  day  of  the  foundation 
of  the  house  of  the  Loud,  and  until  it 
was  finished.  So  the  house  of  the  Loud 
was  perfected. 

17  T[  Then  went  Solomon  to  Ezion- 
gel)er,  and  to  Eloth,  at  the  sea  side  in 
the  land  of  Edom. 

18  And  Huram  sent  him,  by  the  hands 
of  his  servants,  ships,  and  servants  that 
had  knowledge  of  the  sea;  and  they  went 
with  the  servants  of  Solomon  to  Ophir, 
and  took  thence  four  hundred  and  lifty 
talents  of  gold,  and  brought  them  to  king 
Solomon. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

AND  Avhen  the  queen  of  Sheba 
heard  of  the  fame  of  Solomon,  she 
came  to  prove  Solomon  Avith  hard  ques- 
tions at  Jerusalem,  with  a  very  great 
company,  and  camels  that  bare  spices, 
and  gold  in  abundance,  and  precious 
stones:  and  when  she  was  come  to  Solo- 
mon, she  communed  with  him  of  all  that 
was  in  her  heart. 

2  And  Solomon  told  her  all  her  ques- 
tions: and  there  was  nothing  liid  from 
Solomon  which  he  told  her  not. 

3  And  when  the  queen  of  Sheba  had  seen 
the  wisdom  of  Solomon,  and  the  house 
that  he  bad  built. 


4  And  the  meat  of  his  table,  and  the 
sitting  of  his  servants,  and  the  attendance 
of  his  ministers,  and  their  apparel;  his 
cupbearers  also,  and  their  apparel;  and 
his  ascent  by  which  he  Avent  up  into  the 
house  of  the  Lokd  ;  there  was  no  more 
spirit  in  her. 

5  And  she  said  to  the  king,  /;;  ivas  a  true 
report  Avhich  I  heard  in  mine  oavu  land  of 
thine  acts,  and  of  thy  wisdom: 

6  Howbeit  I  believed  not  their  words, 
until  I  came,  and  mine  eyes  had  seen 
it:  and,  behold,  the  one  half  of  the  great- 
ness of  thy  wisdom  Avas  not  told  me: 
for  thou  exceedest  the  fiime  that  I  heard. 

7  Happy  are  thy  men,  and  happy  are 
these  thy  serAauts,  Avhich  stand  continu- 
ally before  thee,  and  hear  thy  wisdom. 

8  Blessed  be  the  Lokd  thy  God,  Avhich 
delighted  in  thee  to  set  thee  on  his  throne, 
to  he  king  for  the  Lokd  thy  God:  because 
thy  God  loved  Israel,  to  establish  them 
for  ever,  therefore  made  he  thee  king 
over  them,  to  do  judgment  and  justice. 

9  And  she  gave  the  king  a  hundred  and 
tAventy  talents  of  gold,  and  of  spices  great 
abundance,  and  precious  stones:  neither 
Avas  there  any  such  spice  as  the  queen  of 
Sheba  gave  king  Solomon. 

10  And  the  serA'ants  also  of  Huram,  and 
the  servants  of  Solomon,  Avhich  brought 
gold  from  Opliir,  brought  algum  trees  and 
precious  stones. 

11  And  the  king  made  of  the  algum  trees 
terraces  to  the  house  of  the  Lokd,  and  to 
the  king's  palace,  and  harps  and  psalteries 
for  singers:  and  there  Avere  none  such  seen 
before  in  the  land  of  Judah. 

13  And  king  Solomon  gave  to  the  queen 
of  Sheba  all  her  desire,  Avhatsoever  she  ask- 
ed, besides  that  Avhich  she  had  brought 
unto  the  king.  So  she  turned,  and  went 
aAvay  to  her  OAvn  land,  she  and  her  servants. 

13  1[  NoAv  the  Avcight  of  gold  that  came  to 
Solomon  in  one  year  Avas  six  hundred  and 
threescore  and  six  talents  of  gold; 

14  Besides  that  which  chapmen  and  mer- 
chants brought.  And  all  the  kings  of  Ara- 
bia and  governors  of  the  country  brought, 
gold  and  silver  to  Solomon. 

15  T[  And  king  Solomon  made  tAvo  hund- 
red targets  of  beaten  gold:  six  hundred 
shekels  of  beaten  gold  Avent  to  one  target. 

16  And  three  hundred  shields  }ita(lc  he  of 
beaten  gold:  three  hundred  nhekcls  of  gold 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


■\veut  to  one  shield.  And  the  king  put 
them  in  the  house  of  the  forest  of  Leba- 
non. 

17  Moreover  the  king  made  a  great 
throne  of  ivory,  and  overlaid  it  with 
pure  gold. 

18  And  Uiere  v;ere  six  steps  to  the  throne, 
with  a  footstool  of  gold,  which  vjere  fast- 
ened to  the  throne,  and  stays  on  each  side 
of  the  sitting  place,  and  two  lions  standing 
by  the  stays  : 

19  And  twelve  lions  stood  there  on  the 
one  side  and  on  the  other  u])ou  the  six 
steps.  There  was  not  the  like  made  in  any 
kingdom. 

20  Tl  And  all  the  drinking  vessels  of  king 
Solomon  wetr  of  gold,  and  all  the  vessels 
of  the  house  of  the  forest  of  Lebanon  were 
of  pure  gold :  none  were  of  silver ;  it  was 
not  any  thing  accounted  of  in  the  days  of 
Solomon. 

21  For  the  king's  ships  went  to  Tarshish 
with  the  servants  of  Huram :  everj'  three 
years  once  came  the  ships  of  Tarshish 
bringing  gold,  and  silver,  ivory,  and  apes, 
and  i)eacocks. 

22  And  king  Solomon  passed  all  the  kings 
of  the  earth  in  riches  and  wisdom. 

23  H  And  all  the  kings  of  the  earth  sought 
the  presence  of  Solomon,  to  hear  his  wis- 
dom, that  God  had  put  in  his  heart. 

24  And  they  brought  every  man  his  pres- 
ent, vessels  of  silver,  and  vessels  of  gold, 
and  raiment,  haniess,  and  spices,  horses, 
and  mules,  a  rate  year  by  year. 

25  T[  And  Solomon  had  four  thousand 
stalls  for  horses  and  chariots,  and  twelve 
thousand  horsemen ;  whom  he  bestowed 
in  the  chariot  cities,  and  with  the  king  at 
Jerusalem. 

26  ^  And  he  reigned  over  all  the  kings 
from  the  river  even  unto  the  land  of  the 
Philistines,  and  to  the  border  of  Egypt. 

27  And  the  king  made  silver  in  Jerusalem 
as  stones,  and  cedar  trees  made  he  as  the 
sycamore  trees  that  are  in  the  low  plains 
in  abimdance. 

28  And  they  brought  unto  Solomon  horses 
out  of  Egypt,  and  out  of  all  lands. 

29  %  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Solomon, 
first  and  last,  are  they  not  written  in  the 
book  of  Nathan  the  prophet,  and  in  the 
prophecy  of  Ahijah  the  Shilonite,  and  in 
the  visions  of  Iddo  the  seer  against  Jero- 

I  boam  the  sou  of  Nebat  ? 


30  And  Solomon  reigned  in  Jerusalem 
over  all  Israel  forty  years. 

31  And  Solomon  sle])t  with  his  fathers, 
and  he  was  buried  in  the  city  of  David  his 
father:  and  Rehoboam  his  son  reigned  in 
his  stead. 

CHAPTER  X. 

AN  D  Rehoboam  went  to  Shechem  :  for 
to  Shechem  Avere  all  Israel  come  to 
make  him  king. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jeroboam 
the  son  of  Nebat,  who  wan  in  Egypt, 
whither  he  had  fled  from  the  presence  of 
Solomon  the  king,  heard  i7,  that  Jeroboam 
returned  out  of  Egypt. 

3  And  they  sent  and  called  him.  So  Jero- 
boam and  all  Israel  came  and  spake  to 
Rehoboam,  saying, 

4  Thy  father  made  our  yoke  grievous : 
now  therefore  ease  thou  somewhat  the 
grievous  servitude  of  thy  father,  and  his 
heavy  j'oke  that  he  put  Tipon  us,  aud 
we  will  serve  thee. 

5  And  he  said  unto  them.  Come  again 
unto  me  after  three  days.  And  the  peo- 
ple departed. 

6  ^  And  king  Rehoboam  took  counsel 
with  the  old  men  that  had  stood  before 
Solomon  his  father  while  he  yet  lived, 
saying.  What  counsel  give  ye  tne  to  re- 
turn answer  to  this  people  y 

7  And  they  spake  unto  him,  saying.  If 
thou  be  kind  to  this  people,  and  please 
them,  and  speak  good  words  to  them, 
they  will  be  thy  servants  for  ever. 

8  But  he  forsook  the  counsel  which  the 
old  men  gave  him,  and  took  counsel  with 
the  young  men  that  were  brought  up  with 
him,  that  stood  before  him. 

9  And  he  said  unto  them.  What  advice 
give  ye  that  we  may  return  answer  to 
this  peoi)le,  which  have  spoken  to  me, 
saying,  Ease  somewhat  the  yoke  that  thy 
father  did  put  upon  us? 

10  And  the  young  men  that  were  brought 
up  with  him  spake  unto  him,  saying.  Thus 
Shalt  thou  answer  the  people  that  spake 
unto  thee,  saying,  Thy  father  made  our 
yoke  heavy,  but  make  thoii  it  some- 
what lighter  for  us ;  thus  shalt  thou  say 
unto  them.  My  little  finger  shall  be 
thicker  than  my  father's  loins. 

11  For  whereas  my  father  put  a  heavy 
yoke  upon  you,  I  will  put  more  to  your 
yoke  :     my    father     chastised    you     with 

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II.  CHRONICLES. 


whips,  but  I  will  chastise  you  ■with  scor- 
j)ious. 

12  So  Jeroboam  and  all  the  people  came 
to  Rehoboam  on  the  third  day,  as  the 
kini^  bade,  saying.  Come  again  to  me  on 
the  third  day. 

13  And  the  king  answered  them  roughly  ; 
and  king  Rehoboam  forsook  the  counsel 
of  the  old  men, 

14  And  answered  them  after  the  advice 
of  the  young  men,  saying,  My  fatlicr 
made  your  yoke  heav}',  but  I  will  add 
thereto :  my  father  chastised  you  with 
whips,  but  I  will  chastise  yoa  with  scor- 
pions. 

15  So  the  king  hearkened  not  unto  the 
people:  for  the  cause  was  of  God,  that 
the  LoKD  might  perform  his  word,  which 
he  spake  by  the  hand  of  Ahijah  the  Shilo- 
nite  to  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat. 

16  Ti  And  when  all  Israel  saio  that  the 
king  would  not  hearken  unto  them,  the 
people  answered  the  king,  saying.  What 
l)ortion  have  we  in  David?  and  we  have 
none  inheritance  in  the  son  of  Jesse: 
every  man  to  your  tents,  O  Israel:  avcl 
now,  David,  see  to  thine  own  house.  So 
.all  Israel  Avent  to  their  tents. 

17  But  as  for  the  children  of  Israel  that 
dwelt  in  the  cities  of  Judah,  Rehoboam 
reigned  over  them. 

18  Then  king  Rehoboam  sent  Hadoram 
that  was  over  the  tribute;  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  stoned  him  with  stones, 
that  he  died.  But  king  Rehoboam  made 
speed  to  get  him  up  to  7us  chariot,  to  flee 
to  Jerusalem. 

19  And  Israel  rebelled  against  the  house 
of  David  unto  this  day. 

CHAPTER  XI. 

AND  when  Rehoboam  was  come  to 
Jerusalem,  he  gathered  of  the  house 
of  Judah  and  Benjamin  a  hundred  and 
fourscore  thousand  chosen  nu7i,  which 
were  warriors,  to  tight  against  Israel, 
that  he  might  bring  the  kingdom  again 
to  Rehoboam. 

2  But  the  word  of  the  Loud  came  to 
Shemaiah  the  man  of  God,  saying, 

3  Speak  imto  Rehoboam  the  son  of 
Solomon,  king  of  Judah,  and  to  all  Israel 
in  Judah  and  Benjamin,  saying, 

4  Thus  saith  the  Loan,  Ye  shall  not  go 
up,  nor  tight  against  your  brethreu  :  return 

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every  man  to  his  house ;  for  this  thing  is 
done  of  me.  And  they  obeyed  the  words 
of  the  Lord,  and  returned  from  going 
against  Jeroboam. 

5  H  And  Rehoboam  dwelt  in  Jerusalem, 
and  built  cities  for  defence  in  Judah. 

6  He  built  even  Beth-lehera,  and  Etam, 
and  Tekoa, 

7  And  Beth-zur,  and  Shoco,  and  Adullam, 

8  And  Gath,  and  Mareshah,  and  Ziph, 

9  And  Adoraim,  and  Lachish,  and  Azekah, 

10  And  Zorah,  and  Ajalon,  and  Hebron, 
which  are  in  Judah  and  in  Benjamin, 
fenced  cities. 

11  And  he  fortified  the  strong  holds,  and 
put  captains  in  them,  and  store  of  victuals, 
and  of  oil  and  wine. 

12  And  in  every  several  city  he  put 
shields  and  si)ears,  and  made  them  ex- 
ceeding strong,  having  Judah  and  Benja- 
min on  his  side. 

13  %  And  the  priests  and  the  Levites  that 
were  in  all  Israel  resorted  to  him  out  of 
all  their  coasts. 

14  For  the  Levites  left  their  suburbs  and 
their  possession,  and  came  to  Judah  and 
Jerusalem ;  for  Jeroboam  and  his  sons 
had  cast  them  off  from  executing  the 
priest's  office  unto  the  Lokd: 

15  And  he  ordained  him  priests  for  the 
high  places,  and  for  the  devils,  and  for 
the  calves  which  he  had  made. 

16  And  after  them,  out  of  all  the  tribes 
of  Israel,  such  as  set  their  hearts  to  seek 
the  Lord  God  of  Israel  came  to  Jerusa- 
lem, to  sacrifice  uuto  the  Lord  God  of 
their  fathers. 

17  So  they  strengthened  the  kingdom  of 
Judah,  and  made  Rehoboam  the  son  of 
Solomon  strong,  three  years:  for  three 
years  they  walked  in  the  way  of  David 
and  Solomon. 

18  II  And  Rehoboam  took  him  Mahalath 
the  daughter  of  Jerimoth  the  son  of  Da- 
vid to  wife,  and  Abihail  the  daughter  of 
Eliab  the  son  of  Jesse; 

19  Which  bare  him  children;  Jeush,  and 
Shamariah,  and  Zaham. 

20  And  after  her  he  took  Maachah  the 
daughter  of  Absalom;  which  bare  him 
Abijah,  and  Attai,  and  Ziza,  and  Shelomith. 

21  And  Rehoboam  loved  Maachah  the 
daughter  of  Absalom  above  all  his  wives 
and  his  concubines :  (for  he  took  eight- 
een    Avives,    and    threescore     concubines; 


II.  CHRONICLES, 
ei<rlit    sons,   and 


and    begat    twenty    and 
threescore  daughters.) 

22  And  Rehoboani  made  Abijah  the  son 
of  Maachah  the  chief,  to  be  ruler  among 
his  brethren:  for  lie  thought  to  make  him 
king. 

23  And  he  dealt  wisely,  and  dispersed 
of  all  his  children  throughout  all  the 
countries  of  Judah  and  Benjamin,  unto 
every  fenced  city :  and  he  gave  them 
victuals  in  abundance.  And  he  desired 
many  wives. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  Rehoboara 
had  established  the  kingdom,  and  had 
strengthened  himself,  he  forsook  the  law 
of  the  LoKD,  and  all  Israel  with  him. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  in  the  fifth 
year  of  king  Rehoboam,  Shishak  king  of 
Egypt  came  up  against  Jerusalem,  because 
they  had  transgressed  against  the  Loud, 

3  With  twelve  hundred  chariots,  and 
threescore  thousand  horsemen :  and  the 
l)eople  were  without  number  that  came 
with  him  out  of  Egypt;  the  Lubim,  the 
Sukkiim,  and  the  Ethiopians. 

4  And  he  took  the  fenced  cities  which 
pertained  to  Judah,  and  came  to  Jerusa- 
lem. 

5  ^  Then  came  Shemaiah  the  prophet  to 
Rehoboam,  and  to  the  princes  of  Judah, 
that  were  gathered  together  to  Jerusalem 

j  because  of  Shishak,  and  said  unto  them, 
j  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Ye  have  forsaken 

me,  and  therefore  have  I  also  left  you  in 

the  hand  of  Shishak. 

6  Whereupon  the  princes  of  Israel  and 
the  king  humbled  themselves;  and  they 
said,  The  Lord  in  righteous. 

7  And  when  the  Lord  saw  that  they 
humbled  themselves,  the  word  of  the 
Lord  came  to  Shemaiah,  saying,  They 
have  humbled  themselves ;  therefore  I  will 
not  destroy  them,  but  I  will  grant  them 
some  deliverance;  and  my  wrath  shall  not 
be  poured  out  upon  Jerusalem  by  the  hand 
of  Shishak. 

8  Nevertheless  they  shall  be  his  serv- 
ants ;  that  they  may  know  my  service, 
and  the  service  of  the  kingdoms  of  the 
countries. 

9  So  Shishak  king  of  Egypt  came  Tip 
against  Jerusalem,  and  took  away  the 
treasures  of  the  liouse  of  the  Lord,  and 
the  treasures  of  the  king's  house;  he  took 


all:   he   carried  away  also  the  shields   of 
gold  which  Solomon  had  made. 

10  Instead  of  which  king  Rehoboam  made 
shields  of  brass,  and  committed  the)ii  to 
the  hands  of  the  chief  of  the  guard,  that 
kept  the  entrance  of  the  king's  house. 

11  And  Avhen  the  king  entered  into  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  the  guard  came  and 
fetched  them,  and  brought  them  again  into 
the  guardchamber. 

12  And  when  he  humbled  himself,  the 
wrath  of  the  Lord  turned  from  him, 
that  he  would  not  destroy  7a?/t  altogether: 
and  also  in  Judah  things  went  well. 

13  *^  So  king  Rehoboam  strengthened 
himself  in  Jerusalem,  and  reigned:  for 
Rehoboam  tvaa  one  and  forty  jears  old 
when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned 
seventeen  years  in  Jerusalem,  the  cit}"^ 
which  the  Lord  had  chosen  out  of  all 
the  tribes  of  Israel,  to  put  his  name  there. 
And  his  mother's  name  wan  Naamah  an 
Amnionitess. 

l-I  And  he  did  evil,  because  he  prepared 
not  his  heart  to  seek  the  Lord. 

15  Now  the  acts  of  Rehoboara,  first  and 
last,  are  they  not  written  in  the  book 
of  Shemaiah  the  prophet,  and  of  Iddo 
the  seer  concerning  genealogies?  And 
there  were  wars  between  Rehoboam  and 
Jerol)oam  continually. 

16  And  Rehoboam  slept  with  his  fathers, 
and  was  buried  in  the  city  of  David:  and 
Abijah  his  sou  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

NOW  in  the    eighteenth   year  of  king 
Jeroboam  began  Abijah  to  reign  over 
Judah. 

2  He  reigned  three  years  in  Jerusalem. 
His  mother's  name  also  was  Michaiah  the 
daughter  of  Uriel  of  Gibeah.  And  there 
Avas  Avar  betAveen  Abijah  and  Jeroboam. 

3  And  Al)ijah  set  the  battle  in  array  Avith 
an  army  of  valiant  men  of  Avar,  ei'cn 
foin- hundred  thousand  chosen  men:  Jero- 
boam also  set  the  battle  in  array  against 
him  Avith  eight  hundred  thousand  chosen 
men,  heincj  mighty  men  of  A'alour. 

4  ^  And  Abijah  stood  up  upon  mount 
Zemaraim,  Avhicli  i.s-  in  mount  Ei)hraim, 
and  said.  Hear  me,  thou  Jeroboam,  and 
all  Israel; 

5  Ought  ye  not  to  knoAV  that  the  Lord 
God  of  Israel  gave  the  kingdom  over  Is- 

443  ~~ 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


rael  to  David  for  ever,  ami  to  him  and 
to  his  sons  by  a  covenant  of  salt? 

6  Yet  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Ne])at, 
the  servant  of  Solomon  the  son  of  David, 
is  risen  np,  and  hath  rebelled  aj^ainst  his 
lord. 

7  And  there  are  gathered  iinto  liim  vain 
men,  the  children  of  Belial,  and  have 
strengthened  themselves  against  Rehobo- 
am  the  son  of  Solomon,  when  Rehoboam 
was  young  and  tenderhearted,  and  could 
not  withstand  them. 

8  And  now  ye  think  to  withstand  the 
kingdom  of  the  Lord  in  the  hand  of  the 
sons  of  David;  and  ye  he  a  great  multi- 
tude, and  there  are  with  you  golden 
calves,  which  Jeroboam  made  you  for 
gods. 

9  Have  ye  not  cast  out  the  priests  of 
the  LoKD,  the  sons  of  Aaron,  and  the  Le- 
vites,  and  have  made  you  priests  after  the 
manner  of  the  nations  of  oOier  lands?  so 
that  AvhosocA'er  cometh  to  consecrate  him- 
self with  a  young  bullock  and  seven  rams, 
the  same  may  be  a  priest  of  them  that  are 
no  gods. 

10  But  as  for  us,  the  Lokb  is  our  God, 
and  we  have  not  forsaken  him ;  and  the 
l)riests,  which  minister  unto  the  Lord, 
are  the  sons  of  Aaron,  and  the  Levites 
ioait  upon  their  business : 

11  And  they  bum  unto  the  Lord  every 
morning  and  every  evening  burnt  sacri- 
lices  and  sweet  incense:  the  shewbread 
also  set  they  in  order  upon  the  pure  table ; 
and  the  candlestick  of  gold  with  the 
lamps  thereof,  to  burn  every  evening:  for 
we  keep  the  charge  of  the  Lord  our 
God ;  but  ye  have  forsaken  him, 

12  And,  behold,  God  himself  is  with  us 
for  our  captain,  and  his  priests  with  sound- 
ing trumpets  to  cry  alarm  against  you. 
0  children  of  Israel,  tight  ya  not  against 
the  Lord  God  of  your  fathers ;  for  ye  shall 
not  prosper. 

13  *'\  But  Jeroboam  caused  an  ambush- 
ment  to  come  about  behind  them :  so 
they  were  before  Judah,  and  the  ambusli- 
ment  ivas  behind  them. 

14  And  when  Judah  looked  back,  behold, 
the  battle  tvas  before  and  behind:  and  they 
cried  unto  the  Lord,  and  the  priests 
sounded  with  the  trumpets. 

15  Then  the  men  of  Judah  gave  a  shout : 
and    as    the    men    of   Judah    sliouted,    it 


came  to  i)ass,  that  God  smote  Jeroboam 
and  all  Israel  before  Abijah  and  Judah. 

16  And  the  children  of  Israel  fled  before 
Judah:  and  God  delivered  them  into  their 
hand. 

17  And  Abijah  and  his  people  slew  them 
with  a  great  slaughter:  so  there  fell  down 
slain  of  Israel  five  hundred  thousand 
chosen  men. 

18  Thus  the  children  of  Israel  were 
brought  under  at  that  time,  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Judah  i^revailed,  because  they 
relied  upon  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers. 

19  And  Abijah  pursued  after  Jeroboam, 
and  took  cities  from  him,  Beth-el  with 
the  towns  thereof,  and  Jeshanah  with  the 
towns  thereof,  and  Ephraiu  with  the  towns 
thereof. 

20  Neither  did  Jeroboam  recover  strength 
again  in  the  days  of  Abijah:  and  the  Lord 
struck  him,  and  he  died. 

21  H  But  Abijah  waxed  mighty,  and  mar- 
ried tourteen  wives,  and  begat  twenty  and 
two  sons,  and  sixteen  daughters. 

22  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  A])ijah, 
and  his  ways,  and  his  sayings,  are  written 
in  the  story  of  the  i)rophet  Iddo. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

SO  Abijah  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
they  buried  him  in  the  cit}'  of  David: 
and  Asa  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead.  In 
his  days  the  land  was  (piiet  ten  years. 

2  And  Asa  did  that  which  vxwi  good  and 
right  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  his  God: 

3  For  he  took  away  the  altars  of  the 
strange  //orf^-,  and  the  high  jdaces,  and 
brake  down  the  images,  and  cut  down  the 
groves : 

4  And  commanded  Judah  to  seek  the 
Lord  God  of  their  fathers,  and  to  do  the 
law  and  the  commandment. 

5  Also  he  took  away  out  of  all  the  cit- 
ies of  Judah  the  high  places  and  the  im- 
ages: and  the  kingdom  was  quiet  before 
him, 

G  ^  And  he  built  fenced  cities  in  Judah: 
for  the  laud  had  rest,  and  he  had  no  war 
in  those  years;  because  the  Lord  had 
given  him  rest. 

7  Therefore  he  said  unto  Judah,  Let 
us  build  these  cities,  and  make  about 
them  walls  and  towers,  gates  and  bars, 
while  the  land  is  yet  before  us;  because 
we   have   sought   the  Lord   our  God,  we 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


have  sought  him,  and  he  hath  given  us  rest 
on  every  side.  So  they  built  and  pros- 
pered. 

8  And  Asa  had  an  army  of  men  that  bare 
targets  and  spears,  out  of  Judah  three 
hundred  thousand;  and  out  of  Benjamin, 
that  bare  shields  and  drew  bows,  two 
hundred  and  fourscore  thousand:  all  these 
were  mighty  men  of  valour. 

9  1  And  there  came  out  against  them 
Zerah  the  Ethiopian  with  a  host  of  a  thou- 
sand thousand,  and  three  hundred  char- 
iots ;  and  came  xinto  Mareshah. 

10  Then  Asa  went  out  against  him,  and 
they  set  the  battle  in  array  in  the  valley 
of  Zephathah  at  Mareshah. 

11  And  Asa  cried  unto  the  Lord  his 
God,  and  said,  Lord,  it  is  nothing  with 
thee  to  help,  whether  with  many,  or  with 
them  that  have  no  power:  help  us,  O 
Lord  our  God ;  for  we  rest  on  thee,  and 
in  thy  name  we  go  against  this  multitude. 
O  Lord,  thou  art  our  God;  let  not  man 
prevail  against  thee. 

12  So  the  Lord  smote  the  Ethiopians  be- 
fore Asa,  and  before  Judah;  and  the  Ethio- 
I^ians  fled. 

13  And  Asa  and  the  people  that  were  with 
him  pursued  them  unto  Gerar:  and  the 
Ethiopians  were  overthrown,  that  they 
could  not  recover  themselves;  for  they 
were  destroyed  before  the  Lord,  and  be- 
fore his  host ;  and  they  carried  away  very 
much  spoil. 

14  And  they  smote  all  the  cities  round 
about  Gerar;  for  the  fear  of  the  Lord  came 
upon  them:  and  the)'  spoiled  all  the  cities; 
for  there  was  exceeding  much  spoil  in 
them. 

15  They  smote  also  the  tents  of  cattle, 
and  carried  awa}'  sheep  and  camels  in 
abimdauce,  and  returned  to  Jerusalem. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

AND  the  Spirit  of  God  came  upon  Aza- 
riah  the  son  of  Oded : 

3  And  he  went  out  to  meet  Asa,  and  said 
unto  him.  Hear  ye  me,  Asa,  and  all  Judah 
and  Benjamin;  The  Lord  is  with  you, 
while  ye  be  with  him  ;  and  if  ye  seek  him, 
he  will  be  found  of  you ;  but  if  ye  forsake 
him,  he  will  forsake  you. 

3  Now  for  a  long  season  Israel  ?iaih  hce7i 
without  the  true  God,  and  without  a  teach- 
ing i)riest,  and  Avithout  law. 


4  But  when  they  in  their  trouble  did  turn 
imto  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  and  sought 
him,  he  was  found  of  them. 

5  And  in  those  times  there  was  no  peace  to 
him  that  went  out,  nor  to  him  that  came 
in,  but  great  vexations  7i'e7'e  upon  all  the  in- 
habitants of  the  countries. 

6  And  nation  was  destroyed  of  nation, 
and  city  of  city:  for  God  did  vex  them 
with  all  adversity. 

7  Be  ye  strong  therefore,  and  let  not  your 
hands  be  weak :  for  your  work  shall  be 
rewarded. 

8  And  when  Asa  heard  these  words,  and 
the  prophecy  of  Oded  the  prophet,  he  took 
courage,  and  put  awa}^  the  abominable 
idols  out  of  all  the  land  of  Judah  and  Ben- 
jamin, and  out  of  the  cities  which  he  had 
taken  from  mount  Ephraim,  and  renewed 
the  altar  of  the  Lord,  that  was  before  the 
porch  of  the  Lord. 

9  And  he  gathered  all  Judah  and  Benja- 
min, and  the  strangers  with  them  out  of 
Ephraim  and  Manasseh,  and  out  of  Sim- 
eon :  for  they  fell  to  him  out  of  Israel  in 
abundance,  when  they  saw  that  the  Lord 
his  God  was  with  him. 

10  So  they  gathered  themselves  together 
at  Jerusalem  in  the  third  month,  in  the 
fifteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  Asa. 

11  And  they  offered  imto  the  Lord  the 
same  time,  of  the  spoil  which  they  had 
brought,  seven  hundred  oxen  and  seven 
thousand  sheep. 

13  And  they  entered  into  a  covenant  to 
seek  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers  with  all 
their  heart  and  with  all  their  soul ; 

13  That  whosoever  would  not  seek  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel  should  be  put  to  death, 
whether  small  or  great,  whether  mau  or 
woman. 

14  And  they  sware  nnto  the  Lord  with  a 
loud  voice,  and  with  shouting,  and  with 
trumpets,  and  with  cornets. 

15  And  all  Judah  rejoiced  at  the  oath  :  for 
they  had  sworn  with  all  their  heart,  and 
sought  him  with  their  whole  desire ;  and 
he  was  found  of  them  :  and  the  Lord  gave 
them  rest  round  about. 

16  Tf  And  also  concerning  Maachah  the 
mother  of  Asa  the  king,  he  removed  her 
from  beiiifj  queen,  because  she  had  made 
an  idol  in  a  grove :  and  Asa  cut  down 
her  idol,  and  stamped  it,  and  burnt  it  at  the 
brook  Kidron. 

445 


11.  CHRONICLES. 


17  But  the  hig;li  places  were  not  taken 
away  out  of  Israel :  nevertheless  the  heart 
of  Asa  was  perfect  all  his  days. 

18  ^  And  he  brought  into  the  house  of 
God  the  things  that  his  father  had  ded- 
icated, and  that  he  himself  had  dedicated, 
silver,  and  gold,  and  vessels. 

19  And  there  was  no  more  war  unto  the 
five  and  thirtieth  year  of  the  reign  of  Asa. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

IN  the  six  and  thirtieth  year  of  the  reign 
of  Asa,  Baasha  king  of  Israel  came  up 
against  Judah,  and  built  Ramah,  to  the 
intent  that  he  might  let  none  go  out  or 
come  in  to  Asa  king  of  Judah. 

2  Then  Asa  brought  out  silver  and  gold 
out  of  the  treasures  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord  and  of  the  king's  house,  and  sent 
to  Ben-hadad  king  of  Syria,  that  dwelt  at 
Damascus,  saying, 

3  There  is  a  league  between  me  and  thee, 
as  there  was  between  my  father  and  thy 
father:  behold,  I  have  sent  thee  silver  and 
gold;  go,  break  thy  league  with  Baasha 
king  of  Israel,  that  he  may  depart  from 
me. 

4  And  Ben-hadad  hearkened  unto  king 
Asa,  and  sent  the  captains  of  his  armies 
against  the  cities  of  Israel;  and  they  smote 
Ijon,  and  Dan,  and  Abel-maim,  and  all  the 
store  cities  of  Najjhtali. 

5  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Baasha 
heard  it,  that  he  left  ofi"  building  of  Ra- 
mah, and  let  his  Avork  cease. 

6  Then  Asa  the  king  took  all  Judah; 
and  they  carried  away  the  stones  of  Ra- 
mah, and  the  timljcr  thereof,  wherewith 
Baasha  was  l)uilding;  and  he  built  there- 
with Geba  and  Mizpah. 

7  T  And  at  that  time  Hanani  the  seer 
came  to  Asa  king  of  Judah,  and  said  unto 
him.  Because  thou  hast  relied  on  the  king 
of  Syria,  and  not  relied  on  the  Lord  thy 
God,  therefore  is  the  host  of  the  king  of 
Syria  escaped  out  of  thine  hand. 

8  Were  not  the  Ethiopians  and  the  Lubim 
a  huge  host,  with  very  many  chariots  and 
horsemen?  yet,  because  thou  didst  rely  on 
the  Lord,  he  delivered  them  into  thine 
hand. 

9  For  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  run  to  and 
fro  throughout  the  whole  earth,  to  shew 
himself  strong  in  the  behalf  uf  t?ieiu  whose 
heart  is  perfect  toward  him.     Herein  thou 

■  ^ 


hast  done  foolishly :  therefore  from  hence- 
forth thou  shalt  have  wars. 

10  Then  Asa  was  wroth  with  the  seer, 
and  put  him  in  a  prison  house ;  for  he  was 
in  a  rage  Avith  him  because  of  this  thirig. 
And  Asa  oppressed  sortie  of  the  peojjle  the 
same  time. 

11  H  And,  behold,  the  acts  of  Asa,  first 
and  last,  lo,  they  are  written  in  the  book 
of  the  kings  of  Judah  and  Israel. 

12  And  Asa  in  the  thirty  and  ninth  year 
of  his  reign  was  diseased  in  his  feet,  un- 
til his  disease  was  exceeding  great:  yet  in 
his  disease  he  sought  not  to  the  Lord,  but 
to  the  physicians. 

13  ^  And  Asa  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
died  in  the  one  and  fortieth  year  of  his 
reign. 

14  And  they  buried  him  in  his  own 
sepulchres,  which  he  had  made  for  him- 
self in  the  city  of  David,  and  laid  him  in 
the  bed  which  was  filled  with  sweet 
odours  and  divers  kinds  of  spices  })repared 
by  the  apothecaries'  art :  and  they  made 
a  very  great  burning  for  him. 

CHAPTER  XVII. 

AND  Jehoshaphat  his  sou  reigned  in 
his  stead,  and  strengthened  himself 
against  Israel. 

2  And  he  placed  forces  in  all  the  fenced 
cities  of  Judah,  and  set  garrisons  in  the 
land  of  Judah,  and  in  the  cities  of  Ephra- 
im,  which  Asa  his  father  had  taken. 

8  And  the  Loud  was  with  Jehoshaphat, 
because  he  walked  in  the  first  ways  of 
his  father  David,  and  sought  not  unto  Btui- 
llm; 

4  But  sought  to  the  Lonn  God  of  his 
father,  and  walked  in  his  commandments, 
and  not  after  the  doings  of  Israel. 

.5  Therefore  the  Lord  stablished  the 
kingdom  in  his  hand;  and  all  Judah 
brought  to  Jehoshaphat  presents;  and  he 
had  riches  and  honour  in  abundance. 

6  And  his  heart  was  lifted  up  in  the  ways 
of  the  Lord:  moreover  he  took  away 
the  high  places  and  groves  out  of  Judah. 

7  TI  Also  in  the  third  year  of  his  reign 
he  sent  to  his  princes,  ei'e7i  to  Ben-hail, 
and  to  Obadiah,  and  to  Zechariah,  and  to 
Nethaneel,  and  to  Michaiah,  to  teach  in 
the  cities  of  Judah. 

8  And  with  them  he  sent  Levites,  even 
Shemaiah,   and  Nethaniah,   and   Zebadiah, 


11.  CHRONICLES. 


and  Asahel,  and  Shemiramoth,  and  Je- 
honathan,  and  Adonijah,  and  Tobijah,  and 
Tob-adonijah,  Levites;  and  with  them 
Elishama  and  Jehoram,  priests. 

9  And  they  taught  in  Judah,  and  had 
the  book  of  the  law  of  the  Lord  with 
them,  and  went  about  throughout  all  the 
cities  of  Judah,  and  taught  the  people. 

10  T]  And  the  fear  of  the  Lord  fell  upon 
all  the  kingdoms  of  the  lands  that  were 
round  about  Judah,  so  that  they  made  no 
war  against  Jehoshaphat. 

11  Also  aotne  of  the  Philistines  brought 
Jehoshaphat  presents,  and  tribute  silver; 
and  the  Arabians  brought  him  flocks, 
seven  thousand  and  seven  himdred  rams, 
and  seven  thousand  and  seven  hundred 
he  goats. 

12  Tl  And  Jehoshaphat  waxed  great  ex- 
ceedingly; and  he  built  in  Judah  castles, 
and  cities  of  store. 

13  And  he  had  much  business  in  the 
cities  of  Judah:  and  the  men  of  war, 
mighty  men  of  valour,  were  in  Jerusa- 
lem. 

14  And  these  are  the  numbers  of  them 
according  to  the  house  of  their  fathers : 
Of  Judah,  the  captains  of  thousands ;  Ad- 
nah  the  chief,  and  with  him  mighty  men 
of  valour  three  hundred  thousand. 

15  And  next  to  him  wa.s  Jehohanan  the 
captain,  and  with  him  two  hundred  and 
fourscore  thousand. 

16  And  next  him  was  Amasiah  the  sou 
of  Zichri,  who  willingly  oflfered  himself 
unto  the  Lord;  and  with  him  two  hund- 
red thousand  mighty  men  of  valour. 

17  And  of  Benjamin ;  Eliada  a  mighty 
man  of  valour,  and  with  him  armed  men 
with  bow  and  shield  two  hundred  thousand. 

18  And  next  him  was  Jehozabad,  and  with 
him  a  hundred  and  fourscore  thousand 
ready  prepared  for  the  war. 

19  These  waited  on  the  king,  besides  those 
whom  the  king  put  in  the  fenced  cities 
throughout  all  Judah. 

CHAPTER  XVIIL 

NOW  Jehoshaphat  had  riches  and  hon- 
our in  abundance,  and  joined  affinity 
with  Ahab. 
2  And  after  certain  years  he  went  down 
to  Ahab  to  Samaria.  And  Ahab  killed 
sheep  and  oxen  for  him  in  abundance, 
and  for  the  people  that  he  had  with  him. 


and  persuaded  him  to  go  up  with  him  to 
Ramoth-gilead. 

3  And  Ahab  king  of  Israel  said  unto  Je- 
hoshaphat king  of  Judah,  Wilt  thou  go 
with  me  to  Ramoth-gilead?  And  he  an- 
swered him,  I  am  as  thou  art^  and  my 
people  as  thy  i>eople;  and  we  will  he  with 
thee  in  the  war. 

4  H  And  Jehoshaphat  said  unto  the  king 
of  Israel,  Inquire,  I  pray  thee,  at  the  word 
of  the  Lord  to  day. 

5  Therefore  the  king  of  Israel  gathered 
together  of  prophets  four  hundred  men, 
and  said  unto  them.  Shall  we  go  to  Ra- 
moth-gilead to  battle,  or  shall  I  forbear? 
And  they  said.  Go  up;  for  God  will  de- 
liver it  into  the  king's  hand. 

6  But  Jehoshaphat  said.  Is  there  not  here 
a  prophet  of  the  Lord  besides,  that  we 
might  inquire  of  him  ? 

7  A.nd  the  king  of  Israel  said  unto  Je- 
hoshaphat, There  is  yet  one  man,  by  whom 
we  may  inquire  of  the  Lord  :  but  I  hate 
him ;  for  he  never  prophesied  good  imto 
me,  but  always  evil:  the  same  is  Micaiah 
the  son  of  Imla.  And  Jehoshaphat  said, 
Let  not  the  king  say  so. 

8  And  the  king  of  Israel  called  for  one 
of  his  officers,  and  said,  Fetch  quickly 
Micaiah  the  son  of  Imla. 

9  And  the  king  of  Israel  and  Jehosha- 
phat king  of  Judah  sat  either  of  tliem  on 
his  throne,  clothed  in  their  robes,  and 
they  sat  in  a  void  place  at  the  entering  in 
of  the  gate  of  Samaria;  and  all  the  pro])h- 
ets  prophesied  before  them. 

10  And  Zedekiah  the  son  of  Chenaanah 
had  made  him  horns  of  iron,  and  said, 
Thus  saith  the  Lord,  With  these  thou 
Shalt  push  Syria  until  they  be  con- 
sumed. 

11  And  all  the  prophets  prophesied  so, 
saying.  Go  up  to  Ramoth-gilead,  and  pros- 
per: for  the  Lord  shall  deliver  it  into 
the  hand  of  the  king. 

13  And  the  messenger  that  went  to 
call  Micaiah  spake  to  him,  saying.  Be- 
hold, the  words  of  the  prophets  declare 
good  to  the  king  with  one  assent;  let 
thy  word  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  be  like 
one  of  theirs,  and  speak  thou  good. 

13  And  Micaiah  said,  As  the  Lord  liv- 
eth,  even  what  my  God  saith,  that  will  I 
speak. 

14  And  when  he  was  come  to  the  king, 

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II.  CHRONICLES. 


the  king  said  unto  him,  Micaiah,  shall  we 
go  to  Ramoth-gilead.  to  battle,  or  shall  I 
forbear?  And  he  said.  Go  ye  up,  and  pros- 
per, and  they  shall  be  delivered  into  your 
hand. 

15  And  the  king  said  to  him,  How  many 
times  shall  I  adjure  thee  that  thou  say 
nothing  but  the  truth  to  me  in  the  name 
of  the  Lord  ? 

16  Then  he  said,  I  did  see  all  Israel 
scattered  upon  the  mountains,  as  sheep 
that  have  no  shepherd:  and  the  Lord 
said.  These  have  no  master;  let  them 
return  therefore  every  man  to  his  liouse 
in  peace. 

17  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  to  Je- 
hoshaphat.  Did  I  not  tell  thee  that  he 
Avould  not  prophesy  good  unto  me,  but 
evil  ? 

18  Again  he  said.  Therefore  hear  the 
word  of  the  Lord;  I  saw  the  Lord  sitting 
upon  his  throne,  and  all  the  host  of  heav- 
en standing  on  his  right  hand  and  on  his 
left. 

19  And  the  Lord  said.  Who  shall  en- 
tice Ahab  king  of  Israel,  that  he  may  go 
up  and  fall  at  Ramoth-gilead?  And  one 
spake  saying  after  this  manner,  and  an- 
other saying  after  that  manner. 

20  Then  there  came  out  a  sj^irit,  and  stood 
before  the  Lord,  and  said,  I  will  entice 
him.  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him.  Where- 
with ? 

21  And  he  said,  I  will  go  out,  and  be  a 
lying  sjjirit  in  the  mouth  of  all  his 
pro])hets.  And  the  Lord  said,  Thou 
shalt  entice  7dm^  and  thou  shalt  also 
prevail :  go  out,  and  do  even  so. 

23  Now  therefore,  behold,  the  Lord  hath 
put  a  lying  spirit  in  the  mouth  of  these 
thy  prophets,  and  the  Lord  hath  spoken 
evil  against  thee. 

23  Then  Zedekiah  the  son  of  Chenaa- 
nah  came  near,  and  smote  Micaiah  upon 
the  cheek,  and  said.  Which  way  went  the 
Spirit  of  the  Lord  from  me  to  speak 
unto  thee? 

24  And  Micaiah  said.  Behold,  thou  shalt 
see  on  that  day  when  thou  shalt  go  into 
an  inner  chamber  to  hide  thyself 

25  Then  the  king  of  Israel  said.  Take  ye 
Micaiah,  and  carry  him  back  to  Am  on 
the  governor  of  the  city,  and  to  Joiush  the 
king's  son; 

26  And  say.  Thus  saith  the  king,  Put  this 

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fellow  in  the  prison,  and  feed  him  with 
bread  of  affliction  and  with  water  of  af- 
fliction, until  I  return  in  peace. 

27  And  Micaiah  said,  If  thou  certainly 
return  in  peace,  then  hath  not  the  Lord 
spoken  by  me.  And  he  said.  Hearken, 
all  ye  people. 

28  So  the  king  of  Israel  and  Jehosha- 
phat  the  king  of  Judah  went  uj)  to  Ra- 
moth-gilead. 

29  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  unto  Je- 
hoshaphat,  I  will  disguise  myself,  and  will 
go  to  the  battle;  but  put  thou  on  thy 
robes.  So  the  king  of  Israel  disguised 
himself;  and  they  went  to  the  battle. 

30  Now  the  king  of  Syria  had  com- 
manded the  captains  of  the  chariots  that 
viere  with  him,  saying,  Fight  ye  not  with 
small  or  great,  save  only  with  the  king  of 
Israel. 

31  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  cap- 
tains of  the  chariots  saw  Jehoshaphat, 
that  they  said.  It  is  the  king  of  Israel. 
Therefore  they  compassed  about  him  to 
fight:  but  Jehoshai:)hat  cried  out,  and  the 
Lord  helped  him;  and  God  moved  them 
to  depart  from  him. 

33  For  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when  the 
captains  of  the  chariots  perceived  that  it 
was  not  the  king  of  Israel,  they  turned 
back  again  from  pursuing  him. 

33  And  a  certain  man  drew  a  bow  at 
a  venture,  and  smote  the  king  of  Israel 
between  the  joints  of  the  harness:  there- 
fore he  said  to  his  chariot  man.  Turn  thine 
hand,  that  thou  mayest  carry  me  out  of 
the  host ;  for  I  am  wounded. 

34  And  the  battle  increased  that  day:  how- 
beit  the  king  of  Israel  stayed  himself  up  in 
his  chariot  against  the  Syrians  until  the 
even :  and  about  the  time  of  the  sun  going 
down  he  died. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

AND  Jehoshaphat  the  king  of  Judah 
■  returned  to  his  house  in  peace  to 
Jerusalem. 

3  And  Jehu  the  son  of  Ilanani  the  seer 
went  out  to  meet  him,  and  said  to  king 
Jehoshaphat,  Shouldest  thou  help  the  un- 
godh%  and  love  them  that  hate  the  Lord? 
therefore  in  wrath  ui^on  thee  from  before 
the  Lord. 

3  Nevertheless,  there  arc  good  things 
found    in  thee,   in  tliat   thou   hast  taken 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


awii}'  the  groves  out  of  the  land,  and  hast 
prepared  thine  heart  to  seek  God. 

4  And  Jehoshaphat  dwelt  at  Jerusalem: 
and  he  went  out  again  through  the  peo- 
ple from  Beer-sheba  to  mount  Ephraim, 
and  brought  them  back  unto  the  Lokd 
God  of  their  fathers. 

5  Tl  And  he  set  judges  in  the  land 
throughout  all  the  fenced  cities  of  Judah, 
city  by  city, 

6  And  said  to  the  judges,  Take  heed  Avhat 
ye  do :  for  ye  judge  not  for  man,  but  for  the 
Lord,  who  is  with  you  in  the  judgment. 

7  Wherefore  now  let  the  fear  of  the 
Lord  Jdc  upon  you;  take  heed  and  do 
it:  for  there  is  no  iniquity  with  the  Lord 
our  God,  nor  respect  of  persons,  nor  tak- 
ing of  gifts. 

8  U  Moreover  in  Jerusalem  did  Jehosh- 
aphat set  of  the  Lcvites,  and  of  the  priests, 
and  of  the  chief  of  the  fathers  of  Israel, 
for  the  judgment  of  the  Lord,  and  for 
controversies,  when  they  returned  to  Jeru- 
salem. 

9  And  he  charged  them,  saying.  Thus 
shall  ye  do  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  faith- 
fully, and  with  a  perfect  heart. 

10  And  what  cause  soever  shall  come  to 
you  of  your  brethren  that  dwell  in  their 
cities,  between  blood  and  blood,  between 
law  and  commandment,  statutes  and  judg- 
ments, ye  shall  even  Avarn  them  that  they 
trespass  not  against  the  Lord,  and  no 
wrath  come  upon  j'ou,  and  upon  your 
brethren:  this  do,  and  ye  shall  not  tres- 
pass. 

11  And,  behold,  Amariah  the  chief  priest 
is  over  you  in  all  matters  of  the  Lord  ; 
and  Zebadiah  the  son  of  Ishmael,  the 
ruler  of  the  house  of  Judah,  for  all  the 
king's  matters :  also  the  Levites  shall  be 
officers  before  you.  Deal  courageously, 
and  the  Lord  shall  be  with  the  good. 

CHAPTER  XX. 

IT  came  to  pass  after  this  also,  that  the 
children  of  Moab,  and  the  children  of 
Amnion,  and  with  them  other  besides  the 
Ammonites,  came  against  Jehoshaphat  to 
battle. 
2  Then  there  came  some  that  told  Jehosh- 
aphat, saying.  There  cometh  a  great  multi- 
tude against  thee  from  beyond  the  sea  on 
this  side  Syria;  and,  behold,  they  be  in 
Ilazazon-tamar,  which  is-  En-gedi. 

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3  And  Jehoshaphat  feared,  and  set  him- 
self to  seek  the  Lord,  and  proclaimed  a 
fast  throughout  all  Judah. 

4  And  Judah  gathered  themselves  to- 
gether, to  ask  help  of  the  Lord  :  even 
out  of  all  the  cities  of  Judah  they  came  to 
seek  the  Lord.  • 

5  1[  And  Jehoshaphat  stood  in  the  con- 
gregation of  Judah  and  Jerusalem,  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  before  the  new  court, 

6  And  said,  O  Lord  God  of  our  fathers, 
art  not  thou  God  in  heaven?  and  rulest 
not  thou  over  all  the  kingdoms  of  the 
heathen?  and  in  thine  hand  is  there  7iot 
power  and  might,  so  that  none  is  able  to 
withstand  thee  ? 

7  Art  not  thou  our  God,  wJio  didst  drive 
out  the  inhabitants  of  this  land  before  thy 
people  Israel,  and  gavest  it  to  the  seed  of 
Abraham  thy  friend  for  ever  ? 

8  And  they  dAvelt  therein,  and  have  built 
thee  a  sanctuary  therein  for  thy  name, 
saying, 

9  If,  wJien  evil  cometh  upon  us,  as  the 
sword,  judgment,  or  pestilence,  or  famine, 
we  stand  before  this  house,  and  in  thy 
presence,  (for  thy  name  is  in  this  house,) 
and  cry  unto  thee  in  our  affliction,  then 
thou  wilt  hear  and  help. 

10  And  now,  behold,  the  children  of  Am- 
mon  and  Moab  and  mount  Seir,  whom 
thou  wouldest  not  let  Israel  invade,  when 
they  came  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  but 
they  turned  from  them,  and  destroyed 
them  not ; 

11  Behold,  I  say,  Jiow  they  reward  us,  to 
come  to  cast  us  out  of  thy  possession, 
which  thou  hast  given  us  to  inherit. 

12  O  our  God,  wilt  thou  not  judge  them  ? 
for  we  have  no  might  against  this  great 
company  that  cometh  against  us;  neither 
know  we  what  to  do :  but  our  eyes  are 
upon  thee. 

13  And  all  Judah  stood  before  the  Lord, 
with  their  little  ones,  their  wives,  and  their 
children. 

14  11  Then  upon  Jahaziel  the  son  of  Zech- 
ariah,  the  son  of  Benaiah,  the  son  of  Jeiel, 
the  son  of  Mattaniah,  a  Levite  of  the  sons 
of  Asaph,  came  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  in 
the  midst  of  the  congregation ; 

15  And  he  said.  Hearken  ye,  all  Judah, 
and  ye  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  and  thou 
king  Jehoshaphat,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
unto  you.  Be  not  afraid  nor  dismayed  by 

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reason  of  this  great  multitude;  for  the 
battle  is  not  yours,  but  GocUs. 
10  To  morrow  go  ye  down  against  them : 
behold,  they  come  up  by  the  clitf  of  Ziz ; 
and  ye  shall  find  them  at  the  end  of  the 
brook,  before  the  wilderness  of  Jeruel. 

17  Ye  shall  not  7ieecl  to  fight  in  this  battle: 
set  yourselves,  stand  ye  still,  and  see  the 
salvation  of  the  Lord  with  you,  O  Judah 
and  Jerusalem  :  fear  not,  nor  be  dismayed ; 
to  morrow  go  out  against  them:  for  the 
LoKD  will  be  with  you. 

18  And  Jehoshaphat  bowed  his  head  with 
his  face  to  the  ground :  and  all  Judah  and 
the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  fell  before  the 
Loud,  worshipping  the  Lord. 

19  And  the  Levites,  of  the  children  of 
the  Kohathites,  and  of  the  children  of  the 
Korhites,  stood  up  to  praise  the  Lord 
God  of  Israel  Avith  a  loud  voice  on 
high. 

20  H  And  they  rose  early  in  the  morning, 
and  went  forth  into  the  wilderness  of 
Tekoa:  and  as  they  Avent  forth,  Jehosha- 
phat stood  and  said.  Hear  me,  O  Judah, 
and  ye  inhabitants  of  Jemsalem ;  Believe 
in  the  Lord  your  God,  so  shall  ye  be  estab- 
lished; believe  his  prophets,  so  shall  ye 
l^rosper. 

21  And  when  he  had  consulted  with  the 
people,  he  appointed  singers  unto  the 
Lord,  and  that  should  praise  the  beauty 
of  holiness,  as  they  went  out  before  the 
army,  and  to  say.  Praise  the  Lord  ;  for  his 
mercy  eiulureth  for  ever. 

22  TI  And  when  they  began  to  sing  and  to 
praise,  the  Lord  set  ambushments  against 
the  children  of  Amnion,  Moab,  and  mount 
Seir,  which  were  come  against  Judah ;  and 
they  were  smitten. 

23  For  the  children  of  Ammon  and  !Moab 
stood  up  against  the  inhabitants  of  mount 
Seir,  utterly  to  slay  and  destroy  them :  and 
when  they  had  made  an  end  of  the  inhab- 
itants of  Seir,  every  one  helped  to  destroy 
another. 

24  And  when  Judah  came  toward  the 
watchtower  in  the  wilderness,  they  looked 
unto  the  multitude,  and,  behold,  they  were 
dead  bodies  fallen  to  the  earth,  and  none 
escaped. 

25  And  when  Jehoshaphat  and  his  people 
came  to  take  away  the  spoil  of  them,  they 
found    among    them    in    al)undance    both 

j  riches  with  the  dead  bodies,  and  precious 


jewels,  which  they  stripped  off  for  them- 
selves, more  than  they  could  carry  away: 
and  they  were  three  days  in  gathering  of 
the  spoil,  it  was  so  much. 

26  ^  And  on  the  fourth  day  they  assem- 
bled themselves  in  the  valley  of  Berachah; 
for  there  they  blessed  the  Lord  :  therefore 
the  name  of  the  same  place  was  called.  The 
valley  of  Berachah,  unto  this  day. 

27  Then  they  returned,  every  man  of 
Judah  and  Jerusalem,  and  Jehoshaphat 
in  the  forefront  of  them,  to  go  again  to 
Jerusalem  with  joy;  for  the  Lord  had 
made  them  to  rejoice  over  their  enemies. 

28  And  they  came  to  Jerusalem  with 
psalteries  and  harps  and  trumpets  unto 
the  house  of  the  Lord. 

29  And  the  fear  of  God  was  on  all  the 
kingdoms  of  those  countries,  when  they 
had  heard  that  the  Lord  fought  against 
the  enemies  of  Israel. 

30  So  the  realm  of  JehoshaiDhat  was 
quiet:  for  his  God  gave  him  rest  round 
about. 

31  TI  And  Jehoshaphat  reigned  over  Ju- 
dah :  he  was  thirty  and  five  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned 
twenty  and  five  years  in  Jerusalem.  And 
his  mother's  name  was  Azubah  the  daugh- 
ter of  Shilhi. 

32  And  he  walked  in  the  way  of  Asa 
his  father,  and  departed  not  from  it,  doing 
that  which  was  right  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord. 

33  Howbeit  the  high  places  were  not 
taken  away :  for  as  yet  the  people  had 
not  prepared  their  hearts  unto  the  God 
of  their  fathers. 

34  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jehosha- 
phat, first  and  last,  behold,  they  are  writ- 
ten in  the  book  of  Jehu  the  son  of  Han- 
ani,  who  is  mentioned  in  the  book  of  the 
kings  of  Israel. 

35  *!\  And  after  this  did  Jehoshaphat  king 
of  Judah  join  himself  with  Ahaziah  king 
of  Israel,  Avho  did  very  wickedly : 

36  And  he  joined  himself  with  him  to 
make  ships  to  go  to  Tarshish:  and  they 
made  the  ships  in  Ezion-gaber. 

37  Then  Eliezer  the  son  of  Dodavah  of 
Mareshah  prophesied  against  Jehoshaphat, 
saj'ing.  Because  thou  hast  joined  thyself 
with  Ahaziah,  the  Lord  hath  broken  thy 
Avorks.  And  the  ships  Avcre  broken,  that 
they  were  not  able  to  go  to  Tarshish. 


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CHAPTER  XXI. 

NOW  Jehosliaphat  slept  with  his  fa- 
thers, and  was  buried  with  his  fathers 
in  the  city  of  David.  And  Jehoram  his 
son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

2  And  he  had  brethren  the  sons  of  Je- 
hoshax^hat,  Azariah,  and  Jehicl,  and  Zecha- 
riah,  and  Azariah,  and  Michael,  and  Sheph- 
atiah:  all  these  were  the  sons  of  Jehosh- 
aphat  king  of  Israel. 

3  And  tiieir  father  gave  them  great  gifts 
of  silver,  and  of  gold,  and  of  precious 
things,  with  fenced  cities  in  Judah :  but 
the  kingdom  gave  he  to  Jehoram;  be- 
cause Ue  v;aH  the  firstborn. 

4  Now  when  Jehoram  was  risen  up  to  the 
kingdom  of  his  father,  he  strengthened 
himself,  and  slew  all  his  brethren  with  the 
sword,  and  di?^ers  also  ofthe  princes  of  Israel. 

5  1[  Jehoram  was  thirty  and  two  years 
old  when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reign- 
ed eight  years  in  Jerusalem. 

6  And  he  walked  in  the  way  of  the  kings 
of  Israel,  like  as  did  the  house  of  Ahab : 
for  he  had  the  daughter  of  Ahab  to  wife : 
and  he  wrought  that  which  was  evil  in  the 
eyes  of  the  Lord. 

7  Howbeit  the  Lord  would  not  destroy 
the  house  of  David,  because  of  the  cove- 
nant that  he  had  made  with  David,  and  as 
he  promised  to  give  a  light  to  him  and  to 
his  sons  for  ever. 

8  H  In  his  days  the  Edomites  revolted 
from  under  the  dominion  of  Judah,  and 
made  themselves  a  king. 

9  Then  Jehoram  w^ent  forth  with  his 
princes,  and  all  his  chariots  with  him :  and 
he  rose  up  by  night,  and  smote  the  Edom- 
ites which  compassed  him  in,  and  the  cai> 
tains  of  the  chariots. 

10  So  the  Edomites  revolted  from  under 
the  hand  of  Judah  unto  this  day.  The 
same  time  also  did  Libnah  revolt  from 
under  his  hand;  because  he  had  forsaken 
the  Lord  God  of  his  fathers. 

11  Moreover  he  made  high  places  in  the 
mountains  of  Judah,  and  caused  the  in- 
habitants of  Jerusalem  to  commit  forni- 
cation, and  compelled  Judah  thereto. 

13  1  And  there  came  a  writing  to  him 
from  Elijah  the  prophet,  saying.  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God  of  David  thy  flithcr.  Because 
thou  hast  not  walked  in  the  ways  of  Je- 
hoshaphat  thy  father,  nor  in  the  ways  of 
Asa  king  of  Judah, 


13  But  hast  walked  in  the  way  of  the 
kings  of  Israel,  and  hast  made  Judah  and 
the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  to  go  a  Avhor- 
ing,  like  to  the  whoredoms  of  the  house 
of  Ahab,  and  also  hast  slain  thy  breth- 
ren of  thy  father's  house,  which  were  bet- 
ter than  thyself: 

14  Behold,  with  a  great  plague  will  the 
Lord  smite  thy  people,  and  thy  children, 
and  thy  wives,  and  all  thy  goods  : 

15  And  thou  shalt  have  great  sickness 
by  disease  of  thy  bowels,  until  thy  bowels 
fall  out  by  reason  of  the  sickness  day  by 
day. 

16  TI  Moreover  the  Lord  stirred  up  against 
Jehoram  the  spirit  of  the  Philistines,  and 
of  the  Arabians,  that  were  near  the  Ethi- 
opians : 

17  And  they  came  up  into  Judah,  and 
brake  into  it,  and  carried  away  all  the  sub- 
stance that  was  found  in  the  king's  house, 
and  his  sons  also,  and  his  wives ;  so  that 
there  was  never  a  son  left  him,  save  Jehoa- 
haz,  the  youngest  of  his  sons. 

18  TT  And  after  all  this  the  Lord  smote 
him  in  his  bowels  with  an  incurable 
disease. 

19  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  in  process 
of  time,  after  the  end  of  two  years,  his 
bowels  fell  out  by  reason  of  his  sickness : 
so  he  died  of  sore  diseases.  And  his  peo- 
ple made  no  burning  for  him,  like  the 
burning  of  his  fathers. 

20  Thirty  and  two  years  old  was  he  when 
he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  in  Je- 
rusalem eight  years,  and  departed  without 
being  desired.  Howbeit  they  buried  him 
in  the  city  of  David,  but  not  in  the  sepul- 
chres of  the  kings. 

CHAPTER  XXIL 

AND  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  made 
Ahaziah  his  youngest  son  king  in  his 
stead :  for  the  band  of  men  that  came  with 
the  Arabians  to  the  camp  had  slain  all 
the  eldest.  So  Ahaziah  the  son  of  Jeho- 
ram king  of  Judah  reigned. 

2  Forty  and  two  years  old  was  Ahaziah 
when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned 
one  year  in  Jerusalem.  His  mother's 
name  also  was  Athaliah  the  daughter  of 
Omri. 

3  He  also  walked  in  the  ways  of  the 
house  of  Ahab:  for  his  mother  was  his 
counsellor  to  do  wickedly. 


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4  Wherefore  he  did  evil  in  the  sij^ht  of 
the  Lord  like  the  house  of  Ahab :  for 
they  were  his  counsellors,  after  the  death 
of  his  father,  to  his  destruction. 

5  1]  He  walked  also  after  their  counsel, 
and  went  with  Jehoram  the  son  of  Ahab 
king  of  Israel  to  war  against  Hazael  king 
of  Syria  at  Ramoth-gilead  :  and  the  Syrians 
emote  Joram. 

6  And  he  returned  to  be  healed  in  Jezreel 
because  of  the  wounds  which  were  given 
him  at  Ramah,  when  he  fought  with  Ha- 
zael king  of  Syria.  And  Azariah  the  son 
of  Jehoram  king  of  Judah  went  down  to 
see  Jehoram  the  son  of  Ahab  at  Jezreel, 
because  he  was  sick. 

7  And  the  destruction  of  Ahaziah  was  of 
God  by  coming  to  Joram :  for  when  he 
was  come,  he  went  out  with  Jehoram 
against  Jehu  the  son  of  Nimshi,  whom 
the  LoKD  had  anointed  to  cut  oflF  the 
house  of  Ahab. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when  Jehu 
was  executing  judgment  upon  the  house 
of  Ahab,  and  found  the  princes  of  Judah, 
and  the  sons  of  the  brethren  of  Aha- 
ziah, that  ministered  to  Ahaziah,  he  slew 
them. 

9  And  he  sought  Ahaziah :  and  they 
caught  him,  (for  he  was  hid  in  Samaria,) 
and  brought  him  to  Jehu :  and  when  they 
had  slain  him,  they  buried  him :  Because, 
said  they,  he  is  the  son  of  Jehoshaphat, 
who  sought  the  Lord  with  all  his  heart. 
So  the  house  of  Ahaziah  had  no  jiower 
to  kee})  still  the  kingdom. 

10  H  But  when  Athaliali  the  mother  of 
Ahaziah  saw  that  her  son  was  dead,  she 
arose  and  destroyed  all  the  seed  royal  of 
the  house  of  Judah. 

11  But  Jehoshabeath,  the  daughter  of 
the  king,  took  Joash  the  son  of  Ahaziah, 
and  stole  him  from  among  the  king's 
sons  that  were  slain,  and  put  him  and 
his  nurse  in  a  bedchamber.  So  Jehosha- 
beath, the  daughter  of  king  Jehoram,  the 
wife  of  Jehoiada  the  priest,  (for  she  was 
the  sister  of  Ahaziah,)  hid  him  from  Atha- 
liah,  so  that  she  slew  him  not. 

13  And  he  was  with  them  hid  in  the  house 
of  God  six  years  :  and  Athaliah  reigned 
over  the  land. 

CHAPTER  XXIII. 

AND    in    the    seventh    year    Jehoiada 
strengthened   himself,   and   took  the 

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captains  of  hundreds,  Azariah  the  son  of 
Jcrohara,  and  Ishmael  the  son  of  Jehoha- 
nan,  and  Azariah  the  son  of  Obed,  and 
Maaseiah  the  son  of  Adaiah,  and  Elisha- 
phat  the  son  of  Zichri,  into  covenant 
with  him. 

3  And  they  went  about  in  Judah,  and 
gathered  the  Levites  out  of  all  the  cities 
of  Judah,  and  the  chief  of  the  fathers  of 
Israel,  and  they  came  to  Jerusalem. 

8  And  all  the  congregation  made  a 
covenant  with  the  king  in  the  house  of 
God.  And  he  said  unto  them.  Behold, 
the  king's  son  shall  reign,  as  the  Lord 
hath  said  of  the  sons  of  David. 

4  This  is  the  thing  that  ye  shall  do;  A 
third  part  of  you  entering  on  the  sabbath, 
of  the  priests  and  of  the  Levites,  sfiall  be 
porters  of  the  doors; 

5  And  a  third  part  shall  be  at  the  king's 
house;  and  a  third  part  at  the  gate  of  the 
foundation:  and  all  the  i)eople  shall  be 
in  the  courts  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

0  But  let  none  come  into  the  house  of 
the  Lord,  save  the  priests,  and  they  that 
minister  of  the  Levites;  they  shall  go  in, 
for  they  are  holy :  but  all  the  people  shall 
keep  the  watch  of  the  Lord. 

7  And  the  Levites  shall  compass  the  king 
round  about,  every  man  with  his  weapons 
in  his  hand;  and  whosoever  else  cometh 
into  the  house,  he  shall  be  put  to  death: 
but  be  ye  with  the  king  when  he  cometh 
in,  and  when  he  goeth  out. 

8  So  the  Levites  and  all  Judah  did  ac- 
cording to  all  things  that  Jehoiada  the 
priest  had  commanded,  and  took  every 
man  his  men  that  Avere  to  come  in  on 
the  sabbath,  Avith  them  that  were  to  go 
out  on  the  sabbath:  for  Jehoiada  tlie  priest 
dismissed  not  the  courses. 

9  Moreover  Jehoiada  the  i)riest  delivered 
to  the  captains  of  hundreds  spears,  and 
bucklers,  and  shields,  that  had  been  king 
David's,  which  wn-e  in  the  house  of  God. 

10  And  he  set  all  the  people,  every  man 
having  his  weapon  in  his  hand,  from  the 
right  side  of  the  temple  to  the  left  side 
of  the  temple,  along  by  the  altar  and  the 
temple,  by  the  king  round  about. 

11  Then  they  brought  out  the  king's  son, 
and  put  upon  him  the  crown,  and  gave 
him  the  testimony,  and  made  him  king. 
And  Jehoiada  and  his  sons  anointed 
him,  and  said,  God  save  the  king. 


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12  1  Now  when  Athaliah  heard  the  noise 
of  the  people  running  and  praising  the 
king,  she  came  to  the  peoj^le  into  the 
house  of  the  Loku: 

13  And  she  looked,  and,  behold,  the  king 
stood  at  his  pillar  at  the  entering  in,  and 
the  princes  and  the  trumpets  by  the  king: 
and  all  the  people  of  the  laud  rejoiced, 
and  sounded  with  trumi)ets,  also  the  sing- 
ers with  instruments  of  music,  and  such 
as  taught  to  sing  praise.  Then  Athaliah 
rent  her  clothes,  and  said,  Treason, 
treason. 

14  Then  Jehoiada  the  priest  brought 
out  tUe  captains  of  hundreds  that  were 
set  over  the  host,  and  said  unto  them, 
Have  her  forth  of  the  ranges :  and  whoso 
foUoweth  her,  let  him  be  slain  with  the 
sword.  For  the  priest  said,  Slay  her  not 
in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

15  So  they  laid  hands  on  her;  and  when 
she  was  come  to  the  entering  of  the  horse 
gate  by  the  king's  house,  they  slew  her 
there. 

16  1  And  Jehoiada  made  a  covenant  be- 
tween him,  and  between  all  the  people, 
and  between  the  king,  that  they  should 
be  the  Lord's  people. 

17  Then  all  the  people  went  to  the  house 
of  Baal,  and  brake  it  down,  and  brake  his 
altars  and  his  images  in  pieces,  and  slew 
Mattan  the  priest  of  Baal  before  the  altars. 

18  Also  Jehoiada  appointed  the  offices  of 
the  house  of  the  Lord  by  the  hand  of 
the  priests  the  Levites,  whom  David  had 
distributed  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
to  ofier  the  burnt  offerings  of  the  Lord, 
as  it  is  written  in  the  law  of  Moses,  with 
rejoicing  and  with  singing,  as  it  was 
ordained  by  David. 

19  And  he  set  the  i)orters  at  the  gates 
of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  that  none 
which  was  unclean  in  any  thing  should 
enter  in. 

20  And  he  took  the  captains  of  hund- 
reds, and  the  nobles,  and  the  governors  of 
the  people,  and  all  the  people  of  the  land, 
and  brought  down  the  king  from  the 
house  of  the  Lord  :  and  they  came 
through  the  high  gate  into  the  king's 
house,  and  set  the  king  upon  the  throne 
of  the  kingdom. 

21  And  all  the  people  of  the  land  re- 
joiced :  and  the  city  was  quiet,  after  that 
they  had  slain  Athaliah  with  the  sword. 


CHAPTER  XXIV. 

J  GASH  was  seven  j-ears  old  when  he 
began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  forty 
years  in  Jerusalem.  His  mother's  name 
also  7<'a.s  Zibiah  of  Beer-sheba. 

2  And  Joash  did  that  which  was  right 
in  the  eight  of  the  Lord  all  the  days 
of  Jehoiada  the  jiriest. 

3  And  Jehoiada  took  for  him  two  wives; 
and  he  begat  sons  and  daughters. 

4  1^  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that 
Joash  was  minded  to  repair  the  house  of 
the  Lord. 

5  And  he  gathered  together  the  priests 
and  the  Levites,  and  said  to  them,  Go  out 
unto  the  cities  of  Judah,  and  gather  of  all 
Israel  money  to  repair  the  house  of  your 
God  from  year  to  year,  and  see  that  ye 
hasten  the  matter.  Howbeit  the  Levites 
hastened  i^  not. 

6  And  the  king  called  for  Jehoiada  the 
chief,  and  said  unto  him,  Why  hast  thou 
not  required  of  the  Levites  to  bring  in  out 
of  Judah  and  out  of  Jerusalem  the  collec- 
tion, according  to  the  commandment  of 
Moses  the  servant  of  the  Lord,  and  of  the 
congregation  of  Israel,  for  the  tabernacle 
of  witness? 

7  For  the  sons  of  Athaliah,  that  wicked 
woman,  had  broken  up  the  house  of  God  ; 
and  also  all  the  dedicated  things  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord  did  they  bestow  upon 
Baalim. 

8  And  at  the  king's  commandment  they 
made  a  chest,  and  set  it  without  at  the 
gate  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

9  And  they  made  a  proclamation  through 
Judah  and  Jerusalem,  to  bring  in  to  the 
Lord  the  collection  tliat  Moses  the  serv- 
ant of  God  laid  upon  Israel  in  the  wilder- 
ness. 

10  And  all  the  princes  and  all  the  people 
rejoiced,  and  brought  in,  and  cast  into  the 
chest,  until  they  had  made  an  end. 

11  Now  it  came  to  pass,  that  at  what  time 
the  chest  was  brought  unto  the  king's 
office  by  the  hand  of  the  Levites,  and 
when  they  saw  that  there  was  much  money, 
the  king's  scribe  and  the  high  priest's 
officer  came  and  emptied  the  chest,  and 
took  it,  and  carried  it  to  his  place  again. 
Thus  thej'^  did  day  by  day,  and  gathered 
money  in  abundance. 

12  And  the  king  and  Jehoiada  gave  it 
to  such  as  did  the  work  of  the  service  of 

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the  house  of  the  Loku,  aud  hired  masons 
and  carpenters  to  repair  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  also  such  as  wrought  iron  and 
brass  to  mend  the  house  ofthe  Loud. 

13  So  the  workmen  wrought,  and  the 
work  was  perfected  by  them,  and  they  set 
the  house  of  God  in  his  state,  and 
strengthened  it. 

14  And  when  they  had  finished  t7,  they 
brought  the  rest  of  the  money  before  the 
king  and  Jehoiada,  whereof  were  made 
vessels  for  the  house  of  the  Lord,  evev 
vessels  to  minister,  and  to  offer  vMhal, 
and  sjjoons,  and  vessels  of  gold  and  silver. 
And  they  otfered  burnt  offerings  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord  continually  all  the 
days  of  Jehoiada. 

15  •[  But  Jehoiada  waxed  old,  and  was 
full  of  days  when  he  died ;  a  hundred  and 
thirty  years  old  ww  he  when  he  died. 

16  And  they  buried  him  in  the  city  of 
David  among  the  kings,  because  he  had 
done  good  in  Israel,  both  toward  God,  and 
toward  his  house. 

17  Now  after  the  death  of  Jehoiada  came 
the  princes  of  Judah,  and  made  obeisance 
to  the  king.  Then  the  king  hearkened 
unto  them. 

18  And  they  left  the  house  of  the  Lord 
God  of  their  fathers,  and  served  groves  and 
idols :  and  wrath  came  upon  Judah  and 
Jerusalem  for  this  their  trespass. 

19  Yet  he  sent  prophets  to  them,  to  bring 
them  again  unto  the  Lord  ;  and  they  test- 
ified against  them :  but  they  would  not 
give  ear. 

20  And  the  Spirit  of  God  came  upon  Zech- 
ariah  the  son  of  Jehoiada  the  priest,  Avhich 
stood  above  the  people,  and  said  imto 
them,  Thus  saith  God,  Why  transgress  ye 
the  commandments  of  the  Lord,  that  ye 
cannot  prosper  ?  because  ye  have  forsaken 
the  Lord,  he  hath  also  forsaken  you. 

21  And  they  conspired  against  him,  and 
stoned  him  with  stones  at  the  command- 1 
ment  of  the  king  in  the  court  of  the  house 
of  the  Lord. 

22  Thus  Joash  the  king  remembered  not 
the  kindness  which  Jehoiada  his  fiither  had 
done  to  him,  but  slew  his  son.     And  when  \ 
he  died,  he  said,  The  Lord  look  upon  i/, 
and  require  it. 

23  Tl  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of 
the  year,  that  the  host  of  Syria  came  iij) 
against  him  :   and  they  came  to  Judah  and 

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Jerufealem,  and  destroyed  all  the  princes 
of  the  people  from  among  the  people,  and 
sent  all  the  spoil  of  them  unto  the  king  of 
Damascus. 

24  For  the  army  of  the  Syrians  came  with 
a  small  company  of  men,  and  the  Lord 
delivered  a  very  great  host  into  their  hand, 
because  they  had  forsaken  the  Lord  God 
of  their  fathers.  So  they  executed  judg- 
ment against  Joash. 

25  And  when  they  were  departed  from 
him,  (for  they  left  him  in  great  diseases,) 
his  own  servants  conspired  against  him  for 
the  blood  of  the  sons  of  Jehoiada  the 
priest,  and  slew  him  on  his  bed,  and  he 
died  :  and  they  buried  him  in  the  city  of 
David,  but  they  buried  him  not  in  the 
sepulchres  of  the  kings. 

26  Aud  these  are  they  that  conspired 
against  him ;  Zabad  the  son  of  Shimeath 
an  Ammonitess,  and  Jehozabad  the  son 
of  Shimrith  a  Moabitess. 

27  Tl  Now  concerning  his  sous,  and  the 
greatness  of  the  burdens  laid  upon  hira, 
and  the  repairing  of  the  house  of  God, 
behold,  they  are  written  in  the  story  of  the 
book  of  the  kings.  And  Amaziah  his  sou 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 

AMAZIAH  vjos  twenty  and  five  years 
old  when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he 
reigned  twenty  and  nine  years  in  Jeru- 
salem. And  his  mother's  name  was  Jeho- 
addan  of  Jerusalem. 

2  And  he  did  that  which  v^aa  right  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord,  but  not  with  a  perfect 
heart. 

3  T[  Now  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  king- 
dom was  established  to  him,  that  he  slew 
his  servants  that  had  killed  the  king  his 
fiither. 

4  But  he  slew  not  their  children,  but  did 
as  it  is  written  in  the  law  in  the  book  of 
Moses,  where  the  Lord  commanded,  say- 
ing. The  fathers  shall  not  die  for  the  chil- 
dren, neither  shall  the  children  die  for  the 
fathers,  but  every  man  shall  die  for  his 
own  sin. 

5  1  Moreover  Amaziah  gathered  Judah 
together,  and  made  them  captains  over 
thousands,  and  captains  over  liundreds, 
according  to  the  houses  of  their  fathers, 
throughout  all  Judah  and  Benjamin :  and 
he  numbered  them  from  twenty  years  old 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


and  above,  aiul  found  them  three  hundred 
thousand  choice  men,  able  to  go  forth  to 
war,  that  could  handle  spear  and  shield. 

6  He  hired  also  a  hundred  thousand 
mighty  men  of  valour  out  of  Israel  for  a 
hundred  talents  of  silver. 

7  But  there  came  a  man  of  God  to  him, 
saying,  O  king,  let  not  the  army  of  Israel 
go  with  thee;  for  the  Lord  is  not  with 
Israel,  to  ioit,  idth  all  the  children  of 
Ephraim. 

8  But  if  thou  Avilt  go,  do  it,  be  strong  for 
the  battle:  God  shall  make  thee  fall  before 
the  enemj-:  for  God  hath  power  to  help, 
and  to  cast  down. 

9  And  Amaziah  said  to  the  man  of  God, 
But  what  shall  we  do  for  the  hundred  tal- 
ents which  I  have  given  to  the  aiToy  of 
Israel  ?  And  the  man  of  God  answered, 
The  Lord  is  able  to  give  thee  much  more 
than  this. 

10  Then  Amaziah  separated  them,  to  wit, 
the  army  that  Avas  come  to  him  out  of 
Ephraim,  to  go  home  again :  wherefore 
their  anger  was  greatly  kindled  against 
Judah,  and  they  returned  home  in  great 
anger. 

11  *t\  And  Amaziah  strengthened  himself, 
and  led  forth  his  people,  and  Avent  to  the 
valley  of  salt,  and  smote  of  the  children 
of  Seir  ten  thousand. 

12  And  other  ten  thousand  left  alive  did 
the  children  of  Judah  carry  away  captive, 
and  brought  them  unto  the  top  of  the 
rock,  and  cast  them  down  from  the  top 
of  the  rock,  that  they  all  were  broken  in 
pieces. 

13  1[  But  the  soldiers  of  the  army  which 
Amaziah  sent  back,  that  they  should  not 
go  with  him  to  battle,  fell  upon  the  cit- 
ies of  Judah,  from  Samaria  even  unto  Beth- 
horou,  and  smote  three  thousand  of  them, 
and  took  much  spoil. 

14  Tl  Now  it  came  to  pass,  after  that  Ama- 
ziah was  come  from  the  slaughter  of  the 
Edomites,  that  he  brought  the  gods  of  the 
children  of  Seir,  and  set  them  up  to  he  his 
gods,  and  bowed  down  himself  before 
them,  and  burned  incense  unto  them. 

15  Wherefore  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was 
kindled  against  Amaziah,  and  he  sent 
unto  him  a  prophet,  which  said  unto 
him,  Why  hast  thou  sought  after  the  gods 
of  the  people,  which  could  not  deliver 
their  own  people  out  of  thine  hand? 


It)  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  talked  i 
with  him,  that  the  kivg  said  imto  him, 
Art  thou  made  of  the  king's  coimsel? 
forbear;  why  shouldest  thou  be  smitten? 
Then  the  prophet  forbare,  and  said,  I 
know  that  God  hath  determined  to  de- 
stroy thee,  because  thou  hast  done  this, 
and  hast  not  hearkened  unto  my  counsel. 

17  Ti  Then  Amaziah  king  of  Judah  took 
advice,  and  sent  to  Joash,  the  son  of 
Jehoahaz,  the  son  of  Jehu,  king  of  Israel, 
saying.  Come,  let  us  see  one  another  in 
the  face. 

18  And  Joash  king  of  Israel  sent  to 
Amaziah  king  of  Judah,  saying.  The  this- 
tle that  was  in  Lebanon  sent  to  the  cedar 
that  was  in  Lebanon,  saying.  Give  thy 
daughter  to  my  son  to  wife:  and  there 
passed  hy  a  wild  beast  that  was  in  Leba- 
non, and  trode  down  the  thistle. 

19  Thou  sayest,  Lo,  thou  hast  smitten 
the  Edomites ;  and  thine  heart  lifteth  thee 
up  to  boast :  abide  now  at  home ;  why 
shouldest  thou  meddle  to  thine  hurt,  that 
thou  shouldest  fall,  even  thou,  and  Judah 
with  thee? 

20  But  Amaziah  would  not  hear;  for  it 
came  of  God,  that  he  might  deliver  them 
into  the  hand  of  their  enemies,  because  they 
sought  after  the  gods  of  Edom, 

21  So  Joash  the  king  of  Israel  went  up ; 
and  they  saw  one  another  in  the  face, 
both  he  and  Amaziah  king  of  Judah,  at 
Beth-shemesh,  which  belongeth  to  Judah. 

22  And  Judah  was  put  to  the  worse  before 
Israel,  and  they  fled  every  man  to  his  tent. 

23  And  Joash  the  king  of  Israel  took 
Amaziah  king  of  Judah,  the  son  of  Joash, 
the  son  of  Jehoahaz,  at  Beth-shemesh, 
and  brought  him  to  Jerusalem,  and  brake 
down  the  wall  of  Jerusalem  from  the 
gate  of  Ephraim  to  the  corner  gate,  four 
hundred  cubits. 

24  And  lie  took  all  the  gold  and  the  silver, 
and  all  the  vessels  that  were  found  in  the 
house  of  God  with  Obed-edom,  and  the 
treasures  of  the  king's  house,  the  host- 
ages also,  and  returned  to  Samaria. 

25  1  And  Amaziah  the  son  of  Joash  king 
of  Judah  lived  after  the  death  of  Joash  son 
of  Jehoahaz  king  of  Israel  fifteen  years. 

28  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Amaziah, 
first  and  last,  behold,  are  they  not  writ- 
ten in  the  book  of  the  kings  of  Judah  and 

Israel ?  

4.55 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


27  H  Now  alter  the  time  that  Amaziah 
did  turn  away  from  following  the  Lord 
they  made  a  conspiracy  against  him  in  Je- 
rusalem; and  he  fled  to  Lachish:  but  they 
sent  to  Lachish  after  him,  and  slew  him 
there. 

28  And  they  brought  him  upon  horses, 
and  buried  him  with  his  fathers  in  the  city 
of  Judah. 

CHAPTER  XX VL 

THEN  all  the  people  of  Judah  took  Uz- 
ziah,  who  was  sixteen  years  old,  and 
made  him  king  in  the  room  of  his  father 
Amaziah. 

2  He  built  Eloth,  and  restored  it  to  Judah, 
after  that  the  king  slept  with  his  Mhers. 

3  Sixteen  years  old  was  Uzziah  when  he 
began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  fifty  and 
two  years  in  Jerusalem.  His  mother's 
name  also  was  Jecoliah  of  Jerusalem. 

4  And  he  did  thai  7vhich  was  right  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lord,  according  to  all 
that  his  father  Amaziah  did. 

5  And  he  sought  God  in  the  days  of 
Zechariah,  who  had  understanding  in  the 
visions  of  God:  and  as  long  as  he  sought 
the  Lord,  God  made  him  to  prosper. 

6  And  he  went  forth  and  warred  against 
the  Philistines,  and  brake  down  the  wall 
of  Gath,  and  the  wall  of  Jabneh,  and  the 
Avail  of  Ashdod,  and  built  cities  about 
Ashdod,  and  among  the  Philistines. 

7  And  God  helped  him  against  the  Philis- 
tines, and  against  the  Arabians  that  dwelt 
in  Gur-baal,  and  the  Mehunim. 

8  And  the  Ammonites  gave  gifts  to  Uz- 
ziah: and  his  name  spread  abroad  even  to 
the  entering  in  of  Eg3'pt ;  for  he  strength- 
ened himself  exceedingly. 

9  Moreover  Uzziah  built  towers  in  Jeru- 
salem at  the  corner  gate,  and  at  the  valley 
gate,  and  at  the  turning  of  the  ■wall,  and 
fortified  them. 

10  Also  he  built  toAvers  in  the  desert, 
and  digged  many  wells  :  for  he  had  much 
cattle,  both  in  the  low  country,  and  in 
the  i)lains ;  husbandmen  also,  and  vine- 
dressers in  the  mountains,  and  in  Car- 
mel :  for  he  loved  husbandry. 

11  Moreover  Uzziah  had  a  host  of  fight- 
ing men,  that  went  out  to  war  by  bauds, 
according  to  the  number  of  their  account 
by  the  hand  of  Jeiel  the  scribe  and  Maase- 
iah  the  ruler,  under  the  hand  of  Hanan- 

iah,  o)ie  of  the  king's  captains. 
-_ 


12  The  whole  number  of  the  chief  of  the 
fathers  of  the  mighty  men  of  valour  toere 
two  thousand  and  six  hundred. 

13  And  under  their  hand  was  an  army, 
three  hundred  thousand  and  seven  thou- 
sand and  five  hundred,  that  made  war  with 
mighty  poAver,  to  help  the  king  against 
the  enemy. 

14  And  Lizziah  pre])ared  for  them  through- 
out all  the  host  shields,  and  spears,  and 
helmets,  and  habergeons,  and  bows,  and 
slings  to  cast  stones. 

15  And  he  made  in  Jerusalem  engines, 
invented  by  cunning  men,  to  be  on  the 
towers  and  upon  the  bulwarks,  to  shoot 
arroAvs  and  great  stones  withal.  And  his 
name  spread  far  abroad;  for  he  was  mar- 
vellously helped,  till  he  Avas  strong. 

16  ^  But  when  he  was  strong,  his  heart 
was  lifted  up  to  7ds  destruction :  for  he 
transgressed  against  the  Lord  his  God, 
and  Avent  into  the  temple  of  the  Lord 
to  burn  incense  upon  the  altar  of  incense. 

17  And  Azariah  the  priest  went  in  after 
him,  and  with  him  fourscore  priests  of 
the  Lord,  that  xvere  A'aliaut  men  : 

18  And  they  withstood  Uzziah  the  king, 
and  said  txnto  him.  It  apperta'melh  not  unto 
thee,  Uzziah,  to  burn  incense  unto  the 
Lord,  but  to  the  priests  the  sons  of  Aaron, 
that  are  consecrated  to  burn  incense :  go 
out  of  the  sanctuary;  for  thou  hast  tres- 
passed ;  neither  sJiall  it  he  for  thine  honour 
from  the  Lord  God. 

19  Then  Uzziah  was  wroth,  and  had  a  cen- 
ser in  his  hand  to  burn  incense:  and  Avhile 
he  was  Avroth  M'ith  the  priests,  the  lep- 
rosy even  rose  up  in  his  forehead  before 
the  priests  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
from  beside  the  incense  altar. 

20  And  Azariah  the  chief  priest,  and  all 
the  priests,  looked  upon  him,  and,  behold, 
he  ioas  leprous  in  his  forehead,  and  they 
thrust  him  out  from  thence ;  yea,  himself 
hasted  also  to  go  out,  because  the  Lord 
had  smitten  him. 

21  And  Uzziah  the  king  AA'as  a  leper  unto 
the  day  of  his  death,  and  dwelt  in  a  sca'- 
eral  house,  hebig  a  leper;  for  he  Avas  cut 
oflf  from  the  house  of  the  Lord:  and 
Jotham  his  sou  v;as  over  the  king's  house, 
judging  the  people  of  the  land. 

22  ^  NoAv  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  L^zziah, 
first  and  last,  did  Isaiah  the  prophet,  the 
son  of  Amoz,  write. 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


yo  So  Uzziah  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
they  buried  him  Avith  his  ftvthers  in  the 
field  of  the  burial  which  belonged  to  the 
kings ;  for  they  said,  He  is  a  leper :  and 
Jotham  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER  XXVII. 

JOTHAM  wan  twenty  and  five  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reign- 
ed sixteen  years  in  Jerusalem.  His  moth- 
er's name  also  was  Jerushah,  the  daughter 
of  Zadok. 

2  And  he  did  tliat  which  toas  right  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord,  according  to  all  that 
his  father  Uzziah  did  :  howbeit  he  entered 
not  into  the  temple  of  the  Lord.  And 
the  people  did  yet  corruptly. 

3  He  built  the  high  gate  of  the  house  of 
the  Lord,  and  on  the  Avail  of  Ophel  he 
built  much. 

4  Moreover  he  built  cities  in  the  mount- 
ains of  Judah,  and  in  the  forests  he  built 
castles  and  towers. 

5  1  He  fought  also  Avith  the  king  of  the 
Ammonites,  and  prevailed  against  them. 
And  the  children  of  Ammon  gave  him 
the  same  year  a  hundred  talents  of  silver, 
and  ten  thousand  measures  of  wheat,  and 
ten  thousand  of  barley.  So  much  did  the 
children  of  Ammon  pay  unto  him,  both 
the  second  year,  and  the  third. 

6  So  Jotham  became  mighty,  because 
he  prepared  his  ways  before  the  Lord  his 
God. 

7  TI  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jotham, 
and  all  his  Avars,  and  his  ways,  lo,  they  are 
written  in  the  book  of  the  kings  of  Israel 
and  Judah. 

8  He  was  five  and  tAventy  years  old  when 
he  began  to  reign,  and  reigned  sixteen 
years  in  Jerusalem. 

9  1  And  Jotham  slept  Avith  his  fathers, 
and  they  buried  him  in  the  city  of  DaAid : 
and  Ahaz  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER  XXVIII. 

AHAZ  loas  twenty  years  old  when  he 
began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  six- 
teen j'ears  in  Jerusalem:  but  he  did  not 
that  which  was  right  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord,  like  David  his  flvther: 

2  For  he  walked  in  the  ways  of  the  kings 
of  Israel,  and  made  also  molten  images 
for  Baalim. 

3  Moreover  he  burnt  incense  in  the  val- 


ley of  the  son  of  Hinnom,  and  burnt 
his  children  in  the  fire,  after  the  abom- 
inations of  the  heathen  whom  the  Lord 
had  cast  out  before  the  children  of  Israel. 

4  He  sacrificed  also  and  burnt  incense  in 
the  high  places,  and  on  the  hills,  and 
under  everj'  green  tree. 

5  Wherefore  the  Lord  his  God  delivered 
him  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Syria; 
and  they  smote  him,  and  carried  away 
a  great  multitude  of  them  captives,  and 
brought  them  to  Damascus.  And  he  Avas 
also  deliA'ered  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of 
Israel,  Avho  smote  him  Avith  a  great  slaugh- 
ter. 

6  H  For  Pekah  the  son  of  Remaliah 
slcAV  in  Judah  a  hundred  and  tAventy  thou- 
sand in  one  day,  which  loere  all  valiant  men  ; 
because  they  had  forsaken  the  Lord  God 
of  their  fathers. 

7  And  Zichri,  a  mighty  man  of  Ephraira, 
slew  Maaseiah  the  king's  son,  and  Azrikam 
the  gOA'ernor  of  the  house,  and  Elkanah 
that  loas  next  to  the  king. 

8  And  the  children  of  Israel  carried  aAvay 
captive  of  their  brethren  two  hundred 
thousand,  women,  sous,  and  daughters, 
and  took  also  aAvay  much  spoil  from  them, 

1  and  brought  the  spoil  to  Samaria. 
1  9  But  a  prophet  of  the  Lord  was  there, 
I  Avhose  name  was  Oded :  and  he  Avent  out 
1  before  the  host  that  came  to  Samaria, 
1  and  said  unto  them.  Behold,  because  the 
j  Lord  God  of  your  fathers  was  Avroth  Avith 

Judah,  he  hath  delivered  them  into  your 
I  hand,  and  ye  have  slain  them  in  a  rage 

thai  reacheth  up  unto  heaven. 

10  And  noAv  ye  pui-pose  to  keep  under  the 
children  of  Judah  and  Jerusalem  for  bond- 
men and  bondAvomen  unto  you:  hut  are 
there  not  Avith  you,  even  with  you,  sins 
against  the  Lord  your  God  ? 

11  NoAv  hear  me  therefore,  and  deliver 
the  captives  again,  Avhich  ye  have  taken 
captive  of  your  brethren  :  for  the  fierce 
Avrath  of  the  Lord  is  upon  you. 

12  Then  certain  of  the  heads  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Ephraim,  Azariah  the  son  of  Joha- 
nan,  Berechiah  the  son  of  Meshillemoth, 
and  Jehizkiah  the  son  of  Shallura,  and 
Amasa  the  son  of  Hadlai,  stood  up 
against  them  that  came  from  the  AA'ar, 

13  And  said  unto  them.  Ye  shall  not  bring 
in  the  captives  hither:  for  Avhereas  we 
have    ofiended  against   the  Lord  already^ 

457  ~ 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


ye  inteud  to  add  more  to  our  sins  and  to 
our  trespass :  for  our  trespass  is  great,  and 
there  is  tierce  wrath  against  Israel. 

1-4  So  the  armed  men  left  the  captives 
and  the  spoil  before  the  princes  and  all 
the  congregation. 

15  And  the  men  which  were  expressed 
by  name  rose  up,  and  took  the  captives, 
and  with  the  spoil  clothed  all  that  were 
naked  among  them,  and  arrayed  them, 
and  shod  them,  and  gave  them  to  eat  and 
to  drink,  and  anointed  them,  and  carried 
all  the  feeble  of  them  upon  asses,  and 
brought  them  to  Jericho,  the  city  of 
palm  trees,  to  their  brethren:  then  they 
returned  to  Samaria. 

16  1  At  that  time  did  king  Ahaz  send 
unto  the  kings  of  Assyria  to  help  him. 

17  For  again  the  Edomites  had  come  and  !  lem.  And  his  mother's  name  was  Abijah, 
smitten  Judah,  and  carried  away  captives.       the  daughter  of  Zechariah. 

18  The  Philistines  also  had  invaded  the  2  And  he  did  ifiat  which  was  right  in  the 
cities  of  the  low  country,  and  of  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  according  to  all  that 
south    of  Judah,  and  had  taken  Beth-she-    David  his  father  had  done. 


25  And  in  every  several  city  of  Judah 
he  made  high  places  to  burn  incense  unto 
other  gods,  and  provoked  to  auger  the 
Lord  God  of  his  fathers. 

26  Tl  Now  the  rest  of  his  acts  and  of  all 
his  wa3's,  first  and  last,  behold,  they  are 
written  in  the  book  of  the  kings  of  Judah 
and  Israel. 

27  And  Ahaz  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
they  buried  him  in  the  city,  even  in  Je- 
rusalem: but  they  brought  him  not  into 
the  sepulchres  of  the  kings  of  Israel:  and 
Hezekiah  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 

HEZEKIAH  began  to  reign  lohen  he  was 
five  and  twenty  years   old,  and  he 
reigned  nine  and  twenty  years  in  Jerusa- 


mesh,  and  Ajalon,  and  Gederoth,  and 
Shocho  with  the  villages  thereof,  and 
Timnah  with  the  villages  thereof,  Gimzo 
also  and  the  villages  thereof:  and  they 
dwelt  there. 

19  For  the  Lord  brought  Judah  low  be- 
cause of  Ahaz  king  of  Israel ;  for  he  made 
Judah  naked,  and  transgressed  sore  against 
the  Lord. 

20  And  Tilgatli-pilneser  king  of  Assyria 
came  unto  him,  and  distressed  him,  but 
strengthened  him  not. 

21  For  Ahaz  took  away  a  portion  oiit  of 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  out  of  the 
house  of  the  king,  and  of  the  princes,  and 
gave  it  unto  the  king  of  Assyria:  but  he 
helped  him  not. 

22  1  And  in  the  time  of  his  distress  did 
he  trespass  yet  more  against  the  Lord  : 
this  i.s  that  king  Ahaz. 

23  For  he  sacrificed  unto  the  gods  of 
Damascus,  which  smote  him :  and  he  said. 
Because  the  gods  of  the  kings  of  S3'ria  help 
them,  therefore  will  I  sacrifice  to  them, 
that  they  may  help  me.  But  they  were 
the  ruin  of  him,  and  of  all  Israel. 

24  And  Ahaz  gathered  together  the  ves- 
sels of  the  house  of  God,  and  cut  in  pieces 
the  vessels  of  the  house  of  God,  and  shut 
up  the  doors  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  he  made  him  altars  in  every  corner 
of  Jerusalem. 

'  458 


3  TI  He  in  the  first  year  of  his  reign,  in 
the  first  month,  opened  the  doors  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  and  repaired  them. 

4  And  he  brought  in  the  priests  and  the 
Levites,  and  gathered  them  together  into 
the  east  street, 

5  And  said  unto  them.  Hear  me,  ye  Le- 
vites; sanctif}'  now  yourselves,  and  sanc- 
tify the  house  of  the  Lord  God  of  your 
fathers,  and  carry  forth  the  filthiness  out 
of  the  holy  p^ace. 

6  For  our  fathers  have  trespassed,  and 
done  that  tvhich  was  evil  in  the  eyes  of  the 
Lord  our  God,  and  have  forsaken  him,  and 
have  turned  away  their  faces  from  the 
habitation  of  the  Lord,  and  turned  their 
backs. 

7  Also  they  have  shut  up  the  doors  of 
the  porch,  and  put  out  the  lamps,  and 
have  not  burned  incense  nor  offered  burnt 
offerings  in  the  holy  place  unto  the  God 
of  Israel. 

8  Wherefore  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  was 
upon  Judah  and  Jerusalem,  and  he  hath 
delivered  them  to  trouble,  to  astonish- 
ment, and  to  hissing,  as  ye  see  with  your 
eyes. 

9  For,  lo,  our  fiithers  have  fallen  by  the 
sword,  and  our  sons  and  our  daughters 
and  our  wives  are  in  captivity  for  this. 

10  Now  it  is  in  mine  heart  to  make  a 
covenant  with  the  Lord    God   of  Israel, 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


that  his  tierce  wrath  may  turn  away  from 
us. 

11  My  sons,  be  not  now  negligent:  for 
the  Lord  hath  chosen  you  to  stand  before 
him,  to  serve  him,  and  that  ye  should 
minister  unto  him,  and  burn  incense. 

13  TI  Then  the  Levites  arose,  Mahath  the 
son  of.  Amasai,  and  Joel  the  son  of  Aza- 
riah,  of  the  sons  of  the  Kohathites :  and 
of  the  sons  of  Merari;  Kish  the  son  of 
Abdi,  and  Azariah  the  son  of  Jehalelel : 
and  of  the  Gershonites;  Joah  the  son  of 
Zimmah,  and  Eden  the  son  of  Joah : 

13  And  of  the  sons  of  Elizaphan;  Shimri, 
and  Jejel :  and  of  the  sons  of  Asaph ;  Zech- 
ariah,  and  Mattaniah : 

14  And  of  the  sons  of  Heman;  Jehiel, 
and  Shiraei:  and  of  the  sons  of  Jeduthun; 
Shemaiah,  and  Uzziel. 

15  And  they  gathered  their  brethren,  and 
sanctified  themselves,  and  came,  accord- 
ing to  the  commandment  of  the  king, 
by  the  words  of  the  Lord,  to  cleanse  the 
house  of  the  Lord. 

16  And  the  priests  went  into  the  inner 
part  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  to  cleanse 
i7,  and  brought  out  all  the  uncleanness 
that  they  found  in  the  temple  of  the  Lord 
into  the  court  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 
And  the  Levites  took  i7,  to  carry  it  out 
abroad  into  the  brook  Kidron. 

17  Now  they  began  on  the  first  da7/  of 
the  first  month  to  sanctify,  and  on  the 
eighth  day  of  the  month  came  they  to  the 
porch  of  the  Lord:  so  thej'  sanctified  the 
house  of  the  Lord  in  eight  daj^s ;  and  in 
the  sixteenth  day  of  the  first  month  they 
made  an  end. 

18  Then  they  went  in  to  Hezekiah  the 
king,  and  said.  We  have  cleansed  all  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  and  the  altar  of  burnt 
oflfering,  with  all  the  vessels  thereof,  and 
the  shewbread  table,  with  ail  the  vessels 
thereof 

19  Moreover  all  the  vessels,  which  king 
Ahaz  in  his  reign  did  cast  away  in  his 
transgression,  have  we  prepai'ed  and  sanc- 
tified, and,  behold,  they  are  before  the 
altar  of  the  Lord. 

20  TI  Then  Hezekiah  the  king  rose  early, 
and  gathered  the  rulers  of  the  city,  and 
went  up  to  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

21  And  they  brought  seven  bullocks,  and 
seven  rams,  and  seven  lambs,  and  seven 
he  goats,  for  a  sin  offering  for  the  king- 


dom, and  for  the  sanctuary,  and  for  Ju- 
dah.  And  he  commanded  the  priests  the 
sous  of  Aaron  to  oflfer  them  on  the  altar  of 
the  Lord. 

23  So  they  killed  the  bullocks,  and  the 
priests  received  the  blood,  and  sprinkled 
it  on  the  altar:  likewise,  when  they  had 
killed  the  rams,  they  sprinkled  the  blood 
upon  the  altar:  they  killed  also  the  lambs, 
and  they  sprinkled  the  blood  upon  the 
altar. 

23  And  they  brought  forth  the  he  goats 
for  the  sin  otfering  before  the  king  and 
the  congregation;  and  they  laid  their 
hands  upon  them : 

24  And  the  priests  killed  them,  and  they 
made  reconciliation  with  their  blood  upon 
the  altar,  to  make  an  atonement  for  all 
Israel :  for  the  king  commanded  that  the 
burnt  offering  and  the  sin  offering  should 
be  made  for  all  Israel. 

25  And  he  set  the  Levites  in  the  house 
of  the  Lord  with  cymbals,  with  psalteries, 
and  with  harps,  according  to  the  com- 
mandment of  David,  and  of  Gad  the  king's 
seer,  and  Nathan  the  prophet :  for  so  was 
the  commandment  of  the  Lord  by  his 
prophets. 

26  And  the  Levites  stood  with  the  instru- 
ments of  David,  and  the  priests  with  the 
trumpets. 

27  And  Hezekiah  commanded  to  ofler 
the  burnt  ofl'ering  upon  the  altar.  And 
when  the  burnt  oflFering  began,  the  song 
of  the  Lord  began  also  with  the  trumpets, 
and  with  the  instruments  ordained  by  Da- 
vid king  of  Israel. 

28  And  all  the  congregation  worshipped, 
and  the  singers  sang,  and  the  trumpeters 
sounded :  and  all  this  cmtthiued  until  the 
burnt  ofiering  was  finished. 

29  And  when  they  had  made  an  end  of 
oflfering,  the  king  and  all  that  were  pres- 
ent with  him  bowed  themselves,  and  wor- 
shipped. 

30  Moreover  Hezekiah  the  king  and  the 


j  princes   commanded  the   Levites   to  sing 

praise  unto  the  Lord  with  the  words  of 

David,  and  of  Asaph  the  seer.     And  they 

sang  praises  with  gladness,  and  they  bow- 

j  ed  their  heads  and  worshipped. 

j    81    Then    Hezekiah    answered    and    said, 

j  Now  ye  have  consecrated  yourselves  unto 

I  the  Lord,  come  near  and  bring  sacrifices 

and  thank  oflierings  into  the  house  of  the 

459       ~~  ~~ 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


LoKD.  And  the  eonj^reffation  broiij2;lit  in 
sacrifices  and  thank  offerings ;  and  as 
many  as  were  of  a  free  heart,  burnt  ofler- 
ings. 

33  And  the  number  of  the  burnt  offer- 
ings, which  the  congregation  brought, 
■was  threescore  and  ten  bullocks,  a  hund- 
red rams,  and  two  hundred  lambs :  all 
these  were  for  a  burnt  offering  to  the  Lokd. 

33  And  the  consecrated  things  were  six 
hundred  oxen  and  three  thousand  sheep. 

3-t  But  the  priests  "were  too  few,  so  that 
the}'  could  not  flay  all  the  burnt  offer- 
ings :  wherefore  their  brethren  the  Levites 
did  help  them,  till  the  work  was  ended, 
and  until  the  other  priests  had  sanctified 
themselves :  for  the  Levites  were  more 
upright  in  heart  to  sanctify  themselves 
than  the  priests. 

35  And  also  the  burnt  offerings  were  in 
abundance,  with  the  fat  of  the  peace  offer- 
ings, and  the  drink  offerings  for  every 
burnt  offering.  So  the  service  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord  was  set  in  order. 

86  And  Hezekiah  rejoiced,  and  all  the 
people,  that  God  had  prepared  the  peo- 
ple :  for  the  thing  was  done  suddenly. 

CHAPTER  XXX. 

AN  D  Hezekiah  sent  to  all  Israel  and 
Judah,  and  wrote  letters  also  to  Ephra- 
im  and  Manasseh,  that  they  should  come 
to  the  house  of  the  Lord  at  Jerusalem, 
to  keep  the  passover  unto  the  Lord  God 
of  Israel. 

2  For  the  king  had  taken  counsel,  and  his 
princes,  and  all  the  congregation  in  Jeru- 
salem, to  keep  the  passover  in  the  second 
montli. 

3  For  they  could  not  keep  it  at  that 
time,  because  the  priests  had  not  sancti- 
fied themselves  sufficiently,  neither  had 
the  people  gathered  themselves  together 
to  Jerusalem. 

4  And  the  thing  pleased  the  king  and 
all  the  congregation. 

5  So  they  established  a  decree  to  make 
proclamation  throughout  all  Israel,  from 
Beer-sheba  even  to  Dan,  that  they  should 
come  to  keep  the  passover  unto  the  Lord 
God  of  Israel  at  Jerusalem :  for  they  had 
not  done  it  of  a  long  time  in  such  sort  as 
it  Avas  written. 

6  So  the  posts  Avcnt  with  the  letters  from 
the  king  and   his   princes   throughout   all 

460  ' 


Israel  and  Judah,  and  according  to  the 
commandment  of  the  king,  saying.  Ye 
children  of  Israel,  turn  again  unto  the 
Lord  God  of  Abraham,  Isaac,  and  Israel, 
and  he  will  return  to  the  remnant  of  you, 
that  are  escaped  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
kings  of  Assyria. 

7  And  be  not  ye  like  your  fathers,  and 
like  your  brethren,  which  trespassed 
against  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers, 
who  therefore  gave  them  up  to  desolation, 
as  ye  see. 

8  Now  be  3'e  not  stifi'necked,  as  your  fa- 
thers ivere^  but  yield  yourselves  unto  the 
Lord,  and  enter  into  his  sanctuary,  which 
he  hath  sanctified  for  ever:  and  serve  the 
Lord  your  God,  that  the  fierceness  of  his 
wrath  may  turn  away  from  you. 

9  For  if  ye  turn  again  unto  the  Lord, 
your  brethren  and  your  children  .shall  find 
compassion  before  them  that  lead  them 
captive,  so  that  they  shall  come  again 
into  this  land :  for  the  Lord  your  God 
j.s  gracious  and  merciful,  and  will  not  turn 
away  his  face  from  you,  if  ye  return  unto 
him. 

10  So  the  posts  passed  from  city  to  city, 
through  the  country  of  Ephraim  and  Ma- 
nasseh, even  unto  Zebulun:  but  they 
laughed  them  to  scorn,  and  mocked 
them. 

11  Nevertheless,  divers  of  Asher  and  Ma- 
nasseh and  of  Zebulun  humbled  them- 
selves, and  came  to  Jerusalem. 

13  Also  in  Judah  the  hand  of  God  was 
to  give  them  one  heart  to  do  the  com- 
mandment of  the  king  and  of  the  princes, 
by  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

13  H  And  there  assembled  at  Jerusalem 
much  people  to  keep  the  feast  of  unleav- 
ened bread  in  the  second  month,  a  very 
great  congregation. 

14  And  they  arose  and  took  away  the 
altars  that  ^rnre  in  Jerusalem,  and  all  the 
altars  for  incense  took  they  away,  and 
cast  them  into  the  brook  Kidron. 

15  Then  they  killed  the  passover  on  the 
fourteenth  day  of  the  second  month :  and 
the  priests  and  the  Levites  were  ashamed, 
and  sanctified  themselves,  and  brought  in 
the  burnt  offerings  into  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

16  And  they  stood  in  their  ])lace  after 
their  manner,  according  to  the  law  of  Mo- 
ses the  man  of  God :   the  priests  spriuk- 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


led  the  blood,   wMcJi  they  received  of  the 
hand  of  the  Levites. 

17  For  there  were  many  in  the  congrega- 
tion that  were  not  sanctified:  therefore 
the  Levites  had  the  charge  of  the  killing 
of  the  passovers  for  every  one  that  was 
not  clean,  to  sanctify  them  unto  the 
Lord. 

18  For  a  multitude  of  the  people,  eveti 
many  of  Ephraira  and  Manasseh,  Issachar 
and  Zebulun,  had  not  cleansed  themselves, 
yet  did  they  eat  the  passover  otherwise 
than  it  was  written.  But  Hezelciah  prayed 
for  them,  saying,  The  good  Lord  pardon 
every  9ne 

19  That  prepareth  his  heart  to  seek  God, 
the  Lord  God  of  his  fathers,  though  he 
be  not  cleansed  according  to  the  purifica- 
tion of  the  sanctuary. 

20  And  the  Lord  hearkened  to  Hezekiah, 
and  healed  the  people. 

21  And  the  children  of  Israel  that  were 
present  at  Jerusalem  kept  the  feast  of 
unleavened  bread  seven  days  with  great 
gladness :  and  the  Levites  and  the  priests 
praised  the  Lord  day  by  day,  si7igi,ng  with 
loud  instruments  unto  the  Lord. 

22  And  Hezekiah  spake  comfortably  unto 
all  the  Levites  that  taught  the  good  knowl- 
edge of  the  Lord  :  and  they  did  eat 
throughout  the  feast  seven  days,  offering 
peace  offerings,  and  making  confession 
to  the  Lord  God  of  tlieir  fathers. 

23  And  the  whole  assembly  took  coun- 
sel to  keep  other  seven  days:  and  they 
kept  other  seven  days  with  gladness. 

24  For  Hezekiah  king  of  Judah  did  give 
to  the  congregation  a  thousand  bull- 
ocks and  seven  thousand  sheep;  and  the 
princes  gave  to  the  congregation  a  thou- 
sand bullocks  and  ten  thousand  sheep:  and 
a  great  number  of  priests  sanctifi^ed  them- 
selves. 

25  And  all  the  congregation  of  Judah, 
with  the  priests  and  the  Levites,  and  all 
the  congregation  that  came  out  of  Israel, 
and  the  strangers  that  came  out  of  the 
land  of  Israel,  and  that  dwelt  in  Judah, 
rejoiced. 

26  So  there  was  great  joy  in  Jerusalem : 
for  since  the  time  of  Solomon  the  son  of 
David  king  of  Israel  there  ivas  not  the  like 
in  Jerusalem. 

27  ^  Then  the  priests  the  Levites  arose 
and   blessed  the   people:    and  tlieir  voice 


was  heard,  and  their  pi-ayer  came  up  to 
his  holy  dwellingplace,  eve7i  unto  heaven. 

CHAPTER  XXXL 

NOW  when  all  this  was  finished,  all  Is- 
rael that  were  present  went  out  to 
the  cities  of  Judah,  and  brake  the  images 
in  pieces,  and  cut  down  the  groves,  and 
threw  down  the  high  places  and  the  altars 
out  of  all  Judah  and  Benjamin,  in  Ephraim 
also  and  Manasseh,  until  they  had  utterly 
destroyed  them  all.  Then  all  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  returned,  every  man  to  his 
possession,  into  their  own  cities, 

2  H  And  Hezekiah  appointed  the  courses 
of  the  priests  and  the  Levites  after  their 
courses,  every  man  according  to  his  serv- 
ice, the  priests  and  Levites  for  burnt  offer- 
ings and  for  peace  offerings,  to  minister, 
and  to  give  thanks,  and  to  praise  in  the 
gates  of  the  tents  of  the  Lord. 

3  JSe  appointed  also  the  king's  portion  of 
his  substance  for  the  burnt  offerings,  to 
vnt,  for  the  morning  and  evening  burnt 
offerings,  and  the  burnt  ofiferings  for  the 
sabbaths,  and  for  the  new  moons,  and 
for  the  set  feasts,  as  it  is  written  in  the 
law  of  the  Lord. 

4  Moreover  he  commanded  the  people 
that  dwelt  in  Jerusalem  to  give  the  por- 
tion of  the  priests  and  the  Levites,  that 
they  might  be  encouraged  in  the  law 
of  the  Lord. 

5  Ti  And  as  soon  as  the  commandment 
came  abroad,  the  children  of  Israel  brought 
in  abundance  the  firstfruits  of  com,  wine, 
and  oil,  and  honey,  and  of  all  the  increase 
of  the  field;  and  the  tithe  of  all  things 
brought  they  in  abundantly. 

6  And  concerning  the  children  of  Israel 
and  Judah,  that  dwelt  in  the  cities  of 
Judah,  they  also  brought  in  the  tithe  of 
oxen  and  sheep,  and  the  tithe  of  holy 
things  which  were  consecrated  unto  the 
Lord  their  God,  and  laid  tJiem  by  heaps. 

7  In  the  third  month  they  began  to  lay 
the  foundation  of  the  heaps,  and  finished 
theni  in  the  seventh  month. 

8  And  when  Hezekiah  and  the  princes 
came  and  saw  the  heaps,  they  blessed  the 
Lord,  and  his  people  Israel. 

9  Then  Hezekiah  questioned  with  the 
priests  and  the  Levites  concerning  the 
heaps. 

10  And   Azariah   the   chief  priest   of  the 

461 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


house  of  Zudok  answered  him,  and  said, 
Since  the  people  began  to  bring  the  offer- 
ings into  the  house  of  the  Lokd,  Ave  have 
had  enough  to  eat,  and  have  left  plenty: 
for  the  Lord  hath  blessed  his  people ;  and 
that  which  is  left  in  this  great  store. 

11  1  Then  Hezekiah  commanded  to  pre- 
pare chambers  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  ; 
and  they  prepared  them^ 

12  And  brought  in  the  offerings  and  the 
tithes  and  the  dedicated  ihinga  faithfully: 
over  which  Cononiah  the  Levite  niai<, 
ruler,  and  Shimei  his  brother  was  the 
next. 

13  And  Jehiel,  and  Azaziah,  and  Nahath, 
and  Asahel,  and  Jerimoth,  and  Jozabad, 
and  Eliel,  and  Ismachiah,  and  Mahath,  and 
Beuaiah,  v:ere  overseers  under  the  hand  of 
Cononiah  and  Shimei  his  brother,  at  the 
commandment  of  Hezekiah  the  king,  and 
Azariah  the  ruler  of  the  house  of  God. 

14  And  Kore  the  son  of  Imnah  the  Levite, 
the  porter  toward  the  cast,  vxi!>.  over  the 
freewill  offerings  of  God,  to  distribute  the 
oblations  of  the  Lord,  and  the  most  holy 
things. 

15  And.  next  hira  v^ere  Eden,  and  Minia- 
min,  and  Jeshua,  and  Shemaiah,  Amariah,  I 
and  Shecaniah,  in  the  cities  of  the  priests,  : 
in  their  set  office,  to  give  to  their  brethren  j 
by  courses,  as  well  to  the  great  as  to  the 
small : 

16  Besides  their  genealogy  of  males, 
from  three  years  old  and  upward,  even 
unto  every  one  that  entereth  into  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  his  daily  portion  for  ' 
their  service  in  their  charges  according 
to  their  courses ; 

17  Both  to  the  genealogy  of  the  priests  by 
the  house  of  their  fathers,  and  the  Levites 
from  twenty  years  old  and  upward,  in 
their  charges  by  their  courses  ; 

18  And  to  the  genealogy  of  all  their  little 
ones,  their  wives,  and  their  sons,  and  their 
daughters,  through  all  the  congregation : 
for  in  their  set  office  they  sanctified  them- 
selves in  holiness : 

19  Also  of  the  sons  of  Aaron  the  priests, 
which  were  in  the  fields  of  the  suburbs  of 
their  cities,  in  every  several  city,  the  men 
that  were  expressed  by  name,  to  give  1 
portions  to  all  the  males  among  the 
priests,  and  to  all  that  were  reckoned ' 
by  genealogies  among  the  Levites. 

20  IT  And  thus  did  Hezekiah  throughout ' 
_  __  ^ 


all  Judah,  and  wrought  that  which  was 
good  and  right  and  truth  before  the 
Lord  his  God. 
21  And  in  every  work  that  he  began  in 
the  service  of  the  house  of  God,  and  in 
the  law,  and  in  the  commandments,  to 
seek  his  God,  he  did  it  with  all  his  heart, 
and  prospered. 

CHAPTER  XXXIL 

AFTER  these  things,  and  the  estab- 
lishment thereof,  Sennacherib  king 
of  Assyria  came,  and  entered  into  Judah, 
and  encamped  against  the  fenced  cities, 
and  thought  to  Avin  them  for  himself 

2  And  when  Hezekiah  saw  that  Sennache- 
rib Avas  come,  and  that  he  was  purposed 
to  fight  against  Jerusalem, 

3  He  took  counsel  Avith  his  princes  and 
his  mighty  men  to  stop  the  Avaters  of  the 
fountains  Avhich  ivere  Avithout  the  city :  and 
they  did  help  him. 

4  So  there  was  gathered  much  people 
together,  who  stopped  all  the  fountains, 
and  the  brook  that  ran  through  the  midst 
of  the  land,  saying.  Why  should  the  kings 
of  Assyria  come,  and  find  much  water? 

.5  Also  he  strengthened  himself,  and 
built  up  all  the  Avail  that  was  broken,  and 
raised  it  up  to  the  towers,  and  another 
wall  without,  and  repaired  Millo  in  the 
city  of  David,  and  made  darts  and  shields 
in  abundance. 

6  And  he  set  captains  of  war  OA^er  the 
people,  and  gathered  them  together  to 
him  in  the  street  of  the  gate  of  the 
city,  and  spake  comfortably  to  them, 
saying, 

7  Be  strong  and  courageous,  be  not 
afraid  nor  dismayed  for  the  king  of 
Assyria,  nor  for  all  the  multitude  that  ws 
with  him :  for  there  be  more  Avith  us  than 
with  him. 

8  With  him  is  an  arm  of  flesh ;  but  with 
us  is  the  Lord  our  God  to  help  us.  and 
to  fight  our  battles.  And  the  people  rested 
themselves  upon  the  Avords  of  Hezekiah 
king  of  Judah. 

9  i  After  this  did  Sennacherib  king  of 
Assyria  send  his  servants  to  Jerusalem, 
(but  he  himself  laid  siege  against  Lachish, 
and  all  his  power  with  him,)  unto  Heze- 
kiah king  of  Judah,  and  unto  all  Jtidah 
that  were  at  Jerusal-em,  saying, 

10  Thus   saith   Sennacherib  king   of  As- 


11.  CHRONICLES. 


Syria,  AVhereon  do  ye  trust,  that  ye  abide 
in  the  siege  in  Jerusalem  ? 

11  Doth  not  Hezekiah  persuade  you  to 
give  over  yourselves  to  die  by  famine  and 
by  thirst,  saying.  The  Lord  our  God  shall 
deliver  us  out  of  the  hand  of  the  king  of 
Assyria  ? 

12  Hath  not  the  same  Hezekiah  taken 
away  his  high  places  and  his  altars,  and 
commanded  Judah  and  Jerusalem,  saying. 
Ye  shall  worship  before  one  altar,  and 
burn  incense  upon  it  ? 

13  Know  ye  not  what  I  and  my  fathers 
have  done  unto  all  the  people  of  other 
lands  ?  ^  were  the  gods  of  the  nations  of 
those  lauds  any  ways  able  to  deliver  their 
lands  out  of  mine  hand? 

14  Who  was  there  among  all  the  gods  of 
those  nations  that  my  fathers  utterly  de- 
stroyed, that  could  deliver  his  people  out 
of  mine  hand,  that  your  God  should  be 
able  to  deliver  you  out  of  mine  hand? 

15  Now  therefore  let  not  Hezekiah  de- 
ceive you,  nor  persuade  you  on  this  man- 
ner, neither  yet  believe  him  :  for  no  god  of 
any  nation  or  kingdom  was  able  to  deliver 
his  people  out  of  mine  hand,  and  out  of 
the  hand  of  my  fathers :  how  much  less 
shall  your  God  deliver  you  out  of  mine 
hand  i 

16  And  his  servants  spake  yet  more  against 
the  Lord  God,  and  against  his  servant 
Hezekiah. 

17  He  wrote  also  letters  to  rail  on  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel,  and  to  si)eak  against 
him,  saying.  As  the  gods  of  the  nations  of 
other  lands  have  not  delivered  their  people 
out  of  mine  hand,  so  shall  not  the  God  of 
Hezekiah  deliver  his  people  out  of  mine 
hand. 

18  Then  they  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  in 
the  Jews'  speech,  unto  the  people  of  Jeru- 
salem that  icere  on  the  'wall,  to  affright 
them,  and  to  trouble  them;  that  they 
might  take  the  city. 

19  And  they  spake  against  the  God  of 
Jerusalem,  as  against  the  gods  of  the  peo- 
ple of  the  earth,  ivhich  were  the  work  of  the 
hands  of  man. 

20  And  for  this  caufte  Hezekiah  the  king, 
and  the  prophet  Isaiah  the  son  of  Amoz, 
prayed  and  cried  to  heaven. 

21  T[  And  the  Lord  sent  an  angel,  which 
cut  off  all  the  mighty  men  of  valour,  and 
the  leaders  and  captains  in  the  camp  of 


the  king  of  Assyria.  So  he  returned  with 
shame  of  flice  to  his  own  land.  And  when 
he  was  come  into  the  house  of  his  god, 
they  that  came  forth  of  his  own  boAvels 
slew  him  there  with  the  sword. 

22  Thus  the  Lord  saved  Hezekiah  and  the 
inhabitants  of  Jemsalem  from  the  hand  of 
Sennacherib  the  king  of  Assyria,  and  from 
the  hand  of  all  other ^  and  guided  them  on 
every  side. 

23  And  many  brought  gifts  unto  the  Lord 
to  Jerusalem,  and  presents  to  Hezekiah 
king  of  Judah :  so  that  he  was  magnihed 
in  the  sight  of  all  nations  from  thence- 
forth. 

24  ^  In  those  days  Hezekiah  was  sick  to 
the  death,  and  prayed  unto  the  Lord  :  and 
he  spake  unto  him,  and  he  gave  him  a  sign. 

25  But  Hezekiah  rendered  not  again  ac- 
cording to  the  benefit  done  unto  him  ;  for 
his  heart  was  lifted  up :  therefore  there 
was  wrath  upon  him,  and  upon  Judah  and 
Jerusalem. 

26  Notwithstanding,  Hezekiah  humbled 
himself  for  the  pride  of  his  heart,  both  he 
and  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  so  that 
the  wrath  of  the  Lord  came  not  upon 
them  in  the  days  of  Hezekiah. 

27  H  And  Hezekiah  had  exceeding  much 
riches  and  honour:  and  he  made  himself 
treasuries  for  silver,  and  for  gold,  and  for 
precious  stones,  and  for  spices,  and  for 
shields,  and  for  all  manner  of  pleasant 
jewels; 

28  Storehouses  also  for  the  increase  of 
corn,  and  wine,  and  oil ;  and  stalls  for  all 
manner  of  beasts,  and  cotes  for  flocks. 

29  Moreover  he  provided  him  cities,  and 
possessions  of  flocks  and  herds  m  abund- 
ance: for  God  had  given  him  substance 
very  much. 

30  This  same  Hezekiah  also  stopped  the 
upper  watercourse  of  Gihon,  and  brought 
it  straight  down  to  the  west  side  of  the 
city  of  David.  And  Hezekiah  prospered  in 
all  his  works. 

31  ^  Howbeit,  in  the  bnsi^ieas  of  the  am- 
bassadors of  the  princes  of  Babylon,  who 
sent  unto  him  to  inquire  of  the  wonder 
that  was  do)ie  in  the  land,  God  left  him, 
to  try  him,  that  he  might  know  all  that  was 
in  his  heart. 

33  1[  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Hezekiah, 

and  his  goodness,  behold,  they  are  written 

in  the  vision  of  Isaiah  the  prophet,  the 

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II.  CHRONICLES. 


son  of  Amoz,  and  in  the  book  of  the  kings 
of  Judah  and  Israel. 
?)o  And  Hezekiah  slept  with  his  fathers, 
and  they  buried  him  in  the  chiefest  of  the 
sepulchres  of  the  sons  of  David :  and  all 
Judah  and  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem 
did  him  honour  at  his  death.  And  Manas- 
seh  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER  XXXIII. 

MAN  ASS  EH  won  twelve  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he 
reigned  tifty  and  live  years  in  Jerusalem  : 

2  But  did  that  which  v)as  evil  in  the  sight 
of  the  Lord,  like  unto  the  abominations 
of  the  heathen,  whom  the  Lokd  had  east 
out  before  the  children  of  Israel. 

8  If  For  he  built  again  the  high  places 
which  Hezekiah  his  father  had  broken 
down,  and  he  reared  up  altars  for  Baalim, 
and  made  groves,  and  worshipped  all  the 
host  of  heaven,  and  served  them. 

4  Also  he  built  altars  in  the  house  of 
the  Loud,  whereof  the  Lord  had  said,  In 
Jerusalem  shall  my  name  be  for  ever. 

5  And  he  built  altars  for  all  the  host  of 
heaven  in  the  two  courts  of  the  house  of 
the  Lord. 

6  And  he  caused  his  children  to  pass 
through  the  fire  in  the  valley  of  the  son 
of  Hinnom :  also  he  observed  times,  and 
used  enchantments,  and  used  witchcraft, 
and  dealt  with  a  forailiar  spirit,  and  with 
wizards:  he  wrought  much  evil  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord,  to  pi-ovoke  him  to 
anger. 

7  And  he  set  a  carved  image,  the  idol 
which  he  had  made,  in  the  house  of  God, 
of  which  God  had  said  to  David  and  to 
Solomon  his  son,  In  this  house,  and  in  Je- 
rusalem, Avhich  I  have  chosen  before  all 
the  tribes  of  Israel,  will  I  put  my  name 
for  ever: 

8  Neither  will  I  any  more  remove  the 
foot  of  Israel  from  out  of  the  land  Avhich  I 
have  appointed  for  your  fathers;  so  that 
they  will  take  heed  to  do  all  that  I  have 
commanded  them,  according  to  the  whole 
law  and  the  statutes  and  the  ordinances 
by  the  hand  of  Moses. 

9  So  Manasseh  made  Judah  and  the  in- 
habitants of  Jerusalem  to  err,  and  to  do 
worse  than  the  heathen,  whom  the  Lord 
had  destroyed  before  the  children  of  Israel. 

10  And  the  Lord  spake    to   ^Manasseh, 


and  to  his  people:   but  they  would  not 
hearken. 

11  T[  Wherefore  the  Lord  brought  upon 
them  the  captains  of  the  host  of  the  king 
of  Assyria,  which  took  Manasseh  among 
the  thorns,  and  bound  him  with  fetters, 
and  carried  him  to  Babylon. 

12  And  when  he  was  in  affliction,  he  be- 
sought the  Lord  his  God,  and  humbled 
himself  greatly  before  the  God  of  his 
fathers, 

13  And  prayed  unto  him :  and  he  Avas 
entreated  of  him,  and  heard  his  supplica- 
tion, and  brought  him  again  to  Jerusalem 
into  his  kingdom.  Then  Manasseh  knew 
that  the  Lord  he  was  God. 

14  Now  after  this  he  built  a  wall  with- 
out the  city  of  David,  on  the  west  side 
of  Gihon,  in  the  valley,  even  to  the  enter- 
ing in  at  the  fish  gate,  and  compassed 
about  Ophel,  and  raised  it  up  a  very  great 
height,  and  put  captains  of  war  in  all  the 
fenced  cities  of  Judah. 

15  And  he  took  away  the  strange  gods, 
and  the  idol  out  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  all  the  altars  that  he  had  built  in 
the  mount  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and 
in  Jerusalem,  and  cast  tfiem  out  of  the  city. 

16  And  he  repaired  the  altar  of  the  Lord, 
and  sacrificed  thereon  peace  oflTerings  and 
thank  oflTerings,  and  commanded  Judah 
to  serve  the  Lord  God  of  Israel. 

17  Nevertheless  the  people  did  sacrifice 
still  in  the  high  places,  yet  unto  the  Lord 
their  God  only. 

18  1  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Manas- 
seh, and  his  prayer  unto  his  God,  and  the 
words  of  the  seers  that  spake  to  him  in 
the  name  of  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  be- 
hold, they  are  writtoi  in  the  book  of  the 
kings  of  Israel. 

19  His  prayer  also,  and  how  Ood  was  en- 
treated of  him,  and  all  his  sins,  and  his 
trespass,  and  the  places  wherein  he  built 
high  places,  and  set  up  groves  and  graven 
images,  before  he  was  humbled :  behold, 
they  are  written  among  the  sayings  of  the 
seers. 

20  ^  So  Manasseh  slept  with  his  fathers, 
and  they  buried  him  in  his  own  house : 
and  Am  on  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

21  H  Amon  wan  two  and  twenty  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign,  and  reigned  two 
years  in  Jerusalem. 

22  But  he  did  tJiat  loliich  ivas  evil  in  the 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


sight  of  the  Lord,  as  did  Manasseh  his  fa- 
ther: for  Anion  sacrificed  unto  all  the 
carved  images  which  Manasseh  his  father 
had  made,  and  served  them ; 

23  And  humbled  not  himself  before  the 
Lord,  as  Manasseh  his  father  had  hum- 
bled himself;  but  Amon  trespassed  more 
and  more. 

24  And  his  servants  conspired  against 
him,  and  slew  him  in  his  own  house. 

25  TI  But  the  people  of  the  land  slew  all 
them  that  had  conspired  against  king 
Amon ;  and  the  people  of  the  land  made 
Josiah  his  son  king  in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER   XXXIV. 

JOSIAH  ivas  eight  years  old  when  he 
began    to    reign,   and    he    reigned    in 
Jerusalem  one  and  thirty  years. 

2  And  he  did  that  which  ivas  right  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and  walked  in  the 
ways  of  David  his  father,  and  declined 
neither  to  the  right  hand,  nor  to  the 
left. 

3  1  For  in  the  eighth  year  of  his  reign, 
while  he  was  yet  3'oung,  he  began  to  seek 
after  the  God  of  David  his  father:  and  in 
the  twelfth  j'ear  he  began  to  purge  Judah 
and  Jerusalem  from  the  high  places,  and 
the  groves,  and  the  can'ed  images,  and  the 
molten  images. 

4  And  they  brake  down  the  altnrs  of 
Baalim  in  his  presence;  and  the  images, 
that  were  on  high  above  them,  he  cut 
down ;  and  the  groves,  and  the  carved 
images,  and  the  molten  images,  he  brake 
in  pieces,  and  made  dust  of  them,  and 
strewed  it  upon  the  graves  of  them  that 
had  sacrificed  unto  them. 

5  And  he  burnt  the  bones  of  the  priests 
\ipon  their  altars,  and  cleansed  Judah  and 
Jerusalem. 

6  And  .so  did  he  in  the  cities  of  Manas- 
seh, and  Ephraim,  and  Simeon,  even  unto 
Naphtali,  with  their  mattocks  round  about. 

7  And  when  he  had  broken  down  the 
altars  and  the  groves,  and  had  beaten  the 
graven  images  into  powder,  and  cut  down 
all  the  idols  throughout  all  the  land  of 
Israel,  he  returned  to  Jerusalem. 

8  Tl  Now  in  the  eighteenth  year  of  his 
reign,  when  he  had  purged  the  land,  and 
the  house,  he  sent  Shaphan  the  son  of 
Azaliah,  and  Maaseiah  the  governor  of 
the  city,  and  Joah  the  son  of  Joahaz  the 

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recorder,  to  repair  the  house  of  the  Lord 
his  God. 

9  And  when  they  came  to  Hilkiah  the 
high  priest,  they  delivered  the  money  that 
was  brought  into  the  house  of  God,  which 
the  Levites  that  kept  the  doors  had  gath- 
ered of  the  hand  of  Manasseh  and  Ephraim, 
and  of  all  the  remnant  of  Israel,  and  of  all 
Judah  and  Benjamin;  and  they  returned 
to  Jerusalem. 

10  And  they  put  it  in  the  hand  of  the 
workmen  that  had  the  oversight  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  and  they  gave  it  to 
the  workmen  that  wrought  in  the  house 
of  the  Lord,  to  repair  and  amend  the 
house: 

11  Even  to  the  artificers  and  builders 
gave  they  it^  to  buy  hewn  stone,  and 
timber  for  couplings,  and  to  floor  the 
houses  which  the  kings  of  Judah  had  de- 
stroyed. 

12  And  the  men  did  the  work  faithfully: 
and  the  overseers  of  them  tvere  Jahath 
and  Obadiah,  the  Levites,  of  the  sons  of 
Merari;  and  Zechariah  and  Meshullam,  of 
the  sons  of  the  Kohathites,  to  set  it  for- 
ward; and  other  of  the  Levites,  all  that 
could  skill  of  instruments  of  music. 

13  Also  they  were  over  the  bearers  of 
burdens,  and  were  overseers  of  all  that 
wrought  the  work  in  any  manner  of  serv- 
ice: and  of  the  Levites  there  were  scribes, 
and  officers,  and  jjorters. 

14  II  And  when  they  brought  out  the 
money  that  was  brought  into  the  house  of 
the  Lord,  Hilkiah  the  priest  found  a  book 
of  the  law  of  the  Lord  given  by  Moses. 

15  And  Hilkiah  answered  and  said  to 
Shaphan  the  scribe,  I  have  found  the 
book  of  the  law  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord.  And  Hilkiah  delivered  the  book 
to  Shaphan. 

16  And  Shaphan  carried  the  book  to 
the  king,  and  brought  the  king  word 
back  again,  saying.  All  that  was  com- 
mitted to  thy  servants,  they  do  it. 

17  And  they  have  gathered  together  the 
money  that  was  found  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  have  delivered  it  into  the  hand 
of  the  overseers,  and  to  the  hand  of  the 
w^orkmen. 

18  Then  Shaphan  the  scribe  told  the 
king,  saying,  Hilkiah  the  priest  hath 
given  me  a  book.  And  Shaphan  read  it 
before  the  king. 

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II.  CHRONICLES. 


19  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  king 
had  heard  the  words  of  the  law,  that  he 
rent  his  clothes. 

20  And  the  king  commanded  Hilkiah, 
and  Ahikam  the  son  of  Shaphan,  and 
Abdon  the  son  of  Micah,  and  Shaphan 
the  scribe,  and  Asaiah  a  servant  of  the 
king's,  saying, 

21  Go,  inquire  of  the  Lord  for  me,  and 
for  them  that  are  left  in  Israel  and  in 
Judah,  concerning  the  words  of  the  book 
that  is  found:  for  great  is  the  wrath  of 
the  Lord  that  is  poured  out  upon  us,  be- 
cause our  fathers  have  not  kept  the  word 
of  the  Lord,  to  do  after  all  that  is  writ- 
ten in  this  book. 

22  And  Hilkiah,  and  the?j  that  the  king 
had  appointed,  went  to  Huldah  the  proph- 
etess, the  wife  of  Shallum  the  son  of 
Tikvath,  the  son  of  Hasrah,  keeper  of 
the  wardrobe;  (now  she  dwelt  in  Jerusa- 
lem in  the  college ;)  and  they  spake  to 
her  to  that  effect. 

23  1[  And  she  answered  them.  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  Tell  ye  the  man 
that  sent  you  to  me, 

24  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will 
bring  evil  upon  this  place,  and  upon  the 
inhabitants    thereof,    even  all    the     curses 

]  that  are  written  in  the  book  which  they 
i  have  read  before  the  king  of  Judah : 
j  25  Because  they  have  forsaken  me,  and 
;  have  burned  incense  unto  other  gods, 
I  that  they  might  provoke  me  to  anger 
j  with  all  the  works  of  their  hands ; 
I  therefore  my  wrath  shall  be  poured  out 
upon  this  place,  and  shall  not  be  quenched. 

26  And  as  for  the  king  of  Judah,  who 
sent  you  to  inquire  of  the  Lord,  so  shall 
ye  say  unto  him,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God  of  Israel  concerning  the  words  which 
thou  hast  heard ; 

27  Because  thine  heart  was  tender,  and 
thou  didst  humble  thyself  before  God, 
when  thoii  heardest  his  words  against 
this  place,  and  against  the  inhabitants 
thereof,  and  humbledst  thyself  before 
me,  and  didst  rend  thy  clothes,  and 
weep  before  me;  I  have  even  heard  tJiee 
also,  saith  the  Lord. 

28  Behold,  I  will  gather  thee  to  thy  fa- 
thers, and  thou  shalt  be  gathered  to  thy 
grave  in  peace,  neither  shall  thine  eyes 
see  all  the  evil  that  I  will  bring  upon 
this    place,   and   upon  the  inhabitants   of 


the  same.  So  they  brought  the  king  word 
again. 

29  ^  Then  the  king  sent  and  gathered 
together  all  the  eldei's  of  Judah  and  Jeru- 
salem. 

30  And  the  king  went  up  into  the  house 
of  the  Lord,  and  all  the  men  of  Judah, 
and  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  and  the 
priests,  and  the  Levites,  and  all  the  peo- 
ple, great  and  small:  and  he  read  in  their 
ears  all  the  words  of  the  book  of  the  cov- 
enant that  was  found  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

31  And  the  king  stood  in  his  place,  and 
made  a  covenant  before  the  Lord,  to  walk 
after  the  Lord,  and  to  keep  his  command- 
ments, and  his  testimonies,  and  his  stat- 
utes, with  all  his  heart,  and  Avith  all  his 
soul,  to  perform  the  words  of  the  covenant 
which  are  written  in  this  book. 

32  And  he  caused  all  that  were  present  in 
Jerusalem  and  Benjamin  to  stand  to  it. 
And  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  did  ac- 
cording to  the  covenant  of  God,  the  God  of 
their  fathers. 

33  And  Josiah  took  away  all  the  abomina- 
tions out  of  all  the  countries  that  pertained 
to  the  children  of  Israel,  and  made  all  that 
were  present  in  Israel  to  serve,  even  to 
serve  the  Lord  their  God.  And  all  his  days 
they  departed  not  from  following  the 
Lord,  the  God  of  their  fathers.        * 

CHAPTER  XXXV. 

MOREOVER,  Josiah  kept  a  passover 
unto  the  Lord  in  Jerusalem:  and 
they  killed  the  passover  on  the  fourteenth 
day  of  the  first  month. 

2  And  he  set  the  priests  in  their  charges, 
and  encouraged  them  to  the  service  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord, 

3  And  said  unto  the  Levites  that  taught 
all  Israel,  which  were  holy  unto  the  Lord, 
Put  the  holy  ark  in  the  house  which  Solo- 
mon the  son  of  David  king  of  Israel  did 
build ;  it  shall  not  he  a  burden  upon  your 
shoulders :  serve  now  the  Lord  your  God, 
and  his  people  Israel, 

4  And  prepare  T/onrseh'es  by  the  houses  of 
your  fathers,  after  your  courses,  according 
to  the  writing  of  David  king  of  Israel,  and 
according  to  the  writing  of  Solomon  his 
son: 

5  And  stand  in  the  holy  7??^'^^  according  to 
the  divisions  of  the  families  of  the  fathers 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


of  your  brethren  the  people,  and  after  the 
division  of  the  families  of  the  Levites. 

6  So  kill  the  passover,  and  sanetifj'  your- 
selves, and  prepare  j'our  brethren,  that  tltey 
may  do  aeeording  to  the  word  of  the  Lord 
by  the  hand  of  Moses. 

7  And  Josiah  gave  to  the  people,  of  the 
flock,  lambs  and  kids,  all  for  the  passover 
ofl'erings,  for  all  that  were  present,  to  the 
number  of  thirty  thousand,  and  threti  thou- 
sand bullocks:  these  were  of  the  king's 
substance. 

8  And  his  princes  gave  willingly  unto  the 
people,  to  the  priests,  and  to  the  Levites: 
Hilkialj  and  Zechariah  and  Jehiel,  rulers  of 
the  house  of  God,  gave  unto  the  priests  for 
the  passover  oflTerings  two  thousand  and 
six  hundred  small  cattle,  and  three  hundred 
oxen. 

9  Conaniah  also,  and  Shemaiah  and  Ne- 
thaneel,  his  brethren,  and  Hashabiah  and 
Jeiel  and  Jozabad,  chief  of  the  Levites, 
gave  unto  the  Levites  for  passover  offer- 
ings five  thousand  small  cattle,  and  five 
hundred  oxen. 

10  So  the  service  was  prepared,  and  the 
priests  stood  in  their  jDlace,  and  the  Le- 
vites in  their  courses,  according  to  the 
king's  commandment. 

11  And  they  killed  the  passover,  and  the 
priests  sprinkled  the  blood  from  their  hands, 
and  the  Levites  flayed  tfiem. 

13  And  they  removed  the  burnt  offerings, 
that  they  might  give  according  to  the  di- 
visions of  the  fomilies  of  the  people,  to 
offer  unto  the  Lord,  as  it  is  written  in  the 
book  of  Moses.  And  so  did  they  with  the 
oxen. 

13  And  they  roasted  the  passover  with  fire 
according  to  the  ordinance :  but  the  other 
holy  offerings  sod  they  in  pots,  and  in 
caldrons,  and  in  pans,  and  divided  tJiem 
speedily  among  all  the  people. 

14  And  afterward  they  made  ready  for 
themselves,  and  for  the  priests:  because 
the  priests  the  sons  of  Aaron  were  busied 
in  offering  of  burnt  offerings  and  the  fat 
until  night ;  therefore  the  Levites  pre- 
pared for  themselves,  and  for  the  priests 
the  sons  of  Aaron. 

15  And  the  singers  the  sons  of  Asaph  roere 
in  their  place,  according  to  the  command- 
ment of  David,  and  Asaph,  and  Heman,  and 
Jeduthun  the  king's  seer;  and  the  porters 
waited  at  every  gate;  they  might  not  depart 


from  their  service ;  for  their  brethren  the 
Levites  prepared  for  them. 

16  So  all  the  service  of  the  Lord  was 
prei^ared  the  same  day,  to  keep  the  pass- 
over,  and  to  offer  burnt  offerings  upon 
the  altar  of  the  Lord,  according  to  the 
commandment  of  king  Josiah. 

17  And  the  children  of  Israel  that  were 
present  kept  the  passover  at  that  time,  and 
the  feast  of  unleavened  bread  seven  days. 

18  And  there  Avas  no  passover  like  to  that 
kept  in  Israel  from  the  days  of  Samuel 
the  prophet;  neither  did  all  the  kings  of 
Israel  keep  such  a  passover  as  Josiah  kept, 
and  the  priests,  and  the  Levites,  and  all 
Judah  and  Israel  that  were  present,  and 
the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem. 

19  In  the  eighteenth  year  of  the  reign  of 
Josiah  was  this  passover  kept. 

20  ^  After  all  this,  when  Josiah  had  pre- 
pared the  temple,  Necho  king  of  Egypt 
came  up  to  fight  against  Charchemish  by 
Euphrates :  and  Josiah  went  out  against 
him. 

21  But  he  sent  ambassadors  to  him,  say- 
ing, What  have  I  to  do  with  thee,  thou 
king  of  Judah?  I  come  not  against  thee 
this  day,  but  against  the  house  wherewith 
I  have  war:  for  God  commanded  me  to 
make  haste:  forbear  thee  from  meddling 
vnth  God,  who  is  with  me,  that  he  destroy 
thee  not. 

22  Nevertheless  Josiah  would  not  turn 
his  face  from  him,  but  disguised  himself, 
that  he  might  fight  with  him,  and  heark- 
ened not  unto  the  words  of  Necho  from 
the  mouth  of  God,  and  came  to  fight  in 
the  valley  of  Megiddo. 

23  And  the  archers  shot  at  king  Josiah; 
and  the  king  said  to  his  servants,  Have 
me  away ;  for  I  am  sore  wounded. 

24  His  servants  therefore  took  him  out  of 
that  chariot,  and  put  him  in  the  second 
chariot  that  he  had;  and  they  brought 
him  to  Jerusalem,  and  he  died,  and  was 
buried  in  owe  of  the  sepulchres  of  his 
fathers.  And  all  Judah  and  Jerusalem 
mourned  for  Josiah. 

25  ^  And  Jeremiah  lamented  for  Josiah : 
and  all  the  singing  men  and  the  singing 
women  spake  of  Josiah  in  their  lament- 
ations to  this  day,  and  made  them  an  or- 
dinance in  Israel :  and,  behold,  they  ai-e 
written  in  the  lamentations. 

26  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Josiah,  and 

467 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


his  goodness,  according  to  Viat  ivhich  wfis 
written  in  the  law  of  the  Lokd, 
27  And  his  deeds,  first  and  last,  behold, 
they  are  written  in  the  book  of  the  kings 
of  Israel  and  Judah. 

CHAPTER  XXXVI. 

THEN  the  people  of  the  land  took  Je- 
hoahaz  the  son  of  Josiah,  and  made 
hiin  king  in  his  father's  stead  in  Jerusa- 
lem. 

2  Jehoahaz  was  twenty  and  three  years 
old  when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he 
reigned  three  months  in  Jerusalem. 

3  And  the  king  of  Egypt  put  him  down 
at  Jerusalem,  and  condemned  the  land  in 
a  hundred  talents  of  silver  and  a  talent 
of  gold. 

4  And  the  king  of  Egypt  made  Eliakim 
his  brother  king  over  Judah  and  Jerusa- 
lem, and  turned  his  name  to  Jehoiakim. 
And  Necho  took  Jehoahaz  his  brother,  and 
carried  him  to  Egypt. 

5  11  Jehoiakim  was  twenty  and  five  years 
old  when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reign- 
ed eleven  years  in  Jerusalem :  and  he  did 
that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord  his  God. 

6  Against  him  came  up  Nebuchadnezzar 
king  of  Babylon,  and  bound  him  in  fetters, 
to  carry  him  to  Babylon. 

7  Nebuchadnezzar  also  carried  of  the  ves- 
sels of  the  house  of  the  Lokd  to  Babylon, 
and  put  them  in  his  temple  at  Babylon. 

8  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jehoiakim, 
and  his  abominations  which  he  did,  and 
that  which  was  found  in  him,  behold,  they 
are  written  in  the  book  of  the  kings  of 
Israel  and  Judah :  and  Jehoiachin  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

9  %  Jehoiachin  was  eight  years  old  when 
he  began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  three 
months  and  ten  days  in  Jerusalem:  and 
he  did  that  tchicJi  was  evil  in  the  sight 
of  the  Loud. 

10  And  when  the  year  was  expired, 
king  Nebuchadnezzar  sent,  and  brought 
him  to  Babylon,  with  the  goodly  vessels 
of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  made 
Zedekiah  his  brother  king  over  Judah 
and  Jerusalem. 

11  Ti  Zedekiah  vms  one  and  twenty  years 
old  when  he  began  to  reign,  and  reigned 
eleven  years  in  Jerusalem. 

12  And    he    did    that    wJdch  was  evil  in 

""  468 


the  sight  of  the  Lord  his  God,  and  hum- 
bled not  himself  before  Jeremiah  the 
prophet  speaking  from  the  mouth  of  the 
Lord. 

13  And  he  also  rebelled  against  king 
Nebuchadnezzar,  who  had  made  him 
swear  by  God :  but  he  stiflened  his  neck, 
and  hardened  his  heart  from  turning 
unto  the  Lord  God  of  Israel. 

14  1  Moreover  all  the  chief  oi  the  priests, 
and  the  people,  transgressed  very  much 
after  all  the  al)ominations  of  the  hea- 
then; and  polluted  the  house  of  the  Lord 
which  he  had  hallowed  in  Jerusalem. 

15  And  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers 
sent  to  them  by  his  messengers,  rising 
up  betimes,  and  sending;  because  he  had 
compassion  on  his  people,  and  on  his 
dwellingplace : 

16  But  they  mocked  the  messengers  of 
God,  and  despised  his  words,  and  misused 
his  prophets,  until  the  wrath  of  the  Lord 
arose  against  his  people,  till  there  was  no 
remedy. 

17  Therefore  he  brought  upon  them  the 
king  of  the  Chaldees,  who  slew  their 
young  men  with  the  sword  in  the  house 
of  their  sanctuary,  and  had  no  compas- 
sion upon  young  man  or  maiden,  old  man, 
or  him  that  stooped  for  age :  he  gave  them 
all  into  his  hand. 

18  And  all  the  vessels  of  the  house  of 
God,  great  and  small,  and  the  treasures 
of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  the  treas- 
ures of  the  king,  and  of  his  princes ;  all 
these  he  brought  to  Babylon. 

19  And  they  burnt  the  house  of  God, 
and  brake  down  the  wall  of  Jerusalem, 
and  burnt  all  the  palaces  thereof  with 
fire,  and  destroyed  all  the  goodly  vessels 
thereof 

20  And  them  that  had  escaped  from  the 
sword  carried  he  away  to  Babylon ;  where 
they  were  servants  to  him  and  his  sons 
until  the  reign  of  the  kingdom  of  Persia: 

21  To  fulfil  the  word  of  the  Lord  by 
the  mouth  of  Jeremiah,  until  the  land 
had  enjoyed  her  sabljaths :  for  as  long  as 
she  lay  desolate  she  kept  sabbath,  to  fulfil 
threescore  and  ten  years. 

22  TI  Now  in  the  first  year  of  Cyrus  king 
of  Persia,  that  the  word  of  the  Lord  sjwken 
by  the  mouth  of  Jeremiah  might  be  ac- 
complished, the  Lord  stirred  up  the 
spirit    of   Cyrus    king    of  Persia,   that   he 


EZRA. 


made  a  proclamation  throughout  all  his 
kingdom,  and  2>u^  i^  also  in  writing,  say- 
ing, 

23  Thus  saith  Cyrus  king  of  Persia,  All 
the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  hath  the  Lokd 


God  of  heaven  given  me;  and  he  hath 
charged  me  to  build  him  a  house  in  Jeru- 
salem, which  is  in  Judah.  Who  is  there 
among  you  of  all  his  people  ?  The  Lord 
his  God  be  with  him,  and  let  him  go  up. 


EZRA. 


CHAPTER  I. 

NOW  in  the  tirst  year  of  Cyrus  king  of 
Persia,  that  the  word  of  the  Lord  by 
the  mouth  of  Jeremiah  might  be  fulfilled, 
the  Lord  stirred  up  the  spirit  of  Cyrus 
king  of  Persia,  that  he  made  a  proclama- 
tion throughout  all  his  kingdom,  and  put 
it  also  in  writing,  saying, 

2  Thus  saith  Cyrus  king  of  Persia,  The 
Lord  God  of  heaven  hath  given  me  all 
the  kingdoms  of  the  earth ;  and  he  hath 
charged  me  to  build  him  a  house  at 
Jerusalem,  which  is  in  Judah. 

3  Who  is  there  among  you  of  all  his  peo- 
ple? his  God  be  with  him,  and  let  him  go 
up  to  Jerusalem,  which  is  in  Judah,  and 
build  the  house  of  the  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
(he  is  the  God,)  which  is  in  Jerusalem. 

4  And  whosoever  remaineth  in  any  place 
where  he  sojourneth,  let  the  men  of  his 
place  help  him  with  silver,  and  with  gold, 
and  with  goods,  and  with  beasts,  besides 
the  freewill  oflferiug  for  the  house  of  God 
that  is  in  Jerusalem. 

5  11  Then  rose  up  the  chief  of  the  fathers 
of  Judah  and  Benjamin,  and  the  priests, 
and  the  Levites,  with  all  them  whose  spirit 
God  had  raised,  to  go  up  to  build  the 
house  of  the  Lord  which  is  in  Jerusalem. 

6  And  all  they  that  were  about  them 
strengthened  their  hands  with  vessels  of 
silver,  with  gold,  with  goods,  and  with 
beasts,  and  with  precious  things,  besides 
all  that  was  willingly  offered. 

7  1[  Also  Cyrus  the  king  brought  forth 
the  vessels  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
which  Nebuchadnezzar  had  brought  forth 
out  of  Jerusalem,  and  had  put  them  in 
the  house  of  his  gods ; 

8  Even  those  did  Cyrus  king  of  Persia 
bring  forth  by  the  hand  of  Mithredath  the 
treasurer,  and  numbered  them  unto  Shesh- 
bazzar,  the  prince  of  Judah. 


j    9    And    this    is    the    number    of  them : 
j  thirty  chargers  of  gold,  a  thousand  charg- 
ers of  silver,  nine  and  twenty  knives, 

10  Thirty  basins  of  gold,  silver  basins  of 
a  second  sort  four  hundred  and  ten,  a7id 
other  vessels  a  thousand. 

11  All  the  vessels  of  gold  and  of  silver 
wei-e  five  thousand  and  four  hundred.  All 
these  did  Sheshbazzar  bring  up  with  them 
of  the  captivity  that  were  brought  up 
from  Babylon  unto  Jerusalem. 

CHAPTER  II. 

NOW  these  are  the  children  of  the 
province  that  went  up  out  of  the 
captivity,  of  those  which  had  been  carried 
away,  whom  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king  of 
Babylon  had  carried  away  unto  Babylon, 
and  came  again  unto  Jerusalem  and  Judah, 
every  one  unto  his  city; 

2  Which  came  with  Zerubbabel :  Jeshua, 
Nehemiah,  Seraiah,  Reelaiah,  Mordecai,  Bil- 
shan,  Mizpar,  Bigvai,  Rehum,  Baanah.  The 
number  of  the  men  of  the  people  of  Israel: 

3  The  children  of  Parosh,  two  thousand 
a  hundred  seventy  and  two. 

4  The  children  of  Shephatiah,  three 
hundred  seventy  and  two. 

5  The  children  of  Arah,  seven  hundred 
seventy  and  five. 

6  The  children  of  Pahath-moab,  of  the 
children  of  Jeshua  atid  Joab,  two  thou- 
sand eight  hundred  and  twelve. 

7  The  children  of  Elam,  a  thousand  two 
hundred  fifty  and  four. 

8  The  children  of  Zattu,  nine  hundred 
forty  and  five. 

9  The  children  of  Zaccai,  seven  hundred 
and  threescore. 

10  The  children  of  Bani,  six  hundred  forty 
and  two. 

11  The  children  of  Bebai,  six  hundred 
tAventy  and  three. 

469 


EZRA. 


13  The  children  of  Azgad,  a  thousand 
two  hundred  twenty  and  two. 

13  The  children  of  Adonikam,  six  hund- 
red sixty  and  six. 

14  The  children  of  Bigvai,  two  thousand 
fifty  and  six. 

15  The  children  of  Adin,  four  hundred 
lift 3'  and  four. 

16  The  children  of  Ater  of  Hezekiah, 
ninety  and  eight. 

17  The  children  of  Bezai,  three  hundred 
twenty  and  three. 

18  The  children  of  Jorah,  a  hundred  and 
twelve. 

19  The  children  of  Hashum,  two  hundred 
twenty  and  three. 

20  The  children  of  Gibbar,  ninety  and  five. 

21  The  children  of  Beth-lehem,  a  hundred 
twenty  and  three. 

22  The  men  of  Netophah,  fifty  and  six. 

23  The  men  of  Anathoth,  a  hundred  twen- 
ty and  eight. 

24  The  children  of  Azmaveth,  forty  and 
two. 

25  The  children  of  Kirjath-arim,  Chephi- 
rah,  and  Beeroth,  seven  hundred  and  forty 
and  three. 

26  The  children  of  Ramah  and  Gaba,  six 
hundred  twenty  and  one. 

27  The  men  of  Michmas,  a  hundred 
twenty  and  two. 

28  The  men  of  Beth-el  and  Ai,  two  hund- 
red twenty  and  three. 

29  The  children  of  Nebo,  fifty  and  two. 

30  The  children  of  Magbish,  a  hundred 
fifty  and  six. 

31  The  children  of  the  other  Elam,  a 
thousand  two  hundred  fifty  and  four. 

32  The  children  of  Harim,  three  hundred 
and  twenty. 

33  The  children  of  Lod,  Hadid,  and  Ono, 
seven  hundred  twenty  and  five. 

34  The  children  of  Jericho,  three  hundred 
forty  and  five. 

35  The  children  of  Senaah,  three  thousand 
and  six  hundred  and  thirty. 

36  H  The  priests:  the  children  of  Jeda- 
iah,  of  the  house  of  Jeshua,  nine  hund- 
red seventy  and  three. 

37  The  children  of  Immer,  a  thousand 
fifty  and  two. 

38  The  children  of  Pashur,  a  thousand 
two  hundred  forty  and  seven. 

39  The  children  of  Harim,  a  thousand 
and  seventeen. 

470 


40  II  The  Levites  :  the  children  of  Jeshua 
and  Kadmiel,  of  the  children  of  Hodaviah, 
sevent}'  and  four. 

41  ^  The  singers  :  the  children  of  Asaph, 
a  hundred  twenty  and  eight. 

42  H  The  children  of  the  porters:  the 
children  of  Shallum,  the  children  of  Ater, 
the  children  of  Talraon,  the  children  of 
Akkub,  the  children  of  Hatita,  the  chil- 
dren of  Shobai,  m  all  a  hundred  thirty 
and  nine. 

43  Tl  The  Nethinim :  the  children  of  Ziha, 
the  children  of  Hasupha,  the  children  of 
Tabbaoth, 

44  The  children  of  Keros,  the  children 
of  Siaha,  the  children  of  Padon, 

45  The  children  of  Lebanah,  the  children 
of  Hagabah,  the  children  of  Akkub, 

46  The  children  of  Hagab,  the  children 
of  Shalmai,  the  children  of  Hanau, 

47  The  children  of  Giddel,  the  children 
of  Gahar,  the  children  of  Reaiah, 

48  The  children  of  Reziu,  the  children 
of  Nekoda,  the  children  of  Gazzam, 

49  The  children  of  Uzza,  the  children 
of  Paseah,  the  children  of  Besai, 

50  The  children  of  Asnah,  the  children 
of  Mehunim,  the  children  of  Nephusim, 

51  The  children  of  Bakbuk,  the  children 
of  Hakupha,  the  children  of  Harhur, 

52  The  children  of  Bazluth,  the  children 
of  Mehida,  the  children  of  Harsha, 

53  The  children  of  Barkos,  the  children 
of  Sisera,  the  children  of  Thamah, 

54  The  children  of  Neziah,  the  children 
of  Hatipha. 

55  H  The  children  of  Solomon's  servants  : 
the  children  of  Sotai,  the  children  of 
Sophereth,  the  children  of  Peruda, 

56  The  children  of  Jaalah,  the  children 
of  Darkon,  the  children  of  Giddel, 

57  The  children  of  Shephatiah,  the  chil- 
dren of  Hattil,  the  children  of  Pochereth 
of  Zebaim,  the  children  of  Ami. 

58  All  the  Nethinim,  and  the  children  of 
Solomon's  servants,  we7-e  three  hundred 
ninety  and  two. 

59  And  these  ivere  they  which  went  up 
from  Tel-melah,  Tel-harsa,  Cherub,  Addan, 
a?ul  Immer:  but  they  could  not  shew  their 
father's  house,  and  their  seed,  whether 
they  were  of  Israel: 

60  The  children  of  Delaiah,  the  children 
of  Tobiah,  the  children  of  Nekoda,  six 
hundred  fifty  and  tAvo. 


EZRA. 


61  T[  And  of  the  children  of  the  priests : 
the  children  of  Habaiah,  the  children  of 
Koz,  the  children  of  Barzillai ;  which  took 
a  wife  of  the  daughters  of  Barzillai  the 
Gileadlte,  and  was  called  after  their  name : 

62  These  sought  their  register  among 
those  that  were  reckoned  by  genealogy, 
but  they  were  not  found:  therefore  were 
they,  as  polluted,  jrat  from  the  priesthood. 

63  And  the  Tirshatha  said  unto  them,  that 
they  should  not  eat  of  the  most  holy 
things,  till  there  stood  up  a  priest  with 
Urim  and  with  Thummim. 

64  ^1  The  whole  congregation  together  roan 
forty  and  two  thousand  three  hundred  and 
threescore, 

65  Besides  their  servants  and  their  maids, 
of  whom  tJiere  were  seven  thousand  three 
hundred  thirty  and  seven :  and  there  were 
among  them  two  hundred  singing  men 
and  singing  women. 

66  Their  horses  vxre  seven  hundred  thirty 
and  six;  their  mules,  two  hundred  forty 
and  live; 

67  Their  camels,  four  hundred  thirty  and 
five ;  their  asses,  six  thousand  seven  hund- 
red and  twenty. 

68  "li  And  mmi-  of  the  chief  of  the  fathers, 
I  when  they  came  to  the  house  of  the  Lord 

which   18  at  Jerusalem,  ofiered  freely  for 
the  house  of  God  to  set  it  up  in  his  place : 

69  They  gave  after  their  ability  unto  the 
treasure  of  the  work  threescore  and  one 
thousand  drams  of  gold,  and  five  thousand 
pounds  of  silver,  and  one  hundred  priests' 
garments. 

70  So  the  priests,  and  the  Levites,  and 
some  of  the  people,  and  the  singers,  and  the 
porters,  and  the  Nethinim,  dwelt  in  their 
cities,  and  all  Israel  in  their  cities.       * 

CHAPTER  III. 

AND  when  the  seventh  month  was 
come,  and  the  children  of  Israel  were 
in  the  cities,  the  people  gathered  them- 
selves together  as  one  man  to  Jerusalem. 

2  Then  stood  up  Jeshua  the  son  of  Joza- 
dak,  and  his  brethren  the  priests,  and 
Zerubbabel  the  son  of  Shealtiel,  and  his 
brethren,  and  builded  the  altar  of  the  God 
of  Israel,  to  offer  burnt  offerings  thereon, 
as  it  is  written  in  the  law  of  Moses  the  man 
of  God. 

3  And  they  set  the  altar  upon  his  bases ; 
for    fear   ims  upon  them  because   of   the 


people  of  those  countries:  and  they  offered 
burnt  offerings  thereon  unto  the  Lokd, 
even  burnt  offerings  morning  and  evening. 

4  They  kept  also  the  feast  of  tabernacles, 
as  it  is  written,  and  offered  the  daily  burnt 
offerings  by  number,  according  to  the  cus- 
tom, as  the  duty  of  every  day  required  ; 

5  And  afterward  offered  the  continual 
burnt  offering,  both  of  the  new  moons,  and  , 
of  all  the  set  feasts  of  the  Lord  that  were 
consecrated,  and  of  every  one  that  will- 
ingly offered  a  freewill  offering  unto  the 
Lord. 

6  From  the  first  day  of  the  seventh 
month  began  they  to  offer  burnt  offerings 
unto  the  Lord.  But  the  foundation  of  the 
temple  of  the  Lord  was  not  yet  laid. 

7  They  gave  money  also  unto  the  masons, 
and  to  the  carpenters;  and  meat,  and 
drink,  and  oil,  unto  them  of  Zidou,  and  to 
them  of  Tyre,  to  bring  cedar  trees  from 
Lebanon  to  the  sea  of  Joppa,  according  to 
the  grant  that  they  had  of  Cyrus  king  of 
Persia. 

8  1!  Now  in  the  second  year  of  their  com- 
ing unto  the  house  of  God  at  Jerusalem, 
in  the  second  month,  began  Zerubbabel 
the  son  of  Shealtiel,  and  Jeshua  the  son  of 
Jozadak,  and  the  remnant  of  their  brethren 
the  priests  and  the  Levites,  and  all  they 
that  were  come  out  of  the  captivity  imto 
Jerusalem;  and  appointed  the  Levites, 
from  twenty  years  old  and  upward,  to  set 
forward  the  work  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

9  Then  stood  Jeshua  with  his  sons  and 
his  brethren,  Kadmiel  and  his  sons,  the 
sons  of  Judah,  togethei*,  to  set  forward 
the  workmen  in  the  house  of  God:  the 
sons  of  Henadad,  witli  their  sons  and  their 
brethren  the  Levites. 

10  And  when  the  builders  laid  the  foun- 
dation of  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  they 
set  the  priests  in  their  apparel  with  trum- 
pets, and  the  Levites  the  sons  of  Asaph 
with  cymbals,  to  praise  the  Lord,  after 
the  ordinance  of  David  king  of  Israel. 

11  And  they  sang  together  by  course  In 
praising  and  giving  thanks  unto  the  Lord  ; 
because  he  is  good,  for  his  mercy  endur- 
eth  for  ever  toward  Israel.  And  all  the 
people  shouted  with  a  great  shout,  when 
they  praised  the  Lord,  because  the  foun- 
dation of  the  house  of  the  Lord  was  laid. 

12  But  many  of  the  priests  and  Levites 

iri  ~ 


EZRA. 


and  chief  of  the  fathers,  mlio  were  ancient 
men,  that  had  seen  the  first  house,  when 
the  foundation  of  this  house  was  laid 
before  their  ej'es,  wept  with  a  loud  voice ; 
and  many  shouted  aloud  for  joy: 
13  So  that  the  people  could  not  discern 
the  noise  of  the  shout  of  joy  from  the 
noise  of  the  weeping  of  the  people:  for 
the  people  shouted  with  a  loud  shout,  and 
the  noise  was  heard  afar  off.  J? 

CHAPTER  IV. 

NOW  when  the  adversaries  of  Judah 
and  Benjamin  heard  that  the  children 
of  the  captivity  builded  the  temple  unto 
the  LoKD  God  of  Israel ; 

2  Then  they  came  to  Zerubbabel,  and  to 
the  chief  of  the  fathers,  and  said  unto 
them,  Let  us  build  with  you :  for  we  seek 
your  God,  as  ye  do;  and  we  do  sacrifice 
unto  him  since  the  days  of  Esar-haddon 
king  of  Assur,  which  brought  us  up 
hither. 

3  But  Zerubbabel,  and  Jeshua,  and  the 
rest  of  the  chief  of  the  fathers  of  Israel, 
said  unto  them,  Ye  have  nothing  to  do 
with  us  to  build  a  house  unto  our  God; 
but  we  ourselves  together  will  build  unto 
the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  as  king  Cyrus 
the  king  of  Persia  hath  commanded  us. 

4  Then  the  people  of  the  land  weakened 
the  hands  of  the  people  of  Judah,  and 
troubled  them  in  building, 

5  And  hired  counsellors  against  them,  to 
frustrate  their  purpose,  all  the  days  of 
Cyrus  king  of  Persia,  even  until  the  reign 
of  Darius  king  of  Persia. 

6  And  in  the  reign  of  Ahasuerus,  in  the 
beginning  of  his  reign,  wrote  they  ludo 
him  an  accusation  against  the  inhabitants 
of  Judah  and  Jerusalem. 

7  •[  And  in  the  days  of  Artaxei'xes  wrote 
Bishlam,  Mithredath,  Tabeel,  and  the 
rest  of  their  companions,  unto  Artaxerxes 
king  of  Persia;  and  the  writing  of  the 
letter  was  written  in  the  Syrian  tongue, 
and  interpreted  in  the  Syrian  tongue. 

8  Rehum  the  chancellor  and  Shimshai 
the  scribe  wrote  a  letter  against  Jerusa- 
lem to  Artaxerxes  the  king  in  this  sort : 

9  Then  ivrote  Rehum  the  chancellor,  and 
Shimshai  the  scribe,  and  the  rest  of  their 
companions;  the  Diuaites,  the  Aphar- 
sathehites,  the  Tarpelites,  the  Aphar- 
sites,    the    Ai'chevites,    the    Babylonians, 

473 


the  Susanchites,  the  Dehavites,  atid  the 
Elamites, 

10  And  the  rest  of  the  nations  whom  the 
great   and  noble   Asnapper  brought  over,  I 
and  set  in  the  cities  of  Samaria,   and   the  j 
rest   that   are   on   this   side   the  river,  and 
at  such  a  time. 

11  1  This  is  the  copy  of  the  letter  that 
they  sent  unto  him,  e?jeu  unto  Artaxerxes 
the  king;  Thy  servants  the  men  on  this 
side  the  river,  and  at  such  a  time. 

12  Be  it  known  unto  the  king,  that  the 
Jews  which  came  up  from  thee  to  us  are 
come  unto  Jerusalem,  building  the  rebel- 
lious and  the  bad  city,  and  have  set  up 
the  walls  thereof^  and  joined  the  founda- 
tions. 

13  Be  it  known  now  unto  the  king,  that, 
if  this  city  be  builded,  and  the  walls  set  up 
again^  then  will  they  not  pay  toll,  tribute, 
and  custom,  and  .so  thou  shalt  endamage 
the  revenue  of  the  kings. 

14  Now  because  we  have  maintenance 
from  the  ki7iy\s  palace,  and  it  was  not  meet 
for  us  to  see  the  king's  dishonour,  there- 
fore have  we  sent  and  certified  the  king ; 

15  That  search  may  be  made  in  the  book 
of  the  records  of  thy  fathers :  so  shalt  thou 
find  in  the  book  of  the  records,  and  know 
that  this  city  it  a  rebellious  city,  and  hurt- 
ful unto  kings  and  provinces,  and  that  they 
have  moved  sedition  within  the  same  of 
old  time:  for  which  cause  was  this  city  de- 
stroyed. 

16  We  certify  the  king  that,  if  this  city 
be  builded  again,  and  the  walls  thereof  set 
up,  by  this  means  thou  shalt  have  no  por- 
tion on  this  side  the  river. 

17  Ti  Tlien  sent  the  king  an  answer  unto 
Rehum  the  chancellor,  and  to  Shimshai  the 
scribe,  and  to  the  rest  of  their  companions 
that  dwell  in  Samaria,  and  nnto  the  rest 
beyond  the  river,  Peace,  and  at  such  a 
time. 

18  The  letter  which  ye  sent  imto  us  hath 
been  plainly  read  before  rae. 

19  And  I  commanded,  and  search  hath 
been  made,  and  it  is  found  that  this  city 
of  old  time  hath  made  insurrection  against 
kings,  and  that  rebellion  and  sedition  have 
been  made  therein. 

20  There  have  been  mighty  kings  also 
over  Jeinisalem,  which  have  ruled  overall 
conntriea  beyond  the  river;  and  toll,  trib- 
ute, and  custom,  was  paid  unto  them. 


EZRA. 


21  Give  3'e  now  commaBdment  to  cause 
these  men  to  cease,  and  that  this  city  be 
not  builded,  until  another  con[imandment 
shall  be  given  from  me. 

23  Take  heed  now  that  )'e  fail  not  to  do 
this :  why  should  damage  grow  to  the 
hurt  of  the  kings? 

23  T[  Now  when  the  copy  of  king  Arta- 
xerxes'  letter  wan  read  before  Rehum,  and 
Shimshai  the  scribe,  and  their  companions, 
they  went  up  in  haste  to  Jerusalem  unto 
the  Jews,  and  made  them  to  cease  by 
force  and  power. 

24  Then  ceased  the  work  of  the  house  of 
God  which  i.s  at  Jerusalem.  So  it  ceased 
unto  the  second  year  of  the  reign  of  Darius 
king  of  Persia.       » 

CHAPTER  V. 

THEN  the  prophets,  Haggai  the  proph- 
et, and  Zechariah  the  son  of  Iddo, 
prophesied  unto  the  Jews  that  were  in 
Judah  and  Jerusalem  in  the  name  of  the 
God  of  Israel,  eveii  unto  them. 

2  Then  rose  up  Zerubbabel  the  son  of 
Shealtiel,  and  Jeshua  the  son  of  Jozadak, 
and  began  to  build  the  house  of  God 
which  is  at  Jerusalem:  and  with  them 
ioere  the  prophets  of  God  helping  them. 

3  Tl  At  the  same  time  came  to  them 
Tatnai,  governor  on  tliis  side  the  river, 
and  Shethar-bozuai,  and  their  companions, 
and  said  thus  unto  them.  Who  hath  com- 
manded you  to  build  this  house,  and  to 
make  up  this  wall  ? 

4  Then  said  we  unto  them  after  this  man- 
ner, What  are  the  names  of  the  men  that 
make  this  building V 

5  But  the  eye  of  their  God  was  upon 
the  elders  of  the  Jews,  that  they  could  not 
cause  them  to  cease,  till  the  matter  came 
to  Darius:  and  then  they  returned  answer 
by  letter  concerning  this  matter. 

6  1[  The  copy  of'the  letter  that  Tatnai, 
governor  on  this  side  the  river,  and  She- 
thar-boznai,  and  his  companions  the  Aphar- 
sachites,  which  were  on  this  side  the  river, 
sent  unto  Darius  the  king  : 

7  They  sent  a  letter  unto  him,  wherein 
was  written  thus;  Unto  Darius  the  king, 
all  peace. 

8  Be  it  known  unto  the  king,  that  we 
went  into  the  province  of  Judea,  to  the 
house  of  the  great  God,  which  is  builded 
with  great  stones,  and  timber  is  laid  in  the 


walls,  and  this  work  goeth  fast   on,  and 
prospereth  in  their  hands. 

9  Then  asked  we  those  elders,  and  said 
unto  them  thus.  Who  commanded  you  to 
build  this  house,  and  to  make  up  these 
walls? 

10  We  asked  their  names  also,  to  cer- 
tify thee,  that  we  might  write  the  names 
of  the  men  that  were  the  chief  of  them. 

11  And  thus  they  returned  us  answer, 
saying.  We  are  the  seiwants  of  the  God  of 
heaven  and  earth,  and  build  the  house 
that  was  builded  these  many  years  ago, 
which  a  great  king  of  Israel  builded  and 
set  up. 

12  But  after  that  our  fathers  had  pro- 
voked the  God  of  heaven  unto  wrath,  he 
gave  them  into  the  hand  of  Nebuchad- 
nezzar the  king  of  Babylon,  the  Chaldean, 
who  destroyed  this  house,  and  carried  the 
people  away  into  Babylon. 

13  But  in  the  first  year  of  Cyrus  the  king 
of  Babylon,  the  same  king  Cyrus  made  a 
decree  to  build  this  house  of  God. 

14  And  the  vessels  also  of  gold  and  silver 
of  the  house  of  God,  which  Nebuchad- 
nezzar took  out  of  the  temple  that  teas  in 
Jerusalem,  and  brought  them  into  the 
temple  of  Babylon,  those  did  Cyrus  the 
king  take  out  of  the  temple  of  Babylon, 
and  they  were  delivered  unto  o?/e,  whose 
name  was  Sheshbazzar,  whom  he  had  made 
governor; 

15  And  said  unto  him.  Take  these  ves- 
sels, go,  carry  them  into  the  temple  that 
is  in  Jerusalem,  and  let  the  house  of  God 
be  builded  in  his  place. 

16  Then  came  the  same  Sheshbazzar,  and 
laid  the  foundation  of  the  house  of  God 
which  is  in  Jerusalem :  and  since  that  time 
even  until  now  hath  it  been  in  building, 
and  ijet  it  is  not  finished. 

17  Now  therefore,  if  it  seem  good  to  the 
king,  let  there  be  search  made  in  the 
king's  treasure  house,  which  is  there  at 
Babj'lon,  whether  it  be  so,  that  a  decree 
was  made  of  Cyrus  the  king  to  build  this 
house  of  God  at  Jerusalem,  and  let  the 
king  send  his  pleasure  to  us  concerning 
this  matter.  * 

CHAPTER  VI. 

THEN  Darius  the  king  made  a  decree, 
and  search  was  made  in  the  house  of 
the  rolls,  where  the  treasures  were  laid 
up  in  Babylon. 

473 


EZRA. 


2  And  there  was  found  at  Aclimetha,  iu 
the  palace  that  is  iu  the  i:)roviuce  of  the 
Medes,  a  roll,  and  therein  wan  a  record 
thus  written: 

3  In  the  first  year  of  Cyrus  the  king,  iJie 
f>a)/ie  Cyrus  the  king  made  a  decree  (■07i- 
ccniutf/  the  house  of  God  at  Jerusalem, 
Let  the  house  be  builded,  the  place  where 
they  offered  sacrifices,  and  let  the  foun- 
dations thereof  be  strongly  laid ;  the  height 
thereof  threescore  cubits,  arid  the  breadth 
thereof  threescore  cubits; 

4  With  three  rows  of  great  stones,  and 
a  row  of  new  timber:  and  let  the  expenses 
be  given  out  of  the  king's  house : 

5  And  also  let  the  golden  and  silver  ves- 
sels of  the  house  of  God,  which  Nebuchad- 
nezzar took  forth  out  of  the  temple  which 
is  at  Jerusalem,  and  brought  unto  Baby- 
lon, be  restored,  and  brought  again  unto 
the  temple  which  is  at  Jerusalem,  every 
one  to  his  place,  and  place  tliem  in  the 
house  of  God. 

6  Now  therefore,  Tatnai,  governor  beyond 
the  river,  Shethar-boznai,  and  your  com- 
panions the  Apharsachites,  which  are  be- 
yond the  river,  be  ye  far  from  thence : 

7  Let  the  work  of  this  house  of  God 
alone ;  let  the  governor  of  the  Jews  and 
the  elders  of  the  Jews  build  this  house 
of  God  in  his  place. 

8  Moreover  I  make  a  decree  Avhat  ye 
shall  do  to  the  elders  of  these  Jews  for 
the  building  of  this  house  of  God:  that 
of  the  king's  goods,  e}je7i  of  the  tribute 
beyond  the  river,  forthwith  expenses  be 
given  unto  these  men,  that  they  be  not 
hindered. 

9  And  that  which  they  have  need  of, 
both  young  bullocks,  and  rams,  and  lambs, 
for  the  burnt  ofierings  of  the  God  of  heav- 
en, wheat,  salt,  wine,  and  oil,  according 
to  the  appointment  of  the  priests  which 
are  at  Jerusalem,  let  it  be  given  them 
day  by  day  without  fail : 

10  That  they  may  offer  sacrifices  of  sweet 
savours  unto  the  God  of  heaven,  and  pray 
for  the  life  of  the  king,  and  of  his  sons. 

11  Also  I  have  made  a  decree,  that  who- 
soever shall  alter  this  word,  let  timber  be 
pulled  down  from  his  house,  and  being 
set  up,  let  him  be  hanged  thereon ;  and  let 
his  house  be  made  a  dunghill  for  this. 

12  And  the  God  that  hath  caused  his 
name  to  dwell  there  destroy  all  kings  and 


people,  that  shall  put  to  their  hand  to 
alter  a)id  to  destroy  this  house  of  God 
which  is  at  Jerusalem.  I  Darius  have 
made  a  decree  ;  let  it  be  done  with  s})eed. 

13  ^  Then  Tatnai,  governor  on  this  side 
the  river,  Shethar-boznai,  and  their  com- 
panions, according  to  that  which  Darius 
the  king  had  sent,  so  they  did  speedily. 

14  And  the  elders  of  the  Jews  builded, 
and  they  prospered  through  the  prophesj'- 
ing  of  Haggai  the  prophet  and  Zechariah 
the  sou  of  Iddo.  And  they  builded,  and 
finished  if,  according  to  the  commandment 
of  the  God  of  Israel,  and  according  to  the 
commandment  of  Cyrus,  and  Darius,  and 
Artaxerxes  king  of  Persia. 

15  And  this  house  was  finished  on  the 
third  day  of  the  month  Adar,  which  was 
in  the  sixth  year  of  the  reign  of  Darius 
the  king. 

16  Tl  And  the  children  of  Israel,  the 
priests,  and  the  Levites,  and  the  rest  of 
the  children  of  the  captivity,  kept  the 
dedication  of  this  house  of  God  with 
joy, 

17  And  offered  at  the  dedication  of  this 
house  of  God  a  hundred  bullocks,  two 
hundred  rams,  four  hundred  lambs;  and 
for  a  sin  offering  for  all  Israel,  twelve  he 
goats,  according  to  the  number  of  the 
tribes  of  Israel. 

18  And  they  set  the  jM-iests  in  their 
divisions,  and  the  Levites  in  their  courses, 
for  the  service  of  God,  which  is  at  Jerusa- 
lem ;  as  it  is  written  in  the  book  of  Moses. 

19  And  the  children  of  the  captivity  kept 
the  i^assover  upon  the  fourteenth  day  of 
the  first  month. 

20  For  the  priests  and  the  Levites  were 
purified  together,  all  of  them  were  pure, 
and  killed  the  passover  for  all  the  chil- 
dren of  the  captivity,  and  for  their  breth- 
ren the  priests,  and  for  themselves. 

21  And  the  children  of  Israel,  which  were 
come  again  out  of  captivity,  and  all  such 
as  had  separated  themselves  unto  tliem 
from  the  filthiuess  of  the  heathen  of  the 
land,  to  seek  the  Lokd  God  of  Israel,  did 
eat, 

22  And  kept  the  feast  of  unleavened 
bread  seven  da^'s  with  joy:  for  the  Lokd 
had  made  them  joyful,  and  turned  the 
heart  of  the  king  of  Assyria  unto  them, 
to  strengthen  their  hands  in  the  work  of 
the  house  of  God,  the  God  of  Israel.    ^ 


EZRA. 


CHAPTER  VII. 

NOW  after  these  things,  in  the  reign 
of  Artaxerxes  king  of  Persia,  Ezra  the 
sou  of  Seraiah,  the  son  of  Azariah,  the 
son  of  Hilliiah, 

2  The  son  of  Shallum,  the  son  of  Zadok, 
the  son  of  Ahitub, 

3  The  son  of  Amariah,  the  son  of  Aza- 
riah, the  son  of  Meraioth, 

4  The  son  of  Zerahiah,  the  son  of  Uzzi, 
the  son  of  Eukki, 

5  The  son  of  Abishua,  the  son  of  Phine- 
has,  the  son  of  Eleazar,  the  son  of  Aaron 
the  chief  priest : 

6  This.  Ezra  went  up  from  Babylon ;  and 
he  ivas  a  ready  scribe  in  the  law  of  Moses, 
which  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  had  given : 
and  the  king  granted  him  all  his  request, 
according  to  the  hand  of  the  Lord  his  God 
upon  him. 

7  And  there  went  up  some  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  of  the  priests,  and  the  Le- 
vites,  and  the  singers,  and  the  porters, 
and  the  Nethinim,  unto  Jerusalem,  in  the 
seventh  year  of  Artaxerxes  the  king. 

8  And  he  came  to  Jerusalem  in  the  fifth 
month,  which  was  in  the  seventh  year  of 
the  king. 

9  For  upon  the  first  day  of  the  first 
month  began  he  to  go  up  from  Babylon, 
and  on  the  first  day  of  the  fifth  month 
came  he  to  Jerusalem,  according  to  the 
good  hand  of  his  God  upon  him. 

10  For  Ezra  had  pi'epared  his  heart  to 
seek  the  law  of  the  Lord,  and  to  do  it, 
and  to  teach  in  Israel  statutes  and  judg- 
ments. 

11  H  Now  this  is  the  copy  of  the  letter 
that  the  king  Artaxerxes  gave  unto  Ezra 
the  priest,  the  scribe,  evert  a  scribe  of  the 
words  of  the  commandments  of  the  Lord, 
and  of  his  statutes  to  Israel. 

12  Artaxerxes,  king  of  kings,  unto  Ezra 
the  priest,  a  scribe  of  the  law  of  the  God 
of  heaven,  perfect  ^eat-e,  and  at  such  a  time. 

13  I  make  a  decree,  that  all  they  of  the 
people  of  Israel,  and  of  his  priests  and 
Levites,  in  my  realm,  which  are  minded 
of  their  own  freewill  to  go  up  to  Jeru- 
salem, go  with  thee. 

14  Forasmuch  as  thou  art  sent  of  the 
king,  and  of  his  seven  counsellors,  to  in- 
quire concerning  Judah  and  Jerusalem, 
according  to  the  law  of  thy  God  which 
is  in  thine  hand; 


15  And  to  carry  the  silver  and  gold,  which 
the  king  and  his  counsellors  have  freely 
otfered  unto  the  God  of  Israel,  whose 
habitation  is  in  Jerusalem, 

16  And  all  the  silver  and  gold  that  thou 
canst  find  in  all  the  province  of  Babylon, 
with  the  freewill  offering  of  the  people, 
and  of  the  priests,  offering  willingly  for 
the  house  of  their  God  which  is  in  Jeru- 
salem : 

17  That  thou  mayest  buy  speedily  with 
this  money  bullocks,  rams,  lambs,  with 
their  meat  offerings  and  their  drink  ofier- 
ings,  and  offer  them  upon  the  altar  of 
the  house  of  your  God  which  is  in  Jeru- 
salem. 

18  And  whatsoever  shall  seem  good  to 
thee,  and  to  thy  brethren,  to  do  with  the 
rest  of  the  silver  and  the  gold,  that  do 
after  the  will  of  your  God. 

19  The  vessels  also  that  are  given  thee 
for  the  service  of  the  house  of  thy  God, 
those  deliver  thou  before  the  God  of  Jeru- 
salem. 

20  And  whatsoever  more  shall  be  needful 
for  the  house  of  thy  God,  which  thou 
Shalt  have  occasion  to  bestow,  bestow  it 
out  of  the  king's  treasure  house. 

21  And  I,  even  1  Artaxerxes  the  king,  do 
make  a  decree  to  all  the  treasurers  which 
are  beyond  the  river,  that  whatsoever 
Ezra  the  priest,  the  scribe  of  the  law  of 
the  God  of  heaven,  shall  require  of  you,  it 
be  done  speedily, 

22  Unto  a  hundred  talents  of  silver,  and 
to  a  hundred  measures  of  wheat,  and  to 
a  hundred  baths  of  wine,  and  to  a  hundred 
baths  of  oil,  and  salt  without  prescrib- 
ing how  much. 

23  Whatsoever  is  commanded  by  the 
God  of  heaven,  let  it  be  diligently  done 
for  the  house  of  the  God  of  heaven :  for 
why  should  there  be  wrath  against  the 
realm  of  the  king  and  his  sons? 

24  Also  we  certify  you,  that,  touching 
any  of  the  priests  and  Levites,  singers, 
porters,  Nethinim,  or  ministers  of  this 
house  of  God,  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to 
impose  toll,  tribute,  or  custom,  upon  them. 

25  And  thou,  Ezra,  after  the  wisdom  of 
thy  God,  that  is  in  thine  hand,  set  magis- 
trates and  judges,  which  may  judge  all  the 
people  that  are  beyond  the  river,  all  such 
as  know  the  laws  of  thy  God;  and  teach 
ye  them  that  know  them  not. 


EZRA. 


26  And  whosoever  will  not  do  the  law 
of  thy  God,  and  the  law  of  the  king,  let 
judgment  be  execut-ed  speedily  upon  him, 
whether  it  be  unto  death,  or  to  banishment, 
or  to  confiscation  of  goods,  or  to  imprison- 
ment. 

27  1  Blessed  be  the  Lokd  God  of  our  fa- 
thers, which  hath  put  sicch  a  th'nif/  as  this 
in  the  king's  heart,  to  beautify  the  house 
of  the  Lord  which  /.s-  in  Jerusalem  : 

28  And  hath  extended  mercy  unto  mc 
before  the  king,  and  his  counsellors,  and 
before  all  the  king's  mighty  princes.  And 
1  was  strengthened  as  the  hand  of  the 
Lord  ray  God  was^  upon  me,  and  I  gath- 
ered together  out  of  Israel  chief  men  to 
go  up  with  me.  > 

CHAPTER  VIIL 

THESE  are  now  the  chief  of  their  fa- 
thers, and  thin  i.s  the  genealog\'  of  them 
that  went  up  with  me  from  Babylon,  in 
the  reign  of  Artaxerxes  the  king. 

2  Of  the  sons  of  Phinehas;  Gershom :  of 
the  sons  of  Ithamar;  Daniel:  of  the  sons 
of  David;  Hattush. 

3  Of  the  sons  of  Shechaniah,  of  the  sons 
of  Pharosh;  Zechariah :  and  with  him 
were  reckoned  by  genealogy  of  the  males 
a  hundred  and  fifty. 

4  Of  the  sons  of  Pahath-moab ;  Elihoenai 
the  son  of  Zerahiah,  and  with  him  two 
hundred  males. 

5  Of  the  sons  of  Shechaniah;  the  son 
of  Jahaziel,  and  with  him  three  hundred 
males. 

6  Of  the  sons  also  of  Adin;  Ebed  the 
son  of  Jonathan,  and  with  him  fifty 
males. 

7  And  of  the  sons  of  Elam;  Jeshaiah 
the  son  of  Athaliah,  and  with  him  seventy 
males. 

8  And  of  the  sons  ol  Shephatiah;  Zeba- 
diah  the  son  of  Michael,  and  Avith  him 
fourscore  males. 

9  Of  the  sons  of  Joab;  Obadiah  the 
son  of  Jehiel,  and  with  him  two  hundred 
and  eighteen  males. 

10  And  of  the  sons  of  Shelomith;  the 
son  of  Josiphiah,  and  with  him  a  hundred 
and  threescore  males. 

11  And  of  the  sons  of  Bebai;  Zechariah 
the  son  of  Bebai,  and  with  him  twenty 
and  eight  males. 

13  And  of  the  sons    of  Azgad ;    Johanan 
476  " 


the    son    of   Hakkatan,    and  with   him   a 
hundred  and  ten  males. 

18  And  of  the  last  sons  of  Adonikam, 
whose  names  are  the.se,  Eliphelet,  Jciel, 
and  Shemaiah,  and  with  them  threescore 
males. 

14  Of  the  sons  also  of  Bigvai ;  Uthai, 
and  Zabbud,  and  with  them  seventy  males. 

15  11  And  I  gathered  them  together  to 
the  river  that  runneth  to  Ahava;  and 
there  abode  Ave  in  tents  three  days:  and  I 
viewed  the  people,  and  the  priests,  and 
found  there  none  of  the  sons  of  Levi. 

16  Then  sent  1  for  Eliezer,  for  Ariel,  for 
Shemaiah,  and  for  Elnathan,  and  for  Jarib, 
and  for  Elnathan,  and  for  Nathan,  and  for 
Zechariah,  and  for  Meshullara,  chief  men; 
also  for  Joiarib,  and  for  Elnathan,  men  of 
understanding. 

17  And  1  sent  them  with  commandment 
unto  Iddo  the  chief  at  the  place  Casiphia, 
and  I  told  them  what  they  should  say 
unto  Iddo,  and  to  his  brethren  the  Neth- 
inim,  at  the  place  Casiphia,  that  they 
should  bring  unto  us  ministers  for  the 
house  of  our  God. 

18  And  by  the  good  hand  of  our  God 
upon  us  they  brought  us  a  man  of  under- 
standing, of  the  sons  of  Mahli,  the  son 
of  Levi,  the  son  of  Israel ;  and  Sherebiah, 
with  his  sons  and  his  brethren,  eighteen; 

19  And  Hashabiah,  and  with  him  Jeshaiah 
of  the  sons  of  Merari,  his  brethren  and 
their  sons,  twenty; 

20  Also  of  the  Nethiuim,  whom  David 
and  the  princes  had  appointed  for  the 
service  of  the  Levites,  two  hundred  and 
twenty  Nethiuim:  all  of  them  were  ex- 
pressed by  name. 

21  1  Then  I  proclaimed  a  fast  there,  at 
the  river  of  Ahava,  that  we  might  afllict 
ourselves  before  our  God,  to  seek  of  him 
a  right  way  for  us,  and  for  our  little  ones, 
and  for  all  our  substance. 

23  For  I  was  ashamed  to  require  of  the 
king  a  band  of  soldiers  and  horsemen  to 
help  us  against  the  enemy  in  the  way: 
because  we  had  spoken  \into  the  king, 
saying.  The  hand  of  our  God  is  upon  all 
them  for  good  that  seek  him  ;  but  his 
power  and  his  wrath  is  against  all  them 
that  forsake  him. 

23  So  we  fasted  and  besought  our  God 
for  this:  and  he  Avas  entreated  of  us. 

24  *A  Then  I  separated  twelve  of  tlie  chief 


EZRA. 


of  the  priests,  Sherebiab,  Hashabiah,  aud 
ten  of  their  brethren  with  them, 
35  And  weighed  unto  them  the  silver,  aud 
the  gold,  aud  the  yessels,  even  the  offering 
of  the  house  of  our  God,  which  the  kiug, 
and  his  counsellors,  and  his  lords,  and 
all  Israel  there  present,  had  offered : 

26  I  even  Avcighed  unto  their  hand  six 
hundred  and  fifty  talents  of  silver,  and  sil- 
ver vessels  a  hundred  talents,  and  of  gold 
a  hundred  talents ; 

27  Also  twenty  basins  of  gold,  of  a  thou- 
sand drams ;  and  two  vessels  of  fine  coi^- 
per,  precious  as  gold. 

28  Aud  I  said  unto  them,  Ye  are  holy 
unto  the  Lord  ;  the  vessels  are  holy  also  ; 
and  the  silver  and  the  gold  are  a  freewill 
offeriug  unto  the  Lord  God  of  your  fa- 
thers. 

29  Watch  ye,  and  keep  them^  until  ye 
weigh  them  before  the  chief  of  the  priests 
and  the  Levites,  and  chief  of  the  fathers 
of  Israel,  at  Jerusalem,  in  the  chambers 
of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

30  So  took  the  priests  and  the  Levites 
the  weight  of  the  silver,  and  the  gold,  and 
the  vessels,  to  bi-ing  them  to  Jerusalem 
unto  the  house  of  our  God. 

31  1[  Then  we  departed  from  the  river 
of  Ahava  on  the  twelfth  day  of  the  first 
month,  to  go  unto  Jerusalem :  and  the 
hand  of  our  God  was  upon  us,  and  he  de- 
livered us  from  the  hand  of  the  enemy, 
and  of  such  as  lay  in  wait  by  the  way. 

32  And  we  came  to  Jerusalem,  and  abode 
there  three  days. 

33  U  Now  on  the  fourth  day  was  the  sil- 
ver and  the  gold  and  the  vessels  weighed 
in  the  house  of  our  God  by  the  hand  of 
Meremoth  the  son  of  Uriah  the  priest; 
and  with  him  was  Eleazar  the  son  of  Phin- 
ehas;  and  with  them  ?<'««  Jozabad  the  son 
of  Jeshua,  and  Noadiah  the  son  of  Binnui, 
Levites ; 

34  By  number  aiid  by  weight  of  every 
one:  aud  all  the  weight  was  written  at 
that  time. 

35  Also  the  children  of  those  that  had 
been  carried  away,  which  were  come  out 
of  the  captivity,  offered  burnt  offerings 
unto  the  God  of  Israel,  twelve  bullocks 
for  all  Israel,  ninety  and  six  rams,  seventy 
and  seven  lambs,  twelve  he  goats  for  a  sin 
offering :  all  this  was  a  burnt  offering  unto 
the  Lord. 


36  H  And  they  delivered  the  king's  com- 
missions unto  the  king's  lieutenants,  and 
to  the  governors  on  this  side  the  river: 
and  they  furthered  the  people,  and  the 
house  of  God.  j**" 

CHAPTER  IX. 

NOW  when  these  things  were  done,  the 
princes  came  to  me,  saying.  The  peo- 
ple of  Israel,  and  the  priests,  and  the  Le- 
vites, have  not  separated  themselves  from 
the  people  of  the  lands,  dobig  according 
to  their  abominations,  eimi  of  the  Cauaan- 
ites,  the  Hittites,  the  Pcrizzites,  the  Jebu- 
sites,  the  Ammonites,  the  Moabites,  the 
Egyptians,  and  the  Amorites. 

2  For  they  have  taken  of  their  daughters 
for  themselves,  and  for  their  sons  :  so  that 
the  holy  seed  have  mingled  themselves 
with  the  people  of  thane  lands :  yea,  the 
hand  of  the  princes  and  rulers  hath  been 
chief  in  this  trespass. 

3  And  when  I  heard  this  thing,  I  rent  my 
garment  and  my  mantle,  and  plucked  off 
the  hair  of  my  head  and  of  my  beard, 
and  sat  down  astonied. 

4  Then  were  assembled  unto  me  every 
one  that  trembled  at  the  words  of  the 
God  of  Israel,  because  of  the  transgression 
of  those  that  had  been  carried  away;  and 
I  sat  astonied  until  the  evening  sacrifice. 

5  Tl  And  at  the  evening  sacrifice  I  arose 
up  from  my  heaviness ;  and  having  rent 
my  garment  and  my  mantle,  I  fell  upon 
my  knees,  and  spread  out  my  hands  unto 
the  Lord  my  God, 

6  And  said,  O  my  God,  I  am  ashamed  and 
blush  to  lift  up  my  lace  to  thee,  my  God  : 
for  our  iniquities  are  increased  over  our 
head,  and  our  trespass  is  grown  up  unto 
the  heavens. 

7  Since  the  days  of  our  fathers  have  we 
been  in  a  great  trespass  unto  this  day;  and 
for  our  iniquities  have  we,  our  kings,  and 
our  priests,  been  delivered  into  the  hand 
of  the  kings  of  the  lands,  to  the  sword, 
to  captivity,  and  to  a  spoil,  and  to  con- 
fusion of  face,  as  it  is  this  day. 

8  And  now  for  a  little  space  grace  hath 
been  shewed  from  the  Lord  our  God,  to 
leave  us  a  remnant  to  escape,  and  to  give 
us  a  nail  in  his  holy  place,  that  our  God 
may  lighten  our  eyes,  and  give  us  a  little 
reviving  in  our  bondage. 

9  For  we  were  bondmen;  yet  our  God 
hath  not  forsaken  us  in  our  bondage,  but 

477 


EZRA, 


hath  extended  mercy  unto  us  in  the  sight 
of  the  kings  of  Persia,  to  give  us  a  re- 
viving, to  set  up  the  house  of  our  God, 
and  to  repair  the  desolations  thereof,  and 
to  give  us  a  wall  in  Judah  and  in  Jeru- 
salem. 

10  And  now,  O  our  God,  what  shall  we 
say  after  this?  for  we  have  forsaken  thy 
commandments, 

11  Which  thou  hast  commanded  by  thy 
servants  the  prophets,  saying.  The  land, 
unto  which  ye  go  to  possess  it,  is  an 
unclean  land  with  the  filthiness  of  the 
people  of  the  lands,  with  their  abomina- 
tions, which  have  filled  it  from  one  end 
to  another  with  their  uncleanness. 

13  Now  therefore  give  not  yoiir  daugh- 
ters unto  their  sons,  neither  take  their 
daughters  unto  your  sons,  nor  seek  their 
peace  or  their  Avealth  for  ever :  that  ye 
may  be  strong,  and  eat  the  good  of  the 
land,  and  leave  it  for  an  inheritance  to 
your  children  for  ever. 

13  And  after  all  that  is  come  upon  us 
for  our  evil  deeds,  and  for  our  great  tres- 
pass, seeing  that  thou  our  God  hast  pun- 
ished us  less  than  our  iniquities  deserve, 
and  hast  given  us  such  deliverance  as  this  ; 

14  Should  we  again  break  thy  command- 
ments, and  join  in  affinity  with  the  peo- 
ple of  these  abominations?  wouldest  not 
thou  be  angry  with  us  till  thou  hadst  con- 
sumed us,  so  that  tliere  should  be  no  rem- 
nant nor  escaping? 

15  O  Lord  God  of  Israel,  thou  art  right- 
eous ;  for  we  remain  yet  escaped,  as  it  is 
this  day:  behold,  we  are  before  thee  in 
our  trespasses ;  for  we  cannot  stand  before 
thee  because  of  this.  9 

CHAPTER  X. 

NOW  when  Ezra  had  prayed,  and  when 
he  had  confessed,  weeping  and  cast- 
ing himself  down  before  the  house  of  God, 
there  assembled  unto  him  out  of  Israel  a 
very  great  congregation  of  men  and  wo- 
men and  children:  for  the  people  wept 
very  sore. 

2  And  Shechaniah  the  son  of  Jehiel,  07ie 
of  the  sons  of  Elam,  answered  and  said 
unto  Ezra,  We  have  trespassed  against  our 
God,  and  have  taken  strange  wives  of  the 
people  of  the  land :  yet  now  there  is  hope 
iu  Israel  concerning  this  thing. 

3  Now  therefore  let  us  make  a  covenant 

_ 


with  our  God  to  put  away  all  the  wives, 
and  such  as  are  born  of  them,  according  to 
the  counsel  of  my  lord,  and  of  those  that 
tremble  at  the  commandment  of  our  God; 
and  let  it  be  done  according  to  the  law. 

4  Arise;  for  tftis  matter  helongeth  unto 
thee :  we  also  will  he  with  thee :  be  of 
good  courage,  and  do  it. 

5  Then  arose  Ezra,  and  made  the  chief 
priests,  the  Levites,  and  all  Israel,  to  swear 
that  they  should  do  according  to  this 
word.     And  they  sware. 

6  H  Then  Ezra  rose  iip  from  before  the 
house  of  God,  and  went  into  the  chamber 
of  Johanan  the  son  of  Eliashib  :  and  when 
he  came  thither,  he  did  eat  no  bread,  nor 
drink  water:  for  he  mourned  because  of 
the  transgression  of  them  that  had  been 
carried  away. 

7  And  they  made  proclamation  through- 
out Judah  and  Jerusalem  unto  all  the  chil- 
dren of  the  captivity,  that  they  should 
gather  themselves  together  unto  Jeru- 
salem ; 

8  And  that  whosoever  would  not  come 
within  three  days,  according  to  the  coun- 
sel of  the  princes  and  the  elders,  all  his 
substance  should  be  forfeited,  and  himself 
separated  from  the  congregation  of  those 
that  had  been  carried  away. 

9  1  Then  all  the  men  of  Judah  and  Ben- 
jamin gathered  themselves  together  unto 
Jerusalem  within  three  days.  It  vias  the 
ninth  month,  on  the  twentieth  day  of  the 
month;  and  all  the  people  sat  in  the  street 
of  the  house  of  God,  trembling  because  of 
this  matter,  and  for  the  great  rain. 

10  And  Ezra  the  ])riest  stood  up,  and  said 
unto  them.  Ye  have  transgressed,  and  have 
taken  strange  wives,  to  increase  the  tres- 
pass of  Israel. 

11  Now  therefore  make  confession  unto 
the  Lord  God  of  your  fathers,  and  do  his 
pleasure :  and  separate  yourselves  from  the 
people  of  the  land,  and  from  the  strange 
wives. 

13  Then  all  the  congregation  answered 
and  said  with  a  loud  voice,  As  thou  hast 
said,  so  must  we  do. 

13  But  the  people  are  many,  and  it  is  a 
time  of  much  rain,  and  we  are  not  able  to 
stand  without,  neither  is  this  a  work  of  one 
day  or  two :  for  we  are  many  that  have 
transgressed  in  this  thing. 

14  Let  now  our  rulers  of  all  the  eongrega- 


NEHEMIAH. 


tiou  stand,  and  let  all  them  which  have 
taken  strange  wives  in  our  cities  come  at 
appointed  times,  and  with  them  the  elders 
of  every  city,  and  the  judges  thereof,  until 
the  fierce  wrath  of  our  God  for  this  matter 
be  turned  from  us. 

15  1  Only  Jonathan  the  son  of  Asahel  and 
Jahaziah  the  son  of  Tikvah  were  employ- 
ed about  this  matter:  and  Meshullam  and 
Shabbethai  the  Levite  helped  them. 

16  And  the  children  of  the  captivity  did 
so.  And  Ezra  the  priest,  with  certain  chief 
of  the  fathers,  after  the  house  of  their  fa- 
thers, and  all  of  them  by  their  names,  were 
separated,  and  sat  down  in  the  first  day  of 
the  tenth  month  to  examine  the  matter. 

17  And  they  made  an  end  with  all  the 
men  that  had  taken  strange  wives  by  the 
first  day  of  the  first  month. 

18  T[  And  among  the  sons  of  the  priests 
there  were  found  that  had  taken  strange 
wives :  namely,  of  the  sons  of  Jeshua  the 
son  of  Jozadak,  and  his  brethren ;  Maa- 
seiah,  and  Eliezer,  and  Jarib,  and  Gedaliah. 

19  And  they  gave  their  hands  that  they 
woiild  put  away  their  wives ;  and  being 
guilty,  they  offered  a  ram  of  the  flock  for 
their  trespass. 

20  And  of  the  sons  of  Immer;  Hanani, 
and  Zebadiah. 

21  And  of  the  sons  of  Harim ;  Maaseiah, 
and  Elijah,  and  Shemaiah,  and  Jehiel,  and 
Uzziah. 

23  And  of  the  sons  of  Pashur ;  Elioenai, 
Maaseiah,  Ishmael,  Nethaneel,  Jozabad, 
and  Elasah. 

23  Also  of  the  Levites;  Jozabad,  and 
Shimei,  and  Kelaiah,  (the  same  is  Kelita,) 
Pethahiah,  Judah,  and  Eliezer. 

24  Of  the  singers  also;  Eliashib:  and  of 
the  porters  ;  Shallum,  and  Telem,  and  Uri. 


25  Moreover  of  Israel:  of  the  sons  of 
Parosh ;  Ramiah,  and  Jeziah,  and  Malchiah, 
and  Miamin,  and  Eleazar,  and  Malchijah, 
and  Benaiah. 

26  And  of  the  sons  of  Elam ;  Mattaniah, 
Zechariah,  and  Jehiel,  and  Abdi,  and  Jere- 
moth,  and  Eliah. 

27  And  of  the  sons  of  Zattu;  Elioenai, 
Eliashib,  Mattaniah,  and  Jeremoth,  and 
Zabad,  and  Aziza. 

28  Of  the  sons  also  of  Bebai;  Jehohanan, 
Hananiah,  Zabbai,  and  Athlai. 

29  And  of  the  sons  of  Bani;  Meshullam, 
Malluch,  and  Adaiah,  Jashub,  and  Sheal, 
and  Ramoth. 

80  And  of  the  sons  of  Pahath-moab;  Adna, 
and  Chelal,  Benaiah,  Maaseiah,  Mattaniah, 
Bezaleel,  and  Binnui,  and  Manasseh. 

31  And  of  the  sons  of  Harim ;  Eliezer, 
Ishijah,  Malchiah,  Shemaiah,  Shimeon, 

33  Benjamin,  Malluch,  and  Shemariah. 

83  Of  the  sons  of  Hashum ;  Mattenai, 
Mattathah,  Zabad,  Eliphelet,  Jeremai, 
Manasseh,  and  Shimei. 

84  Of  the  sons  of  Bani ;  Maadai,  Amram, 
and  Uel, 

35  Benaiah,  Bedeiah,  Chelluh, 

36  Vaniah,  Meremoth,  Eliashib, 

37  Mattaniah,  Mattenai,  and  Jaasau, 

38  And  Bani,  and  Binnui,  Shimei, 

39  And  Shelemiah,  and  Nathan,  and 
Adaiah, 

40  Machnadebai,  Shashai,  Sharai, 

41  Azareel,  and  Shelemiah,  Shemariah, 
43  Shallum,  Amariah,  and  Joseph. 

43  Of  the  sons  of  Nebo ;  Jeiel,  Matti- 
thiah,  Zabad,  Zebina,  Jadau,  and  Joel, 
Benaiah. 

44  All  these  had  taken  strange  wives :  and 
some  of  them  had  wives  by  whom  they  had 
children.        jp 


THE 


BOOK    OF    NEHEMIAH. 


CHAPTER  I. 

THE  words   of   Nehemiah    the   son  of 
Hachaliah.     And   it   came  to   pass   in 
the  month  Chisleu,  in  the  twentieth  year, 
as  I  was  in  Shushan  the  jialace, 
3  That  Hanani,  one  of  my  brethren,  came, 


he  and  certain  men  of  Judah ;  and  I  asked 
them  concerning  the  Jews  that  had  es- 
caped, which  were  left  of  the  captivity,  and 
concerning  Jerusalem. 
3  And  they  said  unto  me.  The  remnant 
that  are  left  of  the  captivity  there  in  the 

479 


NEHEMIAH. 


provmce  are  in  f^reat  ulllictiou  aud  re- 
proach: the  wall  of  Jerusalem  also  is 
broken,  clown,  and  the  gates  thereof  are 
burned  with  tire. 

4  1  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  I  heard 
these  words,  that  I  sat  down  and  wept, 
and  mourned  certain  da\-s,  and  lasted,  and 
l)rayed  before  the  God  of  heaven, 

5  And  said,  1  beseech  thee,  O  Lord  God 
of  heaven,  the  great  aud  terrible  God,  that 
keepeth  covenant  and  mercy  for  them  that 
love  him  and  observe  his  commandments: 

6  Let  thine  ear  now  be  attentive,  aud 
thine  eyes  oi)en,  that  thou  mayest  hear  the 
prayer  of  thy  servant,  which  I  pray  before 
thee  now,  day  and  night,  for  the  children 
of  Israel  thy  servants,  and  confess  the  sins 
of  the  children  of  Israel,  which  we  have 
sinned  against  thee:  both  1  aud  mj'  father's 
house  have  sinned. 

7  We  have  dealt  very  corrui)tly  against 
thee,  and  have  not  kept  the  command- 
ments, nor  the  statutes,  nor  the  judg- 
ments, which  thou  commandedst  thy  serv- 
ant Moses. 

8  Remember,  I  beseech  thee,  the  word 
that  thou  commandedst  thy  servant  Moses, 
saying,  Jf  ye  transgress,  I  will  scatter  you 
abroad  among  the  nations  : 

9  But  if  ye  turn  unto  me,  and  keep  my 
commandments,  and  do  them;  though 
there  were  of  you  cast  out  unto  the  utter- 
most part  of  the  heaven,  yet  will  I  gather 
them  from  thence,  and  will  bring  them 
unto  the  place  that  I  have  chosen  to  set 
my  name  there. 

10  Now  these  are  thj'  servants  and  thj* 
people,  whom  thou  hast  redeemed  l)y  thy 
great  i:)ower,  and  by  thy  strong  hand. 

11  O  Lord,  I  beseech  thee,  let  now  thine 
ear  be  attentive  to  the  ])rayer  of  thy  serv- 
ant, and  to  the  i)rayer  of  thy  servants,  who 
desire  to  fear  thy  name:  and  prosjjcr,  I 
])ray  thee,  thy  servant  this  day,  and  grant 
him  mercy  in  the  sight  of  this  man.  For  I 
was  the  king's  cupbearer.        * 

CHAPTER  IL 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  month 
Nisan,  in  the  twentieth  year  of  Arta- 
xerxes  the  king,  (Iiat  wine  was  before  him  : 
and  I  took  up  the  wine,  and  gave  it  unto 
the  king.  Now  I  had  not  been  brforetime 
sad  in  his  presence. 
2  Wherefore  the  king  said  unto  me.  Why 

480 


is  thy  countenance  sad,  seeing  thou  art  not 
sick?  this  IS  nothing  else  but  sorrow  of 
heart.     Then  I  was  very  sore  afraid, 

3  And  said  unto  the  king,  Let  the  king 
live  for  ever  :  why  should  not  my  couute- 
nauce  be  sad,  when  the  city,  the  place  of 
my  fathers'  sepulchres,  lieth  waste,  and  the 
gates  thereof  are  consumed  with  tire? 

4  Then  the  king  said  unto  me,  For  what 
dost  thou  make  re([uest  ?  So  I  ])rayed  to 
the  God  of  heaven. 

5  Aud  I  said  unto  the  king.  If  it  i)lcase 
the  king,  and  if  th}'  servant  have  found 
favour  in  thy  sight,  that  thou  wouldest 
send  me  unto  Judah,  unto  the  city  of  my 
fathers'  sepulchres,  that  I  may  build  it. 

6  And  the  king  said  unto  me,  (the  queen 
also  sitting  by  him,)  For  how  long  shall 
thy  journey  be?  and  when  wilt  thou  re- 
turn? So  it  pleased  the  king  to  send 
me;  and  I  set  him  a  time. 

7  Moreover  I  said  unto  the  king,  If 
it  please  the  king,  let  letters  be  given 
me  to  the  governors  beyond  the  river, 
that  they  may  convey  me  over  till  I 
come  into  Judah ; 

8  And  a  letter  unto  Asaph  the  keeper  of 
the  king's  forest,  that  he  may  give  me 
timber  to  make  beams  for  the  gates  of  the 
palace  which  appertai-iied  to  the  house, 
and  for  the  wall  of  the  city,  and  for  the 
house  that  I  shall  enter  into.  And  the 
king  granted  me,  according  to  the  good 
hand  of  my  God  upon  me. 

9  T  Then  I  came  to  the  governors  beyond 
the  river,  and  gave  them  the  king's  let- 
ters. Now  the  king  had  sent  captains  of 
the  army  and  horsemen  with  me. 

10  When  Sanballat  the  Horonite,  and 
Tobiah  the  servant,  the  Ammonite,  heard 
of  it,  it  grieved  them  exceedingly  that 
there  was  come  a  man  to  seek  the  welfare 
of  the  children  of  Israel. 

11  So  I  came  to  Jerusalem,  and  was 
there  three  days. 

12  1  And  I  arose  in  the  night,  I  and  some 
few  men  with  me;  neither  told  I  a)iy  man 
what  my  God  had  put  in  my  heart  to  do 
at  Jerusalem :  neither  ica.f  there  any  beast 
with  me,  save  the  beast  that  I  rode 
upon. 

13  And  I  Avent  out  by  night  by  the  gate 
of  the  valley,  even  before  the  dragon  Avell, 
and  to  the  dung  port,  and  viewed  the 
walls   of  Jerusalem,  which    Avere    broken 


NEIIEMIAH. 


down,   and    the    gates    thereof  were   cou- 1 
sumed  Avith  lire. 

14  Then  I  Aveut  ou  to  the  gate  of  the 
fountain,  and  to  the  king's  pool:  hut  there 
wan  no  i)Uice  for  the  beast  that  was  under 
me  to  pass. 

15  Then  went  I  \ip  in  the  night  by  the 
brook,  and  viewed  the  wall,  and  turned 
baek,  and  entered  by  the  gate  of  the  valley, 
and  .so  returned. 

16  And  the  rulers  knew  not  whither  I 
went,  or  what  I  did;  neither  had  I  as  yet 
told  it  to  the  Jews,  nor  to  the  priests,  nor 
to  the  nobles,  nor  to  the  rulers,  nor  to  the 
rest  thnft  did  the  work. 

17  11  Then  said  I  unto  them.  Ye  see  the 
distress  that  we  are  in,  how  Jerusalem 
lieih  waste,  and  the  gates  thereof  are 
burned  with  fire:  come,  and  let  us  build 
up  the  wall  of  Jerusalem,  that  we  be  no 
more  a  reproach. 

18  Then  I  told  them  of  the  hand  of 
my  God  which  was  good  tq^on  me;  as 
also  the  king's  words  that  he  had  spoken 
unto  me.  And  they  said,  Let  us  rise  up 
and  build.  So  thej^  strengthened  their 
hands  for  this  good  wwk. 

19  But  when  Sauljallat  the  Horonite,  and 
Tobiah  the  servant,  the  Ammonite,  and 
Geshem  the  Arabian,  heard  it,  they 
laughed  us  to  scorn,  and  despised  us,  and 
said.  What  is  this  thing  that  ye  do?  will 
ye  rebel  agamst  the  king? 

20  Then  answered  I  them,  and  said  unto 
them,  The  God  of  heaven,  he  will  prosper 
lis;  therefore  Ave  his  servants  will  arise 
and  build:  but  ye  have  no  portion,  nor 
right,  nor  memorial,  in  Jerusalem.     .* 

CHAPTER  III. 

THEN  Ellashib  the  high  priest  rose  up 
with  his  brethren  the  priests,  and 
they  builded  the  sheep  gate;  they  sancti- 
ticd  it,  and  set  up  the  doors  of  it;  even 
unto  the  tower  of  Meah  they  sanctified 
it,  unto  the  tower  of  Hananeel. 

2  And  next  xmto  him  builded  the  men 
of  Jericho.  And  next  to  them  builded 
Zaccur  the  son  of  Imri. 

3  But  the  fish  gate  did  the  sons  of  Has- 
senaah  build,  who  also  laid  the  beams 
thereof,  and  set  up  the  doors  thereof,  the 
locks  thereof,  and  the  bars  thereof. 

4  And  next  unto  them  repaired  Mcremoth 
the  son  of  Urijah,  the  son  of  Koz.      And 

31 


next  imto  them  repaired  Meshullam  the 
son  of  Berechiah,  the  sou  of  IMeshez- 
abeel.  And  next  unto  them  repaired 
Zadok  the  sou  of  Baana. 

5  And  next  unto  them  the  Tekoites  re- 
paired; but  their  nobles  put  not  their 
necks  to  the  work  of  their  Lord. 

6  Moreover  the  old  gate  repaired  Jeho- 
iada  the  son  of  Paseah,  and  Meshullam 
the  son  of  Besodeiah;  they  laid  the 
beams  thereof,  and  set  up  the  doors 
thereof,  and  the  locks  thereof,  and  the 
bars  thereof. 

7  And  next  unto  them  rej)aired  Melatiah 
the  Gibeonite,  and  Jadon  the  Meronothite, 
the  men  of  Gibeon,  and  of  Mizpah,  unto 
the  throne  of  the  governor  on  this  side 
the  river. 

8  Next  unto  him  repaired  L'zziel  the  son 
ofHarliaiah,  of  tlie  goldsmiths.  Next  imto 
him  also  repaired  Hananiah  the  son  of  oxe 
of  the  ajjothecarieb,  and  they  fortified 
Jerusalem  unto  the  broad  wall. 

9  And  next  unto  them  repaired  Rephaiah 
the  son  of  Hur,  the  ruler  of  the  half 
part  of  Jerusalem. 

10  And  next  unto  them  repaired  Jedaiah 
the  son  of  Harumaph,  even  over  against 
his  house.  And  next  unto  him.  repaired 
Ilattush  the  son  of  Hashabniah. 

11  Malchijah  the  son  of  Harim,  and 
Hashub  the  son  of  Pahath-moab,  repaired 
the  other  i^iece,  and  the  tower  of  the 
furnaces. 

12  And  next  unto  him  repaired  Shallum 
the  son  of  Halohesh,  the  ruler  of  the 
half  part  of  Jerusalem,  he  and  his  daugh- 
ters. 

13  The  valley  gate  repaired  Hanun,  and 
the  inhabitants  of  Zanoah;  they  built 
it,  and  set  up  the  doors  thereof,  the  locks 
thereof,  and  the  bars  thereof,  and  a 
thousand  cubits  on  the  wall  unto  the 
dung  gate. 

14  But  the  dung  gate  repaired  Malchiah 
the  son  of  Rechab,  the  ruler  of  part  of 
Beth-haccerem;  he  l)uilt  it,  and  set  up  the 
doors  thereof,  the  locks  thereof,  and  the 
bars  thereof. 

15  But  the  gate  of  the  fountain  repaired 
Shallun  the  son  of  Col-hozch,  the  ruler 
of  part  of  Mizpah;  he  built  it,  and  cov- 
ered it,  and  set  up  the  doors  thereof, 
the  locks  thereof,  and  the  bars  thereof, 
and  the  wall  of  the  ])ool  of  Siloah  by  the 

481 


NEHEMIAH. 


that 


king's    gurdeu,   uud   unto   the   stairs 
go  down  from  the  city  of  David. 

16  After  him  repaired  Nehemiah  the  son 
of  Azbuk,  the  ruler  of  the  half  part  of 
Beth-zur,  unto  tlie  place  over  against  the 
sepulchres  of  David,  and  to  the  pool  that 
was  made,  and  unto  the  house  of  the 
mighty. 

17  After  him  repaired  the  Levites, 
Rehum  the  son  of  Bani.  Next  unto  him 
repaired  Hashabiah,  the  ruler  of  the  half 
part  of  Keilah,  in  his  part. 

18  After  him  repaired  their  brethren, 
Bavai  the  son  of  Henadad,  the  ruler  of  the 
half  part  of  Keilah. 

19  And  next  to  him  repaired  Ezer  the 
son  of  Jeshua,  the  ruler  of  Mizpah,  another 
l)iece  over  against  the  going  up  to  the 
armoury  at  the  turning  of  the  wall. 

20  After  him  Baruch  the  son  of  Zabbai 
earnestly  repaired  the  other  piece,  from 
the  turning  of  the  wall  unto  the  door  of 
the  house  of  Eliashib  the  high  priest. 

21  After  him  repaired  Mercmoth  the 
son  of  Urijah  the  son  of  Koz  another 
piece,  from  the  door  of  the  house  of 
Eliashib  even  to  the  end  of  the  house  of 
Eliashib. 

22  And  after  him  rejmired  the  priests, 
the  men  of  the  jjlain. 

23  After  him  repaired  Benjamin  and 
Hashub  over  against  their  house.  After 
him  repaired  Azariah  the  sou  of  Manseiah 
the  sou  of  Ananiah  by  his  house. 

24  After  him  repaired  Binnui  the  sou 
of  Henadad  another  piece,  from  the 
house  of  Azariah  unto  the  turning  of 
the  wall,  even  unto  the  corner. 

25  Palal  the  son  of  Uzai,  over  against 
the  turning  of  the  wall,  and  the  tower 
which  lieth  out  from  the  king's  high 
house,  that  vm.^  by  the  court  of  the  prison. 
After  him  Pedaiah  the  sou  of  Parosh. 

26  Moreover  the  Nethiuim  dwelt  in 
Ophel,  unto  tlie  place  over  against  the 
water  gate  toward  the  east,  and  the 
tower  that  lieth  out. 

27  After  them  the  Tekoites  repaired 
another  piece,  over  against  the  great 
tower  that  lieth  out,  even  unto  the  wall 
of  Ophel. 

28  From  above  the  horse  gate  repaired  the 
priests,  every  one  over  against  his  house. 

29  After  them   repaired    Zadok   the    son 

of  Immer  over  against  his  house.     After 
_ 


him   repaired    also   bhemaiah  the   son   of 
Shcchaniah,  the  keeper  of  the  east  gate. 

30  After  him  reiniircd  Hananiah  the  son 
of  Shelemiah,  and  Hanun  the  sixth  son  of 
Zalaph,  another  piece.  After  him  repaired 
Meshullam  the  son  of  Berechiah  over 
against  his  chamber. 

31  After  him  repaired  Malchiah  the  gold- 
smith's son  unto  the  place  of  the  Nethi- 
uim, and  of  the  merchants,  over  against 
the  gate  Miphkad,  and  to  the  going  up  of 
the  corner. 

32  And  between  the  going  up  of  the 
corner  unto  the  sheep  gate  repaired  the 
Sfoldsmiths  and  the  merchants.         # 


B 


CHAPTER  IV. 

UT  it  came  to  pass,  that  Avhen  Sanbal- 
lat  heard  that  we  builded  the  wall, 
he  was  wroth,  and  took  great  indigna- 
tion, and  mocked  the  Jews. 

2  And  he  spake  before  his  brethren  and 
the  army  of  Samaria,  and  said.  What  do 
these  feeble  Jews  ?  will  they  fortify  them- 
selves ?  will  they  sacrifice  ?  will  they  make 
an  end  in  a  day?  will  they  revive  the  stones 
out  of  the  heaps  of  the  rubbish  which  are 
burned  ? 

3  Now  Tobiah  the  Ammonite  ivas  by  him, 
and  he  said,  Even  that  which  they  build, 
if  a  fox  go  up,  he  shall  even  break  down 
their  stone  wall. 

4  Hear,  O  our  God ;  for  we  are  despised : 
and  turn  their  reproach  ujion  their  own 
head,  and  give  them  for  a  prey  in  the 
land  of  captivity : 

5  And  cover  not  their  iniquity,  and  let 
not  their  sin  be  blotted  out  from  before 
thee :  for  they  have  provoked  thee  to 
auger  before  the  builders. 

6  So  built  we  the  wall ;  aud  all  the  wall 
was  joined  together  unto  the  half  thereof: 
for  the  people  had  a  mind  to  Avork. 

7  TI  But  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  San- 
ballat,  and  Tobiah,  and  the  Arabians,  and 
the  Ammonites,  and  the  Ashdodites,  heard 
that  the  walls  of  Jerusalem  were  made  up, 
and  that  the  breaches  began  to  be  stop- 
ped, then  they  were  very  wroth, 

8  And  conspired  all  of  them  together  to 
come  and  to  fight  against  Jenisalem,  and 
to  hinder  it. 

9  Nevertheless  w^e  made  our  i)raycr  unto 
our  God,  and  set  a  watch  against  them 
da}-  and  night,  because  of  them. 


NEHEMIAH. 


10  Aud  Judali  said,  The  streugth  of  the 
bearers  of  burdens  is  decayed,  and  tJtere  in 
much  rubbish ;  so  that  we  are  not  able  to 
build  the  wall. 

11  And  our  adversaries  said,  They  shall 
not  know,  neither  see,  till  we  come  in 
the  midst  among  them,  and  slay  them, 
and  cause  the  work  to  cease. 

12  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  the 
Jews  which  dwelt  by  them  came,  they 
said  unto  as  ten  times.  From  all  places 
whence  ye  shall  return  unto  us  they  tuill  he 
upon  you.         ^ 

13  IF  Therefore  set  I  in  the  lower  places 
behind. the  wall,  a?id  on  the  higher  places,  I 
even  set  the  people  after  their  families  with 
their  swords,  their  spears,  and  their  bows. 

14  And  I  looked,  and  rose  up,  and  said 
unto  the  nobles,  and  to  the  rulers,  and  to 
the  rest  of  the  people,  Be  not  yc  afraid 
of  them :  remember  the  Lord,  which  is 
great  and  terrible,  and  fight  for  your 
brethren,  your  sons,  and  your  daughters, 
your  wives,  and  your  houses. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  our  enemies 
heard  that  it  was  known  unto  us,  and  God 
had  brought  their  counsel  to  nought,  that 
we  returned  all  of  us  to  the  wall,  every  one 
unto  his  work. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass  from  that  time 
forth,  that  the  half  of  my  servants  wrought 
in  the  work,  and  the  other  half  of  them 
held  both  the  spears,  the  shields,  aud  the 
bows,  and  the  habergeons;  and  the  rulers 
were  behind  all  the  house  of  Judah. 

17  They  which  builded  on  the  wall,  and 
they  that  bare  burdens,  with  those  that 
laded,  every  one  with  one  of  his  hands 
wrought  in  the  work,  and  with  the  other 
hand  held  a  weapon. 

18  For  the  builders,  every  one  had  his 
sword  girded  by  his  side,  and  .so  builded. 
And  he  that  sounded  the  trumj^ct  was  by 
me. 

19  H  And  I  said  unto  the  nobles,  and  to 
the  rulers,  and  to  the  rest  of  the  people. 
The  work  is  great  and  large,  and  Ave  are 
separated  upon  the  wall,  one  far  from  an- 
other. 

20  In  what  place  therefore  ye  hear  the 
sound  of  the  trumpet,  resort  ye  thither 
unto  lis :  our  God  shall  tight  for  us. 

21  So  we  laboured  in  the  Avork :  and  half 
of  them  held  the  spears  from  the  rising 
of  the  morning  till  the  stars  appeared. 


23  Likewise  at  the  same  time  said  I  unto 
the  people.  Let  every  one  with  his  servant 
lodge  Avithin  Jerusalem,  that  in  the  night 
they  may  be  a  guard  to  us,  and  labour  on 
the  day. 

23  So  neither  I,  nor  my  brethren,  nor  my 
serA^ants,  nor  the  men  of  the  guard  which 
followed  me,  none  of  us  put  ofi'our  clothes, 
saving  that  every  one  j)ut  them  off  for  wash- 
ing. 

CHAPTER  V. 

AND  there  AA-as  a  great  cry  of  the  peo- 
ple and  of  their  wives   against  their 
brethren  the  Jews. 

2  For  there  were  that  said.  We,  our  sons, 
and  our  daughters,  are  many :  therefore 
Ave  take  up  corn  for  them,  that  we  may 
eat,  and  live. 

3  Some  also  there  were  that  said.  We 
have  mortgaged  our  lands,  vjue3'ards,  and 
houses,  that  we  might  buy  corn,  because 
of  the  dearth. 

4  There  were  also  that  said.  We  have 
borrowed  money  for  the  king's  tribute, 
aiid  that  upon  our  lands  aud  vineyards. 

5  Yet  now  our  flesh  is  as  the  flesh  of 
our  brethren,  our  children  as  their  cliil- 
dren :  and,  lo,  we  bring  into  bondage  our 
sons  and  our  daughters  to  be  servants, 
and  some  of  our  daughters  are  brought 
into  bondage  already:  neither  is  it  in  our 
power  to  redeem  them;  for  other  men  have 
our  lands  aud  vineyards. 

6  Tl  And  I  Avas  very  angry  Avhen  I  heard 
their  cry  and  these  words. 

7  Then  I  consulted  with  myself,  and  I 
rebuked  the  nobles,  and  the  rulers,  arKl 
said  unto  them.  Ye  exact  usury,  every 
one  of  his  brother.  And  I  set  a  great  as- 
sembly against  them. 

8  And  I  said  unto  them.  We,  after  our 
ability,  have  redeemed  our  brethren  the 
JcAvs,  Avhich  were  sold  unto  the  heathen; 
and  Avill  ye  even  sell  your  brethren  ?  or 
shall  they  be  sold  unto  us?  Then  held 
they  their  peace,  and  found  nothing  to 
ansicer. 

9  Also  I  said.  It  is  not  good  that  ye 
do :  ought  ye  not  to  walk  in  the  fear 
of  our  God  because  of  the  reproach  of 
the  heathen  our  enemies  ? 

10  I  likcAvise,  and  my  brethren,  and  my 

serA'ants,  might  exact  of  them  money  and 

corn :    I    pray  you,  let  us   leave   off  this 

usury. 

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11  Restore,  I  pray  you,  to  thera,  even  this 
day,  their  lands,  their  vineyards,  their 
olivejards,  and  their  houses,  also  the 
hundredth  part  of  the  money,  and  of  the 
corn,  the  Avine,  and  the  oil,  that  ye  exact 
of thera. 

12  Then  said  they.  We  will  restore  them, 
and  will  require  nothing  of  them;  so  will 
we  do  as  thou  say  est.  Then  I  called  the 
priests,  and  took  an  oath  of  them,  that 
they  should  do  according  to  this  promise. 

13  Also  1  shook  my  lap,  and  said,  So 
God  shake  out  every  man  from  his  house, 
and  from  his  labour,  that  performeth  not 
this  promise,  even  thus  be  he  shaken  out, 
and  emptied.  And  all  the  congregation 
said.  Amen,  and  praised  the  Loud.  And 
the  people  did  according  to  this  promise. 

14  1  Moreover  from  the  time  that  I  was 
appointed  to  be  their  governor  in  the 
land  of  Judah,  from  the  twentieth  year 
even  unto  the  two  and  thirtieth  year  of 
Artaxerxes  the  king,  that  i.s,  twelve  years, 
I  and  ray  brethren  have  not  eaten  the 
bread  of  the  governor. 

15  But  the  forraer  governors  that  had 
been  before  me  were  chargeable  unto  the 
people,  and  had  taken  of  them  bread  and 
wine,  besides  forty  shekels  of  silver ;  yea, 
even  their  servants  bare  rule  over  the 
people:  but  so  did  not  I,  because  of  the 
fear  of  God. 

16  Yea,  also  I  continued  in  the  work  of 
this  wall,  neither  bought  we  any  land :  and 
all  ray  servants  xvere  gathered  thither  imto 
the  work. 

17  Moreover  there  mere  at  my  table  a  hund- 
red and  fifty  of  the  Jews  and  rulers,  be- 
sides those  that  came  unto  us  from  among 
the  heathen  that  are  about  us. 

18  Now  that  which  was  prepared  for  me 
daily  loas  one  ox  and  six  choice  sheep; 
also  fowls  were  prepared  for  me,  and  once 
in  ten  days  store  of  all  sorts  of  wine :  j'ct 
for  all  this  required  not  I  the  bread  of 
the  governor,  because  the  bondage  was 
heavy  upon  this  peoi)le. 

19  Think  upon  me,  my  God,  for  good, 
accordijig  to  all  that  I  have  done  for  this 
people. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass,  when  Sanliallat, 
and  Tobiah,  and  Geshem  the  Arabian, 
and  the  rest  of  our  enemies,  heard  that  I 
had  builded  the  wall,  and  tliat  there  was 

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no  breach  left  therein  ;  (though  at  that 
time  I  had  not  set  up  the  doors  upon  the 
gates ;) 

2  That  Sanballat  and  Geshem  sent  unto 
me,  saying.  Come,  let  us  meet  together  in 
some  one  of  the  villages  in  the  plain  of  Ono. 
But  they  thought  to  do  me  mischief. 

3  And  I  sent  messengers  unto  thera,  say- 
ing, I  am  doing  a  great  work,  so  that  I  can- 
not come  down :  why  should  the  work 
cease,  whilst  I  leave  it,  and  come  down  to 
you? 

4  Yet  they  sent  unto  rae  four  times  after 
this  sort ;  and  I  answered  thera  after  the 
same  manner. 

5  Then  sent  Sanballat  his  servant  unto 
me  in  like  manner  the  fifth  time  with  an 
oi)en  letter  in  his  hand ; 

6  Wherein  ?m.s  written.  It  is  reported 
among  the  heathen,  and  Gashmu  saith  it, 
that  thou  and  the  Jews  think  to  rebel:  for 
which  cause  thou  buildest  the  wall,  that 
thou  mayest  be  their  king,  according  to 
these  words. 

7  And  thou  hast  also  appointed  prophets 
to  preach  of  thee  at  Jerusalem,  saying, 
There  is  a  king  in  Judah :  and  now  shall 
it  be  reported  to  the  king  according  to 
these  words.  Come  now  therefore,  and  let 
us  take  counsel  together. 

8  Then  I  scut  unto  him,  saying.  There  are 
no  such  things  done  as  thou  sayest,  but 
thou  feignest  them  out  of  thine  own  heart. 

9  For  they  all  made  us  afraid,  saying. 
Their  hands  shall  be  weakened  from  the 
work,  that  it  be  not  done.     Now  therefore, 

0  God,  strengthen  my  hands. 

10  Afterward  I  came  unto  the  house  of 
Sheraaiah  the  sou  of  Delaiah  the  son  of 
Mehetabeel,  who  was  shut  up  ;  and  he  said. 
Let  us  meet  together  in  the  house  of  God, 
within  the  temple,  and  let  us  shut  the 
doors  of  the  temple:  for  they  will  come 
to  slay  thee;  yea,  in  the  night  Avill  they 
come  to  slay  thee. 

11  And  I  said.  Should  such  a  man  as  I 
flee?  and  who  is  there,  tliat,  hriiitj  as  I  am, 
would  go  into  the  temi)le  to  save  his  life? 

1  will  not  go  in, 

12  And,  lo,  I  perceived  that  God  had  not 
sent  him ;  but  that  he  pronounced  this 
prophecy  against  me  :  for  Tobiah  and  San- 
ballat had  hired  him. 

13  Therefore  was  he  hired,  that  I  should 
be  afraid,  and  do  so,  and  sin,  and  that  thej' 


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might  have  matter  for  an  evil  report,  that 
they  might  reproach  me. 

14  My  God,  think  thou  upon  Tobiah  and 
Sanballat  according  to  these  their  worlds, 
and  on  the  prophetess  Noadiah,  and  the 
rest  of  the  prophets,  that  would  have  put 
me  in  fear. 

15  ^  So  the  wall  was  finished  in  the 
twenty  and  fifth  day  of  the  month  Elul, 
in  fifty  and  two  days. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  all 
our  enemies  heard  thereoJ\  and  all  the  hea- 
then that  were  about  us  saw  these  thi?igs, 
they  were  much  cast  down  in  their  own 
eyes :  Xor  they  perceived  that  this  work 
was  wrought  of  our  God. 

17  If  Moreover  in  those  days  the  nobles 
of  Judah  sent  many  letters  unto  Tobiah, 
and  the  letters  of  Tobiah  came  unto  them. 

18  For  tliere  were  many  in  Judah  sworn 
unto  him,  because  he  was  the  son  in  law  of 
Shechaniah  the  sou  of  Arab  ;  and  his  son 
Johanan  had  taken  the  daughter  of  Me- 
shullam  the  son  of  Berechiah. 

19  Also  they  reported  his  good  deeds 
before  me,  and  uttered  my  words  to  him. 
And  Tobiah  sent  letters  to  put  me  in  fear. 

w 
CHAPTER  VII. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  wall 
was  built,  and  I  had  set  up  the 
doors,  and  the  porters  and  the  singers 
and  the  Levites  were  appointed, 

2  That  I  gave  my  brother  Hanani,  and 
Hananiah  the  ruler  of  the  palace,  charge 
over  Jerusalem :  for  he  was  a  faithful 
man,  aud  feared  God  above  many. 

3  And  I  said  unto  them,  Let  not  the  gates 
of  Jerusalem  be  opened  until  the  sun  be 
hot;  and  while  they  stand  by,  let  them 
shut  the  doors,  aud  bar  them:  and  ap- 
point watches  of  the  inhabitants  of  Jeru- 
salem, every  one  in  his  watch,  and  every 
one  to  he  over  against  his  house. 

4  Now  the  city  loas  large  and  great:  but 
the  people  v;ere  few  therein,  and  the  houses 
were  not  builded. 

5  TI  And  my  God  put  into  mine  heart 
to  gather  together  the  nobles,  and  the 
rulers,  and  the  people,  that  they  might  be 
reckoned  by  genealogy.  And  1  found  a 
register  of  the  genealogy  of  them  which 
came  up  at  the  first,  and  found  written 
therein, 

6  These  are  the  children  of  the  province. 


that  went  up  out  of  the  captivity,  of  those 
that  had  been  carried  awaj',  whom  Nel)u- 
chadnezzar  the  king  of  Babylon  had  car- 
ried away,  and  came  again  to  Jerusalem 
and  to  Judah,  everyone  unto  his  city, 

7  Who  came  with  Zerubbabel,  Jeshua, 
Nehemiah,  Azariah,  Raamiah,  Nahamaui, 
Mordecai,  Bilshan,  Mispereth,  Bigvai,  Ne- 
hum,  Baanah.  The  number,  /  say^  of  the 
men  of  the  people  of  Israel  vms  this  ; 

8  The  children  of  Parosh,  two  thousand 
a  hundred  seventy  and  two. 

9  The  children  of  Shephatiah,  three  hund- 
red seventy  and  two. 

10  The  children  of  Arab,  six  hundred  fifty 
and  two. 

11  The  children  of  Pahath-moab,  of  the 
children  of  Jeshua  and  Joab,  two  thou- 
sand and  eight  hundred  a)id  eighteen. 

12  The  children  of  Elam,  a  thousand  two 
hundred  fifty  and  four. 

13  The  children  of  Zattu,  eight  hundred 
forty  and  five. 

14  The  children  of  Zaccai,  seven  himdred 
aud  threescore. 

15  The  children  of  Binnui,  six  hundred 
forty  and  eight. 

16  The  children  of  Bebai,  six  hundred 
twenty  and  eight. 

17  The  children  of  Azgad,  two  thousand 
three  hundred  twenty  and  two. 

18  The  children  of  Adonikam,  six  bund- 
led threescore  and  seven. 

19  The  children  of  Bigvai,  two  thousand 
threescore  and  seven. 

20  The  children  of  Adiu,  six  hundred  fifty 
and  five. 

21  The  children  of  Ater  of  Hezekiah, 
ninety  and  eight. 

22  The  children  of  Hashum,  three  hund- 
red twenty  and  eight. 

23  The  children  of  Bezai,  three  hundred 
twenty  and  four. 

24  The  children  of  Hariph,  a  hundred  and 
twelve. 

25  The  children  of  Gibeon,  ninety  and  five. 

26  The  men  of  Beth-lehem  aud  Netoi3hah, 
a  hundred  fourscore  and  eight. 

27  The  men  of  Auathoth,  a  hundred 
twenty  and  eight. 

28  The  men  of  Beth-azmaveth,  forty  and 
tv/o. 

29  The  men  of  Kirjath-jearim,  Chcphirah, 
and  Beeroth,  seven  hundred  forty  and 
three. 

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30  The  men  of  Raruah  and  Gaba,  eix 
hundred  twenty  and  one. 

31  The  men  of  Michmas,  a  hundred  and 
twenty  and  two. 

32  The  men  of  Beth-el  and  Ai,a  hundred 
twenty  and  three. 

33  The  men  of  the  other  Nebo,  fifty  and 
two. 

34  The  children  of  the  other  Elara,  a 
thousand  two  hundred  fifty  and  four. 

35  The  children  of  Harim,  three  hundred 
and  twent}-. 

36  The  children  of  Jericho,  three  hundred 
fort}'  and  five. 

37  The  children  of  Lod,  Hadid,  and  Ono, 
seven  hundred  twenty  and  one. 

38  The  children  of  Senaah,  three  thou- 
sand nine  hundred  and  thirty. 

39  T[  The  priests:  the  children  of  Jedaiah, 
of  the  house  of  Jeshua,  nine  hundred  sev- 
ent}'  and  three. 

40  The  children  of  Immer,  a  thousand 
fifty  and  two. 

41  The  children  of  Pashur,  a  thousand 
two  hundred  forty  and  seven. 

42  The  children  of  Harim,  a  thousand 
and  seventeen. 

43  Ti  The  Levites  :  the  children  of  Jeshua, 
of  Kadmiel,  aiid  of  the  children  of  Hode- 
vah,  seventy  and  four. 

44  Tl  The  singers :  the  children  of  Asajih, 
a  hundred  forty  and  eight. 

45  Ti  The  porters :  the  children  of  Shallura, 
the  children  of  Ater,  the  children  of  Tal- 
mon,  the  children  of  Akkub,  the  children 
of  Hatita,  the  children  of  Shobai,  a  hund- 
red thirty  and  eight. 

46  1  The  Nethinim :  the  children  of  Ziha, 
the  children  of  Hashupha,  the  children  of 
Tabbaoth, 

47  The  children  of  Keros,  the  children 
of  Sia,  the  children  of  Padon, 

48  The  children  of  Lebana,  the  children 
of  Hagaba,  the  children  of  Shalmai, 

49  The  children  of  Hanan,  the  children 
of  Giddel,  the  children  of  Gahar, 

50  The  children  of  Reaiah,  the  children 
of  Rezin,  the  children  of  Nekoda, 

51  The  children  of  Gazzam,  the  children 
of  Uzza,  the  children  of  Phaseah, 

52  The  children  of  Besai,  the  children 
of  Meunim,  the  children  of  Nephishe- 
sim, 

53  The  children  of  Bakbuk,  the  children 
of  Hakui)ha,  the  children  of  Harhur, 


54  The  children  of  Bazlith,  the  children  of 
Mehida,  the  children  of  Harsha, 

55  The  children  of  Barkos,  the  children 
of  Sisera,  the  children  of  Taraah, 

56  The  children  of  Neziah,  the  children 
of  Hatipha. 

57  Tl  The  children  of  Solomon's  servants : 
the  children  of  Sotai,  the  children  of 
Sophereth,  the  children  of  Perida, 

58  The  children  of  Jaala,  the  children 
of  Darkon,  the  children  of  Giddel, 

59  The  children  of  Shephatiah,  the  chil- 
dren of  Hattil,  the  children  of  Pochereth 
of  Zebaim,  the  children  of  Amon. 

60  All  the  Nethinim,  and  the  children 
of  Solomon's  serA'ants,  were  three  hundred 
ninety  and  two. 

61  And  these  were  they  which  went  up 
aUo  from  Tel-melah,  Tel-haresha,  Cherub, 
Addon,  and  Immer:  but  they  could  not 
shew  their  father's  house,  nor  their  seed, 
whether  they  ivere  of  Israel. 

62  The  children  of  Delaiah,  the  children 
of  Tobiah,  the  children  of  Nekoda,  six 
hundred  forty  and  two. 

63  T[  And  of  the  priests :  the  children 
of  Habaiah,  the  children  of  Koz,  the  chil- 
dren of  Barzillai,  which  took  one  of  the 
daughters  of  Barzillai  the  Gileadite  to  wife, 
and  was  called  after  their  name. 

64  These  sought  their  register  among 
those  that  were  reckoned  by  genealogy, 
but  it  was  not  found :  therefore  Avere  they, 
as  polluted,  put  from  the  priesthood. 

65  And  the  Tirshatha  said  unto  them,  that 
they  should  not  eat  of  the  most  holy 
things,  till  there  stood  up  a  priest  with 
Urim  and  Thummim. 

66  T[  The  whole  congregation  together 
^vas  forty  and  two  thousand  three  hund- 
red and  threescore, 

67  Besides  their  manservants  and  their 
maidservants,  of  whom  there  were  seven 
thousand  three -hundred  thirty  and  seven: 
and  they  had  two  hixndred  forty  and  five 
singing  men  and  singing  women. 

68  Their  horses,  seven  hundred  thirty 
and  six:  their  mules,  two  hundred  forty 
and  five : 

69  Their  camels,  four  hundred  thirty  and 
five:  six  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
twenty  asses. 

70  Tl  And  some  of  the  chief  of  the  fathers 
gave  unto  the  work.  The  Tirshatha  gave 
to  the  treasure  a  thousand  drams  of  c:old, 


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fifty  basins,  five  hundred  and  thirty  priests' 
garments. 

71  And  some  of  the  chief  of  the  fathers 
gave  to  the  treasure  of  the  work  twenty 
thousand  drams  of  gold,  and  two  thousand 
and  two  hundred  pounds  of  silver. 

73  And  that  which  the  rest  of  the  peo- 
ple gave  rvas  twenty  thousand  drams 
of  gold,  and  two  thousand  pounds  of 
silver,  and  threescore  and  seven  priests' 
garments. 

73  So  the  priests,  and  the  Levites,  and 
the  porters,  and  the  singers,  and  some  of 
the  people,  and  the  Nethinim,  and  all  Is- 
rael, dwelt  in  their  cities;  and  when  the 
seventh  month  came,  the  children  of 
Israel  were  in  their  cities,      f 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

AND  all  the  people  gathered  themselves 
together  as  one  man  into  the  street 
that  was  before  the  water  gate;  and  they 
spake  unto  Ezra  the  scribe  to  bring  the  ' 
book  of  the  law  of  Moses,  which  the 
Lord  had  commanded  to  Israel. 

2  And  Ezra  the  priest  brought  the  law 
before  the  congregation  both  of  men  and 
women,  and  all  that  could  hear  with 
understanding,  upon  the  first  day  of  the 
seventh  month. 

3  And  he  read  therein  before  the  street 
that  was  before  the  water  gate  from  the 
morning  until  midday,  before  the  men 
and  the  women,  and  those  that  could 
understand;  and  the  ears  of  all  the  peo- 
ple were  attentive  unto  the  book  of  the  law. 

4  And  Ezra  the  scribe  stood  upon  a 
pulpit  of  wood,  which  they  had  made  for 
the  purpose;  and  beside  him  stood  Mat- 
tithiah,  and  Shema,  and  Anaiah,  and  Uri- 
jah,  and  Hilkiah,  and  Maaseiah,  on  his 
right  hand ;  and  on  his  left  hand,  Pedalah, 
and  Mishael,  and  Malchiah,  and  Hashuni, 
and  Hashbadana,  Zechariah,  aiid  Meshul- 
1am. 

5  And  Ezra  opened  the  book  in  the  sight 
of  all  the  people;  (for  he  was  above  all 
the  people;)  and  when  he  opened  it,  all 
the  people  stood  up  : 

6  And  Ezra  blessed  the  Lord,  the  great 
God.  And  all  the  people  answered.  Amen, 
Amen,  with  lifting  up  their  hands  :  and 
they  bowed  their  heads,  and  worshipped 
the  Lord  with  their  foces  to  the  ground. 

7  Also  Jeshua,  and  Bani,  and  Sherebiah, 


Jamin,  Akkub,  Shabbethai,  Hodijah,  Maa- 
seiah, Kelita,  Azariab,  Jozabad,  Hanan, 
Pelaiah,  and  the  Levites,  caused  the  people 
to  understand  the  law:  and  the  people 
stood  in  their  place. 

8  So  they  read  in  the  book  in  the  law 
of  God  distinctly,  and  gave  the  sense,  and 
caused  theni  to  understand  the  reading. 

9  ^  And  Nehemiah,  which  is  the  Tir- 
shatha,  and  Ezra  the  priest  the  scribe, 
and  the  Levites  that  taught  the  people, 
said  unto  all  the  people,  This  day  is  holy 
unto  the  Lord  your  God ;  mourn  not, 
nor  weep.  For  all  the  peoi)le  wept,  when 
they  heard  the  Avords  of  the  law. 

10  Then  he  said  unto  them,  Go  your  way, 
eat  the  fat,  and  drink  the  sweet,  and  send 
portions  unto  them  for  whom  nothing  is 
prepared:  for  this  day  is  holy  unto  our 
Lord:  neither  be  ye  sorry;  for  the  joy 
of  the  Lord  is  your  strength. 

11  So  the  Levites  stilled  all  the  people, 
saying,  Hold  your  peace,  for  the  day  is 
holy;  neither  be  ye  grieved. 

13  And  all  the  people  went  their  way  to 
eat,  and  to  drink,  and  to  send  portions, 
and  to  make  great  mirth,  because  they 
had  understood  the  words  that  were  de- 
clared unto  them. 

13  ^  And  on  the  second  day  were  gath- 
ered together  the  chief  of  the  fathers  of  all 
the  people,  the  priests,  and  the  Levites, 
unto  Ezra  the  scribe,  even  to  understand 
the  words  of  the  law. 

14  And  they  found  written  in  the  law 
which  the  Lord  had  commanded  by  Moses, 
that  the  children  of  Israel  should  dwell  in 
booths  in  the  feast  of  the  seventh  month: 

15  And  that  they  should  publish  and  pro- 
claim in  all  their  cities,  and  in  Jerusalem, 
saying,  Go  forth  unto  the  mount,  and  fetch 
olive  branches,  and  pine  branches,  and 
myrtle  branches,  and  palm  branches,  and 
branches  of  thick  ti'ees,  to  make  booths, 
as  it  is  written. 

16  H  So  the  people  Avent  forth,  and 
brought  them^  and  made  themselves 
booths,  every  one  upon  the  roof  of  his 
house,  and  in  their  courts,  and  in  the 
courts  of  the  house  of  God,  and  in  the 
street  of  the  water  gate,  and  in  the  street 
of  the  gate  of  Ephraim. 

17  And  all  the  congregation  of  them  that 
were  come  again  out  of  the  captivity  made 
booths,  and  sat  under  the  booths :  for  since 

487 


NEHEMIAH. 


the  days  of  Jeshua  the  son  of  Nuu  uuto 
that  day  had  uot  the  children  of  Israel 
done  so.  And  th-ere  was  very  great  glad- 
ness, 

18  Also  day  by  day,  from  the  first  day 
unto  the  last  day,  he  read  in  the  book 
of  the  law  of  God.  And  they  kept  the 
feast  seven  days;  and  on  the  eighth  day 
was  a  solemn  assembly,  according  unto 
the  manner.  * 

CHAPTER  IX. 

NOW  in  the  twenty  and  fourth  day  of 
this  month  the  children  of  Israel  were 
assembled  with  fasting,  and  with  sack- 
clothes,  and  earth  upon  them. 

2  And  the  seed  of  Israel  separated  them- 
selves from  all  strangers,  and  stood  and 
confessed  their  sins,  and  the  iniquities  of 
their  fiithers. 

3  And  they  stood  up  in  their  place,  and 
read  in  the  book  of  the  law  of  the  Lord 
their  God  07ie  fourth  part  of  the  day;  and 
another  fourth  part  they  confessed,  and 
worshipped  the  Lokd  their  God. 

4  TI  Then  stood  up  upon  the  stairs,  of  the 
Levites,  Jeshua,  and  Bani,  Kadmiel,  Sheb- 
aniah,  Bunui,  Sherebiah,  Bani,  atul  Chen- 
ani,  and  cried  with  a  loud  voice  unto  th€ 
Lokd  their  God. 

5  Then  the  Levites,  Jeshua,  and  Kadmiel, 
Bani,  Hashabniah,  Sherebiah,  Hodijah,Sheb- 
aniah,  and  Pethahiah,  said.  Stand  up  and 
bless  the  Lord  your  God  for  ever  and  ever: 
and  blessed  be  thy  glorious  name,  which 
is  exalted  above  all  blessing  and  praise. 

6  Thou,  eve}i  thou,  art  Lord  alone ;  thou 
hast  made  heaven,  the  heaven  of  heavens, 
Avith  all  their  host,  the  earth,  and  all  i7ihigs 
that  are  therein,  the  seas,  and  all  that  is 
therein,  and  thou  preservest  them  all ;  and 
the  host  of  heaven  worshippeth  thee. 

7  Thou  art  the  Lord  the  God,  who  didst 
choose  Abram,  and  broughtest  him  forth 
out  of  Ur  of  the  Chaldees,  and  gavest  him 
the  name  of  Abraham  ; 

8  A-ud  foundest  his  heart  faithful  before 
thee,  and  madest  a  covenant  with  him  to 
give  the  land  of  the  Canaanites,  the  Hit- 
tites,  the  Amorites,  and  the  Perizzites,  and 
the  Jebusites,  and  the  Girgashites,  to  give 
it,  I  say,  to  his  seed,  and  hast  performed 
thy  words ;  for  thou  art  righteous : 

9  And  didst  see  the  affliction  of  our  fa- 
thers in  Egypt,  and  heardest  their  cry  by 
the  Red  sea; 


10  And  sliewedst  signs  and  wonders  upon 
Phara(jh,  and  on  all  his  servants,  and  on 
all  the  people  of  his  land :  for  thou  kuew- 
est  that  they  dealt  i)roudly  againt^t  them. 
So  didst  thou  get  thee  a  name,  as  it  is  this 
day. 

11  And  thou  didst  divide  the  sea  before 
them,  so  that  they  went  through  the  midst 
of  the  sea  on  the  dry  land;  and  their  per- 
secutors thou  threwest  into  the  deeps,  as 
a  stone  into  the  mighty  Avaters. 

12  Moreover  thou  leddest  them  in  the  day 
by  a  cloudy  pillar;  and  in  the  night  by  a 
pillar  of  fire,  to  give  them  light  in  the  way 
wherein  they  should  go. 

13  Thou  camest  down  also  upon  mount 
Sinai,  and  spakest  with  them  from  heaven, 
and  gavest  them  right  judgments,  and  true 
laws,  good  statutes  and  commandments: 

14  And  madest  known  unto  them  thy 
holy  sabbath,  and  commandedst  them  pre- 
cepts, statutes,  and  laws,  by  the  hand  of 
Moses  thy  servant : 

15  And  gavest  them  bread  from  heaven 
for  their  hunger,  and  broughtest  forth 
water  for  them  out  of  the  rock  for  their 
thirst,  and  promisedst  them  that  they 
should  go  in  to  possess  the  land  which 
thou  hadst  sworn  to  give  them. 

16  But  they  and  our  fathers  dealt  proudly, 
and  hardened  their  necks,  and  hearkened 
not  to  thy  commandments, 

17  And  refused  to  obey,  neither  were 
mindful  of  thy  wonders  that  thou  didst 
among  them;  but  hardened  their  necks, 
and  in  their  rebellion  ai)pointed  a  captain 
to  return  to  their  bondage:  but  thou  art  a 
God  ready  to  pardon,  gracious  and  merci- 
ful, slow  to  anger,  and  of  great  kindness, 
and  forsookest  them  not. 

18  Yea,  when  they  had  made  them  a  molt- 
en calf,  and  said.  This  i.s  thy  God  that 
brought  thee  up  out  of  Egypt,  and  had 
wrought  great  provocations ; 

19  Yet  thou  in  thy  manifold  mercies  for- 
sookest them  not  in  the  wilderness :  the 
pillar  of  the  cloud  departed  not  from  them 
by  day,  to  lead  them  in  the  way  ;  neither 
the  pillar  of  fire  by  night,  to  shew  them 
light,  and  the  way  Avherein  they  should  go. 

20  Thou  gavest  also  thy  good  Spirit  to 
instruct  them,  and  Avithheldest  not  thy 
manna  ft-om  their  mouth,  and  gavest  them 
water  for  their  thirst. 

21  Yea,   forty   years   didst  thou  sustain 


NE  HE  MI  AH. 


them  ill  the  wilderness,  .so  that  they  lacked 
nothing ;  their  clothes  waxed  not  old,  and 
their  feet  swelled  not. 
23  Moreover  thou  gayest  them  kingdoms 
and  nations,  and  didst  divide  them  into 
corners :  so  they  possessed  the  land  of 
Sihon,  and  the  land  of  the  king  of  Hesh- 
bou,  and  the  laud  of  Og  king  of  Bashau. 

23  Their  children  also  multipliedst  thou 
as  the  stars  of  heaven,  and  hroughtest 
them  into  the  laud,  concerning  which  thou 
hadst  promised  to  their  fathers,  that  they 
should  go  in  to  possess  it. 

24  So  the  children  went  in  and  possessed 
the  lan4,  and  thou  subduedst  before  them 
the  inhabitants  of  the  land,  the  Canaanites, 
and  gavest  them  into  their  hands,  with 
their  kings,  and  the  people  of  the  land, 
that  they  might  do  with  them  as  they 
would. 

"  25  And  they  took  strong  cities,  and  a  fat 
land,  and  possessed  houses  full  of  all 
goods,  wells  digged,  vineyards,  and  olive- 
yards,  and  fruit  trees  in  abundance :  so 
they  did  eat,  and  were  filled,  and  became 
fat,  and  delighted  themselves  in  thy  great 
goodness. 

26  Nevertheless  ihcy  were  disobedient, 
and  rebelled  against  thee,  and  cast  thy  law 
behind  their  backs,  and  slew  thy  prophets 
which  testified  against  them  to  turn  them 
to  thee,  and  they  wrought  great  provoca- 
tions. 

27  Therefore  thou  deliveredst  them  into 
the  hand  of  their  enemies,  who  vexed 
them:  and  in  the  time  of  their  trouble, 
w^hen  they  cried  unto  thee,  thou  heardest 
them  from  heaven ;  and  according  to  thy 
manifold  mercies  thou  gavest  them  sav- 
iours, who  saved  them  out  of  the  hand 
of  their  enemies. 

28  But  after  they  had  rest,  they  did  evil 
again  before  thee :  therefore  leftest  thou 
them  in  the  hand  of  their  enemies,  so  that 
they  had  the  dominion  over  them :  yet 
w^hen  they  returned,  and  cried  unto  thee, 
thou  heardest  them  from  heaven;  and 
many  times  didst  thou  deliver  them  ac- 
cording to  thy  mercies ; 

29  And  testifiedst  against  them,  that  thou 
mightest  bring  them  again  unto  thy  law : 
yet  they  dealt  pi-oudly,  and  hearkened  not 
unto  thy  commandments,  but  sinned 
against  thy  judgments,  (which  if  a  man 
do,  he  shall  live  in  them ;)   and  withdrew 


the  shoulder,  and  hardened  their  neck,  and 
would  not  hear. 

30  Yet  many  years  didst  thou  forbear 
them,  and  testifiedst  against  them  by  thy 
Spirit  in  thy  prophets :  yet  would  they 
not  give  ear:  therefore  gavest  thou  them 
into  the  hand  of  the  people  of  the  lands. 

31  Nevertheless  for  thy  great  mercies' 
sake  thou  didst  not  utterly  consume  them, 
nor  forsake  them  ;  for  thou  art  a  gracious 
and  merciful  God. 

32  Now  therefore,  our  God,  the  great,  the 
mighty,  and  the  terrible  God,  who  keep- 
est  covenant  and  mercy,  let  not  all  the 
trouble  seem  little  before  thee,  that  hath 
come  upon  us,  on  our  kings,  on  our 
princes,  and  on  our  priests,  and  on  our 
prophets,  and  on  our  fathers,  and  on  all 
thy  people,  since  the  time  of  the  kings 
of  Assyria  unto  this  day. 

33  Howbeit  thou  art  just  in  all  that  is 
brought  upon  us;  for  thou  hast  done  right, 
but  we  have  done  wickedl}' : 

34  Neither  have  our  kings,  our  princes, 
our  priests,  nor  our  fathers,  kept  thy  law, 
nor  hearkened  unto  thy  commandments 
and  thy  testimonies,  wherewith  thou  didst 
testify  against  them. 

35  For  they  have  not  served  thee  in  their 
kingdom,  and  in  thy  great  goodness  that 
thou  gavest  them,  and  in  the  large  and  fat 
land  which  thou  gavest  before  them,  nei- 
ther turned  they  from  their  wicked  works. 

36  Behold,  we  are  servants  this  day,  and 
for  the  land  that  thou  gavest  unto  our 
fathers  to  eat  the  fruit  thereof  and  the 
good  thereof,  behold,  we  are  servants  in 
it: 

37  And  it  yieldeth  much  increase  unto 
the  kings  whom  thou  hast  set  over  us  be- 
cause of  our  sins :  also  the}^  have  domin- 
ion over  our  bodies,  and  over  our  cattle,  at 
their  pleasure,  and  we  are  iu  great  uistress. 

38  And  because  of  all  this  Ave  make  a 
sure  covenant^  and  write  it;  and  our  priuces, 
Levites,  and  priests,  seal  unto  it.         je 

CHAPTER  X. 

NOW  those  that  sealed  were,  Nehemiah, 
the   Tirshatha,  the  son  of  Hachaliah, 
and  Zidkijah, 

2  Seraiah,  Azariah,  Jeremiah, 

3  Pashur,  Amariah,  Malchijah, 

4  Hattush,  Shebaniah,  Malluch, 

5  Harim,  Mercmoth,  Obadiah, 

489 


6  Dauiel,  Ginnethou,  Barucb, 

7  Mcshullatu,  Abijab,  Mijainiu, 

8  Maaziah,  Bilgai,  Sliemaiah:  these  loere 
the  priests. 

9  And  the  Levites :  both  Jeshua  the  sou 
of  Azauiah,  Biunui  of  the  sous  of  Hena- 
dad,  Kadmiel ; 

10  And  their  brethren,  Shebauiah,  Ho- 
dijah,  Kelita,  Pelaiah,  Hanan, 

11  Micha,  Rehob,  Hashabiah, 

12  Zaccur,  Sherebiah,  Shebauiah, 

13  Hodijah,  Bani,  Beninu. 

14  The  chief  of  the  people ;  Parosh,  Pa- 
hath-moab,  Elam,  Zatthu,  Baui, 

15  Bunni,  Azgad,  Bebai, 

16  Adonijah,  JBigvai,  Adin, 

17  Ater,  Hizkijah,  Azznr, 

18  Hodijah,  Hashum,  Bezai, 

19  Hariph,  Anathoth,  Nebai, 

20  Magpiash,  Meshullam,  Hezir, 

21  Meshezabeel,  Zadok,  Jaddua, 

22  Pelatiah,  Hanan,  Anaiah, 

23  Hoshea,  Hananiah,  Hashub, 

24  Hallohesh,  Pileha,  Shobek, 

25  Rehum,  Hashabnah,  Maaseiah, 

26  And  Ahijah,  Hanan,  Anan, 

27  Malluch,  Harim,  Baanah. 

28  TI  And  the  rest  of  the  people,  the 
priests,  the  Levites,  the  porters,  the  sing- 
ers, the  Nethinim,  and  all  they  that  had 
separated  themselves  from  the  people  of 
the  lands  unto  the  law  of  God,  their 
wives,  their  sons,  and  their  daughters, 
every  one  having  knowledge,  and  having 
understanding ; 

29  They  clave  to  their  brethren,  their 
nobles,  and  entered  into  a  curse,  and  into 
an  oath,  to  walk  in  God's  law,  which  was 
given  by  Moses  the  servant  of  God,  and 
to  observe  and  do  all  the  commandments 
of  the  Lord  our  Lord,  and  his  judgments 
and  his  statutes ; 

30  And    that    we    would    not    give  our 


NEHEMIAH. 

oo  For   the  shewLMcad 


lud  for  the  con- 
tinual meat  ofieriug,  and  for  the  coufTtiual 
burnt  oflering,  of  the  sabbaths,  of  the 
new  moons,  for  the  set  feasts,  and  for 
the  holy  things^  and  for  the  sin  otieriugs 
to  make  an  atonement  for  Israel,  and  for 
all  the  work  of  the  house  of  our  God. 

34  And  we  cast  the  lots  among  the 
priests,  the  Levites,  and  the  people,  for 
the  wood  offering,  to  bring  it  into  the 
house  of  our  God,  after  the  houses  of  our 
fathers,  at  times  appointed  year  by  year, 
to  burn  upon  the  altar  of  the  Lord  our 
God,  as  it  is  written  in  the  law : 

35  And  to  bring  the  firstfruits  of  our 
ground,  and  the  firstfruits  of  all  fruit  of 
all  trees,  year  by  year,  unto  the  house  of 
the  Lord  : 

36  Also  the  firstborn  of  our  sons,  and  of 
our  cattle,  as  it  is  written  in  the  law,  and 
the  firstlings  of  our  herds  and  of  our 
flocks,  to  bring  to  the  house  of  our  God, 
unto  the  priests  that  minister  in  the  house 
of  our  God : 

37  And  that  we  should  bring  the  first- 
fruits  of  our  dough,  and  our  offerings,  and 
the  fruit  of  all  manner  of  trees,  of  wine 
and  of  oil,  unto  the  priests,  to  the  cham- 
bers of  the  house  of  our  God;  and  the 
tithes  of  our  ground  unto  the  Levites,  that 
the  same  Levites  might  have  the  tithes 
in  all  the  cities  of  our  tillage. 

38  And  the  priest  the  son  of  Aaron  shall 
be  with  the  Levites,  when  the  Levites  take 
tithes :  and  the  Levites  shall  bring  up  the 
tithe  of  the  tithes  unto  the  house  of  our 
God,  to  the  chambers,  into  the  treasure 
house. 

39  For  the  children  of  Israel  and  the 
children  of  Levi  shall  bring  the  offering 
of  the  corn,  of  the  new  wine,  and  the 
oil,  unto  the  chambers,  where  are  the  ves- 
sels of  the  sanctuary,  and  the  priests  that 


daughters  unto  the  people  of  the  land,  nor  i  minister,  and  the  porters,   and  the  sin 


take  their  daughters  for  our  sons  : 

31  And  if  the  people  of  the  land  bring 
ware  or  any  victuals  on  the  sabbath  day 
to  sell,  t/iat  we  Avould  not  buy  it  of  them 
on  the  sabbath,  or  on  the  holy  day:  and 
t?iat  we  would  leave  the  seventh  year,  and 
the  exaction  of  every  debt. 

32  Also  we  made  ordinances  for  us,  to 
charge  ourselves  yearly  with  the  third  part 
of  a  shekel  for  the  service  of  the  house 
of  our  God ; 

490 


ers :  and  we  will  not  forsake  the  house 
of  our  God.       t 

CHAPTER  XL 

AND  the  rulers  of  the  people  dwelt  at 
-  Jerusalem :  the  rest  of  the  jieople 
also  cast  lots,  to  bring  one  of  ten  to 
dwell  in  Jerusalem  the  holy  city,  and 
nine  parts  to  dwell  in  other  cities. 
2  And  the  people  blessed  all  the  men, 
that  willingly  offered  themselves  to  dwell 
at  Jerusalem. 


NEHEMIAH. 


3  1i  Now  these  are  the  chief  of  the  prov- 
ince that  dwelt  in  Jerusalem :  but  in  the 
cities  of  Judah  dwelt  every  one  in  his 
possession  in  their  cities,  to  wit^  Israel, 
the  priests,  and  the  Levites,  and  the 
Nethinim,  and  the  children  of  Solomon's 
servants. 

4  And  at  Jerusalem  dwelt  certain  of  the 
children  of  Judah,  and  of  the  children  of 
Benjamin.  Of  the  children  of  Judah; 
Athaiah  the  son  of  Uzziah,  the  son  of 
Zecliariah,  the  son  of  Amariah,  the  son 
of  Shephatiah,  the  son  of  Mahalaleel,  of 
the  children  of  Perez ; 

5  And  Maaseiah  the  son  of  Baruch,  the 
son  of  Col-hozeh,  the  son  of  Hazaiah, 
the  son  of  Adaiah,  the  son  of  Joiarib, 
the  son  of  Zechariah,  the  son  of  Shiloni. 

6  AH  the  sons  of  Perez  that  dwelt  at 
Jerusalem  were  four  hundred  threescore 
and  eight  valiant  men. 

7  And  these  are  the  sons  of  Benjamin; 
Sallu  the  son  of  Meshullam,  the  son  of 
Joed,  the  son  of  Pedaiah,  the  soil  of  Kola- 
iah,  the  son  of  Maaseiah,  the  son  of  Ithiel, 
the  son  of  Jesaiah. 

8  And  after  him  Gabbai,  Sallai,  nine  hund- 
red twenty  and  eight. 

9  And  Joel  the  son  of  Zichri  wan  their 
overseer:  and  Judah  the  son  of  Seuuah 
was  second  over  the  city. 

10  Of  the  priests:  Jedaiah  the  son  of 
Joiarib,  Jachin. 

11  Seraiah  the  son  of  Hilkiah,  the  son 
of  Meshullam,  the  son  of  Zadok,  the  son 
of  Meraioth,  the  son  of  Ahitub,  wa,s  the 
ruler  of  the  house  of  God. 

12  And  their  brethren  that  did  the  work 
of  the  house  were  eight  hundred  twenty 
and  two:  and  Adaiah  the  son  of  Jero- 
ham,  the  son  of  Pelaliah,  the  son  of  Amzi, 
the  son  of  Zechariah,  the  son  of  Pashur, 
the  son  of  Malchiah, 

13  And  his  brethren,  chief  of  the  fathers, 
two  hundred  forty  and  two :  and  Amashai 
the  son  of  Azareel,  the  son  of  Ahasai,  the 
son  of  Meshillemoth,  the  son  of  Im- 
mer, 

14  And  their  brethren,  mighty  men  of 
valour,  a  hundred  twenty  and  eight :  and 
their  overseer  ivas  Zabdiel,  the  son  of  one 
ofthe  great  men. 

15  Also  of  the  Levites:  Shemaiah  the 
son  of  Hashub,  the  son  of  Azrikam,  the 
son  of  Hashabiah,  the  son  of  Bunni ; 


10  And  Shabbethai  and  Jozabad,  of  the 
chief  of  the  Levites,  had  the  oversight  of 
the  outward  business  of  the  house  of 
God. 

17  And  Mattaniah  the  son  of  Micha,  the 
son  of  Zabdi,  the  son  of  Asaph,  wan  the 
principal  to  begin  the  thanksgiving  in 
prayer:  and  Bakbukiah  the  second  among 
his  brethren,  and  Abda  the  son  of  Sham- 
mua,  the  son  of  Galal,  the  son  of  Jeduthun. 

18  All  the  Levites  in  the  holy  city  were 
two  hundred  fourscore  and  four. 

19  Moreover  the  porters,  Akkub,  Talmon, 
and  their  brethren  that  kept  the  gates, 
were  a  hundred  seventy  and  two. 

20  ^  And  the  residue  of  Israel,  of  the 
priests,  and  the  Levites,  were  in  all  the 
cities  of  Judah,  every  one  in  his  inherit- 
ance. 

21  But  the  Nethinim  dwelt  in  Ophel: 
and  Ziha  and  Gispa  were  over  the  Nethi- 
nim. 

22  The  overseer  also  of  the  Levites  at 
Jerusalem  was  Uzzi  the  son  of  Bani,  the 
son  of  Hashabiah,  the  son  of  Mattaniah, 
the  son  of  Micha.  Of  the  sons  of  Asaph, 
the  singers  were  over  the  business  of  the 
house  of  God. 

23  For  it  ivas  the  king's  commandment 
concerning  them,  that  a  certain  portion 
should  be  for  the  singers,  due  for  every 
day. 

24  And  Pethahiah  the  son  of  Meshezabeel, 
of  the  children  of  Zerah  the  sou  of  Judah, 
ivas  at  the  king's  hand  in  all  matters  con- 
cerning the  people. 

25  And  for  the  villages,  with  their  fields, 
some  of  the  children  of  Judah  dwelt  at 
Kirjath-arba,  and  m  the  villages  thereof, 
and  at  Dibon,  and  in  the  villages  thereof, 
and  at  Jekabzeel,  and  m  the  villages 
thereof, 

26  And  at  Jeshua,  and  at  Moladah,  and 
at  Beth-phelet, 

27  And  at  Hazar-shual,  and  at  Beer-sheba, 
and  iti  the  villages  thereof, 

28  And  at  Ziklag,  and  at  Mekonah,  and  in 
the  villages  thereof, 

29  And  at  En-rimmon,  and  at  Zareah,  and 
at  Jarmuth, 

30  Zanoah,  Adullam,  and  in  their  villages, 

at  Lachish,  and  the  fields  thereof,  at  Aze- 

kah,  and  in  the  villages  thereof.    And  they 

dwelt  from  Beer-sheba  unto  the  valley  of 

Hinnom. 

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NEHEMIAH. 


31  The  children  also  of  Beujumin  from 
Geba  dwelt  at  Michmash,  and  Aija,  and 
Beth-el,  and  in  their  villages, 

32  And  at  Anathoth,  Nob,  Ananiah, 

33  Hazor,  Ramah,  Gittaim, 

34  Hadid,  Zeboim,  Neballat, 

35  Lod,  and  Ono,  the  valley  of  craftsmen. 

36  And  of  the  Levites  were  divisions  in 
Judah,  and  in  Benjamin.  ^ 

CHAPTER   XII. 

NOW  these  are  the  priests  and  the  Le- 
vites that  -went  up  -with  Zerubbabel 
the  son  of  Shealtiel,  and  Jeshua:  Seraiah, 
Jeremiah,  Ezra, 

2  Amariah,  Malluch,  Hattush, 

3  Shechaniah,  Rehum,  Meremoth, 

4  Iddo,  Ginnetho,  Abijah, 

5  Miamin,  Maadiah,  Bilgah, 

6  Shemaiah,  and  Joiarib,  Jedaiah, 

7  Sallu,  Amok,  Hilkiah,  Jedaiah.  These 
were  the  chief  of  the  priests  and  of  their 
brethren  in  the  days  of  Jeshua. 

8  Moreover  the  Levites:  Jeshua,  Binnui, 
Kadmiel,  Sherebiah,  Judah,  and  Mattaniah, 
which  icas  over  the  thanksgiving,  he  and 
his  brethren. 

9  Also  Bakbukiah  and  Unni,  their  breth- 
ren, were  over  against  them  in  the  watches. 

10  TI  And  Jeshua  begat  Joiakim,  Joiakim 
also  begat  Eliashib,  and  Eliashib  begat 
Joiada, 

11  And  Joiada  begat  Jonathan,  and  Jon- 
athan begat  Jaddua. 

12  And  in  the  days  of  Joiakim  were 
imests,  the  chief  of  the  fathers :  of  Sera- 
iah, Meraiah ;  of  Jeremiah,  Hauaniah ; 

13  Of  Ezra,  Meshullam;  of  Amariah, 
Jehohanan ; 

14  Of  Melicu,  Jonathan;  of  Shebaniah, 
Joseph ; 

15  Of  Harim,  Adna;  of  Meraioth,  Helkai; 

16  Of  Iddo,  Zechariah;  of  Ginnethon, 
Meshullam ; 

17  Of  Abijah,  Zichri;  of  Miniamin,  of 
Moadiah,  Piltai ; 

18  Of  Bilgah,  Shammua ;  of  Shemaiah, 
Jehonathan; 

19  And  of  Joiarib,  Mattenai ;  of  Jedaiah, 
Uzzi; 

20  Of  Sallai,  Kallai;  of  Amok,  Eber; 

21  Of  Hilkiah,  Hashabiah;  of  Jedaiah, 
Nethaneel. 

22  •[  The  Levites  in  the  days  of  Eliashib, 
Joiada,    and     Johanan,    and    Jaddua,    were 

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recorded  chief  of  the  fathers:  also  the 
priests,  to  the  reign  of  Darius  the  Persian. 

23  The  sons  of  Levi,  the  chief  of  the 
fathers,  were  written  in  the  book  of  the 
Chronicles,  even  until  the  days  of  Jo- 
hanan the  son  of  Eliashib. 

24  And  the  chief  of  the  Levites :  Hasha- 
biah, Sherebiah,  and  Jeshua  the  son  of 
Kadmiel,  with  their  brethren  over  against 
them,  to  praise  and  to  give  thanks,  ac- 
cording to  the  commandment  of  David 
the  man  of  God,  ward  over  against  ward. 

25  Mattaniah,  and  Bakbukiah,  Obadiah, 
Meshullam,  Talmon,  Akkub,  were  porters 
keeping  the  ward  at  the  thresholds  of  the 
gates. 

26  These  were  in  the  days  of  Joiakim 
the  son  of  Jeshua,  the  son  of  Jozadak, 
and  in  the  days  of  Nehemiah  the  govei'nor, 
and  of  Ezra  the  priest,  the  scribe. 

27  H  And  at  the  dedication  of  the  wall 
of  Jerusalem  they  sought  the  Levites  out 
of  all  their  places,  to  bring  them  to  Jeru- 
salem, to  keep  the  dedication  with  glad- 
ness, both  with  thanksgivings,  and  with 
singing,  with  cymbals,  psalteries,  and  with 
harps. 

28  And  the  sons  of  the  singers  gathered 
themselves  together,  both  out  of  the  plain 
country  round  about  Jerusalem,  and  from 
the  villages  of  Netophathi ; 

29  Also  from  the  house  of  Gilgal,  and 
out  of  the  fields  of  Geba  and  Azmaveth: 
for  the  singers  had  builded  them  villages 
round  about  Jerusalem. 

30  And  the  priests  and  the  Levites  puri- 
fied themselves,  and  purified  the  people, 
and  the  gates,  and  the  wall. 

31  Then  I  brought  up  the  princes  of 
Judah  upon  the  wall,  and  appointed  two 
great  companies  of  them  that  gave  thanks, 
whereof  one  went  on  the  right  hand  upon 
the  wall  toward  the  dung  gate : 

32  And  after  them  Avent  Hoshaiah,  and 
half  of  the  princes  of  Judah, 

33  And  Azariah,  Ezra,  and  Meshullam, 

34  Judah,  and  Benjamin,  and  Shemaiah, 
and  Jeremiah, 

35  And  certain  of  the  priests'  sons  with 
trumpets ;  namely,  Zechariah  the  son  of 
Jonathan,  the  son  of  Shemaiah,  the  son  of 
Mattaniah,  the  son  of  Michaiah,  the  son 
of  Zaccur,  the  son  of  Asaph: 

36  And  his  brethren,  Shemaiah,  and  Aza- 
rael,  Milalai,  Gilalai,  Maai,  Nethaneel,  and  I 


NEHEMIAH. 


Judah,  Hanani,  with  the  musical  instru-  [ 
ments  of  David  the  man  of  God,  and 
Ezra  the  scribe  before  them. 

37  And  at  the  fountain  gate,  which  was 
over  against  them,  they  went  up  by  the 
stairs  of  the  city  of  David,  at  the  going 
up  of  the  wall,  above  the  house  of  David, 
even  unto  the  water  gate  eastward. 

38  And  the  other  company  of  them  that 
gave  thanks  went  over  against  them^  and  I 
after  them,  and  the  half  of  the  people 
upon  the  wall,  from  beyond  the  tower  of 
the  furnaces  even  unto  the  broad  wall; 

39  And  from  above  the  gate  of  Ephraim, 
and  above  the  old  gate,  and  above  the 
fish  gate,  and  the  tower  of  Hananeel,  and 
the  tower  of  Meah,  even  unto  the  sheep 
gate:  and  they  stood  still  in  the  prison 
gate. 

.40  So  stood  the  two  companies  of  them 
that  gave  thanks  in  the  house  of  God,  and 
I,  and  the  half  of  the  rulers  with  me : 

41  And  the  priests ;  Eliakim,  Maaseiah, 
Miniamin,  Michaiah,  Elioenai,  Zechariah, 
and  Hananiah,  with  trumpets; 

43  And  Maaseiah,  and  Shemaiah,  and 
Eleazar,  and  Uzzi,  and  Jehohanan,  and 
Malchijah,  and  Elam,  and  Ezer.  And  the 
singers  sang  loud,  with  Jezrahiah  their 
overseer. 

43  Also  that  day  they  oflfered  great  sacri- 
fices, and  rejoiced:  for  God  had  made  them 
rejoice  with  great  joy:  the  wives  also  and 
the  children  rejoiced:  so  that  the  joy  of 
Jerusalem  was  heard  even  afar  oif. 

44  Tf  And  at  that  time  were  some  ap- 
pointed over  the  chambers  for  the  treas- 
ures, for  the  offerings,  for  the  firstfruits, 
and  for  the  tithes,  to  gather  into  them 
out  of  the  fields  of  the  cities  the  por- 
tions of  the  law  for  the  priests  and  Le- 
vites  :  for  Judah  rejoiced  for  the  priests 
and  for  the  Levites  that  waited. 

45  And  both  the  singers  and  the  i:>orters 
kept  the  ward  of  their  God,  and  the  ward 
of  the  purification,  according  to  the  com- 
mandment of  David,  and  of  Solomon  his 
son. 

46  For  in  the  days  of  David  and  Asaph 
of  old  there  tcere  chief  of  the  singers,  and 
songs  of  praise  and  thanksgiving  unto 
God. 

47  And  all  Israel  in  the  days  of  Zcrub- 
babel,  and  in  the  days  of  Nehemiah,  gave 
the  portions  of  the  singers  and  the   por- 


ters, every  day  his  portion  :  and  they  sanc- 
tified Jioly  things  unto  the  Levites;  and 
the  Levites  sanctified  theni  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Aaron.  * 

CHAPTER  XIIL 

ON  that  day  they  read  in  the  book  of 
Moses  in  the  audience  of  the  peo- 
ple; and  therein  was  found  written,  that 
the  Ammonite  and  the  Moabite  should 
not  come  into  the  congregation  of  God 
for  ever; 

2  Because  they  met  not  the  children  of 
Israel  with  bread  and  with  water,  but  hired 
Balaam  against  them,  that  he  should  curse 
them :  howbeit  our  God  turned  the  curse 
into  a  blessing. 

3  Now  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  had 
heard  the  law,  that  they  separated  from 
Israel  all  the  mixed  multitude. 

4  %  And  before  this,  Eliashib  the  priest, 
having  the  oversight  of  the  chamber  of 
the  house  of  our  God,  xvas  allied  unto  To- 
biah: 

5  And  he  had  prepared  for  him  a  great 
chamber,  where  aforetime  they  laid  the 
meat  ofl'erings,  the  frankincense,  and  the 
vessels,  and  the  tithes  of  the  corn,  the 
new  wine,  and  the  oil,  which  was  com- 
manded to  he  given  to  the  Levites,  and  the 
singers,  and  the  porters ;  and  the  offerings 
of  the  priests. 

6  But  in  all  this  time  was  not  I  at  Jeru- 
salem :  for  in  the  two  and  thirtieth  year 
of  Artaxerxes  king  of  Babylon  came  I 
unto  the  king,  and  after  certain  days  ob- 
tained I  leave  of  the  king : 

7  And  I  came  to  Jerusakm,  and  under- 
stood of  the  evil  that  Eliashib  did  for  To- 
biah,  in  preparing  him  a  chamber  in  the 
courts  of  the  house  of  God. 

8  And  it  grieved  me  sore :  therefore  I  cast 
forth  all  the  household  stuff  of  Tobiah 
out  of  the  chamber. 

9  Then  I  commanded,  and  they  cleansed 
the  chambers  :  and  thither  brought  I  again 
the  vessels  of  the  house  of  God,  with  the 
meat  offering  and  the  frankincense. 

10  T[  And  I  perceived  that  the  portions 
of  the  Levites  had  not  been  given  them  : 
for  the  Levites  and  the  singers,  that  did 
the  work,  Avere  fled  every  one  to  his 
field. 

11  Then  contended  I  with  the  riilers,  and 
said,  Wliy  is  the  house  of  God  forsaken? 

493 


NEHEMIAH. 


And  I  gathered  them  together,  and  set 
them  in  their  place. 

12  Then  brought  all  Judah  the  tithe  of 
the  corn  and  the  new  wine  and  the  oil 
unto  the  treasuries, 

13  And  I  made  treasurers  over  the  treas- 
uries, Shelemiah  the  priest,  and  Zadok  the 
scribe,  and  of  the  Levites,  Pedaiah:  and 
next  to  them  was  Hanan  the  son  of  Zac- 
cur,  the  son  of  Mattaniah :  for  they  were 
counted  faithful,  and  their  office  wcu%  to 
distribute  unto  their  brethren. 

14  Remember  me,  O  my  God,  concerning 
this,  and  wipe  not  out  my  good  deeds 
that  I  have  done  for  the  house  of  my 
God,  and  for  the  offices  thereof. 

15  T[  In  those  days  saw  I  in  Judah  .some 
treading  winepresses  on  the  sabbath,  and 
bringing  in  sheaves,  and  lading  asses ;  as 
also  wine,  grapes,  and  figs,  and  all  manner 
of  burdens,  which  they  brought  into  Je- 
rusalem on  the  sabbath  day :  and  I  testi- 
fied against  them  in  the  day  wherein  they 
sold  victuals. 

16  There  dAvelt  men  of  Tyre  also  therein, 
which  brought  fish,  and  all  manner  of 
ware,  and  sold  on  the  sabbath  unto  the 
children  of  Judah,  and  in  Jerusalem. 

17  Then  I  contended  with  the  nobles  of 
Judah,  and  said  unto  them,  What  evil 
thing  is  this  that  ye  do,  and  profane  the 
sabbath  day? 

18  Did  not  your  fathers  thus,  and  did 
not  our  God  bring  all  this  evil  upon  us, 
and  upon  this  city  ?  yet  ye  bring  more 
wrath  upon  Israel  by  profaning  the  sab- 
bath. 

19  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  the 
gates  of  Jerusalem  began  to  be  dark  be- 
fore the  sabbath,  I  commanded  that  the 
gates  should  be  shut,  and  charged  that 
they  should  not  be  opened  till  after  the 
sabbath ;  and  some  of  my  servants  set  I  at 
the  gates,  tJiat  there  should  no  burden  be 
brought  in  on  the  sabbath  day. 

20  So  the  merchants  and  sellers  of  all 
kind  of  ware  lodged  without  Jerusalem 
once  or  twice. 

21  Then  I  testified  against  them,  and  said 


unto  them,  Why  lodge  ye  about  the  wall? 
if  ye  do  so  again,  I  will  lay  hands  on 
you.  From  that  time  forth  came  they  no 
more  on  the  sabbath. 

22  And  I  commanded  the  Levites,  that 
they  should  cleanse  themselves,  and  that 
they  should  come  and  keep  the  gates,  to 
sanctify  the  sabbath  day.     Remember  me, 

0  my  God,  coyicerning  this  also,  and  spare 
me    according  to    the    greatness    of   thy 

I  mercy. 

23  T[  In  those  days  also  saw  I  Jews  thai 
had  married  wives  of  Ashdod,  of  Ammon, 
and  of  Moab : 

24  And  their  children  spake  half  in  the 
speech  of  Ashdod,  and  could  not  speak 
in  the  Jews'  language,  but  according  to 
the  language  of  each  people. 

25  And  I  contended  with  them,  and  curs- 
ed them,  and  smote  certain  of  them,  and 
plucked  off  their  hair,  and  made  them 
swear  by  God,  saying^  Ye  shall  not  give 
your  daughters  unto  their  sons,  nor  take 
their  daughters  unto  your  sons,  or  for 
yourselves. 

26  Did  not  Solomon  king  of  Israel  sin 
by  these  things?  yet  among  many  na- 
tions was  there  no  king  like  him,  who  was 
beloved  of  his  God,  and  God  made  him 
king  over  all  Israel :  nevertheless  even 
him  did  outlandish  women  cause  to  sin. 

27  Shall  we  then  hearken  unto  you  to  do 
all  this  great  evil,  to  transgress  against 
our  God  in  marrying  strange  wives  ? 

28  And  one  of  the  sons  of  Joiada,  the  son 
of  Eliashib  the  high  priest,  was  son  in 
law  to   Sanballat  the  Horonite :   therefore 

1  chased  him  from  me. 

29  Remember  them,  O  my  God,  because 
they  have  defiled  the  priesthood,  and  the 
covenant  of  the  priesthood,  and  of  the 
Levites. 

30  Thus  cleansed  I  them  from  all  stran- 
gers, and  appointed  the  wards  of  the 
priests  and  the  Levites,  every  one  in  his 
business ; 

31  And  for  the  wood  offering,  at  times 
appointed,  and  for  the  firstfruits.  Re- 
member me,  O  my  God,  for  good.         ''' 


494 


THE 


BOOK   OF    ESTHER. 


CHAPTER  I. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass  in  the  days  of 
Ahasuerus,  (this  is  Ahasuerus  which 
reigned  from  India  even  unto  Ethiopia, 
ove7'  a  hundred  and  seven  and  twenty  prov- 
inces,) 

2  T7utt  in  those  days,  when  the  king 
Ahasuerus  sat  on  the  throne  of  his  king- 
dom, which  iva-s  in  Shushan  the  palace, 

3  In  the  third  year  of  his  reign,  he  made 
a  feast  unto  all  his  princes  and  his  serv- 
ants ;  the  power  of  Persia  and  Media,  the 
nobles  and  princes  of  the  provinces,  being 
before  him : 

4  When  he  shewed  the  riches  of  his 
glorious  kingdom  and  the  honour  of  his 
excellent  majesty  many  days,  even  a  hund- 
red and  fourscore  days. 

5  And  when  these  days  were  expired, 
the  king  made  a  feast  unto  all  the  people 
that  were  present  in  Shushan  the  palace, 
both  unto  great  and  small,  seven  days,  in 
the  court  of  the  garden  of  the  king's  palace ; 

6  Where  were  white,  green,  and  blue  harig- 
ings,  fastened  with  cords  of  fine  linen  and 
purple  to  silver  rings  and  pillars  of  mar- 
ble: the  beds  ivei'e  of  gold  and  silver,  upon 
a  pavement  of  red,  and  blue,  and  white, 
and  black  marble. 

7  And  they  gave  tliem  drink  in  vessels  of 
gold,  (the  vessels  beiog  diverse  one  from 
another,)  and  royal  wine  in  abundance, 
according  to  the  state  of  the  king. 

8  And  the  drinking  teas  according  to  the 
law ;  none  did  compel :  for  so  the  king 
had  appointed  to  all  the  officers  of  his 
house,  that  they  should  do  according  to 
every  man's  pleasure. 

9  Also  Vashti  the  queen  made  a  feast  for 
the  women  in  the  royal  house  which  he- 
longccl  to  king  Ahasuerus. 

10  T[  On  the  seventh  day,  when  the  heart 
of  the  king  was  merry  with  wine,  he  com- 
manded Mehuman,  Biztha,  Harbona,  Big- 
tha,  and  Abagtha,  Zethar,  and  Carcas,  the 
seven  chamberlains  that  served  in  the 
presence  of  Ahasuerus  the  king. 


11  To  bring  Vashti  the  queen  before  the 
king  with  the  crown  royal,  to  shew  the 
people  and  the  princes  her  beauty  :  for  she 
ivas  fair  to  look  on. 

13  But  the  queen  Vashti  refused  to  come 
at  the  king's  commandment  by  his  cham- 
berlains :  therefore  was  the  king  very 
wroth,  and  his  anger  burned  in  him. 

13  T[  Then  the  king  said  to  the  wise  men, 
which  knew  the  times,  (for  so  was  the 
king's  manner  toward  all  that  knew  law 
and  judgment : 

14  And  the  next  unto  him  wm  Carshena, 
Shethar,  Admatha,  Tarshish,  Meres,  Mar- 
sena,  and  Memucan,  the  seven  princes 
of  Persia  and  Media,  which  saw  the  king's 
face,  and  which  sat  the  first  in  the  king- 
dom,) 

15  What  shall  we  do  unto  the  queen 
Vashti  according  to  law,  because  she  hath 
not  performed  the  commandment  of  the 
king  Ahasuerus  by  the  chamberlains  V 

16  And  Memucan  answered  before  the 
king  and  the  princes,  Vashti  the  queen 
hath  not  done  wrong  to  the  king  only,  but 
also  to  all  the  princes,  and  to  all  the  peo- 
ple that  are  in  all  the  provinces  of  the 
king  Ahasuerus. 

17  For  this  deed  of  the  queen  shall  come 
abroad  unto  all  women,  so  that  they  shall 
despise  their  husbands  in  their  eyes,  Avhen 
it  shall  be  reported.  The  king  Ahasuerus 
commanded  Vashti  the  queen  to  be 
brought  in  before  him,  but  she  came  not. 

18  Likewise  shall  the  ladies  of  Persia  and 
Media  say  this  day  unto  all  the  king's 
princes,  which  have  heard  of  the  deed  of 
the  queen.  Thus  shall  there  arise  too  much 
contempt  and  wrath. 

19  If  it  please  the  king,  let  there  go  a 
royal  commandment  from  him,  and  let  it 
be  written  among  the  laws  of  the  Persians 
and  the  Medes,  that  it  be  not  altered. 
That  Vashti  come  no  more  before  king 
Ahasuerus ;  and  let  the  king  give  her  royal 
estate  unto  another  that  is  better  than  she. 

20  And  when  the  king's  decree,  which  he 

495 


ESTHER. 


shall  make,  shall  be  published  throughout 
all  his  empire,  (for  it  is  great,)  all  the 
wives  shall  give  to  their  husbands  honour, 
both  to  great  and  small. 

21  And  the  saying  pleased  the  king  and 
the  princes;  and  the  king  did  according 
to  the  word  of  Memucan: 

23  For  he  sent  letters  into  all  the  king's 
provinces,  into  every  province  according 
to  the  writing  thereof,  and  to  every  peo- 
ple after  their  language,  that  every  man 
shoiild  bear  rule  in  his  own  house,  and 
that  it  should  be  published  according  to 
the  language  of  every  people. 

CHAPTER  II. 

AFTER  these  things,  when  the  wrath 
of  king  Ahasuerus  was  appeased,  he 
remembered  Vashti,  and  Avhat  she  had 
done,  and  what  was  decreed  auainst  her. 

2  Then  suid  the  king's  servants  that  min- 
istered unto  him,  Let  there  be  fair  young 
virgins  sought  for  the  king : 

3  And  let  the  king  appoint  officers  in  all 
the  provinces  of  his  kingdom,  that  they 
may  gather  together  all  the  fair  young 
virgins  unto  Shushan  the  palace,  to  the 
house  of  the  women,  unto  the  custody  of 
Hege  the  king's  chamberlain,  keeper  of 
the  women ;  and  let  their  things  for  puri- 
fication be  given  them: 

4  And  let  the  maiden  which  pleaseth 
the  king  be  queen  instead  of  Vashti. 
And  the  thing  pleased  the  king;  and  he 
did  so. 

5  1  Norv  in  Shushan  the  palace  there  was 
a  certain  Jew,  whose  name  vmn  Mordecai, 
the  son  of  Jair,  the  son  of  Shimei,  the  son 
of  Kish,  a  Benjamite; 

6  Who  had  been  carried  away  from  Jeru- 
salem with  the  captivity  which  had  been 
carried  away  with  Jcconiah  king  of  Judah, 
whom  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon had  carried  away. 

7  And  he  brought  up  Hadassah,  that  i."?, 
Esther,  his  uncle's  daughter :  for  she  had 
neither  father  nor  mother,  and  the  maid 
wan  fair  and  beautiful ;  whom  Mordecai, 
w^hen  her  father  and  mother  were  dead, 
took  for  his  own  daughter. 

8  Tf  So  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  king's 
commandment  and  his  decree  was  heard, 
and  when  many  maidens  were  gathered 
together  imto  Shushan  the  palace,  to  the 
custody  of  Ilegai,  that  Esther  was  brought 

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also  unto  the  king's  house,  to  the  custody 
of  Hegai,  keeper  of  the  women. 

9  And  the  maiden  pleased  him,  and  she 
obtained  kindness  of  him;  and  he  speedily 
gave  her  her  things  for  purification,  with 
such  things  as  belonged  to  her,  and  seven 
maidens,  which  were  meet  to  be  given  her, 
out  of  the  king's  house :  and  he  preferred 
her  and  her  maids  unto  the  best  place  of 
the  house  of  the  women. 

10  Esther  had  not  shewed  her  people  nor 
her  kindred :  for  Mordecai  had  charged 
her  that  she  should  not  shew  it. 

11  And  Mordecai  walked  every  day  before 
the  court  of  the  women's  house,  to  know 
how  Esther  did,  and  what  should  become 
of  her. 

12  T[  Now  when  every  maid's  turn  was 
come  to  go  in  to  king  Ahasuerus,  after 
that  she  had  been  twelve  months,  accord- 
ing to  the  manner  of  the  women,  (for  so 
were  the  days  of  their  purifications  ac- 
complished, to  wit.,  six  months  with  oil  of 
myrrh,  and  six  months  with  sweet  odoiirs, 
and  with  other  things  for  the  purifying 
of  the  women,) 

13  Then  thus  came  every  maiden  unto  the 
king;  whatsoever  she  desired  was  given 
her  to  go  with  her  out  of  the  house  of  the 
women  unto  the  king's  house. 

14  In  the  evening  she  went,  and  on  the 
morrow  she  returned  into  the  second 
house  of  the  women,  to  the  custody  of 
Shaashgaz,  the  king's  chamberlain,  which 
kept  the  concubines :  she  came  in  unto  the 
king  no  more,  except  the  king  delighted 
in  her,  and  that  she  were  called  by 
name. 

15  T[  Now  when  the  turn  of  Esther, 
the  daughter  of  Abihail  the  uncle  of 
Mordecai,  who  had  taken  her  for  his 
daughter,  was  come  to  go  in  unto  the  king, 
she  required  nothing  but  what  Hegai  the 
king's  chamberlain,  the  keeper  of  the 
women,  appointed.  And  Esther  obtained 
flivour  in  the  sight  of  all  them  that  looked 
upon  her. 

16  So  Esther  was  taken  unto  king 
Ahasuerus  into  his  house  royal  in  the 
tenth  month,  which  is  the  month  Tebeth, 
in  the  seventh  year  of  his  reign. 

17  And  the  king  loved  Esther  above  all 
the  women,  and  she  obtained  gi-acc  and 
favour  in  his  siglit  more  than  all  the  vir- 
gins ;    so  that  he  set  the  royal  crown  upon 


ESTHER. 


her  head,  and  made  her  queen  instead  of 
Vashti. 

18  Then  the  king  made  a  great  feast  unto 
all  his  princes  and  his  servants,  even  Es- 
ther's feast ;  and  he  made  a  release  to  the 
provinces,  and  gave  gifts,  according  to 
the  state  of  the  king, 

19  And  when  the  virgins  were  gathered 
together  the  second  time,  then  Mordeeai 
sat  in  the  king's  gate. 

20  Esther  had  not  yet  shewed  her  kindred 
nor  her  people,  as  Mordeeai  had  charged 
her:  for  Esther  did  the  commandment  of 
Mordeeai,  like  as  when  she  was  brought 
up  with  him. 

31  H  I;i  those  days,  while  Mordeeai  sat  in 
the  king's  gate,  tv/o  of  the  king's  chamber- 
lains, Bigthan  and  Teresh,  of  those  which 
kept  the  door,  Avere  wroth,  and  sought  to 
lay  hand  on  the  king  Ahasuerus. 

22  And  the  thing  was  known  to  Mordeeai, 
who  told  it  unto  Esther  the  queen ;  and 
Esther  certified  the  king  thereof  in  Moi*- 
decai's  name. 

23  And  when  inquisition  was  made  of 
the  matter,  it  was  found  but ;  therefore 
they  were  both  hanged  on  a  tree :  and 
it  was  written  in  the  book  of  the  chronicles 
before  the  king.  ^ 

CHAPTER  III. 

AFTER  these  things  did  king  Ahasuerus 
-  promote  Haman  the  son  of  Hammed- 
atha  the  Agagite,  and  advanced  him,  and 
set  his  seat  above  all  the  princes  that  loere 
with  him. 

2  And  all  the  king's  servants,  that  were 
in  the  king's  gate,  bowed,  and  reverenced 
Haman :  for  the  king  had  so  commanded 
concerning  him.  But  Mordeeai  bowed 
not,  nor  did  Mm  reverence. 

3  Then  the  king's  servants,  which  vjere 
in  the  king's  gate,  said  unto  Mordeeai, 
Why  transgressest  thou  the  king's  com- 
mandment? 

4  Now  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  spake 
daily  imto  him,  and  he  hearkened  not 
unto  them,  that  they  told  Haman,  to  see 
whether  Mordecai's  matters  would  stand: 
for  he  had  told  them  that  he  ivas  a  Jew. 

5  And  when  Haman  saw  that  Mordeeai 
bowed  not,  nor  did  him  reverence,  then 
was  Haman  full  of  wrath. 

G  And  he  thought  scorn  to  lay  hands  on 
Mordeeai  alone;  for  they  had  shewed  him 

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the  people  of  Mordeeai :  wherefore  Haman 
sought  to  destroy  all  the  Jews  that  were 
throughout  the  whole  kingdom  of  Ahas- 
uerus, even  the  people  of  Mordeeai. 

7  II  In  the  first  month,  that  is,  the  month 
Nisan,  in  the  twelfth  year  of  king  Ahas- 
uerus, they  cast  Pur,  that  i.s,  the  lot,  be- 
fore Haman  from  day  to  day,  and  from 
month  to  month,  to  the  twelfth  month,  that 
is,  the  month  Adar. 

8  TI  And  Haman  said  unto  king  Ahas- 
uerus, There  is  a  certain  people  scattered 
abroad  and  dispersed  among  the  people 
in  all  the  provinces  of  thy  kingdom  ;  and 
their  laws  are  diverse  from  all  people;  nei- 
ther keep  they  the  king's  laws :  therefore 
it  is  not  for  the  king's  profit  to  suffer 
them. 

9  If  it  please  the  king,  let  it  be  written 
that  they  may  be  destroj'ed :  and  I  will 
pay  ten  thousand  talents  of  silver  to  the 
hands  of  those  that  have  the  charge  of 
the  business,  to  bring  it  into  the  king's 
treasuries. 

10  And  the  king  took  his  ring  from  his 
hand,  and  gave  it  unto  Haman  the  son 
of  Hammedatha  the  Agagite,  the  Jews' 
enemy. 

11  And  the  king  said  nnto  Haman,  The 
silver  is  given  to  thee,  the  people  also,  to 
do  with  them  as  it  seemeth  good  to  thee. 

13  Then  were  the  king's  scribes  called  on 
the  thirteenth  day  of  the  first  month,  and 
there  was  written  according  to  all  that 
Haman  had  commanded  unto  the  king's 
lieutenants,  and  to  the  governors  that  were 
over  every  province,  and  to  the  rulers  of 
every  people  of  every  province  according 
to  the  writing  thereof,  and  to  every  people 
after  their  language ;  in  the  name  of  king 
Ahasuerus  was  it  written,  and  sealed  with 
the  king's  ring. 

13  And  the  letters  were  sent  by  posts 
into  all  the  king's  provinces,  to  destroy, 
to  kill,  and  to  cause  to  perish,  all  Jews, 
both  young  and  old,  little  children  and 
women,  in  one  day,  even  upon  the  thir- 
teenth day  of  the  twelfth  month,  which 
is  the  month  Adar,  and  to  take  the  spoil 
of  them  for  a  prey. 

14  The  copy  of  the  writing  for  a  com- 
mandment to  be  given  in  every  province 
was  published  unto  all  people,  that  they 
should  be  ready  against  that  day. 

15  The  posts   went   out,  being  hastened 

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ESTHER. 


by  the  king's  commandment,  and  the  de- 
cree was  given  in  Shushan  the  palace. 
And  the  king  and  Hamau  sat  down  to 
drink;  but  the  city  Shushan  was  per- 
plexed. *■ 
CHAPTER  IV. 

WHEN  Mordecai  perceived  all  that 
was  done,  Mordecai  rent  his  clothes, 
and  i)ut  on  sackcloth  with  ashes,  and  went 
out  into  the  midst  of  the  city,  and  cried 
with  a  loud  and  a  bitter  cry ; 

2  And  came  even  before  the  king's  gate : 
for  none  viight  enter  into  the  king's  gate 
clothed  with  sackcloth. 

3  And  in  ever}'^  province,  whithersoever 
the  king's  commandment  and  his  decree 
came,  there  was  great  mourning  among 
the  Jews,  and  fasting,  and  weeping,  and 
wailing;  and  many  lay  in  sackcloth  and 
ashes. 

4  H  So  Esther's  maids  and  her  chamber- 
lains came  and  told  it  her.  Then  was 
the  queen  exceedingly  grieved ;  and  she 
sent  raiment  to  clothe  Mordecai,  and  to 
take  away  his  sackcloth  from  him  :  but  he 
received  it  not. 

5  Then  called  Esther  for  Hatach,  one  of 
the  king's  chamberlains,  whom  he  had 
appointed  to  attend  upon  her,  and  gave 
him  a  commandment  to  Mordecai,  to 
know  what  it  ica-s,  and  Avhy  it  ivas. 

6  So  Hatach  went  forth  to  Mordecai  unto 
the  street  of  the  city,  which  xoas  before  the 
king's  gate. 

7  And  ]\Iordecai  told  him  of  all  that  had 
happened  unto  him,  and  of  the  sum  of 
the  money  that  Haman  had  promised  to 
pay  to  the  king's  treasuries  for  the  Jews, 
to  destroy  them. 

8  Also  he  gave  him  the  copy  of  the 
Avriting  of  the  decree  that  was  given  at 
Shushan  to  desti'oy  them,  to  shew  it  unto 
Esther,  and  to  declare  it  unto  her,  and  to 
charge  her  that  she  should  go  in  imto  the 
king,  to  make  supplication  unto  him,  and 
to  make  request  before  him  for  her  peo- 
ple. 

9  And  Hatach  came  and  told  Esther  the 
words  of  ^loi'decai. 

10  TI  Again  Esther  spake  unto  Hatach, 
and  gave  him  commandment  unto  Morde- 
cai; 

11  All  the  king's  servants,  and  the  peo])le 
of  the  king's  provinces,  do  know,  that 
whosoever,    whether     man     or     woman, 


shall  come  unto  the  king  into  the  inner 
court,  who  is  not  called,  there  is  one 
law  of  his  to  put  him  to  death,  except 
such  to  whom  the  king  shall  hold  out 
the  golden  sceptre,  that  he  may  live :  but 
I  have  not  been  called  to  come  in  unto  I 
the  king  these  thirty  days. 

12  And  they  told  to  Mordecai  Esther's 
words. 

13  Then  Mordecai  commanded  to  answer 
Esther,  Think  not  with  thyself  that  thou 
Shalt  escape  in  the  king's  house,  more 
than  all  the  Jews. 

14  For  if  thou  altogether  boldest  thy 
peace  at  this  time,  then  shall  there  en- 
largement and  deliverance  arise  to  the 
Jews  from  another  place;  but  thou  and 
thy  father's  house  shall  be  destroyed:  and 
who  knoweth  whether  thou  art  come  to 
the  kingdom  for  such  a  time  as  this  ? 

15  H  Then  Esther  bade  theni  return  Mor- 
decai this  ansioer, 

16  Go,  gather  together  all  the  Jews  that 
are  present  in  Shushan,  and  fast  ye  for 
me,  and  neither  eat  nor  drink  three  days, 
night  or  day :  I  also  and  my  maidens  will 
fast  likewise ;  and  so  will  I  go  in  unto  the 
king,  which  is  not  according  to  the  law: 
and  if  I  perish,  I  perish. 

17  So  Mordecai  went  his  way,  and  did  ac- 
cording to  all  that  Esther  had  commanded 
him.  * 

CHAPTER  V. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass  on  the  third  day, 
that  Esther  put  on  her  royal  apparel^ 
and  stood  in  the  inner  court  of  the  king's 
house,  over  against  the  king's  house :  and 
the  king  sat  upon  his  royal  throne  in  the 
royal  house,  over  against  the  gate  of  the 
house. 

2  And  it  was  so,  when  the  king  saw  Es- 
ther the  queen  standing  in  the  court,  that 
she  obtained  favour  in  his  sight :  and  the 
king  held  out  to  Esther  the  golden  sceptre 
that  was  in  his  hand.  So  Esther  drew  near, 
and  touched  the  top  of  the  sceptre. 

3  Then  said  the  king  unto  her.  What  wilt 
thou,  queen  Esther?  and  what  is  thy  re- 
quest? it  shall  be  even  given  thee  to  the 
half  of  the  kingdom. 

4  And  Esther  answered.  If  it  seem  good 
unto  the  king,  let  the  king  and  Haman 
come  this  day  unto  the  banquet  that  I 
have  i^repared  for  him. 

5  Then  the  king  said,  Cause  Haman  to 


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ESTHER. 


make  haste,  that  he  may  do  as  Esther  hath 
said.  So  the  king  and  Hamaa  came  to  the 
banquet  that  Esther  had  prepared. 

6  T[  And  the  king  said  unto  Esther  at  the 
banquet  of  wine,  What  is  thy  petition?  and 
it  shall  be  granted  thee :  and  what  is  thy 
request?  even  to  the  half  of  the  kingdom 
it  shall  be  performed. 

7  Then  answered  Esther,  and  said.  My 
petition  and  my  request  is  ; 

8  If  I  have  found  favour  in  the  sight  of 
the  king,  and  if  it  please  the  king  to  grant 
my  petition,  and  to  perform  my  request, 
let  the  king  and  Haman  come  to  the  ban- 
quet that  I  shall  prepare  for  them,  and  I 
will  do  ,to  morrow  as  the  king  hath  said. 

9  1  Then  went  Haman  forth  that  day 
joyful  and  with  a  glad  heart:  but  when 
Haman  saw  Mordecai  in  the  king's  gate, 
that  he  stood  not  up,  nor  moved  for  him, 
he  was  full  of  indignation  against  Mordecai. 

10  Nevertheless  Haman  refrained  himself: 
and  when  he  came  home,  he  sent  and 
called  for  his  friends,  and  Zeresh  his  wife. 

11  And  Haman  told  them  of  the  glory 
of  his  riches,  and  the  multitude  of  his 
children,  and  all  the  iliiiujs  wherein  the 
king  had  promoted  him,  and  how  he  had 
advanced  him  above  the  princes  and  serv- 
ants of  the  king. 

13  Haman  said  moreover.  Yea,  Esther  the 
queen  did  let  no  man  come  in  with  the 
king  unto  the  banquet  that  she  had  pre- 
pared but  myself;  and  to  morrow  am  I 
invited  unto  her  also  with  the  king. 

13  Yet  all  this  availeth  me  nothing,  so 
long  as  I  see  Mordecai  the  Jew  sitting  at 
the  king's  gate. 

14  Tl  Then  said  Zeresh  his  wife  and  all  his 
friends  unto  him.  Let  a  gallows  be  made 
of  fifty  cubits  high,  and  to  morrow  speak 
thou  unto  the  king  that  Mordecai  may  be 
hanged  thereon:  then  go  thou  in  merrily 
with  the  king  unto  the  banquet.  And  the 
thing  pleased  Haman;  and  he  caused  the 
gallows  to  be  made.  ^ 

CHAPTER  VI. 

ON  that  night  could  not  the  king  sleep, 
and  he  commanded  to  bring  the  book 
of  records  of  the  chronicles;  and  they  were 
read  before  the  king. 

2  And  it  was  found  written,  that  Mor- 
decai had  told  of  Bigthana  and  Teresh, 
two  of  the  king's  chamberlains,  the  keep- 


ers of  the  door,  who  sought  to  lay  hand 
on  the  king  Ahasuerus. 

3  And  the  king  said,  What  honour  and 
dignity  hath  been  done  to  Mordecai  for 
this?  Then  said  the  king's  servants  that 
ministered  unto  hira,  There  is  nothing 
done  for  him. 

4  TI  And  the  king  said,  Who  is  in  the 
court?  Now  Haman  was  come  into  the 
outward  court  of  the  king's  house,  to 
speak  unto  the  king  to  hang  Mordecai  on 
the  gallows  that  he  had  prepared  for  him. 

5  And  the  king's  servants  said  unto  him, 
Behold,  Haman  standeth  in  the  court. 
And  the  king  said.  Let  him  come  in. 

6  So  Haman  came  in.  And  the  king  said 
unto  him.  What  shall  be  done  unto  the 
man  whom  the  king  delighteth  to  honour? 
Now  Haman  thought  in  his  heart.  To 
whom  would  the  king  delight  to  do  hon- 
our more  than  to  myself? 

7  And  Haman  answered  the  king,  For 
the  man  Avhom  the  king  delighteth  to 
honour, 

8  Let  the  royal  apparel  be  brought 
which  the  king  useth  to  wear,  and  the 
horse  that  the  king  rideth  upon,  and  the 
crown  royal  which  is  set  upon  his  head : 

9  And  let  this  apparel  and  horse  be  de- 
livered to  the  hand  of  one  of  the  king's 
most  noble  princes,  that  they  may  array 
the  man  loithal  whom  the  king  delighteth 
to  honour,  and  bring  him  on  horseback 
through  the  street  of  the  city,  and  pro- 
claim before  him,  Thus  shall  it  be  done 
to  the  man  whom  the  king  delighteth  to 
honour. 

10  Then  the  king  said  to  Haman,  Make 
haste,  and  take  the  api^arel  and  the  horse, 
as  thou  hast  said,  and  do  even  so  to  Mor- 
decai the  Jew,  that  sitteth  at  the  king's 
gate :  let  nothing  fail  of  all  that  thou  hast 
spoken. 

11  Then  took  Haman  the  apparel  and  the 
horse,  and  arrayed  Mordecai,  and  brought 
him  on  horseback  through  the  street  of 
the  city,  and  proclaimed  before  him,  Thus 
shall  it  be  done  unto  the  man  whom  the 
king  delighteth  to  honour. 

13  H  And  Mordecai  came  again  to  the 
king's  gate.  But  Haman  hasted  to  his 
house  mourning,  and  having  his  head 
covered. 

13  And  Haman  told  Zeresh  his  wife  and 
all  his  friends  every  thing  that  had  befallen 


ESTHER. 


him.  Then  said  his  wise  men  and  Zeresh 
his  -wife  unto  him,  If  Mordecai  be  of  the 
seed  of  the  Jews,  before  whom  thou  hast 
begun  to  fall,  thou  shalt  not  prevail  against 
him,  but  shalt  surely  fall  before  him. 
14  And  while  they  were  yet  talking  with 
him,  came  the  king's  chamberlains,  and 
hasted  to  bring  Haman  unto  the  banquet 
that  Esther  had  prepared.  » 

CHAPTER  VIL 

SO  the  king  and  Haman  came  to  banquet 
with  Esther  the  queen. 

2  And  the  king  said  again  unto  Esther  on 
the  second  day  at  the  banquet  of  wine, 
"What  is  thy  petition,  queen  Esther?  and 
it  shall  be  granted  thee:  and  Avhat  is  thy 
request?  and  it  shall  be  performed,  even 
to  the  half  of  the  kingdom. 

3  Then  Esther  the  queen  answered  and 
said.  If  I  have  found  favour  in  thy  sight,  O 
king,  and  if  it  please  the  king,  let  my  life 
be  given  me  at  my  petition,  and  my  peo- 
ple at  my  request : 

4  Eor  we  are  sold,  I  and  my  people,  to 
be  destroyed,  to  be  slain,  and  to  perish. 
But  if  we  had  been  sold  for  bondmen  and 
bondwomen,  I  had  held  my  tongue,  al- 
though the  enemy  could  not  countervail 
the  king's  damage. 

5  T[  Then  the  king  Ahasuerus  answered 
and  said  unto  Esther  the  queen.  Who  is  he, 
and  where  is  he,  that  durst  presume  in  his 
heart  to  do  so  ? 

6  And  Esther  said.  The  adversary  and 
enemy  is  this  wicked  Haman.  Then  Ha- 
man was  afraid  before  the  king  and  the 
queen. 

7  Tf  And  the  king  arising  from  the  ban- 
quet of  wine  in  his  wrath  went  into  the 
palace  garden:  and  Haman  stood  up  to 
make  request  for  his  life  to  Esther  the 
queen ;  for  he  saw  that  there  was  evil  de- 
termined against  him  by  the  king. 

8  Then  the  king  returned  out  of  the 
palace  garden  into  the  place  of  the  banquet 
of  wine ;  and  Haman  was  fallen  upon  the 
bed  whereon  Esther  was.  Then  said  the 
king,  Will  he  force  the  queen  also  before 
me  in  the  house  ?  As  the  word  went  out 
of  the  king's  mouth,  they  covered  Ha- 
man's  face. 

9  And  Harbonah,  one  of  the  chamberlains, 
said  before  the  kiug.  Behold  also  the  gal- 
lows fifty  cubits  high,  which  Haman  had 

500 


made  for  Mordecai,  who  had  spoken  good 
for  the  king,  standeth  in  the  house  of 
Haman.  Then  the  king  said.  Hang  him 
thereon. 
10  So  they  hanged  Haman  on  the  gallows 
that  he  had  prepared  for  Mordecai.  Then 
was  the  king's  wrath  pacified. 

CHAPTER   VIII. 

ON  that  day  did  the  king  Ahasuerus 
give  the  house  of  Haman  the  Jews' 
enemy  unto  Esther  the  queen.  And  Mor- 
decai came  before  the  king;  for  Esther 
had  told  what  he  icas  unto  her. 

2  And  the  king  took  ofi"  his  ring,  which 
he  had  taken  from  Haman,  and  gave  it 
unto  Mordecai.  And  Esther  set  Mordecai 
over  the  house  of  Haman. 

3  ^  And  Esther  spake  yet  again  before 
the  king,  and  fell  down  at  his  feet,  and 
besought  him  with  tears  to  put  aAvay  the 
mischief  of  Haman  the  Agagite,  and  his 
device  that  he  had  devised  against  the  Jews. 

4  Then  the  king  held  out  the  golden 
sceptre  toward  Esther.  So  Esther  arose, 
and  stood  before  the  king, 

5  And  said.  If  it  please  the  king,  and  if  I 
have  found  favour  in  his  sight,  and  the 
thing  seem  right  before  the  king,  and  I  be 
pleasing  in  his  eyes,  let  it  be  written  to 
reverse  the  letters  devised  by  Haman  the 
son  of  Hammedatha  the  Agagite,  which  he 
wrote  to  destroy  the  Jews  which  are  in  all 
the  king's  provinces : 

6  For  how  can  I  endure  to  see  the  evil 
that  shall  come  unto  my  people  ?  or  how 
can  I  endure  to  see  the  destruction  of  my 
kindred  ? 

7  ^  Then  the  king  Ahasuerus  said  unto 
Esther  the  queen  and  to  Mordecai  the  Jew, 
Behold,  I  have  given  Esther  the  house  of 
Haman,  and  him  they  have  hanged  upon 
the  gallows,  because  he  laid  his  hand  upon 
the  Jews. 

8  Write  ye  also  for  the  Jews,  as  it  liketh 
you,  in  the  kiug's  name,  and  seal  it  with 
the  king's  ring:  for  the  writing  Avhich  is 
written  in  the  king's  name,  and  sealed 
with  the  king's  ring,  may  no  man  reverse. 

9  Then  were  the  kiug's  scribes  called  at 
that  time  in  the  third  month,  that  is,  the 
month  Sivan,  on  the  three  and  twentieth 
dnij  thereof;  and  it  Avas  written  according 
to  all  that  Mordecai  commanded  unto  the 
Jews,  and  to  the  lieutenants,  and  the  depu- 


ESTHER. 


ties  and  rulers  of  the  provinces  -u-hicli  arc 
from  India  unto  Ethiopia,  a  hundred  twen- 
ty and  seven  provinces,  unto  every  j^rov- 
ince  according  to  the  writing  thereof,  and 
unto  every  people  after  their  language,  and 
to  the  Jews  according  to  their  writing,  and 
according  to  their  language. 

10  And  he  wrote  in  the  king  Ahasuerus' 
name,  and  sealed  it  with  the  king's  ring, 
and  sent  letters  by  posts  on  horseback, 
and  riders  on  mules,  camels,  a7icl  young 
dromedaries : 

11  Wherein  the  king  granted  the  Jews 
which  tvere  in  every  city  to  gather  them- 
selves together,  and  to  stand  for  their 
life,  to.  destroy,  to  slay,  and  to  cause  to 
perish,  all  the  power  of  the  people  and 
province  that  would  assault  them,  both 
little  ones  and  women,  and  to  take  the  spoil 
of  them  for  a  prey, 

12  Upon  one  day  in  all  the  provinces  of 
king  Ahasuerus,  namely,  upon  the  thir- 
teenth cUy  of  the  twelfth  mouth,  which  is 
the  month  Adar. 

13  The  copy  of  the  writing  for  a  com- 
mandment to  be  given  in  every  province 
was  published  unto  all  people,  and  that 
the  Jews  should  be  ready  against  that  day 
to  avenge  themselves  on  their  enemies. 

14  So  the  posts  that  rode  upon  mules  and 
camels  went  out,  being  hastened  and 
pressed  on  by  the  king's  commandment. 
And  the  decree  was  given  at  Shushan  the 
palace. 

15  1[  And  Mordecai  went  out  from  the 
presence  of  the  king  in  royal  apparel  of 
blue  and  white,  and  with  a  great  crown 
of  gold,  and  with  a  garment  of  fine  linen 
and  purple :  and  the  city  of  Shushan  re- 
joiced and  was  glad. 

16  The  Jews  had  light,  and  gladness,  and 
joy,  and  honour. 

17  And  in  every  i)rovince,  and  in  every 
city,  whithersoever  the  king's  command- 
ment and  his  decree  came,  the  Jews  had 
joy  and  gladness,  a  feast  and  a  good  day. 
And  many  of  the  people  of  the  land  be- 
came Jews ;  for  the  fear  of  the  Jews  fell 
upon  them. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

NOW  in  the  twelfth  month,  that  i*?,  the 
month  Adar,  on  the  thirteenth  day  of 
the  same,  when  the  king's  commandment 
and  his  decree  drew  near  to  be  put  in 
execution,  in  the  day  that  the  enemies  of 


the  JcAvs  hoiked  to  have  power  over  them; 
(though  it  was  turned  to  the  contrary,  that 
the  Jews  had  rule  over  them  that  hated 
them,) 

2  The  Jews  gathered  themselves  together 
in  their  cities  throughout  all  the  provinces 
of  the  king  Ahasuerus,  to  lay  hand  on  such 
as  sought  their  hurt:  and  no  man  could 
withstand  them ;  for  the  fear  of  them  fell 
upon  all  people. 

3  And  all  the  rulers  of  the  provinces, 
and  the  lieutenants,  and  the  deputies,  and 
officers  of  the  king,  helped  the  Jews ;  be- 
cause the  fear  of  Mordecai  fell  upon  them. 

4  Eor  Mordecai  ^ms  great  in  the  king's 
house,  and  his  fame  went  out  throughout 
all  the  provinces:  for  this  man  Mordecai 
waxed  greater  and  greater. 

5  Thus  the  Jews  smote  all  their  enemies 
with  the  stroke  of  the  sword,  and  slaugh- 
ter, and  destruction,  and  did  what  they 
would  unto  those  that  hated  them. 

6  And  in  Shushan  the  palace  the  Jews 
slew  and  destroyed  five  hundred  men. 

7  And  Parshandatha,  and  Dalx^hon,  and 
Aspatha, 

8  And  Poratha,  and  Adalia,  and  Aridatha, 

9  And  Parmashta,  and  Arisai,  and  Aridai, 
and  Vajezatha, 

10  The  ten  sons  of  Haman  the  son  of 
Hammedatha,  the  enemy  of  the  Jews,  slew 
they ;  but  on  the  spoil  laid  they  not  their 
hand. 

11  On  that  day  the  number  of  those  that 
were  slain  in  Shushan  the  palace  was 
brought  before  the  king. 

12  %  And  the  king  said  unto  Esther  the 
queen.  The  Jews  have  slain  and  destroyed 
five  hundred  men  in  Shushan  the  palace, 
and  the  ten  sons  of  Haman;  what  have 
they  done  in  the  rest  of  the  king's  prov- 
inces? now  what  is  thy  petition?  and  it 
shall  be  granted  thee:  or  what  is  thy  re- 
quest further?  and  it  shall  be  done. 

13  Then  said  Esther,  If  it  please  the  king, 
let  it  be  granted  to  the  Jews  which  are  in 
Shushan  to  do  to  morrow  also  according 
unto  this  day's  decree,  and  let  Haman's 
ten  sons  be  hanged  upon  the  gallows. 

14  And  the  king  commanded  it  so  to  be 
done:  and  the  decree  was  given  at  Shu- 
shan ;  and  they  hanged  Haman's  ten  sons. 

15  For  the  Jews  that  vere  in  Shushan 
gathered  themselves  together  on  the  four- 
teenth day  also  of  the  month  Adar,  and 

~  501  .  ~ 


ESTHER. 


slew  three  hundred  men  at  Shushan;  but 
on  the  prey  they  laid  not  their  hand. 

16  But  the  other  JeAvs  that  ivere  in  the 
king's  provinces  gathered  themselves  to- 
gether, and  stood  for  their  lives,  and  had 
rest  from  their  enemies,  and  slew  of 
their  foes  seventy  and  five  thousand,  but 
they  laid  not  their  hands  on  the  prey, 

17  On  the  thirteenth  day  of  the  month 
Adar;  and  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  the 
same  rested  they,  and  made  it  a  day  of 
feasting  and  gladness. 

18  But  the  Jews  that  were  at  Shushan 
assembled  together  on  the  thirteenth  day 
thereof,  and  on  the  fourteenth  thereof; 
and  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  same 
they  rested,  and  made  it  a  day  of  feasting 
and  gladness. 

19  Therefore  the  Jews  of  the  villages,  that 
dwelt  in  the  unwalled  towns,  made  the 
fourteenth  day  of  the  month  Adaradoy  of 
gladness  and  feasting,  and  a  good  day,  and 
of  sending  portions  one  to  another. 

20  1  And  Mordecai  wrote  these  things, 
and  sent  letters  unto  all  the  Jews  that 
were  in  all  the  provinces  of  the  king 
Ahasuerus,  both  nigh  and  far, 

21  To  establish  thh  among  them,  that 
they  should  keep  the  fourteenth  •  day  of 
the  month  Adar,  and  the  fifteenth  day 
of  the  same,  yearly, 

23  As  the  days  wherein  the  Jews  rested 
from  their  enemies,  and  the  month  which 
was  turned  unto  them  from  sorrow  to 
joy,  and  from  mourning  into  a  good  day: 
that  they  should  make  them  days  of  feast- 
ing and  joy,  and  of  sending  portions  one 
to  another,  and  gifts  to  the  poor. 

23  And  the  Jews  undertook  to  do  as 
they  had  begun,  and  as  Mordecai  had 
written  unto  them; 

24  Because  Haman  the  son  of  Hammed- 
atha,  the  Agagite,  the  enemy  of  all  the 
Jews,  had  devised  against  the  Jews  to 
destroy  them,  and  had  cast  Pur,  that  is-, 
the  lot,  to  consume  them,  and  to  destroy 
them; 

25  But  when  Esther  came  before  the  king, 
he  commanded  by  letters  that  his  wicked 
device,  which  he  devised  against  the 
Jews,  should  return  upon  his  own  head, 
and  that  he  and  his  sons  should  be  hanged 
on  the  gallows. 


5U:i 


26  Wherefore  they  called  these  days 
Purim  after  the  name  of  Pur.  Therefore 
for  all  the  words  of  this  letter,  and  of 
that  which  they  had  seen  concerning  this 
matter,  and  which  had  come  unto  them, 

27  The  Jews  ordained,  and  took  upon 
them,  and  \x\)on  their  seed,  and  upon  all 
such  as  joined  themselves  unto  them, 
so  as  it  should  not  fail,  that  they  would 
keep  these  two  days  according  to  their 
writing,  and  according  to  their  appointed 
time  every  year; 

28  And  that  these  days  should  he  remem- 
bered and  kept  throughout  every  genera- 
tion, every  family,  every  province,  and 
every  city;  and  that  these  days  of  Purim 
should  not  fail  from  among  the  Jews,  nor 
the  memorial  of  them  perish  from  their 
seed. 

29  Then  Esther  the  queen,  the  daughter 
of  Abihail,  and  Mordecai  the  Jew,  wrote 
with  all  authority,  to  confirm  this  second 
letter  of  Purim. 

30  And  he  sent  the  letters  unto  all  the 
Jews,  to  the  hundred  twenty  and  seven 
provinces  of  the  kingdom  of  Ahasuerus, 
vnth  words  of  peace  and  truth, 

31  To  confirm  these  days  of  Purim  in 
their  times  ap])ointed,  according  as  Morde- 
cai the  Jew  and  Esther  the  queen  had  en- 
joined them,  and  as  they  had  decreed  for 
themselves  and  for  their  seed,  the  matters 
of  the  fastings  and  their  cry. 

32  And  the  decree  of  Esther  confirmed 
these  matters  of  Purim  ;  and  it  was  writ- 
ten in  the  book.  « 

CHAPTER  X. 

AND  the  king  Ahasuerus  laid  a  trib- 
ute upon  the  land,  and  upon  the  isles 
of  the  sea. 

2  And  all  the  acts  of  his  power  and  of 
his  might,  and  the  declaration  of  the 
greatness  of  Mordecai,  whereunto  the  king 
advanced  him,  are  they  not  written  in  the 
book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of 
Media  and  Persia  ? 

3  For  Mordecai  the  Jew  was  next  unto 
king  Ahasuerus,  and  great  among  the 
Jews,  and  accepted  of  the  multitude  of 
his  brethren,  seeking  the  wealth  of  his 
people,  and  speaking  peace  to  all  his 
seed.  « 


THE 

BOOK   OF   JOB. 


CHAPTER  I. 

THERE  vras  a  man  in  the  land  of  Uz, 
whose  name  was  Job;  and  that  man 
was  perfect  and  upright,  and  one  that 
feared  God,  and  eschewed  evil. 

2  And  there  were  bom  unto  him  seven 
sons  and  three  daughters. 

3  His  substance  also  was  seven  thousand 
sheep,  and  three  thousand  camels,  and 
five  hundred  yoke  of  oxen,  and  five  hund- 
red she  asses,  and  a  very  great  household ; 
so  that  this  man  was  the  greatest  of  all 
the  men  of  the  east. 

4  And  his  sons  went  and  feasted  in  their' 
houses,  every  one  his  day,  and  sent  and 
called  for  their  three  sisters  to  eat  and  to 
drink  with  them. 

5  And  it  was  so,  when  the  days  of  tTieir 
feasting  were  gone  about,  that  Job  sent 
and  sanctified  them,  and  rose  up  early 
in  the  morning,  and  offered  burnt  ofier- 
ings  according  to  the  number  of  them  all : 
for  Job  said.  It  may  be  that  my  sons  have 
sinned,  and  cursed  God  in  their  hearts. 
Thus  did  Job  continually. 

6  1[  Now  there  was  a  day  when  the 
sons  of  God  came  to  present  themselves 
before  the  Lord,  and  Satan  came  also 
among  them. 

7  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Satan, 
Whence  cocaest  thou?  Then  Satan  an- 
swered the  Lord,  and  said.  From  going 
to  and  fro  in  the  earth,  and  from  walking 
up  and  down  in  it. 

8  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Satan,  Hast 
thou  considered  my  servant  Job,  that  there 
is  none  like  him  in  the  earth,  a  perfect 
and  an  upright  man,  one  that  feareth  God, 
and  escheweth  evil  ? 

9  Then  Satan  answered  the  Lord,  and 
said,  Doth  Job  fear  God  for  nought  ? 

10  Hast  not  thou  made  a  hedge  about 
him,  and  about  his  house,  and  about  all 
that  he  hath  on  every  side?  thou  hast 
blessed  the  work  of  his  hands,  and  his 
substance  is  increased  in  the  land. 

11  But  put   forth  thine  hand  now,   and 


touch  all  that  he  hath,  and  he  will  curse 
thee  to  thy  face. 

12  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Satan,  Be- 
hold, all  that  he  hath  is  in  thy  power; 
only  upon  himself  put  not  forth  thine 
hand.  So  Satan  went  forth  from  the  pres- 
ence of  the  Lord. 

13  H  And  there  was  a  day  when  his  sons 
and  his  daughters  were  eating  and  drink- 
ing wine  in  their  eldest  brother's  house  : 

14  And  there  came  a  messenger  unto 
Job,  and  said.  The  oxen  were  ploughing, 
and  the  asses  feeding  beside  them  : 

15  And  the  Sabeans  fell  npofi  i/iehi,  and 
took  them  away ;  yea,  they  have  slain  the 
servants  with  the  edge  of  the  sword; 
and  I  only  am  escaped  alone  to  tell  thee. 

16  While  he  was  jct  speaking,  there 
came  also  another,  and  said,  The  fire  of 
God  is  fallen  from  heaven,  and  hath  burned 
up  the  sheep,  and  the  servants,  and  con- 
sumed them ;  and  I  only  am  escaped  alone 
to  tell  thee. 

17  While  he  was  yet  speaking,  there 
came  also  another,  and  said.  The  Chal- 
deans made  out  three  bands,  and  fell 
upon  the  camels,  and  have  carried  them 
away,  yea,  and  slain  the  servants  with  the 
edge  of  the  sword ;  and  I  only  am  escaped 
alone  to  tell  thee. 

18  While  he  was  yet  speaking,  there 
came  also  another,  and  said.  Thy  sons 
and  thy  daughters  were  eating  and  drink- 
ing wine  in  their  eldest  brother's  house : 

19  And,  behold,  there  came  a  great  wind 
from  the  wilderness,  and  smote  the  four 
corners  of  the  house,  and  it  fell  upon 
the  young  men,  and  they  are  dead;  and 
I  only  am  escaped  alone  to  tell  thee. 

20  Then  Job  arose,  and  rent  his  mantle, 
and  shaved  his  head,  and  fell  down  upon 
the  ground,  and  worshipped, 

21  And  said.  Naked  came  I  out  of  my 
mother's  womb,  and  naked  shall  I  return 
thither:  the  Lord  gave,  and  the  Loud 
hath  taken  away ;  blessed  be  the  name  of 
the  Lord.  

503 


JOB. 


a2  In  all  this  Job  sinned  not,  nor  charged 
God  foolish]}'.      *■' 

CHAPTER  II. 

AGAIN  there  was  a  day  when  the  sons 
.  of  God  came  to  present  themselves 
before  the  Lord,  and  Satan  came  also 
among  them  to  present  himself  before  the 
Lord, 

2  And  the  Lord  said  nnto  Satan,  From 
whence  com  est  thou?  And  Satan  answered 
the  Lord,  and  said.  From  going  to  and  fro 
in  the  earth,  and  from  walking  up  and 
down  in  it. 

3  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Satan,  Hast 
thou  considered  my  servant  Job,  that  there 
is  none  like  him  in  the  earth,  a  perfect 
and  an  upright  man,  one  that  feareth 
God,  and  escheweth  evil  ?  and  still  he  hold- 
eth  fast  his  integrity,  although  thou  niov- 
edst  me  against  him,  to  destroy  him  with- 
out cause. 

4  And  Satan  answered  the  Lord,  and 
said.  Skin  for  skin,  yea,  all  that  a  man 
hath  will  he  give  for  his  life. 

5  But  put  forth  thine  hand  now,  and 
touch  his  bone  and  his  flesh,  and  he  will 
curse  thee  to  thy  face. 

6  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Satan,  Behold, 
he  is  in  thine  hand ;  but  save  his  life. 

7  T[  So  went  Satan  forth  from  the  pres- 
ence of  the  Lord,  and  smote  Job  with 
sore  boils  from  the  sole  of  his  foot  unto 
his  crown. 

8  And  he  took  him  a  potsherd  to  scrape 
himself  withal;  and  he  sat  down  among 
the  ashes. 

9  Tf  Then  said  his  wife  unto  him,  Dost 
thou  still  retain  thine  integrity?  curse 
God,  and  die. 

10  But  he  said  unto  her,  Thou  speakest 
as  one  of  the  foolish  women  speaketh. 
What?  shall  we  receive  good  at  the  hand 
of  God,  and  shall  we  not  receive  evil? 
In  all  this  did  not  Job  sin  with  his  lips. 

11  H  Now  when  Job's  three  friends  heard 
of  all  this  evil  that  was  come  ujDon  him, 
they  came  every  one  from  his  own  place ; 
Eliphaz  the  Temanite,  and  Bildad  the 
Shuhite,  and  Zophar  the  Naamathite:  for 
they  had  made  an  appointment  together 
to  come  to  mourn  with  him,  and  to  com- 
fort him. 

12  And  when  they  lifted  up  their  eyes 
afar  off,  and  knew  him  not,  they  lifted  up 
their  voice,  and  wci)t ;  and  they  rent  every 


one  his  mantle,  and  sprinkled  dust  upon 
their  heads  toward  heaven. 
13  So  they  sat  down  with  him  upon  the 
ground  seven  days  and  seven  nights,  and 
none  spake  a  word  unto  him  :  for  they  saw 
that  7iis  grief  was  very  great.         j^ 

CHAPTER  III. 

AFTER    this    opened    Job   his    mouth, 
-  aud  cursed  his  day. 

2  And  Job  spake,  and  said, 

3  Let  the  day  perish  wherein  I  was  born, 
and  the  night  in  whicJi  it  was  said.  There 
is  a  man  child  conceived. 

4  Let  that  day  be  darkness ;  let  not  God 
regard  it  from  above,  neither  let  the  light 
shine  upon  it. 

5  Let  darkness  and  the  shadow  of  death 
stain  it ;  let  a  cloud  dwell  upon  it ;  let 
the  blackness  of  the  day  terrify  it. 

6  As  for  that  night,  let  darkness  seize 
ui)on  it;  let  it  not  be  joined  unto  the 
days  of  the  year ;  let  it  not  come  into  the 
number  of  the  months. 

7  Lo,  let  that  night  be  solitary;  let  no 
joyful  voice  come  therein. 

8  Let  them  curse  it  that  curse  the  day, 
who  are  ready  to  raise  up  their  mourning. 

9  Let  the  stars  of  the  twilight  thereof  be 
dark ;  let  it  look  for  light,  but  have  none ; 
neither  let  it  see  the  daA\Tiing  of  the 
day: 

10  Because  it  shut  not  up  the  doors  of 
my  mother^s  womb,  nor  hid  sorrow  from 
mine  eyes. 

11  Why  died  I  not  from  the  womb?  w7iy 
did  I  not  give  up  the  ghost  when  I  came 
out  of  the  belly  ? 

13  Why  did  the  knees  prevent  me  ?  or 
why  the  breasts  that  I  should  suck? 

13  For  now  should  I  have  lain  still  and 
been  quiet,  I  should  have  slept :  then 
had  I  been  at  rest, 

14  With  kings  and  counsellors  of  the 
earth,  which  built  desolate  places  for 
themselves ; 

15  Or  with  princes  that  had  gold,  who 
filled  their  houses  with  silver : 

16  Or  as  a  hidden  imtimcly  birth  I  had 
not  been;  as  infants  which  never  saw  light. 

17  There  the  Avicked  cease  from  troub- 
ling ;  and  there  the  wear}'  be  at  rest. 

18  There  the  prisoners  rest  together ; 
they  hear  not  the  voice  of  the  op- 
pressor. 


JOB. 


19  The  small  and  great  are  there;  and  the 
servant  is  free  from  his  master. 

20  Wherefore  is  light  given  to  him  that 
is  in  misery,  and  life  unto  the  bitter  in 
soul ; 

21  Which  long  for  death,  but  it  cometh 
not ;  and  dig  for  it  more  than  for  hid  treas- 
ures; 

22  Which  rejoice  exceedingly,  avcl  are 
glad,  when  they  can  find  the  grave  ? 

23  W?iy  is  light  given  to  a  man  vrhose 
way  is  hid,  and  whom  God  hath  hedged 
in? 

24  For  my  sighing  cometh  before  I  eat, 
and  my  roarings  are  poured  out  like  the 
waters,  ^ 

25  For  the  thing  which  I  greatly  feared 
is  come  upon  me,  and  that  which  I  was 
afraid  of  is  come  unto  me. 

26  I  was  not  in  safety,  neither  had  I  rest, 
neither  was  I  quiet ;  yet  trouble  came. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

THEN  Eliphaz  the  Temanite  answered 
and  said, 

2  If  we  assay  to  commune  with  thee, 
wilt  thou  be  grieved?  but  who  can  with- 
hold himself  from  speaking? 

3  Behold,  thou  hast  instructed  many, 
and  thou  hast  strengthened  the  weak 
hands. 

4  Thy  words  have  upholden  him  that  was 
falling,  and  thou  hast  strengthened  the 
feeble  knees. 

5  But  now  it  is  come  upon  thee,  and  thou 
faintest;  it  toucheth  thee,  and  thou  art 
troubled. 

6  Is  not  tJiis  thy  fear,  thy  confidence,  thy 
hope,  and  the  uprightness  of  thy  ways  ? 

7  Remember,  1  pray  thee,  who  ever  per- 
ished, being  innocent?  or  where  were  the 
righteous  cut  off? 

8  Even  as  I  have  seen,  they  that  plough 
iniquity,  and  sow  wickedness,  reap  the 
same. 

9  By  the  blast  of  God  they  perish,  and 
by  the  breath  of  his  nostrils  are  they  con- 
sumed. 

10  The  roaring  of  the  lion,  and  the  voice 
of  the  fierce  lion,  and  the  teeth  of  the 
young  lions,  are  broken. 

11  The  old  lion  perisheth  for  lack  of 
prey,  and  the  stout  lion's  whelps  are  scat- 
tered abroad. 

12  Now   a    thing  was    secretly  brought 


to   me,    and    mine    ear    received    a    little 
thereof. 

13  In  thoughts  from  the  visions  of  the 
night,  when  deep  sleep  falleth  on  men, 

14  Fear  came  upon  me,  and  trembling, 
which  made  all  my  bones  to  shake. 

15  Then  a  spirit  passed  before  my  face; 
the  hair  of  my  flesh  stood  up  : 

16  It  stood  still,  but  I  could  not  discern 
the  form  thereof:  an  image  was  before 
mine  eyes,  there  ivas  silence,  and  I  heard 
a  voice,  saying^ 

17  Shall  mortal  man  be  more  just  than 
God  ?  shall  a  man  be  more  pure  than  his 
Maker? 

18  Behold,  he  put  no  trust  in  his  servants ; 
and  his  angels  he  charged  with  folly : 

19  How  much  less  in  them  that  dwell  in 
houses  of  cla}',  whose  foundation  is  in  the 
dust,  ivhich  are  crushed  before  the  moth? 

20  They  are  destroyed  from  morning  to 
evening:  they  perish  for  ever  without  any 
regarding  it. 

21  Doth  not  their  excellency  whic/i  is  in 
them  go  away  ?  they  die,  even  without  wis- 
dom.     «► 

CHAPTER  V. 

CALL  novt^,   if   there  be  any  that  will 
answer    thee ;    and    to  which    of  the 
saints  wilt  thou  turn  ? 

2  For  wrath  killeth  the  foolish  man,  and 
envy  slayeth  the  silly  one. 

3  I  have  seen  the  foolish  taking  root: 
but  suddenly  I  cursed  his  habitation. 

4  His  children  are  for  from  safety,  and 
they  are  crushed  in  the  gate,  neither  is 
there  any  to  deliver  them. 

5  Whose  harvest  the  hungry  eateth  up, 
and  taketh  it  even  out  of  the  thorns,  and 
the  robber  swalloweth  up  their  substance. 

6  Although  affliction  cometh  not  forth 
of  the  dust,  neither  doth  trouble  spring 
out  of  the  ground; 

7  Yet  man  is  born  unto  trouble,  as  the 
sparks  fly  upward. 

8  I  would  seek  unto  God,  and  unto  God 
would  I  commit  my  cause : 

9  Which  doeth  great  things  and  unsearch- 
able ;  marvellous  things  without  num- 
ber: 

10  Who  giveth  rain  upon  the  earth,  and 
sendeth  waters  upon  the  fields : 

11  To  set  up  on  high  those  that  be  low; 
that  those  which  mourn  may  be  exalted  to 
safety. 

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JOB. 


12  He  disappointeth  the  devices  of  the 
crafty,  so  that  their  hands  cannot  perform 
their  enterprise. 

13  He  taketh  the  wise  in  their  own  crafti- 
ness :  and  the  counsel  of  the  froward  is 
carried  headlong. 

14  They  meet  with  darkness  in  the  day- 
time, and  grope  in  the  noonday  as  in  the 
night. 

15  But  he  saveth  the  poor  from  the 
sword,  from  their  mouth,  and  from  the 
hand  of  the  mighty. 

16  So  the  poor  hath  hope,  and  iniquity 
stoppeth  her  mouth. 

17  Behold,  happy  is  the  man  whom  God 
correcteth:  therefore  despise  not  thou  the 
chastening  of  the  Almighty : 

18  For  he  maketh  sore,  and  bindeth  up: 
he  woundeth,  and  his  hands  make  whole. 

19  He  shall  deliver  thee  in  six  troubles : 
yea,  in  seven  there  shall  no  evil  touch  thee. 

20  In  famine  he  shall  redeem  thee  from 
death :  and  in  war  from  the  power  of  the 
sword. 

21  Thou  Shalt  be  hid  from  the  scourge  of 
the  tongue :  neither  shalt  thou  be  afraid 
of  destruction  when  it  cometh. 

22  At  destruction  and  famine  thou  shalt 
laugh :  neither  shalt  thou  be  afraid  of  the 
beasts  of  the  earth. 

23  For  thou  shalt  be  in  league  with  the 
stones  of  the  field :  and  the  beasts  of  the 
field  shall  be  at  peace  with  thee. 

24  And  thou  shalt  know  that  thy  taber- 
nacle shall  he  in  peace;  and  thou  shalt 
visit  thy  habitation,  and  shalt  not  sin. 

25  Thou  shalt  know  also  that  thy  seed 
shall  he  great,  and  thine  offspring  as  the 
grass  of  the  earth. 

26  Thou  shalt  come  to  thy  grave  in  a  full 
age,  like  as  a  shock  of  corn  cometh  in  in 
his  season. 

27  Lo  this,  we  have  searched  it,  so  it  is ; 
hear  it,  and  know  thou  it  for  thy  good.     * 

CHAPTER  VI. 

BUT  Job  answered  and  said, 
2  Oh  that  my  grief  were  thoroughly 
weighed,  and  my  calamity  laid  in  the  bal- 
ances together ! 

3  For  now  it  would  be  heavier  than  the 
sand  of  the  sea :  therefore  my  words  are 
swallowed  up. 

4  For  the  arrows  of  the  Almighty  are 
within  me,  the  poison  whereof  drinketh 

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up  my  spirit :  the  terrors  of  God  do  set 
themselves  in  arraj'  against  me. 

5  Doth  the  wild  ass  bray  when  he  hath 
grass?  or  loweth  the  ox  over  his  fod- 
der? 

6  Can  that  which  is  unsavoury  be  eaten 
without  salt  ?  or  is  there  ajiy  taste  in  the 
white  of  an  egg  ? 

7  The  things  that  my  soul  refused  to 
touch  are  as  my  sorrowful  meat. 

8  Oh  that  I  might  have  my  request ;  and 
that  God  would  grant  me  the  thing  that  I 
long  for ! 

9  Even  that  it  would  please  God  to  de- 
stroy me;  that  he  would  let  loose  his 
hand,  and  cut  me  off! 

10  Then  should  I  yet  have  comfort ;  yea, 
I  would  harden  myself  in  sorrow :  let  him 
not  spare;  for  I  have  not  concealed  the 
words  of  the  Holy  One. 

11  What  is  my  strength,  that  I  should 
hope?  and  what  is  mine  end,  that  I  should 
prolong  my  life  ? 

12  /<!  my  strength  the  strength  of  stones  ? 
or  is  my  flesh  of  brass  ? 

13  Is  not  my  help  in  me  ?  and  is  wisdom 
driven  quite  from  me  ? 

14  To  him  that  is  afflicted  pity  shmdd 
he  shewed  from  his  friend  ;  but  he  forsaketh 
the  fear  of  the  Almighty. 

15  My  brethren  have  dealt  deceitfully  as 
a  brook,  and  as  the  stream  of  brooks  they 
pass  away ; 

16  Which  are  blackish  by  reason  of  the 
ice,  and  wherein  the  snow  is  hid : 

17  What  time  they  wax  warm,  they  van- 
ish :  when  it  is  hot,  they  are  consumed 
out  of  their  place. 

18  The  paths  of  their  way  are  turned 
aside ;  they  go  to  nothing,  and  perish. 

19  The  troops  of  Tema  looked,  the  com- 
panies of  Sheba  waited  for  them. 

20  They  were  confounded  because  they 
had  hoped;  they  came  thither,  and  were 
ashamed. 

21  For  now  ye  are  nothing;  ye  see  my 
casting  down,  and  are  afraid. 

22  Did  I  say,  Bring  unto  me?  or.  Give  a 
reward  for  me  of  your  substance  ? 

23  Or,  Deliver  me  from  the  enemy's  hand? 
or.  Redeem  me  from  the  hand  of  the 
mighty  ? 

24  Teach  me,  and  I  will  hold  my  tongue : 
and  cause  me  to  understand  wherein  I 
have  erred. 


JOB. 


25  How  forcible  are  right  words!  but 
what  doth  your  arguing  reprove  ? 

26  Do  ye  imagine  to  reprove  words,  and 
the  speeches  of  one  that  is  desperate, 
which  are  as  wind  ? 

27  Yea,  ye  overwhelm  the  fatherless,  and 
ye  dig  a  jjlt  for  your  friend. 

28  Now  therefore  be  content,  look  upon 
me  ;  for  it  is  evident  xmto  you  if  I  lie. 

29  Return,  I  pray  you,  let  it  not  be  in- 
iquity ;  yea,  return  again,  my  righteous- 
ness is  in  it. 

30  Is  there  iniquity  in  my  tongue?  can- 
not my  taste  discern  perverse  things  ?     * 

CHAPTER  VII. 
T'S  there  not  an  appointed  time  to  man 
-L  upon  earth?   are  not  his  days  also  like 
the  days  of  a  hireling? 

2  As  a  servant  earnestly  desireth  the 
shadow,  and  as  a  hireling  looketh  for  the 
reward  of  his  work ; 

3  So  am  I  made  to  possess  months  of 
vanity,  and  wearisome  nights  are  appoint- 
ed to  me. 

4  When  I  lie  down,  I  say,  When  shall 
I  arise,  and  the  night  be  gone  ?  and  I  am 
full  of  tossings  to  and  fro  unto  the  dawn- 
ing of  the  day. 

5  My  flesh  is  clothed  with  worms  and 
clods  of  dust;  my  skin  is  broken,  and 
become  loathsome. 

6  My  days  are  swifter  than  a  weaver's 
shuttle,  and  are  spent  without  hope. 

7  O  remember  that  my  life  is  wind:  mine 
eye  shall  no  more  see  good. 

8  The  eye  of  him  that  hath  seen  me 
shall  see  me  no  more:  thine  eyes  are  upon 
me,  and  I  am  not. 

9  As  the  cloud  is  consumed  and  vanisheth 
away ;  so  he  that  goeth  down  to  the  grave 
shall  come  up  no  more. 

10  He  shall  return  no  more  to  his  house, 
neither  shall  his  place  know  him  any 
more. 

11  Therefore  I  will  not  refrain  my 
mouth;  I  will  speak  in  the  anguish  of 
my  spirit;  I  will  complain  in  the  bitter- 
ness of  my  soul. 

12  Am  I  a  sea,  or  a  whale,  that  thou  set- 
test  a  watch  over  me  ? 

18  When  I  say.  My  bed  shall  comfort  me, 
my  couch  shall  ease  my  complaint ; 

14  Then  thou  scarest  me  with  dreams, 
and  terriflest  me  through  visions : 


15  So  that  my  soul  chooseth  strangling, 
and  death  rather  than  my  life. 

16  1  loathe  it;  I  would  not  live  alway: 
let  me  alone ;  for  my  days  are  vanity. 

17  What  is  man,  that  thou  shouldest 
magnify  him?  and  that  thou  shouldest 
set  thine  heart  upon  him? 

18  And  that  thou  shouldest  visit  him  eve- 
ry morning,  and  try  him  every  moment  ? 

19  How  long  wilt  thou  not  depart  from 
me,  nor  let  me  alone  till  I  swallow  down 
my  spittle? 

20  I  have  sinned;  what  shall  I  do  unto 
thee,  O  thou  preserver  of  men?  why  hast 
thou  set  me  as  a  mark  against  thee,  so 
that  I  am  a  burden  to  myself? 

21  And  why  dost  thou  not  pardon  my 
transgression,  and  take  away  mine  iniqui- 
ty? for  now  shall  I  sleep  in  the  dust;  and 
thou  Shalt  seek  me  in  the  morning,  but  I 
shall  not  he.  ^' 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

THEN   answered   Bildad   the   Shuhite, 
and  said, 

2  How  long  wilt  thou  speak  these  things? 
and  how  long  shall  the  words  of  thy  mouth 
he  like  a  strong  wind? 

3  Doth  God  pervert  judgment?  or  doth 
the  Almighty  pervert  justice? 

4  If  thy  children  have  sinned  against 
him,  and  he  have  cast  them  away  for  their 
transgression ; 

5  If  thou  wouldest  seek  unto  God  be- 
times, and  make  thy  supplication  to  the 
Almighty; 

6  If  thou  wert  pure  and  upright;  surely 
now  he  would  awake  for  thee,  and  make 
the  habitation  of  thy  righteousness  pros- 
perous. 

7  Though  thy  beginning  was  small,  yet 
thy  latter  end  should  greatly  increase. 

8  For  inquire,  I  pray  thee,  of  the  former 
age,  and  prepare  thyself  to  the  search  of 
their  fathers : 

9  (For  we  are  hut  of  yesterday,  and  know 
nothing,  because  our  days  upon  earth  a?-e  a 
shadow :) 

10  Shall  not  they  teach  thee,  and  tell 
thee,  and  utter  words  out  of  their  heart? 

11  Can  the  rush  grow  up  without  mire? 
can  the  flag  grow  without  water? 

12  Whilst  it  is  yet  in  his  greenness,  a7id 
not  cut  down,  it  withereth  before  any  other 
herb. 

13  So   are  the   paths   of   all    that   forget 

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JOB. 


God ;  and  the  hypocrite's  hope  shall 
perish : 

14  Whose  hope  shall  be  cut  off,  and  whose 
trust  fiJiall  he  a  spider's  web. 

15  He  shall  lean  upon  his  hoiise,  but 
it  shall  not  stand :  he  shall  hold  it  fast,  but 
it  shall  not  endure. 

16  He  is  green  before  the  sun,  and  his 
branch  shooteth  forth  in  his  garden. 

17  His  roots  are  wrapped  about  the  heap, 
and  seeth  the  place  of  stones. 

18  If  he  destroy  him  from  his  place,  then 
it  shall  deny  him,  saying,  I  have  not  seen 
thee, 

19  Behold,  this  is  the  joy  of  his  way,  and 
out  of  the  earth  shall  others  grow. 

20  Behold,  God  will  not  cast  away  a  per- 
fect man,  neither  will  he  help  the  evil 
doers : 

21  Till  he  fiU  thy  mouth  with  laughing, 
and  thy  lips  with  rejoicing. 

22  They  that  hate  thee  shall  be  clothed 
with  shame ;  and  the  dwellingplace  of  the 
wicked  shall  come  to  nought.  „ 

CHAPTER  IX. 

THEN  Job  answered  and  said, 
2  I  know  it  is  so  of  a  truth :  but  how 
should  man  be  just  with  God? 

3  If  he  will  contend  with  him,  he  cannot 
answer  him  one  of  a  thousand. 

4  He  is  wise  in  heart,  and  mighty  in 
strength :  who  hath  hardened  himself 
against  him,  and  hath  prospered? 

5  Which  removeth  the  mountains,  and 
they  know  not;  which  overturneth  them 
in  his  anger ; 

6  Which  shaketh  the  earth  out  of  her 
place,  and  the  pillars  thereof  tremble; 

7  Which  commandeth  the  sun,  and  it 
riseth  not ;  and  sealeth  up  the  stars  ; 

8  Which  alone  spreadethout  the  heavens, 
and  treadeth  upon  the  waves  of  the  sea; 

9  Which  maketh  Arcturus,  Orion,  and 
Pleiades,  and  the  chambers  of  the  south ; 

10  Which  doeth  great  things  past  finding 
out;  yea,  and  wonders  without  number. 

11  Lo,  he  goeth  by  me,  and  I  see  Mm 
not:  he  passeth  on  also,  but  I  perceive 
him  not. 

12  Behold,  he  taketh  away,  who  can 
hinder  him?  who  will  say  unto  him.  What 
doest  thou  ? 

13  If  God  will  not  withdraw  his  anger, 
the  proud  helpers  do  stoop  under  him. 

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14  How  much  less  shall  I  answer  him, 
a7id  choose  out  my  words  to  reason  with 
him? 

15  Whom,  though  I  were  righteous,  yet 
would  I  not  answer,  btit  1  would  make 
supplication  to  my  judge. 

16  If  I  had  called,  and  he  had  answered 
me;  ijet  would  I  not  believe  that  he  had 
hearkened  unto  my  voice. 

17  For  he  breaketh  me  with  a  tempest, 
and  multiplieth  my  wounds  without  cause. 

18  He  will  not  suffer  me  to  take  my 
breath,  but  filleth  me  with  bitterness. 

19  If  I  sjyeak  of  strength,  lo,  he  is  strong: 
and  if  of  judgment,  who  shall  set  me  a 
time  to2)lead? 

20  If  I  justify  myself,  mine  own  mouth 
shall  condemn  me:  if  I  say,  I  am  perfect, 
it  shall  also  prove  me  perverse. 

21  Though  I  were  perfect,  rjet  would  I 
not  know  my  soul :  I  would  despise  my 
life. 

22  This  is  one  thing,  therefore  I  said  it. 
He  destroyeth  the  perfect  and  the  wicked. 

23  If  the  scourge  slay  suddenly,  he  will 
laugh  at  the  trial  of  the  innocent. 

24  The  earth  is  given  into  the  hand  of 
the  wicked:  he  covereth  the  faces  of  the 
judges  thereof;  if  not,  where,  and  who  is 
he? 

25  Now  my  days  are  swifter  than  a  post : 
they  flee  away,  they  see  no  good. 

26  They  are  passed  away  as  the  swift 
ships:  as  the  eagle  that  hasteth  to  the  prey. 

27  If  I  say,  I  will  forget  my  complaint, 
I  will  leave  off  my  heaviness,  and  com- 
fort myself  ; 

28  I  am  afraid  of  all  my  sorrows,  I 
know  that  thou  wilt  not  hold  me  innocent. 

29  ijr  I  be  wicked,  why  then  labour  I 
in  vain  ? 

30  If  I  wash  myself  with  snow  water, 
and  make  my  hands  never  so  clean ; 

31  Yet  Shalt  thou  plunge  me  in  the  ditch, 
and  mine  own  clothes  shall  abhor  me. 

32  For  he  is  not  a  man,  as  I  am,  that  I 
should  answer  him,  a7id  we  should  come 
together  in  judgment. 

33  Neither  is  there  any  daysman  betwixt 
us,  tfiat  might  lay  his  hand  upon  us 
both. 

34  Let  him  take  his  rod  away  from  me, 
and  let  not  his  fear  terrify  me: 

35  Then  would  I  speak,  and  not  fear  him  ; 
but  it  is  not  so  with  me.       *^ 


JOB. 


CHAPTER  X. 

MY  soul  is  weary  of  my  life;  I  will  leave 
my  complaiut  upon  myself;    I  will 
speak  in  the  bitterness  of  my  soul. 

2  I  will  say  unto  God,  Do  not  condemn 
me;  shew  me  wherefore  thou  contendest 
with  me. 

3  is  it  good  unto  thee  that  thou  shouldest 
oppress,  that  thou  shouldest  despise  the 
work  of  thine  hands,  and  shine  upon  the 
counsel  of  the  wicked  ? 

4  Hast  thou  eyes  of  flesh  ?  or  seest  thou 
as  man  seeth  ? 

5  Are  thy  days  as  the  days  of  man?  are 
thy  years  as  man's  days, 

6  That  thou  iuquirest  after  mine  iniquity, 
and  sear'chest  after  my  sin? 

7  Thou  knowest  that  I  am  not  wicked; 
and  there  is  none  that  can  deliver  out 
of  thine  hand. 

8  Thine  hands  have  made  me  and 
fashioned  me  together  round  about;  yet 
thou  dost  destroy  me. 

9  Remember,  I  beseech  thee,  that  thou 
hast  made  me  as  the  clay;  and  wilt  thou 
bring  me  into  dust  again  ? 

10  Hast  thou  not  poured  me  out  as  milk, 
and  curdled  me  like  cheese  ? 

11  Thou  hast  clothed  me  with  skin  and 
flesh,  and  hast  fenced  me  with  bones  and 
sinews. 

12  Thou  hast  granted  me  life  and  favour, 
and  thy  visitation  hath  preserved  my 
spirit. 

13  And  these  things  hast  thou  hid  in  thine 
heart :  I  know  that  this  is  with  thee. 

14  If  I  sin,  then  thou  markest  me,  and 
thou  wilt  not  acquit  mc  from  mine  in- 
iquity. 

15  If  I  be  wicked,  woe  imto  me;  and  if 
I  be  righteous,  yet  will  I  not  lift  up  my 
head.  /  am  full  of  confusion ;  therefore 
see  thou  mine  affliction ; 

16  For  it  increaseth.  Thou  huntest  me 
as  a  fierce  lion:  and  again  thou  shewest 
thyself  marvellous  upon  me. 

17  Thou  renewest  thy  witnesses  against 
me,  and  increasest  thine  indignation  upon 
me ;  changes  and  war  are  against  me. 

18  Wherefore  then  hast  thou  brought  me 
forth  out  of  the  womb  ?  Oh  that  I  had 
given  up  the  ghost,  and  no  eye  had  seen  me ! 

19  I  should  have  been  as  though  I  had 
not  been;  I  should  have  been  carried 
from  the  womb  to  the  grave.       / 


20  Are  not  my  days  few  ?  cease  then^  and 
let  me  alone,  that  I  may  take  comfort  a 
little, 

21  Before  I  go  whence  I  shall  not  return, 
even  to  the  land  of  darkness  and  the 
shadow  of  death ; 

23  A  land  of  darkness,  as  darkness  itself; 
a)td  of  the  shadow  of  death,  without  any 
order,  and  where  the  light  is  as  darkness.  •*• 

CHAPTER  XI. 

THEN  answered  Zophar  the  Naamathite, 
and  said, 

2  Should  not  the  multitude  of  words  be 
answered?  and  should  a  man  full  of  talk 
be  justified? 

3  Should  thy  lies  make  men  hold  their 
peace?  and  when  thou  mockest,  shall  no 
man  make  thee  ashamed? 

4  For  thou  hast  said,  My  doctrine  is  pure, 
and  I  am  clean  in  thine  eyes. 

5  But  oh  that  God  would  speak,  and  open 
his  lips  against  thee ; 

6  And  that  he  would  shew  thee  the  se- 
crets of  wisdom,  that  tJiey  are  double  to 
that  which  is!  Know  therefore  that  God 
exacteth  of  thee  less  than  thine  iniquity 
deserveth. 

7  Canst  thou  by  searching  find  out  God? 
canst  thou  find  out  the  Almighty  unto  per- 
fection ? 

8  It  is  as  high  as  heaven ;  what  canst  thou 
do?  deeper  than  hell;  what  canst  thou 
know  ? 

9  The  measure  thereof  is  longer  than  the 
earth,  and  broader  than  the  sea. 

10  If  he  cut  off,  and  shut  up,  or  gather 
together,  then  who  can  hinder  him  ? 

11  For  he  knoweth  vain  men:  he  seeth 
wickedness  also ;  will  he  not  then  consider 
it? 

13  For  vain  man  would  be  wise,  though 
man  be  born  like  a  wild  ass's  colt. 

13  If  thou  prepare  thine  heart,  and  stretch 
out  thine  hands  toward  him ; 

14  If  iniquity  be  in  thine  hand,  piit  it  far 
away,  and  let  not  wickedness  dwell  in  thy 
tabernacles. 

15  For  then  shalt  thou  lift  up  thy  face 
without  spot ;  yea,  thou  shalt  be  steadfast, 
and  shalt  not  fear: 

16  Because  thou  shalt  forget  thy  misery, 
and  remember  it  as  waters  tJiat  pass 
away: 

17  And  t?une  age  shall  be  clearer  than 

509 


JOB. 


the  noonday ;  thou  shalt  shine  forthj  thou 
shalt  be  us  the  moaning. 

18  And  thou  shalt  be  secure,  because 
there  is  hope;  yea,  thou  shalt  dig  about 
thee,  and  thou  shalt  take  thy  rest  in 
safety. 

19  Also  thou  shalt  lie  down,  and  none 
shall  make  thee  afraid;  yea,  many  shall 
make  suit  unto  thee. 

;30  But  the  eyes  of  the  "wicked  shall  fail, 
and  they  shall  not  escape,  and  their  hope 
sJiall  be  as  the  giving  up  of  the  ghost. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

AND  Job  answered  and  said, 
2  No  doubt  but   ye  are  the  people, 
and  wisdom  shall  die  with  you. 

3  But  I  have  understanding  as  well  as 
you;  I  am  not  inferior  to  j'ou:  yea,  who 
knoweth  not  such  things  as  these? 

4  I  am  as  one  mocked  of  his  neighbour, 
who  calleth  upon  God,  and  he  answereth 
him:  the  just  ui)right  man  is  laughed  to 
scorn. 

5  He  that  is  ready  to  slip  with  his  feet  is 
as  a  lamp  despised  in  the  thought  of  him 
that  is  at  ease. 

6  The  tabernacles  of  robbers  prosper, 
and  they  that  provoke  God  are  secure; 
into  whose  hand  God  bringeth  abiind- 
aiithj. 

7  But  ask  now  the  beasts,  and  they  shall 
teach  thee ;  and  the  fowls  of  the  air,  and 
they  shall  tell  thee: 

8  Or  speak  to  the  earth,  and  it  shall  teach 
thee;  and  the  fishes  of  the  sea  shall  declare 
unto  thee. 

9  Who  knoweth  not  in  all  these  that 
the  hand  of  the  Lord  hath  wrought 
this? 

10  In  whose  hand  is  the  soul  of  every 
living  thing,  and  the  breath  of  all  man- 
kind. 

11  Doth  not  the  ear  try  words?  and  the 
mouth  taste  his  meat? 

13  "With  the  ancient  is  wisdom;  and  in 
length  of  days  understanding. 

13  With  him  is  wisdom  and  strength,  he 
hath  counsel  and  understanding. 

14  Behold,  he  breaketh  down,  and  it  can- 
not be  built  again:  he  shutteth  up  a  man, 
and  there  can  be  no  opening. 

15  Behold,  he  Avitbholdcth  the  waters, 
and  they  dry  up:  also  he  sendeth  them 
out,  and  they  overturn  the  earth, 

510 


16  With  him  is  strength  and  wisdom :  the 
deceived  and  the  deceiver  arc  his. 

17  He  leadeth  counsellors  away  spoiled, 
and  maketh  the  judges  fools. 

18  He  looseth  the  bond  of  kings,  and 
girdeth  their  loins  with  a  girdle. 

19  He  leadeth  princes  away  spoiled,  and 
overthroweth  the  mighty. 

20  He  removeth  away  the  speech  of  the 
trusty,  and  taketh  aAvay  the  understanding 
of  the  aged. 

21  He  poureth  contempt  upon  princes, 
and  weakeneth  the  strength  of  the  mighty. 

22  He  discovereth  deep  things  out  of 
darkness,  and  bringeth  out  to  light  the 
shadow  of  death. 

23  He  increaseth  the  nations,  and  destroy- 
eth  them :  he  enlargeth  the  nations,  and 
straiteneth  them  agaiii. 

24  He  taketh  away  the  heart  of  the  chief 
of  the  people  of  the  earth,  and  causeth 
them  to  wander  in  a  wilderness  where  there 
is  no  way. 

25  They  grope  in  the  dark  without  light, 
and  he  maketh  them  to  stagger  like  a 
drunken  man.         "^ 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

LO,  mine  eye  hath  seen  all  this,  mine  ear 
hath  heard  and  understood  it. 

2  What  ye  know,  the  same  do  I  know  also : 
I  am  not  inferior  unto  you. 

3  Surely  I  would  speak  to  the  Almighty, 
and  I  desire  to  reason  with  God. 

4  But  ye  are  forgers  of  lies,  ye  a7'e  all 
physicians  of  no  value. 

5  Oh  that  ye  would  altogether  hold  your 
peace!  and  it  should  be  your  wisdom. 

6  Hear  now  my  reasoning,  and  hearken 
to  the  pleadings  of  my  lips. 

7  Will  ye  speak  wickedly  for  God?  and 
talk  deceitfully  for  him  ? 

8  Will  ye  accept  his  person  ?  will  ye  con- 
tend for  God  ? 

9  Is  it  good  that  he  should  search  you 
out  ?  or  as  one  man  mocketh  another,  do 
ye  so  mock  him  ? 

10  He  will  surely  reprove  you,  if  ye  do 
secretly  accept  persons. 

11  Shall  not  his  excellency  make  yon 
afraid  ?  and  his  dread  fall  upon  you  ? 

12  Tour  remembrances  a?'e  like  unto 
ashos,  your  bodies  to  bodies  of  clay. 

13  Hold  your  peace,  let  me  alone,  that  I 
may  speak,  and  let  come  on  me  what  will. 


JOB. 


14  Wherefore  do  I  take  my  flesh  in  my 
teeth,  and  put  my  life  in  mine  hand  ? 

15  Though  he  slay  me,  yet  will  I  trust  in 
him:  but  I  will  maintain  mine  own  ways 
before  him. 

16  He  also  shall  be  my  salvation:  for  a 
hypocrite  shall  not  come  before  him. 

17  Hear  diligently  my  speech,  and  my 
declaration  with  your  ears. 

18  Behold  now,  I  have  ordered  my  cause ; 
I  know  that  I  shall  be  justified. 

19  Who  is  he  that  will  plead  with  me? 
for  now,  if  I  hold  my  tongue,  I  shall  give 
up  the  ghost. 

20  Only  do  not  two  things  unto  me ;  then 
will  I  not  hide  myself  from  thee. 

21  Withdraw  thine  hand  far  from  me : 
and  let  not  th}^  dread  make  me  afraid. 

23  Then  call  thou,  and  I  will  answer :  or 
let  me  speak,  and  answer  thou  me. 

23  How  many  are  mine  iniquities  and 
sins  ?  make  me  to  know  my  transgression 
and  my  sin. 

24  Wherefore  hidest  thou  thy  face,  and 
boldest  me  for  thine  enemy  ? 

25  Wilt  thou  break  a  leaf  driven  to  and 
fro  ?  and  wilt  thou  pursue  the  dry  stubble  ? 

26  For  thou  writest  bitter  things  against 
me,  and  makest  me  to  possess  the  iniqui- 
ties of  my  youth. 

27  Thou  puttest  my  feet  also  in  the 
stocks,  and  lookest  narrowly  unto  all  my 
paths ;  thou  settest  a  print  upon  the  heels 
of  my  feet. 

28  And  he,  as  a  rotten  thing,  consumeth, 
as  a  garment  that  is  motheaten.       -^  "* 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

MAN  that  is  born  of  a  woman  is  of  few 
days,  and  full  of  trouble. 

2  He  cometh  forth  like  a  flower,  and  is 
cut  down  :  he  fleeth  also  as  a  shadow,  and 
continueth  not. 

3  And  dost  thou  open  thine  eyes  upon 
such  a  one,  and  bringest  me  into  judgment 
with  thee? 

4  Who  can  bring  a  clean  timtff  out  of  an 
unclean  ?  not  one. 

5  Seeing  his  days  are  determined,  the 
number  of  his  months  are  with  thee,  thou 
hast  appointed  his  bounds  that  he  cannot 
pass ; 

6  Turn  from  him,  that  he  may  rest,  till  he 
shall  accomplish,  as  a  hireling,  his  day. 

7  For  there  is  hope  ofatree,  if  it  be  cut 


down,  that  it  will  sprout  again,  and  that 
the  tender  branch  thereof  will  not  cease. 

8  Though  the  root  thereof  wax  old  in  the 
earth,  and  the  stock  thereof  die  in  the 
ground ; 

9  Yet  through  the  scent  of  water  it  will 
bud,  and  bring  forth  boughs  like  a  plant. 

10  But  man  dieth,  and  wasteth  away :  yea, 
man  giveth  up  the  ghost,  and  where  is-  he  ? 

11  As  the  waters  fail  from  the  sea,  and 
the  flood  decayeth  and  drieth  up ; 

12  So  man  lieth  down,  and  riseth  not : 
till  the  heavens  be  no  more,  they  shall 
not  awake,  nor  be  raised  out  of  their  sleep. 

13  Oh  that  thou  Avouldest  hide  me  in  the 
grave,  that  thou  wouldcst  keep  me  secret, 
until  thy  wrath  be  past,  that  thou  wouldest 
appoint  me  a  set  time,  and  remember  me! 

14  If  a  man  die,  shall  he  live  again?  all 
the  days  of  my  appointed  time  will  I  wait, 
till  my  change  come. 

15  Thou  shalt  call,  and  I  will  answer  thee : 
thou  wilt  have  a  desire  to  the  work  of 
thine  hands. 

16  For  now  thou  numberest  my  steps : 
dost  thou  not  watch  over  my  sin  ? 

17  My  transgression  is  sealed  up  in  a  bag, 
and  thou  sewest  up  mine  iniquity. 

18  And  surely  the  mountain  falling  com- 
eth to  nought,  and  the  rock  is  removed 
out  of  his  place. 

19  The  waters  wear  the  stones :  thou 
washest  away  the  things  which  grow  out 
of  the  dust  of  the  earth;  and  thou  de- 
stroyest  the  hope  of  man. 

20  Thou  prevailest  for  ever  against  bira, 
and  he  passeth:  thou  changest  his  coun- 
tenance, and  sendest  him  away. 

21  His  sons  come  to  honour,  and  he 
knoweth  it  not;  and  they  are  brought 
low,  but  he  perceiveth  it  not  of  them. 

22  But  his  flesh  upon  him  shall  have  pain, 
and  his  soul  within  him  shall  mourn.  -^  ' 

CHAPTER  XV. 

THEN  answered  Eliphaz  the  Temanite, 
and  said, 

2  Should  a  wise  man  utter  vain  knowl- 
edge, and  fill  his  belly  with  the  east  wind? 

3  Should  he  reason  with  unprofitable  talk? 
or  with  speeches  wherewith  he  can  do  no 
good  ? 

4  Tea,  thou  castest  off  fear,  and  restrain- 
est  prayer  before  God. 

5  For  thy  mouth  uttereth  thine  iniquity, 

511 


JOB. 


and    thou    chooscst    the    tougue    of    the 
crafty. 

6  Thine  own  mouth  condemneth  thee, 
and  not  I:  yea,  thine  own  lips  testify 
against  thee. 

7  Art  thou  the  first  man  that  was  born? 
or  wast  thou  made  before  the  liills  ? 

8  Hast  thou  heard  the  secret  of  God? 
and  dost  thou  restrain  wisdom  to  thyself? 

9  What  kuowest  thou,  that  we  know  not  ? 
what  understandest  thou,  which  is  not  in 
us? 

10  With  us  are  both  the  grayheaded  and 
very  aged  men,  much  elder  than  thy  father. 

11  Are  the  consolations  of  God  small  with 
thee?  is  there  any  secret  thing  with  thee? 

13  Why  doth  thine  heart  carry  thee  away  ? 
and  what  do  thy  eyes  wink  at, 

13  That  thou  turnest  thy  spirit  against 
God,  and  lettest  such  words  go  out  of  thy 
mouth  ? 

14  What  is  man,  that  he  should  be  clean? 
and  ?ie  whic?i  is  born  of  a  woman,  that  he 
should  be  righteous? 

15  Behold,  he  putteth  no  trust  in  his 
saints;  yea,  the  heavens  are  not  clean  in 
his  sight. 

16  IIow  much  more  abominable  and  filthy 
is  man,  which  drinketh  iniquity  like  water? 

17  I  will  shew  thee,  hear  me;  and  that 
which  I  have  seen  I  will  declare ; 

18  Which  wise  men  have  told  from  their 
fathers,  and  have  not  hid  it  : 

19  Unto  whom  alone  the  earth  was  given, 
and  no  stranger  passed  among  them. 

20  The  wicked  man  travaileth  with  pain 
all  his  days,  and  the  number  of  years  is 
hidden  to  the  oppressor. 

21  A  dreadful  sound  is  in  his  ears:  in 
prosperity  the  destroyer  shall  come  upon 
him. 

23  He  believeth  not  that  he  shall  return 
out  of  darkness,  and  he  is  waited  for  of 
the  sword. 

23  He  wandereth  abroad  for  bread,  .say- 
i)ig^  W^here  is  it?  he  knoweth  that  the  day 
of  darkness  is  ready  at  his  hand. 

24  Trouble  and  anguish  shall  make  him 
afraid ;  they  shall  prevail  against  him,  as  a 
king  ready  to  the  battle. 

25  For  he  stretchcth  out  his  hand  against 
God,  and  strengtheneth  himself  against  the 
Almighty. 

20  He  runneth  upon  him,  even  on  Aw  neck, 
upon  the  thick  bosses  of  his  bucklers : 

513 


27  Because  he  covereth  his  face  with  his 
fatness,  and  maketh  collops  of  fat  on  Aw 
flanks. 

28  And  he  dwelleth  in  desolate  cities,  and 
in  houses  which  no  man  inhabiteth,  which 
are  ready  to  become  heaps. 

29  He  shall  not  be  rich,  neither  shall  his 
substance  continue,  neither  shall  he  pro- 
long the  perfection  thereof  upon  the  earth. 

30  He  shall  not  depart  out  of  darkness; 
the  flame  shall  dry  up  his  branches,  and  by 
the  breath  of  his  mouth  shall  he  go  away. 

31  Let  not  him  that  is  deceived  trust  in 
vanity :  for  vanity  shall  be  his  recompense, 

33  It  shall  be  accomplished  before  his 
time,  and  his  branch  shall  not  be  green. 

33  He  shall  shake  off  his  unripe  grape  as 
the  vine,  and  shall  cast  off  his  flower  as 
the  olive. 

34  For  the  congregation  of  hypocrites 
shall  he  desolate,  and  fire  shall  consume 
the  tabernacles  of  briber}'. 

35  They  conceive  mischief,  and  bring  forth 
vanity,  and  their  belly  prepareth  deceit.     j» 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

THEN  Job  answered  and  said, 
2  I  have    heard    many    such    things: 
miserable  comforters  are  ye  all. 

3  Shall  Aain  words  have  an  end?  or  what 
emboldeneth  thee  that  thou  answerest? 

4  I  also  could  speak  as  ye  do:  if  your 
soul  were  in  my  soul's  stead,  I  could  heap 
up  words  against  you,  and  shake  mine 
head  at  you. 

5  But  I  would  strengthen  you  with  my 
mouth,  and  the  moving  of  my  lips  should 
assuage  your  grief.  ^ 

6  Though  I  speak,  *'^y  grief  is  not 
assuaged:  and  thmigh  ^  iothQur^  what  am 
i  eased? 

7  But  now  he  bath  made  me  weary: 
thou  hast  made  desolate  all  my  company. 

8  And  thou  hast  filled  me  with  wrinkles, 
ichich  is  a  witness  against  me:  and  my  lean- 
ness rising  up  in  me  beareth  witness  to 
my  face. 

9  He  teareth  me  in  his  wrath,  who  hateth 
me:  he  gnashcth  upon  me  with  his  teeth; 
mine  enemy  sharpeneth  his  eyes  upon 
me. 

10  They  have  gaped  upon  me  with  their 
mouth;  they  have  smitten  me  upon  the 
cheek  reproachfully;  they  have  gathered 
themselves  together  against  me. 


JOB. 


11  God  hath  delivered  me  to  the  ungodly, 
and  turned  me  over  into  the  hands  of  the 
wicked. 

12  I  was  at  ease,  ])ut  he  hath  broken 
me  asunder :  he  hath  also  taken  me  by 
my  neck,  and  shaken  me  to  pieces,  and 
set  me  up  for  his  mark. 

13  His  archers  compass  me  round  about, 
he  cleaveth  my  reins  asunder,  and  doth 
not  spare;  he  poureth  out  my  gall  upon 
the  ground. 

14  He  breaketh  me  with  breach  upon 
breach  ;  he  runneth  upon  me  like  a  giant. 

15  I  have  sewed  sackcloth  upon  my  skin, 
and  defiled  my  horn  in  the  dust. 

16  My  face  is  foul  with  weeping,  and 
on  my  eyelids  is  the  shadow  of  death; 

17  Not  for  any  injustice  in  mine  hands : 
also  my  prayer  u  pure. 

18  O  earth,  cover  not  thou  my  blood, 
and  let  my  cry  have  no  i)lace. 

19  Also  now,  behold,  my  witness  is  in 
heaven,  and  my  record  is  on  high. 

20  My  friends  scorn  me:  hut  mine  ej^e 
poureth  out  tears  unto  God. 

21  Oh  that  one  might  plead  for  a  man 
with  God,  as  a  man  pleadeth  for  his  neigh- 
bour! 

23  When  a  few  years  are  come,  then  I 
shall  go  the  way  whence  I  shall  not  return. 

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CHAPTER  XVII. 

MY   breath  is    corrupt,    my    days    are 
extinct,  the  graves  are  ready  for  me. 

2  Are  there  not  mockers  with  me?  rtnd 
doth  not  mine  eye  continue  in  their 
provocation  ? 

3  Lay  down  now,  put  me  in  a  surety 
with  thee ;  who  is  he  that  will  strike  hands 
with  me? 

4  For  thou  hast  hid  their  heart  from 
understanding:  therefore  shalt  thou  not 
exalt  them. 

5  He  that  speaketh  flattery  to  Ms  friends, 
even  the  eyes  of  his  children  shall  fail. 

6  He  hath  made  me  also  a  byword  of 
the  people;  and  aforetime  I  was  as  a 
tabret. 

7  Mine  eye  also  is  dim  by  reason  of 
sorrow,  and  all  my  members  are  as  a 
shadow. 

8  Upright  men  shall  be  astonied  at  this, 
and  the  innocent  shall  stir  up  himself 
against  the  hypocrite. 

9  The  righteous   also   shall  hold   on  his 

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way,  and  he   that  hath   clean  hands  shall 
be  stronger  and  stronger. 

10  But  as  for  you  all,  do  ye  return,  and 
come  now:  for  I  cannot  find  07ie  wise 
man  among  you. 

11  My  days  are  past,  my  purposes  are 
broken  off,  even  the  thoughts  of  my  heart. 

12  They  change  the  night  into^day:  the 
light  is  short  because  of  darkness. 

13  If  I  wait,  the  grave  is  mine  house:  I 
have  made  my  bed  in  the  darkness. 

14  I  have  said  to  corruption.  Thou  art 
my  father :  to  the  worm,  Thoii,  art  my 
mother,  and  my  sister. 

15  And  where  is  now  my  hope  ?  as  for  my 
hope,  who  shall  see  it? 

16  They  shall  go  down  to  the  bars  of 
the  pit,  when  our  rest  together  is  in  the 
dust.       «■ 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 

THEN  answered   Bildad  the    Shuhite, 
and  said, 

2  How  long  will  it  he  ere  ye  make  an  end 
of  words?  mark,  and  afterwards  we  Avill 
speak. 

3  Wherefore  are  we  counted  as  beasts,  and 
reputed  vile  in  your  sight? 

4  He  teareth  himself  in  his  anger:  shall 
the  earth  be  foi-saken  for  thee?  and  shall 
the  rock  be  removed  out  of  his  place  ? 

5  Yea,  the  light  of  the  wicked  shall  be 
put  out,  and  the  spark  of  his  fire  shall  not 
shine. 

6  The  light  shall  be  dark  in  his  taberna- 
cle, and  his  candle  shall  be  put  out  with 
him. 

7  The  steps  of  his  strength  shall  be  strait- 
ened, and  his  own  counsel  shall  cast  him 
down. 

8  For  he  is  cast  into  a  net  by  his  own 
feet,  and  he  walketh  upon  a  snare. 

9  The  gin  shall  take  him  by  the  heel,  and 
the  robber  shall  prevail  against  him. 

10  The  snare  is  laid  for  him  in  the  ground, 
and  a  trap  for  him  in  the  way. 

11  Terrors  shall  make  him  afraid  on  every 
side,  and  shall  drive  him  to  his  feet, 

12  His  strength  shall  be  hungerbitten,  and 
destruction  shall  he  ready  at  his  side. 

13  It  shall  devour  the  strength  of  his 
skin:  eveii  the  firstborn  of  death  shall  de- 
vour his  strength. 

14  His  confidence  shall  be  rooted  out 
of  his  tabernacle,  and  it  shall  bring  him  to 
the  king  of  terrors. 

513 


JOB. 


15  It  shall  dwell  in  his  tabernacle,  be- 
cause it  is  none  of  his:  brimstone  shall 
be  scattered  upon  his  habitation. 

16  His  roots  shall  be  dried  up  beneath, 
and  above  shall  his  branch  be  cut  off. 

17  His  remembrance  shall  perish  from 
the  earth,  and  he  shall  have  no  name  in 
the  street. 

18  He  shall  be  driven  from  light  into 
darkness,  and  chased  out  of  the  world. 

19  He  shall  neither  have  son  nor  nephew 
among-  his  people,  nor  any  remaining  in 
his  dwellings. 

20  They  that  come  after  7iim  shall  be 
astonied  at  his  day,  as  they  that  went  be- 
fore were  affrighted. 

21  Surely  such  are  the  dwellings  of  the 
wicked,  and  this  is  the  place  of  him  that 
knoweth  not  God.  '* 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

THEN  Job  answered  and  said, 
2  How  long  will  ye  vex  my  soul,  and 
break  me  in  pieces  wuth  words  ? 

3  These  ten  times  have  ye  reproached 
me :  ye  are  not  ashamed  that  ye  make  your- 
selves strange  to  me. 

4  And  be  it  indeed  tJiat  1  have  erred, 
mine  error  remaineth  with  myself. 

5  If  indeed  ye  will  magnify  yourselves 
against  me,  and  plead  against  me  my  re- 
proach ; 

6  Know  now  that  God  hath  overthrown 
me,  and  hath  compassed  me  with  his 
net. 

7  Behold,  I  ciy  out  of  wrong,  but  I  am 
not  heard:  I  cry  aloud,  but  there  is  no  judg- 
ment. 

8  He  hath  fenced  up  my  way  that  I  can- 
not i^ass,  and  he  hath  set  darkness  in  my 
paths. 

9  He  hath  stripped  me  of  my  glory,  and 
taken  the  crown  from  my  head, 

10  He  hath  destroyed  me  on  every  side, 
and  I  am  gone:  and  mine  hope  hath  he 
removed  like  a  tree. 

11  He  hath  also  kindled  his  wrath  against 
me,  and  he  counteth  me  unto  him  as  one 
of  his,  enemies. 

12  His  troops  come  together,  and  raise 
up  their  way  against  me,  and  encamp 
round  about  my  talxjrnaclc. 

13  He  hath  put  my  brethren  for  from  me, 
and  mine  acquaintance  are  verily  estranged 
from  me. 


14  My  kinsfolk  have  failed,  and  my  famil- 
iar friends  have  forgotten  me. 

15  Tlicy  that  dwell  in  mine  house,  and 
my  maids,  count  me  for  a  stranger :  I  am 
an  alien  in  their  sight. 

16  I  called  my  sen-ant,  and  he  ^x\e  me 
no  answer;  I  entreated  'him  with  my 
mouth. 

17  My  breath  is  strange  to  my  wife, 
though  I  entreated  for  the  children's  »ake 
of  mine  own  body. 

18  Yea,  3"oung  children  despised  me;  I 
arose,  and  they  spake  against  me. 

19  All  ray  inward  friends  abhorred  me: 
and  they  whom  I  loved  are  turned  against 
me. 

20  My  bone  cleaveth  to  my  skin  and  to 
my  flesh,  and  I  am  escaped  with  the  skin 
of  my  teeth. 

21  Have  pity  upon  me,  "have  pity  upon 
me,  O  ye  my  friends;  for  the  hand  of  God 
hath  touched  me. 

22  Why  do  ye  persecute  me  as  God,  and 
are  not  satisfied  with  my  flesh  ? 

23  Oh  that  my  words  were  now  written! 
oh  that  they  were  printed  in  a  book ! 

24  That  they  were  graven  with  an  iron 
pen  and  lead  in  the  rock  for  ever! 

25  For  I  know  that  my  Redeemer  liveth, 
and  that  he  shall  stand  at  the  latter  day 
upon  the  earth : 

26  And  though  after  my  skin  icoi-ms  de- 
stroy this  body,  yet  in  my  flesh  shall  I 
see  God : 

27  Whom  I  shall  see  for  myself,  and  mine 
eyes  shall  behold,  and  not  another;  t/imtgh 
my  reins  be  consumed  within  me. 

28  But  ye  should  say,  Why  persecute  we 
him,  seeing  the  root  of  the  matter  is  found 
in  me? 

29  Be  ye  afraid  of  the  sword :  for  wrath 
hringeth  the  punishments  of  the  sword, 
that  ye  may  know  there  is  a  judgment.      ^ 

•  CHAPTER  XX. 

THEN    answered    Zophar    the    Naama- 
thite,  and  said, 

2  Therefore  do  my  thoughts  cause  me  to 
answer,  and  for  this  I  make  haste. 

3  I  have  heard  the  check  of  my  reproach, 
and  the  spirit  of  my  understanding  caus- 
cth  me  to  answer. 

4  Knowest  thou  not  this  of  old,  since 
man  was  placed  upon  earth, 

5  That  the  triumphing  of  the  wicked  is 


JOB. 


short,  and  the  joy  of  the  hypocrite  but 
for  a  moment? 

6  Though  his  excellency  mount  up  to 
the  heavens,  and  his  head  reach  unto  the 
clouds ; 

7  Yet  he  shall  perish  for  ever  like  his 
own  dung :  they  which  have  seen  him  shall 
say.  Where  is  he  ? 

8  He  shall  fly  away  as  a  dream,  and  shall 
not  be  found :  yea,  he  shall  be  chased  away 
as  a  vision  of  the  night. 

9  The  eye  also  which  saw  him  shall  see 
him  no  more ;  neither  shall  his  place  any 
more  behold  him. 

10  His  children  shall  seek  to  please  the 
poor,  ^  and  his  hands  shall  restore  their 
goods. 

11  His  bones  are  full  of  the  sin  of  his 
youth,  which  shall  lie  down  with  him  in 
the  dust. 

12  Though  wickedness  be  sweet  in  his 
mouth,  thougJi  he  hide  it  under  his  tongue ; 

13  Though  he  spare  it,  and  forsake  it  not, 
but  keep  it  still  within  his  mouth ; 

14  Yet  his  meat  in  his  bowels  is  turned, 
it  is  the  gall  of  asps  within  him. 

15  He  hath  swallowed  down  riches,  and 
he  shall  vomit  them  up  again:  God  shall 
cast  them  out  of  his  belly. 

16  He  shall  suck  the  poison  of  asps :  the 
viper's  tongue  shall  slay  him. 

17  He  shall  not  see  the  rivers,  the  floods, 
the  brooks  of  honey  and  butter. 

18  That  which  he  laboured  for  shall  he 
restore,  and  shall  not  swallow  it  down: 
according  to  Ids  substance  sJiall  the  res- 
titution be,  and  he  shall  not  rejoice 
tJierein. 

19  Because  he  hath  oppressed  and  hath 
forsaken  the  poor;  because  he  hath  vio- 
lently taken  away  a  house  which  he  build- 
ed  not ; 

20  Surely  he  shall  not  feel  quietness  in 
his  belly,  he  shall  not  save  of  that  which 
he  desired. 

21  There  shall  none  of  his  meat  be  left ; 
therefore  shall  no  man  look  for  his  goods. 

22  In  the  fulness  of  his  sufficiency  he 
shall  be  in  straits :  every  hand  of  the  wick- 
ed shall  come  upon  him. 

23  When  he  is  about  to  fill  his  belly,  God 
shall  cast  the  fury  of  his  wrath  upon  him, 
and  shall  rain  it  upon  him  while  he  is 
eating. 

24  He  shall  flee  from  the  iron  weapon, 


a7id   the    bow  of   steel  shall  strike    him 
through. 

25  It  is  drawn,  and  cometh  out  of  the 
body;  yea,  the  glittering  sword  cometh 
out  of  his  gall :  terrors  a?-e  upon  him. 

26  All  darkness  s/iall  be  hid  in  his  secret 
places :  a  fire  not  blown  shall  consume 
him  ;  it  shall  go  ill  with  him  that  is  left 
in  his  tabernacle. 

27  The  heaven  shall  reveal  his  iniquity; 
and  the  earth  shall  rise  up  against  him. 

28  The  increase  of  his  house  shall  de- 
part, a7id  7ds  goods  shall  flow  away  in  the 
day  of  his  wrath. 

29  This  is  the  portion  of  a  wicked  man 
from  God,  and  the  heritage  apijointed  unto 
him  by  God.         • 

CHAPTER  XXI. 

BUT  Job  answered  and  said, 
2  Hear  diligently  my  speech,  and  let 
this  be  your  consolations. 

3  Suff'cr  me  that  I  may  speak ;  and  after 
that  I  have  spoken,  mock  on. 

4  As  for  me,  is  my  complaint  to  man  ?  and 
if  it  were  so,  why  should  not  my  spirit  be 
troubled? 

5  Mark  me,  and  be  astonished,  and  lay 
your  hand  upon  your  mouth. 

6  Even  when  I  remember  I  am  afraid, 
and  trembling  taketh  hold  on  my  flesh. 

7  Wherefore  do  the  wicked  live,  become 
old,  yea,  are  mighty  in  power  ? 

8  Their  seed  is  established  in  their  sight 
with  them,  and  their  ofispring  before  their 
eyes. 

9  Their  houses  are  safe  from  fear,  nei- 
ther is  the  rod  of  God  upon  them. 

10  Their  bull  gendereth,  and  faileth  not; 
their  cow  calveth,  and  casteth  not  her  calf. 

11  They  send  forth  their  little  ones  like 
a  flock,  and  their  children  dance. 

12  They  take  the  timbrel  and  harp,  and 
rejoice  at  the  sound  of  the  organ. 

13  They  spend  their  days  in  wealth,  and 
in  a  moment  go  down  to  the  grave. 

14  Therefore  they  say  unto  God,  Depart 
from  us ;  for  we  desire  not  the  knowledge 
of  thy  ways. 

15  Wliat  is  the  Almighty,  that  we  should 
serve  him?  and  what  profit  should  we 
have,  if  we  pray  unto  him  ? 

16  Lo,  their  good  is  not  in  their  hand: 
the  counsel  of  the  wicked  is  far  from  me. 

17  How  oft  is  the  candle  of  the  wicked 
put  out !  and  how  oft  cometh  their  destruc- 

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JOB. 


tion  upon  them !  God  distributeth  sorrows 
in  his  auger. 

18  The}^  are  as  stubble  before  the  wind, 
and  as  chalf  that  the  storm  carrieth  away. 

19  God  layeth  up  his  iniquity  for  his 
children :  he  rewardeth  him,  and  he  shall 
know  it. 

20  His  eyes  shall  see  his  destruction,  and 
he  shall  drink  of  the  wrath  of  the  Al- 
mighty. 

21  For  what  pleasure  hath  he  in  his  house 
after  him,  when  the  number  of  his  months 
is  cut  off  in  the  midst? 

22  Shall  any  teach  God  knowledge?  see- 
ing he  judgeth  those  that  are  high. 

23  One  dieth  in  his  full  strength,  being 
wholly  at  ease  and  quiet. 

24  His  breasts  are  full  of  milk,  and  his 
bones  are  moistened  with  marrow. 

25  And  another  dieth  in  the  bitterness  of 
his  soul,  and  never  eateth  with  pleasure. 

26  They  shall  lie  down  alike  in  the  dust, 
and  the  worms  shall  cover  them. 

27  Behold,  I  know  your  thoughts,  and 
the  devices  which  ye  wrongfully  imagine 
against  me. 

28  For  ye  say,  Where  is  the  house  of 
the  prince  ?  and  where  are  the  dwelling- 
places  of  the  wicked? 

29  Have  ye  not  asked  them  that  go  by 
the  way?  and  do  ye  not  know  their 
tokens, 

30  That  the  wicked  is  reserved  to  the  day 
of  destruction?  they  shall  be  brought 
forth  to  the  day  of  wrath. 

31  Who  shall  declare  his  way  to  his  face? 
and  who  shall  rej^ay  him  whai  he  hath 
done  ? 

32  Yet  shall  he  be  brought  to  the  grave, 
and  shall  remain  in  the  tomb. 

33  The  clods  of  the  valley  shall  be  sweet 
unto  him,  and  every  man  shall  draw  after 
him,  as  there  are  innumerable  before  him. 

34  How  then  comfort  ye  me  in  vain,  see- 
ing in  your  answers  there  remaineth  false- 
hood? 

CHAPTER  XXII.  ^ 

THEN  Eliphaz  the  Temauite  answered 
and  said, 

2  Can  a  man  be  lu'ofit^We  unto  God, 
as  he  that  is  wise  may  be  profitable  unto 
himself? 

3  Is  it  any  pleasure  to  the  Almighty,  that 
thou  art  righteous?  or  us  it  gain  to  7dm, 
that  thou  makest  thy  ways  perfect  ? 

516 


4  Will  he  reprove  thee  for  fear  of  thee? 
will  he  enter  with  thee  into  judgment? 

5  Is  not  thy  wickedness  great  ?  and  thine 
iniquities  infinite? 

6  For  thou  hast  taken  a  pledge  from  thy 
brother  for  nought,  and  stripped  the  naked 
of  their  clothing. 

7  Thou  hast  not  given  water  to  the  weary 
to  drink,  and  thou  hast  withholden  bread 
from  the  hungry. 

8  But  as  for  the  mighty  man,  he  had  the 
earth;  and  the  honourable  man  dwelt  in  it. 

9  Thou  hast  sent  widows  away  empty, 
and  the  arms  of  the  fatherless  have  been 
broken. 

10  Therefore  snares  are  roiand  about  thee, 
and  sudden  fear  troubleth  thee; 

11  Or  darkness,  that  thou  canst  not  see; 
and  abundance  of  waters  cover  thee. 

12  Is  not  God  in  the  height  of  heaven? 
and  behold  the  height  of  the  stars,  how 
high  they  are ! 

13  And  thou  sayest,  How  doth  God  know? 
can  he  judge  through  the  dark  cloud? 

14  Thick  clouds  are  a  covering  to  him, 
that  he  seeth  not;  and  he  walketh  in  the 
circuit  of  heaven. 

15  Hast  thou  marked  the  old  way  which 
wicked  men  have  trodden  ? 

16  Which  were  cut  down  out  of  time, 
whose  foundation  was  overflown  with  a 
flood: 

17  Which  said  unto  God,  Depart  from  us : 
and  what  can  the  Almighty  do  for  them  ? 

18  Yet  he  filled  their  houses  with  good 
things:  but  the  counsel  of  the  wicked  is  far 
from  me. 

19  The  righteous  see  it,  and  are  glad : 
and  the  innocent  laugh  them  to  scorn. 

20  Whereas  our  substance  is  not  cut 
down,  but  the  remnant  of  them  the  fire 
consumeth. 

21  Acquaint  now  thyself  with  him,  and 
be  at  peace :  thereby  good  sliall  come  unto 
thee. 

22  Receive,  I  pray  thee,  the  law  from  his 
mouth,  and  lay  up  his  words  in  thine  heart. 

23  If  thou  return  to  the  Almighty,  thou 
Shalt  be  built  up,  thou  shalt  put  away  in- 
iquity far  from  thy  tabernacles. 

24  Then  shalt  thou  lay  up  gold  as  dust, 
and  the  gold  of  Ophir  as  the  stones  of  the 
brooks. 

25  Yea,  the  Almighty  shall  be  thy  defence, 
and  thou  shalt  have  plenty  of  silver. 


JOB. 


26  For  then  shalt  thou  have  thy  delight  in 
the  Almighty,  and  shalt  lift  up  thy  face 
unto  God. 

27  Thou  shalt  make  thy  prayer  unto  him, 
and  he  shall  hear  thee,  and  thou  shalt  pay 
thy  vows. 

28  Thou  shalt  also  decree  a  thing,  and  it 
shall  be  established  unto  thee:  and  the 
light  shall  shine  upon  thy  ways. 

29  When  men  are  cast  down,  then  thou 
shalt  say,  There  is  lifting  up ;  and  he  shall 
save  the  humble  person. 

30  He  shall  deliver  the  island  of  the  in- 
nocent: and  it  is  delivered  by  the  pure- 
ness  of  thine  hands.         %». 

CHAPTER  XXIII. 

THEN  Job  answered  and  said, 
2  Even  to   day  is  my  complaint  bit- 
ter: my  stroke  is  heavier  than  my  groan- 
ing. 

3  Oh  that  I  knew  where  I  might  find  him ! 
that  I  might  come  even  to  his  seat ! 

4  I  would  order  my  cause  before  him,  and 
fill  my  mouth  with  arguments. 

5  I  would  know  the  words  v)M(;h  he  would 
answer  me,  and  understand  what  he  would 
say  unto  me. 

6  Will  he  plead  against  me  with  his  great 
power?  No;  but  he  would  ^ui  strength  m 
me. 

7  There  the  righteous  might  dispute  with 
him ;  so  should  I  be  delivered  for  ever  from 
my  judge. 

8  Behold,  I  go  forward,  but  he  is  not  the-'-e; 
and  backward,  but  I  cannot  perceive  him: 

9  On  the  left  hand,  where  he  doth  work, 
but  I  cannot  behold  him:  he  hideth  him- 
self on  the  right  hand,  that  I  cannot  see 
him : 

10  But  he  knoweth  the  way  that  I  take : 
wMn  he  hath  tried  me,  I  shall  come  forth 
as  gold. 

11  My  foot  hath  held  his  steps,  his  way 
have  I  kept,  and  not  declined. 

12  Neither  have  I  gone  back  from  the 
commandment  of  his  lips;  I  have  esteemed 
the  words  of  his  mouth  more  than  my 
necessary /oo(?. 

13  But  he  is  in  one  mind,  and  who  can 
turn  him?  and  what  his  soul  desireth, 
even  that  he  doeth. 

14  For  he  performeth  the  thing  that  is 
api)ointed  for  me :  and  many  such  things 
are  with  him. 


15  Therefore  am  I  troubled  at  his  pres- 
ence: when  I  cousidei-,  I  am  afraid  of  him. 

16  For  God  maketh  my  heart  soft,  and 
the  Almighty  troubleth  me  : 

17  Because  I  was  not  cut  oflf  before  the 
darkness,  neither  hath  he  covered  the 
darkness  from  my  face.  * 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 

WHY,   seeing  times    are    not    hidden 
from  the  Almighty,   do  they  that 
know  him  not  see  his  days  ? 

2  Some  remove  the  landmarks;  they 
violently  take  away  flocks,  and  feed  therecf. 

3  They  drive  away  the  ass  of  the  father- 
less, they  take  the  widow's  ox  for  a  pledge. 

4  They  turn  the  needy  out  of  the  way: 
the  poor  of  the  earth  hide  themselves 
together. 

5  Behold,  as  wild  asses  in  the  desert,  go 
they  forth  to  their  work ;  rising  betimes 
for  a  prey :  the  wilderness  yieldtth  food  for 
them  and  for  their  children. 

6  They  reap  every  one  his  corn  in  the 
field:  and  they  gather  the  vintage  of  the 
wicked. 

7  They  cause  the  naked  to  lodge  with- 
out clothing,  that  they  have  no  covering  in 
the  cold. 

8  They  are  wet  with  the  show^ers  of  the 
mountains,  and  embrace  the  rock  for 
want  of  a  shelter. 

9  They  pluck  the  fatherless  from  the 
breast,  and  take  a  pledge  of  the  poor. 

10  They  cause  him  to  go  naked  without 
clothing,  and  they  take  away  the  sheaf 
from  the  hungry ; 

11  Which  make  oil  within  their  walls, 
and  tread  their  winepresses,  and  suffer 
thirst. 

12  Men  groan  from  out  of  the  city,  and 
the  soul  of  the  wounded  crieth  out :  yet 
God  layeth  not  folly  to  them. 

13  They  are  of  those  that  rebel  against 
the  light;  they  know  not  the  Avays  thereof, 
nor  abide  in  the  paths  thereof. 

14  The  murderer  rising  with  tlie  light 
killeth  the  poor  and  needy,  and  in  the 
night  is  as  a  thief. 

15  The  eye  also  of  the  adulterer  waitefh 
for  the  twilight,  saying.  No  eye  shall  see 
me :  and  disguiseth  his  face. 

16  In  the  dark  they  dig  through  houses, 
ivhich  they  had  marked  for  themselves  in 
the  daytime :  they  know  not  the  light. 

617 


JOB. 


17  For  the  morning  is  to  them  even  as 
the  shadow  of  death :  if  one  know  thcm^ 
they  are  in  the  terrors  of  the  shadow  of 
death. 

18  He  is  swift  as  the  waters  ;  their  por- 
tion is  cursed  in  the  earth :  he  beholdeth 
not  the  way  of  the  vineyards. 

19  Droui^ht  and  heat  consume  the  snow 
waters:  so  doth  the  grave  tJtose  which  have 
sinned. 

20  The  womb  shall  forget  him ;  the 
worm  shall  feed  sweetly  on  him ;  he  shall 
be  no  more  remembered ;  and  wickedness 
sliall  be  broken  as  a  tree. 

21  He  evil  entreateth  the  barren  tJiat 
beareth  not :  and  doeth.  not  good  to  the 
widow. 

23  He  draweth  also  the  mighty  with  his 
power :  he  riseth  up,  and  no  man  is  sure 
of  life. 

23  Though  it  be  given  him  to  be  in  safety, 
whereon  he  resteth ;  yet  his  eyes  are  ujion 
their  ways. 

24  They  are  exalted  for  a  little  while, 
but  are  gone  and  brought  low;  they  are 
taken  out  of  the  way  as  all  other,  and  cut 
oflFas  the  tops  of  the  ears  of  corn. 

25  And  if  it  he  not  so  now,  who  will  make 
me  a  liar,  and  make  my  speech  nothing 
worth?  ^ 

CHAPTER  XXV. 

THEN    answered    Bildad    the    Shuhite, 
and  said, 

2  Dominion  and  fear  are  with  him ;  he 
maketh  peace  in  his  high  places. 

3  Is  there  any  number  of  his  armies  ? 
and  upon  whom  doth  not  his  light 
arise  ? 

4  How  then  can  man  be  justified  with 
God?  or  how  can  he  be  clean  tfiat  is  born 
of  a  woman  ? 

5  Behold  even  to  the  moon,  and  it  shineth 
not ;  yea,  the  stars  are  not  pure  in  his 
sight. 

6  How  much  less  man,  that  is  a  worm? 
and  the  son  of  man,  vjhich  is  a  worm  ?  g 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 

BUT  Job  answered  and  said, 
2   How   hast   thou   helped  him  that  is 
without  power?  how  savest  thou  the  arm 
thaf  hath  no  strength  ? 
3  How  hast  thou  counselled  him  that  hath 
no  wisdom?    and  how  hast    thou    plenti- 
fully declared  the  thing  as  it  is  ? 
'  518 


4  To  whom  hast  thou  uttered  words  ? 
and  Avhose  spirit  came  from  thee  ? 

5  Dead  things  are  formed  from  under  the 
waters,  and  the  inhabitants  thereof. 

6  Hell  is  naked  before  him,  and  destruc- 
tion hath  no  covering. 

7  He  stretcheth  out  the  north  over  the 
empty  place,  and  hangeth  the  earth  upon 
nothing. 

8  He  bindeth  up  the  waters  in  his  thick 
clouds ;  and  the  cloud  is  not  rent  under 
them. 

9  He  holdeth  back  the  face  of  his  throne, 
a7id  spreadeth  his  cloud  upon  it. 

10  He  hath  compassed  the  waters  with 
bounds,  until  the  day  and  night  come  to 
an  end. 

11  The  pillars  of  heaven  tremble,  and  are 
astonished  at  his  reproof 

12  He  divideth  the  sea  with  his  power, 
and  by  his  understanding  he  smiteth 
through  the  proud. 

13  By  his  Spirit  he  hath  garnished  the 
heavens ;  his  hand  hath  formed  the 
crooked  serpent. 

14  Lo,  these  are  parts  of  his  ways;  but 
how  little  a  portion  is  heard  of  him  ?  but 
the  thunder  of  his  power  who  can  imder- 
stand  ?     ^ 

CHAPTER  XXVII. 
]%  rOREOVER  Job  continued  his  parable, 
-i-*JL  and  said, 

2  As  God  liveth,  who  hath  taken  away 
my  judgment ;  and  the  Almighty,  who 
hath  vexed  my  soul ; 

3  All  the  while  my  breath  is  in  me,  and 
the  spirit  of  God  is  in  my  nostrils  ; 

4  My  lips  shall  not  speak  wickedness, 
nor  my  tongue  utter  deceit. 

5  God  forbid  that  I  should  justify  you: 
till  I  die  I  will  not  remove  mine  integrity 
from  me. 

6  My  righteousness  I  hold  fast,  and  will 
not  let  it  go :  my  heart  shall  not  reproach 
me  60  long  as  I  live. 

7  Let  mine  enemy  be  as  the  wicked,  and 
he  that  riseth  up  against  me  as  the  im- 
righteous. 

8  For  what  is  the  hope  of  the  hypocrite, 
though  he  hath  gained,  when  God  taketh 
away  his  soul  ? 

9  AVill  God  hear  his  cry  when  trouble 
Cometh  upon  him  ? 

10  Will  he  delight  himself  in  the  Al- 
mighty? will  he  always  call  upon  God? 


JOB. 


11  I  will  teach  you  by  the  hand  of  God : 
iJiat  which  is  with  the  Almighty  will  I  not 
conceal. 

13  Behold,  all  ye  yourselves  have  seen 
it;  why  then  are  ye  thus  altogether 
vain  ? 

13  This  is  the  portion  of  a  wicked  man 
with  God,  and  the  heritage  of  oppressors, 
which  they  shall  receive  of  the  Almighty. 

14  If  his  children  be  multiplied,  it  in  for 
the  sword:  and  his  offspring  shall  not  be 
satisfied  with  bread. 

15  Those  that  remain  of  him  shall  be 
buried  in  death:  and  his  widows  shall 
not  weep. 

16  Though  he  heap  up  silver  as  the  dust, 
and  pi-epare  raiment  as  the  clay; 

17  He  may  prepare  ^7,  but  the  just  shall 
put  it  on,  and  the  innocent  shall  divide 
the  silver. 

18  He  buildeth  his  house  as  a  moth,  and 
as  a  booth  that  the  keeper  maketh. 

19  The  rich  man  shall  lie  doAvn,  but  he 
shall  not  be  gathered :  he  openeth  his  eyes, 
and  he  is  not. 

20  Terrors  take  hold  on  him  as  waters, 
a  tempest  stealeth  him  away  in  the  night. 

21  The  east  wind  carrieth  him  away,  and 
he  depart eth:  and  as  a  storm  hurleth  him 
out  of  his  place. 

22  For  God  shall  cast  upon  him,  and  not 
spare :  he  would  fain  flee  out  of  his  hand. 

23  Men  shall  clap  their  hands  at  him,  and 
shall  hiss  him  out  of  his  place.     < 

CHAPTER  XXVIII. 

SURELY  there  is  a  vein  for  the  silver, 
and  a  place  for  gold  wJiere  they  fine  it. 

2  Iron  is  taken  out  of  the  earth,  and  brass 
is  molten  out  of  the  stone. 

3  He  setteth  an  end  to  darkness,  and 
searcheth  out  all  perfection :  the  stones  of 
darkness,  and  the  shadow  of  death. 

4  The  flood  breaketh  out  from  the  inhabit- 
ant ;  e>:eii  the  waters  forgotten  of  the  foot : 
they  are  dried  up,  they  are  gone  away  from 
men. 

5  As  for  the  earth,  out  of  it  cometh  bread : 
and  under  it  is  turned  up  as  it  were  fire. 

6  The  stones  of  it  are  the  place  of  sap- 
phires :  and  it  hath  dust  of  gold. 

7  There  is  a  path  which  no  fowl  knoweth, 
and  which  the  vulture's  eye  hath  not  seen : 

8  The  lion's  whelps  have  not  trodden  it, 
nor  the  fierce  lion  passed  by  it. 


9  He  putteth  forth  his  hand  upon  the 
rock;  he  overturneth  the  mountains  by 
the  roots. 

10  He  cutteth  out  rivers  among  the  rocks ; 
and  his  eye  seeth  every  precious  thing. 

11  He  bindeth  the  floods  from  overflow- 
ing; andt/ie  thing  that  is  hid  bringeth  he 
forth  to  light. 

12  But  where  shall  wisdom  be  found  ?  and 
where  is  the  place  of  understanding? 

13  Man  knoweth  not  the  price  thereof; 
neither  is  it  found  in  the  land  of  the  living,  j 

14  The  depth  saith.  It  is  not  in  me :  and  i 
the  sea  saith.  It  is  not  with  me.  j 

15  It  cannot  be  gotten  for  gold,  neither 
shall    silver    be    weighed  for    the    price  i 
thereof  i 

16  It  cannot  be  valued  with  the  gold  of  ] 
Ophir,  with  the  precious  onyx,  or  the  | 
sapphire, 

17  The  gold  and  the  crystal  cannot  equal 
it:  and  the  exchange  of  it  sJiall  not  be  for 
jewels  of  fine  gold. 

18  No  mention  shall  be  made  of  coral, 
or  of  pearls:  for  the  price  of  wisdom  is 
above  rubies. 

19  The  topaz  of  Ethiopia  shall  not  equal 
it,  neither  shall  it  be  valued  with  pure  gold. 

20  Whence  then  cometh  wisdom?  and 
where  is  the  place  of  understanding  ? 

21  Seeing  it  is  hid  from  the  eyes  of  all 
living,  and  kept  close  from  the  fowls  of 
the  air. 

22  Destruction  and  death  say,  We  have 
heard  the  fame  thereof  with  our  ears. 

23  God  understandeth  the  way  thereof, 
and  he  knoweth  the  place  thereof 

24  For  he  looketh  to  the  ends  of  the 
earth,  a?id  seeth  under  the  whole  heaven  ; 

25  To  make  the  weight  for  the  winds  ;  and 
he  weigheth  the  waters  by  measui-e. 

26  When  he  made  a  decree  for  the  rain, 
and  a  waj'  for  the  lightning  of  the  thunder; 

27  Then  did  he  see  it,  and  declare  it;  he 
prepared  it,  yea,  and  searched  it  out. 

28  And  unto  man  he  said.  Behold,  the  fear 
of  the  Lord,  that  is  wisdom ;  and  to  depart 
from  evil  is  understanding.         e 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 
"1%  TOREOVER  Job  continued  his  parable, 

XtX  and  said, 

2  Oh  that  1  were  as  in  months  past,  as  m 
the  days  vjhe^i  God  i)reserved  me; 

3  When  his  candle  shined  upon  my  head, 

519 


JOB. 


and  when  by  liis  ligbt  I  walked  thronyh 
darkness ; 

4  As  I  was  in  the  days  of  my  youth,  when 
the  secret  of  God  was  upon  my  tabernacle; 

5  When  the  Almighty  was  yet  with  me, 
wJieu.  my  children  were  about  me ; 

6  When  I  washed  my  steps  with  butter, 
and  the  rock  poured  me  out  rivers  of 
oil; 

7  When  I  went  out  to  the  gate  through 
the  city,  when  I  prepared  my  seat  in  the 
street! 

8  The  young  men  saw  me,  and  hid  them- 
selves :  and  the  aged  arose,  and  stood  up. 

9  The  princes  refrained  talking,  and  laid 
their  hand  on  their  mouth. 

10  The  nobles  held  their  peace,  and  their 
tongue  cleaved  to  the  roof  of  their  mouth. 

11  When  the  ear  heard  me,  then  it  blessed 
me ;  and  when  the  eye  saw  me,  it  gave  wit- 
ness to  me : 

13  Because  I  delivered  the  poor  that 
cried,  and  the  flitherless,  and  him  that  had 
none  to  help  him. 

13  The  blessing  of  him  that  was  ready  to 
perish  came  upon  me:  and  I  caused  the 
widow's  heart  to  sing  for  joy. 

14  I  put  on  righteousness,  and  it  clothed 
me:  my  judgment  was  as  a  robe  and  a 
diadem. 

15  I  was  eyes  to  the  blind,  and  feet  was  I 
to  the  lame. 

IG  I  was  a  father  to  the  poor:  and  the 
cause  which  I  knew  not  I  searched  out. 

17  And  I  brake  the  jaws  of  the  wicked, 
and  plucked  the  spoil  out  of  his  teeth. 

18  Then  I  said,  I  shall  die  in  my  nest, 
and  I  shall  multiply  my  days  as  the  sand. 

19  ]\Iy  root  was  spread  out  by  the  waters, 
and  the  dew  lay  all  night  upon  my  branch. 

20  My  glory  was  fresh  in  me,  and  ray 
bow  was  renewed  in  my  hand. 

21  Unto  me  men  gave  ear,  and  waited, 
and  kept  silence  at  my  counsel. 

23  After  my  words  they  spake  not  again ; 
and  my  speech  dropped  upon  them. 

23  And  they  waited  for  me  as  for  the 
rain;  and  they  opened  their  mouth  wide 
as  for  the  latter  rain. 

24  If  I  laughed  on  them,  they  believed 
it  not;  and  the  light  of  my  countenance 
they  cast  not  down. 

25  I  chose  out  their  way,  and  sat  chief, 
and  dwelt  as  a  king  in  the  army,  as  one 
that  eomforteth  the  mourners.      • 

520 


B' 


CHAPTER  XXX. 
UT  now  they  that  arc  younger  than  I 
have  me  in  derision,  whose  fathers  I 
would    have  disdained  to  have   set  with 
the  dogs  of  my  flock. 

2  Yea,  Avhereto  might  the  strength  of 
their  hands  profit  me,  in  whom  old  age  was 
perished  V 

3  For  want  and  fiimine  they  were  solitary; 
fleeing  into  the  wilderness  in  former  time 
desolate  and  waste : 

4  Who  cut  up  mallows  by  the  bushes, 
and  juniper  roots  for  their  meat. 

5  They  were  driven  forth  from  among 
men,  (they  cried  after  them  as  after  a  thief,) 

6  To  dwell  in  the  cliflfs  of  the  valleys, 
in  caves  of  the  earth,  and  in  the  rocks. 

7  Among  the  bushes  they  brayed;  under 
the  nettles  they  were  gathered  together. 

8  They  were  children  of  fools,  yea,  chil- 
dren of  base  men:  they  were  viler  than 
the  earth. 

9  And  now  am  I  their  song,  yea,  I  am 
their  bj^word. 

10  They  abhor  me,  they  flee  far  from  me, 
and  spare  not  to  spit  in  my  face. 

11  Because  he  hath  loosed  my  cord,  and 
afflicted  me,  they  have  also  let  loose  the 
bridle  before  me. 

13  Upon  my  right  hand  rise  the  youth; 
they  push  away  my  feet,  and  they  raise  up 
against  me  the  ways  of  their  destruc- 
tion. 

13  They  mar  my  path,  they  set  forward 
my  calamity,  they  have  no  helper. 

14  They  came  %qwn  me  as  a  wide  breaking 
in  of  waters:  in  the  desolation  they  rolled 
themselves  upon  me. 

15  Terrors  are  turned  upon  me:  they 
pursue  my  soul  as  the  wind :  and  my  wel- 
fare passeth  away  as  a  cloud. 

16  And  now  my  soul  is  poured  out  upon 
me;  the  days  of  affliction  have  taken  hold 
upon  me. 

17  My  bones  are  pierced  in  me  in  the 
night  season:  and  my  sinews  take  no 
rest. 

18  By  the  great  force  of  my  disease  is  my 
garment  changed:  it  bindeth  me  about 
as  the  collar  of  ray  coat. 

19  He  hath  cast  me  into  the  mire,  and 
I  am  become  like  dust  and  ashes. 

20  I  cry  unto  thee,  and  thou  dost  not 
hear  me:  1  stand  up,  and  thou  regardest 
me  iiot. 


JOB. 


21  Thou  art  become  crnel  to  me :  "with 
thy  strong  hand  thou  oi)i)osest  thyself 
against  me. 

23  Thou  liftest  me  up  to  the  wind ;  thou 
eausest  me  to  ride  ujmu  it,  and  dissolvest 
my  substance. 

23  For  I  know  that  thou  wilt  bring  me 
to  death,  and  to  the  house  appointed  for 
all  living.  — 

24  Howbeit  he  will  not  stretch  out  his 
hand  to  the  grave,  though  they  cry  in  his 
destruction. 

25  Did  not  I  weep  for  him  that  was  in 
trouble?  was  Jtot  my  soul  grieved  for  the 
poor  ? 

26  When  I  looked  for  good,  then  evil 
came  unto  me:  and  when  I  waited  for  light, 
there  came  darkness. 

27  My  bowels  boiled,  and  rested  not :  the 
days  of  affliction  prevented  me. 

28  I  went  mourning  without  the  sun:  I 
stood  up,  and  I  cried  in  the  congregation. 

29  I  am  a  brother  to  dragons,  and  a  com- 
panion to  owls. 

30  My  skin  is  black  upon  me,  and  my 
bones  are  burned  with  heat. 

31  My  harp  also  is  turned  to  mourning, 
and  my  organ  into  the  Voice  of  them  that 
weep.       > 

CHAPTER  XXXL 

I  MADE  a  covenant  with  mine  eyes ;  why 
then  should  I  think  upon  a  maid  ? 

2  For  what  portion  of  God  is  there  from 
above?  and  what  inheritance  of  the  Al- 
mighty from  on  high  ? 

3  Is  not  destruction  to  the  wicked?  and 
a  strange  punishment  to  the  workers  of 
iniquity  ? 

4  Doth  not  he  see  my  ways,  and  count 
all  my  steps  ? 

5  If  I  have  walked  with  vanity,  or  if  my 
foot  hath  hasted  to  deceit ; 

6  Let  me  be  weighed  in  an  even  balance, 
that  God  may  know  mine  integrity. 

7  If  my  step  hath  turned  out  of  the  way, 
and  mine  heart  walked  after  mine  eyes, 
and  if  any  blot  hath  cleaved  to  mine 
hands ; 

8  Then  let  me  soav,  and  let  another  eat; 
yea,  let  my  offspring  be  rooted  out. 

9  If  mine  heart  have  been  deceived  by  a 
woman,  or  if  I  have  laid  wait  at  my  neigh- 
bour's door; 

10  Tfieyi  let  my  wife  grind  xmto  another, 
and  let  others  bow  doAvn  uijon  b.er. 


11  For  this  is  a  heinous  crime ;  yea,  it  is 
an  iniquity  to  he  punished  hy  the  judges. 

12  For  it  is  a  fire  that  consumeth  to  de- 
struction, and  would  root  out  all  mine  in- 
crease. 

13  If  I  did  despise  the  cause  of  my  man- 
servant or  of  my  maidservant,  when  they 
contended  with  me ; 

14  What  then  shall  I  do  when  God  riseth 
up  ?  and  when  he  visiteth,  what  shall  I  an- 
swer him  ? 

15  Did  not  he  that  made  me  in  the  womb 
make  him  ?  and  did  not  one  fashion  us  in 
the  womb  ? 

16  If  I  have  withheld  the  poor  from  their 
desire,  or  have  caused  the  eyes  of  the 
widow  to  foil ; 

17  Or  have  eaten  my  morsel  myself  alone, 
and  the  fatherless  hath  not  eaten  thereof; 

18  (For  from  my  youth  he  was  brought 
up  with  me,  as  xoith  a  father,  and  I  have 
guided  her  from  my  mother's  womb ;) 

19  If  I  have  seen  any  perish  for  want  of 
clothing,  or  any  poor  without  covering, 

20  If  his  loins  have  not  blessed  me,  and  if 
he  were  not  warmed  with  the  fleece  of  my 
sheep ; 

21  If  I  have  lifted  up  my  hand  against  the 
fatherless,  when  I  saw  my  help  in  the 
gate : 

22  Then  let  mine  arm  fall  from  my  shoul- 
der blade,  and  mine  arm  be  broken  from 
the  bone. 

23  For  destruction  frmn  God  was  a  terror 
to  me,  and  by  reason  of  his  highness  I 
could  not  endure. 

24  If  I  have  made  gold  my  hope,  or  have 
said  to  the  fine  gold,  Thoxi,  art  my  confi- 
dence ; 

25  If  I  rejoiced  because  my  wealth  %ms 
great,  and  because  mine  hand  had  gotten 
much; 

26  If  I  beheld  the  sun  when  it  shined,  or 
the  moon  walking  in  brightness; 

27  And  my  heart  hath  been  secretly 
enticed,  or  my  mouth  hath  kissed  my 
hand : 

28  This  also  were  an.  iniquity  to  he  punisJied 
hy  the  judge:  for  I  should  have  denied 
the  God  that  is  above. 

29  If  I  rejoiced  at  the  destruction  of  hira 
that  hated  me,  or  lifted  up  myself  when 
evil  found  him ; 

30  (Neither  have  I  suffered  my  mouth 
to  sin  by  wishino:  a  curse  to  his  soul.) 

52l 


I — 


JOB. 


31  If  the  men  of  my  tabernacle  said  not, 
Oh  that  "vvc  had  of  his  flesh!  we  cannot 
be  satisflcd. 

32  The  stranger  did  not  lodge  in  the 
street :  hut  I  opened  my  doors  to  the 
traveller. 

33  If  I  covered  my  transgressions  as 
Adam,  by  hiding  mine  iniquity  in  my 
bosom: 

34  Did  I  fear  a  great  multitude,  or  did 
the  contempt  of  families  terrifj'  me,  that 
I  kept  silence,  and  went  not  out  of  the 
door  ? 

35  Oh  that  one  would  hear  me !  behold, 
my  desire  ts,  that  the  Almighty  would 
answer  me,  and  tliat  mine  adversary  had 
written  a  book. 

36  Surely  I  would  take  it  upon  my 
shoulder,  and  bind  it  as  a  crown  to  me. 

37  I  would  declare  unto  him  the  number 
of  my  steps ;  as  a  prince  would  I  go  near 
unto  him. 

38  If  my  land  cry  against  me,  or  that 
the  furrows  likewise  thereof  complain  ; 

39  If  I  have  eaten  the  fruits  thereof  with- 
out money,  or  have  caused  the  owners 
thereof  to  lose  their  life: 

40  Let  thistles  grow  instead  of  wheat,  and 
cockle  instead  of  barley.  The  words  of 
Job  are  ended.  ?F 

CHAPTER  XXXII. 

SO   these  three  men   ceased   to  answer 
Job,  because  he  was  righteous  in  his 
own  eyes. 

2  Then  was  kindled  the  wrath  of  Elihu 
the  son  of  Barachel  the  Buzite,  of  the 
kindred  of  Ram :  against  Job  was  his 
wrath  kindled,  because  he  justified  him- 
self rather  than  God. 

3  Also  against  his  three  friends  was  his 
wrath  kindled,  because  they  had  found 
no  answer,  and  yet  had  condemned  Job. 

4  Now  Elihu  had  waited  till  Job  had 
spoken,  because  they  were  elder  than  he. 

5  When  Elihu  saw  that  there  loaa  no 
answer  in  the  mouth  of  these  three  men, 
then  his  wrath  was  kindled. 

C    And  Elihu  the  son    of   Barachel    the    edge  clearly, 
Buzite   answered   and   said,    I   am  young, 
and   ye    are   very   old ;    wherefore   I   was 
afraid,  and  durst  not  shew  you  mine  opin- 
ion. 

7  I  said.  Days  should  speak,  and  multi- 
tude of  years  should  teach  wisdom. 


8  But  there  U  a  spirit  in  man :  and  the 
inspiration  of  the  Almighty  giveth  them 
understanding. 

9  Great  men  are  not  always  wise:  nei- 
ther do  the  aged  understand  judgment. 

10  Therefore  I  said,  Hearken  to  me;  I 
also  will  shew  mine  opinion. 

11  Behold,  I  waited  for  your  words;  I 
gave  ear  to  your  reasons,  whilst  ye 
searched  out  what  to  say. 

12  Yea,  I  attended  unto  you,  and,  be- 
hold, there  was  none  of  you  that  con- 
vinced Job,  or  that  answered  his  words : 

13  Lest  ye  should  say.  We  have  found 
out  wisdom:  God  thrusteth  him  down, 
not  man. 

14  Now  he  hath  not  directed  his  words 
against  me:  neither  will  I  answer  him 
with  your  speeches. 

15  They  were  amazed,  they  answered  no 
more :  they  left  off  speaking. 

16  When  I  had  waited,  (for  they  spake 
not,  but  stood  still,  and  answered  no 
more,) 

17  /  said^  I  will  answer  also  my  j^art ;  I 
also  Avill  shew  mine  opinion. 

18  For  I  am  full  of  matter;  the  spirit 
within  me  constraineth  me. 

19  Behold,  my  belly  is  as  wine  which 
hath  no  vent ;  it  is  ready  to  burst  like  new 
bottles. 

20  I  will  speak,  that  I  may  be  refreshed : 
I  will  open  my  lips  and  answer. 

21  Let  me  not,  I  pray  you,  accept  any 
man's  person  ;  neither  let  me  give  flatter- 
ing titles  unto  man. 

22  For  I  know  not  to  give  flattering 
titles ;  ill  so  doing  my  Maker  would  soon 
take  me  away.  <* 

CHAPTER   XXXIIL 

WHEREFORE,  Job,  I  pray  thee,  hear 
my  speeches,  and  hearken  to  all  my 
words. 

2  Behold,  now  I  have  opened  my  mouth, 
my  tongue  hath  spoken  in  my  mouth. 

3  My  words  shall  he  of  the  uprightness 
of  my  heart :  and  my  lips  shall  utter  knowl- 


4  The  Spirit  of  God  hath  made  me,  and 
the  breath  of  the  Almighty  hath  given 
me  life. 

5  If  thou  canst  answer  me,  set  thy  words 
in  order  before  mc,  stand  up. 

6  Behold,  I  am,  according  to  thy  wish  in 


JOB. 


God's  stead :  I  also  am  formed  out  of  the 
clay. 

7  Behold,  my  terror  shall  not  make  thee 
afraid,  neither  shall  my  hand  be  heavy 
upon  thee. 

8  Surely  thou  hast  spoken  in  mine  hear- 
ing, and  I  have  heard  the  voice  of  thy 
words,  saying^ 

9  I  am  clean  without  transgression,  I 
am,  innocent;  neither  is  there  iuiq^uity  in 
me. 

10  Behold,  he  flndeth  occasions  against 
me,  he  counteth  me  for  his  enemy; 

11  He  i^utteth  my  feet  in  the  stocks,  he 
marketh  all  my  paths. 

12  Behold,  in  this  thou  art  not  just :  I 
will  answer  thee,  that  God  is  greater  than 
man. 

13  Why  dost  thou  strive  against  him? 
for  he  giveth  not  account  of  any  of  his 
matters. 

14  For  God  speaketh  once,  yea  twice,  yet 
man  perceiveth  it  not. 

15  In  a  dream,  in  a  vision  of  the  night, 
when  deep  sleep  falleth  upon  men,  in 
slumberings  upon  the  bed; 

16  Theu  he  opeueth  the  ears  of  men,  and 
sealeth  their  instruction, 

17  That  he  may  withdraw  man  from  his 
purpose,  and  hide  pride  from  man. 

18  He  keepeth  back  his  soul  from  the  pit, 
and  his  life  from  perishing  by  the  sword. 

19  He  is  chastened  also  with  pain  upon 
his  bed,  and  the  multitude  of  his  bones 
with  strong /xmi.- 

20  So  that  his  life  abhorreth  bread,  and 
his  soul  dainty  meat. 

21  His  flesh  is  consumed  away,  that  it 
cannot  be  seen ;  and  his  bones  that  were 
not  seen  stick  out. 

23  Yea,  his  soul  draweth  near  unto  the 
grave,  and  his  life  to  the  destroyers. 

23  If  there  be  a  messenger  with  him,  an 
interpreter,  one  among  a  thousand,  to 
shew  unto  man  his  uprightness ; 

24  Then  he  is  gracious  unto  him,  and 
saith,  Deliver  him  from  going  down  to  the 
pit :  I  have  found  a  ransom. 

25  His  flesh  shall  be  fresher  than  a 
child's:  he  shall  return  to  the  days  of  his 
youth : 

26  He  shall  pray  unto  God,  and  he  will 
be  favourable  unto  him :  and  he  shall  see 
his  fice  with  joy :  for  he  >vill  render  unto 
man  his  righteousness. 


27  He  looketh  upon  men,  and  if  any  say, 
I  have  sinned,  and  perverted  that  which 
u'os  right,  and  it  profited  me  not ; 

28  He  will  deliver  his  soul  from  going 
into  the  pit,  and  his  life  shall  see  the  light. 

29  Lo,  all  these  thi7igs  worketh  God  oft- 
entimes with  man, 

30  To  bring  back  his  soul  from  the  pit,  to 
be  enlightened  with  the  light  of  the  living. 

31  Mark  well,  O  Job,  hearken  unto  me: 
hold  thy  peace,  and  I  will  speak. 

32  If  thou  hast  any  thing  to  say,  answer 
me :  sjieak,  for  I  desire  to  justify  thee. 

33  If  not,  hearken  unto  me:  hold  thy 
peace,  and  I  shall  teach  thee  wisdom.      s 


-pui 

-L    sa 


CHAPTER  XXXIV. 
RTHERMORE    Elihu  answered   and 
said, 

2  Hear  my  words,  O  ye  wise  men;  and 
give  ear  unto  me,  ye  that  have  knowledge. 

3  For  the  ear  trieth  words,  as  the  mouth 
tasteth  meat. 

4  Let  us  choose  to  us  judgment :  let  us 
know  among  ourselves  what  is  good. 

5  For  Job  hath  said,  I  am  righteous : 
and  God  hath  taken  away  ray  judgment. 

6  Should  I  lie  against  my  right?  my 
wound  is  incurable  without  transgression. 

7  What  man  is  like  Job,  who  drinketh  up 
scorning  like  water? 

8  Which  goeth  in  company  with  the 
workers  of  iniquity,  and  walketh  with 
wicked  men. 

9  For  he  hath  said,  It  profiteth  a  man 
nothing  that  he  should  delight  himself 
with  God. 

10  Therefore  hearken  unto  me,  ye  men  of 
understanding:  far  be  it  from  God,  (7iat  he 
should  do  wickedness ;  and  frotn  the  Al- 
mighty, iJiat  he  shoidd  commit  iniquity. 

11  For  the  work  of  a  man  shall  he  render 
imto  him,  and  cause  every  man  to  find 
according  to  Jiis  ways. 

12  Yea,  surely  God  will  not  do  wickedly, 
neither  will  the  Almighty  pervert  judg- 
ment. 

13  Who  hath  given  him  a  charge  over  the 
earth?  or  who  hath  disposed  the  Avhole 
world  ? 

14  If  he  set  his  heart  upon  man,  if  he 
gather  unto  himself  his  spirit  and  his 
breath ; 

15  All    llesh    shall    perish    together,   and 

man  shall  turn  again  unto  dust. 
-— 


JOB. 


16  If  now  thoti  /last  undcrstandinii;,  hear 
this:  hearken  to  the  voice  of  my  words. 

17  Shall  even  he  that  hateth  rii^ht  g:overn? 
and  wilt  thou  condemn  him  that  is  most 
just? 

18  Is  it  Jit  to  say  to  a  king,  Thou  art 
wicked  ?  and  to  princes,  Ye  are  ungodly  ? 

19  How  much  less  to  7iim  that  accepteth 
not  the  persons  of  princes,  nor  regardeth 
the  rich  more  than  the  poor?  for  they  all 
are  the  work  of  his  hands. 

20  In  a  moment  shall  they  die,  and  the 
people  shall  be  troubled  at  midnight,  and 
pass  away :  and  the  mighty  shall  be  taken 
away  without  hand. 

21  For  his  eyes  are  upon  the  ways  of 
man,  and  he  seeth  all  his  goings. 

23  There  is  no  darkness,  nor  shadow  of 
death,  where  the  workers  of  iniquity  may 
hide  themselves. 

23  For  he  will  not  lay  upon  man  more 
thati  right ;  that  he  should  enter  into  judg- 
ment with  God. 

24  He  shall  break  in  pieces  mighty  men 
without  number,  and  set  others  in  their 
stead. 

25  Therefore  he  knoweth  their  works,  and 
he  overturneth  them  in  the  night,  so  that 
they  are  destroyed. 

26  He  striketh  them  as  wicked  men  in 
the  open  sight  of  others  ; 

27  Because  they  turned  back  from  him, 
and  would  not  consider  any  of  his  ways  : 

28  So  that  they  cause  the  cry  of  the  poor 
to  come  unto  him,  and  he  heareth  the  cry 
of  the  afflicted. 

29  When  he  giveth  quietness,  who  then 
can  make  trouble?  and  when  he  hideth  Jiis 
face,  who  then  can  behold  him?  whether  it 
he  done  against  a  nation,  or  against  a  man 
only: 

30  That  the  hypocrite  reign  not,  lest  the 
jieople  be  ensnared. 

31  Surely  it  is  meet  to  be  said  iinto  God, 
I  have  borne  cliastisement,  I  will  not  oflend 
a7nj  more: 

33  Tliat  toJdch  I  see  not  teach  thou  me: 
if  I  have  done  iniquity,  I  will  do  no 
more. 

33  Should  it  be  according  to  thy  mind?  he 
will  recompense  it,  whether  thou  refuse, 
or  whether  thou  choose  ;  and  not  I :  there- 
fore speak  what  thou  kuowest. 

34  Let  men  of  understanding  tell  me,  and 
let  a  wise  man  hearken  unto  me. 

■  534 


35  Job  hath  spoken  without  knowledge, 
and  his  words  were  without  Avisdom. 

36  My  desire  is  that  Job  may  be  tried  \mto 
the  end,  because  of  his  answers  for  wicked 
men. 

37  For  he  addeth  rebellion  unto  his  sin, 
he  clappeth  his  hands  among  us,  and  multi- 
plieth  his  words  against  God.       ^ 

CHAPTER  XXXV. 

ELIHU  spake  moreover,  and  said, 
2  Thinkest  thou  this  to  be  right,  that 
thou  saidst.  My  righteousness  is  more  than 
God's?        « 

3  For  thou  saidst.  What  advantage  will  it 
be  unto  thee?  an<7,  What  protit  shall  I 
have,  if  I  be  cleansed  from  ray  sin? 

4  I  will  answer  thee,  and  thy  companions 
with  thee. 

5  Look  unto  the  heavens,  and  see ;  and 
behold  the  clouds  which  are  higher  than 
thou. 

6  If  thou  sinnest,  what  doest  thou  against 
him?  or  if  thy  transgressions  be  multi- 
plied, what  doest  thou  unto  him  ? 

7  If  thou  be  righteous,  what  givest  thou 
him  ?  or  what  receiveth  he  of  thine  hand  ? 

8  Thy  wickedness  may  hurt  a  man  as 
thou  art ;  and  thy  righteousness  may  profit 
the  son  of  man. 

9  By  reason  of  the  multitude  of  oppres- 
sions they  make  the  opjjressed  to  cry :  they 
cry  out  by  reason  of  the  arm  of  the  mighty. 

10  But  none  saith.  Where  is  God  my 
maker,  who  giveth  songs  in  the  night; 

11  Who  teacheth  us  more  than  the  beasts 
of  the  earth,  and  maketh  us  wiser  than  the 
fowls  of  heaven  ? 

12  There  they  cry,  but  none  giveth  an- 
swer, because  of  the  pride  of  evil  men. 

13  Surely  God  will  not  hear  vanity,  nei- 
ther will  the  Almighty  regard  it. 

14  Although  thou  sayest  thou  shalt  not 
see  him,  yet  judgment  is  before  him ;  there- 
fore trust  thou  in  him. 

15  But  now,  because  it  is  not  so,  he  hath 
visited  in  his  anger;  yet  he  knoweth  it 
not  in  great  extremity  : 

16  Therefore  doth  Job  open  his  mouth 
in  A-ain;  he  multiplieth  words  without 
knowledge.  , 


ELIH 
3  S 


CHAPTER  XXXVI. 
LIHLT  also  proceeded,  and  said, 

SufTer  me  a  little,  and  I  will  shew 


JOB. 


thee   that   1  have  yet  to   speak   on   God's 
behalf. 

3  I  will  fetch  my  knowledge  from  afar, 
and  will  ascribe  righteousness  to  my 
Maker. 

4  For  truly  my  words  ?.haU  not  he  false : 
he  that  is  perfect  in  knowledge  is  with 
thee. 

5  Behold,  God  is  mighty,  and  despiseth 
not  any:  he  is  mighty  in  strength  and 
wisdom. 

6  He  preserveth  not  the  life  of  the  wick- 
ed :  but  giveth  right  to  the  poor. 

7  He  withdraweth  not  his  eyes  from  the 
righteous :  but  with  kings  are  they  on  the 
throne;  yea,  he  doth  establish  them  for 
ever, 'and  they  are  exalted. 

8  And  if  they  he  bound  in  fetters,  a7id  be 
holden  in  cords  of  affliction  ; 

9  Then  he  sheweth  them  their  work,  and 
their  transgressions  that  they  have  ex- 
ceeded. 

10  He  openeth  also  their  ear  to  discipline, 
and  commandeth  that  they  return  from 
iniquity. 

11  If  they  obey  and  serve  hirn^  they  shall 
spend  their  days  in  prosperity,  and  their 
years  in  pleasures. 

12  But  if  they  obey  not,  they  shall  perish 
by  the  sword,  and  they  shall  die  without 
knowledge. 

13  But  the  hypocrites  in  heart  heap  up 
wrath :  they  cry  not  when  he  bindeth 
them. 

14  They  die  in  youth,  and  their  life  is 
among  the  unclean. 

15  He  delivereth  the  poor  in  his  afflic- 
tion, and  openeth  their  ear?  in  oppression. 

16  Even  so  would  he  have  removed  thee 
out  of  the  strait  into  a  broad  place,  where 
there  is  no  straitness ;  and  that  which 
should  be  set  on  th}'  table  should  he  full 
of  fatness. 

17  But  thou  hast  fultilled  the  judgment 
of  the  wicked :  judgment  and  justice  take 
hold  on.  thee. 

18  Because  there  is  wrath,  heware  lest  he 
take  thee  away  with  his  stroke :  then  a 
great  ransom  cannot  deliver  thee. 

19  Will  he  esteem  thy  riches?  ?<o,  not 
gold,  nor  all  the  forces  of  strength. 

20  Desire  not  the  night,  when  people 
are  cut  off  in  their  place. 

21  Take  heed,  regard  not  iniquity:  for 
this  hast  thou  chosen  rather  than  affliction. 


22  Behold,  God  exalteth  by  his  power: 
who  teacheth  like  him? 

23  Who  hath  enjoined  him  his  way?  or 
who  can  say.  Thou  hast  wrought  iniquity? 

24  Eemember  that  thou  magnify  his 
work,  which  men  behold. 

25  Every  man  may  see  it;  man  may  be- 
hold it  afar  off. 

26  Behold,  God  is  great,  and  we  know  hijn 
not,  neither  can  the  number  of  his  years 
be  searched  out. 

27  For  he  maketh  small  the  drops  of 
water:  they  j)Our  down  rain  according  to 
the  vapour  thereof; 

28  Which  the  clouds  do  drop  and  distil 
upon  man  abundantly. 

29  Also  can  any  understand  the  spread- 
ings  of  the  clouds,  or  the  noise  of  his  tab- 
ernacle ? 

30  Behold,  he  spreadeth  his  light  upon 
it,  and  covereth  the  bottom  of  the  sea. 

31  For  by  them  judgeth  he  the  people ; 
he  giveth  meat  in  abundance. 

32  With  clouds  he  covereth  the  light; 
and  commandeth  it  not  to  shine  by  the  cloud 
that  Cometh  betwixt. 

33  The  noise  thereof  sheweth  concerning 
it,  the  cattle  also  concerning  the  vapour. 

CHAPTER  XXXVII. 

AT  this   also  my  heart  trembleth,  and 
is  moved  out  of  his  place. 

2  Hear  attentively  the  noise  of  his  voice, 
and  the  sound  that  goeth  out  of  his  mouth. 

3  He  directeth  it  under  the  whole  heav- 
en, and  his  lightning  unto  the  ends  of  the 
earth. 

4  After  it  a  voice  roareth :  he  thundereth 
with  the  voice  of  his  excellency;  and  he 
will  not  stay  them  when  his  voice  is 
heard. 

5  God  thundereth  man^ellously  with  his 
voice;  great  things  doeth  he,  which  we 
cannot  comprehend. 

6  For  he  saith  to  the  snow.  Be  thou  ow, 
the  earth ;  likewise  to  the  small  rain,  and 
to  the  great  rain  of  his  strength. 

7  He  sealeth  up  the  hand  of  every  man ; 
that  all  men  may  know  his  work. 

8  Then  the  beasts  go  into  dens,  and  re- 
main in  their  places. 

9  Out  of  the  south  cometh  the  whirlwind: 
and  cold  out  of  the  north. 

10  By  the  breath  of  God  frost  is  given: 
and  the  breadth  of  the  waters  Is  straitened. 

525 


JOB. 


11  Also  by  watering?  he  wearieth  the  thick 
cloud  :  be  scattereth  his  bright  cloud : 

12  Aud  it  is  turned  round  about  by  his 
counsels:  that  they  may  do  whatsoever  he 
commandeth  them  upon  the  face  of  the 
world  in  the  earth. 

13  He  causeth  it  to  come,  whether  for 
correction,  or  for  his  land,  or  for  mercy. 

14  Hearken  unto  this,  O  Job :  stand  still, 
and  consider  the  wondrous  works  of  God. 

15  Dost  thou  know  when  God  disposed 
them,  and  caused  the  light  of  his  cloud  to 
shine? 

16  Dost  thou  know  the  balancings  of  the 
clouds,  the  wondrous  works  of  him  which 
is  perfect  in  knowledge? 

17  How  thy  garments  are  warm,  when  he 
quiet  eth  the  earth  by  the  south  iclvd? 

18  Hast  thou  with  him  spread  out  the 
sky,  wJiich  is  strong,  and  as  a  molten  look- 
ingglass  ? 

19  Teach  us  what  we  shall  say  unto  him; 
for  we  cannot  order  our  speech  by  reason 
of  darkness. 

20  Shall  it  be  told  him  that  I  speak?  if 
a  man  speak,  surely  he  shall  be  swallowed 
up. 

21  And  now  men  see  not  the  bright  light 
which  h  in  the  clouds:  but  the  wind  jxass- 
eth,  and  cleanseth  them. 

22  Fair  weather  cometh  out  of  the  north: 
with  God  i.s  terrible  majesty. 

23  Touching  the  Almighty,  we  cannot  find 
him  out:  he  is  excellent  in  power,  and  in 
judgment,  and  in  plenty  of  justice:  he  will 
not  afflict. 

2-4  Men  do  therefore  fear  him :  he  respect- 
cth  not  any  t?iat  are  wise  of  heart.        ^ 

CHAPTER  XXXVIII. 

THEN  the  Loud  answered  Job  out  of 
the  whirlwind,  and  said, 

2  Who  is  this  that  darkeneth  counsel  by 
words  without  knowledge  ? 

3  Gird  up  now  thy  loins  like  a  man ;  for  I 
will  demand  of  thee,  and  answer  thou  me. 

4  Where  wast  thou  when  I  laid  the  foun- 
dations of  the  earth?  declare,  if  thou  hast 
understanding. 

5  Who  hath  laid  the  measures  thereof, 
if  thou  kuowcst?  or  Avho  hath  stretched 
the  line  ii])on  it? 


7  When  the  morning  stars  sang  together, 
and  all  the  sons  of  God  shouted  for  joy? 

8  Or  who  shut  up  the  sea  with  doors, 
when  it  brake  forth,  as  if  it  had  issued  out 
of  the  womb? 

9  When  I  made  the  cloud  the  garment 
thereof,  and  thick  darkness  a  swaddling 
band  for  it, 

10  And  brake  up  for  it  my  decreed  place, 
and  set  bars  and  doors, 

11  And  said.  Hitherto  shalt  thou  come, 
but  no  further:  and  here  shall  thy  proud 
waves  be  stayed  ? 

12  Hast  thou  commanded  the  morning 
since  thy  days ;  a7id  caused  the  dayspring 
to  know  his  place ; 

13  That  it  might  take  hold  of  the  ends 
of  the  earth,  that  the  wicked  might  be 
shaken  out  of  it? 

14  It  is  turned  as  clay  to  the  seal;  and 
they  stand  as  a  garment. 

15  And  from  the  Avicked  their  light  is 
withholden,  and  the  high  arm  shall  be 
broken. 

16  Hast  thou  entered  into  the  springs  of 
the  sea  ?  or  hast  thou  walked  in  the  search 
of  the  depth? 

17  Have  the  gates  of  death  been  opened 
unto  thee?  or  iiast  thou  seen  the  doors  of 
the  shadow  of  death  ? 

18  Hast  thou  perceived  the  breadth  of 
the  earth  ?  declare  if  thou  knowest  it 
all. 

19  Where  is  the  way  rvhere  light  dwell- 
eth?  and  as  for  darkness,  where  is  the 
place  thereof, 

20  That  thou  shouldest  take  it  to  the 
bound  thereof,  and  that  thou  shouldest 
know  the  paths  io  the  house  thereof? 

21  Knowest  thou  it,  because  thou  wast 
then  born?  or  because  the  number  of  thy 
days  is  great  ? 

23  Hast  thou  entered  into  the  treasures 
of  the  snow?  or  hast  thou  seen  the 
treasures  of  the  hail, 

23  Which  I  have  reserved  against  the 
time  of  trouble,  against  the  day  of  battle 
and  war  ? 

24  By  what  way  is  the  light  parted, 
ivhich  scattereth  the  east  wind  upon  the 
earth  ? 

25  Who  hath   divided  a  watercourse  for 


0  Whereupon  are  the  foundations  thereof,  the   overflowing  of  waters,   or  a  way  for 
fastened?    or  who  laid  the  corner  stone  j  the  lightning  of  thunder 


thereof; 


26  To  cause  it  to  rain  on  the  earth,  where 


5J6 


JOB. 


no  man  is ;  on  the  wilderness,  wherein 
there  is  no  man  ; 

27  To  satisfy  the  desolate  and  waste 
grmmd ;  and  to  cause  the  bud  of  the  ten- 
der herb  to  spring  forth  ? 

28  Hath  the  rain  a  father?  or  who  hath 
begotten  the  drops  of  dew? 

29  Out  of  whose  womb  came  the  ice? 
and  the  hoary  frost  of  heaven,  who  hath 
gendered  it  ? 

30  The  waters  are  hid  as  vnth  a  stone, 
and  the  face  of  the  deep  is  frozen. 

31  Canst  thou  bind  the  sweet  influences 
of  Pleiades,  or  loose  the  bands  of  Orion  ? 

32  Canst  thou  bring  forth  Mazzaroth  in 
his  season  ?  or  canst  thou  guide  Arcturus 
with  his  sons  ? 

33  Knowcst  thou  the  ordinances  of  heav- 
en ?  canst  thou  set  the  dominion  there- 
of in  the  earth  ? 

34  Canst  thou  lift  up  thy  voice  to  the 
clouds,  that  abundance  of  waters  may 
cover  thee? 

35  Canst  thou  send  lightnings,  that  they 
may  go,  and  say  unto  thee,  Plere  we  are? 

36  Who  hath  put  wisdom  in  the  inward 
parts?  or  who  hath  given  understanding 
to  the  heart? 

37  Who  can  number  the  clouds  in  wis- 
dom? or  who  can  stay  the  bottles  of 
heaven, 

38  When  the  dust  groweth  into  hard- 
ness, and  the  clods  cleave  fast  together? 

39  Wilt  thou  hunt  the  prey  for  the  lion? 
or  fill  the  appetite  of  the  young  lions, 

40  When  they  couch  in  their  dens,  and 
abide  in  the  covert  to  lie  in  wait  ? 

41  Who  provideth  for  the  raven  his 
food?  when  his  young  ones  cry  unto  God, 
they  wander  for  lack  of  meat.  * 

CHAPTER  XXXIX. 

KNOWEST  thou  the  time  when  the 
Avild  goats  of  the  rock  bring  forth  ? 
or  canst  thou  mark  when  the  hinds  do 
calve  ? 

2  Canst  thou  number  the  months  tJiat 
they  fulfil?  or  knowest  thou  the  time 
when  they  bring  forth? 

3  They  bow  themselves,  they  bring  forth 
their  young  ones,  they  cast  out  their 
sorrows. 

4  Their  young  ones  are  in  good  liking, 
they  grow  up  with  corn;  they  go  forth, 
and  return  not  unto  them. 


5  Who  hath  sent  out  the  wild  ass  free?  or 
who  hath  loosed  the  bands  of  the  wild  ass  ? 

6  Whose  house  I  have  made  the  wilder- 
ness, and  the  barren  laud  his  dwellings. 

7  He  scorneth  the  multitude  of  the  city, 
neither  regardeth  he  the  crying  of  the 
driver. 

8  The  range  of  the  mountains  is  his 
pasture,  and  he  seareheth  after  every  green 
thing. 

9  Will  the  unicorn  be  willing  to  serA'e 
thee,  or  abide  by  thy  crib  ? 

10  Canst  thou  bind  the  unicorn  with  his 
band  in  the  furrow?  or  will  he  harrow  the 
valleys  after  thee? 

11  Wilt  thou  trust  him,  because  his 
strength  is  great?  or  wilt  thou  leave  thy 
labour  to  him  ? 

12  Wilt  thou  believe  him,  that  he  will 
bring  home  thy  seed,  and  gather  it  into  thy 
barn? 

13  Gavest  thou  the  goodly  wings  unto  the 
peacocks  ?  or  wings  and  feathers  unto  the 
ostrich  ? 

14  Which  leaveth  her  eggs  in  the  earth, 
and  warmeth  them  in  the  dust, 

15  And  forgetteth  that  the  foot  may 
crush  them,  or  that  the  wild  beast  may 
break  them. 

16  She  is  hardened  against  her  young 
ones,  as  though  they  were  not  hers :  her 
labour  is  in  vain  without  fear; 

17  Because  God  hath  deprived  her  of 
wisdom,  neither  hath  he  imparted  to  her 
understanding. 

18  What  time  she  lifteth  up  herself  on 
high,  she  scorneth  the  horse  and  his  rider. 

19  Hast  thou  given  the  horse  strength? 
hast  thou  clothed  his  neck  with  thunder  ? 

20  Canst  thou  make  him  afraid  as  a  grass- 
hopper? the  glory  of  his  nostrils  is  terrible. 

21  He  paweth  in  the  valley,  and  rejoic- 
eth  in  Jiis  strength:  he  goeth  on  to  meet 
the  armed  men. 

22  He  mocketh  at  fear,  and  is  not  aflTright- 
ed;  neither  turneth  he  back  from  the 
sword. 

23  The  quiver  rattleth  against  him,  the 
glittering  spear  and  the  shield. 

24  He  swalloweth  the  ground  with  fierce- 
ness and  rage :  neither  believeth  he  that 
it  is  the  sound  of  the  trumpet. 

25  He  saith  among  the  trumpets,  Ha,  ha! 
and  he  smelleth  the  battle  afar  off,  the 
thunder  of  the  captains,  and  the  shouting. 

627 


JOB. 


26  Doth  the  hawk  fly  by  thy  wisdom,  and 
stretch  her  wings  toward  the  south? 

27  Doth  the  eagle  mount  up  at  thy  com- 
mand, and  make  her  nest  on  high? 

28  She  dwelleth  and  abideth  on  the  rock, 
upon  the  crag  of  the  rock,  and  the  strong 
place. 

29  From  thence  she  seeketh  the  prey,  and 
her  eyes  behold  afar  off. 

30  Her  young  ones  also  suck  up  blood: 
and  where  the  slain  are,  there  is  she.       ^ 

CHAPTER  XL. 

MOREOVER  the  Lord   answered   Job, 
and  said, 

2  Shall  he  that  contendeth  with  the 
Almighty  instruct  him?  he  that  reproveth 
God,  let  him  answer  it. 

3  TI  Then  Job  answered  the  Lord,  and 
said, 

4  Behold,  I  am  vile ;  what  shall  I  answer 
thee  ?  I  will  lay  mine  hand  upon  my 
mouth. 

5  Once  have  I  spoken;  but  I  will  not 
answer:  yea,  twice;  but  I  will  proceed  no 
further. 

6  1\  Then  answered  the  Lord  unto  Job 
out  of  the  whirlwind,  and  said, 

7  Gird  up  thy  loins  now  like  a  man :  I 
will  demand  of  thee,  and  declare  thou  unto 
me. 

8  Wilt  thou  also  disannul  my  judgment? 
wilt  thou  condemn  me,  that  thou  mayest 
be  righteous  ? 

9  Hast  thou  an  arm  like  God?  or  canst 
thou  thunder  with  a  voice  like  him? 

10  Deck  thyself  now  with  majesty  and 
excellency;  and  array  thyself  with  glory 
and  beauty. 

11  Cast  abroad  the  rage  of  thy  wrath :  and 
behold  every  one  that  is  proud,  and  abase 
him. 

12  Look  on  every  one  that  is  proud, 
and  bring  him  low;  and  tread  down  the 
wicked  in  their  place. 

13  Hide  them  in  the  dust  together;  and 
bind  their  faces  in  secret. 

14  Then  will  I  also  confess  unto  thee  that 
thine  own  right  hand  can  save  thee. 

15  T[  Behold  now  behemoth,  which  I 
made  with  thee ;  he  eateth  grass  as  an  ox. 

16  Lo  now,  his  strength  is  in  his  loins, 
and  his  force  is  in  the  navel  of  his  belly. 

17  He  moveth  his  tail  like  a  cedar:  the 
sinews  of  his  stones  are  wrapped  together. 

528  ~       ~~~ 


18  His  bones  are  as  strong  pieces  of  brass; 
his  bones  are  like  bars  of  iron. 

19  He  is  the  chief  of  the  ways  of  God: 
he  that  made  him  can  make  his  sword  to 
approach  unto  him. 

20  Surely  the  mountains  bring  him  forth 
food,  where  all  the  beasts  of  the  field  play. 

21  He  lieth  under  the  shady  trees,  in 
the  covert  of  the  reed,  and  fens. 

22  The  shady  trees  cover  him  with  their 
shadow;  the  willows  of  the  brook  com- 
pass him  about. 

23  Behold,  he  drinketh  up  a  river,  and 
hasteth  not:  he  trust eth  that  he  can  draw 
up  Jordan  into  his  mouth. 

2-1  He  taketh  it  with  his  eyes:  his  nose 
pierceth  through  snares. 

CHAPTER  XLI. 

CANST  thou  draw  out  leviathan  with  a 
hook?    or  his    tongue    with  a  cord 
which  thou  lettest  down  ? 

2  Canst  thou  put  a  hook  into  his  nose? 
or  bore  his  jaw  through  with  a  thorn  ? 

3  Will  he  make  many  supplications  unto 
thee  ?  will  he  speak  soft  words  unto  thee  ? 

4  Will  he  make  a  covenant  with  thee? 
wilt  thou  take  him  for  a  servant  for 
ever? 

5  Wilt  thou  play  with  him  as  with  a  bird? 
or  wilt  thou  bind  him  for  thy  maidens  ? 

6  Shall  the  companions  make  a  banquet 
of  him?  shall  they  part  him  among  the 
merchants  ? 

.7  Canst  thou  fill  his  skin  with  barbed 
irons  ?  or  his  head  with  fish  spears  ? 

8  Lay  thine  hand  upon  him,  remember 
the  battle,  do  no  more. 

9  Behold,  the  hope  of  him  is  in  vain: 
shall  not  ofie  be  cast  down  even  at  the 
sight  of  him  ? 

10  None  is  so  fierce  that  dare  stir  him 
up:  who  then  is  able  to  stand  before  me? 

11  Who  hath  prevented  me,  that  I  should 
repay  him?  whatsoever  is  uuder  the  whole 
heaven  is  mine. 

12  I  wull  not  conceal  his  parts,  nor  his 
power,  nor  his  comely  proportion. 

13  W'ho  can  discover  the  face  of  his  gar- 
ment? or  who  can  come  to  him  with  his 
double  bridle  ? 

14  W^ho  can  open  the  doors  of  his  face? 
his  teeth  are  terrible  round  about. 

15  His  scales  are  his  pride,  shut  up  to- 
gether as  with  a  close  seal. 


JOB. 


16  One  is  so  near  to  another,  that  no 
air  can  come  between  them. 

17  They  are  joined  one  to  another,  they 
stick  together,  that  they  cannot  be  sun- 
dered. 

18  By  his  neesings  a  light  doth  shine,  and 
his  eyes  are  like  the  eyelids  of  the  morning. 

19  Out  of  his  mouth  go  burning  lamps, 
and  sparks  of  fire  leap  out. 

20  Out  of  his  nostrils  goeth  smoke,  as 
out  of  a  seething  pot  or  caldron. 

21  His  breath  kindleth  coals,  and  a  flame 
goeth  out  of  his  mouth. 

22  In  his  neck  remaineth  strength,  and 
sorrow  is  turned  into  joy  before  him. 

23  The  flakes  of  his  flesh  are  joined  to- 
gether :  they  are  firm  in  themselves ;  they 
cannot  be  moved. 

24  His  heart  is  as  firm  as  a  stone ;  yea, 
as  hard  as  a  piece  of  the  nether  milUtoiie. 

25  When  he  raiseth  up  himself,  the 
mighty  are  afraid :  by  reason  of  breakings 
they  purify  themselves. 

26  The  sword  of  him  that  layeth  at  him 
cannot  hold:  the  spear,  the  dart,  nor  the 
habergeon. 

27  He  esteemeth  iron  as  straw,  and  brass 
as  rotten  wood. 

28  The  arrow  cannot  make  him  flee :  sling 
stones  are  turned  with  him  into  stubble. 

29  Darts  are  counted  as  stubble :  he  laugh- 
eth  at  the  shaking  of  a  spear. 

30  Sharp  stones  are  under  him :  he  spread- 
eth  sharp  pointed  things  upon  the  mire. 

31  He  maketh  the  deep  to  boil  like  a  pot : 
he  maketh  the  sea  like  a  pot  of  ointment. 

32  He  maketh  a  path  to  shine  after  him ; 
one  would  think  the  deep  to  he  hoar3^ 

33  Upon  earth  there  is  not  his  like,  who 
is  made  without  fear. 

34  He  beholdeth  all  high  thi7igs:  he  is  a 
king  over  all  the  children  of  pride.     * 

CHAPTER  XLIL 

THEN  Job  answered  the  Lord,  and  said, 
2  I  know  that  thou  canst  do  every 
thingy  and  that  no  thought  can  be  with- 
holden  from  thee. 

3  Who  is  he  that  hideth  counsel  without 
knowledge?  therefore  have  I  uttered  that 
I  understood  not ;  things  too  wonderful 
for  me,  which  I  knew  not. 

4  Hear,  I  beseech  thee,  and  I  will  speak : 

I  will  demand  of  thee,  and  declare  thou 

unto  me. 

_ 


5  I  have  heard  of  thee  by  the  hearing  of 
the  ear ;  but  now  mine  eye  seeth  thee : 

6  Wherefore  I  abhor  inyselj]  and  repent 
in  dust  and  ashes. 

7  ^  And  it  was  so^  that  after  the  Lord 
had  spoken  these  words  unto  Job,  the 
Lord  said  to  Eliphaz  the  Temanite,  My 
wrath  is  kindled  against  thee,  and  against 
thy  two  friends :  for  ye  have  not  spoken 
of  me  the  tiling  that  is  right,  as  my  serv- 
ant Job  hath. 

8  Therefore  take  unto  you  now  seven 
bullocks  and  seven  rams,  and  go  to  my 
servant  Job,  and  ofl'er  up  for  yourselves 
a  burnt  oflTering ;  and  my  servant  Job  shall 
pray  for  you :  for  him  will  I  accept :  lest 
I  deal  Avith  you  after  your  folly,  in  that 
ye  have  not  spoken  of  me  the  tiling  tvhich 
is  right,  like  my  servant  Job. 

9  So  Eliphaz  the  Temanite  and  Bildad 
the  Shuhite  and  Zophar  the  Naamathite 
went,  and  did  according  as  the  Lord  com- 
manded them :  the  Lord  also  accepted  Job. 

10  And  the  Lord  turned  the  captivity  of 
Job,  when  he  prayed  for  his  friends :  also 
the  Lord  gave  Job  twice  as  much  as  he 
had  before. 

11  Then  came  there  unto  him  all  his 
brethren,  and  all  his  sisters,  and  all  they 
that  had  been  of  his  acquaintance  before, 
and  did  eat  bread  with  him  in  his  house: 
and  they  bemoaned  him,  and  comforted 
him  over  all  the  evil  that  the  Lord  had 
brought  upon  him :  every  man  also  gave 
him  a  i)iece  of  money,  and  every  one  an 
earring  of  gold. 

12  So  the  Lord  blessed  the  latter  end 
of  Job  more  than  his  beginning :  for  he 
had  fourteen  thousand  sheep,  and  six  thou- 
sand camels,  and  a  thousand  yoke  of  oxen, 
and  a  thousand  she  asses. 

13  He  had  also  seven  sons  and  three 
daughters. 

14  And  be  called  the  name  of  the  first, 
Jemima;  and  the  name  of  the  second, 
Kezia ;  and  the  name  of  the  third,  Keren- 
happuch. 

15  And  in  all  the  land  w^ere  no  women 
found  so  fiiir  as  the  daughters  of  Job :  and 
their  father  gave  them  inheritance  among 
their  brethren. 

16  After  this  lived  Job  a  hundred  and 
forty  years,  and  saw  his  sons,  and  his  sons' 
sons,  even  foiir  generations. 

17  So  Job  died,  being  old  and  full  of  days. 

I  529  " 


THE 


BOOK   OF   PSALMS 


PSALM  I. 

BLESSED  is  the  man  that  walketh  not 
in  the  counsel  of  the  ungodly,  nor 
staudeth  in  the  way  of  sinners,  nor  sitteth 
in  the  seat  of  the  scornful. 

2  But  his  delight  is  in  the  law  of  the 
Lord;  and  in  his  law  doth  he  meditate 
day  and  night. 

3  And  he  shall  be  like  a  tree  planted  by 
the  rivers  of  water,  that  bringeth  forth  his 
fruit  in  his  season ;  his  leaf  also  shall  not 
wither;  and  whatsoever  he  doeth  shall 
prosper. 

4  The  ungodly  are  not  so:  but  are  like 
the  chaff  which  the  wind  driveth  away. 

5  Therefore  the  ungodly  shall  not  stand 
in  the  judgment,  nor  sinners  in  the  con- 
gregation of  the  righteous. 

6  For  the  Lokd  knoweth  the  way  of  the 
righteous :  but  the  way  of  the  ungodly 
shall  perish. 

PSALM  11. 

WHY  do  the   heathen  rage,  and   the 
people  imagine  a  vain  thing? 

2  The  kings  of  the  earth  set  themselves, 
and  the  rulers  take  counsel  together, 
against  the  Lord,  and  against  his  Anoint- 
ed, saying^ 

3  Let  us  break  their  bands  asunder,  and 
cast  away  their  cords  from  us. 

4  He  that  sitteth  in  the  heavens  shall 
laugh :  the  Lord  shall  have  them  in  derision. 

5  Then  shall  he  speak  unto  them  in  his 
wrath,  and  vex  them  in  his  sore  displeasure. 

6  Yet  have  I  set  my  King  upon  my  holy 
hill  of  Zion. 

7  I  will  declare  the  decree :  the  Lord  hath 
said  unto  me,  Thou  art  my  Son;  this  day 
have  I  begotten  thee. 

8  Ask  of  me,  and  I  shall  give  tJiee  the  hea- 
then for  thine  inheritance,  and  the  utter-  : 
most  parts  of  the  earth/o?*  thy  possession.    | 

9  Thou  Shalt  break  them  with  a  rod  of! 
iron ;  thou  shalt  dash  them  in  pieces  like  a  : 
potter's  vessel. 

10  Be  wise  now  therefore,  O  yc  kings :  be 
instructed,  ye  judares  of  the  earth.  ! 

530 


11  Serve  the  Lord  with  fear,  and  rejoice 
with  trembling. 

12  Kiss  the  Son,  lest  he  be  angry,  and 
ye  perish  from  the  way,  when  his  wrath 
is  kindled  but  a  little.  Blessed  are  all  they 
that  put  their  trust  in  him.  > 

PSALM  III. 

A  Psalm  of  David,  when  he  fled  from  Absalom  Ms  son. 

LORD,  how  are  they  increased  that  trou- 
ble me!  many  are  they  that  rise  up 
against  me. 

2  Many  there  he  which  say  of  my  soul, 
There  is  no  help  for  him  in  God.     Selah. 

3  But  thou,  O  Lord,  art  a  shield  for  me; 
my  glory,  and  the  lifter  up  of  mine  head. 

4  I  cried  unto  the  Lord  with  my  voice, 
and  he  heard  me  out  of  his  holy  hill.   Selah. 

5  I  laid  me  down  and  slept;  I  awaked; 
for  the  Lord  sustained  me. 

6  I  will  not  be  afraid  of  ten  thousands 
of  people,  that  have  set  tliertiselves  against 
me  round  about. 

7  Arise,  O  Lord  ;  save  me,  O  my  God : 
for  thou  hast  smitten  all  mine  enemies  up- 
on the  cheek  bone;  thou  hast  broken  the 
teeth  of  the  ungodly. 

8  Salvation  helongeth  unto  the  Lord  :  thy 
blessing  is  upon  thy  people.    Selah.    ' 

PSALM  IV. 

To  the  chief  Musician  on  Neginoth,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

HEAR  me  when  I  call,  0  God  of  my 
righteousness :  thou  hast  enlarged  me 
when  I  teas  in  distress  ;  have  mercy  upon 
me,  and  hear  my  prayer. 

2  O  ye  sons  of  men,  how  long  wUl  ye  turn 
my  glory  into  shame  ?  hoiv  long  will  ye  love 
vanity,  and  seek  after  leasing  ?    Selah. 

3  But  know  that  the  Lord  hath  set  apart 
him  that  is  godly  for  himself:  the  Lord 
will  hear  when  I  call  unto  him. 

4  Stand  in  awe,  and  sin  not :  commune 
with  your  own  heart  upon  your  bed,  and 
be  still.     Selah. 

5  Oiler  the  saci'ifices  of  righteousness, 
and  put  your  trust  in  the  Lord. 


PSALMS. 


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6  There  he  many  that  say,  Who  will  shew 
us  any  good?  Lord,  lift  thou  up  the 
light  of  thy  countenance  upon  us, 

7  Thou  hast  put  gladness  in  ray  heart, 
more  than  in  the  time  that  their  corn  and 
their  wine  increased. 

8  I  will  both  lay  me  down  in  peace,  and 
sleep:  for  thou,  Lord,  only  makest  me 
dwell  in  safety.   . 

PSALM  V. 

To  the  chief  Musician  upon  Nehiloth,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

IVE  ear  to  my  words,  O  Lord  ;  con- 
sider my  meditation. 

2  Hearken  unto  the  voice  of  my  cry,  my 
Kingy  and  my  God :  for  unto  thee  will  I  pray. 

3  My  voice  shalt  thou  hear  in  the  morn- 
ing, O  Lord  ;  in  the  morning  will  I  direct 
my  prayer  unto  thee,  and  will  look  up. 

4  For  thou  art  not  a  God  that  hath 
pleasure  in  wickedness:  neither  shall  evil 
dwell  with  thee. 

5  The  foolish  shall  not  stand  in  thy 
sight :  thou  hatest  all  workers  of  iniquity. 

6  Thou  shalt  destroy  them  that  speak 
leasing:  the  Lord  will  abhor  the  bloody 
and  deceitful  man. 

7  But  as  for  me,  I  will  come  iyUo  thy 
house  in  the  multitude  of  thy  mercy : 
and  in  thy  fear  will  I  worship  toward 
thy  holy  temple. 

8  Lead  me,  O  Lord,  in  thy  righteous- 
ness because  of  mine  enemies ;  make  thy 
way  straight  before  my  face. 

9  For  there  is  no  faithfulness  in  their 
mouth ;  their  inward  part  is  very  wicked- 
ness; their  throat  is  an  open  sepulchre; 
they  flatter  with  their  tongue. 

10  Destroy  thou  them,  O  God;  let  them 
fall  by  their  own  counsels ;  cast  them 
out  in  the  multitude  of  their  transgres- 
sions ;  for  they  have  rebelled  against  thee. 

11  But  let  all  those  that  put  their  trust  in 
thee  rejoice :  let  them  ever  shout  for  joy, 
because  thou  defendest  them :  let  them 
also  that  love  thy  name  be  joj'ful  in  thee. 

12  For  thou.  Lord,  wilt  bless  the  right- 
eous ;  with  favour  wilt  thou  compass  him 
as  with  a  shield.  * 

PSALM  VI. 

To  the  chief  Musician  on  Neginoth  upon  Sheminith,  A 
Psalm  of  David. 

OLORD,  rebuke  me  not  in  thine  anger, 
neither  chasten  me   in  thy  hot   dis- 
pleasure. 


2  Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  Lord;  for 
I  am  weak:  0  Lord,  heal  me;  for  my 
bones  are  vexed. 

3  My  soul  is  also  sore  vexed:  but  thou, 
O  Lord,  how  long  ? 

4  Return,  O  Lord,  deliver  my  soul :  oh 
save  me  for  thy  mercies'  sake. 

5  For  in  death  there  is  no  remembrance 
of  thee :  in  the  grave  who  shall  give  thee 
thanks  ? 

6  I  am  weary  with  my  groaning ;  all  the 
night  make  I  my  bed  to  swim ;  I  water 
my  couch  with  my  tears. 

7  Mine  eye  is  consumed  because  of  grief; 
it  waxeth  old  because  of  all  mine  enemies. 

8  Depart  from  me,  all  ye  workers  of  in- 
iquity; for  the  Lord  hath  heard  the 
voice  of  my  weeping. 

9  The  Lord  hath  heard  my  supplication; 
the  Lord  will  receive  my  prayer. 

10  Let  all  mine  enemies  be  ashamed 
and  sore  vexed :  let  them  return  and 
be  ashamed  suddenly.      .; 

PSALM  VII. 

Shiggaion  of  David,  which   he  sang  unto  the   Lord, 
concerning  the  words  of  Cush  the  Benjamite. 

LORD  my  God,  in  thee  do  I  put  my 


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persecute  me,  and  deliver  me: 

2  Lest  he  tear  my  soul  like  a  lion,  rending 
it  in  pieces,  while  there  is  none  to  deliver. 

3  O  Lord  my  God,  if  I  have  done  this ; 
if  there  be  iniquity  in  my  hands  ; 

4  If  I  have  rewarded  evil  unto  him  that 
was  at  peace  with  me  ;  (yea,  I  have  deliver- 
ed him  that  without  cause  is  mine  enemy  ;) 

5  Let  the  enemy  persecute  my  soul,  and 
take  it;  yea,  let  him  tread  down  my  life 
upon  the  earth,  and  lay  mine  honour  in 
the  dust.     Selah. 

6  Arise,  0  Lord,  in  thine  anger,  lift  up 
thyself  because  of  the  rage  of  mine  en- 
emies :  and  awake  for  me  to  the  judgment 
that  thou  hast  commanded. 

7  So  shall  the  congregation  of  the  people 
compass  thee  about :  for  their  sakes  there- 
fore return  thou  on  high. 

8  The  Lord  shall  judge  the  people :  judge 
me,  O  Lord,  according  to  my  righteous- 
ness, and  according  to  mine  integrity  that 
is  in  me. 

9  Oh  let  the  wickedness  of  the  wicked 
come  to  an  end ;  but  establish  the  just : 
for  the  righteous  God  trieth  the  hearts  and 
reins. 

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PSALMS. 


10  My  defence  is  of  God,  which  saveth  the 
uprijj^ht  in  heart. 

11  God  judi^eth  the  righteous,  and  God 
is  angry  with  the  ivickcd  every  day. 

12  If  he  turn  not,  he  will  whet  his  sword ; 
he  hath  bent  his  bow,  and  made  it  ready. 

13  He  hath  also  prepared  for  him  the 
instruments  of  death;  he  ordaineth  his 
arrows  against  the  persecutors. 

14  Behold,  he  travaileth  with  iniquity, 
and  hath  conceived  mischief,  and  brought 
forth  falsehood. 

15  He  made  a  pit,  and  digged  it,  and  is 
fiillen  into  the  ditch  ivhich  he  made. 

16  His  mischief  shall  return  upon  his  own 
head,  and  his  violent  dealing  shall  come 
down  upon  his  own  pate. 

17  I  will  praise  the  Lord  according  to 
his  righteousness :  and  will  sing  praise  to 
the  name  of  the  Lord  most  high.       t 

PSALM  VIII. 

To  the  chief  Musician  upon  Gittith,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

OLORD  our  Lord,  how  excellent  is  thy 
name  in  all  the  earth !  who  hast  set 
thy  glory  above  the  heavens. 

2  Out  of  the  mouth  of  babes  and  suck- 
lings hast  thou  ordained  strength  because 
of  thine  enemies,  that  thou  raightest  still 
the  enem}^  and  the  avenger. 

3  When  I  consider  thy  heavens,  the 
work  of  thy  fingers,  the  moon  and  the 
stars,  which  thou  hast  ordained  ; 

4  What  is  man,  that  thou  art  mindful  of 
him  ?  and  the  son  of  man,  that  thou  visit- 
est  him? 

5  For  thou  hast  made  him  a  little  lower 
than  the  angels,  and  hast  crowned  him 
with  glory  and  honour. 

6  Thou  madest  hira  to  have  dominion 
over  the  works  of  thy  hands;  thou  hast 
put  all  things  under  his  feet: 

7  All  sheep  and  oxen,  yea,  and  the  beasts 
of  the  field; 

8  The  fowl  of  the  air,  and  the  fish  of 
the  sea,  and  ivhatsoever  passeth  through 
the  paths  of  the  seas. 

9  O  Lord  our  Lord,  how  excellent  is 
thy  name  in  all  the  earth ! 

psal:\i  IX. 

To  the  chief  Musician  upon  Muth-labbcn,  A  Psalm  of 
David. 

I  WILL  praise  iliecy  O   Lord,  with  my 
whole  heart;  I  will  shew  forth  all  thy 
marvellous  works. 
2  I  will  be  glad  and  rejoice  in  thee:  I 

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will    sing    praise    to    thy    name,    O   thou 
Most  High. 

3  When  mine  enemies  are  turned  back, 
they  shall  fall  and  perish  at  thy  presence. 

4  For  thou  hast  maintained  my  right  and 
my  cause ;  thou  satest  in  the  throne  judg- 
ing right. 

5  Thou  hast  rebuked  the  heathen,  thou 
hast  destroyed  the  wicked,  thou  hast  put 
out  their  name  for  ever  and  ever. 

6  O  thou  enemy,  destructions  are  come 
to  a  perpetual  end :  and  thou  hast  de- 
stroyed cities;  their  memorial  is  perished 
with  them. 

7  But  the  Lord  shall  endure  for  ever: 
he  hath  prepared  his  throne  for  judg- 
ment. 

8  And  he  shall  judge  the  world  in  right- 
eousness, he  shall  minister  judgment  to 
the  people  in  uprightness. 

9  The  Lord  also  will  be  a  refuge  for  the 
oppressed,  a  refuge  in  times  of  trouble. 

10  And  they  that  know  thy  name  will 
put  their  trust  in  thee:  for  thou.  Lord, 
hast  not  forsaken  them  that  seek  thee. 

11  Sing  praises  to  the  Lord,  which  dwell- 
eth  in  Zion :  declare  among  the  people  his 
doings. 

12  When  he  maketh  inquisition  for  blood, 
he  reraembereth  them:  he  forgetteth  not 
the  cry  of  the  humble. 

13  Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  Lord;  con- 
sider my  trouble  ivhich  I  suffer  of  them 
that  hate  me,  thou  that  liftest  me  up  from 
the  gates  of  death : 

14  That  I  may  shew  forth  all  thy  praise 
in  the  gates  of  the  daughter  of  Zion:  I 
will  rejoice  in  thy  salvation. 

15  The  heathen  are  sunk  down  in  the  pit 
that  they  made :  in  the  net  which  they 
hid  is  their  own  foot  taken. 

16  The  Lord  is  known  hy  the  judgment 
which  he  executeth:  the  wicked  is  snared 
in  the  work  of  his  own  hands.  Higgaion. 
Selah. 

17  The  wicked  shall  be  turned  into  hell, 
and  all  the  nations  that  foi'get  God. 

18  For  the  needy  shall  not  always  be 
forgotten :  the  expectation  of  the  poor 
shall  iiot  perish  for  ever. 

19  Arise,  O  Lord;  let  not  man  prevail: 
let  the  heathen  be  judged  in  thy  sight. 

20  Put  them  in  fear,  O  Lord:  that  the 
nations  may  know  themselves  to  he  hut 
men.     Selah.       " 


PSALMS. 


PSALM  X. 

WHY  standest  thou  afar  off,  O  Lord? 
wJiy  hidest  thou  thyself  in  times  of 
trouble  ? 

2  The  -wicked  in  his  pride  doth  persecute 
the  poor:  let  them  be  taken  in  the  devices 
that  they  have  imagined. 

3  For  the  wicked  boasteth  of  his  heart's 
desire,  and  blesseth  the  covetous,  whom 
the  Lord  abhorreth. 

4  The  wicked,  through  the  pride  of  his 
countenance,  will  not  seek  after  God:  God 
is  not  in  all  his  thoughts. 

5  His  ways  are  always  grievous ;  thy  judg- 
ments are  far  above  out  of  his  sight:  as 
for  all  his  enemies,  he  puffeth  at  them. 

6  He  hath  said  in  his  heart,  I  shall  not 
be  moved :  for  I  shall  never  he  in  adversity. 

7  His  mouth  is  full  of  cursing  and  deceit 
and  fraud:  under  his  tongue  is  mischief 
and  vanity. 

8  He  sitteth  in  the  lurking  places  of  the 
villages :  in  the  secret  places  doth  he 
murder  the  innocent:  his  eyes  are  privily 
set  against  the  poor, 

9  He  lieth  in  wait  secretly  as  a  lion  in 
his  den:  he  lieth  in  wait  to  catch  the 
poor:  he  doth  catch  the  poor,  when  he 
draweth  him  into  his  net. 

10  He  croucheth,  and  humbleth  himself, 
that  the  poor  may  fall  by  his  strong  ones. 

11  He  hath  said  in  his  heart,  God  hath 
forgotten:  he  hideth  his  face;  he  will 
never  see  it. 

12  Arise,  O  Lord  ;  O  God,  lift  up  thine 
hand :  forget  not  the  humble. 

13  "Wherefore  doth  the  wicked  contemn 
God  ?  he  hath  said  in  his  heart,  Thou  wilt 
not  require  it. 

14  Thou  hast  seen  it;  for  thou  beholdest 
mischief  and  spite,  to  requite  it  with  thy 
hand :  the  poor  committeth  himself  unto 
thee;  thou  art  the  helper  of  the  father- 
less. 

15  Break  thou  the  arm  of  the  wicked 
and  the  evil  man:  seek  out  his  wicked- 
ness till  thou  find  none. 

16  The  Lord  is  King  for  ever  and  ever: 
the  heathen  arc  perished  out  of  his  land. 

17  Lord,  thou  hast  heard  the  desire  of 
the  humble :  thou  wilt  prepare  their  heart, 
thou  wilt  cause  thine  ear  to  hear : 

18  To  judge  the  fatherless  and  the  op- 
pressed, that  the  man  of  the  earth  may 
no  more  oppress.   * 


PSALM  XL 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  cf  David. 

IN  the  Lord  put  I  my  trust:  how  say 
ye  to  my  soul.  Flee  as  a  bird  to  your 
mountain  ? 

2  For,  lo,  the  wicked  bend  their  bow,  they 
make  ready  their  arrow  upon  the  string, 
that  they  may  privily  shoot  at  the  upright 
in  heart. 

3  If  the  foundations  be  destroyed,  what 
can  the  righteous  do  ? 

4  The  Lord  is  in  his  holy  temple,  the 
Lord's  throne  is  in  heaven:  his  eyes  be- 
hold, his  eyelids  try,  the  children  of  men. 

5  The  Lord  trieth  the  righteous  :  but  the 
wicked  and  him  that  loveth  violence  his 
soul  hateth. 

6  Upon  the  wicked  he  shall  rain  snares, 
fire  and  brimstone,  and  a  horrible  tempest: 
this  shall  he  the  portion  of  their  cup. 

7  For  the  righteous  Lord  loveth  right- 
eousness ;  his  countenance  doth  behold 
the  upright.      .. 

PSALM  XII. 

To  the  chief  Musician  upon    Sheminith,  A  Psalm  of 
David. 

HELP,  Lord;  for  the  godly  man  ceas- 
eth ;  for  the  faithful  fail  from  among 
the  children  of  men. 

2  They  speak  vanity  every  one  with  his 
neighbour:  with  flattering  lips  and  with  a 
double  heart  do  they  speak. 

3  The  Lord  shall  cut  off  all  flattering 
lips,  and  the  tongue  that  speaketh  proud 
things : 

4  Who  have  said.  With  our  tongue  will 
we  prevail ;  our  lips  are  our  own :  who  is 
lord  over  us  ? 

5  For  the  oppression  of  the  poor,  for  the 
sighing  of  the  needy,  now  will  I  arise,  saith 
the  Lord  ;  I  will  set  him  in  safety /rom  him 
that  puffeth  at  him. 

6  The  words  of  the  Lord  are  pure  words : 
as  silver  tried  in  a  furnace  of  earth,  purified 
seven  times. 

7  Thou  Shalt  keep  them,  O  Lord,  thou 
Shalt  preserve  them  from  this  generation 
for  ever. 

8  The  wicked  walk  on  every  side,  when 
the  vilest  men  are  exalted.     * 

PSALM  xin. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

HOW    long   wilt    thou    forget    rae,    O 
Lord  ?  for  ever  ?  how  long  wilt  thou 
hide  thy  face  from  me  ? 


PSALMS. 


2  How  long  shall  I  take  counsel  in  my 
soul,  having  sorrow  in  my  heart  daily?  how 
long  shall  mine  enemy  be  exalted  over  me? 

3  Consider  ayid  hear  me,  O  Lord  my  God: 
lighten  mine  eyes,  lest  I  sleep  the  sleep 
of  death ; 

4  Lest  mine  enemy  say,  I  have  prevailed 
against  him ;  and  those  that  trouble  me 
rejoice  when  I  am  moved. 

5  But  I  have  trusted  in  thy  mercy;  my 
heart  shall  rejoice  in  thy  salvation. 

6  I  will  sing  unto  the  Lord,  because  he 
hath  dealt  bountifully  with  me. 

PSALM  XIV. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

THE  fool  hath  said  in  his  heart,  There  is 
no  God.  They  are  corrupt,  they  have 
done  abominable  works,  there  is  none  that 
doeth  good. 

2  The  Lord  looked  down  from  heaven  up- 
on the  children  of  men,  to  see  if  there  were 
any  that  did  understand,  ayid  seek  God. 

3  They  are  all  gone  aside,  they  are  all 
together  become  filthy :  there  is  none  that 
doeth  good,  no,  not  one. 

4  Have  all  the  workers  of  iniquity  no 
knowledge  ?  who  eat  up  my  people  as  they 
eat  bread,  and  call  not  upon  the  Lord. 

5  There  were  they  in  great  fear :  for  God 
is  in  the  generation  of  the  righteous. 

6  Ye  have  shamed  the  counsel  of  the 
poor,  because  the  Lord  is  his  refuge. 

7  Oh  that  the  salvation  of  Israel  u'ere  come 
out  of  Zion !  when  the  Lord  bringeth  back 
the  captivity  of  his  people,  Jacob  shall  re- 
joice, and  Israel  shall  be  glad. 

PSALM  XY. 

A  I'salm  of  DaN-id. 

LORD,  who  shall  abide  in  thy  taberna- 
cle? who  shall  dwell  in  thy  holy  hill? 

2  He  that  walketh  uprightly,  and  work- 
eth  righteousness,  and  speaketh  the  tnith 
in  his  heart. 

3  Ue  tJiat  backbiteth  not  with  his  tongue, 
nor  doeth  evil  to  his  neighbour,  nor  taketh 
up  a  reproach  against  his  neighbour. 

4  In  whose  eyes  a  vile  person  is  contemn- 
ed; but  he  honoureth  them  that  fear  the 
Lord.  He  that  sweareth  to  ?iis  own  hurt, 
and  changeth  not. 

5  He  that  putteth  not  out  his  money  to 
usury,  nor  taketh  reward  against  the  in- 


PSALM  XVL 

Michtaia  of  David. 

PRESERVE  me,  O  God :  for  in  tbee  do 
I  put  my  trust. 

2  O  my  soul,  thou  hast  said  unto  the  Lord, 
Thou  art  my  Lord :  my  goodness  extendeth 
not  to  thee; 

3  But  to  the  saints  that  are  in  the  earth, 
and  to  the  excellent,  in  whom  is  all  my 
delight. 

4  Their  sorrows  shall  be  multiplied  thai 
hasten  o/?er  another  god:  their  drink  oflfer- 
ings  of  blood  will  I  not  offer,  nor  take  up 
their  names  into  my  lips. 

5  The  Lord  is  the  portion  of  mine  inher- 
itance and  of  my  cup :  thou  maintainest 
my  lot. 

6  The  lines  are  fallen  unto  me  in  pleasant 
places;  yea,  I  have  a  goodly  heritage. 

7  I  will  bless  the  Lord,  who  hath  given 
me  counsel :  my  reins  also  instruct  me  in 
the  night  seasons. 

8  I  have  set  the  Lord  always  before  me : 
because  he  is  oX  my  right  hand,  I  shall  not 
be  moved. 

9  Therefore  my  heart  is  glad,  and  my  glory 
rejoiceth  :  my  flesh  also  shall  rest  in  hope. 

10  For  thou  wilt  not  leave  my  soul  in 
hell ;  neither  wilt  thou  suffer  thine  Holy 
One  to  see  corruption. 

11  Thou  wilt  shew  me  the  path  of  life :  in 
thy  presence  is  fulness  of  joy ;  at  thy  right 
hand  tJiere  are  pleasures  for  evermore. 


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PSALM  XVIL 

A  Prayer  of  David. 

EAR  the  right,  O  Lord,  attend  unto 
my   cry;   give   ear  unto  my  prayer, 
that  goeth  not  out  of  feigned  lips. 

2  Let  my  sentence  come  forth  from  thy 
presence;  let  thine  eyes  behold  the  things 
that  are  equal. 

3  Thou  hast  proved  mine  heart ;  thou  hast 
visited  me  in  the  night ;  thou  hast  tried 
me,  and  shalt  find  nothing:  I  am  purposed 
that  my  mouth  shall  not  transgress. 

4  Concerning  the  works  of  men,  by  the 
word  of  thy  lips  I  have  kept  »ie  from  the 
paths  of  the  destroyer. 

5  Hold  up  my  goings  in  thy  paths,  that 
my  footsteps  slip  not. 

G  I  have  called  upon  thee,  for  thou  wilt 
nocent.     He  that  doeth  these  things  shall ,  hear  me,  O   God:   incline  thine  ear  unto 


never  be  moved. 


I  me,  ayid  hear  my  speech. 


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PSALMS. 


7  Shew  thy  marvellous  lovingkindness,  O 
thou  that  savest  by  thy  right  hand  them 
-which  put  their  trust  mi  thee  from  those 
that  rise  up  against  tJiem. 

8  Keep  me  as  the  apple  of  the  eye ;  hide 
me  under  the  shadow  of  thy  wings, 

9  From  the  wicked  that  oppress  me,/rom 
my  deadly  enemies,  wJio  compass  me  about. 

10  They  are  inclosed  in  their  own  fat: 
with  their  mouth  they  speak  proudly. 

11  They  have  now  compassed  us  in  our 
steps:  they  have  set  their  eyes  bowing 
down  to  the  earth ; 

12  Like  as  a  lion  that  is  greedy  of  his  prey, 
and  as  it  were  a  3'oung  lion  lurking  in  se- 
cret places. 

13  Arise,  O  Lord,  disappoint  him,  cast 
him  down :  deliver  my  soul  from  the  wick- 
ed, which  is  thy  sword : 

14  From  men  which  are  thy  hand,  O  Lord, 
from  men  of  the  world,  which  have  their 
portion  in  this  life,  and  whose  belly  thou 
fillest  with  thy  hid  treasure:  they  are  full 
of  children,  and  leave  the  rest  of  their 
substance  to  their  babes. 

15  As  for  me,  I  will  behold  thy  face  in 
righteousness :  I  shall  be  satisfied,  when  I 
awake,  with  thy  likeness. 

PSALM  XVIIL 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  PBolm  of  David,  the  servant  of 
the  Lord,  who  spake  unto  the  Lord  the  words  of  this 
song  in  the  day  that  the  Lord  delivered  him  from 
the  hand  of  all  his  enemies,  and  from  the  hand  of  Saul : 
And  he  said, 

I  WILL  love  thee,  O  Lord,  my  strength. 
2  The  Lord  is  my  rock,  and  my  for- 
tress, and  my  deliverer;  my  God,  my 
strength,  in  whom  I  will  trust ;  ray  buck- 
ler, and  the  horn  of  my  salvation,  and 
my  high  tower. 

3  I  will  call  upon  the  Lord,  who  is  worthy 
to  be  praised:  so  shall  I  be  saved  from 
mine  enemies. 

4  The  sorrows  of  death  compassed  me, 
and  the  floods  of  ungodly  men  made  me 
afraid. 

5  The  sorrows  of  hell  compassed  me 
about :  the  snares  of  death  prevented  me. 

6  In  my  distress  I  called  upon  the  Lord, 
and  cried  unto  my  God:  he  heard  my 
voice  out  of  his  temple,  and  my  cry  came 
before  him,  even  into  his  ears. 

7  Then  the  earth  shook  and  trembled; 
the  foundations  also  of  the  hills  moved 
and  were  shaken,  because  he  was  wroth.       I 


8  There  went  up  a  smoke  out  of  his  nos- 
trils, and  fire  out  of  his  mouth  devoured : 
coals  were  kindled  by  it. 

9  He  bowed  the  heavens  also,  and  came 
down :  and  darkness  was  under  his  feet. 

10  And  he  rode  upon  a  cherub,  and  did  fly: 
yea,  he  did  fly  upon  the  wings  of  the  wind. 

11  He  made  darkness  his  secret  place; 
his  pavilion  round  about  him  were  dark 
waters  and  thick  clouds  of  the. skies. 

12  At  the  brightness  that  was  before  him 
his  thick  clouds  passed,  hail  stones  and 
coals  of  fire. 

13  The  Lord  also  thundered  in  the 
heavens,  and  the  Highest  gave  his  voice; 
hail  stones  and  coals  of  fire. 

14  Tea,  he  sent  out  his  arrows,  and 
scattered  them;  and  he  shot  out  light- 
nings, and  discomfited  them. 

15  Then  the  channels  of  waters  were 
seen,  and  the  foundations  of  the  world 
were  discovered  at  thy  rebuke,  O  Lord, 
at  the  blast  of  the  breath  of  thy  nostrils. 

16  He  sent  from  above,  he  took  me, 
he  drew  me  out  of  many  waters. 

17  He  delivered  me  from  my  strong  en- 
emy, and  from  them  which  hated  me: 
for  they  were  too  strong  for  me. 

18  They  prevented  me  in  the  day  of  my 
calamity :  but  the  Lord  was  my  stay. 

19  He  brought  me  forth  also  into  a  large 
place;  he  delivered  me,  because  he  de- 
lighted in  me. 

20  The  Lord  rewarded  me  according 
to  my  righteousness;  according  to  the 
cleanness  of  my  hands  hath  he  recom- 
pensed me. 

21  For  I  have  kept  the  ways  of  the 
Lord,  and  have  not  wickedly  departed 
from  my  God. 

22  For  all  his  judgments  were  before 
me,  and  I  did  not  put  away  his  statutes 
from  me. 

23  I  was  also  upright  before  him,  and 
I  kept  myself  from  mine  iniquity. 

24  Therefore  hath  the  Lord  recom- 
pensed me  according  to  my  righteous- 
ness, according  to  the  cleanness  of  my 
hands  in  his  eyesight. 

25  With  the  merciful  thou  wilt  shew  thy- 
self merciful;  with  an  upright  man  thou 
wilt  shew  thyself  upright ; 

26  With  the  pure  thou  wilt  shew  thy-  , 
self  pure;  and  with  the  froward  thou  i 
wilt  shew  thyself  froward.  | 

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27  For  thou  Avilt  save  the  attlieted  peo- 
ple ;  but  wilt  briug  down  high  looks. 

28  For  thou  Avilt  light  my  candle:  the 
LoKD  my  God  will  enlighten  ray  darkness. 

29  For  by  thee  I  have  run  through  a  troop ; 
and  by  my  God  have  I  leaped  over  a  wall. 

30  As  for  God,  his  way  is  perfect :  the 
word  of  the  Lord  is  tried:  he  is  a  buck- 
ler to  all  those  that  trust  in  him. 

31  For  who  is  God  save  the  Lord?  or 
who  is  a  rock  save  our  God  ? 

32  It  is  God  that  girdeth  me  with 
strength,  and  maketh  my  way  perfect. 

33  He  maketh  my  feet  like  hinds'  feet, 
and  setteth  me  upon  my  high  places. 

31  He  teacheth  my  hands  to  war,  so  that 
a  bow  of  steel  is  broken  by  mine  arms. 

35  Thou  hast  also  given  me  the  shield  of 
thy  salvation :  and  thy  right  hand  hath 
holden  me  up,  and  thy  gentleness  hath 
made  me  great. 

36  Thou  hast  enlarged  my  steps  under 
me,  that  my  feet  did  not  slip. 

37  I  have  pursued  mine  enemies,  and 
overtaken  them :  neither  did  I  turn  again 
till  they  were  consumed. 

38  I  have  wounded  them  that  they  were  not 
able  to  rise  :  they  are  fallen  under  my  feet. 

39  For  thou  hast  girded  me  with  strength 
unto  the  battle :  thou  hast  subdued  under 
me  those  that  rose  up  against  me. 

40  Thou  hast  also  given  me  the  necks  of 
mine  enemies ;  that  I  might  destroy  them 
that  hate  me. 

41  They  cried,  but  there  was  none  to  save 
them :  even,  unto  the  Lord,  but  he  answered 
them  not. 

42  Then  did  I  beat  them  small  as  the 
dust  before  the  wind :  I  did  cast  them 
out  as  the  dirt  in  the  streets. 

43  Thou  hast  delivered  me  from  the 
strivings  of  the  people;  a7id  thou  hast 
made  me  the  head  of  the  heathen :  a  peo- 
ple io7iom  I  have  not  known  shall  serve  me. 

44  As  soon  as  they  hear  of  me,  they 
shall  obey  me :  the  strangers  shall  submit 
themselves  unto  me. 

45  Tlie  strangers  shall  fade  away,  and 
be  afraid  out  of  their  close  places. 

46  The  Lord  liveth ;  and  blessed  he  my 
Pvock ;  and  let  the  God  of  my  salvation  be 
exalted. 

47  It  is  God  that  avengeth  me,  and  sub- 
dueth  the  people  under  me. 

48  He  delivereth  me  from  mine  enemies : 
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yea,  thou  liftest  me  up  above  those  that 
rise  up  against  me:  thou  hast  delivered 
me  from  the  violent  man. 

49  Therefore  will  I  give  thanks  unto 
thee,  O  Lord,  among  the  heathen,  and 
sing  praises  unto  thy  name. 

50  Great  deliverance  giveth  he  to  his 
king;  and  sheweth  mercy  to  his  anointed, 
to  David,  and  to  his  seed  for  evermore.  ^ 

PSALM  XIX. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

THE    heavens    declare    the    glory    of 
God;  and  the  firmament  sheweth  his 
handywork. 

2  Day  unto  day  uttereth  speech,  and  night 
unto  night  sheweth  knowledge. 

3  There  is  no  speech  nor  language,  where 
their  voice  is  not  heard. 

4  Their  line  is  gone  out  through  all 
the  earth,  and  their  words  to  the  end  of 
the  world.  In  them  hath  he  set  a  taber- 
nacle for  the  sun, 

5  Which  is  as  a  bridegroom  coming  out 
of  his  chamber,  aiid  rejoiceth  as  a  strong 
man  to  run  a  race. 

6  His  going  forth  is  from  the  end  of  the 
heaven,  and  his  circuit  unto  the  ends  of 
it:  and  there  is  nothing  hid  from  the 
heat  thereof. 

7  The  law  of  the  Lord  is  perfect,  con- 
verting the  soul:  the  testimony  of  the 
Lord  is  sure,  making  wise  the  simple. 

8  The  statutes  of  the  Lord  a7-e  right,  re- 
joicing the  heart :  the  commandment  of 
the  Lord  is  pure,  enlightening  the  eyes. 

9  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  clean,  enduring 
for  ever:  the  judgments  of  the  Lord  a7'e 
true  and  righteous  altogether. 

10  More  to  be  desired  are  they  than  gold, 
yea,  than  much  fine  gold :  sweeter  also 
than  honey  and  the  honeycomb. 

11  Moreover  by  them  is  thy  servant 
warned:  atid  in  keeping  of  them  there  is 
great  reward. 

12  Who  can  understand  his  errors? 
cleanse  thou  me  from  secret  faults. 

13  Keep  back  thy  servant  also  from  pre- 
sumptuous sins;  let  them  not  have  do- 
minion over  me:  then  shall  I  be  upright, 
and  I  shall  be  innocent  from  the  great 
transgression. 

14  Let  the  words  of  my  mouth,  and  the 
meditation  of  my  heart,  be  acceptable  in 
thy  sight,  O  Lord,  my  strength,  and  my 
redeemer.     « 


PSALMS. 


PSALM  XX. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

THE    Lord   hear   thee   in   the   day   of 
trouble ;  the  name  of  the  God  of  Jacob 
defend  thee ; 

2  Send  thee  help  from  the  sanctuary,  and 
strengthen  thee  out  of  Zion ; 

3  Remember  all  thy  offerings,  and  accept 
thy  burnt  sacrifice ;  Selah. 

4  Grant  thee  according  to  thine  own 
heart,  and  fulfil  all  thy  counsel. 

5  We  will  rejoice  in  thy  salvation,  and  in 
the  name  of  our  God  we  will  set  up  our 
banners  :  the  Lord  fulfil  all  thy  petitions. 

6  Now  know  I  that  the  Lord  saveth  his 
anointed ;  he  will  hear  him  from  his  holy 
heaven  with  the  saving  strength  of  his 
right  hand. 

7  Some  tmst  in  chariots,  and  some  in 
horses :  but  we  will  remember  the  name 
of  the  Lord  our  God. 

8  They  are  brought  down  and  fallen :  but 
we  are  risen,  and  stand  upright. 

9  Save,  Lord  :  let  the  king  hear  us  when 
we  call. 

PSALM  XXL 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

THE  king  shall  joy  in  thy  strength,  O 
Lord  ;  and  in  thy  salvation  how  great- 
ly shall  he  rejoice ! 

2  Thou  hast  given  him  his  heart's  desire, 
and  hast  not  withholden  the  request  of  his 
lips.     Selah. 

3  For  thou  preventest  him  with  the  bless- 
ings of  goodness  :  thou  settest  a  crown  of 
pure  gold  on  his  head. 

4  He  asked  life  of  thee,  and  thou  gavest  it 
him,  even  length  of  days  for  ever  and  ever. 

5  His  glory  is  great  in  thy  salvation: 
honour  and  majesty  hast  thou  laid  upon 
him. 

6  For  thou  hast  made  him  most  blessed 
for  ever:  thou  hast  made  him  exceeding 
glad  with  thy  countenance. 

7  For  the  king  trusteth  in  the  Lord,  and 
through  the  mercy  of  the  Most  High  he 
shall  not  be  moved. 

8  Thine  hand  shall  find  out  all  thine  ene- 
mies :  thy  right  hand  shall  find  out  those 
that  hate  thee. 

9  Thou  Shalt  make  them  as  a  fiery  oven 
in  the  time  of  thine  anger :  the  Lord  shall 
swallow  them  up  in  his  wrath,  and  the  fire 
shall  devour  them. 

10  Their  fruit  shalt   thou  destroy  from 


the  earth,  and  their  seed  from  among 
the  children  of  men. 

11  For  they  intended  evil  against  thee: 
they  imagined  a  mischievous  device,  which 
they  are  not  able  to  perform. 

13  Therefore  shalt  thou  make  them  turn 
their  back,  when  thou  shalt  make  ready 
thine  arrows  upon  thy  strings  against  the 
face  of  them, 

13  Be  thou  exalted,  Lord,  in  thine  own 
strength:  so  will  we  sing  and  praise  thy 
power.      < 

PSALM  XXII. 

To  the  chief  Musician  upon  Aijeleth  Shahar,  A  Psalm  of 
David. 

MY  God,  my  God,  why  hast  thou  for- 
saken me?  why  art  thou  so  far  from 
helping  me,  and  from  the  words  of  my 
roaring  ? 

2  O  my  God,  I  cry  in  the  daytime,  but 
thou  hearest  not ;  and  in  the  night  season, 
and  am  not  silent. 

3  But  thou  art  holy,  0  thou  that  inhabitest 
the  praises  of  Israel. 

4  Our  fathers  trusted  in  thee :  they  trust- 
ed, and  thou  didst  deliver  them. 

5  They  cried  unto  thee,  and  were  deliv- 
ered :  they  trusted  in  thee,  and  were  not 
confounded. 

6  But  I  am,  a  worm,  and  no  man;  a  re- 
proach of  men,  and  despised  of  the  people. 

7  All  they  that  see  me  laugh  me  to  scorn: 
they  shoot  out  the  lip,  they  shake  the  head, 
saying, 

8  He  trusted  on  the  Lord  that  he  would 
deliver  him :  let  him  deliver  him,  seeing 
he  delighted  in  him, 

9  But  thou  art  he  that  took  me  out  of 
the  womb  :  thou  didst  make  me  hope  whe7i 
I  was  upon  my  mother's  breasts. 

10  I  was  cast  upon  thee  from  the  womb : 
thou  art  my  God  from  my  mother's  belly. 

11  Be  not  far  from  me ;  for  trouble  is 
near ;  for  there  is  none  to  help. 

12  Many  bulls  have  compassed  me :  strong 
bulls  of  Bashan  have  beset  me  round. 

13  They  gaped  upon  me  with  their 
mouths,  as  a  ravening  and  a  roaring 
lion. 

14  I  am  poured  out  like  water,  and  all 
my  bones  are  out  of  joint:  my  heart  is 
like  wax;  it  is  melted  in  the  midst  of  my 
bowels. 

15  My  strength  is  dried  up  like  a  pot- 
sherd;   and    my  tongue    cleaveth  to    my 

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PSALMS. 


jaws ;  and  thou  hast  brought  me  into  the 
dust  of  death. 

16  For  dogs  have  compassed  me:  the 
assembly  of  the  wicked  have  inclosed  me : 
they  pierced  my  hands  and  my  feet. 

17  I  may  tell  all  my  bones  :  they  look  and 
stare  upon  me. 

18  They  part  my  garments  among  them, 
and  cast  lots  upon  my  vesture. 

19  But  be  not  thou  far  from  me,  O  Lord  : 
O  my  strength,  haste  thee  to  help  me. 

20  Deliver  my  soul  from  the  sword;  my 
darling  from  the  power  of  the  dog. 

21  Save  me  from  the  lion's  mouth :  for 
thou  hast  heard  me  from  the  horns  of  the 
unicorns. 

23  I  will  declare  thy  name  unto  my 
brethren:  in  the  midst  of  the  congrega- 
tion will  I  praise  thee. 

23  Ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  praise  him; 
all  ye  the  seed  of  Jacob,  glorify  him ;  and 
fear  him,  all  ye  the  seed  of  Israel. 

24  For  he  hath  not  despised  nor  abhor- 
red the  affliction  of  the  afflicted;  neither 
hath  he  hid  his  face  from  him ;  but  when 
he  cried  unto  him,  he  heard. 

25  My  praise  shall  be  of  thee  in  the 
great  congregation :  I  will  pay  my  vows 
before  them  that  fear  him. 

26  The  meek  shall  eat  and  be  satisfied: 
they  shall  praise  the  Lord  that  seek  him : 
your  heart  shall  live  for  ever. 

27  All  the  ends  of  the  world  shall  re- 
member and  turn  unto  the  Lord  :  and  all 
the  kindreds  of  the  nations  shall  worship 
before  thee. 

28  For  the  kingdom  is  the  Lord's  :  and 
he  is  the  governor  among  the  nations. 

29  All  they  that  he  fat  upon  earth  shall 
eat  and  worship :  all  they  that  go  down 
to  the  dust  shall  bow  before  him :  and 
none  can  keep  alive  his  own  soul. 

30  A  seed  shall  serve  him ;  it  shall  be 
accounted  to  the  Lord  for  a  generation. 

31  They  shall  come,  and  shall  declare  his 
righteousness  unto  a  people  that  shall  be 
born,  that  he  hath  done  this. 

PSALM  XXIIL 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

THE  Lord  is  my  shepherd ;  I  shall  not 
want. 
2  He  maketh  me  to  lie  down  in  green 
pastures:  he  leadeth  me  beside  the  still 
waters. 

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3  He  restoreth  my  soul :  he  leadeth  me  in 
the  paths  of  righteousness  for  his  name's 
sake. 

4  Yea,  though  I  walk  through  the  valley 
of  the  shadow  of  death,  I  will  fear  no 
evil :  for  thou  art  with  me ;  thy  rod  and 
thy  staff  they  comfort  me. 

5  Thou  prcparest  a  table  before  me  in  the 
presence  of  mine  enemies :  thou  anointest 
my  head  with  oil ;  my  cup  runneth  over. 

6  Surely  goodness  and  mercy  shall  follow 
me  all  the  days  of  my  life ;  and  I  will  dwell 
in  the  house  of  the  Lord  for  ever. 

PSALM  XXIV. 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

THE   earth  is  the  Lord's,  and  the  ful- 
ness   thereof;    the    world,    and    they 
that  dwell  therein. 

2  For  he  hath  founded  it  upon  the  seas, 
and  established  it  upon  the  floods. 

3  Who  shall  ascend  into  the  hill  of  the 
Lord  ?  or  who  shall  stand  in  his  holy  place  ? 

4  He  that  hath  clean  hands,  and  a  pure 
heart;  who  hath  not  lifted  up  his  soul 
unto  vanity,  nor  sworn  deceitfully. 

5  He  shall  receive  the  blessing  from  the 
Lord,  and  righteousness  from  the  God  of 
his  salvation. 

6  This  is  the  generation  of  them  that  seek 
him,  that  seek  thy  face,  O  Jacob.     Selah. 

7  Lift  up  your  heads,  O  ye  gates  ;  and 
be  ye  lifted  up,  ye  everlasting  doors ;  and 
the  King  of  glory  shall  come  in. 

8  Who  is  this  King  of  glory  ?  The  Lord 
strong  and  mighty,  the  Lord  mighty  in 
battle. 

9  Lift  up  your  heads,  O  ye  gates  ;  even 
lift  t?iem  up,  ye  everlasting  doors ;  and  the 
King  of  glory  shall  come  in. 

10  Who  is  this  King  of  glory  ?  The  Lord 
of  hosts,  he  is  the  King  of  glory.     Selah. 

PSALM  XXV. 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

UNTO  thee,  O  Lord,  do  I  lift  up  my 
soul. 

2  0  my  God,  I  trust  in  thee :  let  me  not 
be  ashamed,  let  not  mine  enemies  triumi^h 
over  me. 

3  Yea,  let  none  that  wait  on  thee  be 
ashamed :  let  them  be  ashamed  which 
transgress  without  cause. 

4  Shew  me  thy  ways,  O  Lord  ;  teach  me 
thy  paths. 

5  Lead  me  in  thy  truth,  and  teach  me : 


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for  thou  a7't  the  God  of  my  salvation ;  on 
thee  do  I  wait  all  the  day. 

6  Remember,  O  Lord,  thy  tender  mer- 
cies and  thy  lovingkindnesses ;  for  they 
have  been  ever  of  old. 

7  Remember  not  the  sins  of  my  youth, 
nor  my  transgressions :  according  to  thy 
mercy  remember  thou  me  for  thy  good- 
ness' sake,  O  Lord, 

8  Good  and  upright  is  the  Lord  :  there- 
fore will  he  teach  sinners  in  the  way. 

9  The  meek  will  he  guide  in  judgment : 
and  the  meek  will  he  teach  his  way. 

10  All  the  paths  of  the  Lord  are  mercy 
and  truth  unto  such  as  keep  his  covenant 
and  his  testimonies. 

11  For  thy  name's  sake,  O  Lord,  pardon 
mine  iniquity ;  for  it  is  great. 

12  What  man  is  he  that  feareth  the  Lord  ? 
him  shall  he  teach  in  the  way  that  he  shall 
choose. 

13  His  soul  shall  dwell  at  ease;  and  his 
seed  shall  inherit  the  earth. 

14  The  secret  of  the  Lord  is  with  them 
that  fear  him ;  and  he  will  shew  them  his 
covenant. 

15  Mine  eyes  are  ever  toward  the  Lord  ; 
for  he  shall  pluck  my  feet  out  of  the 
net. 

16  Turn  thee  unto  me,  and  have  mercy 
upon  me ;  for  I  am  desolate  and  afflicted. 

17  The  troubles  of  my  heart  are  enlarged : 
0  bring  thou  me  out  of  my  distresses. 

18  Look  upon  mine  affliction  and  my 
pain ;  and  forgive  all  my  sins. 

19  Consider  mine  enemies ;  for  they  are 
many ;  and  they  hate  me  with  cruel  hatred. 

20  O  keep  my  soul,  and  deliver  me:  let 
me  not  be  ashamed;  for  I  put  my  trust 
in  thee. 

21  Let  integrity  and  uprightness  preserve 
me ;  for  I  wait  on  thee. 

22  Redeem  Israel,  O  God,  out  of  all  his 
troubles. 

PSALM  XXVL 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

JUDGE  me,  O  Lord  ;  for  I  have  walked 
in  mine  integritj' ;  I  have  trusted  also 
in  the  Lord  ;  therefore  I  shall  not  slide. 

2  Examine  me,  O  Lord,  and  prove  me; 
try  my  reins  and  my  heart. 

3  For  thy  lovingkindness  is  before  mine 
eyes  :  and  I  have  walked  in  thy  truth. 

4  I  have  not  sat  with  vain  persons,  neither 
will  I  go  in  with  dissemblers. 


5  I  have  hated  the  congregation  of  evil 
doers  ;  and  will  not  sit  with  the  wicked. 

6  I  will  wash  mine  hands  in  innocency: 
so  will  I  compass  thine  altar,  O  Lord  : 

7  That  I  may  publish  with  the  voice  of 
thanksgiving,  and  tell  of  all  thy  wondrous 
works. 

8  Lord,  I  have  loved  the  habitation  of  thy 
house,  and  the  place  where  thine  honour 
dwelleth. 

9  Gather  not  my  soul  with  sinners,  nor 
my  life  with  bloody  men : 

10  In  whose  hands  is  mischief,  and  their 
right  hand  is  full  of  bribes. 

11  But  as  for  me,  I  will  walk  in  mine  integ- 
rity:  redeem  me,  and  be  merciful  unto  me. 

12  My  foot  standeth  in  an  even  place: 
in  the  congregations  will  I  bless  the  Lord. 

PSALM  XXVIL 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

THE  Lord  is  my  light  and  my  sal- 
vation; whom  shall  I  fear?  the  Lord 
is  the  strength  of' my  life ;  of  whom  shall 
I  be  afraid  ? 

2  When  the  wicked,  even  mine  enemies 
and  my  foes,  came  upon  me  to  eat  up  my 
flesh,  they  stumbled  and  fell. 

3  Though  a  host  should  encamp  against 
me,  my  heart  shall  not  fear :  though  war 
should  rise  against  me,  in  this  will  I  l)e 
confident. 

4  One  iJiing  have  I  desired  of  the  Lord, 
that  will  I  seek  after;  that  I  may  dwell 
in  the  house  of  the  Lord  all  the  days  of 
my  life,  to  behold  the  beauty  of  the 
Lord,  and  to  inquire  in  his  temple. 

5  For  in  the  time  of  trouble  he  shall  hide 
me  in  his  pavilion :  in  the  secret  of  his 
tabernacle  shall  he  hide  me;  he  shall  set 
me  up  upon  a  rock. 

6  And  now  shall  mine  head  be  lifted  up 
above  mine  enemies  round  about  me : 
therefore  will  I  offer  in  his  tabernacle 
sacrifices  of  joy;  I  will  sing,  yea,  I  will 
sing  praises  unto  the  Lord. 

7  Hear,  O  Lord,  whe7i  1  cry  with  my  voice : 
have  mercy  also  upon  me,  and  answer  me. 

8  When  thou  saidst^  Seek  ye  my  face ;  my 
heart  said  unto  thee.  Thy  face,  Lord,  will 
I  seek. 

9  Hide  not  thy  face  far  from  me ;  put 
not  thy  servant  away  in  anger:  thou  hast 
been  my  help ;  leave  me  not,  neither  for- 
sake me,  O  God  of  ray  salvation. 

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PSALMS. 


10  When  my  father  and  ray  mother  for- 
sake me,  then  the  Lord  will  take  me  up. 

11  Teach  me  thy  way,  O  Lord,  and  lead  me 
in  a  plain  path,  because  of  mine  enemies. 

12  Deliver  me  not  over  unto  the  will 
of  mine  enemies :  for  false  witnesses  are 
risen  up  against  me,  and  such  as  breathe 
out  cruelty. 

13  I  had  fainted,  unless  I  had  believed  to 
see  the  goodness  of  the  Lord  in  the  land 
of  the  living. 

14  Wait  on  the  Lord  :  be  of  good 
courage,  and  he  shall  strengthen  thine 
heart:  wait,  I  say,  on  the  Lord. 

PSALM  XXVIII. 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

UNTO  thee  will  I  cry,  O  Lord  my 
rock;  be  not  silent  to  me:  lest,  if 
thou  be  silent  to  me,  I  become  like  them 
that  go  down  into  the  pit. 

2  Hear  the  voice  of  my  supplications, 
when  I  cry  unto  thee,  when  I  lift  up 
my  hands  toward  thy  holy  oracle. 

3  Draw  me  not  away  with  the  wicked, 
and  with  the  workers  of  iniquity,  which 
speak  peace  to  their  neighbours,  but  mis- 
chief is  in  their  hearts. 

4  Give  them  according  to  their  deeds,  and 
according  to  tl^  wickedness  of  their  en- 
deavours :  give  them  after  the  work  of 
their  hands ;  render  to  them  their  desert. 

5  Because  they  regard  not  the  works  of 
the  Lord,  nor  the  operation  of  his  hands,  he 
shall  destroy  them,  and  not  build  them  up. 

6  Blessed  he  the  Lord,  because  he  hath 
heard  the  voice  of  my  supplications. 

7  The  Lord  is  my  strength  and  my 
shield ;  my  heart  trusted  in  him,  and  I  am 
helped:  therefore  my  heart  greatly  rejoic- 
eth ;  and  with  my  song  will  I  praise  him. 

8  The  Lord  is  their  strength,  and  he  is 
the  saving  strength  of  his  anointed. 

9  Save  thy  people,  and  bless  thine  in- 
heritance: feed  them  also,  and  lift  them 
up  for  ever. 

PSALM  XXIX. 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

GIVE  unto  the  Lord,  O  ye  mighty,  give 
unto  the  Lord  glory  and  strength. 

2  Give  unto  the  Lord  the  glory  due 
unto  his  name;  worship  the  Lord  in  the 
beauty  of  holiness. 

3  The  voice  of  the  Lord  is  upon  the 
waters :  the  God  of  glory  thundereth :  the 
Lord  bi  upon  many  waters. 

540 


4  The  voice  of  the  Lord  is  powerful; 
the  voice  of  the  Lord  is  full  of  majesty. 

5  The  voice  of  the  Lord  breaketh  the 
cedars ;  yea,  the  Lord  breaketh  the  cedars 
of  Lebanon. 

6  He  maketh  them  also  to  skip  like  a  calf; 
Lebanon  and  Sirion  like  a  young  unicorn. 

7  The  voice  of  the  Lord  divideth  the 
flames  of  fire. 

8  The  voice  of  the  Lord  shaketh  the 
wilderness;  the  Lord  shaketh  the  wil- 
derness of  Kadesh. 

9  The  voice  of  the  Lord  maketh  the  hinds 
to  calve,  and  discovereth  the  forests :  and  in 
his  temple  doth  every  one  speak  of  his  glory. 

10  The  Lord  sitteth  upon  the  flood ;  yea, 
the  Lord  sitteth  King  for  ever. 

11  The  Lord  will  give  strength  unto  his 
people;  the  Lord  will  bless  his  people 
with  peace. 

PSALM  XXX. 

A  Psalm  and  Song  at  the  dedication  of  the  house  of 
David. 

I  WILL  extol  thee,   O  Lord;  for  thou 
hast  lifted  me  up,  and  hast  not  made 
my  foes  to  rejoice  over  me. 

2  O  Lord  my  God,  I  cried  unto  thee,  and 
thou  hast  healed  me. 

3  O  Lord,  thou  hast  brought  up  my  soul 
from  the  grave :  thou  hast  kept  me  alive, 
that  I  should  not  go  down  to  the  pit. 

4  Sing  unto  the  Lord,  O  ye  saints  of 
his,  and  give  thanks  at  the  remembrance 
of  his  holiness. 

5  For  his  anger  endureth  hut  a  moment ; 
in  his  favour  is  life:  weeping  may  endure 
for  a  night,  but  joy  cometh  in  the  morning. 

6  And  in  my  prosperity  I  said,  I  shall 
never  be  moved. 

7  Lord,  by  thy  favour  thou  hast  made  my 
mountain  to  stand  strong :  thou  didst 
hide  thy  face,  and  I  was  troubled. 

8  I  cried  to  thee,  O  Lord  ;  and  unto  the 
Lord  I  made  supplication. 

9  What  profit  is  there  in  my  blood, 
when  I  go  down  to  the  pit?  Shall  the 
dust  praise  thee?  shall  it  declare  thy  truth? 

10  Hear,  O  Lord,  and  have  mercy  upon 
me  :  Lord,  be  thou  my  helper. 

11  Thou  hast  turned  for  me  my  mourn- 
ing into  dancing:  thou  hast  put  oflF  my 
sackcloth,  and  girded  me  with  gladness ; 

13  To  the  end  that  my  glory  may  sing 
praise  to  thee,  and  not  be  silent.  O  Lord  my 
God,  I  will  give  thanks  unto  thee  for  ever. 


PSALMS. 


PSALM  XXXL 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

IN  thee,   O  Lord,  do  I  put  my  trust ; 
let  me  never  be  ashamed:  deliver  me 
in  thy  righteousness. 

2  Bow  down  thine  ear  to  me;  deliver 
me  speedily:  be  thou  my  strong  rock, 
for  a  house  of  defence  to  save  me. 

3  For  thou  art  my  rock  and  my  fortress ; 
therefore  for  thy  name's  sake  lead  me, 
and  guide  me. 

4  Pull  me  out  of  the  net  that  they  have  laid 
privily  for  me  :  for  thou  art  my  strength. 

5  Into  thine  hand  I  commit  my  spirit: 
thou  hast  redeemed  me,  O  Lord  God  of 
truth. 

6  I  have  hated  them  that  regard  lying 
vanities  :  but  I  trust  in  the  Lord. 

7  I  will  be  glad  and  rejoice  in  thy  mercy : 
for  thou  hast  considered  my  trouble ; 
thou  hast  known  my  soul  in  adversities  ; 

8  And  hast  not  shut  me  up  into  the  hand 
of  the  enemy:  thou  hast  set  my  feet  in 
a  large  room. 

9  Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  Lord,  for  I 
am  in  trouble :  mine  eye  is  consumed 
with  grief,  yea^  my  soul  and  my  belly. 

10  For  my  life  is  spent  with  grief,  and 
my  years  with  sighing:  my  strength  fail- 
eth  because  of  mine  iniquity,  and  my 
bones  are  consumed. 

11  I  was  a  reproach  among  all  mine  en- 
emies, but  especially  among  my  neigh- 
bours, and  a  fear  to  mine  acquaintance : 
they  that  did  see  me  without  fled  from  me. 

12  I  am  forgotten  as  a  dead  man  out  of 
mind :  I  am  like  a  broken  vessel. 

13  For  I  have  heard  the  slander  of  many : 
fear  was  on  every  side :  while  they  took 
counsel  together  against  me,  they  devised 
to  take  away  my  life. 

14  But  I  trusted  in  thee,  O  Lord:  I 
said,  Thou  art  my  God. 

15  My  times  are  in  thy  hand :  deliver  me 
from  the  hand  of  mine  enemies,  and  from 
them  that  persecute  me. 

16  Make  thy  face  to  shine  upon  thy 
servant :  save  me  for  thy  mercies'  sake. 

17  Let  me  not  be  ashamed,  O  Lord  ;  for 
I  have  called  upon  thee :  let  the  wicked 
be  ashamed,  and  let  them  be  silent  in  the 
grave. 

18  Let  the  lying  lips  be  put  to  silence; 
which  speak  grievous  things  proudly  and 
contemptuously  against  the  righteous. 


19  Oh  how  great  is  thy  goodness,  which 
thou  hast  laid  up  for  them  that  fear  thee ; 
li'hich  thou  hast  wrought  for  them  that 
trust  in  thee  before  the  sons  of  men  ! 

20  Thou  Shalt  hide  them  in  the  secret  of 
thy  presence  from  the  pride  of  man:  thou 
Shalt  keep  them  secretly  in  a  pavilion 
from  the  strife  of  tongues. 

21  Blessed  he  the  Lord:  for  he  hath 
shewed  me  his  marvellous  kindness  in  a 
strong  city. 

22  For  I  said  in  my  haste,  I  am  cut  off 
from  before  thine  eyes :  nevertheless  thou 
heardest  the  voice  of  my  supplications 
when  I  cried  unto  thee. 

23  O  love  the  Lord,  all  ye  his  saints  :  for 
the  Lord  preserveth  the  faithful,  and 
plentifully  rewardeth  the  proud  doer. 

24  Be  of  good  courage,  and  he  shall 
strengthen  your  heart,  all  ye  that  hope 
in  the  Lord. 

PSALM  XXXIL 

A  Psalm  of  David,  Maschil. 

BLESSED    is  he  wJiose   transgression  is 
forgiven,  whose  sin  is  covered. 

2  Blessed  is  the  man  unto  whom  the 
Lord  imputeth  not  iniquity,  and  in  whose 
spirit  there  is  no  guile. 

3  When  I  kept  silence,  my  bones  waxed 
old  through  my  roaring  all  the  day  long. 

4  For  day  and  night  thy  hand  was  heavy 
upon  me:  my  moisture  is  turned  into 
the  drought  of  summer.     Selah. 

5  I  acknowledged  my  sin  unto  thee,  and 
mine  iniquity  have  I  not  hid.  I  said,  I 
will  confess  my  transgressions  unto  the 
Lord  ;  and  thou  forgavest  the  iniquity  of 
my  sin.     Selah. 

6  For  this  shall  every  one  that  is  godly 
pray  unto  thee  in  a  time  when  thou  may- 
est  be  found  :  surely  in  the  floods  of  great 
waters  they  shall  not  come  nigh  unto 
him. 

7  Thou  a7-t  my  hiding  place;  thou  shalt 
preserve  me  from  trouble ;  thou  shalt 
compass  me  about  with  songs  of  deliver- 
ance.    Selah. 

8  I  will  instruct  thee  and  teach  thee  in 
the  way  which  thou  shalt  go  :  I  will  guide 
thee  with  mine  eye. 

9  Be  ye  not  as  the  horse,  or  as  the  mule, 
which  have  no  understanding :  whose 
mouth  must  be  held  in  Avith  bit  and 
bridle,  lest  they  come  near  unto  thee. 

10  Many  sorrows  shall  be  to  the  wicked: 

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PSALMS. 


but  he  that  trusteth  in  the  Lord,  mercy 
shall  compass  him  about. 
11  Be  glad  in  the  Loud,  and  rejoice,  ye 
righteous :   and   shout   for  joy,  all  ye  that 
are  upright  in  heart. 

PSALM  XXXIII. 

REJOICE  *in  the  Lord,  O  ye  righteous : 
for  praise  is  comel}'  for  the  upright. 

2  Praise  the  Lord  with  harp :  sing  unto 
him  Avith  the  psaltery  and  an  instrument 
of  ten  strings. 

3  Sing  unto  him  a  new  song;  play  skil- 
fully with  a  loud  noise. 

4  For  the  word  of  the  Lord  w  right; 
and  all  his  works  are  done  in  truth. 

b  He  loveth  righteousness  and  judgment: 
the  earth  is  full  of  the  goodness  of  the  Lord. 

6  By  the  word  of  the  Lord  were  the 
heavens  made;  and  all  the  host  of  them 
by  the  breath  of  his  mouth. 

7  He  gathereth  the  waters  of  the  sea  to- 
gether as  a  heap :  he  layeth  up  the  depth 
in  storehouses. 

8  Let  all  the  earth  fear  the  Lord  :  let  all 
the  inhabitants  of  the  world  stand  in  awe 
of  him. 

9  For  he  spake,  and  it  was  done;  he 
commanded,  and  it  stood  fast. 

10  The  Lord  bringeth  the  counsel  of  the 
heathen  to  nought :  he  maketh  the  de- 
vices of  the  people  of  none  effect. 

11  The  counsel  of  the  Lord  standeth 
for  ever,  the  thoughts  of  his  heart  to  all 
generations. 

12  Blessed  is  the  nation  "whose  God  is 
the  Lord  ;  arid  the  people  whom  he  hath 
chosen  for  his  own  inheritance. 

13  The  Lord  looketh  from  heaven;  he 
beholdcth  all  the  sons  of  men. 

14  From  the  place  of  his  habitation  he  look- 
eth upon  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth. 

15  He  fashioneth  their  hearts  alike ;  he 
considcrcth  all  their  works. 

IG  There  is  no  king  saved  by  the  multi- 
tude of  a  host :  a  mighty  man  is  not  de- 
livered by  much  strength. 

17  A  horse  is  a  vain  thing  for  safety: 
neither  shall  he  deliver  any  by  his  great 
strength. 

18  Behold,  the  eye  of  the  Lord  is  upon 
them  that  fear  him,  upon  them  that  hope 
in  his  mercy; 

19  To  deliver  their  soul  from  death,  and 

to  keep  them  alive  in  famine. 
_ 


20  Our  soul  waiteth  for  the  Lord:  he 
is  our  help  and  our  shield. 

21  For  our  heart  shall  rejoice  in  him,  be- 
cause we  have  trusted  in  his  holy  name. 

22  Let  thy  mercy,  O  Lord,  be  upon  us, 
according  as  we  hope  in  thee. 

PSALM  XXXIV. 

A  Psalm  of  David,  when  he  changed  his  behaviour 
before  Abimelech  ;  who  drove  him  away,  and  he  de- 
parted. 

I  WILL  bless  the  Lord  at  all  times :  his 
praise  s?iaU  continually  be  in  my  mouth. 

2  My  soul  shall  make  her  boast  in  the  Lord  : 
the  humble  shall  hear  thereof  and  be  glad. 

3  O  magnify  the  Lord  with  me,  and  let 
us  exalt  his  name  together. 

4  I  sought  the  Lord,  and  he  heard  me, 
and  delivered  me  from  all  my  fears. 

5  They  looked  unto  him,  and  were  light- 
ened :  and  their  faces  were  not  ashamed. 

6  This  poor  man  cried,  and  the  Lord  heard 
him,  and  saved  him  out  of  all  his  troubles. 

7  The  angel  of  the  Lord  encampeth  round 
about  them  that  fear  him,  and  delivereth 
them. 

8  O  taste  and  see  that  the  Lord  is  good : 
blessed  is  the  man  that  trusteth  in  him. 

9  O  fear  the  Lord,  ye  his  saints :  for  there 
is  no  want  to  them  that  fear  him. 

10  The  young  lions  do  lack,  and  suflFer 
hunger :  but  they  that  seek  the  Lord  shall 
not  want  any  good  thing. 

11  Come,  ye  children,  hearken  unto  me : 
I  will  teach  you  the  fear  of  the  Lord. 

12  What  man  is  he  that  desireth  life,  and 
loveth  many  days,  that  he  may  sec  good? 

13  Keep  thy  tongue  from  evil,  and  thy 
lips  from  speaking  guile. 

14  Depart  from  evil,  and  do  good;  seek 
peace,  and  jjursue  it. 

15  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  upon  the  right- 
eous, and  his  cars  are  open  unto  their  cry. 

10  The  face  of  the  Lord  is  against  them 
that  do  evil,  to  cut  off  the  remembrance 
of  them  from  the  earth. 

17  The  righteous  cry,  and  the  Lord  heareth, 
and  delivereth  them  out  of  all  their  troubles. 

18  The  Lord  is  nigh  unto  them  that  are 
of  a  broken  heart ;  and  saveth  such  as  be 
of  a  contrite  spirit. 

19  Many  are  the  afflictions  of  the  right- 
eous :  but  the  Lord  delivereth  him  out  of 
them  all. 

20  lie  koepeth  all  his  bones :  not  one  of 
I  them  is  broken. 


PSALMS. 


21  Evil  shall  slay  the  wicked:  and  they 
that  hate  the  righteous  shall  he  desolate. 

23  The  Lord  redeemeth  the  soul  of  his 
servants  :  and  none  of  them  that  trust  in 
him  shall  be  desolate. 

PSALM  XXXV. 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

PLEAD  my  cause,  O  Lord,  vrith  them 
that    strive    with    me:    fight    against 
them  that  fight  against  mc. 

2  Take  hold  of  shield  and  buckler,  and 
stand  up  for  mine  help. 

3  Draw  out  also  the  spear,  and  stop  the 
v;ay  against  them  that  persecute  me :  say 
unto  my  soul,  I  am  thy  salvation. 

4  Lpt  them  be  confounded  and  put  to 
shame  that  seek  after  my  soul:  let  them 
be  turned  back  and  brought  to  confusion 
that  devise  my  hurt. 

5  Let  them  be  as  chaff  before  the  wind : 
and  let  the  angel  of  the  Lord  chase  them. 

6  Let  their  way  be  dark  and  slippery :  and 
let  the  angel  of  the  Lord  persecute  them. 

7  For  without  cause  have  they  hid  for 
me  their  net  in  a  pit,  which  without  cause 
they  have  digged  for  my  soul. 

8  Let  destruction  come  upon  him  at  un- 
awares ;  and  let  his  net  that  he  hath  hid 
catch  himself:  into  that  very  destruction 
let  him  fall. 

9  And  my  soul  shall  be  joyful  in  the 
Lord  :  it  shall  rejoice  in  his  salvation. 

10  All  my  bones  shall  say,  Lord,  who  is 
like  unto  thee,  which  deliverest  the  poor 
from  him  that  is  too  strong  for  him,  yea, 
the  poor  and  the  needy  from  him  that 
spoileth  him  ? 

11  False  witnesses  did  rise  up ;  they  laid 
to  my  charge  things  that  I  knew  not. 

12  They  rewarded  me  evil  for  good  to 
the  spoiling  of  my  soul. 

13  But  as  for  me,  when  they  were  sick, 
my  clothing  was  sackcloth  :  I  humbled  my 
soul  with  fasting ;  and  my  prayer  returned 
into  mine  own  bosom. 

14  I  behaved  myself  as  though  he  had  been 
my  friend  m-  brother :  I  bowed  down  heav- 
ily, as  one  that  mourneth /or  his  mother. 

15  But  in  mine  adversity  they  rejoiced, 
and  gathered  themselves  together:  yea, 
the  abjects  gathered  themselves  together 
against  me,  and  I  knew  it  not;  they  did 
tear  me,  and  ceased  not : 

10  "With  hypocritical  mockers  in  feasts, 
they  gnashed  upon  me  with  their  teeth. 


17  Lord,  how  long  wilt  thou  look  on? 
rescue  my  soul  from  their  destructions, 
my  darling  from  the  lions. 

18  I  will  give  thee  thanks  in  the  great 
congregation :  I  will  praise  thee  among 
much  people. 

19  Let  not  them  that  are  mine  enemies 
wrongfully  rejoice  over  me:  neither  let 
them  wink  with  the  eye  that  hate  me 
without  a  cause. 

20  For  they  speak  not  peace:  but  they 
devise  deceitful  matters  against  them  that 
are  quiet  in  the  land. 

21  Yea,  they  opened  their  mouth  wide 
against  me,  and  said,  Aha,  aha,  our  eye 
hath  seen  it. 

22  TJiis  thou  hast  seen,  O  Lord  :  keep 
not  silence  :  O  Lord,  be  not  far  from  me. 

23  Stir  up  thyself,  and  awake  to  my  judg- 
ment, even  unto  my  cause,  my  God  and  my 
Lord. 

24  Judge  me,  O  Lord  my  God,  according 
to  thy  righteousness  ;  and  let  them  not  re- 
joice over  me. 

25  Let  them  not  say  in  their  hearts,  Ah, 
so  would  we  have  it :  let  them  not  say. 
We  have  swallowed  him  up. 

26  Let  them  be  ashamed  and  brought  to 
confusion  together  that  rejoice  at  mine  hurt: 
let  them  be  clothed  with  shame  and  dishon- 
our that  magnify  themselves  against  me. 

27  Let  them  shout  for  joy,  and  be  glad, 
that  favour  my  righteous  cause :  yea,  let 
Ihem  say  continually.  Let  the  Lord  be 
magnified,  which  hath  pleasure  in  the  pros- 
perity of  his  seivant. 

28  And  my  tongue  shall  speak  of  thy 
righteousness  and  of  thy  praise  all  the  day 
long. 

PSALM  XXXVL 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David  the  servant 
of  the  LoKD. 

THE  transgression  of  the  wicked  saith 
within  my  heart,  that  there  is  no  fear 
of  God  before  his  eyes. 
3  For  he  flattereth  himself  in  his  own 
eyes,   until   his   iniquity  be   found   to   be 
hateful. 

3  The  words  of  his  mouth  are  iniquity 
and  deceit :  he  hath  left  off  to  be  wise, 
a7id  to  do  good. 

4  He  deviseth  mischief  upon  his  bed; 
he  setteth  himself  in  a  way  thai  is  not 
good ;  ho  abhorreth  not  evil. 

5  Thy  mercy,   O  Lord,  is  in  the  heav- 

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PSALMS. 


ens;    and    thy    faithfulness   reacheth    unto 
the  clouds. 

6  Thy  righteousness  U  like  the  great 
mountains;  thy  judgments  are  a  great 
deep:  O  Lord,  thou  preservest  man  and 
beast. 

7  How  excellent  is  thy  lovingkindness, 
O  God!  therefore  the  children  of  men 
put  their  trust  under  the  shadow  of  thy 
wings. 

8  They  shall  be  abundantly  satisfied 
with  the  fatness  of  thy  house;  and  thou 
Shalt  make  them  drink  of  the  river  of 
thy  pleasures. 

9  For  with  thee  is  the  fountain  of  life: 
in  thy  light  shall  we  see  light. 

10  O  continue  thy  lovingkindness  unto 
them  that  know  thee;  and  thy  righteous- 
ness to  the  upright  in  heart. 

11  Let  not  the  foot  of  pride  come 
against  me,  and  let  not  the  hand  of 
the  wicked  remove  me. 

12  There  are  the  workers  of  iniquity 
fallen :  they  are  cast  down,  and  shall 
not  be  able  to  rise. 

PSALM  XXXVIL 

A  Fsalm  of  David. 

FRET  not  thyself  because  of  evil  doers, 
neither  be  thou  envious  against  the 
workers  of  iniquity. 

2  For  they  shall  soon  be  cut  down  like 
the  grass,  and  wither  as  the  green  herb. 

3  Trust  in  the  Lord,  and  do  good;  so 
Shalt  thou  dwell  in  the  land,  and  verily 
thou  Shalt  be  fed. 

4  Delight  thyself  also  in  the  Lord  ; 
and  he  shall  give  thee  the  desires  of  thine 
heart. 

5  Commit  thy  way  unto  the  Lord  ;  trust 
also  in  him ;  and  he  shall  bring  it  to  pass. 

6  And  he  shall  bring  forth  thy  righteous- 
ness as  the  light,  and  thy  judgment  as 
the  noonday. 

7  Rest  in  the  Lord,  and  wait  patiently 
for  him :  fret  not  thyself  because  of  him 
who  prospereth  in  his  way,  because  of  the 
man  who  bringeth  wicked  devices  to  pass. 

8  Cease  from  anger,  and  forsake  wrath : 
fret  not  thyself  in  any  wise  to  do  evil. 

9  For  evil  doers  shall  be  cut  off:  but 
those  that  wait  upon  the  Lord,  they  shall 
inherit  the  earth. 

10  For  yet  a  little  while,  and  the  wicked 
shall  not  he:  yea,  thou  shalt  diligently 
consider  his  place,  and  it  sJiall  not  he. 

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11  But  the  meek  shall  inherit  the  earth ; 
and  shall  delight  themselves  in  the  abund- 
ance of  peace. 

12  The  wicked  plotteth  against  the  just, 
and  gnasheth  upon  him  with  his  teeth. 

13  The  Lord  shall  laugh  at  him :  for 
he  seeth  that  his  day  is  coming. 

14  The  wicked  have  drawn  out  the  sword, 
and  have  bent  their  bow,  to  cast  down 
the  poor  and  needy,  and  to  slay  such  as  be 
of  upright  conversation. 

15  Their  sword  shall  enter  into  their  own 
heart,  and  their  bows  shall  be  broken. 

16  A  little  that  a  righteous  man  hath 
is  better  than  the  riches  of  many  wicked. 

17  For  the  arms  of  the  wicked  shall  be 
broken:  but  the  Lord  upholdeth  the 
righteous. 

18  The  Lord  knoweth  the  days  of  the 
upright :  and  their  inheritance  shall  be  for 
ever. 

19  They  shall  not  be  ashamed  in  the 
evil  time :  and  in  the  days  of  famine  they 
shall  be  satisfied. 

20  But  the  wicked  shall  perish,  and  the 
enemies  of  the  Lord  shall  he  as  the  fat 
of  lambs :  they  shall  consume ;  into 
smoke  shall  they  consume  away. 

21  The  wicked  borroweth,  and  payeth 
not  again:  but  the  i-ighteous  sheweth 
mercy,  and  giveth. 

22  For  such  as  he  blessed  of  him  shall 
inherit  the  earth;  and  they  that  he  cursed 
of  him  shall  be  cut  ofl". 

23  The  steps  of  a  good  man  are  ordered  by 
the  Lord  :  and  he  delighteth  in  his  way. 

24  Though  he  flill,  he^shall  not  be  utterly 
cast  down:  for  the  Lord  upholdeth  him 
with  his  hand. 

25  I  have  been  young,  and  7ioiv  am  old; 
yet  have  I  not  seen  the  righteous  for- 
saken, nor  his  seed  begging  bread. 

26  He  is  ever  merciful,  and  lendcth; 
and  his  seed  is  blessed. 

27  Depart  from  evil,  and  do  good;  and 
dwell  for  evermore. 

28  For  the  Lord  loveth  judgment,  and 
forsaketh  not  his  saints ;  they  are  pre- 
served for  ever :  but  the  seed  of  the  wick- 
ed shall  be  cut  off. 

29  The  righteous  shall  inherit  the  land, 
and  dwell  therein  for  ever. 

30  The  mouth  of  the  righteous  speaketh 
wisdom,  and  his  tongue  talketh  of  judg- 
ment. 


PSALMS. 


31  The  law  of  his  God  is  in  his  heart; 
none  of  his  steps  shall  slide. 

32  The  wicked  watcheth  the  righteous, 
and  seeketh  to  slay  him. 

33  The  Lord  will  not  leave  him  in  his 
hand,  nor  condemn  him  when  he  is 
judged. 

34  Wait  on  the  Lord,  and  keep  his  way, 
and  he  shall  exalt  thee  to  inherit  the 
land:  when  the  wicked  are  cut  ofl",  thou 
Shalt  see  it. 

35  I  have  seen  the  wicked  in  great 
power,  and  spreading  himself  like  a  green 
bay  tree. 

36  Yet  he  passed  away,  and,  lo,  he  ivas 
not :  yea,  I  sought  him,  but  he  could  not 
be  found. 

37  Mark  the  perfect  jnmi.^  and  behold  the 
upright :  for  the  end  of  that  man  is  jjeace. 

38  But  the  transgressors  shall  be  de- 
stroyed together:  the  end  of  the  wicked 
shall  be  cut  off. 

39  But  the  salvation  of  the  righteous  is 
of  the  Lord  :  7ie  is  their  strength  in  the 
time  of  trouble. 

40  And  the  Lord  shall  help  them,  and 
deliver  them:  he  shall  deliver  them  from 
the  wicked,  and  save  them,  because  they 
trust  in  him. 

PSALM  XXXVIIL 

A  Psalm  of  David,  to  bring  to  remembrance. 

OLORD,  rebuke  me  not  in  thy  wrath : 
neither   chasten  me  in  thy  hot   dis- 
pleasure. 

3  For  thine  arrows  stick  fast  in  me,  and 
thy  hand  presseth  me  sore. 

3  There  is  no  soundness  in  my  flesh  be- 
cause of  thine  anger ;  neither  is  there  any 
rest  in  my  bones  because  of  my  sin. 

4  For  mine  iniquities  are  gone  over  mine 
head:  as  a  heavy  burden  they  are  too 
heavy  for  me. 

5  My  wounds  stink  and  are  corrupt  be- 
cause of  my  foolishness. 

G  I  am  troubled ;  I  am  bowed  down  great- 
ly ;  I  go  mourning  all  the  day  long. 

7  For  my  loins  are  filled  with  a  loathsome 
disease:  and  t7iere  is  no  soundness  in  my 
flesh. 

8  I  am  feeble  and  sore  broken :  I  have 
roared  by  reason  of  the  disquietness  of  my 
heart. 

9  Lord,  all  my  desire  is  before  thee ;  and 
my  groaning  is  not  hid  from  thee. 

10  My  heart  panteth,  my  strength  faileth 

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me :  as  for  the  light  of  mine  eyes,  it  also 
is  gone  from  me. 

11  My  lovers  and  my  friends  stand  aloof 
from  my  sore ;  and  my  kinsmen  stand  afar 
oflr. 

12  They  also  that  seek  after  my  life  lay 
snares  for  me;  and  they  that  seek  my  hurt 
speak  mischievous  things,  and  imagine 
deceits  all  the  day  long. 

13  But  I,  as  a  deaf  wian,  heard  not ;  and 
I  tvas  as  a  dumb  man  that  openeth  not  his 
mouth. 

14  Thus  I  was  as  a  man  that  heareth  not, 
and  in  whose  mouth  are  no  reproofs. 

15  For  in  thee,  O  Lord,  do  I  hope :  thou 
wilt  hear,  O  Lord  my  God. 

16  For  I  said.  Hear  me,  lest  otherwise  they 
should  rejoice  over  me :  when  my  foot  slip- 
peth,  they  magnify  themselves  against  me. 

17  For  I  am  ready  to  halt,  and  my  sorrow 
is  continually  before  me. 

18  For  I  will  declare  mine  iniquity ;  I  will 
be  sorr}'^  for  my  sin. 

19  But  mine  enemies  are  lively,  and  they 
are  strong :  and  they  that  hate  me  wrong- 
fully are  multiplied. 

20  They  also  that  render  evil  for  good 
are  mine  adversaries;  because  I  follow  the 
t?dng  that  good  is. 

21  Forsake  me  not,  O  Lord  :  O  my  God, 
be  not  far  from  me. 

22  Make  haste  to  help  me,  O  Lord  my 
salvation. 

PSALM  XXXIX. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  even  to  Jeduthun,  A  Psalm  of 
David. 

I  SAID,  I  will  take  heed  to  my  ways,  that 
I  sin  not  with  my  tongue :  I  will  keep 
my  mouth  with  a  bridle,  while  the  wicked 
is  before  me. 

3  I  was  dumb  with  silence,  I  held  my 
peace,  eve/i  from  good  ;  and  my  sorrow  was 
stirred. 

3  My  heart  was  hot  within  me;  while  I 
was  musing  the  fire  burned :  then  spake  I 
with  ray  tongue. 

4  Lord,  make  me  to  know  mine  end,  and 
the  measure  of  my  days,  what  it  is;  that  I 
may  know  how  frail  I  am. 

5  Behold,  thou  hast  made  my  days  as  a 
handbreadth ;  and  mine  age  is  as  nothing 
before  thee :  verily  every  man  at  his  best 
state  is  altogether  vanity.     Selah. 

6  Surely  every  man  Avalketh  in  a  vain 
shew:    surely  they  are  disquieted  in  vain: 

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PSALMS. 


he    heupetli  up  riches,  and  knoweth  not  |  Iby  lovingkiudness  and  thy  truth  from  the 
Avho  shall  gather  them.  |  great  congregation. 

7  And  now,  Lord,  what  wait  I  for?   my  I    11  Withhold  not  thou  thy  tender  mercies 


hope  is  in  thee. 

8  Deliver  me  from  all  my  transgressions  : 
make  me  not  the  reproach  of  the  foolish. 

9  I  was  dumb,  I  opened  not  my  mouth ; 
because  thou  didst  it. 

10  Remove  thy  stroke  away  from  me:  I 
am  consumed  by  the  blow  of  thine  hand. 

11  When  thou  with  rebukes  dost  correct 
man  for  iniquity,  thou  makest  his  beauty 
to  consume  away  like  a  moth  :  surely  every 
man  is  vanity.     Selah. 

13  Hear  my  prayer,  O  Lord,  and  give  ear 
unto  my  cry;  hold  not  thy  peace  at  my 
tears :  for  I  am  a  stranger  with  thee,  and 
a  sojourner,  as  all  my  fathers  were. 

13  O  spare  me,  that  I  may  recover 
strength,  before  I  go  hence,  and  be  no 
more. 

PSALM  XL. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

I  WAITED  patiently  for  the  Lord;  and 
he  inclined  unto  me,  and  heard  my  cry. 

2  He  brought  me  up  also  out  of  a  horrible 
pit,  out  of  the  miry  clay,  and  set  my  feet 
upon  a  rock,  a?id  established  my  goings. 

3  And  he  hath  put  a  new  song  in  my 
mouth,  even  praise  unto  our  God :  many 
shall  see  it,  and  fear,  and  shall  trust  in  the 
Lord. 

4  Blessed  is  that  man  that  maketh  the 
Lord  his  trust,  and  respecteth  not  the 
proud,  nor  such  as  turn  aside  to  lies. 

I  5  Many,  O  Loud  my  God,  are  thy  wonder- 
j  ful  works  which  thou  hast  done,  aud  thy 
I  thoughts  which  are  to  us-ward:  they  cannot 
j  be  reckoned  up  in  order  unto  thee :   if  I 

would  declare  and  speak  of  them,  they  are 

more  than  can  be  numbered. 

6  Sacrifice  and  oflering  thou  didst  not 
desire;  mine  ears  hast  thou  opened:  burnt 
offering  and  sin  offering  hast  thou  not 
re(iuired.  j 

7  Then  said  I,  Lo,  I  come  :  in  the  volume  , 
of  the  book  it  is  written  of  me,  I 

8  I  delight  to  do  thy  will,  O  my  God:  yea,  | 
thy  law  is  within  my  heart. 

9  I  have  preached  righteousness  in  the  ! 
great  congregation  :  lo,  I  have  not  refrain- : 
ed  my  lips,  O  Lord,  thou  knowest.  i 

10  I  have  not  hid  thy  righteousness  within 
mv  heart ;  I  have  declared  thv  faithfulness 


from  me,  O  Lord:  let  thy  lovingkindness 
and  thy  truth  continually  preserve  me. 

13  For  innumerable  evils  have  compassed 
me  about :  mine  iniquities  have  taken  hold 
upon  me,  so  that  I  am  not  able  to  look  up; 
they  are  more  than  the  hairs  of  mine  head : 
therefore  my  heart  faileth  me. 

13  Be  pleased,  O  Lord,  to  deliver  me:  O 
Lord,  make  haste  to  help  me. 

11:  Let  them  be  ashamed  and  confounded 
together  that  seek  after  my  soul  to  destroy 
it;  let  them  be  driven  backward  and  put 
to  shame  that  wish  me  evil. 

15  Let  them  be  desolate  for  a  reward  of 
their  shame  that  say  unto  me.  Aha,  aha. 

16  Let  all  those  that  seek  thee  rejoice 
and  be  glad  in  thee:  let  such  as  love  thy 
salvation  say  continually,  The  Lord  be 
magnified. 

17  But  I  am  poor  and  needy ;  yet  the  Lord 
thinketh  upon  me :  thou  art  my  help  and 
my  deliverer;  make  no  tarrying,  O  my 
God. 

PSALM  XLL 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

BLESSED    is    he   that    considereth   the 
poor:  the  Lord  will  deliver  him  in 
time  of  trouble. 

3  The  Lord  will  preserve  him,  and  keep 
him  alive;  and  he  shall  be  blessed  upon 
the  earth :  and  thou  wilt  not  deliver  him 
unto  the  will  of  his  enemies. 

3  The  Lord  will  strengthen  him  upon 
the  bed  of  languishing:  thou  wilt  make 
all  his  bed  in  his  sickness. 

4  I  said.  Lord,  be  merciful  unto  me :  heal 
my  soul ;  for  I  have  sinned  against  thee. 

5  Mine  enemies  speak  evil  of  me.  When 
shall  he  die,  and  his  name  perish? 

6  And  if  he  come  to  see  me,  he  speak- 
eth  vanity:  his  heart  gathereth  iniquity 
to  itself;  when  he  goeth  abroad,  he  telleth 
it. 

7  All  that  hate  me  whisper  together 
against  me :  against  me  do  they  devise 
my  hurt. 

8  An  evil  disease,  say  tJiey,  cleaveth  fast 
unto  him :  and  now  that  he  lieth  he  shall 
rise  up  no  more. 

9  Yea,  mine  own  fiimiliar  friend,  in  whom 
I  trusted,  which  did  eat  of  my  bread,  hath 


and  thy  salvation:   I  have  not  concealed    lifted  up /m- heel  against  me. 


PSALMS. 


10  But  thou,  O  Lord,  be  merciful  unto 
me,  and  raise  me  up,  that  I  may  requite 
them. 

11  By  this  I  know  that  thou  favourest 
me,  because  mine  enemy  doth  not  tri- 
umph over  me. 

12  And  as  for  me,  thou  upholdest  me  in 
mine  integrity,  and  settest  me  before  thy 
face  for  ever. 

13  Blessed  he  the  Lord  God  of  Israel 
from  everlasting,  and  to  everlasting. 
Amen,  and  Amen. 

PSALM  XLII. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  Maschil,  for  the  sons  of  Korah. 

AS  the    hart    panteth    after   the  water 
,  brooks,  so    panteth    my    soul  after 
thee,"  O  God. 

2  My  soul  thirsteth  for  God,  for  the 
living  God :  when  shall  I  come  and  appear 
before  God? 

3  My  tears  have  been  my  meat  day  and 
night,  while  they  continually  say  unto 
me,  Where  is  thy  God? 

4  When  I  remember  these  tJiivgs^  I  pour 
out  my  soul  in  me :  for  I  had  gone 
with  the  multitude,  I  went  with  them  to 
the  house  of  God,  with  the  voice  of  joy 
and  praise,  with  a  multitude  that  kept 
holyday. 

5  Why  art  thou  cast  down,  O  my  soul? 
and  why  art  thou  disquieted  in  me?  hope 
thou  in  God:  for  I  shall  yet  praise  him 
for  the  help  of  his  countenance. 

6  O  my  God,  my  soul  is  cast  down  with- 
in me :  therefore  will  I  remember  thee 
from  the  land  of  Jordan,  and  of  the  Her- 
monites,  from  the  hill  Mizar. 

7  Deep  calleth  unto  deep  at  the  noise 
of  thy  waterspouts :  all  thy  waves  and 
thy  billows  are  gone  over  me. 

8  Yet  the  Lord  will  command  his  loving- 
kindness  in  the  daytime,  and  in  the  night 
his  song  shall  be  with  me,  and  my  prayer 
unto  the  God  of  my  life. 

9  I  will  say  unto  God  my  rock,  Why  hast 
thoti  forgotten  me?  why  go  I  mourning 
because  of  the  oppression  of  the  enemy  ? 

10  As  with  a  sword  in  my  bones,  mine 
enemies  reproach  me ;  while  they  say  daily 
unto  me.  Where  is  thy  God  ? 

11  Why  art  thou  cast  down,  O  my  soul? 
and  why  art  thou  disquieted  within  me? 
hope  thou  in  God:  for  I  shall  yet  praise 
him,  u'lio  is  the  health  of  m)'  countenance, 
and  my  God. 


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PSALM  XLIIL 

JUDGE  me,  O  God,  and  plead  my 
cause  against  an  ungodly  nation  :  O 
deliver  me  from  the  deceitful  and  unjust 
man. 

2  For  thou  art  the  God  of  my  strength : 
why  dost  thou  cast  me  off?  why  go  I 
mourning  because  of  the  oppression  of 
the  enemy? 

3  O  send  out  thy  light  and  thy  truth:  let 
them  lead  me;  let  them  bring  me  unto 
thy  holy  hill,  and  to  thy  tabernacles. 

4  Then  will  I  go  unto  the  altar  of  God, 
unto  God  my  exceeding  joy  :  yea,  upon  the 
harp  will  I  praise  thee,  O  God  my  God. 

5  Why  art  thou  cast  down,  O  ray  soul? 
and  why  art  thou  disquieted  within  me? 
hope  in  God:  for  I  shall  yet  praise  him, 
who  is  the  health  of  my  countenance,  and 
my  God. 

PSALM  XLIV. 

To  the  chief  Musician  for  the  sons  of  Korah,  Maschil. 

E  have  heard  with  our  ears,  O  God, 
our  fathers  have  told  us,  what  work 
thou  didst  in  their  days,  in  the  times  of 
old. 

2  ffoio  thou  didst  drive  out  the  heathen 
with  thy  hand,  and  plantedst  them ;  /nno 
thou  didst  afflict  the  people,  and  cast  them 
out. 
I  3  For  they  got  not  the  land  in  possession 
by  their  own  sword,  neither  did  their 
I  own  arm  save  them :  but  thy  right  hand, 
and  thine  arm,  and  the  light  of  thy  coian- 
tenance,  because  thou  hadst  a  favour  unto 
them. 

4  Thou  art  my  King,  O  God :  command 
deliverances  for  Jacob. 

5  Through  thee  will  we  push  down  our 
enemies:  through  thy  name  will  we  tread 
them  under  that  rise  up  against  us. 

6  For  I  will  not  trust  in  my  bow,  neither 
shall  my  sword  save  me. 

7  But  thou  hast  saved  us  from  our  en- 
emies, and  hast  put  them  to  shame  that 
hated  us. 

8  In  God  we  boast  all  the  day  long,  and 
praise  thy  name  for  ever.     Selah. 

9  But  thou  hast  cast  off,  and  put  us  to 
shame ;  and  goest  not  forth  with  our 
armies. 

10  Thou  makest  us  to  turn  back  from 
the  enemy :  and  they  which  hate  us  spoil  j 
for  themselves.  j 

11  Thou  hast  given  us  like  sheep  appoint-  j 


PSALMS. 


ed  for  meat ;  and  hast  scattered  us  among 
the  heathen. 

12  Thou  sellest  thy  people  for  nought, 
and  dost  not  increase  thy  wealth  by  their 
price. 

13  Thou  makest  us  a  reproach  to  our 
neighbours,  a  scorn  and  a  dei'ision  to  them 
that  are  round  about  us. 

14  Thou  makest  us  a  byword  among  the 
heathen,  a  shaking  of  the  head  among  the 
people. 

15  My  confusion  is  continually  before 
me,  and  the  shame  of  my  face  hath  cov- 
ered me, 

16  For  the  voice  of  him  that  reproacheth 
and  blasphemeth ;  by  reason  of  the  enemy 
and  avenger. 

17  All  this  is  come  upon  us ;  yet  have 
wc  not  forgotten  thee,  neither  have  we 
dealt  falsely  in  thy  covenant. 

18  Our  heart  is  not  turned  back,  nei- 
ther have  our  steps  declined  from  thy 
way; 

19  Though  thou  hast  sore  broken  us  in 
the  place  of  dragons,  and  covered  us  with 
the  shadow  of  death. 

20  If  we  have  forgotten  the  name  of  our 
God,  or  stretched  out  our  hands  to  a 
strange  god ; 

21  Shall  not  God  search  this  out?  for 
he  knoweth  the  secrets  of  the  heart. 

23  Yea,  for  thy  sake  are  we  killed  all 
the  day  long;  we  are  counted  as  sheep 
for  the  slaughter. 

23  Awake,  why  sleepest  thou,  O  Lord? 
arise,  cast  us  not  off  for  ever. 

24  Wherefore  hidest  thou  thy  face,  and  for- 
gettest  our  affliction  and  our  oppression? 

25  For  our  soul  is  boM'ed  down  to  the 
dust :  our  belly  cleaveth  unto  the  earth. 

26  Arise  for  our  help,  and  redeem  us  for 
thy  mercies'  sake. 

PSALM  XLV. 

To  the  chief  Musician  upon  Shoshannim,  for  the  sons 
of  Korah,  Maschil,  A  Song  of  loves. 

MY  heart  is  inditing  a  good  matter:  I 
speak  of  the  things  which  I  have 
made  touching  the  King :  my  tongue  is 
the  pen  of  a  ready  writer. 

2  Thou  art  fairer  than  the  children  of 
men:  grace  is  poured  into  thy  lips:  there- 
fore God  hath  blessed  thee  for  ever. 

3  Gird  thy  sword  upon  tfnj  thigh,  O 
most  Mighty,  with  thy  glory  and  thy 
majesty. 

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4  And  in  thy  majesty  ride  prosperously, 
because  of  truth  and  meekness  aiid  right- 
eousness ;  and  thy  right  hand  shall  teach 
thee  terrible  things. 

5  Thine  arrows  are  sharp  in  the  heart 
of  the  King's  enemies ;  whereby  the  peo- 
ple fall  under  thee. 

6  Thy  throne,  O  God,  is  for  ever  and 
ever :  the  sceptre  of  thy  kingdom  is  a 
right  sceptre. 

7  Thou  lovest  righteousness,  and  hatest 
wickedness  :  therefore  God,  thy  God,  hath 
anointed  thee  with  the  oil  of  gladness 
above  thy  fellows. 

8  All  thy  garments  smell  of  myrrh,  and 
aloes,  and  cassia,  out  of  the  ivory  palaces, 
whereby  they  have  made  thee  glad. 

9  Kings'  daughters  u-ere  among  thy  hon- 
ourable women :  upon  thy  right  hand  did 
stand  the  queen  in  gold  of  Ophir. 

10  Hearken,  O  daughter,  and  consider, 
and  incline  thine  ear;  forget  also  thine 
own  people,  and  thy  father's  house  ; 

11  So  shall  the  Kiug  greatly  desire  thy 
beauty:  for  he  is  thy  Lord;  and  Avorship 
thou  him. 

12  And  the  daughter  of  Tyre  shall  he 
there  with  a  gift ;  even  the  rich  among  the 
people  shall  entreat  thy  favour. 

13  The  King's  daughter  is  all  glorious 
within :  her  clothing  is  of  wrought  gold. 

14  She  shall  be  brought  unto  the  King 
in  raiment  of  needlework:  the  virgins 
her  companions  that  follow  her  shall 
be  brought  unto  thee. 

15  With  gladness  and  rejoicing  shall  they 
be  brought :  they  shall  enter  into  the 
King's  palace. 

16  Instead  of  thy  fathers  shall  be  thy 
children,  whom  thou  mayest  make  princes 
in  all  the  earth. 

17  I  will  make  thy  name  to  be  remem- 
bered in  all  generations:  therefore  shall 
the  people  praise  thee  for  ever  and  ever. 

PSALM  XLYI. 

To  the  chief  Musician  for  the  sons  of  Korah,  A  Song 
upon  Alamoth. 

/~^  OD  is  our  refuge  and  strength,  a  very 
vJT  present  help  in  trouble. 

2  Therefore  will  not  we  fear,  though  the 
earth  be  removed,  and  though  the  mount- 
ains be  carried  into  the  midst  of  the  sea; 

3  Though  the  waters  thereof  roar  and 
be  troubled,  though  the  mountains  shake 
with  the  swelling  thereof     Sclah. 


PSALMS. 


4  There  is  a  river,  the  streams  whereof 
shall  make  glad  the  city  of  God,  the  holy 
place  of  the  tabernacles  of  the  Most  High. 

5  God  is  in  the  midst  of  her;  she  shall 
not  be  moved :  God  shall  help  her,  and 
that  right  early. 

6  The  heathen  raged,  the  kingdoms  were 
moved:  he  uttered  his  voice,  the  earth 
melted. 

7  The  Lord  of  hosts  is  with  us ;  the 
God  of  Jacob  is  our  refuge.     Selah. 

8  Come,  behold  the  works  of  the  Lord, 
what  desolations  he  hath  made  in  the 
earth. 

9  He  maketh  wars  to  cease  unto  the 
end,  of  the  earth ;  he  breaketh  the  bow, 
and  eutteth  the  spear  in  sunder;  he 
burneth  the  chariot  in  the  fire. 

10  Be  still,  and  know  that  I  am  God :  I 
will  be  exalted  among  the  heathen,  I  will 
be  exalted  in  the  earth. 

11  The  Lord  of  hosts  is  with  us ;  the 
God  of  Jacob  is  our  refuge.     Selah. 

PSALM  XLVII. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  for  the  sons  of  Korah. 

OCLAP  your   hands,  all    ye    people ; 
shout  unto  God  with  the  voice  of 
triumph. 

2  For  the  Lord  most  high  is  terrible; 
?ie  is  a  great  King  over  all  the  earth. 

3  He  shall  subdue  the  people  under  us, 
and  the  nations  under  our  feet. 

4  He  shall  choose  our  inheritance  for 
us,  the  excellency  of  Jacob  whom  he 
loved.     Selah. 

5  God  is  gone  up  with  a  shout,  the  Lord 
with  the  sound  of  a  trumpet. 

6  Sing  praises  to  God,  sing  praises :  sing 
praises  unto  our  King,  sing  praises. 

7  For  God  is  the  King  of  all  the  earth: 
sing  ye  praises  with  understanding. 

8  God  reigneth  over  the  heathen:  God 
sitteth  upon  the  throne  of  his  holiness. 

9  The  princes  of  the  people  are  gathered 
together,  ei'e?i  the  people  of  the  God  of 
Abraham:  for  the  shields  of  the  earth 
belong  unto  God :  he  is  greatly  exalted. 

PSALM  XLVIIL 

A  Song  and  Psahn  for  the  eons  of  Korah. 

GREAT    is    the  Lord,  and  greatly  to 
be  praised  in  the  city  of  our  God,  in 
the  mountain  of  his  holiness. 
2  Beautiful  for  situation,  the  joy  of  the 
whole  earth,  is  mount  Zion,  on  the  sides 
of  the  north,  the  city  of  the  great  King. 


3  God  is  known  in  her  palaces  for  a 
refuge. 

4  For,  lo,  the  kings  were  assembled,  they 
passed  by  together. 

5  They  saw  it,  and  so  they  marvelled ; 
they  were  troubled,  ayid  hasted  away. 

6  Fear  took  hold  upon  them  there,  and 
pain,  as  of  a  woman  in  travail. 

7  Thou  breakest  the  ships  of  Tarshish 
with  an  east  wind. 

8  As  we  have  heard,  so  have  we  seen  in 
the  city  of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  in  the  city 
of  our  God:  God  will  establish  it  for  ever. 
Selah. 

9  We  have  thought  of  thy  lovingkind- 
ness,  O  God,  in  the  midst  of  thy  temple. 

10  According  to  thy  name,  O  God,  so  is 
thy  praise  unto  the  ends  of  the  earth :  thy 
right  hand  is  full  of  righteousness. 

11  Let  mount  Zion  rejoice,  let  the 
daughters  of  Judah  be  glad,  because  of  thy 
judgments. 

12  Walk  about  Zion,  and  go  round  about 
her:  tell  the  towers  thereof 

13  Mark  ye  well  her  bulwarks,  consider 
her  palaces ;  that  ye  may  tell  it  to  the  gen- 
eration following. 

14  For  this  God  is  our  God  for  ever  and 
ever:  he  will  be  our  guide  even  unto  death. 

PSALM  XLIX. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  for  the  sons  of  Korah. 

HEAR    this,    all    ye    people;  give   ear, 
all  ye  inhabitants  of  the  world: 

2  Both  low  and  high,  rich  and  poor,  to- 
gether. 

3  My  mouth  shall  speak  of  wisdom ;  and 
the  meditation  of  my  heart  sJiall  he  of  un- 
derstanding. 

4  I  will  incline  mine  ear  to  a  parable : 
I  will  open  my  dark  saying  upon  the 
harp. 

5  Wherefore  should  I  fear  in  the  days 
of  evil,  loheji  the  iniquity  of  my  heels  shall 
compass  me  about  ? 

6  They  that  trust  in  their  Avealth,  and 
boast  themselves  in  the  multitude  of  their 
riches ; 

7  None  of  them  can  by  any  means  re- 
deem his  brother,  nor  give  to  God  a  ran- 
som for  him : 

8  (For  the  redemption  of  their  soul  is 
precious,  and  it  ceaseth  for  ever  :) 

9  That  he  should  still  live  for  ever,  and 
not  see  corruption. 

10  For  he  seeth  that  wise  men  die,  like- 

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PSALMS. 


wise  the  fool  and  the  brutish  person  perish, 
and  leave  their  -wealth  to  others. 

11  Their  inward  thought  i.%  that  their 
houses  shall  continue  for  ever,  and  their 
dwellingplaces  to  all  generations;  they  call 
their  lands  after  their  own  names. 

13  Nevertheless  man  heing  in  honour 
abidcth  not:  he  is  like  the  beasts  that 
perish. 

13  This  their  way  is  their  folly:  yet  their 
posterity  approve  their  sayings.     Selah. 

14  Like  sheep  they  are  laid  in  the  grave ; 
death  shall  feed  on  them;  and  the  up- 
right shall  have  dominion  over  them  in 
the  morning;  and  their  beauty  shall  eon- 
sume  in  the  grave  from  their  dwelling. 

15  But  God  will  redeem  my  soul  from 
the  power  of  the  grave :  for  he  shall  re- 
ceive me.     Selah. 

16  Be  not  thou  afraid  when  one  is  made  rich, 
when  the  glory  of  his  house  is  increased ; 

17  For  when  he  dieth  he  shall  carry  nothing 
away :  his  glory  shall  not  descend  after  him. 

18  Though  while  he  lived  he  blessed  his 
soul,  (and  meii  will  praise  thee,  when  thou 
doest  well  to  thyself,) 

19  He  shall  go  to  the  generation  of  his 
fathers  ;  they  shall  never  see  light. 

20  Man  that  is  in  honour,  and  understand- 
eth  not,  is  like  the  beasts  that  perish. 

PSALM  L. 

A  Psalm  of  Asaph. 

THE  mighty  God,  even  the  Lord,  hath 
spoken,  and  called  the  earth  from  the  ris- 
ing of  the  sun  unto  the  going  down  thereof 

2  Out  of  Zion,  the  perfection  of  beauty, 
God  hath  shined. 

3  Our  God  shall  come,  and  shall  not  keep 
silence :  a  fire  shall  devour  before  him,  and 
it  shall  be  very  tempestuous  round  about 
him. 

4  He  shall  call  to  the  heavens  from  above, 
and  to  the  earth,  that  he  may  judge  his 
people. 

5  Gather  my  saints  together  unto  me; 
those  that  have  made  a  covenant  with  me 
by  sacrifice. 

6  And  the  heavens  shall  declare  his  right- 
eousness :  for  God  w  judge  himself.    Selah. 

7  Hear,  O  my  people,  and  I  will  speak ;  O 
Israel,  and  I  will  testify  against  thee :  I  a??i 
God,  even  thy  God. 

8  I  will  not  reprove  thee  for  thy  sacrifices 
or  thy  burnt  offerings,  to  have  been  contin- 
ually before  me. 

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9  I  will  take  no  bullock  out  of  thy  house, 
nor  he  goats  out  of  thy  folds  : 

10  For  every  beast  of  the  forest  is  mine, 
a7id  the  cattle  upon  a  thousand  hills. 

11  I  know  all  the  fowls  of  the  mountains : 
and  the  Avild  beasts  of  the  field  are  mine. 

12  If  I  Averc  hungr}',  I  would  not  tell  thee: 
for  the  world  is  mine,  and  the  fulness 
thereof. 

13  Will  I  eat  the  flesh  of  bulls,  or  drink 
the  blood  of  goats? 

14  Offer  unto  God  thanksgiving ;  and  pay 
thy  vows  unto  the  Most  High  : 

15  And  call  upon  me  in  the  day  of 
trouble :  I  will  deliver  thee,  and  thou  shalt 
glorify  me. 

10  But  unto  the  wicked  God  saith.  What 
hast  thou  to  do  to  declare  my  statutes,  or 
that  thou  shouldest  take  my  covenant  in 
thy  mouth? 

17  Seeing  thou  hatest  instruction,  and 
castest  my  words  behind  thee. 

18  When  thou  sawest  a  thief,  then  thou 
consentedst  with  him,  and  hast  been  par- 
taker with  adulterers. 

19  Thou  givest  thy  mouth  to  evil,  and  thy 
tongue  frameth  deceit. 

20  Thou  sittest  a?id  speakest  against  thy 
brother ;  thou  slanderest  thine  own  moth- 
er's son. 

21  These  things  hast  thoii  done,  and  I  kept 
silence;  thou  thoughtest  that  I  was  alto- 
gether such  a  one  as  thyself:  but  I  will 
reprove  thee,  and  set  them  in  order  before 
thine  eyes. 

23  Now  consider  this,  ye  that  forget  God, 
lest  I  tear  t/ou  in  pieces,  and  there  be  none 
to  deliver. 

23  Whoso  offereth  praise  glorifleth  me: 
and  to  him  that  ordercth  his  conversation 
aright  will  I  shew  the  salvation  of  God. 

PSALM  LI. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David,  when  Nathan 
the  prophet  came  unto  him,  after  he  had  gone  in  to 
Bath-sheba. 

HAVE  mercy  upon  me,  O  God,  accord- 
ing to  thy  lovingkindness  :  according 
unto  the  multitude  of  thy  tender  mercies 
blot  out  my  transgressions. 

2  Wash  me  thoroughly  from  mine  iniq- 
uity, and  cleanse  me  from  my  sin. 

3  For  I  acknowledge  my  transgressions : 
and  my  sin  is  ever  before  me. 

4  Against  thee,  thee  only,  have  I  sinned, 


PSALMS. 


and  done  this  evil  in  thy  sight :  that  thou 
mightest  be  justified  when  thou  spcalicst, 
and  be  clear  when  thou  judgest. 

5  Behold,  I  was  shapen  in  iniquity ;  and 
in  sin  did  my  mother  conceive  me. 

6  Behold,  thou  desirest  truth  in  the  in- 
ward parts :  and  in  the  hidden  part  thou 
Shalt  make  me  to  know  wisdom. 

7  Purge  me  with  hyssop,  and  I  shall  be 
clean :  wash  me,  and  I  shall  be  whiter 
than  snow. 

8  Make  me  to  hear  joy  and  gladness; 
that  the  bones  which  thou  hast  broken  may 
rejoice. 

9  Hide  thy  face  from  my  sins,  and  blot 
out  all  mine  iniquities. 

10  Create  in  me  a  clean  heart,  O  God; 
and  renew  a  right  spirit  within  me. 

11  Cast  me  not  away  from  thy  presence ; 
and  take  not  thy  Holy  Spirit  from  me. 

13  Restore  unto  me  the  joy  of  thy  salva- 
tion ;  and  uphold  me  with  thy  free  Spirit. 

13  TJien  will  I  teach  transgressors  thy  Avays ; 
and  sinners  shall  be  converted  unto  thee. 

14  Deliver  me  from  bloodguiltiness,  O 
God,  thou  God  of  my  salvation :  and  my 
tongue  shall  sing  aloud  of  thy  righteous- 
ness. 

15  O  Lord,  open  thou  my  lips ;  and  my 
mouth  shall  shew  forth  thy  praise. 

16  For  thou  desirest  not  sacrifice;  else 
would  I  give  it:  thou  delightest  not  in 
burnt  offering. 

17  The  sacrifices  of  God  are  a  broken 
spirit :  a  broken  and  a  contrite  heart,  O 
God,  thou  wilt  not  despise. 

18  Do  good  in  thy  good  pleasure  unto 
Zion:  build  thou  the  walls  of  Jerusalem. 

19  Then  shalt  thou  be  pleased  with  the 
sacrifices  of  righteousness,  with  burnt 
offering  and  whole  burnt  offering:  then 
shall  they  offer  bullocks  upon  thine  altar. 

PSALM  LII. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  Maschil,  A  Psalm  of  David, 
when  Doeg  the  Edomite  came  and  told  Saul,  and  said 
unto  him,  David  is  come  to  the  house  of  Ahimelech. 

WHY    boastest   thou   thyself  in   mis- 
chief,  O    mighty  man?    the   good- 
ness of  God  endureth  continually. 

2  Thy  tongue  deviseth  mischiefs ;  like  a 
sharp  razor,  working  deceitfully. 

3  Thou  lovest  evil  more  than  good ;  and 
lying  rather  than  to  speak  righteousness. 
Selah. 


4  Thou  lovest  all  devouring  words,  O 
thou  deceitful  tongue. 

5  God  shall  likewise  destroy  thee  for 
ever,  he  shall  take  thee  away,  and  pluck 
thee  out  of  thy  dwellingplace,  and  root 
thee  out  of  the  land  of  the  living.     Selah. 

6  The  righteous  also  shall  see,  and  fear, 
and  shall  laugh  at  him  : 

7  Lo,  this  is  the  man  that  made  not  God 
his  strength ;  but  trusted  in  the  abund- 
ance of  his  riches,  and  strengthened  him- 
self in  his  wickedness. 

8  But  I  am  like  a  green  olive  tree  in  the 
house  of  God :  I  trust  in  the  mercy  of 
God  for  ever  and  ever. 

9  I  will  praise  thee  for  ever,  because 
thou  hast  done  it:  and  I  will  Avait  on 
thy  name ;  for  it  is  good  before  thy  saints. 

PSALM  LIII. 

To  the  chief  Musician  upon  Mahalath,  Maschil,  A  rsalm 
of  David. 

^f^HE  fool  hath  said  in  his  heart,  There 
J-  is  no  God.  Corrupt  are  they,  and 
have  done  abominable  iniquity:  there  is 
none  that  doeth  good. 

2  God  looked  down  from  heaven  upon  the 
children  of  men,  to  see  if  there  Avere  any 
that  did  understand,  that  did  seek  God. 

3  Every  one  of  them  is  gone  back  :  they 
are  altogether  become  filthy  ;  t/iere  is  none 
that  doeth  good,  no,  not  one. 

4  Have  the  workers  of  iniquity  no  knowl- 
edge ?  who  eat  up  my  people  as  they  eat 
bread  :  they  have  not  called  upon  God. 

5  There  Avere  they  in  great  fear,  U'he7'e 
no  fear  was :  for  God  hath  scattered  the 
bones  of  him  that  encampeth  against  thee : 
thou  hast  put  them  to  shame,  because  God 
hath  despised  them. 

6  Oh  that  the  salvation  of  Israel  were 
come  out  of  Zion!  When  God  bringeth 
back  the  captivity  of  his  people,  Jacob 
shall  rejoice,  and  Israel  shall  be  glad. 

PSALM  LIV. 

To  the  chief  Musician  on  Neginoth,  Maschil,  A  P.^alm 
of  David,  when  the  Ziphim  came  and  said  to  Saul, 
Doth  not  David  hide  himself  with  us  ? 

SAVE    me,   O    God,    by   thy  name,   and 
judge  me  by  thy  strength. 

2  Hear  my  prayer,  O  God;  give  car  to 
the  words  of  my  mouth. 

3  For  strangers  are  risen  up  against  me, 
and  oppressors  seek  after  my  soul:  they 
have  not  set  God  before  them.     Selah. 

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PSALMS. 


4  Behold,  God  is  mine  helper:  the  Lord 
is  with  them  that  uphold  my  soul. 

5  He  shall  reward  evil  unto  mine  en- 
emies :  cut  them  off  in  thy  truth. 

6  I  will  freely  sacrifice  unto  thee:  I  will 
praise  thy  name,  O  Lord  ;  for  it  is  good. 

7  For  he  hath  delivered  me  out  of  all 
trouble:  and  mine  eye  hath  seen  his  de- 
sire upon  mine  enemies. 

PSALM  LV. 

To  the  chief  Musician  on  Xeginoth,  MascMl,  A  Fsalm 
of  David. 

GIVE   ear  to  my  prayer,  O   God;   and 
hide    not    thyself  from    my  suppli- 
cation. 

2  Attend  unto  me,  and  hear  me :  I 
mourn  in  my  complaint,  and  make  a  noise ; 

3  Because  of  the  voice  of  the  enemy, 
because  of  the  oppression  of  the  wicked: 
for  they  cast  iniquity  upon  me,  and  in 
wrath  they  hate  me. 

4  My  heart  is  sore  pained  within  me :  and 
the  terrors  of  death  are  fallen  upon  me. 

5  Fearfulness  and  trembling  are  come  up- 
on me,  and  horror  hath  overwhelmed  me. 

6  And  I  said.  Oh  that  I  had  wings  like 
a  dove !  for  then  would  I  fly  away,  and 
be  at  rest. 

7  Lo,  tlien  would  I  wander  far  off,  and 
remain  in  the  wilderness.     Selah. 

8  I  would  hasten  my  escape  from  the 
windy  storm  and  tempest. 

9  Destroy,  O  Lord,  and  divide  their 
tongues :  for  I  have  seen  violence  and 
strife  in  the  city. 

10  Day  and  night  they  go  about  it  upon 
the  walls  thereof:  mischief  also  and  sor- 
row are  in  the  midst  of  it. 

11  Wickedness  is  in  the  midst  thereof:  de- 
ceit and  guile  depart  not  from  her  streets. 

12  For  it  was  not  an  enemy  that  reproach- 
ed me ;  then  I  could  have  borne  it:  neither 
teas  it  he  that  hated  me  that  did  magnify 
hiniseJf  against  me;  then  I  Avould  have 
hid  myself  from  him  : 

13  But  it  was  thou,  a  man  mine  equal,  my 
guide,  and  mine  acquaintance. 

14  We  took  sweet  counsel  together,  and 
walked  unto  the  house  of  God  in  company. 

15  Let  death  seize  upon  them,  arid  let 
them  go  down  quick  into  hell :  for  wick- 
edness is  in  their  dwellings,  and  among 
them. 

16  As  for  me,  I  will  call  upon  God ;  and 
the  Lord  shall  save  me. 

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17  Evening,  and  morning,  and  at  noon, 
will  I  pray,  and  cry  aloud:  and  he  shall 
hear  my  voice. 

18  He  hath  delivered  ray  soul  in  peace 
from  the  battle  that  was  against  me:  for 
there  were  many  with  me. 

19  God  shall  hear,  and  afflict  them,  even 
he  that  abideth  of  old.  Selah.  Because 
they  have  no  changes,  therefore  they  fear 
not  God. 

20  He  hath  put  forth  his  hands  against 
such  as  be  at  peace  with  him :  he  hath 
broken  his  covenant. 

21  T?ie  u'ords  of  his  mouth  were  smoother 
than  butter,  but  war  loas  in  his  heart :  his 
words  were  softer  than  oil,  yet  were  they 
drawn  swords. 

22  Cast  thy  burden  upon  the  Lord,  and 
he  shall  sustain  thee :  he  shall  never  suffer 
the  righteous  to  be  moved. 

23  But  thou,  O  God,  shalt  bring  them 
down  into  the  pit  of  destruction :  bloody 
and  deceitful  men  shall  not  live  out  half 
their  days ;  but  I  will  trust  in  thee. 

PSALM  LVI. 

To  the  chief  Musician  upon  Jonath-elem-rechokim, 
Michtam  of  David,  when  the  Philistines  took  him  in 
Gath. 

BE  merciful  unto  me,  O  God:  for  man 
would  swallow  me  up ;    he   fighting 
daily  oppresseth  me. 

2  Mine  enemies  would  daily  swallow  me 
up :  for  theij  he  many  that  fight  against 
me,  O  thou  Most  High. 

3  What  time  I  am  afraid,  I  wUl  trust  in 
thee. 

4  In  God  I  will  praise  his  word,  in  God 
I  have  put  my  trust ;  I  will  not  fear  what 
flesh  can  do  imto  me. 

5  Ever)^  day  they  wrest  my  words :  all 
their  thoughts  are  against  me  for  evil. 

6  They  gather  themselves  together,  they 
hide  themselves,  they  mark  my  steps, 
when  they  wait  for  my  soul. 

7  Shall  they  escape  by  iniquity?  in  thine 
anger  cast  down  the  people,  O  God. 

8  Thou  tellest  my  wanderings :  put  thou 
my  tears  into  thy  bottle:  are  they  not  in 
thy  book? 

9  When  I  cry  unto  thee,  then  shall  mine 
enemies  turn  back:  this  I  know;  for  God 
is  for  me. 

10  In  God  will  I  praise  his  word:  in 
the  Lord  will  I  praise  his  word. 

11  In  God  have  I  put  my  trust :  I  will  not 
be  afraid  what  man  can  do  unto  me. 


PSALMS. 


12  Thy  TOWS  are  upon  me,  O  God:  I 
will  render  praises  unto  thee. 

13  For  thou  hast  delivered  my  soul  from 
death :  ivilt  not  thou  deliver  my  feet  from 
falling,  that  I  may  walk  before  God  in 
the  light  of  the  living  ? 

PSALM  LVIL 

To  the  chief  Musician,  Al-taschith,  Mchtam  of  David, 
when  he  fled  from  Saul  in  the  cave. 

BE  merciful  unto  me,  O  God,  be  mer- 
ciful unto  me:  for  my  soul  trusteth 
in  thee :  yea,  in  the  shadow  of  thy  wings 
will  I  make  my  refuge,  until  these  calami- 
ties be  overpast. 

3  I  will  cry  unto  God  most  high;  unto 
God  that  performeth  all  things  for  me. 

3  He  shall  send  from  heaven,  and  save 
me  from  the  reproach  of  him  that  would 
swallow  me  up.  Selah.  God  shall  send 
forth  his  mercy  and  his  truth. 

4  My  soul  is  among  lions :  and  I  lie  even 
among  them  that  are  set  on  fire,  even  the 
sons  of  men,  whose  teeth  are  spears  and 
arrows,  and  their  tongue  a  sharp  sword. 

5  Be  thou  exalted,  O  God,  above  the  heav- 
ens ;  let  thy  glory  he  above  all  the  earth. 

6  They  have  prepared  a  net  for  my  steps  ; 
my  soul  is  bowed  down:  they  have  dig- 
ged a  pit  before  me,  into  the  midst  where- 
of they  are  fallen  themselves.     Selah. 

7  My  heart  is  fixed,  O  God,  my  heart  is 
fixed :  I  will  sing  and  give  praise. 

8  Awake  up,  my  glory ;  awake,  psaltery 
and  harp  :  I  mijselfyfWl  awake  early. 

9  I  will  praise  thee,  0  Lord,  among  the 
people :  I  will  sing  unto  thee  among  the 
nations. 

10  For  thy  mercy  is  great  unto  the  heav- 
ens, and  thy  truth  unto  the  clouds. 

11  Be  thou  exalted,  O  God,  above  the  heav- 
ens :  let  thy  glory  he  above  all  the  earth. 

PSALM  LVIII. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  Al-taschith,  Michtam  of  David. 

DO  ye  indeed  speak  righteousness,  O 
congregation  ?  do  ye  judge  uprightly, 
O  ye  sons  of  men? 

2  Yea,  in  heart  ye  work  wickedness;  ye 
weigh  the  violence  of  your  hands  in  the 
earth. 

3  The  wicked  are  estranged  from  the 
womb :  they  go  astray  as  soon  as  they 
be  born,  speaking  lies. 

4  Their  poison  is  like  the  poison  of  a 
serpent:  they  are  like  the  deaf  adder  that 
stoppeth  her  ear ; 


5  Which  will  not  hearken  to  the  voice 
of  charmers,  charming  never  so  wisely. 

6  Break  their  teeth,  O  God,  in  their 
mouth :  break  out  the  great  teeth  of  the 
young  lions,  O  Lord. 

7  Let  them  melt  away  as  waters  which  run 
continually :  lohen  he  bendeth  Ids  how  to  shoot 
his  arrows,  let  them  be  as  cut  in  pieces. 

8  As  a  snail  which  melteth,  let  every  one 
of  them  pass  away :  like  the  untimely  birth 
of  a  woman,  that  they  may  not  see  the  sun. 

9  Before  your  pots  can  feel  the  thorns,  he 
shall  take  them  away  as  with  a  whirlwind, 
both  living,  and  in  his  wrath. 

10  The  righteous  shall  rejoice  when  he 
seeth  the  vengeance :  he  shall  wash  his 
feet  in  the  blood  of  the  wicked. 

11  So  that  a  man  shall  sa}',  Verily  there 
is  a  reward  for  the  righteous :  verily  he 
is  a  God  that  judgeth  in  the  earth. 

PSALM  LIX. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  Al-taschith,  Michtam  of  David  ; 
when  Saul  sent,  and  they  watched  the  house  to  kill 
him. 

DELIVER  me  from  mine   enemies,  O 
my  God :  defend  me  from  them  that 
rise  up  against  me. 

2  Deliver  me  from  the  workers  of  in- 
iquity, and  save  me  from  bloody  men. 

3  For,  lo,  they  lie  in  wait  for  my  soul :  the 
mighty  are  gathered  against  me ;  not  for 
my  transgression,  nor/or  my  sin,  O  Lord. 

4  They  run  and  prepare  themselves  with- 
out my  fault :  awake  to  help  me,  and  be- 
hold. 

5  Thou  therefore,  O  Lord  God  of  hosts, 
the  God  of  Israel,  awake  to  visit  all  the 
heathen  :  be  not  merciful  to  any  wicked 
transgressors.     Selah. 

6  They  return  at  evening:  they  make  a 
noise  like  a  dog,  and  go  round  about  the 
city. 

7  Behold,  they  belch  out  with  their 
mouth :  swords  are  in  their  lips :  for  who, 
say  they,  doth  hear  ? 

8  But  thou,  O  Lord,  shalt  laugh  at  them  ; 
thou  shalt  have  all  the  heathen  in  derision. 

9  Becatcse  of  his  strength  will  I  wait  upon 
thee  :  for  God  is  my  defence. 

10  The  God  of  my  mercy  shall  prevent 
me :  God  shall  let  me  see  my  desire  upon 
mine  enemies. 

11  Slay  them  not,  lest  my  people  forget : 
scatter  them  by  thy  power;  and  bring 
them  down,  O  Lord  our  shield. 

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PSALMS. 


liJ  For  the  sin  of  their  mouth  and  the 
words  of  their  lips  let  them  even  be 
taken  in  their  pride :  and  for  cursing 
and  lying  which  they  speak. 

13  Consume  them  in  wrath,  consume  them^ 
that  they  may  not  he:  and  let  them  know 
that  God  ruleth  in  Jacob  unto  the  ends  of 
the  earth.     Selah. 

14  And  at  evening  let  them  return;  and 
let  them  make  a  noise  like  a  dog,  and  go 
round  about  the  city. 

15  Let  them  wander  up  and  down  for  meat, 
and  grudge  if  they  be  not  satisfied. 

16  But  I  will  sing  of  thy  power;  yea,  I 
will  sing  aloud  of  thy  mercy  in  the  morn- 
ing: for  thou  hast  been  my  defence  and 
refuge  in  the  day  of  my  trouble. 

17  Unto  thee,  O  my  strength,  will  I  sing : 
for  God  is  my  defence,  and  the  God  of  ray 
mercy. 

PSALM  LX. 

To  the  chief  Musician  upon  Shushan-eduth,  Michtam 
of  David,  to  teach  ;  when  he  strove  with  Aram-naha- 
raim  and  with  Aram-zobah,  when  Joab  returned,  and 
smote  of  Edom  in  the  valley  of  salt  twelve  thousand. 

OGOD,  thou  hast  cast  us  off,  thou  hast 
scattered    us,    thou    hast    been    dis- 
pleased ;  O  turn  thyself  to  us  again. 

2  Thou  hast  made  the  earth  to  tremble; 
thou  hast  broken  it :  heal  the  breaches 
thereof;  for  it  shaketh. 

3  Thou  hast  shewed  thy  people  hard 
things :  thou  hast  made  us  to  drink  the 
wine  of  astonishment. 

4  Thou  hast  given  a  banner  to  them  that 
fear  thee,  that  it  may  be  displayed  because 
of  the  truth.     Selah. 

5  That  thy  beloved  may  be  delivered; 
save  with  thy  right  hand,  and  hear  me. 

6  God  hath  spoken  in  his  holiness ;  I  will 
rejoice,  I  will  divide  Shechem,  and  mete 
out  the  valley  of  Succoth. 

7  Gilead  is  mine,  and  Manasseh  is  mine; 
Ephraim  also  is  the  strength  of  mine  head ; 
Judah  is  my  lawgiver ; 

8  Moab  is  my  washpot ;  over  Edom  will  I 
cast  out  my  shoe :  Philistia,  triumph  thou 
because  of  me. 

9  Who  will  bring  me  into  the  strong  city  ? 
who  will  lead  me  into  Edom? 

10  Wilt  not  thou,  O  God,  which  hadst  cast 
us  off?  and  thou,  O  God,  which  didst  not  go 
out  with  our  armies  ? 

11  Give  us  help  from  trouble:  for  vain  is 
the  help  of  man. 

12  Through  God  we  shall  do  valiantly: 

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for    he   it    is   that   shall    tread    down   our 
enemies. 

PSALM  LXI. 

To  the  chief  Musician  upon  Neginah,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

HEAR  my  cry,  O  God;  attend  unto  my 
prayer. 

2  From  the  end  of  the  earth  will  I  cry 
unto  thee,  when  my  heart  is  overwhelmed: 
lead  me  to  the  rock  t7iat  is  higher  than  L 

3  For  thou  hast  been  a  shelter  for  me,  and 
a  strong  tower  from  the  enemy. 

4  I  will  abide  in  thy  tabernacle  for  ever :  I 
will  trust  in  the  covert  of  thy  wings.   Selah. 

5  For  thou,  O  God,  hast  heard  my  vows : 
thou  hast  given  rne  the  heritage  of  those 
that  fear  thy  name. 

6  Thou  wilt  prolong  the  king's  life:  and 
his  years  as  many  generations. 

7  He  shall  abide  before  God  for  ever:  0 
prepare  mercy  and  truth,  which  may  pre- 
serve him. 

8  So  will  I  sing  praise  unto  thy  name  for 
ever,  that  I  may  daily  perform  my  vows. 

PSALM  LXIL 

To  the  chief  Musician,  to  Jeduthun,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

TRULY    my   soul   waiteth   upon    God : 
from  him  cometli  my  salvation. 

2  He  only  is  my  rock  and  my  salvation  ;  he 
is  my  defence ;  I  shall  not  be  greatly  moved. 

3  How  long  will  ye  imagine  mischief 
against  a  man?  ye  shall  be  slain  all  of 
you:  as  a  bowing  wall  s7iall  ye  be,  and  as 
a  tottering  fence. 

4  They  only  consult  to  cast  him  down 
from  his  excellency:  they  delight  in  lies: 
they  bless  with  their  mouth,  but  they 
curse  inwardly.     Selah. 

5  My  soul,  wait  thou  only  upon  God; 
for  my  expectation  is  from  him. 

G  He  only  is  my  rock  and  my  salvation : 
he  is  my  defence ;  I  shall  not  be  moved. 

7  In  God  is  my  salvation  and  my  glory :  the 
rock  of  my  strength,  a7id  my  refuge,  is  in  God. 

8  Trust  in  him  at  all  times  ;  ye  people, 
pour  out  your  heart  before  him :  God  is 
a  refuge  for  us.     Selah. 

9  Surely  men  of  low  degree  are  vanity, 
a}id  men  of  high  degree  are  a  lie:  to  be 
laid  in  the  balance,  they  are  altogether 
lighter  than  vanity. 

10  Trust  not  in  oppression,  and  become 
not  vain  in  robbery  :  if  riches  increase,  set 
not  your  heart  upo7i  them. 

11  God  hath  spoken  once;  twice  have  I 
heard  this  ;  that  power  bdonfjeth  unto  God. 


PSALMS. 


13  Also  unto  thee,  O  Lord,  belongeth  mer- 
cy: for  tliou  renderest  to  every  mau  ac- 
cording to  his  work. 

PSALM  LXIII. 

A  Psalm  of  David,  when  he  was  in  the  wilderness  of 
Judah. 

OGOD,  thou  art  my  God;  early  will 
I  seek  thee:  my  soul  thirsteth  for 
thee,  my  flesh  longeth  for  thee  in  a  dry 
and  thirsty  land,  where  no  water  is  ; 

2  To  see  thy  power  and  thy  glory,  so  as 
I  have  seen  thee  in  the  sanctuary. 

3  Because  thy  lovingkindness  is  better 
than  life,  my  lips  shall  praise  thee. 

4  Thus  will  I  bless  thee  while  I  live:  I 
will  lift  up  my  hands  in  thy  name. 

5  My  soul  shall  be  satisfied  as  loith  marrow 
and  fatness ;  and  my  mouth  shall  praise  thee 
with  joyful  lips: 

6  When  I  remember  thee  upon  my  bed, 
and  meditate  on  thee  in  the  night  watches. 

7  Because  thou  hast  been  my  help,  there- 
fore in  the  shadow  of  thy  wings  will  I 
rejoice. 

8  My  soul  followeth  hard  after  thee :  thy 
right  hand  upholdeth  me. 

9  But  those  that  seek  my  soul,  to  destroy 
it,  shall  go  into  the  lower  parts  of  the  earth. 

10  They  shall  fall  by  the  sword:  they 
shall  be  a  portion  for  foxes. 

11  But  the  king  shall  rejoice  in  God; 
every  one  that  sweareth  by  him  shall 
glory :  but  the  mouth  of  them  that  speak 
lies  shall  be  stopped. 

PSALM  LXIV. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

HEAR  my  voice,  O  God,  in  my  prayer : 
preserve    my  life   from   fear   of  the 
enemy. 

2  Hide  me  from  the  secret  counsel  of  the 
wicked ;  from  the  insurrection  of  the  work- 
ers of  iniquity : 

3  Who  whet  their  tongue  like  a  sword, 
and  bend  their  hows  to  sJioot  their  arrows, 
even  bitter  words : 

4  That  they  may  shoot  in  secret  at  the 
perfect:  suddenly  do  they  shoot  at  him, 
and  fear  not. 

5  They  encourage  themselves  in  an  evil 
matter:  they  commune  of  laying  snares 
privily ;  they  say,  Who  shall  see  them  ? 

6  They  search  out  iniquities  ;  they  accom- 
plish a  diligent  search  :  both  the  inward 
thought  of  every  one  of  them,  and  the  heart, 
is  deep. 


7  But  God  shall  shoot  at  them  with  an 
arrow;  suddenly  shall  they  be  wounded. 

8  So  they  shall  make  their  own  tongue  to 
fall  upon  themselves :  all  that  see  them 
shall  flee  away. 

9  And  all  men  shall  fear,  and  shall  de- 
clare the  woi-k  of  God;  for  they  shall 
wisely  consider  of  his  doing. 

10  The  righteous  shall  be  glad  in  the 
Lord,  and  shall  trust  in  him ;  and  all  the 
upright  in  heart  shall  glory. 

PSALM  LXV. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  and  Song  of  David. 

PRAISE   waiteth    for   thee,   O    God,   in 
Zion :   and  unto   thee  shall  the  voav 
be  performed. 

2  O  thou  that  hearest  prayer,  unto  thee 
shall  all  flesh  come. 

3  Iniquities  prevail  against  me :  as  for 
our  transgressions,  thou  shalt  purge  them 
away. 

4  Blessed  is  the  man  whom  thou  choosest, 
and  causest  to  approach  ^mto  thee,  that  he 
may  dwell  in  thy  courts :  we  shall  be  sat- 
isfied with  the  goodness  of  thy  house,  even 
of  thy  holy  temple. 

5  By  terrible  things  in  righteousness  wilt 
thou  answer  us,  O  God  of  our  salvation ; 
who  art  the  confidence  of  all  the  ends  of 
the  earth,  and  of  them  that  are  afar  off 
upon  the  sea : 

6  Which  by  his  strength  setteth  fast  the 
mountains  ;  being  girded  with  power : 

7  Which  stilleth  the  noise  of  the  seas, 
the  noise  of  their  waves,  and  the  tumult 
of  the  people. 

8  They  also  that  dwell  in  the  uttermost 
parts  are  afraid  at  thy  tokens  :  thou  makest 
the  outgoings  of  the  morning  and  evening 
to  rejoice. 

9  Thou  visitest  the  earth,  and  waterest  it : 
thou  greatly  enrichest  it  with  the  river  of 
God,  ichich  is  full  of  water :  thou  preparest 
them  corn,  when  thou  hast  so  provided 
for  it. 

10  Thou  waterest  the  ridges  thereof  abun- 
dantly :  thou  settlest  the  furrows  thereof: 
thou  makest  it  soft  with  showers :  thou 
blessest  the  springing  thereof. 

11  Thou  crownest  the  year  with  thy  good- 
ness ;  and  thy  paths  drop  fatness. 

13  They  drop  U2wn  the  pastures  of  the 
wilderness:  and  the  little  hills  rejoice  on 
every  side. 

13  The  pastures  are  clothed  with  flocks; 

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PSALMS. 


the   valleys    also    are    covered    over   with 
corn;  they  shout  for  joy,  they  also  sing. 
PSALM  LXVI. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Song  or  Psalm. 

MAKE  a  joyful  noise  unto  God,  all  ye 
lauds : 

2  Sing  forth  the  honour  of  his  name: 
make  his  praise  glorious. 

3  Say  unto  God,  How  terrible  art  thou  in 
thy  works!  through  the  greatness  of  thy 
power  shall  thine  enemies  submit  them- 
selves unto  thee. 

4  All  the  earth  shall  worship  thee,  and 
shall  sing  unto  thee;  they  shall  sing  to 
thy  name.     Selah. 

5  Come  and  see  the  works  of  God:  he  is 
terrible  in  his  doing  toward  the  children 
of  men. 

6  He  turned  the  sea  into  dry  laiid:  they 
went  through  the  flood  on  foot:  there 
did  we  rejoice  in  him. 

7  He  ruleth  by  his  power  for  ever;  his 
eyes  behold  the  nations:  let  not  the  re- 
bellious exalt  themselves.     Selah. 

8  O  bless  our  God,  ye  people,  and  make 
the  voice  of  his  praise  to  be  heard : 

9  Which  holdeth  our  soul  in  life,  and 
suflfereth  not  our  feet  to  be  moved. 

10  For  thou,  O  God,  hast  proved  us: 
thou  hast  tried  us,  as  silver  is  tried. 

11  Thou  brought  est  us  into  the  net; 
thou  laidst  affliction  upon  our  loins. 

12  Thou  hast  caused  men  to  ride  over 
our  heads ;  we  went  through  fire  and 
through  water:  but  thou  broughtest  us 
out  into  a  wealthy  ^^?«('e. 

13  I  will  go  into  thy  house  with  burnt 
oflerings  :  I  will  pay  thee  my  vows, 

14  Which  my  lips  have  uttered,  and  my 
mouth  hath  spoken,  when  I  Avas  in 
trouble. 

15  I  Avill  offer  unto  thee  burnt  sacrifices 
of  fatlings,  with  the  incense  of  rams:  I 
will  ofler  bullocks  Avith  goats.     Selah. 

16  Come  and  hear,  all  ye  that  fear  God,  and 
I  will  declare  what  he  hath  done  for  my 
soul. 

17  I  cried  unto  him  with  my  mouth, 
and  he  was  extolled  with  my  tongue. 

IS  If  I  regard  iniquity  in  my  heart,  the 
Lord  will  not  hear  me: 

19  But  verily  God  hath  heard  nu  ;  he  hath 
attended  to  the  voice  of  my  prayer. 

20  Blessed  U  God,  which  hath  not  turned 
away  my  prayer,  nor  his  mercy  from  me. 

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PSALM  LXVIL 

To  the  chief  Musician  on  Ncginoth,  A  Psalm  or  Song. 

GOD   be   merciful   unto   us,  and   bless 
us ;  and  cause  his  face  to  shine  upon 
us;  Selah. 

2  That  thy  way  may  be  known  upon 
earth,  thy  saving  health  among  all  nations. 

3  Let  the  people  praise  thee,  O  God ;  let 
all  the  people  praise  thee. 

4  O  let  the  nations  be  glad  and  sing  for 
joy  :  for  thou  shalt  judge  the  people  right- 
eously, and  govern  the  nations  upon  earth. 
Selah. 

5  Let  the  people  praise  thee,  O  God;  let 
all  the  people  praise  thee. 

6  Tlien  shall  the  earth  yield  her  increase; 
and  God,  e7jen  our  own  God,  shall  bless  us. 

7  God  shall  bless  us ;  and  all  the  ends  of 
the  earth  shall  fear  him. 

PSALM  LXVIIL 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  or  Song  of  David. 

LET  God  arise,  let  his  enemies  be  scat- 
tered :    let  them  also  that  hate  him 
flee  before  him. 

2  As  smoke  is  driven  away,  so  drive  them 
away:  as  wax  melteth  before  the  fire,  so 
let  the  wicked  perish  at  the  presence  of 
God. 

3  But  let  the  righteous  be  glad;  let 
them  rejoice  before  God:  yea,  let  them 
exceedingly  rejoice. 

4  Sing  unto  God,  sing  praises  to  his 
name:  extol  him  that  rideth  upon  the 
heavens  by  his  name  JAH,  and  rejoice 
before  him. 

5  A  father  of  the  fatherless,  and  a  judge 
of  the  widows,  i,s  God  in  his  holy  habit- 
ation. 

6  God  setteth  the  solitary  in  families:  he 
bringeth  out  those  which  are  bound  with 
chains:  but  the  rebellious  dwell  in  a  dry 
land. 

7  O  God,  when  thou  wentest  forth  be- 
fore thy  people,  when  thou  didst  march 
through  the  wilderness ;  Selah  : 

8  The  earth  shook,  the  heavens  also 
dropped  at  the  presence  of  God :  even 
Sinai  itself  was  moved  at  the  presence  of 
God,  the  God  of  Israel. 

9  Thou,  O  God,  didst  send  a  plentiful 
rain,  whereby  thou  didst  confirm  thine 
inheritance,  when  it  was  weary. 

10  Thy  congregation  hath  dwelt  therein : 
thou,  O  God,  hast  prepared  of  thy  good- 
ness for  the  poor. 


PSALMS. 


11  The  Lord  gave  the  word :  great  iva.s 
the  company  of  those  that  published  if. 

12  Kings  of  armies  did  flee  apace:  and 
she  that  tarried  at  home  divided  the  spoil. 

13  Though  ye  h^ive  lain  among  the  pots, 
yet  shall  ye  he  as  the  wings  of  a  dove 
covered  with  silver,  and  her  feathers  with 
yellow  gold. 

14  When  the  Almighty  scattered  kings 
in  it,  it  was  tohite  as  snow  in  Salmon. 

15  The  hill  of  God  is  as  the  hill  of 
Bashan ;  a  high  hill  as  the  hill  of  Bashan. 

16  Why  leap  ye,  ye  high  hills  ?  this  is  the 
hill  which  God  desireth  to  dwell  in;  yea, 
the  Lord  will  dwell  in  it  for  ever. 

17  The  chariots  of  God  are  twenty 
thousand,  even  thousands  of  angels :  the 
Lord  is  among  them,  as  iji  Sinai,  in  the 
holy  place. 

18  Thou  hast  ascended  on  high,  thou  hast 
led  captivity  captive:  thou  hast  received 
gifts  for  men ;  yea,  for  the  rebellious 
also,  that  the  Lord  God  might  dwell 
amonq  them. 

19  Blessed  he  the  Lord,  vifio  daily  loadeth 
us  with  hcneflts,  even  the  God  of  our  salva- 
tion.   Selah. 

20  He  that  is  our  God  is  the  God  of  salva- 
tion; and  unto  God  the  Lord  helo?ig  the 
issues  from  death. 

21  But  God  shall  wound  the  head  of 
his  enemies,  and  the  hairy  scalp  of  such 
a  one  as  goeth  on  still  in  his  trespasses. 

22  The  Lord  said,  I  will  bring  again  from 
Bashan,  I  will  bring  7ny  people  again  from 
the  depths  of  the  sea: 

23  That  thy  foot  may  be  dipped  in  the 
blood  of  tJiine  enemies,  and  the  tongue 
of  thy  dogs  in  the  same. 

24  They  have  seen  thy  goings,  O  God ; 
even  the  goings  of  my  God,  ray  King, 
in  the  sanctuary. 

25  The  singers  went  before,  the  players 
on  instruments  followed  after ;  among 
them  were  the  damsels  playing  with  tim- 
brels. 

26  Bless  ye  God  in  the  congregations, 
even  the  Lord,  from  the  fountain  of  Israel. 

27  There  i.s  little  Benjamin  «'(7A  their  ruler, 
the  princes  of  Judah  and  their  council,  the 
princes  of  Zebulun,  aiid  the  princes  of 
Naphtali. 

28  Thy  God  hath  commanded  thy 
strength :  strengthen,  O  God,  that  which 
thou  iiast  wrought  for  us. 


29  Because  of  thy  temple  at  Jerusalem 
shall  kings  bring  presents  unto  thee. 

30  Rebuke  the  company  of  spearmen, 
the  multitude  of  the  bulls,  with  the  calves 
of  the  people,  till  every  one  submit  himself 
with  pieces  of  silver :  scatter  thou  the 
people  that  delight  in  war. 

31  Princes  shall  come  out  of  Egypt ; 
Ethiopia  shall  soon  stretch  out  her 
hands  unto  God. 

32  Sing  unto  God,  ye  kingdoms  of  the 
earth;  O  sing  praises  unto  the  Lord; 
Selah  : 

33  To  him  that  rideth  upon  the  heavens 
of  heavens,  which  were  of  old;  lo,  he  doth 
send  out  his  voice,  a^id  that  a  mighty  voice. 

34  Ascribe  ye  strength  unto  God :  his 
excellency  is  over  Israel,  and  his  strength 
is  in  the  clouds. 

35  O  God,  thou  art  terrible  out  of  thy 
holy  places :  the  God  of  Israel  is  he  that 
giveth  strength  and  power  unto  his  peo- 
ple.    Blessed  he  God. 

PSALM  LXIX, 

To  the  chief  Musician  upon   Shoshannim,  A  Psalm  of 
David. 

SAVE  me,  O  God;    for  the  waters   are 
come  in  unto  my  soul. 

2  I  sink  in  deep  mire,  where  there  is  no 
standing:  I  am  come  into  deep  waters, 
where  the  floods  overflow  me. 

3  I  am  weary  of  my  crying :  my  throat 
is  dried :  mine  eyes  fail  while  I  wait  for 
my  God. 

4  They  that  hate  me  without  a  cause  are 
more  than  the  hairs  of  mine  head  :  they 
that  would  destroy  me,  heiiig  mine  ene- 
mies wrongfully,  are  mighty :  then  I  re- 
stoi-ed  that  which  I  took  not  away. 

5  O  God,  thou  knowest  my  foolishness ; 
and  my  sins  are  not  hid  from  thee. 

6  Let  not  them  that  wait  on  thee,  O  Lord 
God  of  hosts,  be  ashamed  for  my  sake  :  let 
not  those  that  seek  thee  be  confounded 
for  my  sake,  O  God  of  Israel. 

7  Because  for  thy  sake  I  have  borne 
reproach  ;  shame  hath  covered  my  face. 

8  I  am  become  a  stranger  unto  my  breth- 
ren, and  an  alien  unto  my  mother's  chil- 
dren. 

9  For  the  zeal  of  thine  house  hath  eaten 
me  up;  and  the  reproaches  of  them  that 
reproached  thee  are  fallen  upon  me. 

10  When  I  wept,  and  chastened  my  soul 
with  fasting,  that  was  to  my  reproach. 

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PSALMS. 


11  I  made  sackcloth  also  my  garment; 
and  I  became  a  proverb  to  them. 

12  They  that  sit  in  the  gate  speak  against 
me;  and  I  ivas  the  song  of  the  drunkards. 

13  But  as  for  me,  my  prayer  u  unto  thee, 

0  Lord,  i?i  an  acceptable  time :  O  God, 
in  the  multitude  of  thy  mercy  hear  me,  in 
the  truth  of  thy  salvation. 

14  Deliver  me  out  of  the  mire,  and  let 
me  not  sink :  let  me  be  delivered  from 
them  that  hate  me,  and  out  of  the  deep 
waters. 

15  Let  not  the  waterflood  overflow  me, 
neither  let  the  deep  swallow  me  up,  and 
let  not  the  pit  shut  her  mouth  upon 
me. 

16  Hear  me,  O  Lord  ;  for  thy  lovingkind- 
ness  is  good:  turn  imto  me  according  to 
the  multitude  of  thy  tender  mercies. 

17  And  hide  not  thy  face  from  thy  serv- 
ant; for  I  am  in  trouble:  hear  me  speedily. 

18  Draw  nigh  unto  my  soul,  mid  redeem 
it :  deliver  me  because  of  mine  enemies. 

19  Thou  hast  known  my  reproach,  and 
my  shame,  and  my  dishonour:  mine  ad- 
versaries are  all  before  thee. 

20  Reproach  hath  broken  my  heart ;   and 

1  am  full  of  heaviness :  and  I  looked  for 
some  to  take  pity,  but  there  toas  none ; 
and  for  comforters,  but  I  found  none. 

21  They  gave  me  also  gall  for  my  meat ; 
and  in  my  thirst  they  gave  me  vinegar  to 
drink. 

22  Let  their  table  become  a  snare  before 
them :  and  tliat  lohich  should  have  been  for 
their  Avelfarc,  let  it  become  a  trap. 

23  Let  their  eyes  be  darkened,  that  they 
see  not ;  and  make  their  loins  continually 
to  shake. 

24  Pour  out  thine  indignation  upon  them, 
and  let  thy  wrathful  anger  take  hold  of 
them. 

25  Let  their  habitation  be  desolate;  a)id 
let  none  dwell  in  their  tents. 

26  For  they  persecute  him  whom  thou 


song,  and  will  magnify  him  with  thanks- 
giving. 

31  This  also  shall  please  the  Lord  better 
than  an  ox  or  bullock  that  hath  horns  and 
hoofs. 

32  The  humble  shall  see  this,  and  be  glad  : 
and  your  heart  shall  live  that  seek  God. 

33  For  the  Lord  heareth  the  poor,  and 
despiseth  not  his  prisoners. 

3-1:  Let  the  heaven  and  earth  praise  him,  the 
seas,  and  every  thing  that  moveth  therein. 

35  For  God  will  save  Zion,  and  will  build 
the  cities  of  Judah:  that  they  may  dwell 
there,  and  have  it  in  possession. 

36  The  seed  also  of  his  servants  shall 
inherit  it:  and  they  that  love  his  name 
shall  dwell  therein. 

PSALM  LXX. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  Da\-id,  to  brinp  to 
remembrance. 

lirAKE  haste,  0  God,  to  deliver  me; 
-^Kt  make  haste  to  help  me,  O  Lord. 

2  Let  them  be  ashamed  and  confounded 
that  seek  after  ray  soul:  let  them  be  turned 
backward,  and  put  to  confusion,  that  desire 
my  hurt. 

3  Let  them  be  turned  back  for  a  reward 
of  their  shame  that  say.  Aha,  aha. 

4  Let  all  those  that  seek  thee  rejoice 
and  be  glad  in  thee :  and  let  such  as  love 
thy  salvation  say  continually.  Let  God  be 
magnified. 

5  But  I  am  poor  and  need}' ;  make  haste 
unto  me,  O  God:  thou  art  my  help  and 
my  deliverer ;  0  Lord,  make  no  tarrying. 


PSALM  LXXL 


let 


IX  thee,  O  Lord,  do  I  put  my  trust 
me  never  be  put  to  confusion. 

2  Deliver  me  in  thy  righteousness,  and 
cause  me  to  escape:  incline  thine  ear 
unto  me,  and  save  me. 

3  Be  thou  my  strong  habitation,  where- 
uuto  I  may  continually  resort :  thou  hast 
given  commandment  to  save  me;  for  thou 


hast  smitten;   and  they  talk  to  the  grief  j  ar^  my  rock  and  my  fortress. 

of  those  whom  thou  hast  wounded.  j    4  Deliver  me,  O  my  God,  out  of  the  hand 

27  Add  iniquity  unto  their  iniquity:  and    of  the  wicked,  out  of  the  hand  of  the  un- 
let them  not  come  into  thy  righteousness,    j  righteous  and  cruel  man. 

28  Let  them  be  blotted  out  of  the  book     5  For  thou  art  my  hojie,  O  Lord  God: 
of  the  living,  and  not  be  written  with  the    thou  art  my  trust  from  my  youth, 
righteous.  i    6  By  thee  have  I  been  liolden  up  from 

29  But  I  am  poor  and  sorrowful:  let  thy  ,  the  womb:  thou  art  he  tliat  took  me  out 
salvation,  O  God,  set  me  up  on  high.  of  my  mother's   bowels  :   my  praise  shall 

30  I  will  praise  the  name  of  God  with  a    he  continually  of  thee. 

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PSALMS. 


7  1    am  as   a  wonder  unto    many;    but  i  PSALM  LXXII 

thou  art  my  strong  reluge.  !  a  Fsalm  for  Solomon. 

8  Let  my  mouth  be  filled  icllh  thy  praise  '  /~1  IVE  the  king  thy  judgments,  O  God, 

i  vJT  and 


and  with  thy  honour  all  the  day. 
9  Cast   me   not.  oflC  in  the  time  of   old  \  son. 


thy  righteousness  unto  the  king's 


age;    forsake  me  not  when  my  strength 
i^iileth. 

10  For  mine  enemies  speak  against  me; 
and  they  that  lay  wait  for  my  soul  take 
counsel  together, 

11  Saying,  God  hath  forsaken  him:   per- 


2  He  shall  judge  thy  people  with  right- 
eousness, and  thy  poor  with  judgment. 

3  The  mountains  shall  bring  peace  to  the 
people,  and  the  little  hills,  by  righteous- 
ness. 

4  He  shall  judge  the  poor  of  the  people, 


secute  and  take  him ;  for  there  la  none  to    he  shall  save  the  children  of  the  needy. 


deliver  him. 
13  O  God,  be  not  far  from  me:  O  my  God, 
make  haste  for  my  help. 

13  Lot  them  be  confounded  and  consumed 
that  are  adversaries  to  my  soul ;  let  them 
be  covered  with  reproach  and  dishonour 
that  seek  my  hurt. 

14  But  I  will  hope  continually,  and  will 
yet  praise  thee  more  and  more. 

15  My  mouth  shall  shew  forth  thy  right- 
eousness a)id  thy  salvation  all  the  da}' ; 
for  I  know  not  the  numbers  thereof. 

16  I  will  go  in  the  strength  of  the  Lord 
God:  I  will  make  mention  of  thy  right- 
eousness, eve7i  of  thine  only. 

17  O  God,  thou  hast  taught  me  from  my 
youth :  and  hitherto  have  I  declared  thy 
wondrous  works. 

18  Now  also  when  1  am-  old  and  gray- 
headed,  O  God,  forsake  me  not ;  until  I 
have  shewed  thy  strength  unto  this  gen- 
eration, and  thy  power  to  every  one  that 
is  to  come. 

19  Thy  righteousness  also,  O  God,  is  xary 
high,  who  hast  done  great  things:  O  God, 
who  is  like  unto  thee! 

20  Tho^i,  which  hast  shewed  me  great  and 
sore  troubles,  shalt  quicken  me  again,  and 
Shalt  bring  me  up  agaiu  from  the  depths 
of  the  earth. 

21  Thou  shalt  increase  my  greatness,  and 
comfort  me  on  every  side. 

22  I  will  also  praise  thee  with  the  psal- 
tery, fivoi  thj'  truth,  O  my  God  :  unto  thee 
will  I  sing  with  the  harp,  O  thou  Holy 
One  of  Israel. 

23  My  lips  shall  greatly  rejoice  when  I 
sing  unto  thee;  and  my  soul,  which  thou 
hast  redeemed. 


and  shall  break  in  pieces  the  oppressor. 

5  They  shall  fear  thee  as  long  as  the  sun 
and  moon  endure,  throughout  all  genera- 
tions. 

6  He  shall  come  down  like  rain  upon  the 
mown  grass  :  as  showers  that  water  the  earth. 

7  In  his  days  shall  the  righteous  flourish  ; 
and  abundance  of  peace  so  long  as  the 
moon  endureth. 

8  He  shall  have  dominion  also  from  sea 
to  sea,  and  from  the  river  unto  the  ends 
of  the  earth. 

9  They  that  dAvcll  in  the  wilderness  shall 
bow  before  him;  and  his  enemies  shall 
lick  the  dust. 

10  The  kings  of  Tarshish  and  of  the  isles 
shall  bring  presents :  the  kings  of  Sheba 
and  Seba  shall  offer  gifts. 

11  Yea,  all  kings  shall  fall  down  before 
him  :  all  nations  shall  serve  him. 

12  For  he  shall  deliver  the  needy  when 
he  crieth  ;  the  poor  also,  and  him  that 
hath  no  helper. 

13  He  shall  spare  the  poor  and  needy, 
and  shall  save  the  souls  of  the  needy. 

14  He  shall  redeem  their  soul  from  de- 
ceit and  violence :  and  precious  shall  their 
blo6d  be  in  his  sight. 

15  And  he  shall  live,  and  to  him  shall 
be  given  of  the  gold  of  Sheba :  prayer 
also  shall  be  made  for  him  continually ; 
and  daily  shall  he  be  praised. 

16  There  shall  be  a  handful  of  corn  in 
the  earth  upon  the  top  of  Ihe  mountains; 
the  fruit  thereof  shall  shake  like  Leba- 
non :  and  they  of  the  city  shall  flourish 
like  grass  of  the  earth. 

17  His  name  shall  endure  for  ever:  his 
name  shall   be   continued   as   long  as  the 


24  My  tongue  also  shall  talk  of  thy  right-    sun:  and  mm  shall  be  blessed  in  him  :  all 
eousness  all  the  day  long:    for  they  are  I  nations  shall  call  him  blessed, 
confounded,   for    they   are    brought    unto  j    18  Blessed  be  the  Lokd  God,  the  God  of 
shame,  that  seek  my  hurt.  i  Israel,  who  only  doeth  wondrous  things. 

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PSALMS. 


19  And  blessed  be  his  g:lonous  uame  for 
ever:  And  let  the  whole  earth  be  filled 
with  his  glory.     Amen,  and  Amen. 

20  The  prayers  of  David  the  son  of  Jesse 
are  ended. 

PSALM  LXXIIL 

A  Psalm  of  Asaph. 

TRULY  God  is  good  to  Israel,  even  to 
such  as  are  of  a  clean  heart. 
2  But  as   for  me,   my   feet  were  almost 
gone ;  my  steps  had  Avell  nigh  slipped. 
j    3  For  I  was  envious  at  the  foolish,  when 
j  I  saw  the  prosperity  of  the  wicked. 

4  For  there  are  no  bands  in  their  death: 
but  their  strength  is  firm. 

5  They  are  not  in  trouble  as  other  men; 
neither  are  they  plagued  like  other  men. 

6  Therefore  pride  compasseth  them  about 
as  a  chain;  violence  covereth  them  as  a 
garment. 

7  Their  eyes  stand  out  with  fatness :  they 
have  more  than  heart  could  wish. 

8  They  are  corrupt,  and  speak  wickedly 
concerning  oppression  :  they  speak  loftily. 

9  They  set  their  mouth  against  the  heav- 
ens, and  their  tongue  walketh  through  the 
earth. 

10  Therefore  his  people  return  hither: 
and  waters  of  a  full  cup  are  wrung  out  to 
them. 

11  And  they  say.  How  doth  God  know? 
and  is  there  knowledge  in  the  Most  High  ? 

12  Behold,  these  are  the  ungodly,  who 
prosper  in  the  world;  they  increase  in 
riches. 

13  Verily  I  have  cleansed  my  heart  in 
vain,  and  washed  my  hands  in  innocency. 

14  For  all  the  day  long  have  I  been 
plagued,  and  chastened  every  morning. 

15  If  I  say,  I  will  speak  thus;  behold, 
I  should  ofi'end  against  the  genei'ation  of 
thy  children. 

16  When  I  thought  to  know  this,  it  ?m.<? 
too  painful  for  me ; 

17  Until  I  went  into  the  sanctuary  of 
God ;  then  understood  I  their  end. 

18  Surely  thou  didst  set  them  in  slippery 
places:  thou  castedst  them  down  into 
destruction. 

19  How  are  they  brought  into  desolation, 
as  in  a  moment !  they  are  utterly  con- 
sumed with  terrors. 

20  As  a  dream  when  one  awaketh ;  so,  O 
Lord,  when  thou  awakest,  thou  shalt  de- 
spise their  image. 

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21  Thus  m}^  heart  was  grieved,  and  I  was 
pricked  in  my  reins. 

22  So  foolish  was  I,  and  ignorant :  I  was 
as  a  beast  before  thee. 

23  Nevertheless  I  am  continually  with 
thee :  thou  hast  holden  me  by  my  right 
hand. 

24  Thou  shalt  guide  me  with  thy  coun- 
sel, and  afterward  receive  me  to  glory. 

25  Whom  have  I  in  heaven  but  thee?  and 
there  is  none  upon  earth  that  I  desire  be- 
sides thee. 

26  My  flesh  and  my  heart  faileth :  but 
God  is  the  strength  of  my  heart,  and  my 
portion  for  ever. 

27  For,  lo,  they  that  are  far  from  thee 
shall  perish :  thou  hast  destroyed  all  them 
that  go  a  whoring  from  thee. 

28  But  it  is  good  for  me  to  draw  near 
to  God  :  I  have  put  my  trust  in  the  Lord 
God,  that  I  may  declare  all  thy  works. 

PSALM  LXXIV. 

Maschil  of  Asaph. 

OGOD,  why  hast  thou  cast  us  oflF  for 
ever?   why  doth  thine  anger  smoke 
against  the  sheep  of  thy  pasture  ? 

2  Remember  thy  congregation,  v;hich  thou 
hast  purchased  of  old;  the  rod  of  thine 
inheritance,  which  thou  hast  redeemed; 
this  mount  Zion,  wherein  thou  hast  dwelt. 

3  Lift  up  thy  feet  unto  the  perpetual 
desolations;  eveii  all  that  the  enemy  hath 
done  wickedly  in  the  sanctuary. 

4  Thine  enemies  roar  in  the  midst  of 
thy  congregations;  they  set  up  their  en- 
signs/or  signs. 

5  A  man  was  famous  according  as  he  had 
lifted  up  axes  upon  the  thick  trees. 

6  But  now  they  break  down  the  carved 
work  thereof  at  once  with  axes  and  ham- 
mers. 

7  They  have  cast  fire  into  thy  sanctuary, 
they  have  defiled  by  casting  dovm  the  dwell- 
ingplace  of  thy  name  to  the  ground. 

8  They  said  in  their  hearts.  Let  us  de- 
stroy them  together:  they  have  burned 
up  all  the  synagogues  of  God  in  the  land. 

9  We  see  not  our  signs  :  there  is  no  more 
any  prophet:  neither  is  there  among  us 
any  that  knoweth  how  long. 

10  O  God,  how  long  shall  the  adversary 
reproach  ?  shall  the  enemy  blaspheme  thy 
name  for  ever? 

11  Why  withdrawest  thou  thy  hand,  even 
thy  right  hand?  pluck  it  out  of  thy  bosom. 


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13  For  God  is  my  King  of  old,  working 
salvation  in  the  midst  of  the  earth. 

13  Thou  didst  divide  the  sea  by  thy 
strength:  thou  brakest  the  heads  of  the 
dragons  in  the  waters. 

14  Thou  brakest  the  heads  of  leviathan 
in  pieces,  ajid  gavest  him  to  be  meat  to 
the  people  inhabiting  the  wilderness. 

15  Thou  didst  cleave  the  fountain  and  the 
flood :  thou  driedst  up  mighty  rivers. 

16  The  day  is  thine,  the  night  also  is 
thine:  thou  hast  prepared  the  light  and 
the  sun. 

17  Thou  hast  set  all  the  borders  of  the 
earth :  thou  hast  made  summer  and  winter. 

18  Remember  this,  that  the  enemy  hath 
reproached,  O  Lord,  and  that  the  foolish 
people  have  blasphemed  thy  name. 

19  O  deliver  not  the  soul  of  thy  turtle- 
dove unto  the  multitude  of  the  wicked :  for- 
get not  the  congregation  of  thy  poor  for 
ever. 

20  Have  respect  unto  the  covenant :  for 
the  dark  places  of  the  earth  are  full  of 
the  habitations  of  cruelty. 

21  O  let  not  the  oppressed  return  ashamed : 
let  the  poor  and  needy  praise  thy  name. 

22  Arise,  O  God,  plead  thine  own  cause  : 
remember  how  the  foolish  man  reproach- 
eth  thee  daily. 

23  Forget  not  the  voice  of  thine  enemies : 
the  tumult  of  those  that  rise  up  against 
thee  increaseth  continually. 

PSALM  LXXV. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  Al-taschith,  A  Paalm  or  Song 
of  Asaph. 

UNTO  thee,  O  God,  do  we  give  thanks, 
u7ito  thee  do  we  give  thanks :  for 
that  thy  name  is  near  thy  wondrous  Avorks 
declare. 

2  When  I  shall  receive  the  congregation 
I  will  judge  uprightly. 

3  The  earth  and  all  the  inhabitants  there- 
of are  dissolved :  I  bear  up  the  pillars  of  it. 
Selah. 

4  I  said  unto  the  fools.  Deal  not  foolishly : 
and  to  the  wicked.  Lift  not  up  the  horn : 

5  Lift  not  up  your  horn  on  high:  speak 
not  with  a  stiff  neck. 

6  For  promotion  cometh  neither  from  the 
east,  nor  from  the  west,  nor  from  the 
south. 

7  But  God  is  the  judge :  he  putteth  down 
one,  and  setteth  up  another. 

8  For  in  the  hand  of  the  Lord  thei-e  is  a 

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cup,  and  the  wine  is  red ;  it  is  full  of  mix- 
ture; and  he  poureth  out  of  the  same: 
but  the  dregs  thereof,  all  the  wicked  of 
the  earth  shall  wring  them  out,  and  drink 
them. 

9  But  I  will  declare  for  ever ;  I  will  sing 
praises  to  the  God  of  Jacob. 

10  All  the  horns  of  the  wicked  also  will  I 
cut  off;  but  the  horns  of  the  righteous  shall 
be  exalted. 

PSALM  LXXVL 

To  the  chief  Musician  on  Neginoth,  A  Psalm  or  Song 
of  Asaph. 

IN  Judah  is  God  known:    his  name  is 
great  in  Israel. 

2  In  Salem  also  is  his  tabernacle,  and  his 
dwellingplace  in  Zion. 

3  There  brake  he  the  arrows  of  the  bow, 
the  shield,  and  the  sword,  and  the  battle. 
Selah. 

4  Thou  a7-t  more  glorious  and  excellent 
than  the  mountains  of  prey. 

5  The  stouthearted  are  spoiled,  they  have 
slept  their  sleep :  and  none  of  the  men  of 
might  have  fouud  their  hands. 

6  At  thy  rebuke,  O  God  of  Jacob,  both 
the  chariot  and  horse  are  cast  into  a  dead 
sleep. 

7  Thou,  even  thou,  art  to  be  feared:  and 
who  may  stand  in  thy  sight  when  once 
thou  art  angry  ? 

8  Thou  didst  cause  judgment  to  be  heard 
from  heaven ;  the  earth  feared,  and  was  still, 

9  When  God  arose  to  judgment,  to  save 
all  the  meek  of  the  earth.     Selah. 

10  Surely  the  Avrath  of  man  shall  praise 
thee:  the  remainder  of  wrath  shalt  thou 
restrain. 

11  Vow,  and  pay  unto  the  Lord  your  God : 
let  all  that  be  round  about  him  bring  pres- 
ents unto  him  that  ought  to  be  feared. 

12  He  shall  cut  off  the  spirit  of  princes: 
he  is  terrible  to  the  kings  of  the  earth. 

PSALM  LXXVIL 

To  the  chief  Musician,  to  Jeduthun,  A  Psalm  of  Asaph. 

I  CRIED  unto  God  with  my  voice,  even 
unto  God  with  my  voice ;  and  he  gave 
ear  unto  me. 

2  In  the  day  of  my  trouble  I  sought  the 
Lord:  my  sore  ran  in  the  night,  and  ceased 
not :  my  soul  refused  to  be  comforted. 

3  I  remembered  God,  and  was  troubled : 
I  complained,  and  my  spirit  was  over- 
whelmed.    Selah.  

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4  Thou  boldest  mine  eyes  waking: 
I  am  so  troubled  that  I  cannot  speak. 

5  I  have  considered  the  days  of  old,  the 
years  of  ancient  times. 

6  I  call  to  remembrance  my  song  in 
the  night :  I  commune  with  mine  own 
heart :  and  my  spirit  made  diligent  search. 

7  Will  the  Lord  cast  off  for  ever?  and 
will  he  be  fovourable  no  more? 

8  Is  his  mercy  clean  gone  for  ever  ?  doth 
his  promise  fail  for  evermore? 

9  Halh  God  forgotten  to  be  gracious? 
hath  he  in  anger  shut  up  his  tender  mer- 
cies ?    Selah. 

10  And  I  said,  This  is  my  infirmity:  but 
I  vnll  remember  the  years  of  the  right 
hand  of  the  Most  High. 

11  I  will  remember  the  works  of  the 
Lord:  surely  I  will  remember  thy  won- 
ders of  old. 

12  I  will  meditate  also  of  all  thy  work, 
and  talk  of  thy  doings. 

13  Thy  wa}',  O  God,  is  in  the  sanctuary : 
who  is  so  great  a  God  as  our  God? 

14  Thou  art  the  God  that  doest  wonders  : 
thou  hast  declared  thy  strength  among  the 
people. 

15  Thou  hast  with  ihi?ic  arm  redeemed 
thy  people,  the  sons  of  Jacob  and  Joseph. 
Selah. 

IG  The  waters  saw  thee,  O  God 
waters  saw  thee ;  they  were  afraid 
depths  also  were  troubled. 

17    The   clouds  poured    out  water 


the 
the 


the 


skies  sent  out  a  sound:  thine  arrows 
also  went  abroad. 

18  The  voice  of  thy  thunder  was  in  the 
heaven :  the  lightnings  lightened  the 
world :  the  earth  trembled  and  shook. 

19  Thy  way  is  in  the  sea,  and  thy  path 
in  the  great  waters,  and  thy  footsteps 
are  not  known. 

20  Thou  Icddest  thy  people  like  a  flock 
by  the  hand  of  Moses  and  Aaron. 

PSALM  LXXVIIL 

Maschil  of  Asaph. 

/~^  IVE  ear,  O  my  people,  to  my  law: 
vX  incline  your  ears  to  the  words  of  my 
mouth. 

2  I  will  open  my  mouth  in  a  parable:  I 
will  utter  dark  sayings  of  old  : 

3  Which  we  have  heard  and  known,  and 
our  fathers  have  told  us. 

4  We  will  not  hide  them  from  their  chil- 
dren, shewing  to  the  generation  to  come 

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the  praises  of  the  Lokd,  and  his  strength, 
and  his  woudcrfui  works  that  he  hath 
done. 

5  For  he  established  a  testimony  in 
Jacob,  and  appointed  a  law  in  Israel, 
which  he  commanded  our  fathers,  that 
they  should  make  them  known  to  their 
children : 

G  That  the  generation  to  come  might 
know  them^  even  the  children  w/iich  should 
be  born ;  who  should  arise  and  declare 
them  to  their  children : 

7  That  they  might  set  their  hope  in  God, 
and  not  forget  the  works  of  God,  but  keep 
his  commandments  : 

8  And  might  not  be  as  their  fathers,  a 
stubborn  and  rebellious  generation;  a 
generation  that  set  not  their  heart  aright, 
and  whose  spirit  Avas  not  steadfast  with 
God. 

9  The  children  of  Ephraim,  beiii(/  armed, 
and  carrying  bows,  turned  back  in  the  day 
of  battle. 

10  They  kept  not  the  covenant  of  God, 
and  refused  to  walk  in  his  law  ; 

11  And  forgat  his  works,  and  his  won- 
ders that  he  had  shewed  them. 

12  Marvellous  things  did  he  in  the  sight 
of  their  fathers,  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  i?i 
the  field  of  Zoan. 

13  He  divided  the  sea,  and  caused  them 
to  pass  through ;  and  he  made  the  waters 
to  stand  as  a  heap. 

14  In  the  daytime  also  he  led  them  with 
a  cloud,  and  all  the  night  with  a  light  of 
fire. 

15  He  clave  the  rocks  in  the  wilderness, 
and  gave  them  drink  as  out  of  the  great 
depths. 

IG  He  brought  streams  also  out  of  the 
rock,  and  caused  waters  to  run  down  like 
rivers. 

17  And  they  sinned  yet  more  against  him 
by  provoking  the  Most  High  in  the  wilder- 
ness. 

18  And  they  tempted  God  in  their  heart 
by  asking  meat  for  their  lust. 

19  Tea,  they  s[)ake  against  God;  they 
said.  Can  God  furnish  a  table  in  the  wil- 
derness ? 

20  Behold,  he  smote  the  rock,  that  the 
waters  gushed  out,  and  the  streams  over- 
flowed; can  he  give  bread  also?  can  he 
provide  flesh  for  his  people? 

21  Therefore  the  Lord  heard  this,  and 


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was  wroth :  so  a  tire  was  kindled  against 
Jacob,  and  anger  also  came  up  against 
Israel ; 

22  Because  they  believed  not  in  God, 
and  trusted  not  in  his  salvation  : 

23  Though  he  had  commanded  the  clouds 
from  above,  and  oi^ened  the  doors  of 
heaven, 

24  And  had  rained  down  manna  upon 
them  to  eat,  and  had  given  them  of  the 
corn  of  heaven. 

25  Man  did  eat  angels'  food :  he  sent 
them  meat  to  the  full. 

26  He  caused  an  east  wind  to  blow  in  the 
heaven :  and  by  his  power  he  brought  in 
the  south  wind. 

27  He  rained  flesh  also  upon  them  as 
dust,  and  feathered  fowls  like  as  the 
sand  of  the  sea : 

28  And  he  let  it  fall  in  the  midst  of  their 
camp,  round  about  their  habitations. 

29  So  they  did  cat,  and  were  well  tilled : 
for  he  gave  them  their  own  desire ; 

30  They  were  not  estranged  from  their 
lust :  but  while  their  meat  ^oas  yet  in  their 
mouths, 

31  The  wrath  of  God  came  upon  them, 
and  slew  the  fattest  of  them,  and  smote 
down  the  chosen  77ien  of  Israel. 

32  For  all  this  they  sinned  still,  and  be- 
lieved not  for  his  wondrous  works. 

33  Therefore  their  days  did  he  consume 
in  vanity,  and  their  years  in  trouble. 

34  When  he  slew  them,  then  they  sought 
him :  and  they  returned  and  inquired  early 
after  God. 

35  And  they  remembered  that  God  was 
their  Rock,  and  the  high  God  their  Re- 
deemer. 

36  Nevertheless  they  did  flatter  him  with 
their  mouth,  and  they  lied  unto  him  with 
their  tongues. 

37  For  their  heart  was  not  right  with 
him,  neither  were  they  steadfast  in  his 
covenant. 

38  But  he,  being  full  of  compassion,  for- 
gave their  iniquity,  and  destroj'ed  tJieni 
not:  yea,  many  a  time  turned  he  his 
anger  away,  and  did  not  stir  up  all  his 
wrath. 

39  For  he  remembered  that  they  wet'e  but 
flesh ;  a  wind  that  passeth  away,  and  com- 
eth  not  again. 

40  How  oft  did  they  provoke  him  in  the 
wilderness,  attd  grieve  hira  in  the  desert ! 


41  Yea,  they  turned  back  and  temi)ted 
God,  and  limited  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

42  They  remembered  not  his  hand,  nor 
the  day  when  he  delivered  them  from  the 
enemy : 

43  How  he  had  wrought  his  signs  in 
Egypt,  and  his  wonders  in  the  field  of 
Zoan: 

44  And  had  turned  their  rivers  into 
blood;  and  their  floods,  that  they  could 
not  drink. 

45  He  sent  divers  sorts  of  flies  among 
them,  which  devoured  them ;  and  frogs, 
which  destroyed  them. 

46  He  gave  also  their  increase  unto  the 
caterpillar,  and  their  labour  untO  the 
locust. 

47  He  destroyed  their  vines  with  hail,  and 
their  sycamore  trees  with  frost. 

48  He  gave  up  their  cattle  also  to  the  hail, 
and  their  flocks  to  hot  thunderbolts. 

49  He  cast  upon  them  the  fierceness  of 
his  anger,  wrath,  and  indignation,  and 
trouble,  by  sending  evil  angels  among 
them.. 

50  He  made  a  way  to  his  anger;  he  spared 
not  their  soul  from  death,  but  gave  their 
life  over  to  the  pestilence; 

51  And  smote  all  the  firstborn  in  Egypt; 
the  chief  of  their  strength  in  the  taber- 
nacles of  Ham : 

52  But  made  his  own  people  to  go  forth 
like  sheep,  and  guided  them  in  the  wilder- 
ness like  a  flock. 

53  And  he  led  them  on  safely,  so  that  they 
feared  not :  hut  the  sea  overwhelmed  their 
enemies. 

54  And  he  brought  them  to  the  border  of 
his  sanctuary,  even  to  this  mountain,  which 
his  right  hand  had  purchased. 

55  He  cast  out  the  heathen  also  before 
them,  and  divided  them  an  inheritance  by 
line,  and  made  the  tribes  of  Israel  to  dwell 
in  their  tents. 

56  Yet  they  tempted  and  provoked  the 
most  high  God,  and  kept  not  his  testi- 
monies : 

57  But  turned  back,  and  dealt  unfaithfully 
like  their  fathers :  they  were  turned  aside 
like  a  deceitful  bow. 

58  For  they  j)rovoked  him  to  anger  with 
their  high  places,  and  moved  hira  to  jeal- 
ousy with  their  graven  images. 

59  When  God  heard  this,  he  was  wroth, 
and  greatly  abhorred  Israel : 

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60  So  that  he  forsook  the  tabernacle  of 
Shiloh,  the  teut  wliich  he  placed  among 
men; 

61  And  delivered  his  strength  into  captiv- 
ity, and  his  glory  into  the  enemy's  hand. 

63  He  gave  his  people  over  also  unto  the 
sword;  and  was  wroth  with  his  inheritance. 

63  The  fire  consumed  their  young  men; 
and  their  maidens  were  not  given  to  mar- 
riage. 

64  Their  priests  fell  by  the  sword;  and 
their  widows  made  no  lamentation. 

65  Then  the  Lord  awaked  as  one  out  of 
sleep,  and  like  a  mighty  man  that  shout- 
eth  by  reason  of  wine. 

66  And  he  smote  his  enemies  in  the 
hinder  parts :  he  put  them  to  a  perpetual 
reproach. 

67  Moreover  he  refused  the  tabernacle 
of  Joseph,  and  chose  not  the  tribe  of 
Ephraim : 

68  But  chose  the  tribe  of  Judah,  the 
mount  Zion  which  he  loved. 

69  And  he  built  his  sanctuary  like  high 
palaces,  like  the  earth  which  he  hath 
established  for  ever. 

70  He  chose  David  also  his  servant,  and 
took  him  from  the  sheepfolds  : 

71  From  following  the  ewes  great  with 
young  he  brought  him  to  feed  Jacob  his 
people,  and  Israel  his  inheritance. 

72  So  he  fed  them  according  to  the  in- 
tegrity of  his  heart ;  and  guided  them  by 
the  skilfulness  of  his  hands. 

PSALM  LXXIX. 

A  Psalm  of  Asaph. 

OGOD,  the  heathen  are  come  into 
thine  inheritance;  thy  holy  temple 
have  they  defiled ;  they  have  laid  Jerusa- 
lem on  heaps. 

2  The  dead  bodies  of  thy  servants  have 
they  given  to  be  meat  unto  the  fowls  of 
the  heaven,  the  flesh  of  thy  saints  unto 
the  beasts  of  the  earth. 

3  Their  blood  have  they  shed  like  water 
round  about  Jerusalem;  and  there  was 
none  to  bury  them. 

4  We  are  become  a  reproach  to  our 
neighbours,  a  scorn  and  derision  to  them 
that  are  round  about  us. 

5  How  long.  Loud?  wilt  thou  be  angry 
for  ever?  shall  thy  jealousy  burn  like 
fire? 

6  Pour  out  thy  wrath  upon  the  heathen 
that  have  not  known  thee,  and  upon  the 

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kingdoms  that  have  not  called  upon  thy 
name. 

7  For  they  have  devoured  Jacob,  and 
laid  waste  his  dwellingplace. 

8  O  remember  not  against  us  former 
iniquities :  let  thy  tender  mercies  sjieed- 
ily  prevent  us;  for  we  are  brought  very 
low. 

9  Help  us,  O  God  of  our  salvation,  for 
the  glory  of  thy  name :  and  deliver  us, 
and  purge  away  our  sins,  for  thy  name's 
sake. 

10  Wherefore  should  the  heathen  say. 
Where  is  their  God?  let  him  be  known 
among  the  heathen  in  our  sight  by  the 
revenging  of  the  blood  of  thy  sers-ants 
which  is  shed. 

11  Let  the  sighing  of  the  prisoner  come 
before  thee;  according  to  the  greatness 
of  thy  power  preserve  thou  those  that 
are  appointed  to  die ; 

13  And  render  unto  our  neighbours  sev- 
enfold into  their  bosom  their  reproach, 
wherewith  they  have  reproached  thee,  O 
Lord. 

13  So  we  thy  people  and  sheep  of  thy 
pasture  will  give  thee  thanks  for  ever: 
we  will  shew  forth  thy  praise  to  all  gen- 
erations. 

PSALM  LXXX. 

To  the  chief  Musician    upon    Shoshannim-Eduth,   A 
Psalm  of  Asaph. 

GIVE  ear,  O  Shepherd  of  Israel,  thou 
that  Icadest  Joseph  like  a  flock; 
thou  that  dwellest  between  the  cherubim, 
shine  forth. 

2  Before  Ephraim  and  Benjamin  and 
Manasseh  stir  up  thy  strength,  and  come 
and  save  us. 

3  Turn  us  again,  O  God,  and  cause  thy 
face  to  shine ;  and  we  shall  be  saved. 

4  O  Lord  God  of  hosts,  how  long  wilt  thou 
be  angry  against  the  prayer  of  thy  people  ? 

5  Thou  feedest  them  with  the  bread  of 
tears ;  and  givest  them  tears  to  drink  in 
great  measure. 

6  Thou  makest  us  a  strife  unto  our 
neighbours  :  and  our  enemies  laugh  among 
themselves. 

7  Turn  us  again,  O  God  of  hosts,  and  cause 
thy  face  to  shine.;  and  we  shall  be  saved. 

8  Thou  hast  brought  a  vine  out  of 
Egypt :  thou  hast  cast  out  the  heathen, 
and  planted  it. 

9  Thou  preparedst  roo7n  before   it,   and 


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didst  cause  it  to  tal^e  deep  root,  and  it 
filled  the  land. 

10  The  hills  were  covered  with  the 
shadow  of  it,  and  the  houghs  thereof  were 
like  the  goodly  cedars. 

11  She  sent  out  her  houghs  unto  the 
sea,  and  her  branches  unto  the  river. 

12  Why  hast  thou  theyi  broken  down  her 
hedges,  so  that  all  they  which  pass  by  the 
way  do  pluck  her  ? 

13  The  boar  out  of  the  wood  doth  waste 
it,  and  the  wild  beast  of  the  field  doth 
devour  it. 

14  Return,  we  beseech  thee,  O  God  of 
hosts  :^  look  down  from  heaven,  and  be- 
hold, and  visit  this  vine ; 

1.5  And  the  vineyard  which  thy  right  hand 
hath  planted,  and  the  branch  that  thou 
madest  strong  for  thyself. 

16  It  is  burned  with  fire,  it  is  cut  down : 
they  perish  at  the  rebuke  of  thy  coun- 
tenance. 

17  Let  thy  hand  be  upon  the  man  of 
thy  right  hand,  upon  the  son  of  man  u'ho77i 
thou  madest  strong  for  thyself. 

18  So  will  not  we  go  back  from  thee : 
quicken  us,  and  we  will  call  upon  thy 
name. 

19  Turn  us  again,  O  Lord  God  of  hosts, 
cause  thy  face  to  shine;  and  we  shall  be 
saved. 

PSALM  LXXXL 

To  the  chief  Musician  upon  Gittith,  A  Fsalm  of  Asaph. 

SING   aloud   unto    God    our   strength : 
make  a  joyful  noise  unto  the  God  of 
Jacob. 

2  Take  a  psalm,  and  bring  hither  the  tim- 
brel, the  pleasant  harp  with  the  psaltery. 

3  Blow  up  the  trumpet  in  the  new  moon, 
in  the  time  appointed,  on  our  solemn 
feast  day. 

4  For  this  was  a  statute  for  Israel,  and 
a  law  of  the  God  of  Jacob. 

5  This  he  ordained  in  Joseph /or  a  tes- 
timony, when  he  went  out  through  the 
land  of  Egypt:  luhere  I  heard  a  language 
that  I  understood  not. 

6  I  removed  his  shoulder  from  the 
burden:  his  hands  were  delivered  from 
the  pots. 

7  Thou  callcdst  in  trouble,  and  I  delivered 
thee  ;  I  ansAvered  thee  in  the  secret  place 
of  thunder :  I  proved  thee  at  the  waters 
of  Meribah.     Selah. 

8  Hear,   O  my  people,  and  I  will  testify 


unto  thee:  O  Israel,  if  thou  wilt  hearken 
unto  me; 

9  There  shall  no  strange  god  be  in  thee  ; 
neither  shalt  thou  worship  any  strange  god. 

10  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  which  brought 
thee  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  :  open  thy 
mouth  wide,  and  I  will  fill  it. 

11  But  my  people  would  not  hearken 
to  my  voice;  and  Israel  would  none  of  me. 

12  So  I  gave  them  up  unto  their  own 
hearts'  lust :  a7id  they  walked  in  their  own 
counsels. 

13  Oh  that  my  people  had  hearkened  un- 
to me,  and  Israel  had  walked  in  my  ways ! 

14  I  should  soon  have  subdued  their  en- 
emies, and  turned  my  hand  against  their 
adversaries. 

15  The  haters  of  the  Lord  should  have 
submitted  themselves  unto  him  :  but  their 
time  should  have  endured  for  ever. 

16  He  should  have  fed  them  also  with 
the  finest  of  the  wheat:  and  with  honey 
out  of  the  rock  should  I  have  satisfied 
thee. 

PSALM  LXXXIL 

A  Psalm  of  Asaph. 

GOD   standeth  in  the  congregation  of 
the  mighty;  he  judgeth  among  the 
gods. 

2  How  long  will  ye  judge  unjustly,  and 
accept  the  persons  of  the  wicked  ?    Selah. 

3  Defend  the  poor  and  fatherless:  do 
justice  to  the  afflicted  and  needy. 

4  Deliver  the  poor  and  needy:  rid  them 
out  of  the  hand  of  the  wicked. 

5  They  know  not,  neither  will  they  under- 
stand ;  they  walk  on  in  darkness :  all  the 
foundations  of  the  earth  are  out  of  course. 

6  I  have  said.  Ye  are  gods  ;  and  all  of  you 
are  children  of  the  Most  High. 

7  But  ye  shall  die  like  men,  and  fall  like 
one  of  the  princes. 

8  Arise,  O  God,  judge  the  earth :  for  thou 
shalt  inherit  all  nations. 

PSALM  LXXXIIL 

A  Song  or  Psalm  of  Asaph. 

KEEP  not  thou  silence,  O  God:    hold 
not  thy  peace,  and  be  not  still,  O  God. 

2  For,  lo,  thine  enemies  make  a  tumult: 
and  they  that  hate  thee  have  lifted  up 
the  head. 

3  They  have  taken  crafty  counsel  against 
thy  people,  and  consulted  against  thy 
hidden  ones. 

4  They  have  said.  Come,  and  let  us  cut 


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them  ofl'  from  being  a  nation;  that  the 
name  of  Israel  may  be  no  more  in 
remembrance. 

5  For  they  have  eonsiilted  together  with 
one  consent :  they  are  confederate  against 
thee: 

6  The  tabernacles  of  Edom,  and  the 
Ishmaelites ;  of  Moab,  and  the  Hagarcnes  ; 

7  Gebal,  and  Ammon,  and  Amalek;  the 
Philistines  with  the  inhabitants  of  Tyre ; 

8  Assur  also  is  joined  with  them:  they 
have  holpen  the  children  of  Lot.     Selah. 

9  Do  unto  them  as  tmto  the  Midian- 
ites  ;  as  to  Sisera,  as  to  Jabin,  at  the  brook 
of  Kison: 

10  Which  perished  at  En-dor:  they  be- 
came as  dung  for  the  earth. 

11  Make  their  nobles  like  Oreb,  and  like 
Zeeb  :  yea,  all  their  princes  as  Zebah,  and 
as  Zalmunna: 

12  Who  said,  Let  us  take  to  ourselves 
the  houses  of  God  in  possession. 

13  O  my  God,  make  them  like  a  wheel ; 
as  the  stubble  before  the  wind. 

14  As  the  fire  burneth  a  wood,  and  as 
the  flame  setteth  the  mountains  on  fire ; 

15  So  persecute  them  with  thy  tempest, 
and  make  them  afraid  with  thy  storm. 

16  Fill  their  faces  with  shame ;  that  they 
may  seek  thy  name,  O  Lokd. 

17  Let  them  be  confounded  and  troubled 
for  ever ;  yea,  let  them  be  put  to  shame, 
and  perish : 

18  That  me7i  may  know  that  thou,  whose 
name  alone  is  JEHOVAH,  art  the  Most 
High  over  all  the  earth. 

PSALM  LXXXIV. 

To  the  chief  Musician  upon   Gittith,  A  Psalm  for  the 
sons  of  Korah. 

HOW  amiable  are  thy  tabernacles,  O 
Lord  of  hosts ! 

2  My  soul  longeth,  yea,  even  fainteth  for 
the  courts  of  the  Lokd:  my  heart  and 
my  flesh  crieth  out  for  the  living  God. 

3  Yea,  the  sparrow  hath  found  a  house, 
and  the  swallow  a  nest  for  herself,  where 
she  may  lay  her  young,  eve?i  thine  altars, 
O  Lord  of  hosts,  my  King,  and  my  God. 

4  Blessed  are  they  that  dwell  in  thy 
house:  they  will  be  still  praising  thee. 
Selah. 

5  Blessed  is  the  man  whose  strength 
is  in  thee;  in  whose  heart  are  the  Avays 
of  them. 

C  Who  passing  through  the  valley  of  Baca 

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make  it  a  well;  the  rain  also  filleth  the 
pools. 

7  They  go  from  strength  to  strength, 
every  o^ie  of  them  in  Zion  appeareth  be- 
fore God. 

8  O  Lord  God  of  hosts,  hear  my  prayer : 
give  ear,  O  God  of  Jacob.     Selah. 

9  Behold,  O  God  our  shield,  and  look 
upon  the  face  of  thine  anointed. 

10  For  a  day  in  thy  courts  is  better  than 
a  thousand.  I  had  rather  be  a  doorkeeper 
in  the  house  of  my  God,  than  to  dwell 
in  the  tents  of  wickedness. 

11  For  the  Lord  God  is  a  sun  and  shield  : 
the  Lord  will  give  grace  and  glory:  no 
good  thing  will  he  withhold  from  them 
that  walk  uprightly. 

12  O  Lord  of  hosts,  blessed  is  the  man 
that  trusteth  in  thee. 

PSALM  LXXXV. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  for  the  sons  of  Korah. 

LORD,  thou  hast  been  favourable  unto 
thy  land :   thou  hast  brought  back  the 
captivity  of  Jacob. 

2  Thou  hast  forgiven  the  iniquity  of  thy 
people;  thou  hast  covered  all  their  sin. 
Selah. 

3  Thou  hast  taken  away  all  thy  wrath : 
thou  hast  turned  thyself  from  the  fierce- 
ness of  thine  anger. 

4  Turn  us,  O  God  of  our  salvation,  and 
cause  thine  anger  toward  us  to  cease. 

5  Wilt  thou  be  angry  with  us  for  ever? 
wilt  thou  draw  out  thine  anger  to  all  gen- 
erations ? 

6  Wilt  thou  not  revive  us  again:  that 
thy  people  may  rejoice  in  thee? 

7  Shew  us  thy  mercy,  O  Lord,  and  grant 
us  thy  salvation. 

8  I  will  hear  what  God  the  Lord  will 
speak:  for  he  will  speak  i^eace  unto  his 
people,  and  to  his  saints :  but  let  them  not 
turn  again  to  foil}'. 

9  Surely  his  salvation  is  nigh  them  that 
fear  him ;  that  glory  may  dwell  in  our 
land. 

10  Mercy  and  truth  are  met  together; 
righteousness  and  peace  have  kissed  each 
other. 

11  Truth  shall  spring  out  of  the  earth  ; 
and  righteousness  shall  look  down  from 
hcaAcn. 

12  Yea,  the  Lord  shall  give  that  which 
is  good;  and  our  land  shall  yield  her  in- 
crease. 


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13   Righteousness   shall   go   before  him ; 
and  shall  set  ^lH  in  the  way  of  his  steps. 
PSALM  LXXXVL 

A  Prayer  of  David. 

BOW  down  thine  ear,  O  Lord,  hear  me : 
for  I  am  poor  and  needy. 

2  Preserve  my  soul ;  for  I  atn  holy :  O 
thou  my  God,  save  thy  servant  that  trust- 
eth  in  thee. 

3  Be  merciful  unto  me,  O  Lord:  for 
I  cry  unto  thee  daily. 

4  Rejoice  the  soul  of  thy  servant :  for 
unto  thee,  O  Lord,  do  I  lift  up  my  soul. 

5  For  thou,  Lord,  art  good,  and  ready 
to  forgive;  and  plenteous  in  mercy  unto 
all  them  that  call  upon  thee. 

6  Give  ear,  O  Lord,  unto  my  prayer;  and 
attend  to  the  voice  of  my  supplications. 

7  In  the  day  of  my  trouble  I  will  call 
uj^on  thee :  for  thou  wilt  answer  me. 

8  Among  the  gods  there  is  none  like  unto 
thee,  O  Lord ;  neither  are  there  any  works 
like  unto  thy  works. 

9  All  nations  whom  thou  hast  made  shall 
come  and  worship  before  thee,  O  Lord ; 
and  shall  glorifj'  thy  name. 

10  For  thou  art  great,  and  doest  won- 
drous things :  thou  art  God  alone. 

11  Teach  me  thy  way,  O  Lord;  I  will 
walk  in  thy  truth :  unite  my  heart  to  fear 
thy  name. 

13  I  will  praise  thee,  O  Lord  my  God, 
with  all  my  heart:  and  I  will  glorify  thy 
name  for  evermore. 

13  For  great  is  thy  mercy  toward  me: 
and  thou  hast  delivered  my  soul  from  the 
lowest  hell. 

14  O  God,  the  proud  are  risen  against  me, 
and  the  assemblies  of  violent  men  have 
sought  after  my  soul ;  and  have  not  set 
thee  before  them. 

15  But  thou,  O  Lord,  art  a  God  full  of 
compassion,  and  gracious,  longsufiering, 
and  plenteous  in  mercy  and  truth. 

16  O  turn  unto  me,  and  have  mercy  upon 
me;  give  thy  strength  unto  thy  servant, 
and  save  the  son  of  thine  handmaid. 

17  Shew  me  a  token  for  good ;  that  they 
which  hate  me  may  see  it,  and  be  ashamed: 
because  thou.  Lord,  hast  holpen  me,  and 
comforted  me. 

PSALM  LXXXVIL 

A  Psalm  or  Song  for  the  sons  of  Korah. 

HIS  foundation  is  in  the  holy  mount- 
ains. 


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2  The  Lord  loveth  the  gates  of  Zion 
more  than  all  the  dwellings  of  Jacob. 

3  Glorious  things  are  spoken  of  thee,  O 
city  of  God.     Selah. 

4  I  will  make  mention  of  Rahab  and 
Babylon  to  them  that  know  me:  behold 
Philistia,  and  Tyre,  with  Ethiopia;  this 
man  was  born  there. 

5  And  of  Zion  it  shall  be  said.  This  and 
that  man  was  born  in  her :  and  the  High- 
est himself  shall  establish  her. 

6  The  Lord  shall  count,  when  he  writeth 
up  the  people,  that  this  man  was  born 
there.    Selah. 

7  As  well  the  singers  as  the  players  on 
instruments  sJiall  be  there:  all  my  springs 
are  in  thee. 

PSALM  LXXXVIIL 

A  Song  or  Psalm  for  the  sons  of  Korah,  to  the  chief  Mu- 
sician upon  Mahalath  Leannoth,  Maschil  of  Hcmaii 
the  Ezrahite. 

LORD  God  of  my  salvation,  I  have 
cried  day  and  night  before  thee : 

2  Let  my  prayer  come  before  thee :  in- 
cline thine  ear  unto  my  cry ; 

3  For  my  soul  is  full  of  troubles :  and 
my  life  draweth  nigh  unto  the  grave. 

4  I  am  counted  with  them  that  go  down 
into  the  pit :  I  am  as  a  man  that  hath  no 
strength : 

5  Free  among  the  dead,  like  the  slain  that 
lie  in  the  grave,  whom  thou  rememberest  no 
more :  and  they  are  cut  off  from  thy  hand. 

6  Thou  hast  laid  me  in  the  lowest  pit,  in 
darkness,  in  the  deeps. 

7  Thy  wrath  lieth  hard  upon  me,  and  thou 
hast  afflicted  me  with  all  thy  waves.    Selah. 

8  Thou  hast  put  away  mine  acquaintance 
far  from  me ;  thou  hast  made  me  an  abom- 
ination unto  them :  I  am  shut  up,  and  I 
cannot  come  forth. 

9  Mine  eye  moumeth  by  reason  of  afflic- 
tion: Lord,  I  have  called  daily  upon  thee, 
I  have  stretched  out  my  hands  unto  thee.    . 

10  Wilt  thou  shew  wonders  to  the  dead  ? 
shall  the  dead  arise  and  praise  thee?   Selah. 

11  Shall  thy  lovingkindness  be  declared 
in  the  grave?  or  thy  faithfulness  in  de- 
struction ? 

12  Shall  thy  wonders  be  known  in  the 
dark  ?  and  thy  righteousness  in  the  land  of 
forgetfulness  ? 

13  But  unto  thee  have  I  cried,  O  Lord  ; 
and  in  the  morning  shall  my  i)rayer  pre- 
vent thee. 

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14  Lord,  why  castest  thou  ofT  my  soul? 
why  hiclest  thou  thy  face  from  me  ? 

15  I  am  afflicted  and  ready  to  die  from  my 
youth  up :  tuhiie  I  suffer  thy  terrors  I  am 
distracted. 

16  Thy  fierce  wrath  goeth  over  me;  thy 
terrors  have  cut  me  off. 

17  They  came  round  about  me  daily  like 
water;  they  compassed  me  about  together. 

18  Lover  and  friend  hast  thou  put  far  from 
me,  and  mine  acquaintance  into  darkness. 

PSALM  LXXXIX. 

Maschil  of  Ethan  the  Ezrahite. 

I  "WILL  sing  of  the  mercies  of  the  Lord 
for  ever :  with  my  mouth  will  I  malve 
known  thy  fixithfulness  to  all  generations. 

2  For  I  have  said,  Mercy  shall  be  built  up 
for  ever :  thy  fixithfulness  shalt  thou  estab- 
lish in  the  very  heavens. 

3  I  have  made  a  covenant  with  my  chosen, 
I  have  sworn  unto  David  my  servant, 

4  Tliy  seed  Avill  I  establish  for  ever,  and 
build  up  thy  throne  to  all  generations. 
Selah. 

5  And  the  heavens  shall  praise  thy  won- 
ders, O  Lord  :  thy  faithfulness  also  in  the 
congregation  of  the  saints. 

6  For  who  in  the  heaven  can  be  compared 
unto  the  Lord  ?  loho  among  the  sons  of  the 
mighty  can  be  likened  unto  the  Lord? 

7  God  is  greatly  to  be  feared  in  the  assem- 
bly of  the  saints,  and  to  be  had  in  reverence 
of  all  them  that  are  about  him. 

8  O  Lord  God  of  hosts,  who  U  a  strong 
Lord  like  unto  thee?  or  to  thy  faithful- 
ness round  about  thee? 

9  Thou  rulest  the  raging  of  the  sea :  when 
the  waves  thereof  arise,  thou  stillest  them. 

10  Thou  hast  broken  Rahab  in  pieces,  as 
one  that  is  slain ;  thou  hast  scattered  thine 
enemies  with  thy  strong  arm. 

11  The  heavens  are  thine,  the  earth  also  h 
thine :  a.s-  for  the  world  and  the  fulness 
thereof,  thou  hast  founded  them. 

12  The  north  and  the  south  thou  hast 
created  them:  Tabor  and  Hermon  shall 
rejoice  in  thy  name. 

13  Thou  hast  a  mighty  arm :  strong  is  thy 
hand,  and  high  is  thy  right  hand. 

14  Justice  and  judgment  are  the  habitation 
of  thy  throne :  mercy  and  truth  shall  go 
before  thy  face. 

15  Blessed  is  the  people  that  know  the 
joyful  sound:  they  shall  walk,  O  Lord,  in 
the  light  of  thy  countenance. 

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16  In  thy  name  shall  they  rejoice  all 
the  day:  and  in  thy  righteousness  shall 
they  be  exalted. 

17  For  thou  art  the  glory  of  their 
strength :  and  in  thy  favour  our  hora  shall 
be  exalted. 

18  For  the  Lord  is  our  defence;  and 
the  Holy  One  of  Israel  in  our  King. 

19  Then  thou  spakest  in  vision  to  thy 
Holy  One,  and  saidst,  I  have  laid  help 
upon  one  that  is  mighty;  I  have  exalted 
07ie  chosen  out  of  the  people. 

20  I  have  found  David  my  servant ;  with 
ray  holy  oil  have  I  anointed  him : 

21  With  whom  my  hand  shall  be  estab- 
lished :  mine  arm  also  shall  strengthen 
him. 

22  The  enemy  shall  not  exact  upon  him ; 
nor  the  son  of  wickedness  afflict  him. 

23  And  I  will  beat  down  his  foes  before 
his  face,  and  plague  them  that  hate  hira. 

24  But  my  faithfulness  and  my  mercy 
shall  be  with  hira  :  and  in  my  name  shall 
his  horn  be  exalted. 

25  I  will  set  his  hand  also  in  the  sea,  and 
his  right  hand  in  the  rivers. 

26  He  shall  cry  unto  me.  Thou  art  my 
Father,  my  God,  and  the  Rock  of  my  sal- 
vation. 

27  Also  I  will  make  him  my  firstborn, 
higher  than  the  kings  of  the  earth. 

28  My  mercy  Avill  I  keep  for  him  for 
evermore,  and  my  covenant  shall .  stand 
fast  with  hira. 

29  His  seed  also  will  I  make  to  endure  for 
ever,  and  his  throne  as  the  days  of  heaven. 

30  If  his  children  forsake  my  law,  and 
walk  not  in  my  judgments ; 

31  If  they  break  my  statutes,  and  keep 
not  my  commandments ; 

33  Then  Avill  I  visit  their  transgression 
with  the  rod,  and  their  iniquity  with 
stripes. 

33  Nevertheless  my  lovingkindness  will 
I  not  utterly  take  from  him,  nor  suffer  mj' 
faithfulness  to  fail. 

34  My  covenant  will  I  not  break,  nor 
alter  the  thing  that  is  gone  out  of  ray  lips. 

35  Once  have  I  sworn  by  my  holiness 
that  I  will  not  lie  unto  David. 

36  His  seed  shall  endure  for  ever,  and 
his  throne  as  the  sun  before  me. 

37  It  shall  be  established  for  ever  as  the 
moon,  and  as  a  faithful  witness  in  heaven. 
Selah. 


PSALMS. 


38  But  thou  hast  cast  off  and  abhorred, 
thou  hast  been  wroth  Avith  thine  anointed. 

39  Thou  hast  made  void  the  covenant 
of  thy  servant:  thou  hast  profaned  his 
crown  hy  casting  it  to  the  ground. 

40  Thou  hast  broken  down  all  his  hedges ; 
thou  hast  brought  his  strong  holds  to  ruin. 

41  All  that  pass  by  the  way  spoil  him : 
he  is  a  reproach  to  his  neighbours. 

42  Thou  hast  set  up  the  right  hand  of 
his  adversaries;  thou  hast  made  all  his 
enemies  to  rejoice. 

43  Thou  hast  also  turned  the  edge  of 
his  sword,  and  hast  not  made  him  to  stand 
in  the  battle. 

44  Thou  hast  made  his  glory  to  cease,  and 
cast  his  throne  down  to  the  ground. 

45  The  days  of  his  youth  hast  thou 
shortened  :  thou  hast  covered  him  with 
shame.     Selah. 

46  How  long,  Lord?  wilt  thou  hide  thy- 
self for  ever?  shall  thy  wrath  burn  like 
lire? 

47  Remember  how  short  my  time  is : 
wherefore  hast  thou  made  all  men  in  vain  ? 

48  What  man  is  he  that  liveth,  and  shall 
not  see  death?  shall  he  deliver  his  soul 
from  the  hand  of  the  grave  ?    Selah. 

49  Lord,  where  are  thy  former  loving- 
kindnesses,  which  thou  swarest  unto  Da- 
vid in  thy  truth  ? 

50  Remember,  Lord,  the  reproach  of  thy 
servants ;  Jlow  I  do  bear  in  my  bosom  the 
reproach  o/"all  the  mighty  people; 

51  Wherewith  thine  enemies  have  re- 
proached, O  Lord;  wherewith  they  have 
reproached  the  footsteps  of  thine  anointed. 

53  Blessed  he  the  Lord  for  evermore. 
Amen,  and  Amen. 

PSALM  XC. 

A  Prayer  of  Moses  the  man  of  God. 

LORD,   thou  hast    been   our    dwelling- 
place  in  all  generations. 
3  Before   the   mountains    were    brought 
forth,  or  ever  thou  hadst  formed  the  earth 
and  the  world,  even  from  everlasting  to 
everlasting,  thou  art  God. 

3  Thou  turnest  man  to  destruction  ;  and 
sayest,  Return,  ye  children  of  men. 

4  For  a  thousand  years  in  thy  sight  are 
hut  as  yesterday  when  it  is  past,  and  as  a 
watch  in  the  night. 

5  Thou  earnest  them  away  as  with  a 
flood;  they  are  as  a  sleep:  in  the  morn- 
ing they  are  like  ftTass  which  groweth  up. 


6  In  the  morning  it  flourisheth,  and  grow- 
eth up ;  in  the  evening  it  is  cut  down,  and 
withereth. 

7  For  we  are  consumed  by  thine  anger, 
and  by  thy  wrath  are  we  troubled. 

8  Thou  hast  set  our  iniquities  before 
thee,  our  secret  sins  in  the  light  of  thy 
countenance. 

9  For  all  our  days  are  passed  away  in  thy 
wrath:  we  spend  our  years  as  a  tale  that 
is  told. 

10  The  days  of  our  years  are  threescore 
years  and  ten;  and  if  by  reason  of  strength 
they  he  fourscore  years,  3'et  is  their  strength 
labour  and  sorrow ;  for  it  is  soon  cut  off, 
and  we  fly  away. 

11  Who  knoweth  the  power  of  thine 
anger?  even  according  to  thy  fear,  so  is 
thy  wrath. 

13  So  teach  us  to  number  our  days,  that 
we  may  apply  our  hearts  unto  wisdom. 

13  Return,  O  Lord,  how  long  ?  and  let  it 
repent  thee  concerning  thy  servants. 

14  O  satisfy  us  early  with  thy  mercy; 
that  we  may  rejoice  and  be  glad  all  our 
days. 

15  Make  us  glad  according  to  the  days 
lohereiii  thou  hast  afflicted  us,  and  the 
years  wherein  we  have  seen  evil. 

16  Let  thy  work  appear  unto  thy  servants, 
and  thy  glory  unto  their  children. 

17  And  let  the  beauty  of  the  Lord  our 
God  be  upon  us :  and  establish  thou  the 
work  of  our  hands  upon  us ;  yea,  the  work 
of  our  hands  establish  thou  it. 

PSALM  XCL 

HE  that  dwelleth  in  the  secret  place  of 
the  Most  High  shall  abide  under  the 
shadow  of  the  Almighty. 
3  I  will  say  of  the  Lord,  He  is  my  refuge 
and  my  fortress:  my  God;   in  him  will  I 
trust. 

3  Surely  he  shall  deliver  thee  from  the 
snare  of  the  fowlei",  and  from  the  noisome 
pestilence. 

4  He  shall  cover  thee  with  his  feathers, 
and  under  his  wings  shalt  thou  trust : 
his  truth  sJiall  be  thy  shield  and  buckler. 

5  Thou  Shalt  not  be  afraid  for  the  terror 
by  night ;  nor  for  the  arrow  that  flieth  by 
day; 

6  Xor  for  the  pestilence  (7iat  walketh 
in  darkness ;  nor  for  the  destruction  that 
wasteth  at  noonday. 

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PSALMS. 


7  A  thousand  shall  fall  at  thy  side,  and 
ten  thousand  at  thy  right  hand;  but  it 
shall  not  come  nigh  thee. 

8  Only  with  thine  eyes  shalt  thou  behold 
and  see  the  reward  of  the  wicked. 

9  Because  thou  hast  made  the  Lord, 
whkJi  is  my  refuge,  eveii  the  Most  High, 
thy  habitation ; 

10  There  shall  no  eA'il  befall  thee,  neither 
shall  any  plague  come  nigh  thy  dwelling. 

11  For  he  shall  give  his  angels  charge 
over  thee,  to  keep  thee  in  all  thy  ways. 

13  They  shall  bear  thee  up  in  their  hands, 
lest  thou  dash  thy  foot  against  a  stone. 

13  Thou  shalt  tread  upon  the  lion  and 
adder:  the  young  lion  and  the  dragon 
shalt  thoii  trample  under  feet. 

14  Because  he  hath  set  his  love  upon  me, 
therefore  will  I  deliver  him:  I  aviU  set  him 
on  high,  because  he  hath  known  my  name. 

1.5  He  shall  call  upon  me,  and  I  will 
answer  him :  I  will  he  with  him  in  trouble ; 
I  will  deliver  him,  and  honour  him. 

16  With  long  life  will  I  satisfy  him,  and 
shew  him  my  salvation. 

PSALM  XCII. 

A  Psalm  or  Song  for  the  sabbath  day. 

/T  ifi    a    good    thing    to    give    thanks 
unto    the  Lord,   and  to  sing    praises 
unto  thy  name,  O  Most  High : 

2  To  shew  forth  thy  lovingkindness  in 
the  morning,  and  thy  faithfulness  every 
night, 

3  Upon  an  instrument  of  ten  strings,  and 
ujion  the  psaltery ;  upon  the  harj)  with  a 
solemn  sound. 

4  For  thou.  Lord,  hast  made  me  glad 
through  thy  work :  I  will  triumph  in  the 
works  of  thy  hands. 

5  O  Lord,  how  great  are  thy  works !  tuul 
thy  thoughts  are  very  deep. 

6  A  brutish  man  knoweth  not;  neither 
doth  a  fool  imderstand  this. 

7  When  the  wicked  spring  as  the  grass, 
and  when  all  the  workers  of  initiuity  do 
flourish ;  it  in  that  they  shall  be  destroyed 
for  ever : 

8  But  thou,  Lord,  art  most  high  for  ever- 
more. 

9  For,  lo,  thine  enemies,  0  Lord,  for, 
lo,  thine  enemies  shall  perish;  all  the 
workers  of  iniquity  shall  be  scattered. 

10  But  my  horn  shalt  thou  exalt  like  the 
Jiorn  of  a.  unicorn :  I  shall  be  anointed  with 
fresh  oil. 

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11  Mine  e^'e  also  shall  see  rny  desire  on 
mine  enemies,  and  mine  ears  shall  hear  my 
desire  of  the  wicked  that  rise  up  against  me. 

12  The  righteous  shall  flourish  like  the 
palm  tree:  he  shall  grow  like  a  cedar  in 
Lebanon. 

13  Those  that  be  planted  in  the  house  of 
the  Lord  shall  flourish  in  the  courts  of 
our  God. 

14  They  shall  still  bring  forth  fruit  in  old 
age ;  they  shall  be  fat  and  flourishing  ; 

1.5  To  shew  that  the  Lord  is  upright :  he  is 
my  rock,  and  there  is  no  unrighteousness  in 
him. 

PSALM  XCIIL 

THE  Lord  reigneth,  he  is  clothed  with 
majesty;  the  Lord  is  clothed  with 
strength,  u'herewiih  he  hath  girded  him- 
self: the  world  also  is  stablished,  that  it 
cannot  be  moved. 

!    2  Thy  throne  is  established  of  old :  thou 
'  art  from  everlasting. 

3  The  floods  have  lifted  up,  O  Lord,  the 
floods  have  lifted  up  their  voice;  the  floods 
lift  up  their  waves. 

4  The  Lord  on  high  is  mightier  than  the 
noise  of  many  waters,  ?/ea,  than  the  mighty 
waves  of  the  sea. 

5  Thy  testimonies  are  very  sure:  holiness 
becometh  thine  house,  O  Lord,  for  ever. 

PSALM  XCIV. 

OLORD    God,    to    whom    vengeance 
belongeth ;  O  God,  to  whom  venge- 
ance belougeth,  shew  thyself. 

2  Lift  up  thyself,  thou  Judge  of  the 
earth:  render  a  reward  to  the  proud. 

3  Lord,  how  long  shall  the  Avicked,  how 
long  shall  the  wicked  triumph? 

4  How  long  shall  they  utter  and  speak 
hard  things?  and  all  the  workers  of  in- 
iquity boast  themselves  ? 

5  They  break  in  pieces  thy  people,  O 
Lord,  and  afflict  thine  heritage. 

6  They  slay  the  widow  and  the  stranger, 
and  murder  the  fatherless. 

7  Yet  they  say,  The  Lord  shall  not  see, 
neither  shall  the  God  of  Jacob  regard  it. 

8  Understand,  ye  brutish  among  the 
people :  and  ye  fools,  when  will  ye  be 
wise? 

9  He  that  planted  the  ear,  shall  he  not 
hear  ?  he  that  formed  the  eye,  shall  he  not 
see? 

10  He  that  chastiseth  the  heathen,  shall 


PSALMS. 


not  he  corrects  he  that  teacheth  man 
knowledge,  Siliall  not  he  know? 

11  The  Lord  knoweth  the  thoughts  of 
man,  that  they  are  vanity. 

13  Blessed  is  the  man  whom  thou  chas- 
tenest,  O  Lord,  and  teaehest  him  out  of 
thy  law ; 

13  That  thou  mayest  give  him  rest  from 
i  the  days   of  adversit}",   until   the  pit   be 

digged  for  the  wicked. 

14  For  the  Lord  will  not  cast  oflF  his 
people,  neither  will  he  forsake  his  inherit- 
ance. 

15  But  judgment  shall  return  unto  right- 
eousness :  and  all  the  upright  in  heart 
shall'  follow  it. 

16  Who  will  rise  up  for  me  against 
the  evil  doers  ?  or  who  will  stand  up  for 
me  against  the  workers  of  iniquity  ? 

17  Unless  the  Lord  had  been  my  help, 
my  soul  had  almost  dwelt  in  silence. 

18  When  I  said,  My  foot  slippeth;  thy 
mercy,  O  Lord,  held  me  up.  * 

19  In  the  multitude  of  my  thoughts  within 
me  thy  comforts  delight  my  soul. 

20  Shall  the  throne  of  iniquity  have  fel- 
lowship with  thee,  Avhich  frameth  mischief 
by  a  law  ? 

21  They  gather  themselves  together  against 
the  soul  of  the  righteous,  and  condemn  the 
innocent  blood. 

22  But  the  Lord  is  my  defence ;  and  my 
God  is  the  rock  of  my  refuge. 

23  And  he  shall  bring  upon  them  their 
own  iniquity,  and  shall  cut  them  off  in 
their  own  wickedness ;  yea^  the  Lord  our 
God  shall  cut  them  off. 

PSALM  XCV.  j 

OCOME,  let  us  sing  unto  the  Lord  :  let 
us  make  a  joyful  noise  to  the  Rock  of 
our  salvation. 

2  Let  us  come  before  his  presence  with 
thanksgiving,  and  make  a  joyful  noise  unto 
him  with  psalms. 

3  For  the  Lord  is  a  great  God,  and  a  great 
King  above  all  gods. 

4  In  his  hand  are  the  deep  places  of  the 
earth:  the  strength  of  the  hills  is  his 
also. 

5  The  sea  is  his,  and  he  made  it :  and  his 
hands  formed  the  dry  laud. 

6  O  come,  let  us  worship  and  bow  down : 
let  us  kneel  before  the  Lord  our  maker. 

7  For  he  is  our  God ;  and  we  are  the  peo- 


ple of  his  pasture,  and  the  sheep  of  his 
hand.     To  day  if  ye  will  hear  his  voice, 

8  Harden  not  your  heart,  as  in  the  provo- 
cation, and  as  in  the  day  of  temptation  in 
the  wilderness : 

9  When  your  fathers  tempted  me,  proved 
me,  and  saw  my  work. 

10  Forty  years  long  was  I  grieved  with 
thU  generation,  and  said.  It  is  a  people  that 
do  err  in  their  heart,  and  they  have  not 
known  my  ways : 

11  Unto  whom  I  sware  in  my  wrath  that 
they  should  not  enter  into  my  rest. 

PSALM  XCVI. 

OSING  unto  the  Lord  a  new  song:  sing 
unto  the  Lord,  all  the  earth. 

2  Sing  unto  the  Lord,  bless  his  name ; 
shew  forth  his  salvation  from  day  to  day. 

3  Declare  his  glory  among  the  heathen, 
his  wonders  among  all  people. 

4  For  the  Lord  is  great,  and  greatly  to 
be  praised :  he  is  to  be  feared  above  all 
gods. 

5  For  all  the  gods  of  the  nations  are  idols  : 
but  the  Lord  made  the  heavens. 

6  Honour  and  majesty  are  before  him: 
strength  and  beauty  are  in  his  sanctuary. 

7  Give  unto  the  Lord,  O  ye  kindreds  of 
the  people,  give  unto  the  Lord  glory  and 
strength. 

8  Give  unto  the  Lord  the  glory  diie  unto 
his  name :  bring  an  offering,  and  come  into 
his  courts. 

9  O  worship  the  Lord  in  the  beauty  of 
holiness  :  fear  before  him,  all  the  earth. 

10  Say  among  the  heathen  that  the  Lord 
reigneth  :  the  world  also  shall  be  establish- 
ed that  it  shall  not  be  moved:  he  shall 
judge  the  people  righteously. 

11  Let  the  heavens  rejoice,  and  let  the 
earth  be  glad;  let  the  sea  roar,  and  the 
fulness  thereof. 

12  Let  the  field  be  joyful,  and  all  that  is 
therein:  then  shall  all  the  trees  of  the 
wood  rejoice 

13  Before  the  Lord  :  for  he  cometh,  for 
he  cometh  to  judge  the  earth :  he  shall 
judge  the  world  with  righteousness,  and 
the  people  with  his  truth. 

PSALM  XCVII. 

THE  Lord  reigneth;    let  the  earth  re- 
joice;   let   the  multitude  of  isles  be 
glad  the^'eof. 

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PSALMS. 


2  Clouds  and  darkness  are  round  about 
liim :  righteousness  and  judgment  are  the 
habitation  of  his  throne. 

3  A  fire  goeth  before  him,  and  burneth  up 
his  enemies  round  about. 

4  His  lightnings  enlightened  the  world: 
the  earth  saw,  and  trembled. 

5  The  hills  melted  like  wax  at  the  pres- 
ence of  the  Lord,  at  the  presence  of  the 
Lord  of  the  whole  earth. 

6  The  heavens  declare  his  righteousness, 
and  all  the  people  see  his  glory. 

7  Confounded  be  all  they  that  serve 
graven  images,  that  boast  themselves  of 
idols  :  worship  him,  all  ye  gods. 

8  Zion  heard,  and  was  glad;  and  the 
daughters  of  Judah  rejoiced  because  of 
thy  judgments,  O  Lord. 

9  For  thou.  Lord,  art  high  above  all  the 
earth :  thou  art  exalted  far  above  all  gods. 

10  Ye  that  love  the  Lord,  hate  evil:  he 
preserveth  the  souls  of  his  saints;  he  deliv- 
ereth  them  out  of  the  hand  of  the  wicked. 

11  Light  is  sown  for  the  righteous,  and 
gladness  for  the  upright  in  heart. 

12  Rejoice  in  the  Lord,  ye  righteous ; 
and  give  thanks  at  the  remembrance  of 
his  holiness. 

PSALM  XCVIII. 

A  Psalm. 

OSING  unto  the  Lord  a  new  song; 
for  he  hath  done  marvellous  things : 
his  right  hand,  and  his  holy  arm,  hath 
gotten  him  the  victory. 

2  The  Lord  hath  made  known  his  salva- 
tion :  his  righteousness  hath  he  openly 
shewed  in  the  sight  of  the  heathen. 

3  He  hath  remembered  his  mercy  and 
his  truth  toward  the  house  of  Israel:  all 
the  ends  of  the  earth  have  seen  the  salva- 
tion of  our  God. 

4  Make  a  joyful  noise  unto  the  Lord,  all 
the  earth:  make  a  loud  noise,  and  rejoice, 
and  sing  praise. 

5  Sing  unto  the  Lord  with  the  harp; 
with  the  harp,  and  the  voice  of  a  psalm. 

G  With  trumpets  and  sound  of  cornet 
make  a  joyful  noise  before  the  Lord,  the 
King. 

7  Let  the  sea  roar,  and  the  fulness  there- 
of; the  world,  and  they  that  dwell  therein. 

8  Let  the  Hoods  clap  their  hands :  let  the 
hills  be  joyful  together 

9  Before  the  Lord;  for  he  cometh  to 
judge  the  earth:  with  righteousness  shall 

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he  judge  the  world,  and  the  people  with 
equity. 

PSALM  XCIX. 

THE    Lord    reigneth;    let    the    people 
tremble :  he  sitteth  between  the  cheru- 
bim ;  let  the  earth  be  moved. 

2  The  Lord  is  great  in  Zion;  and  he  is 
high  above  all  the  people. 

3  Let  them  praise  thy  great  and  terrible 
name ;  for  it  is  holy. 

4  The  king's  strength  also  loveth  judg- 
ment ;  thou  dost  establish  equity,  thou  exe- 
cutest  judgment  and  righteousness  in  Jacob. 

5  Exalt  ye  the  Lord  our  God,  and  wor- 
ship at  his  footstool ;  for  he  is  holy. 

6  Moses  and  Aaron  among  his  priests, 
and  Samuel  among  them  that  call  upon 
his  name ;  they  called  upon  the  Lord, 
and  he  answered  them. 

7  He  spake  unto  them  in  the  cloudy 
pillar:  they  kept  his  testimonies,  and  the 
ordinance  that  he  gave  them. 

8*  Thou  answeredst  them,  O  Lord  our 
God :  thou  wast  a  God  that  forgavest 
them,  though  thou  tookest  vengeance  of 
their  inventions. 

9  Exalt  the  Lord  our  God,  and  worship  at 

his  holy  hill ;  for  the  Lord  our  God  is  holy. 

PSALM  C. 

A  Psalm  of  praise. 

MAKE  a  joyful  noise  unto  the  Lord, 
all  ye  lands. 

2  Serve  the  Lord  with  gladness :  come 
before  his  presence  with  singing. 

3  Know  ye  that  the  Lord  he  is  God:  it 
is  he  that  hath  made  us,  and  not  we  our- 
selves ;  we  are  his  people,  and  the  sheep 
of  his  pasture. 

4  Enter  into  his  gates  with  thanksgiv- 
ing, a7id  into  his  courts  with  praise:  be 
thankful  unto  him,  and  bless  his  name. 

5  For  the  Lord  is  good ;  his  mercy  is 
everlasting;  and  his  truth  eudureth  to  all 
generations. 

PSALM  CL 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

IWnX  sing  of  mercy  and  judgment : 
unto  thee,  0  Lord,  will  I  sing. 

2  I  will  behave  myself  wisely  in  a  perfect 
way,  O  when  wilt  thou  come  unto  me? 
I  will  walk  within  my  house  with  a  per- 
fect heart. 

3  I  will  set  no  wicked  thing  before 
mine  eyes:  I  hate  the  work  of  them 
that  turn  aside ;  it  shall  not  cleave  to  me. 


PSALMS. 


4  A  froward  heart  shall  depart  from  me : 
I  will  not  know  a  wicked  perso7i. 

5  Whoso  privily  slaudereth  his  neighbour, 
him  will  I  cut  off:  liirn  that  hath  a  high 
look  and  a  proud  heart  will  not  I  suffer. 

6  Mine  ej^es  sJiall  be  upon  the  faithful  of 
the  land,  that  they  may  dwell  with  me: 
he  that  walketh  in  a  perfect  way,  he  shall 
serve  me. 

7  He  that  worketh  deceit  shall  not  dwell 
within  my  house :  he  that  telleth  lies  shall 
not  tarry  in  my  sight. 

8  I  will  early  destroy  all  the  wicked  of 
the  land ;  that  I  may  cut  off  all  wicked 
doers  from  the  city  of  the  Lord. 

PSALM  CII. 

A  Prayer  of  the  afflicted,  when  he  is  overwhelmed,  and 
poureth  out  his  comphiint  before  the  Lord. 

HEAR  my  prayer,  O  Lord,  and  let  my 
cry  come  unto  thee. 

2  Hide  not  thy  face  from  me  in  the  day 
whe7i  I  am  in  trouble ;  incline  thine  ear 
unto  me:  in  the  day  wJieri  I  call  answer 
me  speedily. 

3  For  my  days  are  consumed  like  smoke, 
and  my  bones  are  burned  as  a  hearth. 

4  My  heart  is  smitten,  and  withered  like 
grass  ;  so  that  I  forget  to  eat  my  bread. 

•5  By  reason  of  the  voice  of  my  groaning 
my  bones  cleave  to  my  skin. 

6  I  am  like  a  pelican  of  the  wilderness : 
I  am  like  an  owl  of  the  desert. 

7  I  watch,  and  am  as  a  sparrow  alone 
upon  the  housetop. 

8  Mine  enemies  reproach  me  all  the 
day,  and  they  that  are  mad  against  me 
are  sworn  against  me. 

9  For  I  have  eaten  ashes  like  bread,  and 
mingled  my  drink  with  weeping, 

10  Because  of  thine  indignation  and  thy 
wrath:  for  thoii  hast  lifted  me  up,  and 
cast  me  down, 

11  My  days  are  like  a  shadow  that  de- 
clineth ;  and  I  am  withered  like  grass. 

12  But  thou,  O  Lord,  shalt  endure  for 
ever ;  and  thy  remembrance  unto  all  gen- 
erations. 

13  Thou  shalt  arise,  and  have  mercy  upon 
Zion  :  for  the  time  to  favour  her,  yea,  the 
set  time,  is  come. 

14  For  thy  servants  take  pleasure  in  her 
stones,  and  fovour  the  dust  thereof 

15  So  the  heathen  shall  fear  the  name 
of  the  Lord,  and  all  the  kings  of  the  earth 
thy  glory. 


16  When  the  Lord  shall  build  up  Zion, 
he  shall  appear  in  his  glory. 

17  He  will  regard  the  prayer  of  the  desti- 
tute, and  not  despise  their  prayer. 

18  This  shall  be  written  for  the  gen- 
eration to  come :  and  the  people  which 
shall  be  created  shall  praise  the  Lord. 

19  For  he  hath  looked  down  from  the 
height  of  his  sanctuary ;  from  heaven  did 
the  Lord  behold  the  earth ; 

20  To  hear  the  groaning  of  the  prisoner ; 
to  loose  those  that  are  appointed  to 
death ; 

21  To  declare  the  name  of  the  Lord  in 
Zion,  and  his  praise  in  Jerusalem  ; 

22  When  the  people  are  gathered  togeth- 
er, and  the  kingdoms,  to  serve  the  Lord. 

23  He  weakened  my  strength  in  the  way ; 
he  shortened  my  days. 

24  I  said,  O  my  God,  take  me  not  away 
in  the  midst  of  my  days :  thy  years  are 
throughout  all  generations. 

25  Of  old  hast  thou  laid  the  foundation 
of  the  earth :  and  the  heavens  are  the 
work  of  thy  hands. 

26  They  shall  perish,  but  thou  shalt 
endure :  yea,  all  of  them  shall  wax  old 
like  a  garment ;  as  a  vesture  shalt  thou 
change  them,  and  they  shall  be  changed  : 

27  But  thou  art  the  same,  and  thy  years 
shall  have  no  end. 

28  The  children  of  thy  servants  shall 
continue,  and  their  seed  shall  be  estab- 
lished before  thee. 

PSALM  cm. 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

BLESS  the  Lord,  O  my  soul:  and  all 
that    is    within    me,    Ness    his    holy 
name. 

2  Bless  the  Lord,  O  my  soul,  and  forget 
not  all  his  benefits  : 

3  Who  forgiveth  all  thine  iniquities ;  who 
healeth  all  thy  diseases ; 

4  Who  i-edeemcth  thy  life  from  destruc- 
tion; who  crowneth  thee  with  loving- 
kindness  and  tender  mercies; 

5  Who  satisfieth  thy  mouth  with  good 
things;  so  that  thy  youth  is  renewed  like 
the  eagle's. 

6  The  Lord  executeth  righteousness  and 
judgment  for  all  that  are  oppressed. 

7  He  made  known  his  ways  unto  Mo- 
ses, his  acts  unto  the  children  of  Israel. 

8  The  Lord  is  merciful  and  gracious,  slow 
to  anger,  and  plenteous  in  mercy. 

5^^ 


PSALMS. 


9  He  will  uot  always  chicle :  ueitiier  will 
he  keep  his  cukjcv  for  ever, 

10  He  hath  not  dealt  Avith  us  after  our  sins; 
nor  rewarded  us  according  to  our  iniquities. 

11  For  as  the  heaven  is  high  above  the 
earth,  so  great  is  his  mercy  toward  them 
that  fear  him. 

13  As  far  as  the  east  is  from  the  west,  so 
flir  hath  he  removed  our  transgressions 
from  us. 

13  Like  as  a  father  pitieth  his  children, 
so  the  Lord  pitieth  them  that  fear  him. 

14  For  he  knoweth  our  frame;  he  re- 
membereth  that  we  are  dust. 

15  As  for  man,  his  days  are  as  grass :  as 
a  flower  of  the  field,  so  he  flourisheth. 

16  For  the  wind  passeth  over  it,  and  it  is 
gone;  and  the  place  thereof  shall  know 
it  no  more. 

17  But  the  mercy  of  the  Lord  is  from 
everlasting  to  everlasting  upon  them  that 
fear  him,  and  his  righteousness  unto  chil- 
dren's children; 

18  To  such  as  keep  his  covenant,  and 
to  those  that  remember  his  command- 
ments to  do  them. 

19  The  Lord  hath  prepared  his  throne  in 
the  heavens ;  and  his  kingdom  ruleth  over 
all. 

20  Bless  the  Lord,  ye  his  angels,  that  ex- 
cel in  strength,  that  do  his  commandments, 
hearkening  unto  the  voice  of  his  Avord. 

21  £less  ye  the  Lord,  all  ye  his  hosts ;  ye 
ministers  of  his,  that  do  his  pleasure. 

23  Bless  the  Lord,  all  his  works  in  all 
places  of  his  dominion:  bless  the  Lord, 
O  my  soul. 

PSALM   CIV. 

BLESS  the  Lord,  O  my  soul.    O  Lord 
my  God,  thou  art  very  great ;   thou 
art  clothed  with  honour  and  majesty: 
3  Who  coverest  thyself  with  light  as  toith 
a  garment :  who  stretchest  out  the  heavens 
like  a  curtain : 

3  Who  layeth  the  beams  of  his  chambers 
in  the  waters:  who  makcth  the  clouds  his 
chariot :  who  walkcth  upon  the  wings  of 
the  wind : 

4  Who  maketh  his  angels  spirits;  his 
ministers  a  flaming  fire: 

5  TI7(0  laid  the  fouudations  of  the  earth, 
tlutt  it  should  not  be  removed  for  ever. 

G  Thou  coveredst  it  with  the  deep  as 
^oith  a  garment:  the  waters  stood  above 
the  mountains. 

574 


7  At  thy  rebuke  they  fled;  at  the  voice 
of  thy  thunder  they  hasted  away. 

8  They  go  up  by  the  mountains;  they  go 
down  by  the  valleys  unto  the  j)lace  which 
thou  hast  founded  for  them. 

9  Thou  hast  set  a  bound  that  they  may 
not  pass  over;  that  they  turn  not  again  to 
cover  the  earth. 

10  He  sendeth  the  springs  into  the  valleys, 
lohich  run  among  the  hills. 

11  They  give  drink  to  every  beast  of  the 
field :  the  wild  asses  quench  their  thirst. 

13  By  them  shall  the  fowls  of  the  heaven 
have  their  habitation,  which  sing  among  the 
branches. 

13  He  watereth  the  hills  from  his  cham- 
bers :  the  earth  is  satisfied  with  the  fruit  of 
thy  works. 

14  He  causeth  the  grass  to  grow  for  the 
cattle,  and  herb  for  the  service  of  man: 
that  he  may  bring  forth  food  out  of  the 
earth ; 

15  And  wine  that  maketh  glad  the  heart 
of  man,  and  oil  to  make  his  face  to 
shine,  and  bread  which  strengtheneth 
man's  heart. 

16  The  trees  of  the  Lord  are  full  of  sap; 
the  cedars  of  Lebanon,  which  he  hath 
planted ; 

17  Where  the  birds  make  their  nests :  as 
for  the  stork,  the  fir  trees  are  her  house. 

18  The  high  hills  are  a  refuge  for  the  wild 
goats ;  and  the  rocks  for  the  conies. 

19  He  appointed  the  moon  for  seasons : 
the  sun  knoweth  his  going  down. 

20  Thou  makest  darkness,  and  it  is  night : 
wherein  all  the  beasts  of  the  forest  do 
creep /or^/i. 

31  The  young  lions  roar  after  their  prey, 
and  seek  their  meat  from  God. 

33  The  sun  ariseth,  they  gather  them- 
selves together,  and  lay  them  down  in 
their  dens. 

33  Man  goeth  forth  unto  his  work  and 
to  his  labour  until  the  evening. 

34  O  Lord,  how  manifold  are  thy  works ! 
in  wisdom  hast  thou  made  them  all:  the 
earth  is  full  of  thy  riches. 

35  So  is  this  great  and  wide  sea,  wherein 
are  things  creeping  innumerable,  both 
small  and  great  beasts. 

36  There  go  the  ships :  there  is  that  levia- 
than, v)]iorii  thou  hast  made  to  play  therein. 

37  These  wait  all  upon  thee;  that  thou 
may  est  give  theui  their  meat  in  due  season. 


PSALMS. 


28  That  thou  givest  them  they  gather: 
thou  opencst  thine  hand,  they  are  filled 
with  good. 

29  Thou  hidest  thy  face,  they  are  troubled: 
thou  takest  away  their  breath,  they  die, 
and  return  to  their  dust. 

30  Thou  sendest  forth  thy  spirit,  they  are 
created  :  and  thou  renewest  the  face  of  the 
earth. 

31  The  glory  of  the  Lord  shall  endure 
for  ever :  the  Lord  shall  rejoice  in  his 
works. 

32  He  looketh  on  the  earth,  and  it  trem- 
bleth :  he  toucheth  the  hills,  and  they 
smoke. 

33  I  will  sing  unto  the  Lord  as  long  as 
I  live :  I  will  sing  praise  to  my  God  while 
I  have  my  being. 

34  My  meditation  of  him  shall  be  sweet : 
I  will  be  glad  in  the  Lord. 

35  Let  the  sinners  be  consumed  out  of 
the  earth,  and  let  the  wicked  be  no  more. 
Bless  thou  the  Lord,  O  my  soul.  Praise  ye 
the  Lord. 

PSALM  CV. 

OGIVE  thanks  unto  the  Lord;    call 
upon  his    name :    make   known  his 
deeds  among  the  people. 

2  Sing  unto  him,  sing  psalms  unto  him : 
talk  ye  of  all  his  wondrous  works. 

3  Glory  ye  in  his  holy  name :  let  the  heart 
of  them  rejoice  that  seek  the  Lord. 

4  Seek  the  Lord,  and  his  strength :  seek 
his  face  evermore. 

5  Remember  his  marvellous  works  that 
he  hath  done ;  his  wonders,  and  the  judg- 
ments of  his  mouth; 

6  O  ye  seed  of  Abraham  his  servant,  ye 
children  of  Jacob  his  chosen. 

7  He  in  the  Lord  our  God :  his  judgments 
are  in  all  the  earth. 

8  He  hath  remembered  his  covenant  for 
ever,  the  word  lolikJi  he  commanded  to  a 
thousand  generations. 

9  Which  covenant  he  made  with  Abraham, 
and  his  oath  unto  Isaac ; 

10  And  confirmed  the  same  unto  Jacob 
for  a  law,  a7id  to  Israel  for  an  everlasting 
covenant : 

11  Saying,  Unto  thee  will  I  give  the  land 
of  Canaan,  the  lot  of  your  inheritance: 

12  When  they  were  hnt  a  few  men  in 
number ;  yea,  very  few,  and  strangers 
in  it. 

13  When  thev  went  from  one  nation  to 


another,  from   one   kingdom    to    another 
people ; 

14  He  suffered  no  man  to  do  them  wrong : 
yea,  he  reproved  kings  for  their  sakes  ; 

15  Sayiny,  Touch  not  mine  anointed, 
and  do  my  prophets  no  harm. 

16  Moreover  he  called  for  a  famine  upon 
the  land:  he  brake  the  whole  stall"  of 
bread. 

17  He  sent  a  man  before  them,  efjeu  Jo- 
seph, who  was  sold  for  a  servant : 

18  Whose  feet  they  hurt  with  fetters :  he 
was  laid  in  iron  : 

19  Until  the  time  that  his  word  came:  the 
word  of  the  Lord  tried  him. 

20  The  king  sent  and  loosed  him;  even 
the  ruler  of  the  people,  and  let  him  go 
free. 

21  He  made  him  lord  of  his  house,  and 
ruler  of  all  his  substance: 

22  To  bind  his  princes  at  his  pleasure; 
and  teach  his  senators  wisdom. 

23  Israel  also  came  into  Egypt;  and 
Jacob  sojourned  in  the  land  of  Ham. 

24  And  he  increased  his  people  greatly; 
and  made  them  stronger  than  their  ene- 
mies. 

25  He  turned  their  heart  to  hate  his 
people,  to  deal  subtilely  with  his  servants. 

26  He  sent  Moses  his  servant ;  and  Aaron 
whom  he  had  chosen. 

27  They  shewed  his  signs  among  them, 
and  wonders  in  the  land  of  Ham. 

28  He  sent  darkness,  and  made  it  dark; 
and  they  rebelled  not  against  his  Avord. 

29  He  turned  their  waters  into  blood, 
and  slew  their  fish. 

30  Their  land  brought  forth  frogs  in 
abundance,  in  the  cliambers  of  their 
kings. 

31  He  spake,  and  there  came  divers  sorts 
of  flies,  and  lice  in  all  their  coasts. 

32  He  gave  them  hail  for  rain,  and  flam- 
ing fire  in  their  land. 

33  He  smote  their  vines  also  and  their 
fig  trees ;  and  brake  the  trees  of  their 
coasts. 

34  He  spake,  and  the  locusts  came,  and 
caterpillars,  and  that  without  number, 

35  And  did  eat  up  all  the  herbs  in  their 
land,  and  devoured  the  fruit  of  their 
groxmd. 

36  He  smote  also  all  the  firstborn  in 
their  land,  the  chief  of  all  their  strength. 

37  He  brought  them  forth  also  with  sil- 


PSALMS. 


ver  and  ^old :  aud  tJtcre  wax  not  one  feeble 
person  among  their  tribes. 

38  Egypt  was  glad  when  they  departed: 
for  the  fear  of  them  fell  upon  them. 

39  He  spread  a  cloud  for  a  covering ; 
and  fire  to  give  light  in  the  night. 

40  T/te  people  asked,  and  he  brought 
quails,  and  satisfied  them  with  the  bread 
of  heaven. 

41  He  opened  the  rock,  and  the  watei-s 
gushed  out;  they  ran  in  the  dry  places  like 
a  river. 

43  For  he  remembered  his  holy  prom- 
ise, and  Abraham  his  servant. 

43  And  he  brought  forth  his  people 
with  joy,  and  his  chosen  with  gladness: 

44  And  gave  them  the  lands  of  the 
heathen :  and  they  inherited  the  labour 
of  the  people; 

45  That  they  might  observe  his  statutes, 
and  keep  his  laws.    Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM  CVI. 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord.     O  give  thanks 
unto   the  Lord;  for  he  is  good:   for 
his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

2  Who  can  utter  the  mighty  acts  of 
the  Lord  ?  who  can  shew  forth  all  his 
praise  ? 

3  Blessed  are  they  that  keep  judgment, 
and  he  that  doeth  righteousness  at  all 
times. 

4  Remember  me,  O  Lord,  with  the  favour 
that  thou  bearest  tmto  thy  people :  O  visit 
me  with  thy  salvation ; 

5  That  I  may  see  the  good  of  thy  chosen, 
that  I  may  rejoice  in  the  gladness  of  thy 
nation,  that  I  may  glory  with  thine  in- 
heritance. 

6  We  have  sinned  with  our  fathers,  we 
have  committed  iniquity,  we  have  done 
wickedly. 

7  Our  fathers  understood  not  thy  wonders 
in  Egypt ;  they  remembered  not  the  multi- 
tude of  thy  mercies ;  but  provoked  7iim  at 
the  sea,  ei'eji  at  the  Red  sea. 

8  Nevertheless  he  saved  them  for  his 
name's  sake,  that  he  might  make  his 
mighty  power  to  be  known. 

9  He  rebuked  the  Red  sea  also,  and  it  was 
dried  up :  so  he  led  them  through  the 
depths,  as  through  the  wilderness. 

10  Aud  he  saved  tliem  from  the  hand 
of  him  that  hated  t/icm,  and  redeemed 
them  from  the  hand  of  the  enemy. 

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11  And  the  waters  covered  their  en- 
emies :  there  was  not  one  of  them  left. 

13  Then  believed  they  his  words;  they 
sang  his  praise. 

13  They  soon  forgat  his  works  ;  they  wait- 
ed not  for  his  counsel : 

14  But  lusted  exceedingly  in  the  wilder- 
ness, and  tempted  God  in  the  desert. 

15  And  he  gave  them  their  request; 
but  sent  leanness  into  their  soul. 

16  They  envied  Moses  also  in  the  camp, 
a7id  Aaron  the  saint  of  the  Lord. 

17  The  earth  opened  and  swallowed  up 
Dathan,  and  covered  the  company  of  Abi- 
ram. 

18  And  a  fire  was  kindled  in  their  com- 
pany; the  flame  burned  up  the  wicked. 

19  They  made  a  calf  in  Horeb,  and  wor- 
shipped the  molten  image. 

20  Thus  they  changed  their  glory  into  the 
similitude  of  an  ox  that  eateth  grass. 

21  They  forgat  God  their  saviour,  which 
had  done  great  things  in  Egypt ; 

23  Wondrous  works  in  the  land  of  Ham, 
and  terrible  things  by  the  Red  sea. 

33  Therefore  he  said  that  he  would  de- 
stroy them,  had  not  Moses  his  chosen 
stood  before  him  in  the  breach,  to  turn 
away  his  wrath,  lest  he  should  destroy 
the77i. 

34  Tea,  they  despised  the  pleasant  land, 
they  believed  not  his  word : 

25  But  murmured  in  their  tents,  and 
hearkened  not  unto  the  voice  of  the 
Lord. 

26  Therefore  he  lifted  up  his  hand  against 
them,  to  overthrow  them  in  the  wilder- 
ness : 

27  To  overthrow  their  seed  also  among 
the  nations,  aud  to  scatter  them  in  the 
lands. 

28  They  joined  themselves  also  unto 
Baal-peor,  and  ate  the  sacrifices  of  the 
dead. 

29  Thus  they  provoked  Aim  to  anger 
with  their  inventions :  and  the  plague 
brake  in  upon  them. 

30  Then  stood  up  Phinehas,  and  executed 
judgment:  and  no  the  plague  was  stayed. 

31  And  that  was  counted  unto  him  for 
righteousness  unto  all  generations  for 
evermore. 

33  They  angered  him  also  at  the  waters 
of  strife,  so  that  it  went  ill  with  Moses 
for  their  sakes : 


PSALMS. 


33  Because  they  provoked  his  spirit,  so 
that  he  spake  unadvisedly  with  his  lips. 

34  They  did  not  destroy  the  nations, 
concerning  whom  the  Lokd  commanded 
them : 

35  But  were  mingled  among  the  heathen, 
and  learned  their  works. 

36  And  they  served  their  idols:  which 
were  a  snare  unto  them. 

37  Yea,  they  sacriticed  their  sons  and 
their  daughters  unto  devils, 

38  And  shed  innocent  blood,  even  the 
blood  of  their  sons  and  of  their  daughters, 
whom  they  sacrificed  unto  the  idols  of 
Canaan:  and  the  land  was  j^olluted  with 
blood: 

39  Thus  were  they  defiled  with  their  own 
works,  and  went  a  whoring  with  their  own 
inventions. 

40  Therefore  was  the  wrath  of  the  Lord 
kindled  against  his  people,  insomuch  that 
he  abhorred  his  own  inheritance. 

41  And  he  gave  them  into  the  hand  of 
the  heathen;  and  they  that  hated  them 
ruled  over  them. 

42  Their  enemies  also  oppressed  them, 
and  they  were  brought  into  subjection 
under  their  hand. 

43  Many  times  did  he  deliver  them;  but 
they  provoked  him  with  their  counsel, 
and  were  brought  low  for  their  iniq- 
uity. 

44  Nevertheless  he  regarded  their  afllic- 
tion,  when  he  heard  their  cry : 

45  And  he  remembered  for  them  his 
covenant,  and  repented  according  to  the 
miiltitude  of  his  mercies. 

46  He  made  them  also  to  be  pitied  of 
all  those  that  carried  them  captives. 

47  Save  us,  O  Lokd  our  God,  and  gather 
us  from  among  the  heathen,  to  give 
thanks  unto  thy  holy  name,  and  to  tri- 
umph in  thy  praise. 

48  Blessed  he  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  from 
everlasting  to  everlasting :  and  let  all  the 
people  say.  Amen.     Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM  CVII. 

OGIVE  thanks    unto    the    Lord,   for 
lie  is  good :  for  his  mercy  endiireih  for 
ever. 

2  Let  the  redeemed  of  the  Lord  say  -so, 
whom  he  hath  redeemed  from  the  hand  of 
the  enemy ; 

3  And  gathered  them    out  of  the  lands, 

_ 


from   the  east,  and  from  the  west,  from 
the  north,  and  from  the  south. 

4  They  wandered  in  the  wilderness  in  a 
solitary  way ;  they  found  no  city  to  dwell 
in. 

5  Hungry  and  thirsty,  their  soul  fainted 
in  them. 

6  Then  they  cried  unto  the  Lord  in 
their  trouble,  and  he  delivered  them  out 
of  their  distresses. 

7  And  he  led  them  forth  by  the  right 
way,  that  they  might  go  to  a  city  of  hab- 
itation. 

8  Oh  that  men  would  praise  the  Lord 
for  his  goodness,  and  for  his  wonderful 
works  to  the  children  of  men ! 

9  For  he  satisfieth  the  longing  soul,  and 
filleth  the  hungry  soul  with  goodness. 

10  Such  as  sit  in  darkness  and  in  the 
shadow  of  death,  being  bound  in  aflaiction 
and  iron ; 

11  Because  they  rebelled  against  the 
words  of  God,  and  contemned  the  counsel 
ofthe  Most  High: 

12  Therefore  he  brought  down  their  heart 
with  labour;  they  fell  down,  and  there 
was  none  to  help. 

13  Then  they  cried  unto  the  Lord  in 
their  trouble,  and  he  saved  them  out 
of  their  distresses. 

14  He  brought  them  out  of  darkness 
and  the  shadow  of  death,  and  brake 
their  bands  in  sunder. 

15  Oh  that  men  would  praise  the  Lord 
for  his  goodness,  and  ^r  his  wonderful 
works  to  the  children  of  men ! 

16  For  he  hath  broken  the  gates  of 
brass,  and  cut  the  bars  of  iron  in  sunder. 

17  Fools,  because  of  their  transgression, 
and  because  of  their  iniquities,  are  afflicted. 

IS  Their  soul  abhorreth  all  manner  of 
meat ;  and  they  draw  near  unto  ;he  gates 
of  death. 

19  Then  they  cry  unto  the  Lord  in 
their  trouble,  a?id  he  saveth  them  out 
of  their  distresses. 

20  He  sent  his  word,  and  healed  them, 
and  delivered  them  from  their  destruc- 
tions. 

21  Oh  that  men  would  praise  the  Lord 
for  his  goodness,  and  for  his  wonderful 
works  to  the  children  of  men  ! 

22  And  let  them  sacrifice  the  sacrifices 
of   thanksgiving,   and   declare    his    works 

with  rejoicing. 

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PSALMS. 


23  They  that  go  down  to  the  sea  in  ships, 
that  do  business  in  great  Avaters  ; 

24  These  see  the  works  of  the  Lord, 
and  his  wonders  in  the  deep. 

25  For  he  commandeth,  and  raiseth  the 
stormy  wind,  which  lifteth  up  the  waves 
thereof. 

26  They  mount  up  to  the  heaven,  they 
go  down  again  to  the  depths :  their  soul 
is  melted  because  of  trouble. 

27  They  reel  to  and  fro,  and  stagger 
like  a  drunken  man,  and  are  at  their  wit's 
end. 

28  Then  they  cry  unto  the  Lord  in  their 
trouble,  and  he  bringeth  them  out  of  their 
distresses. 

29  He  maketh  the  storm  a  calm,  so 
that  the  waves  thereof  are  still. 

30  Then  are  they  glad  because  they  be 
quiet ;  so  he  bringeth  them  unto  their 
desired  haven. 

31  Oh  that  tnen  would  praise  the  Lord 
for  his  goodness,  and  for  his  wonderful 
works  to  the  children  of  men! 

32  Let  them  exalt  him  also  in  the 
congregation  of  the  people,  and  praise 
him  in  the  assembly  of  the  elders. 

33  He  tumeth  rivers  into  a  wilderness, 
and  the  watersprings  into  dry  ground ; 

34  A  fruitful  land  into  barrenness,  for 
the  wickedness  of  them  that  dwell  therein. 

35  He  tumeth  the  wildeniess  into  a 
standing  water,  and  dry  ground  into  water- 
springs. 

36  And  there  he  maketh  the  hungry  to 
dwell,  that  they  may  prepare  a  city  for 
habitation  ; 

37  And  sow  the  fields,  and  plant  vineyards, 
which  may  yield  fruits  of  increase. 

38  He  blesseth  them  also,  so  that  they 
are  multiplied  greatly;  and  sufiereth  not 
their  cattle  to  decrease. 

39  Again,  they  are  minished  and  brought 
low  through  oppression,  aflliction,  and 
sorrow. 

40  He  poureth  contempt  upon  princes, 
and  causeth  them  to  wander  in  the  wilder- 
ness, viJiere  there  in  no  way. 

41  Yet  setteth  he  the  poor  on  high  from 
affliction,  and  maketh  him  families  like  a 
flock. 

42  The  righteous  shall  see  it,  and  re- 
joice :  and  all  iniquity  shall  stop  her 
mouth. 

43  Whoso  iii  wise,  and  will  observe  these 

578 


ihiiigH,    even    they    shall    understand    the 
lovingkindness  of  the  Lord  . 
PSALM  CVIII. 

A  Song  or  Psalm  of  David. 

OGOD,  my  heart  is  fixed ;  I  will  sing 
and  give  praise,  even  with  my  glory. 

2  AAvake,  psaltery  and  harp:  I  myself  vi'xW 
awake  early. 

3  I  will  praise  thee,  O  Lord,  among  the 
peoi>le :  and  I  will  sing  praises  unto  thee 
among  the  nations. 

4  For  thy  mercj'  is  great  above  the  heav- 
ens :  and  thy  truth  reacheth  unto  the  clouds. 

5  Be  thou  exalted,  O  God,  above  the 
heavens :  and  thy  glory  above  all  the  earth ; 

6  That  thy  beloved  may  be  delivered: 
saA'e  ivith  thy  right  hand,  and  answer  me. 

7  God  hath  spoken  in  his  holiness  ;  I  will 
rejoice,  I  will  divide  Shechem,  and  mete 
out  the  valley  of  Succoth. 

8  Gilead  is  mine;  Manasseh  is  mine; 
Ephraira  also  is  the  strength  of  mine 
head ;  Judah  is  my  lawgiver ; 

9  Moab  is  my  washpot ;  over  Edom  will 
I  cast  out  my  shoe ;  over  Philistia  will  I 
triumph. 

I    10    Who  will  bring  me  into  the  strong 
city?  who  will  lead  me  into  Edom? 

11  Wilt  not  thou,  O  God,  vjho  hast  cast 
us  off?  and  wilt  not  thou,  O  God,  go  forth 
with  our  hosts  ? 

12  Give  us  help  from  trouble  :  for  vain  is 
the  help  of  man. 

13  Through  God  we  shall  do  valiantly :  for 
he  it  is  that  shall  .tread  down  our  enemies. 

PSALM  CIX. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

HOLD  not  thy  peace,  O   God   of  my 
praise ; 

2  For  the  mouth  of  the  wicked  and  the 
mouth  of  the  deceitful  are  opened  against 
me :  the}'  have  spoken  against  me  with  a 
lying  tongue. 

3  They  compassed  me  aboiit  also  with 
words  of  hatred ;  and  fought  against  me 
without  a  cause. 

4  For  my  love  they  are  my  adversaries : 
but  I  r/ii'e  myself  unto  prayer. 

5  And  they  have  rewarded  me  evil  for 
good,  and  hatred  for  ray  love. 

6  Set  thou  a  wicked  man  over  him :  and 
let  Satan  stand  at  his  right  hand. 

7  When  he  shall  be  judged,  let  him  be 
condemned :   and  let  his   prayer   become 


PSALMS. 


8  Let  his  days  be  lew ;  anrf  let  another 
take  his  office. 

9  Let  his  children  be  fatherless,  and  his 
wife  a  widow. 

10  Let  his  children  be  continually  vaga- 
bonds, and  beg :  let  them  seek  their  bread 
also  out  of  their  desolate  places. 

11  Let  the  extortioner  catch  all  that  he 
hath;  and  let  the  strangers  spoil  his  labour. 

12  Let  there  be  none  to  extend  mercy 
unto  him :  neither  let  there  be  any  to 
favour  his  fatherless  children. 

13  Let  his  posterity  be  cut  otf;  and  in  the 
generation  following  let  their  name  be 
blotted  out. 

14  Let  the  iniquity  of  his  fathers  be  re- 
membered with  the  Lord  ;  and  let  not  the 
sin  of  his  mother  be  blotted  out. 

15  Let  them  be  before  the  Lord  contin- 
ually, that  he  may  cut  off  the  memory  of 
them  from  the  earth. 

16  Because  that  he  remembered  not  to 
shew  mercy,  but  persecuted  the  poor  and 
needy  man,  that  he  might  even  slay  the 
broken  in  heart. 

17  As  he  loved  cursing,  so  let  it  come 
unto  him  :  as  he  delighted  not  in  blessing, 
so  let  it  be  far  from  him. 

18  As  he  clothed  himself  with  cursing  like 
as  with  his  garment,  so  let  it  come  into  his 
bowels  like  water,  and  like  oil  into  his 
bones. 

19  Let  it  be  unto  him  as  the  garment 
v}hich  covereth  him,  and  for  a  girdle  where- 
with he  is  girded  continually. 

20  Tjet  this  be  the  reward  of  mine  adversa- 
ries from  the  Lord,  and  of  them  that  speak 
evil  against  my  soul. 

21  But  do  thou  for  me,  O  God  the  Lord, 
for  thy  name's  sake :  because  thy  mercy 
is  good,  deliver  thoii  me. 

22  For  I  am  poor  aud  needy,  and  my  heart 
is  wounded  within  me. 

23  I  am  gone  like  the  shadow  when  it 
declineth  :  I  am  tossed  up  aud  down  as  the 
locust. 

24  My  knees  are  weak  through  fasting; 
and  my  flesh  faileth  of  fatness. 

25  I  became  also  a  reproach  unto  them: 
w1ie7i  they  looked  upon  me  they  shaked 
their  heads. 

26  Help  me,  O  Lord  my  God :  O  save  me 
according  to  thy  mercy : 

27  That  they  may  know  that  this  is  thy 
hand;  that  thou,  Lord,  hast  done  it. 


28  Let  them  curse,  but  bless  thou :  when 
they  arise,  let  them  be  ashamed;  but  let 
thy  servant  rejoice. 

29  Let  mine  adversaries  be  clothed  with 
shame;  and  let  them  cover  themselves 
with  their  own  confusion,  as  with  a 
mantle. 

30  I  will  greatly  praise  the  Lord  with  my 
mouth ;  yea,  I  will  praise  him  among  the 
multitude. 

31  For  he  shall  stand  at  the  right  hand 
of  the  poor,  to  save  him  from  those  that 
condemn  his  soul. 

PSALM  ex. 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

THE  Lord  said  unto  my  Lord,  Sit  thou 
at  my  right  hand,  until  I  make  thine 
enemies  thy  footstool. 

2  The  Lord  shall  send  the  rod  of  thy 
strength  out  of  Zion:  rule  thou  in  the 
midst  of  thine  enemies. 

3  Thy  people  shall  be  willing  in  the  day  of 
thy  power,  in  the  beauties  of  holiness  from 
the  womb  of  the  morning:  thou  hast  the 
dew  of  thy  youth. 

4  The  Lord  hath  sworn,  and  will  not 
repent.  Thou  art  a  priest  for  ever  after 
the  order  of  Melchizedek. 

5  The  Lord  at  thy  right  hand  shall 
strike  through  kings  in  the  day  of  his 
wrath. 

6  He  shall  judge  among  the  heathen,  he 
shall  fill  the  2Jlcices  with  the  dead  bodies;  he 
shall  wound  the  heads  over  many  coun- 
tries. 

7  He  shall  drink  of  the  brook  in  the  way : 
therefore  shall  he  lift  up  the  head. 

PSALM  CXI. 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord.  I  will  praise  the 
Lord  with  7ny  whole  heart,  in  the 
assembly  of  the  upright,  and  in  the  congre- 
gation. 

2  The  works  of  the  Lord  are  great, 
sought  out  of  all  them  that  have  pleasure 
therein. 

3  His  work  is  honourable  and  glorious : 
and  his  righteousness  endureth  for  ever. 

4  He  hath  made  his  wonderful  w^orks  to 
be  remembered  :  the  Lord  is  gracious  and 
full  of  compassion. 

5  He  hath  given  meat  unto  them  that  fear 
him  :  he  will  ever  be  mindful  of  his  cove- 
nant. 

6  He  hath  shewed  his  people  the  power 
_  _  - 


PSALMS. 


of  his  works,  that  he  may  give  them,  the 
heritage  of  the  heathen. 

7  The  worlvs  of  his  hands  are  verity  and 
judgment ;  all  his  commandments  are 
sure. 

8  They  stand  last  for  ever  and  ever,  and 
are  done  in  truth  and  uprightness. 

9  He  sent  redemption  unto  his  people : 
he  hath  commanded  his  covenant  for  ever : 
holy  and  reverend  is  his  name. 

10  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  the  beginning 
of  wisdom :  a  good  understanding  have 
all  they  that  do  his  commandments:  his 
praise  endureth  for  ever. 

PSALM  CXIL 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord.     Blessed  is  the 
man  that  feareth  the  Lord,   that   de- 
lighteth  greatly  in  his  commandments. 

2  His  seed  shall  be  mighty  upon  earth : 
the  generation  of  the  upright  shall  be  bles- 
sed. 

3  Wealth  and  riches  shall  he  in  his  house : 
and  his  righteousness  endureth  for  ever. 

4  Unto  the  upright  there  ariseth  light  in 
the  darkness :  he  is  gracious,  and  full  of 
compassion,  and  righteous. 

5  A  good  man  sheweth  favour,  and  lend- 
eth :  he  will  guide  his  affairs  with  dis- 
cretion, 

G  Surely  he  shall  not  be  moved  for  ever : 
the  righteous  shall  be  in  everlasting  re- 
membrance. 

7  He  shall  not  be  afraid  of  evil  tidings: 
his  heart  is  fixed,  trusting  in  the  Lord. 

8  His  heart  is  established,  he  shall  not 
be  afraid,  until  he  see  his  desire  upon  his 
enemies. 

9  He  hath  dispersed,  he  hath  given  to 
the  poor;  his  righteousness  endureth  for 
ever;  his  horn  shall  be  exalted  with 
honour. 

10  The  wicked  shall  see  it,  and  be  griev- 
ed; he  shall  gnash  with  his  teeth,  and 
melt  away:  the  desire  of  the  wicked  shall 
perish. 

PSALM  CXIIL 

PPvATSE  yc  the  Lord.  Praise,  O  ye 
servants  of  the  Lord,  praise  the 
name  of  the  Lord. 
3  Blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord  from 
this  time  forth  and  for  evermore, 
o  From  the  rising  of  the  sun  unto  the 
going  down  of  the  same  the  Lord's  name 
is  to  be  praised. 

580 


4  The  Lo]{d  is  high  above  all  nations, 
and  his  glory  above  the  heavens. 

5  Who  is  like  unto  the  Lord  our  God, 
who  dwelleth  on  high, 

6  Who  humbleth  himself  to  behold  the 
things  that  are  in  heaven,  and  in  the  earth ! 

7  He  raiseth  up  the  poor  out  of  the  dust, 
and  lifteth  the  needy  out  of  the  dunghill ; 

8  That  he  may  set  Aim  with  princes, 
eveji  with  the  princes  of  his  people. 

9  He  maketh  the  barren  woman  to  keep 
house,  and  to  be  a  joyful  mother  of  chil- 
dren.    Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM  CXIV. 

WHEN  Israel  went  out  of  Egypt,  the 
house  of  Jacob  from  a  people  of 
strange  language ; 

2  Judah  was  his  sanctuary,  and  Israel  his 
dominion. 

3  The  sea  saw  it,  and  fled :  Jordan  was 
driven  back. 

4  The  mountains  skipped  like  rams,  a7id 
the  little  hills  like  lambs. 

5  What  ailed  thee,  O  thou  sea,  that  thou 
fleddest  ?  thou  Jordan,  that  thou  wast 
driven  back  ? 

6  Ye  mountains,  that  ye  skipped  like 
rams;  and  ye  little  hills,  like  lambs? 

7  Tremble,  thou  earth,  at  the  presence 
of  the  Lord,  at  the  presence  of  the  God  of 
Jacob ; 

8  Which  turned  the  rock  into  a  standing 
water,  the  flint  into  a  fountain  of  waters. 

psal:si  cxv. 

NOT   unto  us,  0  Lord,  not    imto  us, 
but  unto   thy  name  give  glory,  for 
thy  mercy,  and  for  thy  truth's  sake. 

2  Wherefore  should  the  heathen  say, 
Where  is  now  their  God  ? 

3  But  our  God  is  in  the  heavens  :  he  hath 
done  whatsoever  he  hath  pleased. 

4  Their  idols  are  silver  and  gold,  the 
work  of  men's  hands. 

5  They  have  mouths,  but  they  speak  not : 
eyes  have  they,  but  they  see  not : 

6  They  have  ears,  but  they  hear  not: 
noses  have  they,  but  they  smell  not : 

7  They  have  hands,  but  they  handle  not : 
feet  have  they,  but  they  walk  not :  neither 
speak  they  through  their  throat. 

8  They  that  make  them  are  like  unto 
them ;  so  is  every  one  that  trusteth  in 
them. 


PSALMS. 


9  O  Israel,  trust  thou  in  the  Loud  :  he 
is  their  lielp  and  their  shield. 

10  O  house  of  Aaron,  trust  in  the  Lokd  : 
he  in  their  help  and  their  shield. 

11  Ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  trust  in  the 
Lokd  :  he  is  their  help  and  their  shield. 

13  The  Lord  hath  been  mindful  of  us : 
he  will  bless  ns ;  he  will  bless  the  house 
of  Israel ;  he  will  bless  the  house  of  Aaron. 

13  He  will  bless  them  that  fear  the  Lokd, 
both  small  and  great. 

14  The  Lord  shall  increase  you  more  and 
more,  )'ou  and  your  children. 

15  Ye  are  blessed  of  the  Lord  which 
made  heaven  and  earth. 

16  "the  heaven,  even  the  heavens,  are  the 
Lord's:  but  the  earth  hath  he  given  to 
the  children  of  men. 

17  The  dead  praise  not  the  Lord,  neither 
any  that  go  down  into  silence. 

18  But  we  will  bless  the  Lord  from  this 
time  forth  and  for  evermore.  Praise  the 
Lord. 

PSALM  CXVI. 

I  LOVE  the  Lord,  because  he  hath  heard 
my  voice  ayicl  my  supplications. 
3  Because  he  hath  inclined  his  ear  unto 
me,  therefore  will  I  call  upon  him  as  long 
as  I  live. 

3  The  sorrows  of  death  compassed  me, 
and  the  pains  of  hell  gat  hold  upon  me : 
I  found  trouble  and  sorrow. 

4  Then  called  I  upon  the  name  of  the 
Lord  ;  O  Lord,  I  beseech  thee,  deliver  my 
soul. 

5  Gracious  is  the  Lord,  and  righteous ; 
yea,  our  God  is  merciful. 

6  The  Lord  preserveth  the  simple :  I  was 
brought  low,  and  he  hclj^ed  me. 

7  Return  unto  thy  rest,  O  m}-^  soul ;  for 
the  Lord  hath  dealt  bountifully  with  thee. 

8  For  thou  hast  delivered  my  soul  from 
death,  mine  eyes  from  tears,  a7icl  my  feet 
from  falling. 

9  I  will  walk  before  the  Lord  in  the  land 
of  the  living. 

10  I  believed,  therefore  have  1  spoken : 
I  was  greatly  afflicted : 

11  I  said  in  my  haste.  All  men  are  liars. 
13  What  shall  I  render  unto  the  Lord  for 

all  his  benefits  toward  me? 

13  I  will  take  the  cup  of  salvation,  and 
call  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

14  I  will  pay  my  voavs  unto  the  Lord 
now  in  the  presence  of  all  his  people. 


15  Precious  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  is 
the  death  of  his  saints. 

16  O  Lord,  truly  I  am  thy  servant ;  I 
am  thy  servant,  and  the  son  of  thine 
handmaid  :  thou  hast  loosed  my  bonds. 

17  I  will  offer  to  thee  the  sacrifice  of 
thanksgiving,  and  will  call  upon  the  name 
of  the  Lord. 

18  I  will  pay  my  vows  nnto  the  Lord 
now  in  the  presence  of  all  his  people, 

19  In  the  courts  of  the  Lord's  house, 
in  the  midst  of  thee,  O  Jerusalem. 
Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM  CXVIL 

O   PRAISE   the  Lord,   all  ye   nations: 
praise  him,  all  ye  people. 
3  For  his  merciful  kindness  is  great  to- 
ward us :  and  the  truth  of  the  Lord  c?i- 
dureth  for  ever.     Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM   CXVIIL 

OGIVE   thanks   unto    the   Lord;    for 
he  is  good :   because  his  mercy  endur- 
eth  for  ever. 
3  Let  Israel  now  say,  that  his  mercy  en- 
dureth  for  ever. 

3  Let  the  house  of  Aaron  now  say,  that 
his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

4  Let  them  now  that  fear  the  Lord  say, 
that  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

5  I  called  upon  the  Lord  in  distress :  the 
Lord  answered  me,  and  set  me  in  a  large 
place. 

6  The  Lord  is  on  my  side;  I  will  not 
fear :   what  can  man  do  unto  me  ? 

7  The  Lord  taketh  my  part  with  them 
that  help  me :  therefore  shall  I  see  my 
desire  upon  them  that  hate  me. 

8  It  is  better  to  trust  in  the  Lord  than 
to  put  confidence  in  man. 

9  It  is  better  to  trust  in  the  Lord  than 
to  put  confidence  in  princes. 

10  All  nations  compassed  me  about :  but 
in  the  name  of  the  Lord  will  I  destroy 
them. 

11  They  compassed  me  about;  yea,  they 
compassed  me  about :  but  in  the  name  of 
the  Lord  I  will  destroy  them. 

13  They  compassed  me  about  like  bees; 
they  are  quenched  as  the  ffl*e  of  thorns: 
for  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  I  will  de- 
stroy them. 

13  Thou  hast  thrust  sore  at  me  that  I 
might  fall :  but  the  Lord  helped  me. 

581  ' 


PSALMS. 


14  The  Lord  is  my  strength  and  song, 
and  is  become  my  salvation. 

15  The  voice  of  rejoicing  and  salvation 
is  in  the  tabernacles  of  the  righteous:  the 
right  hand  of  the  Lord  doeth  valiantly. 

IG  The  right  hand  of  the  Lord  is  exalted : 
the  right  hand  of  the  Lord  doeth  valiantly. 

17  I  shall  not  die,  but  live,  and  declare 
the  works  of  the  Lord. 

18  The  Lord  hath  chastened  me  sore: 
but  he  hath  not  given  me  over  unto 
death. 

19  Open  to  me  the  gates  of  righteous- 
ness :  I  will  go  into  them,  aful  I  will 
praise  the  Lord  : 

20  This  gate  of  the  Lord,  into  which 
the  righteous  shall  enter. 

21  I  will  praise  thee:  for  thou  hast  heard 
me,  and  art  become  my  salvation. 

22  The  stone  tchich  the  builders  refused 
is  become  the  head  stone  of  the  corner. 

23  This  is  the  Lord's  doing ;  it  is  mar- 
vellous in  our  eyes. 

24  This  is  the  day  ivhieli  the  Lord  hath 
made;  we  will  rejoice  and  be  glad  in  it. 

25  Save  now,  I  beseech  thee,  O  Lord: 
O  Lord,  I  beseech  thee,  send  now  pros- 
perity. 

26  Blessed  be  he  that  cometh  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord:  we  have  blessed 
you  out  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

27  God  is  the  Lord,  which  hath  shewed 
us  light:  bind  the  sacrifice  with  cords, 
even  unto  the  horns  of  the  altar. 

28  Thou  art  my  God,  and  I  will  praise 
thee:  thou  art  my  God,  I  Avill  exalt  thee. 

29  O  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord;  for 
he  is  good :  for  his  mercy  e?ulureth  for 
ever. 

PSALM  CXIX. 

ALEPH. 

BLESSED  are  the  undefiled  in  the  way, 
who  walk  in  the  law  of  the  Lord. 

2  Blessed  are  they  that  keep  his  testi- 
monies, and  that  seek  him  with  the  whole 
heart. 

3  They  also  do  no  iniquity:  they  walk 
in  his  ways. 

4  Thou  hast  commanded  ?<s  to  keep  thy 
precepts  diligently. 

5  O  that  m^  ways  were  directed  to  keep 
thy  statutes ! 

6  Then  shall  I  not  be  ashamed,  when  I 
have  respect  unto  all  thy  commandments. 

7  I  will   praise  thee  with  uprightness  of 

582 


heart,  when  I  shall  have  learned  thy 
righteous  judgments. 

8  I  will  keep  thy  statutes:  O  forsake 
me  not  utterly. 

BETH. 

9  Wherewithal  shall  a  young  man  cleanse 
his  way  ?  by  taking  heed  thereto  according 
to  thy  word. 

10  With  my  whole  heart  have  I  sought 
thee :  O  let  me  not  wander  from  thy  com- 
mandments. 

11  Thy  word  have  I  hid  in  mine  heart, 
that  I  might  not  sin  against  thee. 

12  Blessed  art  thou,  O  Lord:  teach  me 
thy  statutes. 

13  With  my  lips  have  I  declared  all 
the  judgments  of  thy  mouth. 

14  I  have  rejoiced  in  the  way  of  thy  tes- 
timonies, as  mueh  as  in  all  riches. 

15  I  will  meditate  in  thy  precepts,  and 
have  respect  unto  thy  ways. 

IG  I  will  delight  myself  in  thy  statutes: 
I  wiU  not  forget  thy  word. 

GIMEL. 

17  Deal  bountifully  with  thy  servant, 
that  I  may  live,  and  keep  thy  word. 

18  Open  thou  mine  eyes,  that  I  may  be- 
hold wondrous  things  out  of  thy  law. 

19  I  am  a  stranger  in  the  earth:  hide 
not  thy  commandments  from  me. 

20  My  soul  breaketh  for  the  longing  that 
it  hath  unto  thy  judgments  at  all  times. 

21  Thou  hast  rebuked  the  proud  that  are 
cursed,  which  do  err  from  thy  command- 
ments. 

22  Remove  from  me  reproach  and  con- 
tempt; for  I  have  kept  thy  testimonies. 

23  Princes  also  did  sit  and  speak  against 
me:  hut  thy  servant  did  meditate  in  thy 
statutes. 

24  Thy  testimonies  also  are  my  delight, 
and  my  counsellors. 

DALETH. 

25  ;My  soul  cleaveth  unto  the  dust: 
quicken  thou  me  according  to  thy  word. 

2G  I  have  declared  my  ways,  and  thou 
heardest  me :  teach  me  thy  statutes. 

27  Make  me  to  understand  the  way  of 
thy  i^recepts:  so  shall  I  talk  of  thy  won- 
drous works. 

28  My  soul  melteth  for  heaviness : 
strengthen  thou  me  according  unto  thy 
word. 

29  Remove  from  me  the  way  of  lying: 
and  grant  me  thy  law  graciously. 


PSALMS. 


30  I  have  chosen  the  way  of  truth : 
thy  judgments  have  I  laid  before  me. 

31  I  have  stuck  unto  thy  testimonies :  O 
Lord,  put  me  not  to  shame. 

32  I  will  run  the  way  of  thy  command- 
ments, when  thou  shalt  enlarge  my  heart. 

HE. 

33  Teach  me,  O  Lord,  the  way  of  thy 
statutes ;  and  I  shall  keep  it  unto  the 
end. 

34  Give  me  understanding,  and  I  shall 
keep  thy  law ;  yea,  I  shall  observe  it  with 
my  whole  heart. 

35  Make  me  to  go  in  the  path  of  thy 
commandments ;  for  therein  do  I  delight. 

36  Incline  my  heart  unto  thy  testimonies, 
and  not  to  covetousness. 

37  Turn  away  mine  eyes  from  beholding 
vanity ;  and  quicken  thou  me  in  thy  way. 

38  Stablish  thy  word  unto  thy  servant, 
who  is  devoted  to  thy  fear. 

39  Turn  away  my  reproach  which  I 
fear :  for  thy  judgments  are  good. 

40  Behold,  I  have  longed  after  thy  pre- 
cepts :  quicken  me  in  thy  righteousness. 

VAU. 

41  Let  thy  mercies  come  also  imto  me, 

0  Lord,  even   thy  salvation,  according  to 
thy  word. 

42  So  shall  I  have  wherewith  to  answer 
him  that  reproacheth  me :  for  I  trust  in  thy 
word. 

43  And  take  not  the  word  of  truth  ut- 
terly out  of  my  mouth ;  for  I  have  hoped 
in  thy  judgments. 

44  So  shall  I  keep  thy  law  continually  for 
ever  and  ever. 

45  And  I  will  walk  at  liberty :  for  I  seek 
thy  precepts. 

46  I  will  speak  of  thy  testimonies  also 
before  kings,  and  will  not  be  ashamed. 

47  And  I  will  delight  myself  in  thy 
commandments,  which  I  have  loved. 

48  My  hands  also  will  I  lift  up  unto  thy 
commandments,  which  I  have  loved;  and 

1  will  meditate  in  thy  statutes. 

ZAIN. 

49  Remember  the  word  unto  thy  serv- 
ant, upon  which  thou  hast  caused  me  to 
hope. 

50  This  is  my  comfort  in  my  affliction: 
for  thy  word  hath  quickened  me. 

51  The  proud  have  had  me  greatly  in 
derision :  yet  have  I  not  declined  from  thy 
law. 


52  I  remembered  thy  judgments  of  old, 

0  Loud;  and  have  comforted  myself 

53  Horror  hath  taken  hold  upon  me 
because  of  the  wicked  that  forsake  thy  law. 

54  Thy  statutes  have  been  my  songs  in 
the  house  of  my  pilgrimage. 

55  I  have  remembered  thy  name,  O 
Lord,  in  the  night,  and  have  kept  thy  law. 

56  This  I  had,  because  I  kept  thy  pre- 
cepts. 

CHETH. 

57  Thou  art  my  portion,  O  Lord:  I 
have  said  that  I  would  keep  thy  words. 

58  I  entreated  thy  favour  with  yny  whole 
heart :  be  merciful  unto  me  according  to 
thy  word. 

59  1  thought  on  my  ways,  and  turned  my 
feet  unto  thy  testimonies. 

60  I  made  haste,  and  delayed  not  to  keep 
thy  commandments. 

61  The  bands  of  the  wicked  have  robbed 
me :  hiit  I  have  not  forgotten  thy  law. 

62  At  midnight  I  will  rise  to  give  thanks 
unto  thee  because  of  thy  righteous  judg- 
ments. 

63  I  am  a  companion  of  all  them  that  fear 
thee,  and  of  them  that  keep  thy  precepts. 

64  The  earth,  O  Lord,  is  full  of  thy 
mercy:  teach  me  thy  statutes. 

TETH. 

65  Thou  hast  dealt  well  with  thy  servant, 
O  Lord,  according  unto  thy  word. 

66  Teach  me  good  judgment  and  knowl- 
edge: for  I  have  believed  thy  command- 
ments. 

67  Before  I  was  afflicted  I  went  astray: 
but  now  have  I  kept  thy  word. 

68  Thou  art  good,  and  doest  good:  teach 
me  thy  statutes. 

69  The  proud  have  forged  a  lie  against 
me :  hut  I  will  keep  thy  precepts  with  my 
whole  heart. 

70  Their  heart  is  as  fat  as  grease :  hut  I 
delight  in  thy  law. 

71  It  is  good  for  me  that  I  have  been 
afflicted ;  that  I  might  learn  thy  statutes. 

72  The  law  of  thy  mouth  is  better  unto 
me  than  thousands  of  gold  and  silver. 

JOD. 

73  Thy  hands  have  made  me  and  fashion- 
ed me :  give  me  understanding,  that  I  may 
learn  thy  commandments. 

74  They  that  fear  thee  will  be  glad  when 

1  they  see  me ;  because  I  have  hoped  in  thy 
1  word. 

~~~"  583 


PSALMS. 


75  I  know,  O  Lokd,  that  thy  judgments 
are  right,  and  that  thou  in  faithfulness  hast 
aflaicted  me. 

76  Let,  I  pray  thee,  Vny  merciful  kindness 
be  for  my  comfort,  according  to  thy  word 
unto  thy  servant. 

77  Let  thy  tender  mercies  come  unto  me, 
that  I  may  live  :  for  thy  law  is.  my  delight. 

7S  Let  the  proud  he  ashamed;  for  they 
dealt  perversely  Avith  me  without  a  cause : 
hut  I  will  meditate  in  thy  precepts. 

79  Let  those  that  fear  thee  turn  unto  me, 
and  those  that  have  known  thy  testimonies. 

80  Let  my  heart  be  sound  in  thy  statutes ; 
that  I  be  not  ashamed. 

CAPH. 

81  My  soul  fainteth  for  thy  salvation:  hut 
I  hope  in  thy  word. 

82  Mine  eyes  fail  for  thy  word,  saying, 
"When  wilt  thou  comfort  me  ? 

83  For  I  am  become  like  a  bottle  in  the 
smoke ;  yet  do  I  not  forget  thy  statutes. 

84  How  many  are  the  days  of  thy  servant? 
when  wilt  thou  execute  judgment  on  them 
that  persecute  me  ? 

85  The  proud  have  digged  pits  for  me, 
which  urc  not  after  thy  law. 

86  All  thy  commandments  are  faithful : 
they  persecute  me  wrongfully;  help  thou 
me. 

87  They  had  almost  consumed  me  upon 
earth  ;  but  I  forsook  not  thy  precepts. 

88  Quicken  me  after  thy  lovingkindness  ; 
so  shall  I  keep  the  testimony  of  thy 
mouth. 

LAMED. 

89  For  ever,  O  Loiu>,  thy  word  is  settled 
in  heaven. 

90  Thy  faithfulness  h  unto  all  genera- 
tions :  thou  hast  established  the  earth,  and 
it  abideth. 

91  They  continue  this  day  according  to 
thine  ordinances  :  for  all  are  thy  servants. 

92  Unless  thy  law  had  been  ray  delights,  I 
should  then  have  perished  in  mine  afflic- 
tion. 

93  I  will  never  forget  \\\y  precepts :  for 
with  them  thou  hast  quickened  me. 

94  I  aril  thine,  save  me ;  for  I  have  sought 
thy  precepts. 

95  The  wicked  have  waited  for  me  to 
destroy  me:  hut  I  will  consider  thy  testi- 
monies. 

96  I  have  seen  an  end  of  all  perfection : 
hut  thy  commandment  U  exceeding  broad. 

584         ~~       " 


31  EM. 

97  O  how  love  I  thy  law !  it  is  my  med- 
itation all  the  day. 

98  Thou  through  thy  commandments  hast 
made  me  wiser  than  mine  enemies :  for 
they  are  ever  with  me. 

99  I  have  more  understanding  than  all 
my  teachers:  for  thy  testimonies  are  my 
meditation. 

100  I  understand  more  than  the  ancients, 
because  I  keep  thy  precepts. 

101  I  have  refrained  my  feet  from  every 
evil  way,  that  I  might  keep  thy  word. 

103  I  have  not  departed  from  thy  judg- 
ments :  for  thou  hast  taught  me. 

103  How  sweet  are  thy  Avords  unto  my 
taste !  yea.,  sweeter  than  honey  to  my  mouth. 

104  Through  thy  precepts  I  get  under- 
standing: therefore  I  hate  every  false  way. 

NUN. 

105  Thy  word  is  a  lamp  unto  ray  feet,  and 
a  light  unto  my  path. 

106  I  have  sworn,  and  I  will  perform 
i7,  that  I  will  keep  thy  righteous  judg- 
ments. 

107  I  am  afflicted  very  much:  quicken 
me,  O  Lord,  according  unto  thy  word. 

108  Accept,  1  beseech  thee,  the  freewill 
offerings  of  my  mouth,  O  Lord,  and  teach 
me  thy  judgments. 

109  M}'  soul  is  continuall}-  in  my  hand : 
yet  do  I  not  forget  thy  law. 

110  The  wicked  have  laid  a  snare  for 
me :  yet  I  erred  not  from  thy  precepts. 

111  Thy  testimonies  have  I  taken  as  a 
heritage  for  ever :  for  they  are  the  rejoic- 
ing of  my  heart. 

112  I  have  inclined  mine  heart  to  per- 
form thy  statutes  always,  eveii  unto  the  end. 

SAMECH. 

113  I  hate  vaiyi  thoughts :  but  thy  law 
do  I  love. 

114  Thou  art  my  hiding  place  and  my 
shield  :  I  hope  in  th}'  word. 

115  Depart  from  me,  ye  evil  doers:  for  I 
will  keep  the  commandments  of  my  God. 

116  Uphold  me  according  unto  thy 
word,  that  I  may  live :  and  let  me  not  be 
ashamed  of  my  hope. 

117  Hold  thou  me  up,  and  I  shall  be 
safe:  and  I  will  have  respect  unto  thy 
statutes  continually. 

118  Thou  hast  trodden  down  all  them 
that  err  from  tliy  statutes:  for  their  de- 
ceit hi  falsehood. 


PSALMS. 


119  Thou  puttest  away  all  the  wicked  of 
the  earth  like  dross :  therefore  I  love  thy 
testimonies. 

120  My  flesh  trembleth  for  fear  of  thee ; 
and  I  am  afraid  of  thy  judgments. 

AIN. 

121  I  have  done  judgment  and  justice: 
leave  me  not  to  mine  oppressors. 

122  Be  surety  for  thy  servant  for  good : 
let  not  the  proud  oppress  me. 

123  Mine  eyes  fail  for  thy  salvation,  and 
for  the  word  of  thy  righteousness. 

124  Deal  with  thy  servant  according  unto 
thy  mercy,  and  teach  me  thy  statutes. 

125  I  am  thy  servant ;  give  me  under- 
standing, that  I  may  know  thy  testimo- 
nies. 

126  It  is  time  for  thee,  Lord,  to  work :  for 
they  have  made  void  thy  law. 

127  Therefore  I  love  thy  commandments 
above  gold  ;  yea,  above  tine  gold. 

128  Therefore  I  esteem  all  thy  precepts 
concern ijtg  all  things  to  he  right;  and  I 
hate  every  false  way. 

PE. 

129  Thy  testimonies  are  wonderful :  there- 
fore doth  my  soul  keep  them. 

130  The  entrance  of  thy  words  giveth 
light;  it  giveth  understanding  uuto  the 
simple. 

131  I  opened  my  mouth,  and  panted: 
for  I  longed  for  thy  commandments. 

132  Look  thou  upon  me,  and  be  merci- 
ful unto  me,  as  thou  usest  to  do  unto 
those  that  love  thy  name. 

133  Order  my  steps  in  thy  word :  and 
let  not  any  iniquity  have  dominion  over 
me. 

134  Deliver  me  from  the  oppression  of 
man:  so  will  I  keep  thy  precepts. 

135  Make  thy  face  to  shine  upon  thy 
servant ;  and  teach  me  thy  statutes. 

136  Elvers  of  waters  run  down  mine 
eyes,  because  they  keep  not  thy  law. 

TZADDI. 

137  Righteous  art  thou,  O  Lord,  and 
upright  are  thy  judgments. 

138  Thy  testimonies  that  thou  hast  com- 
manded are  righteous  and  very  faithful. 

139  My  zeal  hath  consumed  me,  because 
mine  enemies  have  forgotten  thy  words. 

140  Thy  word  is  very  pure:  therefore 
thy  servant  loveth  it. 

141  I  am  small  and  despised:  yet  do  not 
I  forget  thy  precepts. 


142  Th\'  righteousness  is  an  everlasting 
righteousness,  and  thy  law  i\s  the  truth. 

143  Trouble  and  anguish  have  taken  hold 
on  me:  yet  thy  commandments  are  my 
delights. 

144  The  righteousness  of  thy  testimo- 
nies is  everlasting:  give  me  understand- 
ing, and  I  shall  live. 

KOPH. 

145  I  cried  with  my  whole  heart;  hear 
me,  O  Lord:  I  will  keep  thy  statutes. 

146  I  cried  unto  thee;  save  me,  and  I 
shall  keep  thy  testimonies. 

147  I  prevented  the  dawning  of  the 
morning,  and  cried:  I  hoped  in  thy  word. 

148  Mine  eyes  prevent  the  night  watches, 
that  I  might  meditate  in  thy  word. 

149  Hear  my  voice  according  unto  thy 
lovingkindness  :  O  Lord,  quicken  me  ac- 
cording to  thy  judgment. 

150  They  draw  nigh  that  follow  after 
mischief:  they  are  for  from  thy  law. 

151  Thou  art  near,  O  Lord;  and  all  thy 
commandments  are  truth. 

152  Concerning  thy  testimonies,  I  have 
known  of  old  that  thou  hast  founded 
them  for  ever. 

RESH. 

153  Consider  mine  atfliction,  and  deliver 
me :  for  I  do  not  forget  thy  law. 

154  Plead  my  cause,  and  deliver  me: 
quicken  me  according  to  thy  word. 

155  Salvation  is  far  from  the  wicked: 
for  they  seek  not  thy  statutes. 

156  Great  are  thy  tender  mercies,  O  Lord  : 
quicken  me  according  to  thy  judgments. 

157  Many  are  my  persecutors  and  mine 
enemies  ;  yet  do  I  not  decline  from  thy 
testimonies. 

158  I  beheld  the  transgressors,  and  was 
grieved ;  because  they  kept  not  thy  word. 

159  Consider  how  I  love  thy  precepts: 
quicken  me,  O  Lord,  according  to  thy 
lovingkindness. 

160  Thy  word  is  true  from  the  begin- 
ning :  and  every  one  of  thy  righteous  judg- 
ments endureth  for  ever. 

SCHIN. 

161  Princes  have  persecuted  me  without 
a  cause:  but  my  heart  standeth  in  awe 
of  thy  Avord. 

162  I  rejoice  at  thy  word,  as  one  that 
tindeth  great  spoil. 

163  I  hate  and  abhor  lying:  but  thy  law 
do  I  love. 

585 


PSALMS. 


164  Seven  times  a  day  do  I  praise  thee, 
beeause  of  thy  righteous  judgments. 

165  Great  peace  have  they  which  love 
thy  law :  and  nothing  shall  oflf'end  them. 

166  Lord,  I  have  hoped  for  thy  salva- 
tion, and  done  thy  commandments. 

167  My  soul  hath  kept  thy  testimonies; 
and  I  love  them  exceedingly. 

168  I  have  kept  thy  precepts  and  thy  test- 
imonies :  for  all  my  ways  are  before  thee. 

TAU. 

169  Let  my  cry  come  near  before  thee, 
O  Lord  :  give  me  understanding  accord- 
ing to  thy  word. 

170  Let  my  supplication  come  before 
thee :  deliver  me  according  to  thy  word. 

171  My  lips  shall  utter  praise,  when  thou 
hast  taught  me  thy  statutes. 

173  My  tongue  shall  speak  of  thy  word : 
for  all  thy  commandments  are  righteous- 
ness. 

173  Let  thine  hand  help  me;  for  I  have 
chosen  thy  precepts. 

174  I  have  longed  for  thy  salvation,  O 
Lord  ;  and  thy  law  is  my  delight. 

175  Let  my  soul  live,  and  it  shall  praise 
thee ;  and  let  thy  judgments  help  me. 

176  I  have  gone  astray  like  a  lost  sheep : 
seek  thy  servant;  for  I  do  not  forget  thy 
commandments. 

PSALM  CXX. 

A  Song  of  degrees. 

IN  my  distress  I  cried  unto  the  Lord, 
and  he  heard  me. 

2  Deliver  my  soul,  O  Lord,  from  lying 
lips,  and  from  a  deceitful  tongue. 

3  What  shall  be  given  unto  thee?  or  what 
shall  be  done  unto  thee,  thou  false  tongue  ? 

4  Sharp  arrows  of  the  mighty,  with  coals 
of  juniper. 

5  Woe  is  me,  that  I  sojourn  in  Mesech, 
that  I  dwell  in  the  tents  of  Kedar ! 

6  My  soul  hath  long  dwelt  with  him  that 
hateth  peace. 

7  I  am  for  peace  :  but  when  I  speak,  they 
are  for  war. 

PSALM  CXXL 

A  Song  of  degrees. 

I   WILL    lift  up    mine    eyes    unto    the 
hills,  from  whence  cometh  my  help. 

2  My  help  cometh  from  the  Lord,  which 
made  heaven  and  earth. 

3  He  will  not  suffer  thy  foot  to  be 
moved:  he  that  keepeth  thee  will  not 
slumber. 

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4  Behold,  he  that  keepeth  Israel  shall 
neither  slumber  nor  sleep. 

5  The  Lord  is  thy  keeper :  the  Lord  i% 
thy  shade  upon  thy  right  hand. 

6  The  sun  shall  not  smite  thee  by  day, 
nor  the  moon  by  night. 

7  The  Lord  shall  preserve  thee  from  all 
evil :  he  shall  preserve  thy  soul. 

8  The  Lord  shall  preserve  thy  going 
out  and  thy  coming  in  from  this  time 
forth,  and  even  for  evermore. 

PSALM  CXXII. 

A  Song  of  degrees  of  David. 

I  WAS  glad  when  they  said  unto   me. 
Let  us  go  into  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

2  Our  feet  shall  stand  within  thy  gates, 
O  Jerusalem. 

3  Jerusalem  is  builded  as  a  city  that  is 
compact  together: 

4  Whither  the  tribes  go  up,  the  tribes 
of  the  Lord,  unto  the  testimony  of  Is- 
rael, to  give  thanks  unto  the  name  of 
the  Lord. 

5  For  there  are  set  thrones  of  judgment, 
the  thrones  of  the  house  of  David. 

6  Pray  for  the  peace  of  Jerusalem:  they 
shall  prosper  that  love  thee. 

7  Peace  be  within  thy  walls,  and  pros- 
perity within  thy  palaces. 

8  For  my  brethren  and  companions' 
sakes,  I  will  noAV  say.  Peace  he  within 
thee. 

9  Because  of  the  house  of  the  Lord 
our  God  I  will  seek  thy  good. 

PSALM  CXXIIL 

A  Song  of  degrees. 

UNTO   thee  lift    I    up    mine    eyes,    O 
thou  that  dwellest  in  the  heavens. 

2  Behold,  as  the  eyes  of  servants  look 
unto  the  hand  of  their  masters,  and  as 
the  eyes  of  a  maiden  unto  the  hand  of 
her  mistress;  so  our  eyes  wait  upon  the 
Lord  our  God,  until  that  he  have  mercy 
upon  us. 

3  Have  mercy  upon  us,  O  Lord,  have 
mercy  upon  us:  for  we  are  exceedingly 
filled  with  contempt. 

4  Our  soul  is  exceedingly  filled  with  the 
scorning  of  those  that  are  at  ease,  and 
Avith  the  contempt  of  the  proud. 

PSALM  CXXIV. 

A  Song  of  degrees  of  David. 

IF   it  had  not  been  the  Lord  who  was 
on  our  side,  now  may  Israel  say; 
2  If  it  had  not  been  the  Lord  who  was 


PSALMS. 


on  our  side,  when  men  rose  up  against 
us: 

3  Then  they  had  swallowed  us  up  quick, 
when  their  wrath  was  kindled  against  us  : 

4  Then  the  waters  had  overwhelmed  us, 
the  stream  had  gone  over  our  soul : 

5  Then  the  proud  waters  had  gone  over 
our  soul. 

6  Blessed  be  the  Lord,  who  hath  not 
given  us  as  a  prey  to  their  teeth. 

7  Our  soul  is  escaped  as  a  bird  out  of  the 
snare  of  the  fowlers :  the  snare  is  broken, 
and  we  are  escaped. 

8  Our  help  is  in  the  name  of  the  Lord, 
who  made  heaven  and  earth. 

PSALM  CXXV. 

A  Song  of  degrees. 

THEY  that  trust  in  the  Lord  shall  be 
as  mount  Zion,  which  cannot  be  re- 
moved, but  abideth  for  ever. 

2  As  the  mountains  are  round  about  Je- 
rusalem, so  the  Lord  is  round  about  his 
people  from  henceforth  even  for  ever. 

3  For  the  rod  of  the  wicked  shall  not 
rest  upon  the  lot  of  the  righteous ;  lest 
the  righteous  put  forth  their  hands  unto 
iniquity. 

4  Do  good,  O  Lord,  unto  those  that  be  good, 
and  to  them  tJiat  are  upright  in  their  hearts. 

5  As  for  such  as  turn  aside  unto  their 
crooked  ways,  the  Lord  shall  lead  them 
forth  with  the  workers  of  iniquity :  but 
peace  shall  be  upon  Israel. 

PSALM  CXXVL 

A  Song  of  degrees. 

WHEN   the   Lord  turned   again  the 
captivity    of    Zion,    we    were    like 
them  that  dream. 

2  Then  was  our  mouth  filled  with  laugh- 
ter, and  our  tongue  with  singing:  then 
said  they  among  the  heathen.  The  Lord 
hath  done  great  things  for  them. 

3  The  Lord  hath  done  great  things  for 
us ;  whereof  we  are  glad. 

4  Turn  again  our  captivity,  O  Lord,  as 
the  streams  in  the  south. 

5  They  that  sow  in  tears  shall  reap  in  joy. 

6  He  that  goeth  forth  and  weepeth,  bear- 
ing precious  seed,  shall  doubtless  come 
again  with  rejoicing,  bringing  his  sheaves 
with  him. 

PSALM  CXXVIL 

A  Song  of  degrees  for  Solomon. 

EXCEPT    the    Lord   build   the  house, 
they   labour    in   vain    that   build    it: 


except  the  Lord  keep  the  city,  the  watch- 
man waketh  but  in  vain. 

2  It  is  vain  for  you  to  rise  up  early,  to 
sit  up  late,  to  eat  the  bread  of  sorrows : 
for  so  he  givetli  his  beloved  sleep. 

3  Lo,  children  are  a  heritage  of  the  Lord  : 
and  the  fruit  of  the  womb  is-  his  reward. 

4  As  arrows  a7'e  in  the  hand  of  a  mighty 
man ;  so  are  children  of  the  youth. 

5  Happy  is  the  man  that  hath  his  quiver 
full  of  them  :  they  shall  not  be  ashamed, 
but  they  shall  speak  with  the  enemies  in 
the  gate. 

PSALM  CXXVIIL 

A  Song  of  degrees. 

BLESSED  is  every  one  that  feareth  the 
Lord  ;  that  walketh  in  his  ways. 

2  For  thou  shalt  eat  the  labour  of  thine 
hands :  happy  shalt  thou  be,  and  it  shall  be 
well  with  thee. 

3  Thy  wife  shall  be  as  a  fruitful  vine  by 
the  sides  of  thine  house :  thy  children  like 
olive  plants  round  about  thy  table. 

4  Behold,  that  thus  shall  the  man  be 
blessed  that  feareth  the  Lord. 

5  The  Lord  shall  bless  thee  out  of  Zion : 
and  thou  shalt  see  the  good  of  Jerusalem 
all  the  days  of  thy  life. 

6  Yea,  thou  shalt  see  thy  children's  chil- 
dren, aticl  peace  upon  Israel. 

PSALM  CXXIX. 

A  Song  of  degrees. 

MANY  a  time  have  they  afflicted  me 
from  my  youth,  may  Israel  now  say  : 

2  Many  a  time  have  they  afflicted  me 
from  my  youth :  yet  they  have  not  pre- 
vailed against  me. 

3  The  ploughers  ploughed  upon  my  back: 
they  made  long  their  furrows. 

4  The  Lord  is  righteous :  he  hath  cut 
asunder  the  cords  of  the  wicked. 

5  Let  them  all  be  confounded  and  turned 
back  that  hate  Zion. 

6  Let  them  be  as  the  grass  iipon  the  house- 
tops, which  withereth  afore  it  groweth  up : 

7  Wherewith  the  mower  filleth  not  his 
hand ;  nor  he  that  bindeth  sheaves  his 
bosom. 

8  Neither  do  they  which  go  by  say,  The 
blessing  of  the  Lord  be  upon  you :  we 
bless  you  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

PSALM  CXXX. 

A  Song  of  degrees. 

OUT   of  the  depths  have  I  cried  unto 
thee,  O  Lord. 

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PSALMS. 


2  Lord,  hear  mj  voice:  let  thine  ears  be 
attentive  to  the  voice  of  my  supplications. 

3  If  thou,  Lord,  shouldcst  mark  iniqui- 
ties, O  Lord,  who  shall  stand  ? 

4  IBut  there  is  forgiveness  with  thee,  that 
thou  raa3'est  be  feared. 

5  I  wait  for  the  Lord,  my  soul  doth  wait, 
and  in  his  Avord  do  I  hope. 

6  My  soul  waiteih  for  the  Lord  more  than 
they  that  watch  for  the  morning :  /  my, 
more  than  they  that  watch  for  the  morning. 

7  Let  Israel  hope  in  the  Lord:  for  with 
the  Lord  there  is  mercy,  and  with  him  is 
plenteous  redemption. 

8  And  he  shall  redeem  Israel  from  all  his 
iniquities, 

PSALM  CXXXL 

A  Song  of  degrees  of  David. 

LORD,  my  heart  is  not  haughty,  nor 
mine  eyes  lofty :  neither  do  I  exercise 
myself  in  great  matters,  or  in  things  too 
high  for  me. 

2  Surely  I  have  behaved  and  quieted  ray- 
self,  as  a  child  that  is  weaned  of  his  moth- 
er: ray  soul  is  even  as  a  weaned  child. 

3  Let  Israel  hope  in  the  Lord  from  hence- 
forth and  for  ever. 

PSALM  CXXXIL 

A  Song  of  degrees. 

LORD,    remember    David,    a7id    all    his 
afflictions : 

2  How  he  sware  unto  the  Lord,  a)id 
vowed  unto  the  mighty  God  of  Jacob ; 

3  Surely  I  will  not  come  into  the  taber- 
nacle of  my  house,  nor  go  up  into  my  bed ; 

4  I  will  not  give  sleep  to  mine  eyes,  or 
slumber  to  mine  eyelids, 

5  Until  I  find  out  a  place  for  the  Lord, 
a  habitation  for  the  mighty  God  of  Jacob. 

6  Lo,  we  heard  of  it  at  Ephratah:  we 
found  it  in  the  fields  of  the  wood. 

7  We  will  go  into  his  tabernacles :  we 
will  worship  at  his  footstool. 

8  Arise,  O  Lord,  into  thy  rest;  thou, 
and  the  ark  of  thy  strength. 

9  Let  thy  priests  be  clothed  with  right- 
eousness ;  and  let  thy  saints  shout  for  joy. 

10  For  thy  servant  David's  sake  turn  not 
away  the  face  of  thine  anointed. 

11  The  Lord  hath  sworn  in  truth  unto 
David;  he  will  not  turn  from  it;  Of  the 
fruit  of  thy  body  will  I  set  upon  thy 
throne. 

12  If  thy  children  will  keep  my  covenant 
and  my  testimony  that  I  shall  teach  them, 

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their    children    shall    also    sit    upon    thy 
throne  for  evermore. 

13  For  the  Lord  hath  chosen  Zion;  he 
hath  desired  it  for  his  habitation. 

14  This  is  my  rest  for  ever:  here  will  I 
dwell;  for  I  have  desired  it. 

15  I  will  abundantly  bless  her  provision : 
I  will  satisfy  her  poor  with  bread. 

16  I  will  also  clothe  her  priests  with  sal- 
vation: and  her  saints  shall  shout  aloud 
for  joy. 

17  There  will  I  make  the  horn  of  David 
to  bud :  I  have  ordained  a  lamp  for  mine 
anointed. 

18  His  enemies  will  I  clothe  with  shame : 
but  upon  himself  shall  his  crown  flourish. 

PSALM  CXXXIII. 

A  Song  of  degrees  of  David. 

BEHOLD,  how  good  and  how  pleasant 
a  is  for  brethren  to  dwell  together  in 
unity ! 

2  It  is  like  the  precious  ointment  upon 
the  head,  that  ran  down  upon  the  beard, 
eve)i  Aaron's  beard :  that  went  down  to 
the  skirts  of  his  garments; 

3  As  the  dew  of  Hermon,  and  as  the  deio 
that  descended  upon  the  mountains  of 
Zion :  for  there  the  Lord  commanded  the 
blessing,  even  life  for  evermore. 

PSALM  CXXXIV. 

A  Song  of  degrees. 

BEHOLD,   bless    ye    the    Lord,    all  ye 
servants  of  the  Lord,  which  by  night 
stand  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

2  Lift  up  your  hands  in  the  sanctuary,  and 
bless  the  Lord. 

3  The  Lord  that  made  heaven  and  earth 
bless  thee  out  of  Zion. 

PSALM  CXXXV. 

PRAISE    ye  the  Lord.    Praise  ye  the 
name  of  the  Lord  ;  praise  him^  O  ye 
servants  of  the  Lord. 

2  Ye  that  stand  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
in  the  courts  of  the  house  of  our  God, 

3  Praise  the  Lord;  for  the  Lord  is 
good :  sing  praises  unto  his  name ;  for  it 
is  pleasant. 

4  For  the  Lord  hath  chosen  Jacob  unto 
himself,  and  Israel  for  his  peculiar  treasure. 

5  For  I  know  that  the  Lord  is  great,  and 
that  our  Lord  is  above  all  gods. 

G  Whatsoever  the  Lord  pleased,  that  did 
I  he  in  heaven,  and  in  earth,  in  the  seas,  and 
'  all  deep  places. 


PSALMS. 


7  lie  cauticth  the  vapours  to  asceucl  from 
the  ends  of  the  earth;  he  maketh  light- 
nings for  the  rain ;  he  bringeth  the  wind 
out  of  his  treasuries. 

8  Who  smote  the  firstborn  of  Egypt, 
both  of  man  and  beast. 

9  Who  sent  tokens  and  wonders  into  the 
midst  of  thee,  O  Egypt,  upon  Pharaoh, 
and  upon  all  his  servants. 

10  Who  smote  great  nations,  and  slew 
mighty  kings ; 

11  Sihon  king  of  the  Amorites,  and  Og 
king  of  Bashan,  and  all  the  kingdoms  of 
Canaan : 

13  And  gave  their  land  for  a  heritage,  a 
heritage  unto  Israel  his  people. 

13  Thy  name,  O  Lord,  endureth  for  ever; 
and  thy  memorial,  O  Lord,  throughout  all 
generations. 

14  For  the  Lord  will  judge  his  people, 
and  he  will  repent  himself  concerning  his 
servants. 

15  The  idols  of  the  heathen  are  silver 
and  gold,  the  work  of  men's  hands. 

16  They  have  mouths,  but  they  speak 
not ;  eyes  have  they,  but  they  see  not ; 

17  They  have  ears,  but  they  hear  not; 
neither  is  there  any  breath  in  their 
mouths. 

18  They  that  make  them  are  like  unto 
them :  so  is  every  one  that  trusteth  in 
them, 

19  Bless  the  Lord,  O  house  of  Israel: 
bless  the  Lord,  O  house  of  Aaron  : 

20  Bless  the  Lord,  O  house  of  Levi:  ye 
that  fear  the  Lord,  bless  the  Lord. 

21  Blessed  be  the  Lord  out  of  Zion, 
which  dwelleth  at  Jerusalem.  Praise  ye 
the  Lord. 

PSALM  CXXXVL 

OGIVE    thanks   unto   the   Lord;   for 
?ie  is  good :  for  his  mercy  endureth  for 
ever. 

2  O  give  thanks  unto  the  God  of  gods : 
for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

3  O  give  thanks  to  the  Lord  of  lords : 
for  his  mercy  enduirth  for  ever. 

4  To  him  who  alone  doeth  great  won- 
ders :  for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

5  To  him  that  by  wisdom  made  the 
heavens :  for  his  mercy  endureth  for 
ever. 

6  To  him  that  stretched  out  the  earth 
above  the  waters :  for  his  mercy  endureth 
for  ever. 


7  To  him  that  made  great  lights :  for 
his  mercy  endureth  for  ever: 

8  The  sun  to  rule  by  day :  for  his  mercy 
endureth  for  ever : 

9  The  moon  and  stai-s  to  rule  by  night: 
for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

10  To  him  that  smote  Egypt  in  their 
firstborn  :  for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever: 

11  And  brought  out  Israel  from  among 
them  :  for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever : 

12  With  a  strong  hand,  and  with  a 
stretched  out  arm :  for  his  mercy  endur- 
eth for  ever. 

13  To  him  which  divided  the  Red  sea 
into  parts :  for  his  mercy  endureth  for 
ever : 

14  And  made  Israel  to  pass  through 
the  midst  of  it :  for  his  mercy  endureth 
for  ever: 

15  But  overthrew  Pharaoh  and  his  bost 
in  the  Red  sea:  for  his  mercy  endureth  for 
ever. 

16  To  him  which  led  his  people  through 
the  wilderness :  for  his  mercy  endureth  for 
ever. 

17  To  him  which  smote  great  kings :  for 
his  mercy  endureth  for  ever: 

18  And  slew  famous  kings :  for  his  mercy 
endureth  for  ever : 

19  Sihon  king  of  the  Amorites:  for  his 
mercy  endureth  for  ever: 

20  And  Og  the  king  of  Bashan:  for  his 
mercy  endtireth  for  ever : 

21  And  gave  their  land  for  a  heritage: 
for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever : 

22  Eve7i  a  heritage  unto  Israel  his  serv- 
ant :  for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

23  Who  remembered  us  in  our  low  estate: 
for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever : 

24  And  hath  redeemed  us  from  our 
enemies :  for  his  mercy  endureth  for 
ever. 

25  Who  giveth  food  to  all  flesh :  for  his 
mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

26  O  give  thanks  unto  the  God  of  heav- 
en :  for  his  mercy  end^ireth  for  ever. 

PSALM  CXXXVIL 

BY    the    rivers    of  Babylon,  there   we 
sat    down,  yea,  we  wept,   when  we 
remembered  Zion. 

2  We  hanged  our  harps  upon  the  wil- 
lows in  the  midst  thereof 

3  For  there  they  that  carried  i:s  away 
captive  required  of  us  a  song;   and  they 

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PSALMS. 


that  wasted  us  required  of  us  mirth,  saying, 
Sing  us  one  of  the  songs  of  Zion. 

4  How  shall  we  sing  the  Lord's  song  in 
a  strange  land? 

5  If  I  forget  thee,  O  Jerusalem,  let  my 
right  hand  forget  her  cunning. 

6  If  I  do  not  remember  thee,  let  ray 
tongue  cleave  to  the  roof  of  my  mouth; 
if  I  prefer  not  Jerusalem  above  my  chief 
joy. 

7  Remember,  O  Lord,  the  children  of 
Edom  in  the  day  of  Jerusalem ;  who  said. 
Rase  it,  rase  it,  even  to  the  foundation 
thereof. 

8  O  daughter  of  Babylon,  who  art  to  be 
destroyed ;  happy  sTiall  he  he,  that  reward- 
eth  thee  as  thou  hast  served  us. 

9  Happy  shall  he  he,  that  taketh  and  dash- 
eth  thy  little  ones  against  the  stones, 

PSALM  CXXXVIIL 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

I  WILL  praise  thee  with  my  Avhole  heart: 
before  the  gods  will  I  sing  praise  unto 
thee. 

2  I  will  worship  toward  thy  holy  temple, 
and  praise  thy  name  for  thy  lovingkind- 
ness  and  for  thy  truth :  for  thou  hast 
magnified  thy  word  above  all  thy  name. 

3  In  the  day  when  I  cried  thou  answeredst 
me,  and  strengthenedst  me  ivith  strength 
in  my  soul. 

4  All  the  kings  of  the  earth  shall  praise 
thee,  O  Lord,  when  they  hear  the  words 
of  thy  mouth. 

5  Yea,  they  shall  sing  in  the  ways  of  the 
Lord  :  for  great  is  the  glory  of  the  Lord. 

6  Though  the  Lord  be  high,  yet  hath 
he  respect  unto  the  lowly:  but  the  proud 
he  knoweth  afar  off. 

7  Though  I  walk  in  the  midst  of  trouble, 
thou  wilt  revive  me :  thou  shalt  stretch 
forth  thine  hand  against  the  wrath  of 
mine  enemies,  and  thy  right  hand  shall 
save  me. 

8  The  Lord  will  perfect  that  which  con- 
cerncth  me:  thy  mercy,  O  honj),  endureth 
for  ever:  forsake  not  the  works  of  thine 
own  hands. 

PSALM  CXXXIX. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

OLORD,  thou  hast  searched  me,  and 
known  me. 
2  Thou  knowest  my  downsitting  and  mine 
uprising;  thou  understandest  my  thought 
afar  oflf. 

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3  Thou  compassest  my  path  and  my  lying 
down,  and  art  accpiainted  vnth  all  my  ways. 

4  For  there  is  not  a  word  in  my  tongue, 
hut,  lo,  O  Lord,  thou  knowest  it  alto- 
gether. 

5  Thou  hast  beset  me  behind  and  before, 
and  laid  thine  hand  upon  me. 

6  Such  knowledge  is  too  wonderful  for 
me ;  it  is  high,  I  cannot  attain  unto  it. 

7  Whither  shall  I  go  from  thy  Spirit  ?  or 
whither  shall  I  flee  from  thy  presence? 

8  If  I  ascend  up  into  heaven,  thou  art 
there :  if  I  make  my  bed  in  hell,  behold, 
thou  art  there. 

^  If  1  take  the  wings  of  the  morning, 
and  dwell  in  the  uttermost  parts  of  the 
sea; 

10  Even  there  shall  thy  hand  lead  me, 
and  thy  right  hand  shall  hold  me. 

11  If  I  say.  Surely  the  darkness  shall 
cover  me;  even  the  night  shall  be  light 
about  me. 

12  Yea,  the  darkness  hideth  not  from 
thee ;  but  the  night  shineth  as  the  day : 
the  darkness  and  the  light  are  both  alike 
to  thee. 

13  For  thou  hast  possessed  my  reins : 
thou  hast  covered  me  in  my  mother's 
womb. 

14  I  will  praise  thee;  for  I  am  fearfully 
and  wonderfully  made:  marvellous  are  thy 
works ;  and  that  my  soul  knoweth  right 
well. 

15  My  substance  was  not  hid  from  thee, 
when  I  was  made  in  secret,  and  curiously 
wrought  in  the  lowest  parts  of  the  earth. 

16  Thine  eyes  did  see  my  substance,  yet 
being  unperfect;  and  in  thy  book  all  my 
members  were  written,  which  in  contin- 
uance were  fashioned,  when  as  yet  there 
was  none  of  them. 

17  How  precious  also  are  thy  thoughts 
unto  me,  O  God !  how  great  is  the  sum  of 
them ! 

18  Tjf  I  should  count  them,  they  are  more 
in  number  than  the  sand :  when  I  awake, 
I  am  still  with  thee. 

19  Surely  thou  wilt  slay  the  wicked,  O 
God :  depart  from  me  therefore,  ye  bloody 
men. 

20  For  they  speak  against  thee  wickedly, 
and  thine  enemies  take  thy  vame  in  vain. 

21  Do  not  I  hate  them,  O  Lord,  that  hate 
thee?  and  am  not  I  grieved  with  those 
that  rise  up  against  thee  ? 


PSALMS. 


5ikJ  I  hate  them  with  perfect  hatred :  I 
count  them  mine  enemies. 

23  Search  me,  O  God,  and  know  my  heart : 
try  me,  and  know  my  thoughts  : 

24  And  see  if  there  he  any  wicked  way  in 
me,  and  lead  me  in  the  way  everlasting. 

PSALM  CXL. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

DELIVER  me,  O  Lord,  from  the  evil 
man:  preserve  me  from  the  violent 
man; 

2  Which  imagine  mischiefs  in  their  heart ; 
continually  are  they  gathered  together  for 
war. 

3  They  have  sharpened  their  tongues  like 
a  serpent;  adders'  poison  is  under  their 
lips.     Selah. 

4  Keep  me,  O  Lord,  from  the  hands  of 
the  wicked;  preserve  me  from  the  violent 
man ;  who  have  purposed  to  overthrow  my 
goings. 

5  The  proud  have  hid  a  snare  for  me,  and 
cords ;  they  have  spread  a  net  by  the  way 
side ;  they  have  set  gins  for  me.     Selah. 

6  I  said  unto  the  Lord,  Thou  art  my 
God:  hear  the  voice  of  my  supplications, 
O  Lord. 

7  O  God  the  Lord,  the  strength  of  my 
salvation,  thou  hast  covered  my  head  in 
the  day  of  battle. 

8  Grant  not,  O  Lord,  the  desires  of  the 
wicked :  further  not  his  wicked  device ; 
Uiit  they  exalt  themselves.     Selah. 

9  As  for  the  head  of  those  that  comppss 
me  about,  let  the  mischief  of  their  own 
lips  cover  them. 

10  Let  burning  coals  fall  upon  them :  let 
them  be  cast  into  the  fire;  into  deep  pits, 
that  they  rise  not  up  again. 

11  Let  not  an  evil  speaker  be  established 
in  the  earth :  evil  shall  hunt  the  violent 
man  to  overthrow  him. 

12  I  know  that  the  Lord  will  maintain 
the  cause  of  the  afflicted,  and  the  right  of 
the  poor, 

13  Surely  the  righteous  shall  give  thanks 
unto  thy  name :  the  upright  shall  dwell  in 
thy  presence. 

PSALM  CXLL 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

LORD,  I  cry  unto  thee:  make  haste 
unto   me;    give   ear  unto   my  voice, 
when  I  cry  unto  thee. 
2  Let  my  prayer  be  set  forth  before  thee 


as  incense ;  and  the  lilting  up  of  my  hands 
as  the  evening  sacrifice. 

3  Set  a  watch,  O  Lord,  before  my  mouth  ; 
keep  the  door  of  my  lips. 

4  Incline  not  my  heart  to  any  evil  thing, 
to  practise  wicked  works  with  men  that 
work  iniquity :  and  let  me  not  eat  of  their 
dainties. 

5  Let  the  righteous  smite  me ;  it  shall  he 
a  kindness:  and  let  him  reprove  me;  it 
shall  he  an  excellent  oil,  which  shall  not 
break  my  head:  for  yet  my  prayer  also 
shall  he  in  their  calamities. 

6  When  their  judges  are  overthrown  in 
stony  places,  they  shall  hear  my  words; 
for  they  are  sweet. 

7  Our  bones  are  scattered  at  the  grave's 
mouth,  as  when  one  cutteth  and  cleaveth 
wood  upon  the  earth. 

8  But  mine  eyes  are  unto  thee,  O  God 
the  Lord :  in  thee  is  my  trust ;  leave  not 
my  soul  destitute. 

9  Keep  me  from  the  snares  xvhich  they 
have  laid  for  me,  and  the  gins  of  the  work- 
ers of  iniquity. 

10  Let  the  wicked  fall  into  their  own 
nets,  whilst  that  I  withal  escape. 

PSALM  CXLII. 

Maschil  of  David  ;  A  Prayer  when  he  was  in  the  cave. 

I  CRIED  unto  the  Lord  with  my  voice ; 
with  my  voice  unto  the  Lord   did  I 
make  my  supplication. 

2  I  poured  out  my  complaint  before  him ; 
I  shewed  before  him  my  trouble. 

3  When  my  spirit  was  overwhelmed  with- 
in me,  then  thou  kncAvest  my  path.  In 
the  way  wherein  I  walked  have  they  privily 
laid  a  snare  for  me. 

4  I  looked  on  rmj  right  hand,  and  beheld, 
but  there  teas  no  man  that  would  know  me : 
refuge  failed  me ;  no  man  cared  for  my  soul. 

5  I  cried  unto  thee,  O  Lord  :  I  said.  Thou 
ai-t  ray  refuge  a7id  my  portion  in  the  land 
of  the  living. 

6  Attend  unto  ray  cry ;  for  I  am  brought 
very  low:  deliver  me  from  my  persecutors; 
for  they  are  stronger  than  I. 

7  Bring  my  soul  out  of  prison,  that  I 
may  praise  thy  name :  the  righteous  shall 
compass  me  about;  for  thou  shalt  deal 
bountifully  with  me. 

PSALM  CXLIIL 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

HEAR  my  prayer,   O  Lord,  give  ear 
to   my  supplications :    in   thy   faith- 

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PSALMS. 


fuluess  answer  me,  cuul  iu  thy  rigliteous- 
ness. 

3  And  enter  not  into  judgment  with 
thy  servant :  for  iu  thy  sight  shall  no  man 
living  be  justified. 

3  For  the  enemy  hath  persecuted  my 
soul;  he  hath  smitten  my  life  down  to  the 
ground;  he  hath  made  me  to  dwell  in  dark- 
ness, as  those  that  have  been  long  dead. 

4  Therefore  is  my  spirit  overwhelmed 
within  me ;  my  heart  within  me  is  deso- 
late. 

5  I  remember  the  days  of  old;  1  meditate 
on  all  thy  works  ;  I  muse  on  the  work  of 
thy  hands. 

6  I  stretch  forth  my  hands  unto  thee:  my 
soul  thirateth  after  thee,  as  a  thirsty  land. 
Selah. 

7  Hear  me  speedily,  O  Lokd;  my  spirit 
faileth:  hide  not  thy  face  from  me,  lest 
I  be  like  unto  them  that  go  down  into 
the  pit. 

8  Cause  me  to  hear  thy  lovingkindness 
in  the  morning;  for  in  thee  do  I  trust: 
cause  me  to  know  the  way  wherein  I 
should  walk;  for  I  lift  up  my  soul  unto 
thee. 

9  Deliver  me,  0  Lord,  from  mine  en- 
emies: I  flee  unto  thee  to  hide  me. 

10  Teach  me  to  do  thy  will ;  for  thou  art 
my  God:  thy  Spirit  is  good;  lead  me  into 
the  land  of  uprightness. 

11  Quicken  me,  O  Lord,  for  thy  name's 
sake :  for  thy  righteousness'  sake  bring 
my  soul  out  of  trouble. 

12  And  of  thy  mercy  cut  oft'  mine  en- 
emies, and  destroy  all  them  that  afiiict 
my  soul :  for  I  am  thy  servant. 

PSALM  CXLIV. 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

BLESSED    be    the    Loud  my   strength, 
which  teacheth  my  hands  to  war,  and 
my  lingers  to  fight : 

3  My  goodness,  and  my  fortress ;  my 
high  tower,  and  my  deliverer;  my  shield, 
and  he  in  whom  I  trust ;  who  subdueth 
my  people  under  me. 

3  Lord,  what  is  man,  that  thou  takcst 
knowledge  of  him  !  or  the  son  of  man,  that 
thou  makest  account  of  him! 

4  Man  is  like  to  vanity :  his  days  ar<;  as 
a  shadow  that  passeth  awa}-. 

5  Bow  thy  heavens,  0  Lord,  and  come 
down:  touch  the  mountains,  and  they  shall 
smoke. 

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G  Cast  forth  lightning,  and  scatter  them : 
shoot  out  thine  arrows,  and  destroy  them. 

7  Send  thine  hand  from  above ;  rid  me, 
and  deliver  me  out  of  great  waters,  from 
the  hand  of  strange  children ; 

8  Whose  mouth  speaketh  vanity,  and 
their  right  hand  is  a  right  hand  of  false- 
hood. 

9  I  will  sing  a  new  song  unto  thee,  O 
God :  ujion  a  psaltery  and  an  instrument  of 
ten  strings  will  I  sing  praises  unto  thee. 

10  It  is  lie  that  giveth  salvation  unto 
kings :  who  delivereth  David  his  servant 
from  the  hurtful  sword. 

11  Rid  me,  and  deliver  me  from  the  hand 
of  strange  children,  whose  mouth  speaketh 
vanity,  and  their  right  hand  is  a  right  hand 
of  falsehood : 

13  That  our  sons  niaxj  he  as  j)lants  grown 
up  in  their  youth ;  that  our  daughters  rtunj 
be  as  corner  stones,  polished  after  the  simil- 
itude of  a  palace : 

13  Tliat  our  garners  may  be  full,  afi'ording 
all  manner  of  store;  that  our  sheep  may 
bring  forth  thousands  and  ten  thousands 
in  our  streets : 

14  That  our  oxen  may  be  strong  to  labour; 
that  there  be  no  breaking  in,  nor  going  out; 
that  there  be  no  complaining  in  our  streets. 

15  Happy  is  that  people,  that  is  in  such 
a  case:  yea,  happy  is  that  people,  whose 
God  is  the  Lord. 

PSALM  CXLV. 

David's  Psalm  of  praise. 

I   WILL  extol  thee,  my  God,  O   King; 
and  I  will  bless  thy  name  for  ever  and 
ever. 

3  Every  day  will  I  bless  thee ;  and  I  will 
praise  thy  name  for  ever  and  ever. 

3  Great  is  the  Lord,  and  greatly  to  be 
praised ;  and  his  greatness  is  unsearchable. 

4  One  generation  shall  praise  thy  works 
to  another,  and  shall  declare  thy  mighty 
acts. 

5  I  will  speak  of  the  glorious  honour  of 
thy  majesty,  and  of  thy  wondrous  works. 

6  And  men  shall  speak  of  the  might  of 
thy  terrible  acts :  and  I  will  declare  thy 
greatness. 

7  They  shall  abundantly  utter  the  mem- 
ory of  thy  great  goodness,  and  shall  sing 
of  thy  righteousness. 

8  The  Lord  is  gracious,  and  full  of  com- 
passion; slow  to  anger,  and  of  great 
mercy. 


PSALMS. 


9  The  LoKD  is-  good  to  all :  unci  his  tender 
mercies  are  over  all  his  works. 

10  All  thy  works  shall  praise  thee,  O 
LoHD  ;  and  thy  saints  shall  bless  thee. 

11  They  shall  speak  of  the  glory  of  thy 
kingdom,  and  talk  of  thy  power ; 

12  To  make  known  to  the  sons  of  men 
his  mighty  acts,  and  the  glorious  majesty 
of  his  kingdom. 

13  Thy  kingdom  in  an  everlasting  king- 
dom, and  thy  dominion  endnreth  through- 
out all  generations. 

14  The  Lord  upholdcth  all  that  fall,  and 
raiseth  up  all  iJwse  that  be  bowed  down. 

15  The  eyes  of  all  wait  upon  thee;  and 
thou  givest  them  their  meat  in  due  sea- 
son. 

16  Thou  openest  thine  hand,  and  satisfiest 
the  desire  of  every  living  thing. 

17  The  Lord  is  righteous  in  all  his  ways, 
and  holy  in  all  his  works. 

18  The  Lord  is  nigh  unto  all  them  that 
call  upon  him,  to  all  that  call  upon  him 
in  truth. 

19  He  will  fulfil  the  desire  of  them  that 
fear  him:  he  also  will  hear  their  cry,  and 
will  save  them. 

20  The  Lord  preserveth  all  them  that 
love  him:  but  all  the  wicked  will  he  de- 
stroy. 

21  My  mouth  shall  speak  the  praise  of 
the  Lord  :  and  let  all  flesh  bless  his  hoi}' 
name  for  ever  and  ever. 

PSALM  CXLVL 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord.    Praise  the  Lord, 
O  my  soul. 

2  While  I  live  will  I  praise  the  Lord  :  I 
will  sing  praises  unto  my  God  while  I 
have  any  being. 

3  Put  not  your  trust  in  princes,  ?ior  in  the 
son  of  man,  in  whom  there  is  no  help. 

4  His  breath  goeth  forth,  he  returneth 
to  his  earth ;  in  that  very  day  his  thoughts 
perish. 

5  Happy  is  he  that  Iiath  the  God  of  Jacob 
for  his  help,  whose  hoi^e  is  in  the  Lord 
his  God : 

6  Which  made  heaven,  and  earth,  the  sea, 
and  all  that  therein  is:  which  keepcth 
triith  for  ever: 

7  Which  executeth  judgment  for  the  op- 
pressed :  which  giveth  food  to  the  hungry. 
The  Lord  looseth  the  prisoners  : 

8  The  Lord  openeth  t?ie  eyes  of  the  blind  : 

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the    Lord    raiseth  them   that  are  bowed 
down :  the  Lord  loveth  the  righteous  : 

9  The  Lord  preserveth  the  strangers; 
he  relicveth  the  fatherless  and  widow : 
but  the  way  of  the  wicked  he  turneth 
upside  doAvn. 

10  The  Lord  shall  reign  for  ever,  eve)i 
thy  God,  O  Zion,  vmto  all  generations. 
Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM  CXLVIL 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord:    for  it  is  good 
to  sing  praises  unto  our  God;  for  it 
is  pleasant;  and  praise  is  comel3\ 

2  The  Lord  doth  build  up  Jerusalem:  he 
gathereth  together  the  outcasts  of  Israel. 

3  He  healeth  the  broken  in  heart,  and 
bindeth  up  their  wounds. 

4  He  telleth  the  number  of  the  stars; 
he  calleth  them  all  by  their  names. 

5  Great  is  our  Lord,  and  of  great  power : 
his  understanding  is  infinite. 

6  The  Lord  lifteth  up  the  meek:  he  cast- 
eth  the  wicked  down  to  the  ground. 

7  Sing  unto  the  Lord  with  thanksgiv- 
ing ;  sing  praise  upon  the  harp  unto  our 
God: 

8  Who  covereth  the  heaven  with  clouds, 
who  prejjareth  rain  for  the  earth,  who 
maketh  grass  to  grow  ujDon  the  mount- 
ains. 

9  He  giveth  to  the  beast  his  food,  and 
to  the  young  ravens  which  cry. 

10  He  delighteth  not  in  the  strength  of 
the  horse:  he  taketh  not  pleasure  in  the 
legs  of  a  man. 

11  The  Lord  taketh  pleasure  in  them 
that  fear  him,  in  those  that  hope  in  his 
mercy. 

12  Praise  the  Lord,  O  Jerusalem ;  praise 
thy  God,  O  Zion. 

13  For  he  hath  strengthened  the  bars  of 
thy  gates;  he  hath  blessed  thy  children 
within  thee. 

14  He  maketh  peace  in  thy  borders,  and 
filleth  thee  with  the  finest  of  the  wheat. 

15  He  sendeth  forth  his  commandment 
iipo7i  earth  :  his  word  runneth  very  swiftly. 

16  He  giveth  snow  like  wool:  he  scat- 
tereth  the  hoar  frost  like  ashes. 

17  He  casteth  forth  his  ice  like  morsels : 
who  can  stand  before  his  cold  ? 

IS  He  sendeth  out  his  word,  and  melteth 
them :  he  causeth  his  wind  to  blow,  atid 
the  waters  flow. 

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PSALMS. 


19  He  sheweth  his  word  unto  Jacob, 
his  statutes  and  his  judgments  unto 
Israel. 

20  He  hath  not  dealt  so  with  any  nation : 
and  as  for  his  judgments,  they  have  not 
known  them.    Praise  ye  the  Lokd. 

PSALM  CXLVIII. 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lokd.     Praise  ye  the 
Lord  from  the  heavens  :   praise  him 
in  the  heights. 

2  Praise  ye  him,  all  his  angels:  praise  ye 
him,  all  his  hosts. 

3  Praise  ye  him,  sun  and  moon:  praise 
him,  all  ye  stars  of  light. 

4  Praise  him,  ye  heavens  of  heavens, 
and  ye  waters  that  be  above  the  heav- 
ens. 

5  Let  them  praise  the  name  of  the 
Lord:  for  he  commanded,  and  they  were 
created. 

6  He  hath  also  stablished  them  for  ever 
and  ever:  he  hath  made  a  decree  which 
shall  not  pass. 

7  Praise  the  Lord  from  the  earth,  ye 
dragons,  and  all  deeps  : 

8  Fire,  and  hail;  snow,  and  vapour; 
stormy  wind  fulfilling  his  word : 

9  Mountains,  and  all  hills ;  fruitful  trees, 
and  all  cedars : 

10  Beasts,  and  all  cattle;  creeping  things, 
and  flying  fowl : 

11  Kings  of  the  earth,  and  all  people; 
princes,  and  all  judges  of  the  earth  : 

12  Both  young  men,  and  maidens;  old 
men,  and  children : 

13  Let  them  praise  the  name  of  the 
Lord  :  for  his  name  alone  is  excellent ; 
his  glory  is  above  the  earth  and  heaven. 

14  He  also  exalteth  the  horn  of  his  peo- 
ple, the  praise  of  all  his  saints;  even  of 
the  children  of  Israel,  a  peoi^le  near  unto 
him.    Praise  ye  the  Lord. 


PSALM  CXLIX. 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord.    Sing  unto  the 
Lord  a  new  song,  a7ul  his  praise  in 
the  congregation  of  saints. 

2  Let  Israel  rejoice  in  him  that  made 
him  :  let  the  children  of  Zion  be  joyful 
in  their  King, 

3  Let  them  praise  his  name  in  the  dance: 
let  them  sing  praises  unto  him  with  the 
timbrel  and  harp. 

4  For  the  Lord  taketh  pleasure  in  his 
people :  he  will  beautify  the  meek  with 
salvation. 

5  Let  the  saints  be  joyful  in  glory :  let 
them  sing  aloud  upon  their  beds. 

6  Let  the  high  praises  of  God  be  in  their 
mouth,  and  a  twoedged  sword  in  their 
hand ; 

7  To  execute  vengeance  upon  the  heath- 
en, a7icl  punishments  upon  the  people ; 

8  To  bind  their  kings  with  chains,  and 
their  nobles  with  fetters  of  iron ; 

9  To  execute  upon  them  the  judgment 
written :  this  honour  have  all  his  saints. 
Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM  CL. 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord.    Praise  God  in 
his    sanctuary :    praise    him    in    the 
firmament  of  his  power. 

2  Praise  him  for  his  mighty  acts :  praise 
him  according  to  his  excellent  greatness. 

3  Praise  him  With  the  sound  of  the 
trumpet :  praise  him  with  the  jjsaltery 
and  harp. 

4  Praise  him  with  the  timbrel  and  dance : 
praise  him  with  stringed  instniments  and 
organs. 

5  Praise  him  upon  the  loud  cymbals : 
praise  him  upon  the  high  sounding- 
cymbals. 

G  Let  every  thing  that  hath  breath  praise 
the  Lord.    Praise  ye  the  Lord. 


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THE   PEOVEEBS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

THE  Proverbs  of  Solomon  the  son  of 
David,  king  of  Israel; 

2  To  know  wisdom  and  instruction;  to 
perceive  the  words  of  understanding ; 

3  To  receive  the  instruction  of  wisdom, 
justice,  and  judgment,  and  equity; 

4  To  give  subtilty  to  the  simple,  to  the 
young  man  knowledge  and  discretion. 

5  A  wise  man  Avill  hear,  and  Avill  increase 
learning;  and  a  man  of  understanding- 
shall  attain  unto  wise  counsels  : 

6  To  understand  a  proverb,  and  the  inter- 
pretation ;  the  words  of  the  wise,  and  their 
dark  sayings. 

7  T[  The  fear  of  the  Lord  i&  the  begin- 
ning of  knowledge ;  hut  fools  desj)ise  wis- 
dom and  instruction. 

8  My  son,  hear  the  instruction  of  thy 
father,  and  forsake  not  the  law  of  thy 
mother : 

9  For  they  shall  he  an  ornament  of  grace 
unto  thy  head,  and  chains  about  thy  neck. 

10  11  My  son,  if  sinners  entice  thee, 
consent  thou  not. 

11  If  they  say.  Come  with  us,  let  us  lay 
wait  for  blood,  let  us  lurk  privily  for  the 
innocent  without  cause : 

12  Let  us  swallow  them  up  alive  as  the 
grave ;  and  whole,  as  those  that  go  down 
into  the  pit : 

13  We  shall  find  all  precious  substance, 
we  shall  fill  our  houses  with  spoil : 

14  Cast  in  thy  lot  among  us;  let  us  all 
have  one  purse : 

15  My  son,  walk  not  thou  in  the  way 
with  them;  refrain  thy  foot  from  their 
path: 

16  For  their  feet  run  to  evil,  and  make 
haste  to  shed  blood. 

17  Surely  in  vain  the  net  is  spread  in 
the  sight  of  any  bird. 

18  And  they  lay  wait  for  their  ovm  blood  ; 
they  lurk  privily  for  their  owji  lives. 

19  So  are  the  ways  of  every  one  that  is 
greedy  of  gain ;  v)Mch  taketh  away  the  life 
of  the  owners  thereof. 

20  If  Wisdom  crieth  without;  she  uttereth 
her  voice  in  the  streets  : 


21  She  crieth  in  the  chief  place  of  eon- 
course,  in  the  openings  of  the  gates :  in 
the  city  she  uttereth  her  words,  saying^ 

22  How  long,  ye  simple  ones,  will  ye 
love  simplicity  ?  and  the  scorners  delight 
in  their  scorning,  and  fools  hate  knowl- 
edge? 

23  Turn  you  at  my  reproof:  behold,  I 
will  pour  out  my  spirit  unto  you,  I  will 
make  known  my  words  unto  you. 

24  T[  Because  I  have  called,  and  ye  re- 
fused; I  have  stretched  out  my  hand,  and 
no  man  regarded; 

25  But  ye  have  set  at  nought  all  my 
counsel,  and  would  none  of  my  reproof: 

26  I  also  will  laugh  at  your  calamity  ; 
I  will  mock  when  your  fear  cometh; 

27  When  your  fear  cometh  as  desolation, 
and  your  destruction  cometh  as  a  whirl- 
wind ;  when  distress  and  anguish  cometh 
upon  you. 

28  Then  shall  they  call  upon  me,  but  I 
will  not  answer ;  they  shall  seek  me  early, 
but  they  shall  not  find  me : 

29  For  that  they  hated  knowledge,  and 
did  not  choose  the  fear  of  the  Lokd  : 

30  They  would  none  of  my  counsel : 
they  despised  all  my  reproof. 

31  Therefore  shall  they  eat  of  the  fruit 
of  their  own  way,  and  be  filled  with  their 
own  devices. 

32  For  the  turning  away  of  the  simple 
shall  slay  them,  and  the  prosperity  of 
fools  shall  destroy  them. 

33  But  whoso  hearkeneth  unto  me  shall 
dwell  safely,  and  shall  be  quiet  from  fear 
of  evil.     <^ 

CHAPTER  IL 
ly  TY  son,  if  thou  wilt  receive  my  words, 
•i'J-   and  hide  my  commandments    with 
thee; 

2  So  that  thou  incline  thine  ear  unto  wis- 
dom, and  apply  thine  heart  to  under- 
standing ; 

3  Yea,  if  thou  criest  after  knowledge, 
and  liftest  up  thy  voice  for  understanding; 

4  If  thou  seekest  her  as  silver,  and 
searchest  for  her  as  for  hid  treasures ; 

5  Then  shalt  thou  understand  the  fear  of 


PROVERBS. 


the    Lord,    and    find    the    knowledge    of 
God. 

6  For  the  Lord  giveth  wisdom :  out  of 
his  mouth  cometh  Ivuowledge  and  under- 
standing. 

7  He  layeth  up  sound  wisdom  for  the 
righteous:  he  is  a  buckler  to  them  that 
walk  uprightly. 

8  He  keepeth  the  paths  of  judgment, 
and  preserveth  the  way  of  his  saints. 

9  Then  shalt  thou  understand  righteous- 
ness, and  judgment,  and  ec^uity;  yea,  every 
good  path. 

10  1i  When  wisdom  entereth  into  thine 
heart,  and  knowledge  is  pleasant  unto  thy 
soul ; 

11  Discretion  shall  preserve  thee,  under- 
standing shall  keep  thee : 

12  To  deliver  thee  from  the  way  of  the 
evil  tnan,  from  the  man  that  speaketh 
fro  ward  things ; 

13  Who  leave  the  paths  of  uprightness, 
to  walk  in  the  ways  of  darkness ; 

14  Who  rejoice  to  do  evil,  and  delight  in 
the  frowardness  of  the  wicked ; 

15  Whose  Avays  are  crooked,  and  the?/ 
froward  in  their  paths  : 

16  To  deliver  thee  from  the  strange  wo- 
man, eve)i  from  the  stranger  whic?i  flatter- 
eth  with  her  words  ; 

17  Which  forsaketh  the  guide  of  her 
youth,  and  forgetteth  the  covenant  of 
her  God. 

18  For  her  house  inclineth  unto  death, 
and  her  paths  unto  the  dead. 

19  None  that  go  unto  her  return  again, 
neither  take  they  hold  of  the  paths  of 
life. 

20  That  thou  niayest  walk  in  the  way 
of  good  7HCU,  and  keei)  the  paths  of  the 
righteous. 

21  For  the  upright  shall  dwell  in  the  land, 
and  the  perfect  shall  remain  in  it. 

23  But  the  wicked  shall  be  cut  off  from 
the  earth,  and  the  transgressors  shall  be 
rooted  out  of  it.  • 

CHAPTER  in. 

MY    son,    forget  not  my   law;   b\it  let 
thine  heart  keep  ray  commandments: 

2  For  length  of  days,  and  long  life,  and 
peace,  shall  they  add  to  thee. 

3  Let  not  mercy  and  truth  forsake  thee: 
bind  them  about  thy  neck;  write  them 
upon  the  table  of  thine  heart : 

"596 


4  So  Shalt  thou  find  favour  and  good 
understanding  in  the  sight  of  God  and 
man. 

5  H  Trust  in  the  Lord  with  all  thine 
heart ;  and  lean  not  unto  thine  own  un- 
derstanding. 

6  In  all  thy  ways  acknowledge  him,  and 
he  shall  direct  thy  paths. 

7  T[  Be  not  wise  in  thine  own  eyes :  fear 
the  Lord,  and  depart  from  evil. 

8  It  shall  be  health  to  thy  navel,  and 
marrow  to  thy  bones. 

9  Honour  the  Lord  with  thy  substance, 
and  with  the  firstfruits  of  all  thine  in- 
crease : 

10  So  shall  thy  barns  be  filled  with  plenty, 
and  thy  presses  shall  burst  out  with  new 
wine. 

11  *([  My  son,  desi^ise  not  the  chastening  j 
of  the  Lord  ;  neither  be  weary  of  his  cor- 
rection : 

12  For  whom  the  Lord  loveth  he  cor- 
recteth ;  even  as  a  fi^ther  the  son  in  whom 
he  delighteth. 

13  Tf  Happy  i,s  the  man  that  flndeth  wis- 
dom, and  the  man  that  getteth  under- 
standing : 

14  For  the  merchandise  of  it  Is  better 
than  the  merchandise  of  silver,  and  the 
gain  thereof  than  fine  gold. 

15  She  is  more  precious  than  rubies : 
and  all  the  things  thou  canst  desire  are 
not  to  be  compared  unto  her, 

16  Length  of  days  is  in  her  right  hand; 
and  in  her  left  hand  riches  and  hon- 
our. 

17  Her  ways  are  ways  of  pleasantness, 
and  all  her  paths  are  peace. 

18  She  is  a  tree  of  life  to  them  that  la)' 
hold  iqion  her:  and  happy  is  every  one  that 
retaineth  her. 

19  The  Lord  by  Avisdom  hath  founded 
the  earth;  by  understanding  hath  he 
established  the  heavens. 

20  By  his  knowledge  the  depths  are 
broken  up,  and  the  clouds  drop  down  the 
dew. 

21  ^  My  son,  let  not  them  depart  from 
thine  eyes:  keep  sound  wisdom  and  dis- 
cretion : 

22  So  shall  they  be  life  unto  thy  soul, 
and  grace  to  thy  neck. 

23  Then  shalt  thou  walk  in  thy  way 
safely,  and  thy  foot  shall  not  stumble. 

24  When    thou    liest   down,  thou    shalt 


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PROVERBS. 


not  be  afriiid :   yen,  thou  shalt  lie  clown, 
and  thy  sleep  shall  be  sweet. 

25  Be  not  afraid  of  sudden  fear,  nei- 
ther of  the  desolation  of  the  wicked, 
when  it  cometh. 

26  For  the  Lord  shall  be  thy  confidence, 
and  shall  keep  thy  foot  from  being  taken. 

27  TI  Withhold  not  good  from  them  to 
whom  it  is  due,  when  it  is  in  the  power 
of  thine  hand  to  do  it. 

28  Say  not  unto  thy  neighbour,  Go,  and 
come  again,  and  to  morrow  I  will  give; 
when  thou  hast  it  by  thee. 

29  Devise  not  evil  against  thy  neighbour, 
seeing  he  dwelleth  securely  by  thee. 

oO  ^  Strive  not  with  a  man  without  cause, 
if  he  have  done  thee  no  harm. 

31  1  Envy  thou  not  the  oppressor,  and 
choose  none  of  his  Avays. 

32  For  the  froward  is  abomination  to 
the  LoKD :  but  his  secret  is  with  the 
righteous. 

33  TI  The  curse  of  the  Lord  is  in  the 
house  of  the  wicked:  but  he  blesseth  the 
habitation  of  the  just. 

34  Surely  he  scorneth  the  scorners :  but 
he  giveth  grace  unto  the  lowly. 

35  The  wise  shall  inherit  glory:  but 
shame  shall  be  the  promotion  of  fools.  "•^ 


CHAPTER  IV. 

ye  children,  the  instruction  of 


HEAR 
a  father,  and  attend  to  know  under- 
standing. 

2  For  I  give  you  good  doctrine,  forsake 
ye  not  my  law. 

3  For  I  Avas  my  tuther's  son,  tender  and 
only  beloved  in  the  sight  of  my  mother. 

4  He  taught  me  also,  and  said  unto  me. 
Let  thine  heart  retain  my  words  :  keep  my 
commandments,  and  live. 

5  Get  wisdom,  get  imderstandiug :  forget 
it  not ;  neither  decline  from  the  words  of 
my  mouth. 

6  Forsake  her  not,  and  she  shall  preserve 
thee :  love  her,  and  she  shall  keej)  thee. 

7  Wisdom  is  the  principal  thing  ;  therefore 
get  wisdom :  and  with  all  thy  getting  get 
understanding. 

8  Exalt  her,  and  she  shall  promote  thee : 
she  shall  bring  thee  to  honour,  when  thou 
dost  embrace  her. 

9  She  shall  give  to  thine  head  an  orna- 
ment of  grace :  a  crown  of  glory  shall  she 
deliver  to  thee. 


10  Hear,  O  my  son,  aud  receive  my  say- 
ings ;  and  the  years  of  thy  life  shall  be 
many. 

11  I  have  taught  thee  in  the  way  of  wis- 
dom ;  I  have  led  thee  in  right  paths. 

12  When  thou  goest,  thy  steps  shall  not 
be  straitened;  and  when  thou  runnest, 
thou  Shalt  not  stumble. 

13  Take  fast  hold  of  instruction ;  let  her 
not  go  :  keep  her ;  for  she  is  thy  life. 

14  If  Enter  not  into  the  path  of  the  wick- 
ed, and  go  not  in  the  way  of  evil  men. 

15  Avoid  it,  pass  not  by  it,  turn  from  it, 
and  pass  away. 

16  For  they  sleep  not,  except  they  have 
done  mischief;  and  their  sleep  is  taken 
away,  unless  they  cause  some  to  fall. 

17  For  they  eat  the  bread  of  wickedness, 
and  drink  the  wine  of  violence. 

18  But  the  path  of  the  just  is  as  the  shin- 
ing light,  that  shineth  more  and  more  unto 
the  perfect  day. 

19  The  way  of  the  wicked  is  as  darkness : 
they  know  not  at  what  they  stumble. 

20  H  My  son,  attend  to  my  words  ;  incline 
thine  ear  unto  my  sayings. 

21  Let  them  not  depart  from  thine  eyes ; 
keep  them  in  the  midst  of  thine  heart. 

22  For  they  are  life  unto  those  that  find 
them,  and  health  to  all  their  flesh. 

23  T[  Keep  thy  heart  with  all  diligence ; 
for  out  of  it  are  the  issues  of  life. 

24  Put  away  from  thee  a  froward  mouth, 
and  perverse  lips  put  far  from  thee. 

25  Let  thine  eyes  look  right  on,  and  let 
thine  eyelids  look  straight  before  thee. 

26  Ponder  the  path  of  thy  feet,  and  let  all 
thy  ways  be  established. 

27  Turn  not  to  the  right  hand  nor  to  the 
left :  remove  thy  foot  from  evil.       • 


CHAPTER  V. 
Y  son,  attend  unto  my  wisdom,  and 
bow  thine    ear   to    my   understand- 


M 

ing: 

2  That  thou  mayest  regard  discretion,  and 
that  thy  lips  may  keep  knowledge. 

3  T[  For  the  lips  of  a  strange  woman  drop 
as  a  honeycomb,  and  her  mouth  is  smooth- 
er than  oil : 

4  But  her  end  is  bitter  as  wormwood, 
sharp  as  a  twoedged  sword. 

5  Her  feet  go  down  to  death;  her  steps 
take  hold  on  hell. 

6  Lest   thou  shouldest  ponder  the   path  j 


597 


PROVERBS. 


of  life,  her   ways  are  moveable,  tJiat  thou 
canst  not  know  Oicm. 

7  Hear  me  now  therefore,  O  ye  children, 
and  depart  not  from  the  words  of  my 
mouth. 

8  Remove  thy  waj'  far  from  her,  and  come 
not  nigh  the  door  of  her  house : 

9  Lest  thou  give  thine  honour  unto 
others,  and  thy  years  unto  the  cruel: 

10  Lest  strangers  be  filled  with  thy 
wealth  ;  and  thy  labours  he  in  the  house 
of  a  stranger; 

11  And  thou  mourn  at  the  last,  when  thy 
flesh  and  thy  body  are  consumed, 

13  And  say.  How  have  I  hated  instruc- 
tion, and  my  heart  despised  reproof; 

13  And  have  not  obeyed  the  voice  of 
my  teachers,  nor  Inclined  mine  ear  to 
them  that  instructed  me  ! 

14  I  Avas  almost  in  all  evil  in  the  midst 
of  the  congregation  and  assembly. 

15  TF  Drink  waters  out  of  thine  own 
cistern,  and  running  waters  out  of  thine 
own  well. 

16  Let  thy  fountains  be  dispersed  abroad, 
and  rivers  of  waters  in  the  streets. 

17  Let  them  be  only  thine  own,  and  not 
strangers'  with  thee. 

18  Let  thy  fountain  be  blessed:  and  re- 
joice with  the  wife  of  thy  youth. 

19  Let  her  he  as  the  loving  hind  and 
pleasant  roe;  let  her  breasts  satisfy  thee 
at  all  times ;  and  be  thou  ravished  always 
with  her  love. 

20  And  why  wilt  thou,  my  son,  be  ravish- 
ed with  a  strange  w'oman,  and  embrace  the 
bosom  of  a  stranger? 

21  For  the  ways  of  man  are  before  the 
.eyes   of  the  Lokd,  and  he  pondereth  all 

his  goings. 

23  \  His  own  iniquities  shall  take  the 
wicked  himself,  and  he  shall  be  holden 
Avith  the  cords  of  his  sins. 

23  He  shall  die  without  instruction;  and 
in  the  greatness  of  his  folly  he  shall  go 
astray.        **► 

CHAPTER  VL 
11 TY    son,    if    thou    be    surety    for  thy 
ItX    friend,    !f  thou    hast    stricken    thy 
hand  with  a  stranger, 

2  Thou  art  snared  with  the  words  of 
thy  mouth,  thou  art  taken  with  the  words 
of  thy  mouth. 

3  Do  this  now,  mj-  son,  and  deliver  thj-- 

self,  when  thou  art  come  into  the  hand  of 
— 


thy  friend;  go,  humble  thyself,  and  make 
sure  thy  friend. 

4  Give  not  sleep  to  thine  eyes,  nor  slum- 
ber to  thine  eyelids. 

5  Deliver  thyself  as  a  roe  from  the  hand 
of  the  7ni7ite7\  and  as  a  bird  from  the  hand 
of  the  fowler. 

6  ^  Go  to  the  ant,  thou  sluggard;  con- 
sider her  ways,  and  be  wise : 

7  Which  having  no  guide,  overseer,  or 
ruler, 

8  Provideth  her  meat  in  the  summer,  and 
gathcreth  her  food  in  the  han'est. 

9  How  long  wilt  thou  sleep,  O  sluggard  ? 
when  wilt  thou  arise  out  of  thy  sleep  ? 

10  Yet  a  little  sleep,  a  little  slumber,  a 
little  folding  of  the  hands  to  sleep : 

11  So  shall  thy  poverty  come  as  one  that 
travelleth,  and  thy  want  as  an  armed  man. 

13  ^  A  naughty  person,  a  wicked  man, 
walketh  with  a  froward  mouth. 

13  He  winketh  with  his  eyes,  he  speak- 
eth  with  his  feet,  he  teacheth  with  his 
fingers ; 

14  Frowardness  is  in  his  heart,  he  devis- 
eth  mischief  continually ;  he  soweth  dis- 
cord. 

1.5  Therefore  shall  his  calamity  come  s\id- 
denly;  suddenly  shall  he  be  broken  with- 
out remedy. 

16  ^  These  six  iJtmgs  doth  the  Lord  hate; 
yea,  seven  are  an  abomination  unto  him  : 

17  A  proud  look,  a  lying  tongue,  and 
hands  that  shed  innocent  blood, 

18  A  heart  that  deviseth  Avicked  imagina- 
tions, feet  that  be  SAvift  in  running  to 
mischief, 

19  A  false  Avitncss  tJtat  speaketh  lies,  and 
he  that  soAveth  discord  among  brethren. 

20  Tf  My  son,  keep  thy  father's  com- 
mandment, and  forsake  not  the  laAV  of 
thy  mother: 

21  Bind  them  continually  upon  thine 
heart,  and  tic  them  about  thy  neck. 

23  When  thou  goest,  it  shall  lead  thee; 
Avheu  thou  sleepest,  it  shall  keep  thee ; 
and  v.'?ie7i  thou  aAvakest,  it  shall  talk  Avith 
thee. 

23  For  the  commandment  if  a  lamp ;  and 
the  laAV  is  light ;  and  reproofs  of  instruc- 
tion are  the  AA-ay  of  life  : 

24  To  keep  thee  from  the  CAil  Avoman, 
from  the  flattery  of  the  tongue  of  a  strange 
Avoman. 

25  Lust   not  after   her   beauty   in   thine 


PROVERBS. 


heart;  neither  let  her  take  thee  with  her 
eyelids. 

26  For  by  moans  of  a  whorish  woman  a 
man  in  brought  to  a  piece  of  bread:  and 
the  adulteress  will  hunt  for  the  precious 
life. 

27  Can  a  man  take  fire  in  his  bosom,  and 
his  clothes  not  be  burned  ? 

28  Can  one  go  upon  hot  coals,  and  his 
feet  not  be  burned  ? 

29  So  he  that  goeth  in  to  his  neighbour's 
wife ;  whosoever  toucheth  her  shall  not 
be  innocent. 

30  Jleu  do  not  despise  a  thief,  if  he  steal 
to  satisfj'  his  soul  when  he  is  hungry; 

SI  Bijt  if  he  be  found,  he  shall  restore 
sevenfold;  he  shall  give  all  the  substance 
of  his  house. 

32  BiU  whoso  committeth  adultery  with  a 
woman  lacketh  underetanding :  he  that 
doeth  it  destroyeth  his  own  soul. 

33  A  wound  and  dishonour  shall  he  get ; 
and  his  reproach  shall  not  be  wiped  away. 

34  For  jealousy  is  the  rage  of  a  man: 
therefore  he  will  not  spare  in  the  day  of 
vengeance. 

35  He  will  not  regard  any  ransom ; 
neither  will  he  rest  content,  though  thou 
givest  many  gifts.  If 

CHAPTER  VII. 

MY  son,  keep  my  words,  and  lay  uj) 
my  commandments  with  thee. 

2  Keep  my  commandments,  and  live; 
and  my  law  as  the  apple  of  thine  eye. 

3  Bind  them  upon  thy  fingers,  write  them 
upon  the  table  of  thine  heart. 

4  Say  unto  wisdom,  Thou  art  my  sister; 
and  call  understanding  tJuj  kinswoman  : 

5  That  they  may  keep  thee  from  the 
strange  woman,  from  the  stranger  ivJiich 
flattereth  with  her  words. 

6  H  For  at  the  window  of  my  house  I 
looked  through  my  casement, 

7  And  beheld  among  the  simple  ones,  I 
discerned  among  the  youths,  a  young  man 
void  of  understanding, 

8  Passing  through  the  street  near  her 
corner;  and  he  went  the  way  to  her 
house, 

9  In  the  twilight,  in  the  evening,  in  the 
black  and  dark  night : 

10  And,  behold,  there  met  him  a  woman 
with  the  attire  of  a  harlot,  and  subtile  of 
heart. 


11  (She  is  loud  and  stubborn;  her  feet 
abide  not  in  her  house  : 

12  Now  is  she  without,  now  in  the  streets, 
and  lieth  in  wait  at  every  corner.) 

18  So  she  caught  him,  and  kissed  him, 
and  with  an  impudent  face  said  unto  him, 

14  /  ?iave  peace  offerings  with  me;  this 
day  have  I  paid  my  vows. 

15  Therefore  came  I  forth  to  meet  thee, 
diligently  to  seek  thy  face,  and  I  have 
found  thee.  ] 

16  I  have  decked  my  bed  M'ith  cover-  j 
iugs  of  tapestry,  with  carved  works,  with  i 
fine  linen  of  Egypt. 

17  I  have  perfumed  my  bed  with  myrrh, 
aloes,  and  cinnamon. 

18  Come,  let  us  take  our  fill  of  love  until 
the  morning :  let  us  solace  ourselves  with 
loves. 

19  For  the  goodman  is  not  at  home,  he 
is  gone  a  long  journey : 

20  He  hath  taken  a  bag  of  money  with 
him,  and  will  come  home  at  the  day  ap- 
pointed. 

21  With  her  much  fair  speech  she  caused 
him  to  yield,  with  the  flattering  of  her 
lips  she  forced  him. 

22  He  goeth  after  her  straightway,  as  an 
ox  goeth  to  the  slaughter,  or  as  a  fool 
to  the  correction  of  the  stocks  ; 

23  Till  a  dart  strike  through  his  liver; 
as  a  bird  hasteth  to  the  snare,  and  know- 
eth  not  that  it  is  for  his  life. 

24  T[  Hearken  unto  me  now  therefore, 
O  ye  children,  and  attend  to  the  words 
of  my  mouth. 

25  Let  not  thine  heart  decline  to  her 
Avays,  go  not  astraj^  in  her  paths. 

26  For  she  hath  cast  down  many  wound- 
ed :  yea,  many  stroug  men  have  been  slain 
by  her. 

27  Her  house  is  the  way  to  hell,  going 
down  to  the  chambers  of  death.      ^ 

CHAPTER  VIIL 

DOTH   not  wisdom    cry?    and    under- 
standing put  forth  her  voice  ? 

2  She  standeth  in  the  top  of  high  places, 
by  the  way  in  the  places  of  the  paths. 

3  She  crieth  at  the  gates,  at  the  entry 
of  the  city,  at  the  coming  in  at  the 
doors : 

4  Unto  5'on,  O  men,  I  call ;  and  my  voice 
is  to  the  sons  of  man. 

5  O  ye  simple,  understand  wisdom :  and, 

599  ' 


PROVERBS. 


be     ye     oi 


uuciersiandino- 


ye     lools 
heart. 

6  Hear;  for  I  will  speak  of  excellent 
tilings;  and  the  opening  of  my  lips  sJiall 
he  right  things. 

7  For  ray  mouth  shall  speak  truth ;  and 
wickedness  is  an  abomination  to  my 
lips. 

8  All  the  words  of  my  mouth  are  in  right- 
eousness ;  there  is  nothing  froward  or  per- 
verse in  them. 

9  They  are  all  plain  to  him  that  under- 
standeth,    and    right    to    them    that    find  I 
knowledge. 

10  Receive  my  instruction,  and  not  silver;  j 
and  knowledge  rather  than  choice  gold.        ' 

11  For  wisdom  is  better  than  rubies  ;  and 
all  the  things  that  may  be  desired  arc 
not  to  be  compared  to  it. 

13  I  wisdom  dwell  Avith  prudence,  and 
find  out  knowledge  of  witty  inventions. 

13  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  to  hate  evil: 
pride,  and  arrogancy,  and  the  evil  way, 
and  the  froward  mouth,  do  I  hate. 

14  Counsel  is  mine,  and  sound  wisdom : 
I  am  understanding;  I  have  strength. 

15  By  me  kings  reign,  and  princes  de- 
cree justice. 

10  By  me  princes  rule,  and  nobles,  eve7t 
:ill  the  judges  of  the  earth. 

17  I  love  them  that  love  me;  .ind  those 
that  seek  me  early  shall  find  me. 

18  Riches  and  honour  are  with  me ;  ?/ea, 
durable  riches  and  righteousness. 

19  My  fruit  is  better  than  gold,  yea, 
than  fine  gold;  and  my  revenue  than 
choice  silver. 

20  I  lead  in  the  way  of  righteousness, 
in  the  midst  of  the  i)aths  of  judgment: 

21  That  I  may  cause  those  that  love  me 
to  inherit  substance;  and  I  will  fill  their 
treasures. 

23  The  Lord  possessed  me  in  the  be- 
ginning of  his  wav,  before  his  works  of 
old. 

23  I  was  set  up  from  everlasting,  from 
the  beginning,  or  ever  the  earth  was. 

24  "When  (here  were  no  depths,  I  was 
brought  forth;  when  there  were  no  fount- 
ains abounding  Avith  water. 

25  Before  the  mountains  were  settled,  be- 
fore the  hills  was  I  brought  forth : 

2(>   While  as  yet  he  had  not  made  the 
earth,  nor  the  fields,  nor  the  highest  part 
j  of  the  dust  of  the  world. 


27  When  he  prepared  the  heavens,  I  ivas 
there  :  when  he  set  a  compass  upon  the 
face  of  the  depth : 

28  When  he  established  the  clouds  above : 
when  he  strengthened  the  fountains  of  the 
deep : 

29  When  he  gave  to  the  sea  his  decree, 
that  the  waters  should  not  pass  his  com- 
mandment :  when  he  appointed  the  foun- 
dations of  the  earth : 

30  Then  I  was  bj-^  him,  as  one  brought  up 
with  Jmn:  and  I  was  daily  his  delight, 
rejoicing  always  before  him  ; 

31  Rejoicing  in  the  habitable  part  of 
his  earth ;  and  my  delights  tvere  with  the 
sons  of  men. 

33  Now  therefore  hearken  unto  me,  O 
ye  children :  for  blessed  are  tltey  that  keep 
my  ways. 

33  Hear  instruction,  and  be  wise,  and 
i-efuse  it  not. 

34  Blessed  is  the  man  that  hearcth  me, 
watching  daily  at  my  gates,  waiting  at 
the  posts  of  my  doors. 

35  For  whoso  findeth  me  findeth  life, 
and  shall  obtain  favour  of  the  Lord. 

36  But  he  that  sinneth  against  me  wrong- 
eth  his  own  soul :  all  they  that  hate  me 
love  death.  «    W 

CHAPTER  IX. 
Xry^ISDOM  hath  builded  her  house,  she 
V  T    hath  hewn  out  her  seven  pillars  : 

2  She  hath  killed  her  beasts ;  she  hath 
mingled  her  wine  ;  she  hath  also  furnished 
her  table. 

3  She  hath  sent  forth  her  maidens :  she 
crieth  upon  the  highest  places  of  the 
city, 

4  Whoso  is  simple,  let  him  turn  in 
hither:  as  for  him  that  Avanteth  under- 
standing, she  saith  to  him, 

5  Come,  eat  of  my  bread,  and  drink  of 
the  Avine  w/dch  I  have  mingled. 

6  Forsake  the  foolish,  and  live;  and  go 
in  the  Avay  of  understanding. 

7  He  that  reproveth  a  scorner  gctteth 
to  himself  shame:  and  he  that  rebuketh 
a  Avicked  man  yetteth  himself  a  blot. 

S  Reprove  not  a  scorner,  lest  he  hate 
thee :  rebuke  a  Avise  man,  and  he  will 
love  thee. 

9  Give  iustrnctioii  to  a  Avise  ?7ian,  and  he 
will  be  yet  Aviser:  teach  a  just  man^  and 
he  Avill  increase  in  learning. 

10  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is-  the  beginning 


PROVERBS. 


of  wisdoiu :    aucl    tlie    kuowiecige  of  the 
Holy  is  understandiug. 

11  For  by  me  thy  days  shall  be  mul- 
tiplied, and  the  years  of  thy  life  shall  be 
increased. 

12  If  thou  be  wise,  thou  shalt  be  wise  for 
thyself:  but  if  thou  scorncst,  thou  alone 
shalt  bear  it. 

13  1  A  foolish  woman  is  clamorous:  sJie 
is  simple,  and  knoweth  nothing. 

14  For  she  sitteth  at  the  door  of  her 
house,  on  a  seat  in  the  high  places  of  the 
city, 

15  To  call  passengers  who  go  right  on 
their  waj's : 

16  Whoso  is  simple,  let  him  turn  in 
hither :  and  as  for  him  that  wantcth  un- 
derstanding, she  saith  to  him, 

17  Stolen  waters  are  sweet,  and  bread 
eaten  in  secret  is  pleasant. 

18  But  he  knoweth  not  that  the  dead 
«?-e  there;  and  that  her  guests  are  in  the 
depths  of  hell.  'K  • 

CHAPTER  X. 

THE    Proverbs   of  Solomon.      A   wise 
son  maketh  a  glad  father :  but  a  fool- 
ish son  is  the  heaviness  of  his  mother. 

2  Treasures  of  wickedness  profit  noth- 
ing: but  righteousness  delivereth  from 
death. 

3  The  Lord  will  not  suffer  the  soul  of 
the  righteous  to  famish :  but  he  casteth 
away  the  substance  of  the  wicked. 

4  He  becometh  poor  that  dealeth  with  a 
slack  hand :  but  the  hand  of  the  diligent 
maketh  rich. 

5  He  that  gatliereth  in  summer  is  a  wise 
son :  but  he  that  sleepeth  in  harvest  is  a, 
son  that  causeth  shame. 

6  Blessings  are  upon  the  head  of  the  just : 
but  A'iolence  covereth  the  mouth  of  the 
wicked. 

7  The  memory  of  the  just  is  blessed: 
but  the  name  of  the  wicked  shall  rot. 

8  The  wise  in  heart  will  receive  com- 
mandments :  but  a  prating  fool  shall  fall. 

9  He  that  walketh  uprightly  walketh 
surely:  but  he  that  perverteth  his  ways 
shall  be  known. 

10  He  that  winketh  with  the  eye  causeth 
sorroAV:  but  a  prating  fool  shall  fall. 

11  The  mouth  of  a  righteous  man  is  a 
well  of  life:  but  violence  covereth  the 
mouth  of  the  wicked. 


V^  Hatred  siirreth  up  strifes :  but  love 
covereth  all  sins. 

13  In  the  lips  of  him  that  hath  under- 
standiug wisdom  is  found :  but  a  rod  Is 
for  the  back  of  him  that  is  void  of  under- 
standing. 

14  Wise  men  lay  up  knowledge :  but  the 
mouth  of  the  foolish  is  near  destruction. 

15  The  rich  man's  wealth  is-  his  strong 
city :  the  destruction  of  the  poor  is  their 
poverty. 

16  The  labour  of  the  righteous  taideth  to 
life :  the  fruit  of  the  wicked  to  sin. 

17  He  is  in  the  way  of  life  that  keepeth 
instruction:  but  he  that  refuseth  reproof 
erreth. 

18  He  that  hideth  hatred  7vith  lying  lips, 
and  he  that  uttereth  a  slander,  is  a  fool. 

19  In  the  multitude  of  words  there  want- 
eth  not  sin :  but  he  that  refraineth  his  lips 
is  wise. 

20  The  tongue  of  the  just  is  as  choice 
silver:  the  heart  of  the  wicked  is  little 
worth. 

21  The  lips  of  the  righteous  feed  many: 
but  fools  die  for  want  of  wisdom. 

22  The  blessing  of  the  Lord,  it  maketh 
rich,  and  he  addeth  no  sorrow  with  it. 

23  It  is  as  sport  to  a  fool  to  do  mis- 
chief: but  a  man  of  imderstanding  hath 
wisdom. 

24  The  fear  of  the  wicked,  it  shall  come 
upon  him :  but  the  desire  of  the  righteous 
shall  be  granted. 

25  As  the  whirlwind  passeth,  so  is  the 
wicked  no  more :  but  the  righteous  is  an 
everlasting  foundation. 

26  As  vinegar  to  the  teeth,  and  as  smoke 
to  the  eyes,  so  is  the  sluggard  to  them  that 
send  him. 

27  The  fear  of  the  Lord  prolongeth  days  : 
but  the  years  of  the  wicked  shall  be  short- 
ened. 

28  The  hope  of  the  righteous  sJiall  be  glad- 
ness: but  the  expectation  of  the  wicked 
shall  perish. 

29  The  way  of  the  Lord  is  strength  to 
the  upright :  but  destruction  sJiall  be  to  the 
workers  of  iniquitj^ 

30  The  righteous  shall  never  be  removed: 
but  the  wicked  shall  not  inhabit  the  earth. 

31  The  mouth  of  the  just  bringeth  forth 
wisdom :  but  the  froward  tongue  shall  be 
cut  out. 

32  The  lips  of  the  righteous  knoAV  what  is 

601 


PROVERBS. 


acceptable :  but  the  luoutli  of  the  wicked 
ttpeakeih  Irowardiiess.  «" 

CHAPTER  XL 

A  FALSE  balance  is  abomination  to  the 
LoKD :  but  a  just  weight  is-  his  delight. 
3    When    pride     cometh,    then    cometh 
shame  :  but  Avith  the  lowh'  is  wisdom. 

3  The  integrity  of  the  upright  shall  guide 
them :  but  the  perverseness  of  transgress- 
ors shall  destroy  them. 

4  Riches  profit  not  in  the  day  of  wrath : 
but  righteousness  delivereth  from  death. 

5  The  righteousness  of  the  perfect  shall 
direct  his  way :  but  the  wicked  shall  fall 
by  his  own  wickedness. 

6  The  righteousness  of  the  upright  shall 
deliver  them :  but  transgressors  shall  be 
taken  in  t/ieir  own  naughtiness. 

7  When  a  wicked  man  dieth,  Ms  expecta- 
tion shall  perish :  and  the  hope  of  unjust 
nien  perisheth. 

8  The  righteous  is  delivered  out  of 
trouble,  and  the  wicked  cometh  in  liis 
stead. 

9  A  hypocrite  with  Jiu  mouth  destroyeth 
his  neighbour:  but  through  knowledge 
shall  the  just  be  delivered. 

10  When  it  goeth  well  with  the  righteous, 
the  city  rejoiceth:  and  when  the  wicked 
perish,  there  U  shouting. 

11  By  the  blessing  of  the  upright  the  cit}- 
is  exalted:  but  it  is  overthrown  by  the 
mouth  of  the  wicked. 

12  He  that  is  void  of  wisdom  despiscth 
his  neighbour:  but  a  mau  of  understand- 
ing holdeth  his  peace. 

13  A  talebearer  revealeth  secrets  :  but  he 
that  is  of  a  faithful  spirit  concealeth  the 
matter. 

14:  Where  no  counsel  is-,  the  people  fall : 
but  in  the  multitude  of  counsellors  there  is 
.safety. 

15  He  that  is  surety  for  a  stranger  sliall 
smart /ur  it:  and  he  that  hateth  suretiship 
is  sure. 

10  A  gracious  woman  retaineth  honour : 
and  strong  nun  retain  riches. 

17  The  merciful  man  doeth  good  to  bis 
own  soul :  but  he  that  is  cruel  troubleth  his 
own  flesh. 

IS  The  wicked  Avorketh  a  deceitful  work : 

but  to  him  that  soweth  righteousness  sliall 

be  a  sure  reward. 

19  As  righteousness  tendeth  to  life ;  so  he 
_ 


that  pursueth  evil  parsiLeth  it  to  his  own 
death. 

20  They  that  arc  of  a  froAvard  heart  are 
abomination  to  the  Lord:  but  sicch  as  are 
ui)right  in  ilieir  way  are  his  delight. 

21  Though  hand  join  in  hand,  the  wicked 
shall  not  be  unpunished :  but  the  seed  of 
the  righteous  shall  be  delivered. 

22  As  a  jewel  of  gold  in  a  swine's  snout, 
•so  is  a  fair  woman  which  is  without  discre- 
tion. 

23  The  desire  of  the  righteous  is  only 
good :  but  the  expectation  of  the  Avicked 
is  wrath. 

24  There  is  that  scattereth,  and  yet 
increaseth;  and  thei-e  is  that  Avithhold- 
eth  more  than  is  meet,  but  it  tendeth  to 
poverty. 

25  The  liberal  soul  shall  be  made  fat: 
and  he  that  watereth  shall  be  watered  also 
himself 

26  He  that  Avithholdcth  corn,  the  peo- 
ple shall  curse  him  :  but  blessing  sJiall  he 
ui)on  the  head  of  him  that  scUcth  it. 

27  He  that  diligently  seeketh  good  pro- 
cureth  favour:  but  he  that  seeketh  mis- 
chief, it  shall  come  unto  him. 

28  He  that  trusteth  in  his  riches  shall  foil: 
but  the  righteous  shall  flourish  as  a  branch. 

29  He  that  troubleth  his  own  house 
shall  inherit  the  Avind:  and  the  fool  shall 
be  serA'ant  to  the  wise  of  heart. 

30  The  fruit  of  the  rightcoiis  is  a  tree 
of  life;  and  he  that  Avinneth  souls  is 
Avise. 

31  Behold,  the  righteous  shall  be  recom- 
pensed in  the  earth :  much  more  the  Avick- 
ed  and  the  sinner.  9> 

CHAPTER  XII. 

WHOSO    lovcth    instruction    loveth 
knoAvledge :     but    he    that     hateth 
reproof  is  brutish. 

2  A  good  man  obtaincth  favour  of  the 
LoKD :  but  a  man  of  Avicked  devices  Avill 
he  condemn. 

3  A  man  shall  not  be  established  by 
Avickedness :  but  the  root  of  the  right- 
eous shall  not  be  moved. 

4  A  virtuous  Avoman  i'.s-  a  croA\Ti  to  her 
husband :  bxit  she  that  maketh  ashamed 
is  as  rottenness  in  his  bones. 

5  The  thoughts  of  the  righteous  are 
right :  but  the  counsels  of  the  wicked  are 
deceit. 


PROVERBS. 


t>  The  ■words  of  the  wicked  are  to  lie  in 
wait  for  blood :  but  the  mouth  of  the  up- 
right shall  deliver  them. 

7  The  wicked  are  overthrown,  and  are 
not:  but  the  house  of  the  righteous 
shall  stand. 

8  A  man  shall  be  commended  according 
to  his  wisdom :  but  he  that  is  of  a  per- 
verse heart  shall  be  despised. 

9  He  that  is  despised,  and  hath  a  servant, 
is  better  than  he  that  honoureth  himself, 
and  lacketu  bread. 

10  A  righteous  man  regardeth  the  life  of 
his  beast :  but  the  tender  mercies  of  the 
wicked  a?-e  cruel. 

11  He  that  tillcth  his  land  shall  be  sat- 
isfied with  bread :  but  he  that  follow- 
eth  vain  persons  is  void  of  understand- 
ing. 

12  The  wicked  desireth  the  net  of  evil 
men:  but  the  root  of  the  righteous  yield- 
eth  fruit. 

13  The  wicked  is  snared  by  the  trans- 
gression of  7ds  lips :  but  the  just  shall 
come  out  of  trouble. 

14  A  man  shall  be  satisfied  with  good 
by  the  fruit  of  his  mouth :  and  the  recom- 
pense of  a  man's  hands  shall  be  rendered 
unto  him. 

15  The  way  of  a  fool  is  right  in  his  own 
eyes :  but  he  that  hearkeneth  unto  counsel 
is  wise. 

16  A  fool's  wrath  is  presently  known : 
but  a  prudent  man  covereth  shame. 

17  He  that  speaketh  truth  sheweth  forth 
righteousness  :  but  a  Mse  witness  deceit. 

18  There  is  that  speaketh  like  the  pierc- 
ings of  a  sword :  but  the  tongue  of  the 
wise  is-  health. 

19  The  lip  of  truth  shall  be  established 
for  ever:  but  a  lying  tongue  is  but  for  a 
moment. 

20  Deceit  is  in  the  heart  of  them  that 
imagine  evil:  but  to  the  counsellors  of 
peace  is  joy.  ^ 

21  There  shall  no  evil  happen  to  tnc 
just:  but  the  wicked  shall  be  filled  with 
mischief.  ' 

22  Lying  lips  are  abomination  to  the  | 
Lokd:  but  they  that  deal  truly  are  his  j 
delight.  j 

23  A  prudent  man  concealeth  knoMledge  :  | 
but  the  heart  of  fools  proclaimeth  foolish-  j 
ness.  I 

24  The   hand   of  the   diligent   shall  bear 


rule:  but  the  slothful  shall  be  under 
tribute. 

25  Heaviness  in  the  heart  of  man  maketh 
it  stoop  :  but  a  good  word  maketh  it  glad. 

26  The  righteous  is  more  excellent  than 
his  neighbour :  but  the  way  of  the  wicked 
seduceth  them. 

27  The  slothful  man  roasteth  not  that 
which  he  took  in  hunting:  but  the  sub- 
stance of  a  diligent  man  is  precious. 

28  In  the  way  of  righteousness  is  life  ; 
and  in  the  pathway  thereof  there  is  no  death. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

A   WISE    son  heareih   his    father's    in- 
struction: but  a  scorner  heareth  not 
rebuke. 

2  A  man  shall  eat  good  by  the  fruit  of 
his  mouth:  but  the  soul  of  the  transgress- 
ors s?iaU  eat  violence. 

3  He  that  keepeth  his  month  keepeth  his 
life :  b)tt  he  that  openeth  wide  his  lips 
shall  have  destruction. 

4  The  soul  of  the  sluggard  desireth,  and 
7iafh  nothing :  but  the  soul  of  the  diligent 
shall  be  made  fixt. 

5  A  righteous  man  hateth  lying:  but  a 
wicked  ma7i  is  loathsome,  and  cometh  to 
shame. 

6  Righteousness  keepeth  7iim  that  is  up- 
right in  the  way:  but  wickedness  over- 
throweth  the  sinner. 

7  There  is  that  maketh  himself  rich,  yet 
hath  nothing:  there  is  that  maketh  himself 
poor,  yet  hath  great  riches. 

8  The  ransom  of  a  man's  life  are  his  rich- 
es :  but  the  poor  heareth  not  rebuke. 

9  The  light  of  the  righteous  rejoiccth: 
but  the  lamp  of  the  wicked  shall  be  put 
out. 

10  Only  by  pride  coraeth  contention :  but 
with  the  well  advised  is  wisdom. 

11  Wealth  gotten  by  vanity  shall  be  dimin- 
ished :  but  he  that  gathereth  by  labour 
shall  increase. 

12  Hope  deferred  maketh  the  heart  sick  : 
but  whefi  the  desire  cometh,  it  is  a  tree  of 
life. 

13  Whoso  despiseth  the  word  shall  be 
destroyed:  but  he  that  feareth  the  com- 
mandment shall  be  rewarded. 

14  The  laAV  of  the  wise  is  a  fountain  of 
life,  to  depart  from  the  snares  of  death. 

15  Good  understanding  giveth  favour:  but 
the  way  of  transgressors  v<  hard.       ^ 


PROVERBS. 


It)  Every  jjiudent  niait  dculetli  "with 
knowledge :  but  a  fool  la3'eth  open  hU 
folly. 

17  A  wicked  messenger  fallcth  into  mis- 
chief: but  a  faithful  ambassador  is  health. 

18  Poverty  and  shame  shall  he  to  him  that 
refuseth  instruction :  but  he  that  regard- 
eth  reproof  shall  be  honoured. 

19  The  desire  accomplished  is  sweet  to 
the  soul :  but  it  is  abomination  to  fools 
to  depart  from  evil. 

20  He  that  walketh  with  wise  men  shall 
be  wise:  but  a  companion  of  fools  shall 
be  destroyed. 

21  Evil  pursueth  sinners:  but  to  the 
righteous  good  shall  be  repaid. 

23  A  good  man  leaveth  an  inheritance 
to  his  children's  children:  and  the  wealth 
of  the  sinner  i.s  laid  up  for  the  just. 

23  Much  food  is  iu  the  tillage  of  the 
poor:  but  there  is  that  is  destroyed  for 
want  of  judgment. 

24:  He  that  spareth  his  rod  hateth  his 
son:  but  he  that  loveth  him  chasteueth 
him  betimes. 

25  The  righteous  eateth  to  the  satisfy- 
ing of  his  soul :  but  the  belly  of  the 
wicked  shall  want.  <- 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

EVERY    wise    woman     buildeth    her 
house:    but   the   foolish   plucketh   it 
down  with  her  hands. 

2  He  that  walketh  iu  his  uprightness 
feareth  the  Lord:  but  he  that  is  perverse 
in  his  ways  despiseth  him. 

3  In  the  mouth  of  the  foolish  i.s-  a  rod  of 
pride:  but  the  lips  of  the  wise  shall  pre- 
serve them. 

4  Where  no  oxen  are,  the  crib  is  clean: 
but  much  increase  is  by  the  strength  of 
the  ox. 

5  A  faithful  witness  will  not  lie:  but  a 
false  witness  will  utter  lies. 

0  A  scorner  seeketh  wisdom,  and  Jiud- 
eth  it  not :  but  knowledge  is  easy  unto 
him  that  understandeth, 

7  Go  from  the  presence  of  a  foolish 
man,  when  thou  perceivest  not  i?t  hiui 
the  lips  of  knowledge. 

8  The  wisdom  of  the  prudent  is  to  un- 
derstand his  way :  but  the  folly  of  fools 
i.s-  deceit. 

9  Fools  make  a  mock  at  sin :  but  among 
the  righteous  there  is  favour.  *" 

604 


10  The  heart  kuoweth  his  own  bitterness; 
and  a  stranger  doth  not  intermeddle  with 
his  joy. 

11  The  house  of  the  wicked  shall  be 
overthrown :  but  the  tabernacle  of  the 
upright  shall  flourish. 

12  There  is  a  way  which  seemeth  right 
unto  a  man;  but  the  end  thereof  are  the 
ways  of  death. 

13  Even  in  laughter  the  heart  is  sorrow- 
ful; and  the  end  of  that  mirth  is  heaviness. 

14  The  backslider  in  heart  shall  be  filled 
with  his  owu  ways :  and  a  good  man  sJiall 
be  satisfied  from  himself. 

15  The  simple  believeth  every  word:  but 
the  prudent  majt  looketh  well  to  his  going. 

16  A  wise  7nan  feareth,  and  departeth 
from  evil :  but  the  fool  rageth,  and  is  con- 
fident. 

17  He  that  is  soon  angry  dealeth  foolishly: 
and  a  man  of  wicked  devices  is  hated. 

IS  The  simple  inherit  folly :  but  the  jjru- 
dent  are  crowned  with  knowledge. 

19  The  evil  bow  before  the  good;  and 
the  wicked  at  the  gates  of  the  righteous. 

20  The  poor  is  hated  even  of  his  owu 
neighbouri:  but  the  rich  Jiath  many  friends. 

21  He  that  despiseth  his  neighbour  sin- 
neth :  but  he  that  hath  mercy  on  the  poor, 
happy  is  he. 

22  Do  they  not  err  that  devise  evil?  but 
mercy  and  truth  shall  he  to  them  that  de- 
vise good. 

23  In  all  labour  there  is  profit:  but  the 
talk  of  the  lips  tcmlcth  only  to  penury. 

24  The  crown  of  the  wise  i.s-  their  riches : 
hut  the  foolishness  of  fools  is  folly. 

25  A  true  witness  delivereth  souls:  but 
a  deceitful  vntness  speaketh  lies. 

26  In  the  fear  of  the  Lord  ui  strong 
confidence:  and  his  children  shall  have  a 
place  of  refuge. 

27  The  fear  of  the  Lord  i.s  a  fountain 
of  life,  to  depart  from  the  snares  of 
^th. 

nil  In  the  multitude  of  people  i.s-  the 
king's  honour:  but  in  the  want  of  people 
i.s  the  destruction  of  the  prince. 

29  He  that  is  slow  to  wrath  is  of  great 
understanding:  but  he  that  is  hasty  of 
spirit  exalteth  folly. 

30  A  sound  heart  is  the  life  of  the 
flesh:  but  envy  the  rottenness  of  the 
bones. 

31  He    that    oppresseth    the    ])oor    re- 


PROVERBS. 


proacheth  his  Maker:    but  he  that   hon- 
oureth  him  hath  mercy  on  the  poor. 

32  The  wicked  is  driven  away  in  his 
wickedness :  hut  the  righteous  hath  hope 
in  his  death. 

33  Wisdom  resteth  in  the  heart  of  him 
that  hath  understanding:  but  that  which  is 
in  the  midst  of  fools  is  made  known. 

34  Righteousness  exalteth  a  nation :  but 
sin  is  a  reproach  to  any  people. 

35  The  king's  favour  is  toward  a  wise 
servant :  but  his  wrath  is  ayainst  him  that 
causeth  shame,  «?» 

CHAPTER  XV. 

A  SOFT  answer  turneth  away  wrath: 
but  grievous  words  stir  up  anger. 
3  The  tongue  of  the  wise  useth  knowl- 
edge aright :  but  the  mouth  of  fools  pour- 
eth  out  foolishness. 

3  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  in  every  place, 
beholding  the  evil  and  the  good. 

4  A  wholesome  tongue  is  a  tree  of  life : 
but  perverseness  therein  is  a  breach  in  the 
spirit. 

5  A  fool  despiseth  his  father's  instruc- 
tion :  but  he  that  regardeth  rei)roof  is  pru- 
dent. 

6  In  the  house  of  the  righteous  is  much 
treasure :  but  in  the  revenues  of  the 
wicked  is  trouble. 

7  The  lips  of  the  wise  disperse  knowl- 
edge: but  the  heart  of  the  foolish  doeth 
not  so. 

8  The  sacrifice  of  the  wicked  is  an 
abomination  to  the  Lokd  :  but  the  prayer 
of  the  ujiright  is  his  delight. 

9  The  way  of  the  wicked  is  an  abom- 
ination unto  the  Lord:  but  he  loveth  him 
that  folloAveth  after  righteousness. 

10  Correction  is  grievous  unto  him  that 
forsaketh  the  way:  and  he  that  hateth  re- 
proof shall  die. 

11  Hell  and  destruction  are  before  the 
Lord  :  how  much  more  then  the  hearts  of 
the  children  of  men? 

12  A  scorner  loveth  not  one  that  re- 
proveth  him :  neither  will  he  go  unto  the 
wise. 

13  A  merry  heart  maketh  a  cheerful 
countenance :  but  by  sorrow  of  the  heart 
the  spirit  is  broken. 

14  The  heart  of  him  that  hath  under- 
standing seeketh  knowledge :  but  the 
mouth  of  fools  feedeth  on  foolishness. 


15  All  the  days  of  the  afflicted  are  evil : 
but  he  that  is  of  a  merry  heart  hath 
a  continual  feast. 

16  Better  is  little  with  the  fear  of  the 
Lord,  than  great  treasure  and  trouble 
therewith. 

17  Better  is  a  dinner  of  herbs  where  love 
is,  than  a  stalled  ox  and  hatred  therewith. 

18  A  wrathful  man  stirreth  up  strife  :  but 
Jie  that  is  slow  to  anger  appeaseth  strife. 

19  The  way  of  the  slothful  man  is  as 
a  hedge  of  thorns :  but  the  way  of  the 
righteous  is  made  plain. 

20  A  wise  son  maketh  a  glad  father: 
but  a  foolish  man  despiseth  his  mother. 

21  Folly  is  joy  to  Jiim  that  is  destitute 
of  wisdom:  but  a  man  of  understanding 
Avalketh  ux^rightly. 

23  Without  counsel  purposes  are  dis- 
appointed :  but  in  the  multitude  of 
counsellors  they  are  established. 

23  A  man  hath  joy  by  the  answer  of 
his  mouth :  and  a  word  spoke?/,  in  due 
season,  how  good  is  it! 

24  The  way  of  life  U  above  to  the  wise, 
that  he  may  depart  from  hell  beneath. 

25  The  Lord  will  destroy  the  house  of 
the  proud :  but  he  will  establish  the 
border  of  the  widow, 

26  The  thoughts  of  the  wicked  are  an 
abomination  to  the  Lord:  but  the  icords 
of  the  pure  are  pleasant  words. 

27  He  that  is  greedy  of  gain  troubleth 
his  own  house;  but  he  that  hateth  gifts 
shall  live. 

28  The  heart  of  the  righteous  studieth 
to  answer:  but  the  mouth  of  the  wicked 
poureth  out  evil  things. 

29  The  Lord  is  fl\r  from  the  wicked: 
but  he  heareth  the  prayer  of  the  righteous. 

30  The  light  of  the  eyes  rejoiccth  the 
heart:  and  a  good  report  maketh  the 
bones  fat. 

31  The  ear  that  heareth  the  reproof  of 
life  abideth  among  the  wise. 

33  He  that  refuseth  instruction  despiseth 
his  own  soul :  but  he  that  heareth  re- 
proof getteth  understanding. 

33  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  the  instruc- 
tion of  wisdom ;  and  before  honour  is 
humility.    <^ 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

THE  preparations  of  the  heart  in  man, 
and   the    answer    of  the   tongue,    is 
from  the  Lord. 

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PROVERBS. 


2  All  the  ways  of  a  man  are  cleau  in  his 
own  eyes ;  but  the  Lokd  weigheth  the 
spirits. 

3  Commit  thy  works  unto  the  Lord, 
and  thy  thoughts  shall  be  established. 

4  The  Lokd  hath  made  all  tilings  for 
himself:  yea,  even  the  wicked  for  the  day 
of  evil. 

5  Every  one  that  is  proud  in  heart  is  an 
abomination  to  the  Lokd  :  though  hand 
jobi  in  hand,  he  shall  not  be  unpunished. 

6  By  mere}'  and  truth  iniquity  is  purged : 
and  by  the  fear  of  the  Lord  me7i  depart 
from  evil. 

7  When  a  man's  ways  please  the  Lord, 
he  maketh  even  his  enemies  to  be  at 
peace  with  him. 

8  Better  is  a  little  with  righteousness, 
than  great  revenues  without  right. 

9  A  man's  heart  deviseth  his  way :  but 
the  Lord  directeth  his  steps. 

10  A  divine  sentence  is  in  the  lips  of  the 
king :  his  mouth  transgresseth  not  in 
judgment. 

11  A  just  weight  and  balance  are  the 
Lord's  :  all  the  weights  of  the  bag  are  his 
work. 

12  It  is  an  abomination  to  kings  to  com- 
mit wickedness :  for  the  throne  is  estab- 
lished by  righteousness. 

13  Righteous  lips  are  the  delight  of  kings; 
and  they  love  him  that  speaketh  right. 

14  The  wrath  of  a  king  is  as  messengers 
of  death  :  but  a  wise  man  will  pacify  it. 

15  In  the  light  of  the  king's  counten- 
ance is  life ;  and  his  favour  is  as  a  cloud 
of  the  latter  rain. 

16  How  much  better  is  it  to  get  wisdom 
than  gold  !  and  to  get  understanding 
rather  to  be  chosen  than  silver  I 

17  The  highway  of  the  ni^right  is  to  de- 
part from  evil :  he  that  keepeth  his  way 
preserveth  his  soul. 

18  Pride  goeth  before  destruction,  and  a 
haughty  spirit  before  a  fall. 

19  Better  it  is  to  be  of  an  humble  spirit 
with  the  lowly,  than  to  divide  the  spoil 
with  the  proud. 

20  He  that  handleth  a  matter  wisely  shall 
find  good :  and  whoso  trusteth  in  the 
Lord,  happy  is  he. 

21  The  wise  in  heart  shall  be  called 
prudent:  and  the  sweetness  of  the  lips 
incrcaseth  learning. 

22  Understanding  is  a  wellspring  of  life 

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unto  him  that  hath  it :  but  the  instruction 
of  fools  is  folly. 

23  The  heart  of  the  wise  teacheth  his 
mouth,  and  addeth  learning  to  his  lips. 

24  Pleasant  words  are  as  a  honeycomb, 
sweet  to  the  soul,  and  health  to  the 
bones. 

25  There  is  a  way  that  seemeth  right 
unto  a  man ;  but  the  end  thereof  are  the 
Avays  of  death. 

26  He  that  laboixreth,  laboureth  for  him- 
self; for  his  mouth  craveth  it  of  him. 

27  An  ungodly  man  diggeth  up  evil :  and 
in  his  lips  there  is  as  a  burning  fire. 

28  A  froward  man  soweth  strife :  and  a 
whisperer  separateth  chief  friends. 

29  A  violent  man  enticeth  his  neighbour, 
and  leadeth  him  into  the  way  that  is  not 
good. 

30  He  shutteth  his  eyes  to  devise  froward 
things :  moving  his  lips  he  bringeth  evil 
to  pass. 

31  The  hoary  head  is  a  crown  of  glory,  if 
it  be  found  in  the  way  of  righteousness. 

32  lie  that  is  slow  to  anger  is  better  than 
the  mighty;  and  he  that  ruleth  his  spirit 
than  he  that  taketh  a  city. 

33  The  lot  is  cast  into  the  lap ;  but  the 
whole  disposing  thereof  is  of  the  Lord.  .4^ 

CHAPTER  XVIL 
XJETTER  is  a  dry  morsel,  and  quietness 


than  a  house  full  of  sacri- 


-D  therewith, 
fices  with  strife. 

2  A  wise  servant  shall  have  rule  over  a 
son  that  causeth  shame,  and  shall  have 
part  of  the  inheritance  among  the  breth- 
ren. 

3  The  fining  pot  is  for  silver,  and  the 
furnace  for  gold :  but  the  Lord  trieth  the 
hearts. 

4  A  Avicked  doer  givctli  heed  to  false  lips ; 
ajid  a  liar  giveth  ear  to  a  naughty  tongue. 

5  Whoso  mocketh  the  poor  reproacheth 
his  Maker:  and  he  that  is  glad  at  calam- 
ities shall  not  be  unpunished. 

6  Children's  children  are  the  crown  of  old 
men;  and  the  glory  of  children  are  their 
fathers. 

7  Excellent  speech  becometh  not  a  fool : 
much  less  do  lying  lips  a  prince. 

8  A  gift  is  as  a  precious  stone  in  the  eyes 
of  him  that  hath  it :  whithersoever  it  tum- 
eth,  it  prospereth. 

9  He  that  covereth  a  transgression  seek- 


PROVERBS. 


eth  love;  but  he  that  repeateth  a  matter 
separateth  very  friends. 

10  A  reproof  entereth  more  into  a  wise 
man  than  a  hundred  stripes  into  a  fool. 

11  An  evil  mmt  seeketh  only  rebellion : 
therefore  a  cruel  messenger  shall  be  sent 
ajfainst  him. 

12  Let  a  bear  robbed  of  her  whelps 
meet  a  man,  rather  than  a  fool  in  his 
folly.  ' 

13  Whoso  rcwardeth  evil  for  good,  evil 
shall  not  depart  from  his  house. 

14  The  beginning  of  strife  is  as  when  one 
letteth  out  water :  therefore  leave  off  con- 
tention, before  it  be  meddled  Avith. 

15  He  that  justifieth  the  wicked,  and  he 
that  eondemneth  the  just,  even  they  both 
are  abomination  to  the  Lord. 

16  Wherefore  is  there  a  price  in  the  hand 
of  a  fool  to  get  wisdom,  seeing  he  hath 
no  heart  to  it  ? 

17  A  friend  loveth  at  all  times,  and  a 
brother  is  born  for  adversity. 

18  A  man  void  of  understanding  striketh 
hands,  and  becometh  surety  in  the  pres- 
ence of  his  friend. 

19  He  loveth  transgression  that  loveth 
strife :  and  he  that  exalteth  his  gate  seek- 
eth destruction. 

20  He  that  hath  a  froward  heart  findeth 
no  good:  and  he  that  hath  a  perverse 
tongue  falleth  into  mischief. 

21  He  that  begetteth  a  fool  doeth  it  to 
his  sorrow :  and  the  father  of  a  fool  hath 
no  joy. 

22  A  merry  heart  doeth  good  like  a 
medicine :  but  a  broken  spirit  drieth  the 
bones. 

23  A  wicked  man  taketh  a  gift  out  of 
the  bosom  to  pervert  the  ways  of  judg- 
ment. 

24  Wisdom  is  before  him  that  hath  un- 
derstanding; but  the  eyes  of  a  fool  are  in 
the  ends  of  the  earth. 

25  A  foolish  son  is  a  grief  to  his  father, 
and  bitterness  to  her  that  bare  him. 

26  Also  to  punish  the  just  is  not  good, 
I  nor  to  strike  princes  for  equitj'. 

27  He  that  hath  knowledge  spareth  his 
words :  and  a  man  of  understanding  is  of 
an  excellent  spirit. 

28  Even  a  fool,  when  he  holdeth  his 
peace,  is  counted  wise:  and  he  that  shut- 
teth  his  lips  is  esteemed  a  man  of  under- 
standing. 


CHAPTER  XVIII. 

THROUGH    desire    a    man,    having 
separated  himself,  seeketh  and  inter- 
meddleth  with  all  wisdom. 

2  A  fool  hath  no  delight  in  understand- 
ing, but  that  his  heart  may  discover  itself. 

3  When  the  wicked  cometh,  tlien  com- 
eth  also  contempt,  and  with  ignominy 
reproach. 

4  The  words  of  a  man's  mouth  are  as  deep 
waters,  and  the  wellspring  of  wisdom  as 
a  flowing  brook. 

5  Jt  is  not  good  to  accept  the  person  of 
the  Avicked,  to  overthroAV  the  righteous 
in  judgment. 

6  A  fool's  lips  enter  into  contention,  and 
his  mouth  calleth  for  strokes. 

7  A  fool's  mouth  is  his  destruction,  and 
his  lips  are  the  snare  of  his  soul. 

8  The  words  of  a  talebearer  are  as 
wounds,  and  they  go  down  into  the  inner- 
most parts  of  the  belly. 

9  He  also  that  is  slothful  in  his  work  is 
brother  to  him  that  is  a  great  waster. 

10  The  name  of  the  Lord  is  a  strong 
tower:  the  righteous  runneth  into  it,  and 
is  safe. 

11  The  rich  man's  wealth  is  his  strong 
city,  and  as  a  high  wall  in  his  own  con- 
ceit. 

12  Before  destruction  the  heart  of  man 
is  haughty;  and  before  honour  is  humility. 

13  He  that  answereth  a  matter  before  he 
heareth  lY,  it  is  folly  and  shame  unto 
him. 

14  The  spirit  of  a  man  will  sustain  his 
infirmity ;  but  a  wounded  spirit  Avho  can 
bear  ? 

15  The  heart  of  the  prudent  getteth 
knowledge ;  and  the  ear  of  the  wise  seek- 
eth knowledge. 

16  A  man's  gift  maketh  room  for  him, 
and  bringeth  him  before  great  men. 

17  He  that  is  first  in  his  own  cause  seem- 
eth  just ;  but  his  neighbour  cometh  and 
searcheth  him. 

18  The  lot  causeth  contentions  to  cease, 
and  parteth  between  the  mighty. 

19  A  brother  offended  is  harder  to  he  won 
than  a  strong  city :  and  their  contentions 
a7-e  like  the  bars  of  a  castle. 

20  A  man's  belly  shall  be  satisfied  with 
the  fruit  of  his  mouth ;  and  with  the  in- 
crease of  his  lips  shall  he  be  filled. 

21  Death  and  life   are  in   the  power  of 

607 


PROVERBS. 


the  tongue :   and  they  that  love  it  shall 
eat  the  fruit  thereof. 

23  Whoso  findeth  a  wife  findeth  a  good 
thing^  and  obtaineth  favour  of  the  Lord. 

23  Tlie  poor  useth  entreaties;  but  the 
rich  answereth  roughly. 

24  A  man  that  hath  friends  nciust  shew 
himself  friendly :  and  there  is  a  friend  tJiat 
sticketh  closer  than  a  brother. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

BETTER  is  the  poor  that  walketh  in 
his  integrity,  than  he  that  is  perverse 
in  his  lips,  and  is  a  fool. 

2  Also,  that  the  soul  be  without  knowl- 
edge, it  is  not  good ;  and  he  that  hasteth 
with  his  feet  sinneth. 

3  The  foolishness  of  man  perverteth  his 
way:  and  his  heart  fretteth  against  the 
Lord. 

4  Wealth  maketh  many  friends;  but  the 
poor  is  separated  from  his  neighbour. 

5  A  false  witness  shall  not  be  unpun- 
ished; and  he  that  speaketh  lies  shall  not 
escape. 

6  Many  will  entreat  the  favour  of  the 
prince :  and  every  man  is  a  friend  to  him 
that  giveth  gifts. 

7  All  the  brethren  of  the  poor  do  hate 
him :  how  much  more  do  his  friends  go  far 
from  him  ?  he  pursueth  them  with  words, 
yet  they  are  wanting  to  him. 

8  He  that  getteth  wisdom  loveth  his  own 
soul :  he  that  keepeth  understanding  shall 
find  good. 

9  A  false  witness  shall  not  be  unpun- 
ished ;  and  he  that  speaketh  lies  shall 
perish. 

10  Delight  is  not  seemly  for  a  fool;  much 
less  for  a  servant  to  have  rule  over  princes. 

11  The  discretion  of  a  man  dcfcrreth  his 
anger;  and  it  is  his  glory  to  pass  over  a 
transgression. 

12  The  king's  wrath  it  as  tlic  roaring  of 
a  lion ;  but  his  favour  is  as  dew  upon  the 
grass. 

13  A  foolish  son  it  the  calamity  of  his 
father  :  and  the  contentions  of  a  wife  are 
a  continual  dropping. 

14  House  and  riches  are  the  inheritance 
of  fathers:  and  a  prudent  wife  it  from 
the  Lord. 

15  Slothfulness  casteth  into  a  deep  sleep; 
and  an  idle  soul  shall  suffer  hunger. 

16  He  that   kee])eth  the  commandment 


keepeth  his  own  soul ;  but  he  that  despiseth 
his  ways  shall  die. 

17  He  that  hath  pity  upon  the  poor  lend- 
eth  unto  the  Lord;  and  that  which  he 
hath  given  will  he  pay  him  again. 

18  Chasten  thy  son  while  there  is  hope, 
and  let  not  thy  soul  spare  for  his  cr\-ing. 

19  A  man  of  great  wrath  shall  suffer  i)un- 
ishment :  for  if  thou  deliver  him^  yet  thou 
must  do  it  again. 

20  Hear  counsel,  and  receive  instruction, 
that  thou  mayest  be  Avise  in  thy  latter  end. 

21  There  are  many  devices  in  a  man's 
heart ;  nevertheless  the  counsel  of  the 
Lord,  that  shall  stand. 

22  The  desire  of  a  man  is  his  kindness  : 
and  a  poor  man  is  better  than  a  liar. 

23  The  fear  of  the  Lord  te?ideth  to  life: 
and  he  that  hath  it  shall  abide  satisfied; 
he  shall  not  be  visited  with  evil. 

24  A  slothful  ma7t  hideth  his  hand  in  7iis 
bosom,  and  will  not  so  much  as  bring  it  to 
his  mouth  again. 

25  Smite  a  scorner,  and  the  simple  will 
beware:  and  reprove  one  that  hath  under- 
standing, and  he  will  understand  knowl- 
edge. 

26  He  that  wasteth  his  father,  and  chaseth 
away  his  mother,  is  a  son  that  causeth 
shame,  and  bringeth  reproach. 

27  Cease,  my  son,  to  hear  the  instruc- 
tion that  causeth  to  err  from  the  words 
of  knowledge. 

28  An  ungodly  witness  scorneth  judg- 
ment :  and  the  mouth  of  the  wicked  de- 
A'oureth  iniquit}'. 

29  Judgments  are  prepared  for  scorners, 
and  stripes  for  the  back  of  fools. 

CHAPTER  XX. 

WINE  is  a  mocker,  strong  drink  is 
raging:  and  whosoever  is  deceived 
thereby  is  not  wise. 

2  The  fear  of  a  king  is  as  the  roaring  of 
a  lion :  ivhoso  provoketh  him  to  anger 
sinneth  arjainst  his  own  soul. 

3  Tt  is  an  honoiir  for  a  man  to  cease  from 
strife:  but  every  fool  will  be  meddling. 

4  The  sluggard  will  not  plough  by  reason 
of  the  cold ;  therefore  shall  he  beg  in  har- 
vest, and  have  nothing. 

5  Counsel  in  the  heart  of  man  is  like  deep 
water;  but  a  man  of  understanding  will 
draw  it  out. 

6  Most  men  will  proclaim  every  one  his 


PROVERBS. 


own  goodness  :  but  a  faithful  man  who  can 
find? 

7  The  just  man  "walketh  in  his  integ- 
rity :  his  children  are  blessed  after  him. 

8  A  king  that  sitteth  in  the  throne  of 
judgment  scattereth  away  all  evil  with  his 
eyes. 

9  Who  can  say,  I  have  made  my  heart 
clean,  I  am  pure  from  my  sin  ? 

10  Divers  weights,  and  divers  measures, 
both  of  them  are  alike  abomination  to  the 
Lord. 

11  Even  a  child  is  known  by  his  doings, 
whether  his  work  he  pure,  and  whether  it 
he  right. 

12  The  hearing  ear,  and  the  seeing  eye, 
the  Lord  hath  made  even  both  of  them. 

13  Love  not  sleep,  lest  thou  come  to 
poverty :  open  thine  eyes,  and  thou  shalt 
be  satisfied  with  bread, 

14  It  is  naught,  it  is  naught,  saith  the 
buyer :  but  when  he  is  gone  his  way,  then 
he  boasteth. 

15  There  is  gold,  and  a  multitude  of 
rubies :  but  the  lips  of  knowledge  are  a 
precious  jewel. 

16  Take  his  garment  that  is  surety  for 
a  stranger :  and  take  a  pledge  of  him  for 
a  strange  woman. 

17  Bread  of  deceit  is  sweet  to  a  man ;  but 
afterwards  his  mouth  shall  be  filled  with 
gravel, 

18  Every  purpose  is  established  by  coun- 
sel :  and  with  good  advice  make  war. 

19  He  that  goeth  about  as  a  talebearer 
revealeth  secrets :  therefore  meddle  not 
with  him  that  flattereth  with  his  lips. 

20  Whoso  curseth  his  father  or  his  moth- 
er, his  lamp  shall  be  put  out  in  obscure 
darkness. 

21  An  inhei'itance  ma7j  he  gotten  hastily 
at  the  beginning;  but  the  end  thereof 
shall  not  be  blessed. 

22  Say  not  thou,  I  will  recompense  evil; 
hut  wait  on  the  Lord,  and  he  shall  save 
thee. 

23  Divers  weights  are  an  abomination 
unto  the  Lord  ;  and  a  false  balance  is  not 
good. 

24  Man's  goings  are  of  the  Lord;  how 
can  a  man  then  understand  his  own 
way  ? 

25  It  is  a  snare  to  the  man  who  devoureth 
that  which  is  holy,  and  after  vows  to  make 
inquiry. 

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26  A  wise  king  scattereth  the  wicked,  and 
bringeth  the  wheel  over  them. 

27  The  spirit  of  man  is  the  candle  of 
the  Lord,  searching  all  the  inward  parts 
of  the  belly. 

28  Mercy  and  truth  preserve  the  king: 
and  his  throne  is  upholden  by  mercy. 

29  The  glory  of  young  men  is  their 
strength:  and  the  beauty  of  old  men  is 
the  gray  head. 

30  The  blueness  of  a  wound  cleanseth 
away  evil:  so  do  stripes  the  inward 
parts  of  the  belly. 

CHAPTER  XXL 

THE    king's  heart  is  in   the   hand    of 
the  Lord,  as  the    rivers    of   water: 
he  turneth  it  whithersoever  he  will. 

2  Every  way  of  a  man  is  right  in  his  own 
eyes :  but  the  Lord  pondereth  the  hearts. 

3  To  do  justice  and  judgment  is  more 
acceptable  to  the  Lord  than  sacrifice. 

4  A  high  look,  and  a  proud  heart,  and 
the  ploughing  of  the  wicked,  is  sin. 

5  The  thoughts  of  the  diligent  tend  only 
to  plenteousness ;  but  of  every  one  that  is 
hasty  only  to  want. 

6  The  getting  of  treasures  by  a  lying 
tongue  is  a  vanity  tossed  to  and  fro  of 
them  that  seek  death. 

7  The  robbery  of  the  wicked  shall  de- 
stroy them ;  because  they  refuse  to  do 
judgment. 

8  The  way  of  man  is  froward  and  strange : 
but  as  for  the  pure,  his  work  is  right. 

9  It  is  better  to  dwell  in  a  corner  of 
the  housetop,  than  with  a  brawling  wo- 
man in  a  wide  house. 

10  The  soul  of  the  wicked  desireth  evil : 
his  neighbour  findeth  no  favour  in  his 
eyes. 

11  When  the  scomer  is  punished,  the 
simple  is  made  wise :  and  when  the  wise 
is  instructed,  he  receiveth  knowledge. 

12  The  righteous  man  wisely  considereth 
the  house  of  the  wicked :  hiit  God  over- 
throweth  the  wicked  for  tJieir  wickedness. 

13  Whoso  stoppeth  his  ears  at  the  cry 
of  the  poor,  he  also  shall  cry  himself, 
but  shall  not  be  heard. 

14  A  gift  in  secret  pacifieth  anger  :  and 
a  reward  in  the  bosom,  strong  wrath. 

15  It  is  joy  to  the  just  to  do  judgment : 
but  destruction  s7iall  be  to  the  workers 
of  iniquity. 

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PROVERBS. 


16  The  man  that  wandereth  out  of  the 
way  of  understanding  shall  remain  in  the 
congregation  of  the  dead. 

17  He  that  loveth  pleasure  shall  be  a 
poor  man  :  he  that  loveth  wine  and  oil 
shall  not  be  rich. 

18  The  wicked  shall  be  a  ransom  for  the 
righteous,  and  the  transgressor  for  the 
upright. 

19  It  is  better  to  dwell  in  the  wilderness, 
than  with  a  contentious  and  an  angry 
woman. 

20  There  is  treasure  to  be  desired  and 
oil  in  the  dwelling  of  the  wise  ;  but  a 
foolish  man  spendeth  it  up. 

21  He  that  followeth  after  righteousness 
and  mercy  findeth  life,  righteousness,  and 
honour. 

23  A  wise  man  scaleth  the  city  of  the 
mighty,  and  casteth  down  the  strength  of 
the  confidence  thereof. 

23  Whoso  keepeth  his  mouth  and  his 
tongue,  keepeth  his  soul  from  troubles. 

24  Proud  a7ul  haughty  scorner  is  his 
name,  who  dealeth  in  proud  wrath. 

25  The  desire  of  the  slothful  killeth  him ; 
for  his  hands  refuse  to  labour. 

26  He  coveteth  greedily  all  the  daylong: 
but  the  righteous  giveth  and  spareth  not. 

27  The  sacrifice  of  the  wicked  is  abom- 
ination: how  much  more,  wlieii  he  bring- 
eth  it  with  a  wicked  mind  ? 

28  A  false  witness  shall  perish:  but  the 
man  that  heareth  speaketh  constantly. 

29  A  wicked  man  hardeneth  his  face :  but 
as  for  the  upright,  he  directeth  his  way. 

30  There  is  no  wisdom  nor  understanding 
nor  counsel  against  the  Lord. 

31  The  horse  in  prepared  against  the  day 
of  battle :  but  safety  is  of  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  XXIL 

A    GOOD  name  is  rather  to  be  chosen 
than  great  riches,  a7id  loving  favour 
rather  than  silvei*  and  gold. 

2  The  rich  and  poor  meet  together:  the 
Lord  is-  the  maker  of  them  all. 

3  A  prudent  7na7t  foreseeth  the  evil,  and 
hidcth  himself:  but  the  simple  pass  on, 
and  are  punished. 

4  By  humility  a7id  the  fear  of  the  Lord 
are  riches,  and  honour,  and  life. 

5  Thorns  and  snares  are  in  the  way  of  the 
froward :  he  that  doth  keep  his  soul  shall 
be  far  from  them. 

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6  Train  up  a  child  in  the  way  he  should 
go  :  and  when  he  is  old,  he  will  not  depart 
from  it. 

7  The  rich  ruleth  over  the  poor,  and 
the  borrower  is  servant  to  the  lender. 

8  He  that  soweth  iniquity  shall  reap 
vanity :  and  the  rod  of  his  anger  shall  fail. 

9  He  that  hath  a  bountiful  eye  shall  be 
blessed;  for  he  giveth  of  his  bread  to  the 
poor. 

10  Cast  out  the  scorner,  and  contention 
shall  go  out ;  yea,  strife  and  reproach  shall 
cease. 

11  He  that  loveth  pureness  of  heart,  for 
the  grace  of  his  lips  the  king  shall  be  his 
friend. 

12  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  preserve  knowl- 
edge; and  he  overthroweth  the  words  of 
the  transgressor. 

13  The  slothful  mmi  saith,  T?iere  is  a  lion 
without,  I  shall  be  slain  in  the  streets. 

14  The  mouth  of  strange  women  is  a 
deep  pit :  he  that  is  abhorred  of  the  Lord 
shall  fall  therein. 

15  Foolishness  is  bound  in  the  heart  of  a 
child ;  but  the  rod  of  correction  shall  drive 
it  far  from  him. 

16  He  that  oppresseth  the  poor  to  in- 
crease his  riches,  a7id  he  that  giveth  to 
the  rich,  shall  surely  come  to  want. 

17  Bow  down  thine  ear,  and  hear  the 
words  of  the  wise,  and  apply  thine  heart 
unto  my  knowledge. 

18  For  it  is  a  i)leasant  thing  if  thou  keep 
them  within  thee;  they  shall  withal  be 
fitted  in  thy  lips. 

19  That  thy  trust  may  be  in  the  Lord, 
I  have  made  known  to  thee  this  day,  even 
to  thee. 

20  Have  not  I  written  to  thee  excellent 
things  in  counsels  and  knowledge, 

21  That  I  might  make  thee  know  the 
certainty  of  the  words  of  truth ;  that  tho;i 
mightest  answer  the  words  of  truth  to 
them  that  send  unto  thee? 

22  Rob  not  the  poor,  because  he  is  poor: 
neither  oppress  the  afflicted  in  the  gate  : 

23  For  the  Lord  will  plead  their  cause, 
and  spoil  the  soul  of  those  that  spoiled 
them. 

24  Make  no  friendship  with  an  angry 
man ;  and  with  a  furious  man  thou  shalt 
not  go ; 

25  Lest  thou  learn  his  ways,  and  get  a 
snare  to  thy  soul. 


PROVERBS. 


26  Be  not  thou  one  of  them  that  strike 
hands,  or  of  them  that  are  sureties  for 
debts. 

27  If  thou  hast  nothing  to  pay,  why 
should  he  take  away  thy  bed  from  under 
thee  ? 

28  Remove  not  the  ancient  landmark, 
which  thy  fathers  have  set. 

29  Seest  thou  a  man  diligent  in  his  busi- 
ness? he  shall  stand  before  kings;  he  shall 
not  stand  before  mean  meit,. 

CHAPTER  XXIII. 

WHEN    thou    sittest    to    eat    with    a 
ruler,   consider  diligently  what    is 
before  thee : 

2  Ahd  put  a  knife  to  thy  throat,  if  thou  he 
a  man  given  to  appetite. 

3  Be  not  desirous  of  his  dainties:  for 
they  are  deceitful  meat. 

4  Labour  not  to  be  rich :  cease  from  thine 
own  wisdom. 

5  Wilt  thou  set  thine  eyes  upon  that 
which  is  not?  for  rit7/e.s  certainly  make 
themselves  wings ;  they  fly  away  as  an 
eagle  toward  heaven. 

6  Eat  thou  not  the  bread  of  him  that  hath 
an  evil  eye,  neither  desire  thou  his  dainty 
meats : 

7  For  as  he  thinketh  in  his  heart,  so 
is  he :  Eat  and  drink,  saith  he  to  thee ; 
but  his  heart  is  not  with  thee. 

8  The  morsel  which  thou  hast  eaten 
Shalt  thou  vomit  up,  and  lose  thy  sweet 
words. 

9  Speak  not  in  the  ears  of  a  fool:  for 
he  will  despise  the  wisdom  of  thy  words. 

10  Remove  not  the  old  landmark;  and 
enter  not  into  the  fields  of  the  fatherless: 

11  For  their  Redeemer  is  mighty;  he 
shall  plead  their  cause  with  thee. 

12  Apply  thine  heai't  unto  instruction, 
and  thine  ears  to  the  words  of  knowledge. 

13  Withhold  not  correction  from  the 
child:  for  if  thou  beatest  him  with  the 
rod,  he  shall  not  die. 

14  Thou  Shalt  beat  him  with  the  rod, 
and  Shalt  deliver  his  soul  from  hell. 

15  My  son,  if  thine  heart  be  wise,  my 
heart  shall  rejoice,  even  mine. 

16  Tea,  my  reins  shall  rejoice,  when  thy 
lips  speak  right  things. 

17  Let  not  thine  heart  envy  sinners ;  but 
he  thou  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord  all  the  day 
long. 


18  For  surely  there  is  an  end ;  and 
thine  expectation  shall  not  be  cut  off. 

19  Hear  thou,  my  son,  and  be  wise,  and 
guide  thine  heart  in  the  way. 

20  Be  not  among  winebibbers ;  among 
riotous  eaters  of  flesh : 

21  For  the  drunkard  and  the  glutton 
shall  come  to  poverty :  and  drowsiness 
shall  clothe  a  man  with  rags. 

22  Hearken  unto  thy  father  that  begat 
thee,  and  despise  not  thy  mother  when  she 
is  old. 

23  Buy  the  truth,  and  sell  it  not ;  also  wis- 
dom, and  instruction,  and  understanding. 

24  The  father  of  the  righteous  shall 
greatly  rejoice:  and  he  that  begetteth  a 
wise  child  shall  have  joy  of  him. 

25  Thy  Hither  and  thy  mother  shall  be 
glad,  and  she  that  bare  thee  shall  rejoice. 

26  My  son,  give  me  thine  heart,  and  let 
thine  eyes  observe  my  ways. 

27  For  a  whore  is  a  deep  ditch;  and  a 
strange  woman  is  a  narrow  pit. 

28  She  also  lieth  in  wait  as  for  a  prey, 
and  increaseth  the  transgressors  among 
men. 

29  Who  hath  woe?  who  hath  sorrow? 
who  hath  contentions?  who  hath  bab- 
bling? who  hath  wounds  without  cause? 
who  hath  redness  of  eyes  ? 

30  They  that  tarry  long  at  the  wine ;  they 
that  go  to  seek  mixed  wine. 

31  Look  not  thou  upon  the  wine  when 
it  is  red,  when  it  giveth  his  colour  in 
the  cup,  when  it  moveth  itself  aright. 

32  At  the  last  it  biteth  like  a  serpent, 
and  stingeth  like  an  adder. 

33  Thine  eyes  shall  behold  strange  wo- 
men, and  thine  heart  shall  utter  perverse 
things. 

34  Yea,  thou  shalt  be  as  he  that  lieth 
down  in  the  midst  of  the  sea,  or  as  he 
that  lieth  upon  the  top  of  a  mast. 

35  They  have  stricken  me,  shalt  thou 
say^  and  I  was  not  sick;  they  have  beaten 
me,  and  I  felt  it  not:  when  shall  I  awake? 
I  will  seek  it  yet  again. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 

BE  not  thou  envious  against  evil  men, 
neither  desire  to  be  with  them  : 

2  For  their  heart  studieth  destruction, 
and  their  lips  talk  of  mischief. 

3  Through  wisdom  is  a  house  builded; 

and  by  understanding  it  is  established : 
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PROVERBS. 


4  And  by  kuowledge  shall  the  chambers 
be  filled  Avith  all  precious  and  pleasant 
riches. 

5  A  wise  man  i?  strong ;  yea,  a  man  of 
knowledge  increaseth  strength. 

6  For  by  wise  counsel  thou  shalt  make 
thy  Avar:  and  in  multitude  of  counsellors 
there  is  safety. 

7  Wisdom  is  too  high  for  a  fool:  he 
openeth  not  his  mouth  in  the  gate. 

8  He  that  deviseth  to  do  CA^l  shall  be 
called  a  mischievous  person. 

9  The  thought  of  foolishness  is  sin :  and 
the  scorner  is  an  abomination  to  men. 

10  Jf  thou  faint  in  the  day  of  adversity, 
thy  strength  is  small. 

11  If  thou  forbear  to  deliver  them  that 
are  drawn  unto  death,  and  those  that  are 
ready  to  be  slain  ; 

12  If  thou  sayest,  Behold,  we  knew  it 
not;  doth  not  he  that  pondereth  the  heart 
consider  itF  and  he  that  keepeth  thy 
soul,  doth  not  he  know  it?  and  shall  not 
he  render  to  every  man  according  to  his 
works  ? 

13  My  son,  eat  thou  honey,  because  it  is 
good ;  and  the  honeycomb,  which  is  sweet 
to  thy  taste : 

14  So  shall  the  knowledge  of  wisdom  be 
unto  thy  soul:  when  thou  hast  found  it, 
then  there  shall  be  a  rcAvard,  and  thy  ex- 
pectation shall  not  be  cut  off. 

15  Lay  not  Avait,  O  Avicked  ma7i,  against 
the  dwelling  of  the  righteous ;  spoil  not 
his  resting  place: 

16  For  a  just  ma7i  falleth  seA^en  times,  and 
riseth  up  again :  but  the  wicked  shall  fall 
into  mischief 

17  Rejoice  not  Avheu  thine  enemy  falleth, 
and  let  not  thine  heart  be  glad  when  he 
stumbleth: 

18  Lest  the  Lord  see  it,  and  it  displease 
him,  and  he  turn  away  his  Avrath  from 
him. 

19  Fret  not  thyself  because  of  evil  men, 
neither  be  thou  envious  at  the  Avicked; 

20  For  there  shall  be  no  reward  to  the 
evil  m.an;  the  candle  of  the  Avicked  shall 
be  put  out. 

21  My  son,  fear  thou  the  Lord  and  the 
king :  and  meddle  not  with  them  that  are 
given  to  change : 

22  For  their  calamity  shall  rise  suddenly; 
and  who  knoweth  the  ruin  of  them  both? 

23  These  things  also  belong  to  the  Avise. 

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It  is  not  good  to  have  respect  of  persons  in 
judgment. 

24  He  that  saith  unto  the  wicked,  Thou 
art  righteous ;  him  shall  the  people  curse, 
nations  shall  abhor  him : 

25  But  to  them  that  rebuke  hiiti  shall  be 
delight,  and  a  good  blessing  shall  come 
upon  them. 

26  Every  man  shall  kiss  his  lips  that  giv- 
eth  a  right  answer. 

27  Prepare  thy  work  without,  and  make 
it  fit  for  thyself  in  the  field;  and  after- 
wards build  thine  house. 

28  Be  not  a  witness  against  thy  neighbour 
without  cause;  and  deceive  not  with  thy 
lips. 

29  Say  not,  I  will  do  so  to  him  as  he  hath 
done  to  me:  I  will  render  to  the  man 
according  to  his  Avork. 

30  I  went  by  the  field  of  the  slothful, 
and  by  the  A'ineyard  of  the  man  A'oid  of 
understanding ; 

31  And,  lo,  it  was  all  grown  OA^er  with 
thorns,  and  nettles  had  covered  the  face 
thereof,  and  the  stone  Avail  thereof  was 
broken  down. 

32  Then  I  saw,  and  considered  it  well :  I 
looked  upon  it,  and  received  instruction. 

33  Yet  a  little  sleep,  a  little  slumber,  a 
little  folding  of  the  hands  to  sleep: 

34  So  shall  thy  poverty  come  as  one  that 
travelleth ;   and  thy  want  as  an  armed  man. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 

THESE  are  also  proA^erbs  of  Solomon, 
which  the  men  of  Hezekiah  king  of 
Judah  copied  out. 

2  It  is  the  glory  of  God  to  conceal  a  thing: 
but  the  honour  of  kings  is  to  search  out  a 
matter. 

3  The  heaA^en  for  height,  and  the  earth 
for  depth,  and  the  heart  of  kings  is  un- 
searchable. 

4  Take  away  the  dross  from  the  silver, 
and  there  shall  come  forth  a  vessel  for  the 
finer. 

5  Take  away  the  Avicked  from  before  the 
king,  and  his  throne  shall  be  established 
in  righteousness. 

6  Put  not  forth  thyself  in  the  presence  of 
the  king,  and  stand  not  in  the  place  of 
great  men: 

7  For  better  it  is  that  it  be  said  unto 
thee.  Come  up  hither;  than  that  thou 
shouldest  be  put  lower  in   the   presence 


PROVERBS. 


of    the    prince    whom    thine    eyes    have 
seen. 

8  Go  not  forth  hastily  to  strive,  lest  tho^i 
knov)  not  what  to  do  in  the  end  thereof, 
when  thy  neighbour  hath  put  thee  to 
shame. 

9  Debate  thy  cause  with  thy  neighbour 
himself;  and  discover  not  a  secret  to  an- 
other: 

10  Lest  he  that  heareth  it  put  thee  to 
shame,  and  thine  infamy  turn  not  away. 

11  A  word  fitly  spoken  is  like  apples  of 
gold  in  pictures  of  silver. 

12  As  an  earring  of  gold,  and  an  ornament 
of  fine  gold,  so  is  a  wise  reprover  upon  an 
obedient  ear. 

13  As  the  cold  of  snow  in  the  time  of 
harvest,  so  is  a  faithful  messenger  to  them 
that  send  him :  for  he  refresheth  the  soul 
of  his  masters. 

14  "Whoso  boasteth  himself  of  a  false 
gift  is  like  clouds  and  wind  without  rain. 

15  By  long  forbearing  is  a  prince  per- 
suaded, and  a  soft  tongue  breaketh  the 
bone. 

16  Hast  thou  found  honey?  eat  so  much 
as  is  sufficient  for  thee,  lest  thoti  be  filled 
therewith,  and  vomit  it. 

17  Withdraw  thy  foot  from  thy  neigh- 
bour's house;  lest  he  be  weary  of  thee, 
and  so  hate  thee. 

18  A  man  that  beareth  false  witness 
against  his  neighbour  is  a  maul,  and  a 
sword,  and  a  sharp  arrow. 

19  Confidence  in  an  unfaithful  man  in 
time  of  trouble  is  like  a  broken  tooth,  and 
a  foot  out  of  joint. 

20  As  he  that  taketh  away  a  garment 
in  cold  weather,  and  as  vinegar  upon 
nitre,  so  is  he  that  singeth  songs  to  a 
heavy  heart. 

21  If  thine  enemy  be  hungry,  give  him 
bread  to  eat ;  and  if  he  be  thirsty,  give 
him  water  to  drink : 

22  For  thou  shalt  heap  coals  of  fire  upon 
his  head,  and  the  Lord  shall  reward  thee. 

23  The  north  wind  driveth  away  rain: 
so  cloth  an  angry  countenance  a  backbiting 
tongue. 

24  It  is  better  to  dwell  in  the  corner  of 
the  housetop,  than  with  a  brawling  wo- 
man and  in  a  wide  house. 

25  As  cold  waters  to  a  thirsty  soul,  so 
is  good  news  from  a  far  country. 

26  A  righteous  man  falling  down  before 


the  wicked  is  as  a  troubled  fountain,  and 
a  corrupt  spring. 

27  It  is  not  good  to  eat  much  honey :  so 
for  meii  to  search  their  own  glory  is  not 
glory. 

28  He  that  hath  no  rule  over  his  own 
spirit  is  like  a  city  that  is  broken  down, 
and  without  walls. 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 

AS  snow  in  summer,  and  as  rain  in  har- 
vest, so  honour  is  not  seemly  for  a 
fool. 

2  As  the  bird  by  wandering,  as  the  swal- 
low by  flying,  so  the  curse  causeless  shall 
not  come. 

3  A  whip  for  the  horse,  a  bridle  for  the 
ass,  and  a  rod  for  the  fool's  back. 

4  Answer  not  a  fool  according  to  his 
folly,  lest  thou  also  be  like  unto  him. 

5  Answer  a  fool  according  to  his  folly, 
lest  he  be  w^ise  in  his  own  conceit. 

6  He  that  sendeth  a  message  by  the  hand 
of  a  fool  cutteth  off  the  feet,  and  drinketh 
damage. 

7  The  legs  of  the  lame  are  not  equal: 
so  is  a  parable  in  the  mouth  of  fools. 

8  As  he  that  bindeth  a  stone  in  a  sling, 
so  is  he  that  giveth  honour  to  a  fool. 

9  ^s  a  thorn  goeth  up  into  the  hand  of  a 
drunkard,  so  is  a  parable  in  the  mouth  of 
fools. 

10  The  great  God  that  formed  all  thi^igs 
both  rewardeth  the  fool,  and  rewardeth 
transgressors. 

11  As  a  dog  returneth  to  his  vomit,  so 
a  fool  returneth  to  his  folly. 

12  Seest  thou  a  man  wise  in  his  own 
conceit  ?  thei-e  is  more  hope  of  a  fool  than 
of  him. 

13  The  slothful  man  saith.  There  is  a 
lion  in  the  way;  a  lion  is  in  the  streets. 

14  As  the  door  turneth  upon  his  hinges, 
so  doth  the  slothful  upon  his  bed. 

15  The  slothful  hideth  his  hand  in  7iis 
bosom ;  it  grieveth  him  to  bring  it  again 
to  his  mouth, 

16  The  sluggard  is  wiser  in  his  own  con- 
ceit than  seven  men  that  can  render  a 
reason. 

17  He  that  passeth  by,  and  meddleth 
with  strife  belonging  not  to  him,  is  like 
one  that  taketh  a  dog  by  the  ears. 

18  As  a  mad  ma7i  who  casteth  firebrands, 
arrows,  and  death, 

m 


PROVERBS. 


19  So  is  the  man  that  deceiveth  his  neigh- 
bour, and  saith,  Am  not  I  in  sport  ? 

20  Where  no  wood  is,  tfiere  the  fire  goeth 
out :  so  Avhere  there  is  no  talebearer,  the 
strife  ceaseth. 

21  As  coals  are  to  burning  coals,  and 
wood  to  fire;  so  is  a  contentious  man  to 
kindle  strife. 

22  The  words  of  a  talebearer  are  as 
wounds,  and  they  go  down  into  the  inner- 
most parts  of  the  belly. 

23  Burning  lips  and  a  wicked  heart  are 
like  a  potsherd  covered  with  silver  dross. 

24  He  that  hateth  dissembleth  with  his 
lips,  and  layeth  up  deceit  within  him ; 

25  When  he  speaketh  fair,  believe  him 
not:  for  there  are  seven  abominations  in 
his  heart. 

26  Wfiose  hatred  is  covered  by  deceit,  his 
wickedness  shall  be  shewed  before  the 
whole  congregation. 

27  Whoso  diggeth  a  pit  shall  fall  therein : 
and  he  that  rolleth  a  stone,  it  will  return 
upon  him. 

28  A  lying  tongue  hateth  t?iose  that  are 
afflicted  by  it ;  and  a  flattering  mouth 
worketh  ruin. 

CHAPTER  XXVII. 

BOAST  not  thyself  of  to  morrow;  for 
thou  knowest  not  what  a  day  may 
bring  forth. 

2  Let  another  man  praise  thee,  and  not 
thine  own  mouth ;  a  stranger,  and  not 
thine  own  lips. 

3  A  stone  is  heavy,  and  the  sand  weighty ; 
but  a  fool's  wrath  is  heavier  than  them 
both. 

4  Wrath  is  cruel,  and  anger  is  outrageous ; 
but  who  is  able  to  stand  before  envy? 

5  Open  rebuke  is  better  than  secret  love. 

6  Faithful  are  the  wounds  of  a  friend;  but 
the  kisses  of  an  enemy  are  deceitful. 

7  The  full  soul  loatheth  a  honeycomb; 
but  to  the  hungry  soul  every  bitter  thing 
is  sweet. 

8  As  a  bird  that  wandereth  from  her 
nest,  so  is  a  man  that  wandereth  from 
his  place. 

9  Ointment  and  perfume  rejoice  the 
heart:  so  doth  the  sweetness  of  a  man's 
friend  by  hearty  counsel. 

10  Thine    own  friend,  and  thy  father's 

friend,  forsake  not;   neither  go  into  thy 

brother's  house  in  the  day  of  thy  calamity : 
__ 


for  better  is  a  neighbour  tliat  is  near  than 
a  brother  far  off. 

11  My  son,  be  wise,  and  make  my  heart 
glad,  that  I  may  answer  him  that  re- 
proacheth  me. 

12  A  prudent  man  foreseeth  the  evil,  and 
hideth  himself;  hut  the  simple  pass  on, 
and  are  punished. 

13  Take  his  garment  that  is  surety  for 
a  stranger,  and  take  a  pledge  of  him  for 
a  strange  woman. 

14  He  that  blesseth  his  friend  with  a  loud 
voice,  rising  earl}^  in  the  morning,  it  shall 
be  counted  a  curse  to  him. 

15  A  continual  dropping  in  a  very  rainy 
day  and  a  contentious  woman  are  alike. 

16  W^hosoever  hideth  her  hideth  the 
wind,  and  the  ointment  of  his  right 
hand,  xnhxch  bewrayeth  itself. 

17  Iron  sharpeneth  iron ;  so  a  man  sharp- 
eneth  the  countenance  of  his  friend. 

18  Whoso  keepeth  the  fig  tree  shall  eat 
the  fruit  thereof:  so  he  that  waiteth  on  his 
master  shall  be  honoured. 

19  As  in  water  face  answereth  to  face,  so 
the  heart  of  man  to  man. 

20  Hell  and  destruction  are  never  full; 
so  the  eyes  of  man  are  never  satisfied. 

21  As  "the  fining  pot  for  silver,  and  the 
furnace  for  gold ;  bo  is  a  man  to  his 
praise. 

22  Though  thou  shouldest  bray  a  fool  in 
a  mortar  among  wheat  with  a  pestle,  yet 
will  not  his  foolishness  depart  from 
him. 

23  Be  thou  diligent  to  know  the  state 
of  thy  flocks,  and  look  well  to  thy 
herds : 

24  For  riches  are  not  for  ever :  and  doth 
the  crown  endxire  to  every  generation  ? 

25  The  hay  appeareth,  and  the  tender 
grass  sheweth  itself,  and  herbs  of  the 
mountains  are  gathered. 

26  The  lambs  are  for  thy  clothing,  and 
the  goats  are  the  price  of  the  field. 

27  And  thou  shalt  have  goats'  milk  enough 
for  thy  food,  for  the  food  of  thy  house- 
hold, and  foi'  the  maintenance  for  thy 
maidens, 

CHAPTER  XXVIII. 

THE  wicked  flee  when  no  man  pui-su- 
eth :  but  the  righteous  are  bold  as  a 
lion. 

2  For  the  transgression  of  a  land  many 
are  the  princes  thereof:   but  by  a  man  of 


PROVERBS. 


uuders  tan  cling  and    knowledge    the  state 
thereof  shall  be  prolonged. 

3  A  poor  man  that  oppresseth  the  poor 
i.s  like  a  sweeping  rain  which  leaveth  no 
food. 

4  They  that  forsake  the  law  praise  the 
wicked :  but  such  as  keep  the  law  con- 
tend with  them. 

5  Evil  men  understand  not  judgment: 
but  they  that  seek  the  Lord  understand 
all  things. 

6  Better  is  the  poor  that  walketh  in  his 
uprightness,  than  ?ie  that  is  perverse  in 
his  ways,  though  he  he  rich. 

7  Whoso  kecpeth  the  law  is  a  wise  son : 
but  he  that  is  a  companion  of  riotous  men 
shamfeth  his  father. 

8  He  that  by  usury  and  unjust  gain  in- 
creaseth  his  substance,  he  shall  gather  it 
for  him  that  will  pity  the  poor. 

9  He  that  turneth  away  his  ear  from  hear- 
ing the  law,  even  his  prayer  shall  be  abom- 
ination. 

10  Whoso  causeth  the  righteous  to  go 
astray  in  an  evil  way,  he  shall  fall  himself 
into  his  own  pit:  but  the  uijright  shall 
have  good  things  in  possession. 

11  The  rich  man  is  wise  in  his  own  con- 
ceit ;  but  the  poor  that  hath  understanding 
searcheth  him  out. 

12  When  righteous  men  do  rejoice,  there 
is  great  glory :  but  when  the  wicked  rise, 
a  man  is  hidden. 

13  He  that  covereth  his  sins  shall  not 
prosper :  but  whoso  confesseth  and  ^or- 
saketh  tJiem  shall  have  mercy. 

14  Happy  is  the  man  that  feareth  always : 
but  he  that  hardeneth  his  heart  shall  fall 
into  mischief. 

15  As  a  roaring  lion,  and  a  ranging  bear ; 
.so  is  a  wicked  ruler  over  the  poor  people. 

16  The  prince  that  wanteth  understand- 
ing is  also  a  great  oppressor:  hut  he  that 
hateth  covetousness  shall  prolong  his  da^'s. 

17  A  man  that  doeth  violence  to  the 
blood  of  any  person  shall  flee  to  the  pit ; 
let  no  man  stay  him. 

18  Whoso  walketh  uprightly  shall  be 
saved :  but  Tie  tJiat  is  perverse  i«  7iis  ways 
shall  fall  at  once. 

19  He  that  tilleth  his  land  shall  have 
plenty  of  bread:  but  he  that  followeth 
after  vain  persons  shall  have  poverty 
enough. 

20  A  faithful  man  shall  abound  with  bless- 


ings :  but  he  that  maketh  haste  to  be  rich 
shall  not  be  innocent. 

21  To  have  respect  of  persons  is  not 
good:  for,  for  a  piece  of  bread  that  man 
will  transgress. 

22  He  that  hasteth  to  be  rich  hath  an  evil 
eye,  and  considereth  not  that  poverty  shall 
come  upon  him. 

23  He  that  rebuketh  a  man,  afterwards 
shall  find  more  favour  than  he  that  flattcr- 
eth  with  the  tongue. 

24  Whoso  robbeth  his  father  or  his  moth- 
er, and  saith,  It  is  no  transgression;  the 
same  is  the  companion  of  a  destroyer. 

25  He  that  is  of  a  proud  heart  stirreth  up 
strife  :  but  he  that  putteth  his  trust  in  the 
Lord  shall  be  made  fat. 

26  He  that  trustcth  in  his  own  heart  is  a 
fool:  but  whoso  walketh  wisely,  he  shall 
be  delivered, 

27  He  that  giveth  unto  the  poor  shall 
not  lack:  but  he  that  hideth  his  eyes  shall 
have  many  a  curse. 

28  When  the  wicked  rise,  men  hide  them- 
selves: but  when  they  perish,  the  right- 
eous increase. 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 

HE,  that  being  often  reproved  harden- 
eth his  neck,  shall  suddenly  be  de- 
stroyed, and  that  without  remedy. 

2  When  the  righteous  are  in  authority, 
the  people  rejoice:  but  when  the  wicked 
beareth  rule,  the  people  mourn. 

3  Whoso  loveth  wisdom  rejoiceth  his 
father :  but  he  that  keepeth  comi^any  with 
harlots  spendeth  his  substance. 

4  The  king  by  judgment  establisheth  the 
land:  but  he  that  receiveth  gifts  over- 
throweth  it. 

5  A  man  that  flattereth  his  neighbour 
spreadeth  a  net  for  his  feet. 

6  In  the  transgression  of  an  evil  man  tJiere 
is  a  snare  :  but  the  righteous  doth  sing  and 
rejoice. 

7  The  righteous  considereth  the  cause  of 
the  poor:  hut  the  wicked  regardeth  not  to 
know  it. 

8  Scornful  men  bring  a  city  into  a  snare : 
but  wise  men  turn  away  wrath. 

9  If  a  wise  man  contendeth  with  a  fool- 
ish man,  whether  he  rage  or  laugh,  t/iere  is 
no  rest. 

10  The  bloodthirsty  hate  the  upright :  but 
the  just  seek  his  soul. 

615 


PROVERBS. 


11  A  fool  uttereth  all  his  mind :  but  a 
wise  man  keepeth  it  in  till  afterwards. 

12  If  a  ruler  hearken  to  lies,  all  his  serv- 
ants are  wicked. 

13  The  poor  and  the  deceitful  man  meet  to- 
gether: the  Lord  lighteneth  both  their  eyes. 

14  The  king  that  fiiithfully  judgeth  the 
poor,  his  throne  shall  be  established  for 
ever. 

15  The  rod  and  reproof  give  wisdom :  but 
a  child  left  to  himself  bringeth  his  mother 
to  shame. 

16  When  the  wicked  are  multiplied, 
transgression  increaseth:  but  the  righteous 
shall  see  their  fall. 

17  Correct  thy  son,  and  he  shall  give  thee 
rest ;  yea,  he  shall  give  delight  unto  thy 
soul. 

18  Where  there  is  no  vision,  the  people  per- 
ish: but  he  that  keepeth  the  law,  happy  is- he. 

19  A  servant  will  not  be  corrected  by 
words:  for  though  he  understand  he  will 
not  answer. 

20  Seest  thou  a  man  that  is  hasty  in  his 
words  ?  t/iere  is  more  hope  of  a  fool  than 
of  him. 

21  He  that  delicately  bringeth  up  his 
ser^'ant  from  a  child  shall  have  him  be- 
come his  son  at  the  length. 

22  An  angry  man  stirreth  up  strife,  and 
a  furious  man  aboundeth  in  transgression. 

23  A  man's  pride  shall  bring  him  low:  but 
honour  shall  uphold  the  humble  in  spirit. 

24  Whoso  is  partner  with  a  thief  hateth 
his  own  soul :  he  heareth  cursing,  and 
bewrayeth  it  not. 

25  The  fear  of  man  bringeth  a  snare :  but 
whoso  putteth  his  trust  in  the  Lord  shall 
be  safe. 

26  Many  seek  the  ruler's  favour;  but  eve7-y 
man's  judgment  cometh  from  the  Lord. 

27  An  unjust  man  is  an  abomination  to 
the  just :  and  he  that  is  upright  in  the  way 
is  abomination  to  the  wicked. 

CHAPTER  XXX. 

THE  words  of  Agur  the  son  of  Jakeh, 
evoi    the   prophecy :    the  man    spake 
unto  Ithiel,  even  unto  Ithiel  and  Ucal, 

2  Surely  I  am  more  brutish  than  any 
man,  and  have  not  the  understanding  of  a 
man. 

3  I  neither  learned  wisdom,  nor  have  the 
knowledge  of  the  holy. 

4  Who  hath  ascended  up  into  heaven,  or 

616 


descended?  Avho  hath  gathered  the  wind 
in  his  fists?  who  hath  bound  the  waters 
in  a  garment  ?  who  hath  established  all 
the  ends  of  the  earth  ?  what  is  his  name, 
and  what  is  his  son's  name,  if  thou  canst 
tell? 

5  Every  word  of  God  is  pure:  he  is  a 
shield  unto  them  that  put  their  trust  in 
him. 

6  Add  thou  not  unto  his  words,  lest  he 
reprove  thee,  and  thou  be  found  a  liar. 

7  Two  things  have  I  required  of  thee; 
deny  me  them  not  before  I  die : 

8  Remove  far  from  me  vanity  and  lies; 
give  me  neither  poverty  nor  riches;  feed 
me  with  food  convenient  for  me: 

9  Lest  I  be  full,  and  deny  tJiee^  and  say. 
Who  is  the  Lord  ?  or  lest  I  be  poor,  and 
steal,  and  take  the  name  of  my  God  in 
vain. 

10  Accuse  not  a  sers'ant  unto  his  master, 
lest  he  curse  thee,  and  thou  be  found 
guilty. 

11  TJiere  is  a  generation  that  curseth  their 
father,  and  doth  not  bless  their  mother. 

12  Ifiere  is  a  generation  tJiat  are  pure  in 
their  own  eyes,  and  yet  is  not  washed  from 
their  filthiness. 

13  There  is  a  generation,  O  how  lofty  are 
their  eyes  !  and  their  eyelids  are  lifted  up. 

14  The7-e  is  a  generation,  whose  teeth  are 
OS  swords,  and  their  jaw  teeth  as  knives,  to 
devour  the  poor  from  off  the  earth,  and 
the  needy  from  among  men. 

15  The  horseleech  hath  two  daughters, 
crying^  Give,  give.  There  are  three  tfiings 
that  are  never  satisfied,  yea^  four  tJdngs  say 
not.  It  is  enough  : 

16  The  grave ;  and  the  barren  womb  ;  the 
earth  that  is  not  filled  with  water ;  and  the 
fire  that  saith  not,  It  is  enough. 

17  The  eye  that  mocketh  at  his  father,  and 
despiseth  to  obey  his  mother,  the  ravens  of 
the  valley  shall  pick  it  out,  and  the  young 
eagles  shall  eat  it. 

18  There  be  three  things  which  are  too 
wonderful  for  me,  yea,  four  which  I  know 
not : 

19  The  way  of  an  eagle  in  the  air ;  the 
way  of  a  serpent  upon  a  rock  ;  the  way  of 
a  ship  in  the  midst  of  the  sea;  and  the 
way  of  a  man  with  a  maid. 

20  Such  is  the  way  of  an  adulterous  wo- 
man ;  she  eateth,  and  wipeth  her  mouth, 
and  saith,  I  have  done  no  wickedness. 


PROVERBS. 


21  For  three  things  the  earth  is  disquiet- 
ed, and  for  four  tchich  it  eannot  bear  : 

23  For  a  servant  when  he  reigneth;  and 
a  fool  when  he  is  filled  with  meat ; 

23  For  an  odious  woman  when  she  is 
married;  and  a  handmaid  that  is  heir  to 
her  mistress. 

24  There  be  four  things  wJiich  are  little 
upon  the  earth,  but  they  are  exceeding 
wise  : 

25  The  ants  are  a  people  not  strong,  yet 
they  prepare  their  meat  in  the  summer ; 

26  The  conies  are  but  a  feeble  folk,  yet 
make  they  their  houses  in  the  rocks ; 

27  The  locusts  have  no  king,  yet  go  they 
forth  all  of  them  by  bands ; 

28  The  spider  taketh  hold  with  her  hands, 
and  is  in  kings'  palaces. 

29  There  be  three  tfdngs  which  go  well, 
yea,  four  are  comely  in  going : 

30  A  lion,  which  is  strongest  among 
beasts,  and  turneth  not  away  for  any ; 

31  A  greyhound ;  a  he  goat  also ;  and  a 
king,  against  whom  there  is  no  rising  up. 

32  If  thou  hast  done  foolishly  in  lifting 
up  thyself,  or  if  thou  hast  thought  evil, 
lay  thine  hand  upon  thy  mouth. 

33  Surely  the  churning  of  milk  bringeth 
forth  butter,  and  the  wringing  of  the  nose 
bringeth  forth  blood :  so  the  forcing  of 
wrath  bringeth  forth  strife. 

CHAPTER  XXXL 

THE  words  of  king  Lemuel,  the  proph- 
ecy that  his  mother  taught  him. 

2  What,  my  son  ?  and  what,  the  son  of 
my  womb?  and  what,  the  son  of  my  vows? 

3  Give  not  thy  strength  unto  women, 
nor  thy  ways  to  that  which  destroyeth 
kings. 

4  It  is  not  for  kings,  O  Lemuel,  it  is  not 
for  kings  to  drink  wine;  nor  for  princes 
strong  drink: 

5  Lest  they  drink,  and  forget  the  law, 
and  pervert  the  judgment  of  any  of  the 
afflicted. 

6  Give  strong  drink  unto  him  that  is 
ready  to  perish,  and  wine  unto  those  that 
be  of  heavy  hearts. 

7  Let  him  drink,  and  forget  his  poverty, 
and  remember  his  misery  no  more. 

8  Open  thy  mouth  for  the  dumb  in  the 
cause  of  all  such  as  are  ajipointed  to  de- 
struction. 

9  Open    thy   mouth,  judge    righteously. 


and  plead  the  cause  of  the  poor  and 
needy. 

10  11  Who  can  find  a  virtuous  woman  ?  for 
her  price  is  far  above  rubies. 

11  The  heart  of  her  husband  doth  safely 
trust  in  her,  so  that  he  shall  have  no  need 
of  spoil. 

13  She  will  do  him  good  and  not  evil  all 
the  days  of  her  life. 

13  She  seeketh  wool,  and  flax,  and  work- 
eth  willingly  with  her  hands. 

14  She  is  like  the  merchants'  ships;  she 
bringeth  her  food  from  afar. 

15  She  riseth  also  while  it  is  yet  night, 
and  giveth  meat  to  her  household,  and  a 
portion  to  her  maidens. 

16  She  considereth  a  field,  and  buyeth  it: 
with  the  fruit  of  her  hands  she  planteth  a 
vineyard. 

17  She  girdeth  her  loins  with  strength, 
and  strengtheneth  her  arms. 

18  She  perceiveth  that  her  merchandise  is 
good  :  her  candle  goeth  not  out  by  night. 

19  She  layeth  her  hands  to  the  spindle, 
and  her  hands  hold  the  distafl". 

20  She  stretcheth  out  her  hand  to  the 
poor;  yea,  she  reacheth  forth  her  hands  to 
the  needy. 

21  She  is  not  afraid  of  the  snow  for 
her  household :  for  all  her  household  a?'e 
clothed  with  scarlet. 

22  She  maketh  herself  coverings  of  ta- 
pestry ;  her  clothing  is  silk  and  purple. 

23  Her  husband  is  known  in  the  gates, 
when  he  sitteth  among  the  elders  of  the 
land. 

24  She  maketh  fine  linen,  and  selleth  it; 
and  delivereth  girdles  unto  the  merchant. 

25  Strength  and  honour  are  her  clothing ; 
and  she  shall  rejoice  in  time  to  come. 

26  She  openeth  her  mouth  with  wisdom ; 
and  in  her  tongue  is  the  law  of  kindness. 

27  She  looketh  well  to  the  ways  of  her 
household,  and  eateth  not  the  bread  of 
idleness. 

28  Her  children  arise  up,  and  call  her 
blessed ;  her  husband  also^  and  he  praiseth 
her. 

29  Many  daughters  have  done  virtuously, 
but  thou  exeellest  them  all. 

30  Favour  is  deceitful,  and  beauty  is 
vain :  but  a  woman  that  feareth  the  Lord, 
she  shall  be  praised. 

31  Give  her  of  the  fruit  of  her  hands ;  and 
let  her  own  works  praise  her  in  the  gates. 

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OR,   THE  PREACHER. 


CHAPTER  I. 

THE  -words  of  the  Preacher,  the  son  of 
David,  king  in  Jerusalem. 

2  Vanity  of  vanities,  saith  the  Preacher, 
vanity  of  vanities ;  all  is  vanity. 

3  What  profit  hath  a  man  of  all  his  la- 
bour which  he  taketh  under  the  sun? 

4  One  generation  passeth  away,  and  an- 
other  generation  cometh:  hut  the  earth 
abideth  for  ever. 

5  The  sun  also  ariseth,  and  the  sun  goeth 
down,  and  hasteth  to  his  place  where  he 
arose. 

6  The  wind  goeth  toward  the  south,  and 
turneth  about  unto  the  north ;  it  whirl- 
eth  about  continually,  and  the  wind  re- 
turneth  again  according  to  his  circuits. 

7  All  the  rivers  run  into  the  sea;  yet 
the  sea  is  not  full:  unto  the  place  from 
whence  the  rivers  come,  thither  they  re- 
turn again. 

8  All  things  ay-e  full  of  labour ;  man  can- 
not utter  it:  the  eye  is  not  satisfied  with 
seeing,  nor  the  ear  filled  with  hearing. 

9  The  thing  that  hath  been,  it  is  that 
which  shall  be;  and  that  which  is  done 
is  that  which  shall  be  done :  and  tJiere  is 
no  new  thi7ig  under  the  sun. 

10  Is  there  any  thing  whereof  it  may 
be  said.  See,  this  is  new?  it  hath  been 
already  of  old  time,  which  was  before 
us. 

11  There  is  no  remembrance  of  former 
things;  neither  shall  there  be  a7it/  remem- 
brance of  things  that  are  to  come  with 
those  that  shall  come  after. 

13  1[  I  the  Preacher  was  king  over  Israel 
in  Jerusalem. 

13  And  I  gave  my  heart  to  seek  and 
search  out  by  wisdom  concerning  all  things 
that  are  done  under  heaven :  this  sore 
travail  hath  God  given  to  the  sous  of 
man  to  be  exercised  therewith. 

14  I  have  seen  all  the  works  that  are 
done  under  the  sun ;  and,  behold,  all  is 
vanity  and  vexation  of  spirit. 

15  That  vjhich  is  crooked  cannot  be  made 

_ 


straight:  and  that  which  is  wanting  can- 
not be  numbered. 

16  I  communed  with  mine  own  heart, 
saying,  Lo,  I  am  come  to  great  estate, 
and  have  gotten  more  wisdom  than  all 
iheg  that  have  been  before  me  in  Jerusa- 
lem :  yea,  my  heart  had  great  experience 
of  wisdom  and  knowledge. 

17  And  I  gave  my  heart  to  know  wis- 
dom, and  to  know  madness  and  folly:  I 
perceived  that  this  also  is  vexation  of 
spirit. 

18  For  in  much  wisdom  is  much  grief: 
and  he  that  increaseth  knowledge  increas- 
eth  sorrow.        •• 

CHAPTER  II. 

I  SAID  in  mine  heart,  Go  to  now,  I  will 
prove  thee  with  mirth ;  therefore  enjoy 
pleasure :  and,  behold,  this  also  is  vanity. 

2  I  said  of  laughter.  It  is  mad:  and 
of  mirth.  What  doeth  it  ? 

3  I  sought  in  mine  heart  to  give  myself 
unto  wine,  yet  acquainting  mine  heart 
with  wisdom ;  and  to  lay  hold  on  foil}', 
till  I  might  see  w^hat  ivas  that  good  for 
the  sons  of  men,  w^hich  they  should  do 
under  the  heaven  all  the  days  of  their 
life. 

4  I  made  me  great  works ;  I  builded  me 
houses ;  I  planted  me  vineyards  : 

5  I  made  me  gardens  and  orchards,  and 
I  planted  trees  in  them  of  all  kind  of  fruits: 

6  I  made  me  pools  of  water,  to  water 
therewith  the  wood  that  bringeth  forth 
trees  : 

7  I  got  nie  servants  and  maidens,  and  had 
servants  born  in  my  "hiouse ;  also  I  had 
great  possessions  of  great  and  small  cat- 
tle above  all  that  were  in  Jerusalem  be- 
fore me : 

8  I  gathered  me  also  silver  and  gold, 
and  the  peculiar  treasure  of  kings  and  of 
the  provinces:  I  gat  me  men  singers  and 
women  singers,  and  the  delights  of  the 
sons  of  men,  as  musical  instruments,  and 
that  of  all  sorts. 

9  So  I  was  great,  and  increased  more  than 


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all    that  were  before    me    in    Jerusalem : 
also  my  wisdom  remained  with  me. 

10  And  whatsoever  mine  eyes  desired  I 
kept  not  from  them,  I  withheld  not  my 
heart  from  any  joy;  for  my  heart  rejoiced 
in  all  my  labour :  and  this  was  my  portion 
of  all  my  labour. 

11  Then  I  looked  on  all  the  works  that 
my  hands  had  wrought,  and  on  the  labour 
that  I  had  laboured  to  do:  and,  behold, 
all  ivas  A-anity  and  vexation  of  spirit,  and 
there  was  no  profit  under  the  sun. 

12  T[  And  I  turned  myself  to  behold 
wisdom,  and  madness,  and  folly :  for  what 
can  the  man  do  that  coraeth  after  the 
king?  even  that  which  hath  been  already 
done. 

13  Then  I  saw  that  wisdom  excelleth 
folly,  as  far  as  light  excelleth  darkness. 

14  The  wise  man's  eyes  are  in  his  head ; 
but  the  fool  walketh  in  darkness :  and 
I  myself  perceived  also  that  one  event 
happeneth  to  them  all. 

15  Then  said  I  in  my  heart.  As  it  hap- 
peneth to  the  fool,  so  it  happeneth  even 
to  me ;  and  why  was  1  then  more  wise  ? 
Then  I  said  in  my  heart,  that  this  also 
is  vanity. 

16  For  there  is  no  remembrance  of  the 
wise  more  than  of  the  fool  for  ever ;  seeing 
that  which  now  is  in  the  days  to  come 
shall  all  be  forgotten.  And  how  dieth 
the  wise  ma7i?  as  the  fool. 

17  Therefore  I  hated  life ;  because  the 
work  that  is  wrought  under  the  sun  Is 
grievous  unto  me:  for  all  is  vanity  and 
vexation  of  spirit. 

18  T[  Yea,  I  hated  all  my  labour  which  I 
had  taken  under  the  sun :  because  I  should 
leave  it  unto  the  man  that  shall  be  after 
me. 

19  And  who  knoweth  whether  he  shall 
be  a  wise  man  or  a  fool  ?  yet  shall  he  have 
rule  over  all  my  labour  wherein  I  have 
laboured,  and  wherein  I  have  shewed 
myself  wise  under  the  sun.  This  is  also 
vanity. 

20  Therefore  I  went  about  to  cause  my 
heart  to  despair  of  all  the  labour  which  I 
took  under  the  sun. 

21  For  there  is  a  man  whose  labour  is  in 
wisdom,  and  in  knowledge,  and  in  equity ; 
yet  to  a  man  that  hath  not  laboured  therein 
shall  he  leave  it  for  his  portion.  This  also 
is  vanity  and  a  great  evil. 


22  For  what  hath  man  of  all  his  labour, 
and  of  the  vexation  of  his  heart,  wherein 
he  hath  laboured  under  the  sun  ? 

23  For  all  his  days  are  sorrows,  and  his 
travail  grief;  yea,  his  heart  taketh  not 
rest  in  the  night.     This  is  also  vanity. 

24  H  27iere  is  nothing  better  for  a  man, 
than  that  he  should  eat  and  drink,  and 
t?iat  he  should  make  his  soul  enjoy  good 
in  his  labour.  This  also  I  saw,  that  it  was 
from  the  hand  of  God. 

25  For  who  can  eat,  or  who  else  can 
hasten  he7'eunto,  more  than  I  ? 

26  For  God  giveth  to  a  man  that  is  good 
in  his  sight,  wisdom,  and  knowledge,  and 
joy :  but  to  the  sinner  he  giveth  travail, 
to  gather  and  to  heap  up,  that  he  may 
give  to  7d?n  that  is  good  before  God.  This 
also  is  vanity  and  vexation  of  spirit.      , 

CHAPTER  III. 

TO  every  thing  there    is    a    season,  and 
a  time  to   every  purpose    under    the 
heaven : 

2  A  time  to  be  born,  and  a  time  to  die; 
a  time  to  plant,  and  a  time  to  pluck  up 
that  which  is  planted; 

3  A  time  to  kill,  and  a  time  to  heal;  a 
time  to  break  down,  and  a  time  to  build 
up; 

4  A  time  to  weep,  and  a  time  to  laugh; 
a  time  to  mourn,  and  a  time  to  dance ; 

5  A  time  to  cast  away  stones,  and  a  time 
to  gather  stones  together;  a  time  to  em- 
brace, and  a  time  to  refrain  from  em- 
bracing ; 

6  A  time  to  get,  and  a  time  to  lose;  a 
time  to  keep,  and  a  time  to  cast  away ; 

7  A  time  to  rend,  and  a  time  to  sew;  a 
time  to  keep  silence, and  a  time  to  speak; 

8  A  time  to  love,  and  a  time  to  hate;  a 
time  of  war,  and  a  time  of  peace. 

9  What  profit  hath  he  that  worketh  in 
that  wherein  he  laboureth  ? 

10  I  have  seen  the  travail,  which  God 
hath  given  to  the  sons  of  men  to  be  ex- 
ercised in  it. 

11  He  hath  made  every  thing  beautiful  in 
his  time :  also  he  hath  set  the  world  in 
their  heart,  so  that  no  man  can  find  out 
the  work  that  God  maketh  from  the  be- 
ginning to  the  end. 

12  I  know  that  there  is  no  good  in  them, 
but  for  a  man  to  rejoice,  and  to  do  good  in 
his  life. 

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ECCLESIASTES. 


13  And  also  that  every  man  should  eat 
and  drink,  and  enjoy  the  good  of  all  his 
labour,  it  is  the  gift  of  God. 

14  I  know  that,  whatsoever  God  doeth, 
it  shall  be  for  ever:  nothing  can  be  put 
to  it,  nor  any  thing  taken  from  it:  and 
God  doeth  it,  that  men  should  fear  before 
him. 

15  That  which  hath  been  is  now;  and 
that  which  is  to  be  hath  already  been; 
and  God  requireth  that  which  is  past. 

IG  *]  And  moreover  I  saw  under  the  sun 
the  place  of  judgment,  that  wickedness  was 
there ;  and  the  place  of  righteousness,  that 
iniquity  ims  there. 

17  I  said  in  mine  heart,  God  shall  judge 
the  righteous  and  the  wicked :  for  there  is 
a  time  there  for  every  purpose  and  for 
every  work. 

18  I  said  in  mine  heart  concerning  the 
estate  of  the  sons  of  men,  that  God  might 
manifest  them,  and  that  they  might  see 
that  they  themselves  are  beasts. 

19  For  that  which  befalleth  the  sons  of 
men  befalleth  beasts;  even  one  thing  be- 
falleth them :  as  the  one  dieth,  so  dieth  the 
other;  yea,  they  have  all  one  breath;  so 
that  a  man  hath  no  preeminence  above  a 
beast :  for  all  is  vanity. 

20  All  go  unto  one  place ;  all  are  of  the 
dust,  and  all  turn  to  dust  again. 

21  Who  knoweth  the  spirit  of  man  that 
goeth  ujjward,  and  the  spirit  of  the  beast 
that  goeth  downward  to  the  earth  ? 

22  Wherefore  I  perceive  that  tliere  is 
nothing  better,  than  that  a  man  should 
rejoice  in  his  own  works;  for  that  is  his 
portion:  for  who  shall  bring  him  to  see 
what  shall  be  after  him  ?        *- 

CHAPTER  IV. 

SO  I  returned,  and  considered  all  the 
oppressions  that  are  done  under  the 
sun:  and  behold  the  tears  of  such  as  loere 
oppressed,  and  they  had  no  comforter; 
and  on  the  side  of  their  oppressors  tJiere 
icon  power;  but  they  had  no  comforter. 

2  Wherefore  I  praised  the  dead  which 
are  already  dead,  more  than  the  living 
which  are  yet  alive. 

3  Yea,  better  is  he  than  both  they,  which 
hath  not  yet  been,  who  hath  not  seen  the 
evil  work  that  is  done  under  the  sun. 

4  ^  Again,  I  considered  all  travail,  and 
every  right  work,  that  for  this  a  man  is 

620 


envied  of  his  neighbour.  This  is  also 
vanity  and  vexation  of  spirit. 

5  The  fool  foldeth  his  hands  together, 
and  eateth  his  own  flesh. 

6  Better  is  a  handful  with  quietness,  than 
both  the  hands  full  witJt  travail  and  vexa- 
tion of  si^irit. 

7  T[  Then  I  returned,  and  I  saw  vanity 
under  the  sun. 

8  There  is  one  alone,  and  there  is  not  a 
second;  yea,  he  hath  neither  child  nor 
brother:  yet  is  there  no  end  of  all  his 
labour;  neither  is  his  eye  satisfied  Avith 
riches;  neither  saith  Tie,  For  whom  do  I 
labour,  and  bereave  my  soul  of  good? 
This  is  also  vanity,  yea,  it  w  a  sore 
travail. 

9  1[  Two  are  better  than  one;  because 
they  have  a  good  reward  for  their  labour. 

10  For  if  they  fall,  the  one  will  lift  up  his 
fellow:  but  woe  to  him  that  is  alone  when 
he  falleth ;  for  he  hath  not  another  to  help 
him  up. 

11  Again,  if  two  lie  together,  then  they 
have  heat:  but  how  can  one  be  warm 
alone? 

12  And  if  one  prevail  against  him,  two 
shall  withstand  him  ;  and  a  threefold  cord 
is  not  quickly  broken. 

13  T[  Better  is  a  poor  and  a  wise  child, 
than  an  old  and  foolish  king,  who  will  no 
more  be  admonished. 

14  For  out  of  prison  he  cometh  to  reign; 
whereas  also  7ie  that  is  born  in  his  kingdom 
becometh  poor. 

15  I  considered  all  the  living  which  walk 
under  the  sun,  with  the  second  child  that 
shall  stand  up  in  his  stead. 

16  There  is  no  end  of  all  the  people,  even 
of  all  that  have  been  before  them :  they 
also  that  come  after  shall  not  rejoice  in 
him.  Surely  this  also  is  vanity  and  vex- 
ation of  spirit.        * 

CHAPTER  V. 

KEEP  thy  foot  when  thou  goest  to  the 
house  of  God,  and  be  more  ready  to 
hear,  than  to  give  the  sacrifice  of  fools : 
for  they  consider  not  that  they  do  evil. 

2  Be  not  rash  with  thy  mouth,  and  let 
not  thine  heart  be  hasty  to  utter  anij  thing 
before  God:  for  God  is  in  heaven,  and 
thou  upon  earth :  therefore  let  thy  words 
be  few. 

3  For  a  dream  cometh  through  the  multi- 


ECCLESIASTES. 


tude    of    business;   and  a  fool's    voice    is 
known  by  multitude  of  words. 

4  When  thou  vowest  a  yow  unto  God, 
defer  not  to  pay  it ;  for  he  hath  no  pleasure 
in  fools :  pay  that  which  thou  hast  vowed. 

5  Better  is  it  that  thou  shouldest  not 
vow,  than  that  thou  shouldest  vow  and 
not  pay. 

6  Suffer  not  thy  mouth  to  cause  thy  flesh 
to  sin ;  neither  say  thou  before  the  angel, 
that  it  was  an  error :  wherefore  should  God 
be  angry  at  thy  voice,  and  destroy  the 
work  of  thine  hands  ? 

7  For  in  the  multitude  of  dreams  and 
many  words  there  are  also  divers  vanities: 
but  fear  thou  God. 

8  T['  If  thou  seest  the  oppression  of  the 
poor,  and  violent  perverting  of  judgment 
and  justice  in  a  province,  marvel  not  at 
the  matter :  for  lie  that  is  higher  than  the 
highest  regardeth ;  and  there  he  higher  than 
they. 

9  1  Moreover  the  profit  of  the  earth  is 
for  all :  the  king  himself  is  served  by  the 
field. 

10  He  that  lovetji  silver  shall  not  be  satis- 
fied with  silver ;  hor  he  that  loveth  abund- 
ance with  increase :  this  is  also  vanity. 

11  When  goods  increase,  they  are  in- 
creased that  eat  them :  and  what  good  is 
there  to  the  owners  thereof,  saving  the  be- 
holding of  them  with  their  eyes? 

12  The  sleep  of  a  labouring  man  is  sweet, 
whether  he  eat  little  or  much:  but  the 
abundance  of  the  rich  will  not  sufier  him 
to  sleep. 

13  There  is  a  sore  evil  which  I  have  seen 
under  the  sun,  ttamcJy^  riches  kept  for  the 
owners  thereof  to  their  hurt. 

14  But  those  riches  perish  by  evil  travail : 
and  he  begetteth  a  sou,  and  there  is  noth- 
ing in  his  hand. 

15  As  he  came  forth  of  his  mother's 
womb,  naked  shall  he  return  to  go  as  he 
came,  and  shall  take  nothing  of  his  labour, 
which  he  may  carry  away  in  his  hand. 

16  And  this  also  is  a  sore  evil,  that  in  all 
points  as  he  came,  so  shall  he  go :  and 
what  profit  hath  he  that  hath  laboured  for 
the  wind? 

17  All  his  days  also  he  eateth  in  dark- 
ness, and  he  hath  much  sorrow  and  wrath 
with  his  sickness. 

18  1i  Behold  tJiat  which  I  have  seen  :  it  is 
good  and  comely  for  otie  to  eat  and  to 


drink,  and  to  enjoy  the  good  of  all  his 
labour  that  he  taketh  under  the  sun  all 
the  days  of  his  life,  which  God  giveth 
him  :  for  it  is  his  portion. 

19  Every  man  also  to  whom  God  hath 
given  riches  and  wealth,  and  hath  given 
him  power  to  eat  thereof,  and  to  take  his 
portion,  and  to  rejoice  in  his  labour;  this 
is  the  gift  of  God. 

20  For  he  shall  not  much  remember  the 
days  of  his  life ;  because  God  answereth 
him  in  the  joy  of  his  heart.       > 

CHAPTER  VI. 

THERE  is  an   evil  which  I  have  seen 
under  the   sun,    and    it   is    common 
among  men: 

2  A  man  to  whom  God  hath  given  riches, 
wealth,  and  honour,  so  that  he  wanteth 
nothing  for  his  soul  of  all  that  he  desir- 
eth,  yet  God  giveth  him  not  power  to  eat 
thereof,  but  a  stranger  eateth  it :  this  is 
vanity,  and  it  is  an  evil  disease. 

3  T^  If  a  man  beget  a  hundred  children., 
and  live  many  years,  so  that  the  days  of 
his  years  be  many,  and  his  soul  be  not 
filled  with  good,  and  also  that  he  have  no 
burial;  I  say,  that  an  untimely  birth  is 
better  than  he. 

4  For  he  cometh  in  with  vanity,  and  de- 
parteth  in  darkness,  and  his  name  shall 
be  covered  with  darkness. 

5  Moreover  he  hath  not  seen  the  sun, 
nor  known  any  thing :  this  hath  more  rest 
than  the  other. 

6  11  Tea,  though  he  live  a  thousand  years 
twice  told,  yet  hath  he  seen  no  good:  do 
not  all  go  to  one  place  ? 

7  All  the  labour  of  man  is  for  his  mouth, 
and  yet  the  appetite  is  not  filled. 

8  For  what  hath  the  wise  more  than  the 
fool?  what  hath  the  poor,  that  knoweth 
to  walk  before  the  living? 

9  T[  Better  is  the  sight  of  the  eyes  than 
the  wandering  of  the  desire :  this  is  also 
vanity  and  vexation  of  spirit. 

10  That  which  hath  been  is  named  al- 
ready, and  it  is  known  that  it  is  man : 
neither  may  he  contend  with  him  that 
is  mightier  than  he. 

11  TI  Seeing  there  be  many  things  that 
increase  vanity,  what  is  man  the  better? 

12  For  who  knoweth  what  is  good  for 
man  in  this  life,  all  the  days  of  his  vain 
life  which  he  spendeth  as  a  shadow?  for 


ECCLESIASTES. 


who  can  tell  a  luan  what  shall  be  after  hiin 
under  the  sun  ? 

CHAPTER  VII. 

A  GOOD  name  i.s  better  than  precious 
ointment ;  and  the  day  of  death  than 
the  day  of  one's  birth. 

2  ^  It  is  better  to  go  to  the  house  of 
mourning,  than  to  go  to  the  house  of 
feasting:  for  that  is  the  end  of  all  men; 
and  the  living  will  lay  it  to  his  heart. 

3  Sorrow  is  better  than  laughter:  for  by 
the  sadness  of  the  countenance  the  heart 
is  made  better. 

4  The  heart  of  the  wise  is  in  the  house 
of  mourning ;  hut  the  heart  of  fools  i.s  in 
the  house  of  mirth. 

5  It  is  better  to  hear  the  rebuke  of  the 
wise,  than  for  a  man  to  hear  the  song  of 
fools. 

6  For  as  the  crackling  of  thorns  under  a 
pot,  so  vi  the  laughter  of  the  fool :  this 
also  is  vanity. 

7  T[  Surely  oppression  maketh  a  wise 
man  mad ;  and  a  gift  destroyeth  the  heart. 

8  Better  is  the  end  of  a  thing  than  the 
beginning  thereof:  and  the  patient  in  spirit 
is  better  than  the  proud  in  spirit. 

9  Be  not  hasty  in  thy  spirit  to  be  angry : 
for  anger  resteth  in  the  bosom  of  fools. 

10  Say  not  thou,  What  is  the  cause  that 
the  former  days  were  better  than  these  ? 
for  thou  dost  not  inquire  wisely  concern- 
ing this. 

11  Ti  Wisdom  is  good  with  an  inheritance: 
and  by  it  tJiere  is  profit  to  them  that  see 
the  sun. 

12  For  wisdom  is  a  defence,  and  money 
is  a  defence :  but  the  excellency  of  knowl- 
edge i.s,  that  wisdom  giveth  life  to  them 
that  have  it. 

13  Consider  the  work  of  God:  for  who 
can  make  that  straight,  which  he  hath 
made  crooked  ? 

14  In  the  day  of  prosperity  be  joyful, 
but  in  the  day  of  adversity  consider :  God 
also  hath  set  the  one  over  against  the 
other,  to  the  end  that  man  should  find 
nothing  after  him. 

15  All  things  have  I  seen  in  the  days  of 
my  vanity :  there  is  a  just  man  that  per- 
isheth  in  his  righteousness,  and  there  is 
a  wicked  man  that  prolongeth  ?iis  life  in 
his  wickedness. 

16  Be  not  righteous  over  much,  neither 

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make  thyself  over  wise:  why  shouldest 
thou  destroy  thyself? 

17  Be  not  over  much  wicked,  neither  be 
thou  foolish :  Avhy  shouldest  thou  die  be- 
fore thy  time  ? 

IS  It  is  good  that  thou  shouldest  take 
hold  of  this ;  yea,  also  from  this  withdraw 
not  thine  hand:  for  he  that  feareth  God 
shall  come  forth  of  them  all. 

19  Wisdom  strengtheneth  the  wise  more 
than  ten  mighty  me)i  which  are  in  the 
city. 

20  For  there  is  not  a  just  man  upon  earth, 
that  doeth  good,  and  sinneth  not. 

21  Also  take  no  heed  unto  all  words 
that  are  spoken;  lest  thou  hear  thy  serv- 
ant curse  thee : 

23  For  oftentimes  also  thine  own  heart 
knoweth  that  thou  thyself  likewise  hast 
cursed  others. 

23  II  All  this  have  I  proved  by  wisdom : 
I  said,  I  will  be  wise ;  but  it  was  far  from 
me. 

24  That  which  is  far  off,  and  exceeding 
deep,  who  can  find  it  out  ? 

25  I  applied  mine  heart  to  know,  and 
to  search,  and  to  seek^ut  wisdom,  and 
the  reason  of  things,  and  to  know  the 
wickedness  of  folly,  even  of  foolishness 
and  madness : 

26  And  I  find  more  bitter  than  death  the 
woman,  whose  heart  is  snares  and  nets, 
and  her  hands  as  bands :  whoso  pleaseth 
God  shall  escape  from  her ;  but  the  sinner 
shall  be  taken  by  her. 

27  Behold,  this  have  I  found,  saith  the 
Preacher,  counting  one  by  one,  to  find  out 
the  account ; 

28  Which  yet  my  soul  seeketh,  but  I  find 
not :  one  man  among  a  thousand  have  I 
found ;  but  a  woman  among  all  those  have 
I  not  found. 

29  Lo,  this  only  have  I  found,  that  God 
hath  made  man  upright ;  but  they  have 
sought  out  many  inventions.        » 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

WHO  is  as  the  wise  man?  and  who 
knoweth  the  interpretation  of  a 
thing?  a  man's  wisdom  maketh  his  face 
to  shine,  and  the  boldness  of  his  face  shall 
be  changed. 
2  I  coxinsel  thee  to  keep  the  king's  com- 
mandment, and  that  in  regard  of  the  oath 
of  God. 


ECCLESIASTES. 


3  Be  not  hasty  to  go  out  of  his  sight : 
staud  not  in  an  evil  thing;  for  he  doeth 
"Whatsoever  pleaseth  him. 

4  Where  the  word  of  a  king  is,  tJiere  is 
power :  and  who  may  say  unto  him,  What 
doest  thou  ? 

5  Whoso  keepeth  the  commandment 
shall  feel  no  evil  thing :  and  a  wise  man's 
heart  discerneth  both  time  and  judgment. 

6  Tf  Because  to  every  purpose  there  is 
time  and  judgment,  therefore  the  misery 
of  man  is  great  upon  him. 

7  For  he  knoweth  not  that  which  shall 
be:  for  who  can  tell  him  when  it  shall 
be? 

8  Th€7-e  is  no  man  that  hath  power  over 
the  s'pirit  to  retain  the  spirit ;  neither  haih 
he  power  in  the  day  of  death :  and  there  is 
no  discharge  in  that  war;  neither  shall 
wickedness  deliver  those  that  are  given 
to  it. 

9  All  this  have  I  seen,  and  applied  my 
heart  unto  every  work  that  is  done  under 
the  sun :  there  is  a  time  wherein  one  man 
ruleth  over  another  to  his  own  hurt. 

10  And  so  I  saw  the  wicked  buried,  who 
had  come  and  gone  from  the  place  of  the 
holy,  and  they  were  forgotten  in  the  city 
where  they  had  so  done :  this  is  also 
vanity. 

11  Because  sentence  against  an  evil  work 
is  not  executed  speedily,  therefore  the 
heart  of  the  sons  of  men  is  fully  set  in 
them  to  do  evil. 

12  Tl  Though  a  sinner  do  evil  a  hundred 
times,  and  his  days  be  prolonged,  yet  sure- 
ly I  know  that  it  shall  be  well  with  them 
that  fear  God,  which  fear  before  him: 

13  But  it  shall  not  be  well  with  the  wick- 
ed, neither  shall  he  prolong  his  days,  i^hich 
are  as  a  shadow;  because  he  feareth  not 
before  God. 

14  There  is  a  vanity  which  is  done  upon 
the  earth;  that  there  be  just  mm,  unto 
whom  it  hapj)eneth  according  to  the  work 
of  the  wicked;  again,  there  be  wicked 
me7i,  to  whom  it  happeneth  according  to 
the  work  of  the  righteous  :  I  said  that 
this  also  is  vanity. 

15  Then  I  commended  mirth,  because  a 
man  hath  no  better  thing  under  the  sun, 
than  to  eat,  and  to  drink,  and  to  be 
merry:  for  that  shall  abide  with  him  of 
his  labour  the  days  of  his  life,  which  God 
giveth  him  under  the  sun. 


16  11  When  I  applied  mine  heart  to  know 
wisdom,  and  to  see  the  business  that  is 
done  upon  the  earth  :  (for  also  there  is  that 
neither  day  nor  night  seeth  sleep  with 
his  eyes :) 

17  Then  I  beheld  all  the  work  of  God, 
that  a  man  cannot  find  out  the  work  that 
is  done  under  the  sun :  because  though  a 
man  labour  to  seek  it  out,  yet  he  shall  not 
find  it ;  yea  further ;  though  a  wise  man 
think  to  know  it,  yet  shall  he  not  be  able 
to  find  it.      .* 

CHAPTER  IX. 

FOR  all  this  I  considered  in  my  heart 
even  to  declare  all  this,  that  the  right- 
eous, and  the  wise,  and  their  works,  are  in 
the  hand  of  God :  no  man  knoweth  either 
love  or  hatred  by  all  that  is  before  them. 

2  All  things  come  alike  to  all :  thei-e  is  one 
event  to  the  righteous,  and  to  the  wick- 
ed; to  the  good  and  to  the  clean,  and  to 
the  unclean ;  to  him  that  sacriflceth,  and 
to  him  that  sacriflceth  not :  as  is  the  good, 
so  is  the  sinner ;  and  he  that  sweareth,  as 
he  that  feaieth  an  oath. 

3  This  is  an  evil  among  all  things  that  are 
done  under  the  sun,  that  there  is  one  event 
unto  all :  yea,  also  the  heart  of  the  sons  of 
men  is  full  of  evil,  and  madness  is  in  their 
heart  while  they  live,  and  after  that  they 
go  to  the  dead. 

4  TI  For  to  him  that  is  joined  to  all  the 
living  there  is  hope:  for  a  living  dog  is 
better  than  a  dead  lion. 

5  For  the  living  know  that  they  shall  die : 
but  the  dead  know  not  any  thing,  neither 
have  they  any  more  a  reward ;  for  the 
memory  of  them  is  forgotten. 

6  Also  their  love,  and  their  hatred,  and 
their  envy,  is  now  perished ;  neither  have 
they  any  more  a  portion  for  ever  in  any 
thing  that  is  done  under  the  sun.    . 

7  it  Go  thy  way,  eat  thy  bread  with  joy, 
and  drink  thy  wine  with  a  merry  heart; 
for  God  now  accepteth  thy  works. 

8  Let  thy  garments  be  always  white ;  and 
let  thy  head  lack  no  ointment. 

9  Live  joyfully  with  the  wife  whom  thou 
lovest  all  the  days  of  the  life  of  thy  vanity, 
which  he  hath  given  thee  under  the  sun, 
all  the  days  of  thy  vanity:  for  that  is  thy 
portion  in  this  life,  and  in  thy  labour 
which  thou  takest  under  the  sun. 

10  Whatsoever  thy  hand  findeth  to  do,  do 
it  with  thy  might;   for  tJiere   is  no  work, 


ECCLESIASTES. 


nor  device,  nor  knowledge,  nor  wisdom, 
in  the  grave,  -whither  thou  goest. 

11  H  I  returned,  and  saw  under  the  sun, 
that  the  race  is  not  to  the  swift,  nor  the 
battle  to  the  strong,  neither  yet  bread  to 
the  wise,  nor  yet  riches  to  men  of  under- 
standing, nor  yet  favour  to  men  of  sldll ; 
but  time  and  chance  happeneth  to  them 
all. 

13  For  man  also  knoweth  not  his  time : 
as  the  fishes  that  are  taken  in  an  evil  net, 
and  as  the  birds  that  are  caught  in  the 
snare;  so  are  the  sons  of  men  snared  in 
an  evil  time,  when  it  falleth  suddenly  upon 
them. 

13  If  This  wisdom  have  I  seen  also  under 
the  sun,  and  it  seemed  great  unto  me : 

14  There  teas  a  little  city,  and  few  men 
within  it;  and  there  came  a  great  king 
against  it,  and  besieged  it,  and  built  great 
bulwarks  against  it. 

15  Now  there  was  found  in  it  a  poor  wise 
man,  and  he  by  his  wisdom  delivered  the 
city ;  yet  no  man  remembered  that  same 
poor  man. 

16  Then  said  I,  Wisdom  is  better  than 
strength  :  nevertheless  the  poor  man's 
wisdom  is  despised,  and  his  words  are  not 
heard. 

17  The  words  of  wise  men  are  heard  in 
quiet  more  than  the  cry  of  him  that  rul- 
eth  among  fools. 

18  Wisdom  w  better  than  weapons  of 
war:  but  one  sinner  destroy eth  much 
good, 

CHAPTER  X. 

DEAD  flies  cause  the  ointment  of  the 
apothecary  to  send  forth  a  stinking 
savour:  .so  d(>t?i  a  little  folly  him  that  is 
in  reputation  for  wisdom  arid  honour. 

2  A  wise  man's  heart  is  at  his  right  hand; 
but  a  fool's  heart  at  his  left. 

3  Yea  also,  when  he  that  is  a  fool  walk- 
cth  by  the  way,  his  wisdom  foileth  him, 
and  he  saith  to  every  one  that  he  w  a 
fool. 

4  If  the  spirit  of  the  ruler  rise  up  against 
thee,  leave  not  thy  place ;  for  yielding 
pacifieth  great  offences. 

5  There  is  an  evil  v.'hicJi  I  have  seen  under 
the  sun,  as  an  error  which  proceedeth  from 
the  ruler : 

6  Folly  is  set  in  great  dignity,  and  the  rich 
sit  in  low  place. 

7  I  have  seen  servants  upon  horses,  and 

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princes  walking  as  servants  upon  the 
earth. 

8  He  that  diggeth  a  pit  shall  fall  into  it ; 
and  whoso  breaketh  a  hedge,  a  serpent 
shall  bite  him. 

9  Whoso  removeth  stones  shall  be  hurt 
therewith ;  a7id  he  that  cleaveth  wood  shall 
be  endangered  thereby. 

10  If  the  iron  be  blunt,  and  he  do  not 
whet  the  edge,  then  must  he  put  to  more 
strength:  but  wisdom  is  profitable  to  direct. 

11  Surely  the  serpent  will  bite  without 
enchantment ;  and  a  babbler  is  no  better. 

13  The  words  of  a  Avise  man's  mouth  are 
gracious ;  but  the  lips  of  a  fool  will  swallow 
up  himself 

13  The  beginning  of  the  words  of  his 
mouth  is  foolishness :  and  the  end  of  his 
talk  is  mischievous  madness. 

14  A  fool  also  is  full  of  words :  a  man 
cannot  tell  what  shall  be ;  and  what  shall 
be  after  him,  who  can  tell  him  ? 

15  The  labour  of  the  foolish  wearieth 
every  one  of  them,  because  he  knoweth 
not  how  to  go  to  the  city. 

16  T[  Woe  to  thee,  O  land,  when  thy 
king  is  a  child,  and  thy  princes  eat  in  the 
morning! 

17  Blessed  art  thou,  O  land,  when  thy 
king  is  the  son  of  nobles,  and  thy  princes 
eat  in  due  season,  for  strength,  and  not 
for  drunkenness ! 

18  TF  By  much  slothfulness  the  building 
decayeth;  and  through  idleness  of  the 
hands  the  house  droppeth  through. 

19  1  A  feast  is  made  for  laughter,  and 
wine  maketh  merry:  but  money  answereth 
all  things. 

20  TI  Curse  not  the  king,  no  not  in  thy 
thought;  and  curse  not  the  rich  in  thy 
bedchamber:  for  a  bird  of  the  air  shall 
carry  the  voice,  and  that  which  hath  wings 
shall  tell  the  matter. 

CHAPTER   XL 

CAST  thy  bread  upon  the  waters :  for 
thou  Shalt  find  it  after  many  days. 

3  Give  a  portion  to  seven,  and  also  to 
eight;  for  thou  knowest  not  what  evil 
shall  be  upon  the  earth. 

3  If  the  clouds  be  full  of  rain,  they  empty 
themselves  upon  the  earth :  and  if  the  tree 
fall  toward  the  south,  or  toward  the  north, 
in  the  place  where  the  tree  falleth,  there 
it  shall  be. 


ECCLESIASTES. 


4  He  that  obscrveth  the  wiud  shall  not 
sow;  and  he  that  regardeth  the  clouds 
shall  not  reap. 

5  As  thou  knowest  not  what  is  the  way 
of  the  spirit,  nor  how  the  hones  do  grow 
in  the  womb  of  her  that  is  with  child: 
even  so  thou  knowest  not  the  works  of 
God  who  maketh  all. 

G  In  the  morning  sow  thy  seed,  and  in 
the  evening  withhold  not  thiuc  hand :  for 
thou  knowest  not  whether  shall  prosper, 
either  this  or  that,  or  whether  they  both 
shall  he  alike  good. 

7  T[  Truly  the  light  is  sweet,  and  a  pleas- 
ant tiling  it  is  for  the  eyes  to  behold  the 
sun:  , 

8  But  if  a  man  live  many  years,  and  re- 
joice in  them  all ;  yet  let  him  remember 
the  days  of  darkness ;  for  they  shall  be 
many.     All  that  cometh  is  vanity. 

9  1[  Rejoice,  O  young  man,  in  thy  youth; 
and  let  thy  heart  cheer  thee  in  the  days 
of  thy  youth,  and  walk  in  the  ways  of 
thine  heart,  and  in  the  sight  of  thine 
eyes:  but  know  thou,  that  for  all  these 
things  God  will  briug  thee  into  judgment. 

10  Therefore  remove  sorrow  from  thy 
heart,  and  put  away  evil  from  thy  flesh: 
for  childhood  and  youth  are  vanity.        * 

CHAPTER  XII. 

REMEMBER  now  thy  Creator  in  the 
days  of  thy  youth,  while  the  evil  days 
come  not,  nor  the  years  draw  nigh,  when 
thou  shalt  say,  I  have  no  pleasure  in  them ; 

2  While  the  sun,  or  the  light,  or  the 
moon,  or  the  stars,  be  not  darkened,  nor 
the  clouds  return  after  the  rain : 

3  In  the  day  when  the  keepers  of  the 
house  shall  tremble,  and  the  strong  men 
shall  bow  themselves,  and  the  grinders 
cease  because  they  arc  few,  and  those  that 
look  out  of  the  windows  be  darkened, 


4  And  the  doors  shall  be  shut  in  the 
streets,  when  the  sound  of  the  grinding 
is  low,  and  he  shall  rise  up  at  the  voice 
of  the  bird,  and  all  the  daughters  of  music 
shall  be  brought  low  ; 

5  Also  'wheii  they  shall  be  afraid  of  that 
which  is  high,  and  fears  shall  he  in  the  way, 
and  the  almond  tree  shall  flourish,  and  the 
grasshopper  shall  be  a  burden,  and  de- 
sire shall  fail:  because  man  goeth  to  his 
long  home,  and  the  mourners  go  about 
the  streets : 

6  Or  ever  the  silver  cord  be  loosed,  or 
the  golden  bowl  be  broken,  or  the  jjitcher 
be  broken  at  the  fountain,  or  the  wheel 
broken  at  the  cistern. 

7  Then  shall  the  dust  return  to  the  earth 
as  it  was  :  and  the  spirit  shall  return  unto 
God  who  gave  it. 

8  Tl  Vanity  of  vanities,  saith  the  Preacher ; 
all  is  vanity. 

9  And  moreover,  because  the  Preacher 
was  wise,  he  still  taught  the  peojjle  knoAvl- 
edge ;  yea,  he  gave  good  heed,  and  sought 
out,  and  set  in  order  many  proverbs. 

10  The  Preacher  sought  to  find  out  ac- 
ceptable words  :  and  tJiat  whicJi  was  written 
was  upright,  evoi  words  of  truth. 

11  The  words  of  the  wise  are  as  goads, 
and  as  nails  fastened  hy  the  masters  of 
assemblies,  w7iich  are  given  from  one  shep- 
herd. 

13  And  further,  by  these,  my  son,  be 
admonished :  of  making  many  books  there 
is  no  end ;  and  much  study  is  a  weariness 
of  the  flesh. 

13  T[  Let  us  hear  the  conclusion  of  the 
whole  matter:  Fear  God,  and  keep  his 
commandments :  for  this  is  the  whole  duty 
of  man. 

14  For  God  shall  bring  every  work  into 
judgment,  with  every  secret  thing,  wheth- 
er it  be  good,  or  whether  it  he  evil.  # 


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THE 


SONG    OF    SOLOMON. 


CHAPTER   I. 

THE  Song  of  sougs,  which  is  Solomon's. 
2  Let  him  kiss  me  Avith  the  kisses 
of  liis  mouth :  for  thy  love  is  better  than 
wine. 

3  Because  of  the  savour  of  thy  good 
ointments  thy  name  is  as  ointment  poured 
forth,  therefore  do  the  virgins  love  thee. 

4  Draw  me,  we  will  run  after  thee :  the 
King  hath  brought  me  into  his  chambers  : 
wc  will  be  glad  and  rejoice  in  thee,  we 
will  remember  thy  love  more  than  wine : 
the  upright  love  thee. 

5  I  am  l)lack,  but  comely,  O  ye  daughters 
of  Jerusalem,  as  the  tents  of  Kedar,  as  the 
curtains  of  Solomon. 

6  Look  not  upon  me,  because  I  am  black, 
because  the  sun  hath  looked  upon  me: 
my  mother's  children  were  angry  with 
me ;  they  made  me  the  keeper  of  the 
vineyards ;  but  mine  own  vineyard  have  I 
not  kept, 

7  Tell  me,  O  thou  whom  my  soul  loveth, 
where  thou  feedest,  where  thou  makest 
thfj  flock  to  rest  at  noon :  for  why  should 
I  be  as  one  that  turneth  aside  by  the 
flocks  of  thy  companions  ? 

8  ^  If  thou  know  not,  O  thou  fairest 
among  women,  go  thy  way  forth  by  the 
footsteps  of  the  flock,  and  feed  thy  kids 
beside  the  shepherds'  tents. 

9  I  have  compared  thee,  O  my  love,  to  a 
comi)any  of  horses  in  Pharaoh's  chariots. 

10  Thy  cheeks  are  comely  with  rows  of 
jewels,  thy  neck  with  chains  of  gold. 

11  We  will  make  thee  borders  of  gold 
with  studs  of  silver. 

13  ^  While  the  King  sitteth  at  his  table, 
my  spikenard  scudeth  forth  the  smell 
thereof 

13  A  bundle  of  myrrh  is  my  well  beloved 
unto  me ;  he  shall  lie  all  night  betwixt  my 
breasts. 

14  My  beloved  is  unto  me  a.s  a  cluster 
of  camphire  in  the  vineyards  of  En-gedi. 

15  Behold,  thou  art  fair,  ray  love;  behold, 
thou  art  fair;  thou  Jia.\t  doves'  eyes. 


16  Behold,  thou  art  fair,  my  beloved, 
yea,  pleasant :  also  our  bed  is  green. 

17  The  beams  of  our  house  are  cedar, 
and  our  rafters  of  fir,       •"• 

CHAPTER  II. 

IA2[  the  rose  of  Sharon,  and  the  lily 
of  the  valleys. 

2  As  the  lily  among  thorns,  so  is  my  love 
among  the  daughters. 

3  As  the  apple  tree  among  the  trees  of 
the  wood,  60  is  my  beloved  among  the 
sons.  I  sat  down  under  his  shadow  with 
great  delight,  and  his  fruit  vms  sweet  to 
my  taste. 

4  He  brought  me  to  the  banqueting 
house,  and  his  banner  over  me  was 
love. 

5  Stay  me  with  flagons,  comfort  me  with 
apples  :  for  I  am  sick  of  love. 

6  His  left  hand  is  under  my  head,  and 
his  right  hand  doth  embrace  me, 

7  I  charge  you,  0  ye  daughters  of  Jeru- 
salem, by  the  roes,  and  by  the  hinds  of 
the  field,  that  ye  stir  not  up,  nor  awake 
my  love,  till  he  please, 

8  TI  The  voice  of  my  beloved!  behold, 
he  cometh  leaping  upon  the  mountains, 
skipping  upon  the  hills. 

9  My  beloved  is  like  a  roe  or  a  young 
hart :  behold,  he  standeth  behind  our  Avail, 
he  looketh  forth  at  the  Avindows,  shewing 
himself  through  the  lattice. 

10  My  beloved  spake,  and  said  unto  me, 
Rise  up,  my  love,  my  fair  one,  and  come 
away. 

11  For,  lo,  the  Avinter  is  past,  the  rain  is 
over  and  gone ; 

12  The  flowers  appear  on  the  earth;  the 
time  of  the  singing  of  birds  is  come,  and 
the  voice  of  the  turtle  is  heard  in  our 
land; 

13  The  fig  tree  putteth  forth  her  green 
figs,  and  the  vines  with  the  tender  grape 
give  a  good  smell.  Arise,  my  loA'e,  my  fair 
one,  and  come  aAvay. 

14  H  O  my  dove,  that  art  in  the  clefts  of 


SOLOMON'S  SONG. 


the  rock,  in  the  secret  places  of  the  stairs, 
let  me  see  thy  countenance,  let  me  hear 
thy  voice ;  for  sweet  is  thy  voice,  and  thy 
countenance  is  comely. 

15  Take  us  the  foxes,  the  little  foxes, 
that  spoil  the  vines :  for  our  vines  have 
tender  grapes. 

16  T[  My  beloved  is  mine,  and  I  am  his : 
he  feedeth  among  the  lilies. 

17  Until  the  day  break,  and  the  shadows 
flee  away,  turn,  my  beloved,  and  be  thou 
like  a  roe  or  a  young  hart  upon  the 
mountains  of  Bether.  t 

CHAPTER  III. 

BY    night    on    my    bed   I   sought    him 
whom    my    soul    loveth:    I    sought 
him,  but  I  found  him  not. 

2  I  will  rise  now,  and  go  about  the  city 
in  the  streets,  and  in  the  broad  ways  I 
will  seek  him  whom  my  soul  loveth:  I 
sought  him,  but  I  found  him  not. 

3  The  watchmen  that  go  aboixt  the  city 
found  me:  to  whom  I  said,  Saw  ye  him 
whom  my  soul  loveth? 

4  It  teas  but  a  little  that  I  passed  from 
them,  but  I  found  him  whom  my  soul 
loveth:  I  held  him,  and  would  not  let 
him  go,  until  I  had  brought  him  into 
my  mother's  house,  and  into  the  chamber 
of  her  that  conceived  me. 

5  I  charge  you,  O  ye  daughters  of  Je- 
rusalem, by  the  roes,  and  by  the  hinds 
of  the  field,  that  ye  stir  not  up,  nor 
awake  my  love,  till  he  please. 

6  T[  Who  is  this  that  conieth  out  of  the 
wilderness  like  pillars  of  smoke,  per- 
fumed with  myrrh  and  frankincense,  with 
all  powders  of  the  merchant  ? 

7  Behold  his  bed,  which  is  Solomon's; 
threescore  valiant  men  are  about  it,  of 
the  valiant  of  Israel. 

8  They  all  hold  swords,  being  expert  in 
war:  every  man  Jiath  his  sword  upon  his 
thigh  because  of  fear  in  the  night. 

9  King  Solomon  made  himself  a  chariot 
of  the  wood  of  Lebanon. 

10  He  made  the  pillars  thereof  of  silver, 
the  bottom  thereof  of  gold,  the  covering 
of  it  of  purple,  the  midst  thereof  being 
paved  with  love,  for  the  daughters  of  Jeru- 
salem. 

11  Go  forth,  O  ye  daughters  of  Zion,  and 
behold  king  Solomon  with  the  crown 
wherewith  his  mother  crowned  him  in  the 


day  of  his  espousals,  and  in  the  day  of  the 
gladness  of  his  heart. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

BEHOLD,  thou  art  fair,  my  love;  be- 
hold, thou  art  fair ;  thou  hast  doves' 
eyes  within  thy  locks :  thy  hair  is  as  a  flock 
of  goats,  that  appear  from  mount  Gilead. 

2  Thy  teeth  arx  like  a  flock  of  sheep  that 
are  even  shorn,  which  came  up  from  the 
washing;  whereof  every  one  bear  twins, 
and  none  is  barren  among  them. 

3  Thy  lips  are  like  a  thread  of  scarlet,  and 
thy  speech  is  comely :  thy  temples  are  like 
a  piece  of  a  pomegranate  within  thy  locks. 

4  Thy  neck  is  like  the  tower  of  David 
builded  for  an  armoury,  whereon  there 
hang  a  thousand  bucklers,  all  shields  of 
mighty  men. 

5  Thy  two  breasts  are  like  two  young  roes 
that  are  twins,  which  feed  among  the  lilies. 

6  Until  the  day  break,  and  the  shadows 
flee  away,  I  will  get  me  to  the  mountain 
of  mjTrh,  and  to  the  hill  of  frankincense. 

7  Thou  art  all  fair,  my  love;  tliere  is  no 
spot  in  thee. 

8  Tf  Come  with  me  from  Lebanon,  my 
spouse,  with  me  from  Lebanon :  look  from 
the  top  of  Amana,  from  the  top  of  Shenir 
and  Hermon,  from  the  lions'  dens,  from 
the  mountains  of  the  leopards. 

9  Thou  hast  ravished  my  heart,  my  sister, 
my  spouse ;  thou  hast  ravished  my  heart 
with  one  of  thine  eyes,  with  one  chain 
of  thy  neck. 

10  How  fair  is  thy  love,  my  sister,  my 
spouse !  how  much  better  is  thy  love  than 
wine !  and  the  smell  of  thine  ointments 
than  all  spices ! 

11  Thy  lips,  O  my  spouse,  drop  as  the 
honeycomb:  honey  and  milk  are  under  thy 
tongue;  and  the  smell  of  thy  garments 
is  like  the  smell  of  Lebanon. 

12  A  garden  inclosed  is  my  sister,  my 
spouse ;  a  spring  shut  up,  a  fountain 
sealed. 

13  Thy  plants  are  an  orchard  of  pome- 
granates, with  pleasant  fruits ;  camphire, 
with  spikenard, 

14  Spikenard  and  safl'ron;  calamus  and 
cinnamon,  with  all  trees  of  frankincense ; 
myrrh  and  aloes,  with  all  the  chief  spices  : 

15  A  fountain  of  gardens,  a  well  of  living 
waters,  and  streams  from  Lebanon. 

16  H  Awake,   O  north  wind ;   and  come, 

__  . 


SOLOMON'S  SONG. 


thou  south;  blow  upou  my  garden,  that 
the  spices  thereof  may  How  out.  Let  my 
beloved  come  into  his  ijurden,  and  eat  his 
jjleasaut  fruits. 

CHAPTER  V. 

I  AM  come  into  my  garden,  my  sister, 
my  spouse :  I  have  gathered  my  myrrh 
with  my  spice;  I  have  eaten  my  honey- 
comb with  my  honey ;  I  have  drunk  my 
wine  with  my  milk  :  eat,  O  friends ;  drink, 
yea,  drink  abundantly,  O  beloved. 
3  TI I  sleep,  but  my  heart  waketh:  it  is 
the  voice  of  my  beloved  that  knocketh, 
sayiiujy  Open  to  me,  my  sister,  my  love, 
my  dove,  my  undefiled :  for  my  head  is 
fiUed  with  dew,  and  my  locks  -with  the 
drops  of  the  night. 

3  I  have  put  off  my  coat ;  how  shall  I  put 
it  on  ?  I  have  washed  my  feet ;  how  shall  I 
defile  them  ? 

4  My  beloved  put  in  his  hand  by  the 
hole  of  the  doar^  and  my  bowels  were 
moved  for  him. 

5  I  rose  up  to  open  to  my  beloved ;  and 
my  hands  dropped  with  myrrh,  and  my 
fingers  vrith  sweet  smelling  myrrh,  upon 
the  handles  of  the  lock. 

6  I  opened  to  my  beloved;  but  my  be- 
loved had  withdrawn  himself,  and  was 
gone :  my  soul  failed  when  he  spake :  I 
sought  him,  but  I  could  not  find  him;  I 
called  him,  but  he  gave  me  no  answer. 

7  The  -watchmen  that  went  about  the 
city  found  me,  they  smote  me,  they 
wounded  me;  the  keepers  of  the  -walls 
took  away  my  vail  from  me. 

8  I  charge  you,  O  daughtei"S  of  Jerusalem, 
if  ye  find  my  beloved,  that  ye  tell  him, 
that  I  am  sick  of  love. 

9  U  What  is  thy  beloved  more  than 
another  beloved,  O  thou  fiurest  among 
women  ?  what  is  thy  beloved  more  than 
aivother  beloved,  that  thou  dost  so  charge 
us? 

10  My  beloved  is  white  and  ruddy,  the 
chiefest  among  ten  thousand. 

11  His  head  is  as  the  most  fine  gold ;  his 
locks  are  bushy,  a)id  black  as  a  raven : 

13  His  eyes  are  as  the  eyes  of  doves  by 
the  rivers  of  waters,  -washed  with  milk, 
and  fitly  set: 

13  His  chocks  are  as  a  bed  of  spices,  as 
sweet  flowers :  his  lips  like  lilies,  dropping 
sweet  smelling  myrrh : 
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14  His  hands  arc  as  gold  rings  set  with 
the  beryl :  his  belly  is  as  bright  ivory  over- 
laid with  sapphires  : 

15  His  legs  are  as  pillars  of  marble,  set 
upon  sockets  of  fine  gold :  his  countenance 
is  as  Lebanon,  excellent  as  the  cedars : 

16  His  mouth  is  most  sweet:  yea,  he  is 
altogether  lovely.  This  is  my  beloved,  and 
this  is  my  friend,  O  daughters  of  Jerusa- 
lem.        -■ 

CHAPTER  VI. 

WHITHER  is  thy  beloved  gone,  O 
thou  fairest  among  w^omen  ?  whither 
is  thy  beloved  turned  aside  ?  that  vra  may 
seek  him  with  thee. 

3  My  beloved  is  gone  down  into  his 
garden,  to  the  beds  of  spices,  to  feed  in 
the  gardens,  and  to  gather  lilies. 

3  I  am  my  beloved's,  and  my  beloved  is 
mine :  he  feedeth  among  the  lilies. 

4  ^  Thou  art  beautiful,  O  my  love,  as 
Tirzah,  comely  as  Jerusalem,  terrible  as  an 
army  with  banners. 

5  Turn  away  thine  eyes  from  me,  for 
they  have  overcome  me:  thy  hair  is  as 
a  flock  of  goats  that  appear  from  Gilead : 

6  Thy  teeth  are  as  a  flock  of  sheep  which 
go  up  from  the  washing,  whereof  every 
one  beareth  twins,  and  there  is  not  one 
barren  among  them. 

7  As  a  piece  of  a  pomegi'anate  are  thy 
temples  within  thy  locks. 

8  There  are  threescore  queens,  and  four- 
score concubines,  and  virgins  without 
number. 

9  My  dove,  my  undefiled  is  but  one ;  she 
is  the  only  one  of  her  mother,  she  is  the 
choice  07ie  of  her  that  bare  her.  The 
daughters  saw  her,  aud  blessed  her;  yea, 
the  queens  and  the  concubines,  and  they 
praised  her. 

10  H  Who  is  she  tJiat  looketh  forth  as  the 
morning,  fair  as  the  moon,  clear  as  the 
sun,  a7id  terrible  as  an  army  -with  ban- 
ners ? 

11  I  went  down  into  the  garden  of  nuts 
to  see  the  fruits  of  the  valley,  a7id  to  see 
whether  the  vine  flourished,  and  the 
pomegranates  budded. 

13  Or  ever  I  was  aware,  my  soul  made 
me  like  the  chariots  of  Ammi-nadib. 

13  Return,  return,  O  Shulamite ;  return, 
return,  that  we  may  look  upon  thee. 
What  will  ye  see  in  the  Shulamite  ?  As  it 
were  tlie  company  of  tAvo  armies.         ■* 


SOLOMON'S  SONG. 


CHAPTER   VII. 

HOW  beautiful  are  thy  feet  with  shoes, 
O  prince's  daughter!  the  joints  of  thy 
thig-hs  are  like  jewels,  the  work  of  the 
hands  of  a  cunning  workman. 
3  Thy  navel  is  like  a  round  goblet,  which 
wanteth  not  liquor :  thy  belly  is  like  a  heap 
of  wheat  set  about  with  lilies. 

3  Thy  two  breasts  are  like  two  young  roes 
that  are  twins. 

4  Thy  neck  is  as  a  tower  of  ivory ;  thine 
eyes  like  the  fishpools  in  Heshbon,  by  the 
gate  of  Bath-rabbim :  thy  nose  is  as  the 
tower  of  Lebanon  which  looketh  toward 
Damascus. 

5  Thine  head  upon  thee  is  like  Carmel, 
and  the  hair  of  thine  head  like  purple; 
the  King  is  held  in  the  galleries. 

6  How  fair  and  how  pleasant  art  thou, 

0  love,  for  delights ! 

7  This  thy  stature  is  like  to  a  palm  tree, 
and  thy  breasts  to  clusters  of  grapes. 

8  I  said,  I  will  go  up  to  the  palm  tree, 

1  will  take  hold  of  the  boughs  thereof: 
now  also  thy  breasts  shall  be  as  clusters 
of  the  vine,  and  the  smell  of  thy  nose 
like  apples ; 

9  And  the  roof  of  thy  mouth  like  the 
best  wine  for  my  beloved,  that  goeth  clown 
sweetly,  causing  the  lips  of  those  that  are 
asleep  to  speak, 

10  TI I  am  my  beloved's,  and  his  desire 
is  toward  me. 

11  Come,  my  beloved,  let  us  go  forth 
into  the  field;  let  us  lodge  in  the  vil- 
lages. 

13  Let  us  get  up  early  to  the  vineyards ; 
let  us  see  if  the  vine  flourish,  whether  the 
tender  grape  appear,  o/nd  the  pomegran- 
ates bud  forth :  there  will  I  give  thee  my 
loves. 

13  The  mandrakes  give  a  smell,  and  at 
our  gates  are  all  manner  of  pleasant  fruits^ 
new  and  old,  which  I  have  laid  up  for  thee, 
O  my  beloved.         # 


o 


CHAPTER  Vin. 
THAT  thou  u<ert  as  my  brother,  that 
sucked    the  breasts  of  my  mother! 


tvhen  I  should  find  thee  without,  1  would 
kiss  thee  ;  yea,  I  should  not  be  despised. 
3  I  would  lead  thee,  and  bring  thee  into 
my  mother's  house,  who  would  instruct 
me :  I  would  cause  thee  to  drink  of  spiced 
wine  of  the  juice  of  my  pomegranate. 

3  His  left  hand  sliould  he  under  my  head, 
and  his  right  hand  should  embrace  me. 

4  I  charge  you,  O  daughters  of  Jerusalem, 
that  ye  stir  not  up,  nor  awake  my  love, 
until  he  please. 

5  Who  is  this  that  cometh  up  from  the 
wilderness,  leaning  upon  her  beloved?  I 
raised  thee  up  under  the  apple  tree :  there 
thy  mother  brought  thee  forth;  there' she 
brought  thee  forth  that  bare  thee. 

6  ^  Set  me  as  a  seal  upon  thine  heart,  as 
a  seal  upon  thine  arm :  for  love  is  strong 
as  death;  jealousy  is  cruel  as  the  grave: 
the  coals  thereof  are  coals  of  fire,  %i:hich 
hath  a  most  vehement  flame. 

7  Many  waters  cannot  quench  love,  nei- 
ther can  the  floods  drown  it:  if  a  man 
would  give  all  the  substance  of  his  house 
for  love,  it  would  utterly  be  contemned. 

8  11  We  have  a  little  sister,  and  she  hath 
no  breasts :  what  shall  we  do  for  our 
sister  in  the  day  when  she  shall  be 
spoken  for? 

9  If  she  he  a  wall,  we  will  build  upon  her 
a  palace  of  silver :  and  if  she  he  a  door,  we 
will  inclose  her  with  boards  of  cedar. 

10  I  am  a  wall,  and  my  breasts  like  tow- 
ers :  then  was  I  in  his  eyes  as  one  that 
found  favour. 

11  Solomon  had  a  vineyard  at  Baal-ha- 
mon;  he  let  out  the  vinej-ard  unto  keep- 
ers ;  every  one  for  the  fruit  thereof  was  to 
bring  a  thousand  pieces  of  silver. 

13  My  vineyard,  which  is  mine,  is  before 
me :  thou,  O  Solomon,  must  have  a  thou- 
sand, and  those  that  keep  the  fruit  thereof 
two  hundred. 

13  Thou  that  dwellest  in  the  gardens,  the 
companions  hearken  to  thy  voice :  cause 
me  to  hear  it. 

14  T[  Make  haste,  my  beloved,  and  be  thou 
like  to  a  roe  or  to  a  young  hart  upon  the 
mountains  of  spices.         ^ 


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THE    BOOK    OF    THE    PROPHET 

ISAIAH. 


CHAPTER  I. 

THE  vision  of  Isaiah  the  son  of  Araoz, 
which  he  saw  concerning  Juduh  and 
Jerusalem  in  the  days  of  Uzziah,  Jotham, 
Ahaz,  and  Hezekiah,  kings  of  Judah. 

2  Hear,  O  heavens,  and  give  ear,  O  earth : 
for  the  Lord  hath  spoken ;  I  have  nourish- 
ed and  brought  up  children,  and  they  have 
rebelled  against  me. 

3  The  ox  knoweth  his  owner,  and  the 
ass  his  master's  crib  :  hut  Israel  doth  not 
know,  my  people  doth  not  consider, 

4  Ah  sinful  nation,  a  people  laden  with 
iniquity,  a  seed  of  evil  doers,  children  that 
are  corrupters :  they  have  forsaken  the 
Lord,  they  have  provoked  the  Holy  One 
of  Israel  unto  anger,  they  are  gone  away 
backward. 

5  TI  Why  should  ye  be  stricken  any  more  ? 
ye  will  revolt  more  and  more :  the  Avhole 
head  is  sick,  and  the  whole  heart  faint. 

6  From  the  sole  of  the  foot  even  unto 
the  head  there  is  no  soundness  in  it ;  but 
wounds,  and  bruises,  and  putrifying  sores  : 
they  have  not  been  closed,  neither  bound 
up,  neither  mollified  with  ointment. 

7  Your  country  is  desolate,  your  cities 
are  burned  with  fire:  your  land,  strangers 
devour  it  in  your  presence,  and  it  is  des- 
olate, as  overthrown  by  strangers. 

8  And  the  daughter  of  Zion  is  left  as  a 
cottage  in  a  vineyard,  as  a  lodge  in  a 
garden  of  cucumbers,  as  a  besieged  cit}*. 

9  Except  the  Lord  of  hosts  had  left  unto 
us  a  very  small  remnant,  we  should  have 
been  as  Sodom,  a)id  we  should  have  been 
like  unto  Gomorrah. 

10  U  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  ye 
rulers  of  Sodom ;  give  ear  unto  the  law  of 
our  God,  ye  people  of  Gomorrah. 

11  To  what  purpose  is  the  multitude  of 
your  sacrifices  unto  me?  saith  the  Lord  : 
I  am  full  of  the  burnt  oflferings  of  rams, 
and  the  flxt  of  fed  beasts  ;  and  I  delight  not 
in  the  blood  of  bullocks,  or  of  lambs,  or 
of  he  goats. 

21  When  3*e  come  to  appear  before  me, 

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who  hath  required  this  at  your  hand,  to 
tread  my  courts  ? 

13  Bring  no  more  vain  oblations;  incense 
is  an  abomination  unto  me ;  the  new 
moons  and  sabbaths,  the  calling  of  assem- 
blies, I  cannot  away  with ;  it  is  iniquity, 
even  the  solemn  meeting. 

14  Your  new  moons  and  your  appointed 
feasts  my  soul  hateth :  they  are  a  trouble 
unto  me;  I  am  weary  to  bear  them. 

15  And  when  ye  spread  forth  your  hands, 
I  will  hide  mine  eyes  from  you;  yea,  when 
ye  make  many  prayers,  I  will  not  hear: 
your  hands  are  full  of  blood. 

16  T[  Wash  ye,  make  you  clean ;  put  away 
the  evil  of  your  doings  from  before  mine 
eyes  ;  cease  to  do  evil ; 

17  Learn  to  do  well;  seek  judgment, 
relieve  the  oppressed,  judge  the  father- 
less, plead  for  the  widow. 

18  Come  now,  and  let  us  reason  together, 
saith  the  Lord:  though  your  sins  be  as 
scarlet,  they  shall  be  as  white  as  snow; 
though  they  be  red  like  crimson,  they  shall 
be  as  wool. 

19  If  ye  be  willing  and  obedient,  ye  shall 
eat  the  good  of  the  land : 

20  But  if  ye  refuse  and  rebel,  ye  shall 
be  devoured  with  the  sword :  for  the 
mouth  of  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

21  T[  How  is  the  faithful  city  become  a 
harlot!  it  was  full  of  judgment;  righteous- 
ness lodged  in  it ;  but  now  miirderers. 

22  Thy  silver  is  become  dross,  thy  wine 
mixed  with  water : 

23  Thy  princes  are  rebellious,  and  com- 
panions of  thieves  :  every  one  loveth  gifts, 
and  followcth  after  rewards :  they  judge 
not  the  f;\therless,  neither  doth  the  cause 
of  the  widow  come  imto  them. 

24  Therefore  saith  the  Lord,  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  the  Mighty  One  of  Israel,  Ah,  I  will 
ease  me  of  mine  adversaries,  and  avenge 
me  of  mine  enemies. 

2.5  TI  And  I  will  turn  my  hand  upon  thee, 
and  purely  purge  away  thy  dross,  and  take 
awaj'  all  thy  tin  : 


ISAIAH. 


26  And  I  will  restore  thy  judges  as  at  the 
first,  aud  thy  couusellors  as  at  the  begin- 
ning: afterward  thou  shalt  be  called,  The 
city  of  righteousness,  the  faithful  city. 

27  Zion  shall  be  redeemed  with  judgment, 
and  her  converts  with  righteousness. 

28  H  And  the  destruction  of  the  trans- 
gressors and  of  the  sinners  shall  he  to- 
gether, and  they  that  forsake  the  Lord 
shall  be  consumed. 

29  For  they  shall  be  ashamed  of  the  oaks 
which  ye  have  desired,  and  ye  shall  be 
confounded  for  the  gardens  that  ye  have 
chosen. 

30  For  ye  shall  be  as  an  oak  whose  leaf 
fadeth,  and  as  a  garden  that  hath  no  water. 

31  And  the  strong  shall  be  as  tow,  and 
the  maker  of  it  as  a  spark,  and  they  shall 
both  burn  together,  and  none  shall  quench 
them,         • 

CHAPTER  II. 

THE  word  that  Isaiah  the  son  of  Amoz 
saw  concerning  Judah  and  Jerusalem. 

2  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the  last 
days,  that  the  mountain  of  the  Lord's 
house  shall  be  established  in  the  top  of 
the  mountains,  and  shall  be  exalted  above 
the  hills  ;  and  all  nations  shall  flow  unto  it. 

3  And  many  people  shall  go  and  say. 
Come  3'e,  and  let  us  go  up  to  the  mountain 
of  the  Lord,  to  the  house  of  the  God  of 
Jacob ;  and  he  will  teach  us  of  his  ways, 
and  we  will  walk  in  his  paths :  for  out  of 
Zion  shall  go  forth  the  law,  and  the  word 
of  the  Lord  from  Jerusalem. 

4  And  he  shall  judge  among  the  nations, 
and  shall  rebuke  many  people :  and  they 
shall  beat  their  swords  into  ploughshares, 
and  their  spears  into  pruninghooks :  na- 
tion shall  not  lift  up  sword  against  na- 
tion, neither  shall  they  learn  war  any 
more. 

5  O  house  of  Jacob,  come  ye,  and  let 
us  walk  in  the  light  of  the  Lord. 

6  t  Therefore  thou  hast  forsaken  thy 
peoijle  the  house  of  Jacob,  because  they 
be  replenished  from  the  east,  and  are 
soothsayers  like  the  Philistines,  and  they 
please  themselves  in  the  children  of 
strangei-s. 

7  Their  land  also  is  full  of  silver  and 
gold,  neither  is  there  any  end  of  their 
treasures ;  their  land  is  also  full  of  horses, 
neither  is  there  any  end  of  their  chariots  : 

8  Their  land  also  is  full  of  idols;  they 


Avorship  the  work    of  their    own    hands, 
that  which  their  own  fingers  have  made  : 

9  And  the  mean  man  boAveth  down,  and 
the  great  man  humbleth  himself:  there- 
fore forgive  them  not. 

10  If  Enter  into  the  rock,  and  hide  thee 
in  the  dust,  for  fear  of  the  Lord,  and  for 
the  glory  of  his  majesty. 

11  The  lofty  looks  of  man  shall  be  hum- 
bled, and  the  haughtiness  of  men  shall 
be  bowed  down ;  aud  the  Lord  alone  shall 
be  exalted  in  that  day. 

12  For  the  day  of  the  Lord  of  hosts 
shall  he  upon  every  one  that  is  proud  and 
loft}',  and  upon  every  one  that  is  lifted  up ; 
and  he  shall  be  brought  low : 

13  And  upon  all  the  cedars  of  Lebanon, 
that  are  high  and  lifted  up,  and  upon  all 
the  oaks  of  Bashan, 

14  And  upon  all  the  high  mountains, 
and  upon  all  the  hills  that  are  lifted  up, 

15  Aud  upon  every  high  tower,  and  upon 
every  fenced  wall, 

16  And  upon  all  the  ships  of  Tarshish, 
and  upon  all  pleasant  pictures. 

17  And  the  loftiness  of  man  shall  be 
bowed  doA\-n,  and  the  haughtiness  of  men 
shall  be  made  low;  and  the  Lord  alone 
shall  be  exalted  in  that  day. 

18  And  the  idols  he  shall  utterly  abolish. 

19  And  they  shall  go  into  the  holes  of 
the  rocks,  and  into  the  caves  of  the  earth, 
for  fear  of  the  Lord,  and  for  the  glory  of 
his  majesty,  when  he  ariseth  to  shake 
terribly  the  earth. 

20  In  that  day  a  man  shall  cast  his  idols 
of  silver,  and  his  idols  of  gold,  which  they 
made  each  one  for  himself  to  worship,  to 
the  moles  and  to  the  bats ; 

21  To  go  into  the  clefts  of  the  rocks,  and 
into  the  tops  of  the  ragged  rocks,  for  fear 
of  the  Lord,  and  for  the  glory  of  his 
majesty,  when  he  ariseth  to  shake  terribly 
the  earth. 

22  Cease  ye  from  man,  whose  breath  is 
in  his  nostrils:  for  wherein  is  he  to  be 
accounted  of? 

CHAPTER  IIL 

FOR,   behold,   the    Lord,    the  Lord  of 
hosts,  doth  take  away  from  Jerusalem 
and  from   Judah   the   stay  and   the   staff, 
the  whole  stay  of  bread,  and  the  whole 
stay  of  water, 
2  The  mighty  man,   and  the  man  of  war, 

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ISAIAH. 


the  judge,  and  the  prophet,  and  the  pru- 
dent, and  the  ancient, 

3  The  cai^taiu  of  fifty,  and  the  honourable 
man,  and  the  counsellor,  and  the  cunning 
artificer,  and  the  eloquent  orator. 

4  And  I  "Will  give  children  to  he  their 
princes,  and  babes  shall  rule  over  them. 

5  And  the  people  shall  be  oppressed, 
every  one  by  another,  and  every  one  by 
his  neighbour:  the  child  shall  behave 
himself  proudly  against  the  ancient,  and 
the  base  against  the  honourable. 

6  When  a  man  shall  take  hold  of  his 
brother  of  the  house  of  his  father,  say- 
ing,  Thou  hast  clothing,  be  thou  our  ruler, 
and  let  this  ruin  be  under  thy  hand  : 

7  In  that  day  shall  he  swear,  saying,  I 
will  not  be  a  healer;  for  in  my  house  is 
neither  bread  nor  clothing :  make  me  not 
a  ruler  of  the  people. 

8  For  Jerusalem  is  ruined,  and  Judah  is 
fallen:  because  their  tongue  and  their 
doings  are  against  the  Lokd,  to  provoke 
the  eyes  of  his  glory. 

9  Ti  The  shew  of  their  countenance  doth 
witness  against  them ;  and  they  declare 
their  sin  as  Sodom,  they  hide  it  not.  Woe 
unto  their  soul!  for  they  have  rewarded 
evil  unto  themselves. 

10  Say  ye  to  the  righteous,  that  it  ahall 
he  well  with  him:  for  they  shall  eat  the 
fruit  of  their  doings. 

11  Woe  unto  the  wicked!  it  shall  he  ill 
7oith  him :  for  the  reward  of  his  hands  shall 
be  given  him. 

13  ^  As  for  my  people,  children  are  their 
oppressors,  and  women  rule  over  them. 
O  my  i^eoplc,  they  which  lead  thee  cause 
iJice  to  err,  and  destroy  the  way  of  thy 
X)aths. 

13  The  Lord  standeth  Tip  to  plead,  and 
Rtandeth  to  judge  the  i)eople. 

1-4  The  Lord  will  enter  into  judgment 
Avith  the  ancients  of  his  people,  and  the 
princes  thereof:  for  ye  have  eaten  up  the 
vineyard ;  the  spoil  of  the  poor  i.s  in  your 
houses. 

15  What  mean  ye  that  ye  beat  my  people 
to  pieces,  and  grind  the  faces  of  the  poor  ? 
saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts. 

10  ^  Moreover  the  Lord  saith,  Becaiisc 
the  daughters  of  Zion  arc  haughty,  and 
walk  with  stretched  forth  necks  and  wan- 
ton eyes,  walking  and  mincing  as  they  go, 
and  making  a  tinkling  with  their  feet : 

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17  Therefore  the  Lord  will  smite  with  a 
scab  the  crown  of  the  head  of  the  daugh- 
ters of  Zion,  and  the  Lord  will  discover 
their  secret  parts. 

18  In  that  day  the  Lord  will  take  away 
the  bravery  of  their  tinkling  ornaments 
about  their  feet,  and  their  cauls,  and  their 
round  tires  like  the  moon, 

19  The  chains,  and  the  bracelets,  and  the 
mufflers, 

20  The  bonnets,  and  the  ornaments  of 
the  legs,  and  the  headbands,  and  the 
tablets,  and  the  earrings, 

21  The  rings,  and  nose  jewels, 

23  The  changeable  suits  of  apparel,  and 
the  mantles,  and  the  wimples,  and  the 
crisping  pins, 

23  The  glasses,  and  the  fine  linen,  and 
the  hoods,  and  the  vails. 

24  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  tliat  instead 
of  sweet  smell  there  shall  be  stink ;  and 
instead  of  a  girdle  a  rent ;  and  instead 
of  well  set  hair  baldness ;  and  instead  of 
a  stomacher  a  girding  of  sackcloth;  arid 
burning  instead  of  beauty. 

25  Thy  men  shall  fall  by  the  sword,  and 
thy  mighty  in  the  war. 

20  And  her  gates  shall  lament  and 
mourn;  and  she  bei7ig  desolate  shall  sit 
upon  the  ground. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

AND  in  that  day  seven  women  shall 
take  hold  of  one  man,  saying.  We 
will  eat  our  own  bread,  and  wear  our 
own  apparel ;  only  let  us  be  called  by  thy 
name,  to  take  away  our  reproach. 
3  In  that  day  shall  the  branch  of  the 
Lord  be  beautiful  and  glorious,  and  the 
fruit  of  the  earth  shall  be  excellent  and 
comely  for  them  that  are  escaped  of 
Israel. 

3  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  tJiut  he  thai 
is  left  in  Zion,  and  he  that  remaineth  in 
Jerusalem,  shall  be  called  holy,  even  every 
one  that  is  written  among  the  living  in 
Jerusalem : 

4  When  the  Lord  shall  have  washed  away 
the  filth  of  the  daughters  of  Zion,  and 
shall  have  purged  the  blood  of  Jerusalem 
from  the  midst  thereof  by  the  spirit  of 
judgment,  and  by  the  spirit  of  burning. 

5  And  the  Lord  will  create  upon  every 
dwellingplace  of  mount  Zion,  and  upon 
her  assemblies,    a    cloud    and  smoke  by 


ISAIAH, 


day,  and  the  shining  of  a  flaming  lire  by 
night:  for  upon  all  the  glory  shall  he  a 
defence. 

6  And  there  shall  be  a  tabernacle  for  a 
shadow  in  the  daytime  from  the  heat, 
and  for  a  place  of  refuge,  and  for  a  covert 
from  storm  and  from  rain.        ^ 

CHAPTER  V. 

NOW  will  I  sing  to  my  well  beloved 
a  song  of  my  beloved  touching  his 
vineyard.  My  well  beloved  hath  a  vine- 
yard in  a  very  fruitful  hiU: 

2  And  he  fenced  it,  and  gathered  out  the 
stones  thereof,  and  planted  it  with  the 
choicest  vine,  and  built  a  tower  in  the 
midst*  of  it,  and  also  made  a  winepress 
therein:  and  he  looked  that  it  should 
bring  forth  grapes,  and  it  brought  forth 
wild  grapes. 

3  And  now,  O  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem, 
and  men  of  Judah,  judge,  I  pray  you, 
betwixt  me  and  my  vineyard. 

4  "What  could  have  been  done  more  to 
my  vineyard,  that  I  have  not  done  in  it? 
wherefore,  when  I  looked  that  it  should 
bring  forth  grapes,  brought  it  forth  wild 
grapes  ? 

5  And  now  go  to;  I  will  tell  you  what 
I  will  do  to  my  vineyard :  I  will  take  away 
the  hedge  thereof,  and  it  shall  be  eaten 
up;  and  break  down  the  wall  thereof, 
and  it  shall  be  trodden  down : 

6  And  I  will  lay  it  waste:  it  shall  not 
be  pruned,  nor  digged ;  but  there  shall 
come  up  briers  and  thorns :  I  will  also 
command  the  clouds  that  they  rain  no  rain 
upon  it. 

7  For  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord  of  hosts 
is  the  house  oif  Israel,  and  the  men  of 
Judah  his  pleasant  plant:  and  he  looked 
for  judgment,  but  behold  oppression ;  for 
righteousness,  but  behold  a  qv\. 

8  T[  Woe  unto  them  that  join  house  to 
house,  tJiat  lay  field  to  field,  till  there  he 
no  place,  that  they  may  be  placed  alone 
in  the  midst  of  the  earth ! 

9  In  mine  ears  said  the  Lobd  of  hosts,  Of 
a  truth  many  houses  shall  be  desolate,  even 
great  and  fair,  without  inhabitant. 

10  Tea,  ten  acres  of  vineyard  shall  yield 
one  bath,  and  the  seed  of  a  homer  shall 
yield  an  ephah. 

11  T[  Woe  unto  them  that  rise  up  early  in 
the  morning,  that  they  may  follow  strong 


drink ;  that  continue  untU  night,  till  wine 
inflame  them ! 

12  And  the  harp  and  the  viol,  the  tabret 
and  pipe,  and  wine,  are  in  their  feasts : 
but  they  regard  not  the  work  of  the  Lokd, 
neither  consider  the  operation  of  his 
hands. 

13  ^  Therefore  my  people  are  gone  into 
captivity,  because  they  have  no  knowledge : 
and  their  honourable  men  are  famished, 
and  their  multitude  dried  up  with  thirst. 

14  Therefore  hell  hath  enlarged  herself, 
and  opened  her  mouth  without  measure : 
and  their  glory,  and  their  multitude,  and 
their  pomp,  and  he  that  rejoiceth,  shall 
descend  into  it. 

15  And  the  mean  man  shall  be  brought 
down,  and  the  mighty  man  shall  be  hum- 
bled, and  the  eyes  of  the  lofty  shall  be 
humbled : 

16  But  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  be  exalted 
in  judgment,  and  God  that  is  holy  shall  be 
sanctified  in  righteousness. 

17  Then  shall  the  lambs  feed  after  their 
manner,  and  the  waste  places  of  the  fat 
ones  shall  strangers  eat. 

18  Woe  unto  them  that  draw  iniquity 
with  cords  of  vanity,  and  sin  as  it  were 
with  a  cart  rope : 

19  That  say,  Let  him  make  speed,  and 
hasten  his  work,  that  we  may  see  it :  and 
let  the  counsel  of  the  Holy  One  of  Israel 
draw  nigh  and  come,  that  we  may  know  it! 

20  T[  Woe  unto  them  that  call  evil  good, 
and  good  evil ;  that  put  darkness  for  light, 
and  light  for  darkness ;  that  put  bitter  for 
sweet,  and  sweet  for  bitter ! 

21  Woe  unto  them  that  are  wise  in  their 
own  eyes,  and  prudent  in  their  own  sight ! 

22  Woe  unto  them  that  are  mighty  to 
drink  wine,  and  men  of  strength  to  mingle 
strong  drink: 

23  Which  justify  the  wicked  for  reward, 
and  take  away  the  righteousness  of  the 
righteous  from  him ! 

24  Therefore  as  the  fire  devoureth  the 
stubble,  and  the  flame  consumeth  the 
chaff,  so  their  root  shall  be  as  rottenness, 
and  their  blossom  shall  go  up  as  dust : 
because  they  have  cast  away  the  law  of 
the  Lord  of  bosts,  and  despised  the  word 
of  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

25  Therefore  is  the  anger  of  the  Lord 
kindled  against  his  people,  and  he  hath 
stretched    forth  his   hand    against    them, 


ISAIAH. 


and  hath  smitteu  theux :  and  the  hills  did 
trenibU',  and  their  carcasses  weir  torn  in 
tho  midst  of  the  streets.  For  all  this  his 
anger  is  not  turned  away,  but  his  hand  is- 
stretched  out  still. 
2()  •,;  And  he  Avill  lift  up  an  ensign  to  the 
nations  from  far,  and  >vill  hiss  unto  them 
from  the  end  of  the  earth:  and,  behold, 
they  shall  come  >vith  speed  swiftly: 

27  None  shall  be  weary  nor  stumble 
among  them  ;  none  shall  slumber  nor 
sleep;  neither  shall  the  girdle  of  their 
loins  be  loosed,  nor  the  latchet  of  their 
shoes  be  broken : 

28  Whose  arrows  are  sharp,  and  all  their 
bows  bent,  their  horses'  hoofs  shall  be 
counted  like  Hint,  and  their  Avheels  like  a 
whirlwind  : 

21>  Their  roaring  shaU  he  like  a  lion,  they 
shall  roar  like  young  lions  ;  yea,  they  shall 
roar,  and  lay  hold  of  the  jircy,  and  shall 
carry  it  away  safe,  and  none  shall  de- 
liver it. 

30  And  in  that  day  they  shall  roar  against 
them  like  the  roaring  of  the  sea:  and  if 
one  look  unto  the  land,  behold  darkness 
a7id  sorrow;  and  the  light  is  darkened  in 
the  heavens  thereof.  i 

CHAPTER  VI. 

IN  the  year  that  king  Uzziah  died  I  saw 
also  the  Lord  silting  ujion  a  throne, 
high  and  lifted  up,  and  his  train  hlled 
the  temple. 

2  Above  it  stood  the  seraphim:  each  one 
had  six  wings;  with  twain  he  covered  his 
face,  and  with  twain  he  covered  his  feet, 
and  with  twain  he  did  lly. 

o  And  one  cried  unto  another,  and  said, 
Holy,  holy,  holy,  is  the  Loud  of  hosts: 
the  whole  earth  i.s-  full  of  his  glory. 

4  And  the  posts  of  the  door  moved  at 
the  voice  of  him  that  cried,  and  the  house 
was  tilled  with  smoke. 

5  TI  Then  said  I,  Woe  is  me!  for  I  am 
■undone ;  because  I  ain  a  man  of  unclean 
ri]is,  and  I  dwell  in  the  midst  of  a  people 
of  unclean  lips  :  for  mine  eyes  have  seen 
the  King,  the  Loud  of  hosts. 

6  Then  tlew  one  of  the  seraphim  xinto 
me,  having  a  live  coal  in  his  hand,  ?/'/<it7< 
he  had  taken  with  the  tongs  from  oft'  the 
altar: 

7  And  he  laid  it  tipon  my  mouth,  and 
said,  Lo,  this  hath  touched  thy  lips ;  and 

'  034 


thine  initjuity  is  taken   away,  and  thy  sin 
juirged. 

8  Also  1  heard  Ihc  voice  of  the  Lord,  say- 
ing. Whom  shall  I  send,  and  who  will  go 
for  us?  Then  said  I,  Here  am  I;  send 
me. 

9  ^  And  he  said.  Go,  and  tell  this  peo- 
l)le,  Hear  ye  indeed,  but  understand  not; 
and  see  ye  indeed,  but  perceive  not. 

10  Make  the  heart  of  this  i)eople  fat,  and 
make  their  ears  heavy,  and  shut  their  eyes; 
lest  they  see  with  their  eyes,  and  hear  with 
their  ears,  and  uiulcrstand  with  their  heart, 
and  convert,  and  be  healed. 

11  Then  said  I,  Lord,  how  long?  And  he 
answered.  Until  the  cities  be  wasted  with- 
out inhabitant,  and  the  houses  without 
man,  and  the  land  be  utterly  desolate, 

12  And  the  LoKi>  have  renu)ved  men  far 
away,  and  i/tere  be  a  great  forsaking  in  the 
midst  of  the  land. 

13  TI  But  yet  in  it  s?iaU  be  a  tenth,  and 
it  shall  return,  and  shall  be  eaten:  as  a 
teil  tree,  and  as  an  oak,  whose  substance 
i,s  in  them,  when  they  cast  their  leaves :  so 
the  holy  seed  sfiall  be  the  substance  thereof. 

CHAPTER  VIL 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  days  of 
Ahaz  the  son  of  Jotham,  the  son  of 
Uzziah,  king  of  Judah,  t/iat  Ri-zin  the  king 
of  Syria,  and  Pekah  the  son  of  Kemaliah, 
king  of  Israel,  went  up  toward  Jerusalem 
to  war  against  it,  but  could  not  prevail 
against  it. 

2  And  it  was  told  the  house  of  David,  say- 
ing, Syria  is  confederate  with  Ephraim. 
And  his  heart  was  moved,  and  the  heart  of 
his  people,  as  the  trees  of  the  wood  are 
moved  with  the  Mind. 

3  Then  said  the  Loud  unto  Isaiah,  Go 
forth  now  to  meet  Ahaz,  thou,  and  Shear- 
jashub  thy  son,  at  the  end  of  the  conduit 
of  the  upitcr  pool,  in  the  highway  of  the 
fulU'r's  licld; 

4  And  say  unto  him.  Take  heed,  and  be 
quiet;  fear  not,  neither  be  fainthearted  for 
the  two  tails  of  these  smoking  tirebrands, 
for  the  fierce  anger  of  Rezin  with  Syria, 
and  of  the  son  of  Remaliah. 

5  Because  Syria,  Ej>hraim,  and  the  son  of 
Remaliah,  have  taken  evil  counsel  against 
thee,  saying, 

6  Let  us  go  up  against  Judah,  and  vex 
it,  and  let  us  make  a  breach  therein  for 


ISAIAH. 


us,  and  set  a  kinj^  in  the  midst  of  it,  even 
the  sou  of  Tabeul : 

7  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  It  shall  not 
stand,  neither  shall  it  come  to  pass. 

8  For  the  head  of  Syria  is  Damascus,  and 
the  head  of  Damascus  u  Rezin  ;  and  within 
threescore  and  five  years  shall  Epliraim 
be  broken,  that  it  be  not  a  jxiople. 

9  And  the  head  of  Ephraim  is-  Samaria, 
and  the  head  of  Samaria  is  Remaliah's  son. 
If  ye  will  not  believe,  surely  ye  shall  not 
be  established. 

10  IF  Moreover  the  Lord  spake  again  unto 
Aha/,  saying, 

11  Ask  thee  a  sign  of  the  Loud  thy  God; 
ask  it  either  in  the  depth,  or  in  the  height 
above'. 

12  But  Ahaz  said,  I  will  not  ask,  neither 
will  I  tempt  the  Loud. 

13  And  he  said,  Hear  ye  now,  O  house  of 
David ;  I»ii  a.  small  thing  for  you  to  weary 
men,  but  will  ye  weary  my  (iod  also  ? 

14  Therefore  the  Lord  himself  shall  give 
you  a  sign;  Behold,  a  virgin  shall  conceive, 
and  bear  a  son,  and  shall  call  his  name 
Immanuel. 

15  Butter  and  honey  shall  he  eat,  that 
he  may  know  to  refuse  the  evil,  and 
choose  the  good. 

10  For  before  the  child  shall  know  to 
refuse  the  evil,  and  clioose  the  good, 
the  land  that  thou  abhorrest  shall  be  for- 
saken of  both  her  kings. 

17  T[  The  Loud  shall  bring  upon  thee, 
and  upon  thy  people,  and  upon  thy  fa- 
ther's house,  days  that  have  not  come, 
from  the  day  that  Ei)hraim  departed  from 
Judah  ;  even  the  king  of  Assyria, 

18  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 
thai  the  Loud  shall  hiss  for  the  fly  that 
w  in  the  uttermost  part  of  the  rivers  of 
Egypt,  and  for  the  bee  that  is  in  the  land 
of  Assyria. 

19  And  they  shall  come,  and  shall  rest 
all  of  them  in  the  desolate  valleys,  and 
in  the  holes  of  the  rocks,  and  upon  all 
thorns,  and  upon  all  bushes. 

20  In  the  same  day  shall  the  Lord  shave 
with  a  razor  that  is  hired,  namely,  by  them 
beyond  the  river,  by  the  king  of  Assyria, 
the  head,  and  the  hair  of  the  feet:  and 
it  shall  also  consume  the  beard. 

21  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 
that  a  man  shall  nourish  a  young  cow  and 
two  sheep ; 


22  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  for  the 
al)undance  of  milk  that  they  shall  give, 
he  shall  eat  butter :  for  butter  and  honey 
shall  every  one  eat  that  is  left  in  the  land. 

23  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 
that  every  place  shall  be,  where  there 
were  a  thousand  vines  at  a  thousand  sil- 
verlings,  it  shall  even  be  for  briers  and 
thorns. 

24  With  arrows  and  with  bows  shall  men 
come  thither;  because  all  the  laud  shall 
become  briers  and  thorns. 

25  And  OIL  all  hills  that  shall  be  digged 
with  the  mattock,  there  shall  not  come 
thither  the  fear  of  briers  and  thorns :  but 
it  shall  be  for  the  sending  forth  of  oxen, 
and  for  the  treading  of  lesser  cattle.      * 

CHAPTER  VIIL 

MOREOVER  the  Loud  said  unto  me. 
Take  thee  a  great  roll,  and  write  in 
it  with  a  man's  pen  concerning  Maher- 
shalal-hash-baz. 

2  And  I  took  unto  me  faithful  witnesses 
to  record,  Uriah  the  priest,  and  Zechariah 
the  son  of  Jeberechiah. 

3  And  I  went  unto  the  prophetess ;  and 
she  conceived,  and  bare  a  son.  Then  said 
the  Loud  to  me,  Call  his  name  Maher- 
shalal-hash-baz. 

4  For  before  the  child  shall  have  knowl- 
edge to  cry.  My  father,  and  my  mother, 
the  riches  of  Damascus  and  the  sjjoil  of 
Samaria  shall  be  taken  away  before  the 
king  of  Assyria. 

5  1[  The  Loud  spake  also  unto  me  again, 
saying, 

G  Forasmuch  as  this  people  refuseth  the 
waters  of  Shiloah  that  go  softly,  and  re- 
joice in  Rezin  and  Remaliah's  son  ; 

7  Now  therefore,  behold,  the  Lord  bring- 
eth  up  upon  them  the  waters  of  the  river, 
strong  and  many,  even  the  king  of  As- 
syria, and  all  his  glory :  and  he  shall 
come  up  over  all  his  channels,  and  go 
over  all  his  banks  : 

8  And  he  shall  pass  through  Judah;  he 
shall  overflow  and  go  over,  he  shall  reach 
even  to  the  neck;  and  the  stretching  out 
of  his  wings  shall  fill  the  breadth  of  thy 
land,  O  Immanuel. 

9  T[  Associate  yourselves,  O  ye  people, 
and  ye  shall  be  broken  in  pieces ;  and 
give  ear,  all  ye  of  far  countries:  gird 
yourselves,    and    ye    shall    be    broken    in 


ISAIAH. 


pieces ;  gird  yourselves,  and  ye  shall  be 
broken  in  pieces. 

10  Take  counsel  together,  and  it  shall 
come  to  nought ;  speak  the  word,  and  it 
shall  not  stand :  for  God  is  with  us. 

11  Ti  For  the  Lord  spake  thus  to  me 
with  a  strong  hand,  and  instructed  me 
that  I  should  not  walk  in  the  way  of  this 
people,  saying, 

12  Say  ye  not,  A  confederacy,  to  all  them 
to  whom  this  i)eople  shall  say,  A  confed- 
eracy; neither  fear  ye  their  fear,  nor  be 
afraid. 

13  Sanctify  the  Lord  of  hosts  himself; 
and  let  him  be  your  fear,  and  let  him  be 
your  dread. 

14  And  he  shall  be  for  a  sanctuary ;  but 
for  a  stone  of  stumbling  and  for  a  rock 
of  offence  to  both  the  houses  of  Israel,  for 
a  gin  and  for  a  snare  to  the  inhabitants 
of  Jerusalem. 

15  And  many  among  them  shall  stumble, 
and  fall,  and  be  broken,  and  be  snared, 
and  be  taken. 

16  Bind  up  the  testimony,  seal  the  law 
among  my  disciples. 

17  And  I  will  wait  upon  the  Lord,  that 
hideth  his  face  from  the  house  of  Jacob, 
and  I  will  look  for  him. 

18  Behold,  I  and  the  children  whom  the 
Lord  hath  given  me  are  for  signs  and  for 
wonders  in  Israel  from  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
which  dwelleth  in  mount  Zion. 

19  T[  And  when  they  shall  say  unto  you, 
Seek  unto  them  that  have  familiar  spirits, 
and  unto  wizards  that  peep  and  that 
mutter :  should  not  a  people  seek  unto 
their  God?  for  the  living  to  the  dead? 

20  To  the  law  and  to  the  testimony:  if 
they  speak  not  according  to  this  word, 
it  is  because  theiv  is  no  light  in  them. 

21  And  they  shall  pass  through  it,  hardly 
bestead  and  hungrj- :  and  it  shall  come 
to  pass,  that  when  they  shall  be  hungry, 
they  shall  fret  themselves,  and  curse  their 
king  and  their  God,  and  look  upward. 

23  And  they  shall  look  unto  the  earth; 
and  behold  trouble  and  darkness,  dimness 
of  anguish;  and  t/ietj  s?iall  be  driven  to 
darkness. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

NEVERTHELESS  the  dimness  sJiall  not 
be  such  as  was  in  her  vexation,  when 
at   the  first  he  lightly  alllicted    the  land 

of   Zebulun,   and    the    land    of  Naphtali, 
— 


and  afterward  did  more  grievously  afflict 
?icr  by  the  way  of  the  sea,  beyond  Jordan, 
in  Galilee  of  the  nations. 

2  The  people  that  walked  in  darkness 
have  seen  a  great  light :  they  that  dwell  in 
the  land  of  the  shadow  of  death,  upon 
them  hath  the  light  shined. 

3  Thou  hast  multiplied  the  nation,  a7id 
not  increased  the  joy:  they  joy  before 
thee  according  to  the  joy  in  harvest,  and 
as  men  rejoice  when  they  divide  the 
spoil. 

4  For  thou  hast  broken  the  yoke  of 
his  burden,  and  the  staff  of  his  shoulder, 
the  rod  of  his  oppressor,  as  in  the  day 
of  Midian. 

5  For  every  battle  of  the  warrior  is  with 
confused  noise,  and  garments  rolled  in 
blood ;  but  i/iis  shall  he  with  burning  ayid 
fuel  of  fire. 

6  For  unto  us  a  child  is  born,  unto  us  a 
son  is  given :  and  the  government  shall 
be  upon  his  shoulder:  and  his  name  shall 
be  called  Wonderful,  Counsellor,  The 
mighty  God,  The  everlasting  Father,  The 
Prince  of  Peace. 

7  Of  the  increase  of  his  government  and 
peace  there  shall  be  no  end,  upon  the  throne 
of  David,  and  upon  his  kingdom,  to  order 
it,  and  to  establish  it  with  judgment  and 
with  justice  from  henceforth  even  for 
ever.  The  zeal  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  will 
perform  this. 

8  If  The  Lord  sent  a  word  into  Jacob, 
and  it  hath  lighted  ui:>on  Israel. 

9  And  all  the  people  shall  know,  even 
Ephraim  and  the  inhabitant  of  Samaria, 
that  say  in  the  pride  and  stoutness  of 
heart, 

10  The  bricks  are  fallen  down,  but  we 
will  build  with  hewn  stones :  the  syca- 
mores are  cut  down,  but  we  will  change 
them  into  cedars. 

11  Therefore  the  Lord  shall  set  up  the 
adversaries  of  Rezin  against  him,  and 
join  his  enemies  together; 

13  The  Syrians  before,  and  the  Philis- 
tines behind;  and  they  shall  devour  Israel 
with  open  mouth.  For  all  this  his  anger 
is  not  turned  away,  but  his  hand  is  stretch- 
ed out  still. 

13  H  For  the  people  turneth  not  unto 
him  that  smitcth  them,  neither  do  they 
seek  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

14  Therefore  the  Lord  will  cut  off  from 


ISAIAH. 


Israel  head  aud  tail,  branch  and  rush,  in 
one  day. 

15  The  ancient  and  honourable,  he  is  the 
head;  and  the  prophet  that  teacheth  lies, 
he  is  the  tail. 

16  For  the  leaders  of  this  peoi^le  cause 
them  to  err ;  and  they  that  are  led  of  them 
are  destroyed. 

17  Therefore  the  Lord  shall  have  no  joy 
in  their  young  men,  neither  shall  have 
mercy  on  their  fatherless  and  widows :  for 
every  one  is  a  hypocrite  and  an  evil  doer, 
and  every  mouth  speaketh  folly.  For 
all  this  his  anger  is  not  turned  away,  but 
his  hand  is  stretched  out  still. 

18  T[  For  wickedness  burneth  as  the  fire: 
it  shall  devour  the  briers  and  thorns,  and 
shall  kindle  in  the  thickets  of  the  forest, 
and  they  shall  mount  up  like  the  lifting  up 
of  smoke. 

19  Through  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  of 
hosts  is  the  land  darkened,  aud  the  people 
shall  be  as  the  fuel  of  the  fire :  no  man 
shall  spare  his  brother. 

20  And  he  shall  snatch  on  the  right  hand, 
and  be  hungry;  aud  he  shall  eat  on  the 
left  hand,  and  they  shall  not  be  satisfied: 
they  shall  eat  every  man  the  flesh  of  his 
own  arm : 

21  Manasseh,  Ephraim;  and  Ephraim, 
Mauasseh:  a?id  they  together  shall  be 
against  Judah.  For  all  this  his  anger  is 
not  turned  away,  but  his  hand  is  stretched 
out  still. 

CHAPTER  X. 

WOE  unto  them  that  decree  unright- 
eous decrees,  and  that  write  griev- 
ousness  which  they  have  prescribed ; 

2  To  turn  aside  the  needy  from  judgment, 
and  to  take  away  the  right  from  the  poor 
of  my  people,  that  widows  may  be  their 
prey,  and  iliat  they  may  rob  the  father- 
less ! 

3  And  what  will  ye  do  in  the  day  of  visita- 
tion, and  in  the  desolation  wfdch  shall 
come  from  far?  to  whom  will  ye  flee  for 
help?  and  where  will  ye  leave  your  glory ? 

4  Without  me  they  shall  bow  down  under 
the  prisoners,  and  they  shall  fall  under  the 
slain.  For  all  this  his  anger  is  not  turned 
away,  but  his  hand  is  stretched  out  still. 

5  T[  O  Assyrian,  the  rod  of  mine  anger, 
aud  the  staft"  in  their  hand  is  mine  in- 
dignation. 

6  I  will  send  him  against  a  hypocritical 


nation,  and  against  the  people  of  my 
wrath  will  I  give  him  a  charge,  to  take 
the  spoil,  and  to  take  the  prey,  aud  to 
tread  them  down  like  the  mire  of  the 
streets. 

7  Howbeit  he  meaneth  not  so,  neither 
doth  his  heart  think  so ;  but  it  is  in  his 
heart  to  destroy  and  cut  off  nations  not  a 
few. 

8  For  he  saith.  Are  not  my  princes  alto- 
gether kings? 

9  Is  not  Calno  as  Carchemish?  is  not 
Hamath  as  Arpad?  is  not  Samaria  as  Da- 
mascus? 

10  As  my  hand  hath  found  the  kingdoms 
of  the  idols,  and  whose  graven  images  did 
excel  them  of  Jerusalem  and  of  Samaria ; 

11  Shall  I  not,  as  I  have  done  unto  Sama- 
ria and  her  idols,  so  do  to  Jerusalem  and 
her  idols  ? 

12  Wherefore  it  shall  come  to  pass,  tJmt, 
when  the  Lord  hath  performed  his  Avhole 
work  upon  mount  Zion  and  on  Jerusalem, 
I  will  punish  the  fruit  of  the  stout  heart 
of  the  king  of  Assyria,  and  the  glory  of 
his  high  looks. 

13  For  he  saith.  By  the  strength  of  my 
hand  I  have  done  it,  and  by  my  wisdom ; 
for  I  am  prudent :  and  I  have  removed 
the  bounds  of  the  people,  and  have  robl)ed 
their  treasures,  aud  I  have  put  down  the 
inhabitants  like  a  valiant  man: 

14  And  my  hand  hath  found  as  a  nest 
the  riches  of  the  people :  and  as  one 
gathereth  eggs  t?iat  are  left,  have  I  gath- 
ered all  the  earth ;  and  there  was  none 
that  moved  the  wing,  or  opened  the 
mouth,  or  peeped. 

15  Shall  the  axe  boast  itself  against  him 
that  heweth  therewith  ?  or  shall  the  saw 
magnify  itself  against  him  that  shaketh 
it  ?  as  if  the  rod  should  shake  itself  agaiiist 
them  that  lift  it  up,  or  as  if  the  staff 
should  lift  up  itself,  as  if  it  were  no 
wood. 

16  Therefore  shall  the  Lord,  the  Lord 
of  hosts,  send  among  his  fat  ones  lean- 
ness; and  under  his  glory  he  shall  kindle  a 
burning  like  the  burning  of  a  fire. 

17  And  the  light  of  Israel  shall  be  for  a 
fire,  and  his  Holy  One  for  a  flame  :  and  it 
shall  burn  and  devour  his  thorns  and  his 
briers  in  one  day; 

18  And  shall  consume  the  glory  of  his 

forest,  and  of  his   fruitful  field,  both  soul 
_ 


ISAIAH. 


and  body:  and  they  shall  be  as  when  a 
standardbearer  fainteth. 

19  And  the  rest  of  the  trees  of  his  forest 
shall  be  few,  that  a  ehild  may  write 
them. 

20  1[  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
day,  tliat  the  remnant  of  Israel,  and  such 
as  are  escaped  of  the  house  of  Jacob,  shall 
no  more  again  stay  upon  him  that  smote 
them;  but  shall  stay  upon  the  Lord,  the 
H0I3'  One  of  Israel,  in  truth. 

21  The  remnant  shall  return,  even  the 
remnant  of  Jacob,  unto  the  mighty  God. 

22  For  though  thy  people  Israel  be  as  the 
sand  of  the  sea,  yet  a  remnant  of  them 
shall  return:  the  consumption  decreed 
shall  overflow  with  righteousness. 

23  For  the  Lord  God  of  hosts  shall  make 
a  consumption,  even  determined,  in  the 
midst  of  all  the  land. 

24  ^  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of 
hosts,  O  my  jjeople  that  dwellest  in  Zion, 
be  not  afraid  of  the  Assyrian :  he  shall 
smite  thee  with  a  rod,  and  shall  lift  up 
his  staff  against  thee,  after  the  manner  of 
Egypt. 

25  For  yet  a  very  little  while,  and  the 
indignation  shall  cease,  and  mine  anger  in 
their  destruction. 

26  And  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  stir  up  a 
scourge  for  him  according  to  the  slaughter 
of  Midian  at  the  rock  of  Oreb :  and  as  his 
rod  wa.s  upon  the  sea,  so  shall  he  lift  it  up 
after  the  manner  of  Egypt. 

27  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 
that  his  burden  shall  be  taken  away  from 
off  thy  shoulder,  and  his  yoke  from  off  thy 
neck,  and  the  yoke  shall  be  destroyed  be- 
cause of  the  anointing. 

28  He  is  come  to  Aiath,  he  is  passed  to 
Migron ;  at  Michmash  he  hath  laid  up  his 
carriages : 

29  They  are  gone  over  the  passage :  they 
have  taken  up  their  lodging  at  Geba; 
Ramah  is  afraid  ;  Gibeah  of  Saul  is  fled. 

30  Lift  up  thy  voice,  O  daughter  of  Gal- 
lira  :  cause  it  to  be  heard  unto  Laish,  O 
poor  Anathoth. 

31  Madrncnah  is  removed;  the  inhabitants 
of  Gebim  gather  themselves  to  flee. 

32  As  yet  shall  he  remain  at  Nob  that 
day :  he  shall  shake  his  hand  agaimt  the 
mount  of  the  daughter  of  Zion,  the  hill  of 
Jerusalem. 

33  Behold,  the  Lord,  the  Lord  of  hosts, 

"  638 


shall  lop  the  bough  with  terror :  and  the 
high  ones  of  stature  sJiall  he  hewn  down, 
and  the  haughty  shall  be  humbled. 
34  And  he  shall  cut  down  the  thickets 
of  the  forest  with  iron,  and  Lebanon  shall 
fall  by  a  mighty  one.        * 

CHAPTER  XL 

AND  there  shall  come  forth  a  rod  out 
-  of  the  stem   of  Jesse,  and  a  Branch 
shall  grow  out  of  his  roots : 

2  And  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  shall  rest 
upon  him,  the  spirit  of  Avisdom  and  under- 
standing, the  spirit  of  counsel  and  might, 
the  spirit  of  knowledge  and  of  the  fear  of 
the  Lord; 

3  And  shall  make  him  of  quick  under- 
standing in  the  fear  of  the  Lord  :  and  he 
shall  not  judge  after  the  sight  of  his  eyes, 
neither  reprove  after  the  hearing  of  his 
ears  : 

4  But  with  righteousness  shall  he  judge 
the  poor,  and  reprove  with  equity  for  the 
meek  of  the  earth :  and  he  shall  smite  the 
earth  with  the  rod  of  his  mouth,  and  with 
the  breath  of  his  lips  shall  he  slay  the 
wicked. 

5  And  righteousness  shall  be  the  girdle 
of  his  loins,  and  faithfulness  the  girdle  of 
his  reins. 

6  The  wolf  also  shall  dwell  with  the  lamb, 
and  the  leopard  shall  lie  down  with  the 
kid ;  and  the  calf  and  the  young  lion  and 
the  fatling  together;  and  a  little  child 
shall  lead  them. 

7  And  the  cow  and  the  bear  shall  feed; 
their  young  ones  shall  lie  down  together : 
and  the  lion  shall  eat  straw  like  the  ox. 

8  And  the  sucking  child  shall  play  on 
the  hole  of  the  asp,  and  the  weaned  child 
shall  put  his  hand  on  the  cockatrice'  den. 

9  They  shall  not  hurt  nor  destroy  in  all 
my  holy  mountain:  for  the  earth  shall  be 
full  of  the  knowledge  of  the  Lord,  as  the 
waters  cover  the  sea. 

10  T[  And  in  that  day  there  shall  be  a 
root  of  Jesse,  which  shall  stand  for  an 
ensign  of  the  people;  to  it  shall  the  Gen- 
tiles seek :  and  his  rest  shall  be  glorious. 

11  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
day,  that  the  Lord  shall  set  his  hand 
again  the  second  time  to  recover  the  rem- 
nant of  his  people,  which  shall  be  left, 
from  Assyria,  and  from  Egypt,  and  from 
Pathros,  and  from  Cush,  and  from  Elara, 


ISAIAH. 


and  from  Sbinar,  aud  from  Hamath,  and 
from  the  islands  of  the  sea, 

12  And  he  Khali  set  up  an  ensign  for 
the  nations,  and  shall  assemble  the  out- 
casts of  Israel,  and  gather  together  the 
dispersed  of  Judah  from  the  four  corners 
of  the  earth. 

13  The  envy  also  of  Ephraim  shall  de- 
part, and  the  adversaries  of  Judah  shall 
be  cut  off:  Ephraim  shall  not  envy  Judah, 
and  Judah  shall  not  vex  Ephraim. 

14  But  they  shall  fly  upon  the  shoulders 
of  the  Philistines  toward  the  west;  they 
shall  spoil  them  of  the  east  together  : 
they  shall  lay  their  hand  upon  Edom  and 
Moab;  and  the  children  of  Ammon  shall 
obey  them. 

15  And  the  Lord  shall  utterly  destroy 
the  tongue  of  the  Egyptian  sea;  and  with 
his  mighty  wind  shall  he  shake  his  hand 
over  the  river,  and  shall  smite  it  in  the 
seven  streams,  and  make  men  go  over  dry- 
shod. 

16  And  there  shall  be  a  highway  for  the 
remnant  of  his  people,  which  shall  be  left, 
from  Assyria ;  like  as  it  was  to  Israel  in 
the  day  that  he  came  up  out  of  the  land 
of  Egypt. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

AND  in  that  day  thou  shalt  say,  O 
.  Lord,  I  will  praise  thee:  though 
thou  wast  angry  with  me,  thine  anger  is 
turned  away,  and  thou  comfortedst  me. 

2  Behold,  God  is  my  salvation;  I  will 
trust,  and  not  be  afraid:  for  the  Lord 
JEHOVAH  %8  my  strength  and  my  song; 
he  also  is  become  my  salvation. 

3  Therefore  with  joy  shall  ye  draw  water 
out  of  the  wells  of  salvation. 

4  And  in  that  day  shall  ye  say.  Praise 
the  Lord,  call  upon  his  name,  declare 
his  doings  among  the  people,  make  men- 
tion that  his  name  is  exalted. 

5  Sing  unto  the  Lord  ;  for  he  hath  done 
excellent  things:  this  is  known  in  all  the 
earth. 

6  Cry  out  and  shout,  thou  inhabitant 
of  Zion:  for  great  is  the  Holy  One  of 
Israel  in  the  midst  of  thee.  ^ 

CHAPTER  XIIL 

THE  burden  of  Babylon,  which  Isaiah 
the  son  of  Amoz  did  see. 
2    Lift   ye  up  a  banner  upon   the   high 
mountain,    exalt    the    voice    unto    them, 


shake   the  hand,  that   they  may  go  into 
the  gates  of  the  nobles. 

3  I  have  commanded  my  sanctified  ones, 
I  have  also  called  my  mighty  ones  for 
mine  anger,  even  them  that  rejoice  in  my 
highness. 

4  The  noise  of  a  multitude  in  the  mount- 
ains, like  as  of  a  great  people ;  a  tumult- 
uous noise  of  the  kingdoms  of  nations 
gathered  together:  the  Lord  of  hosts 
mustereth  the  host  of  the  battle. 

5  They  come  from  a  far  country,  from 
the  end  of  heaven,  €:ven  the  Lord,  and  the 
weapons  of  his  indignation,  to  destroy 
the  whole  land. 

6  Tl  Howl  ye;  for  the  day  of  the  Lord 
is  at  hand ;  it  shall  come  as  a  destruction 
from  the  Almighty. 

7  Therefore  shall  all  hands  be  faint,  and 
every  man's  heart  shall  melt : 

8  And  they  shall  be  afraid :  pangs  and 
sorrows  shall  take  hold  of  them ;  they 
shall  be  in  pain  as  a  woman  that  travail- 
eth  :  they  shall  be  amazed  one  at  another ; 
their  faces  shall  he  as  flames. 

9  Behold,  the  day  of  the  Lord  cometh, 
cruel  both  with  wrath  and  fierce  anger,  to 
lay  the  land  desolate:  and  he  shall  de- 
stroy the  sinners  thereof  out  of  it. 

10  For  the  stars  of  heaven  and  the  con- 
stellations thereof  shall  not  give  their 
light:  the  sun  shall  be  darkened  in  his 
going  forth,  and  the  moon  shall  not  cause 
her  light  to  shine. 

11  And  I  will  punish  the  world  for  their 
evil,  and  the  wicked  for  their  iniquity; 
and  I  will  caus«  the  arrogancy  of  the 
proud  to  cease,  and  will  lay  low  the 
haughtiness  of  the  terrible. 

12  I  will  make  a  man  more  precious 
than  fine  gold;  even  a  man  than  the 
golden  Avedge  of  Ophir. 

13  Therefore  I  will  shake  the  heavens, 
and  the  earth  shall  remove  out  of  her 
place,  in  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
and  in  the  day  of  his  fierce  anger. 

14  And  it  shall  be  as  the  chased  roe, 
and  as  a  sheep  that  no  man  taketh  up : 
they  shall  every  man  turn  to  his  own 
people,  and  flee  every  one  into  his  own 
laud. 

15  Every  one  that  is  found  shall  be 
thrust  through ;  and  every  one  that  is 
joined  xmto  them  shall  fall  by  the  sword. 

16  Their  children  also  shall  be  dashed  to 

__ 


ISAIAH. 


pieces  before  their  eyes ;  their  houses  shall 
be  si)oilecl,  and  their  wives  ravished. 

17  Behold,  I  will  stir  up  the  Medes 
against  them,  which  shall  not  regard  sil- 
ver ;  and  as  for  gold,  they  shall  not  delight 
in  it. 

18  T/ieir  bows  also  shall  dash  the  young 
men  to  pieces ;  and  they  shall  have  uo 
pity  on  the  fruit  of  the  womb ;  their  eye 
shall  not  spare  children. 

19  TI  And  Babylon,  the  glory  of  king- 
doms, the  beauty  of  the  Chaldees'  excel- 
lency, shall  be  as  when  God  overthrew 
Sodom  and  Gomorrah. 

20  It  shall  never  be  inhabited,  neither 
shall  it  be  dwelt  in  from  generation  to 
generation :  neither  shall  the  Arabian 
pitch  tent  there;  neither  shall  the  shep- 
herds make  their  fold  there. 

21  But  wild  beasts  of  the  desert  shall 
lie  there ;  and  their  houses  shall  be  full 
of  doleful  creatures ;  and  owls  shall  dwell 
there,  and  satyrs  shall  dance  there. 

22  And  the  wild  beasts  of  the  islands 
shall  cry  in  their  desolate  houses,  and 
dragons  in  their  pleasant  palaces :  and  her 
time  is  near  to  come,  and  her  days  shall 
not  be  prolonged.  * 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

FOR  the  Lord  will  have  mercy  on 
Jacob,  and  will  yet  choose  Israel, 
and  set  them  in  their  own  land:  and  the 
strangers  shall  be  joined  with  them,  and 
they  shall  cleave  to  the  house  of  Jacob. 

2  And  the  people  shall  take  them,  and 
bring  them  to  their  place:  and  the  house 
of  Israel  shall  possess  them  in  the  land 
of  the  Lord  for  servants  and  handmaids : 
and  they  shall  take  them  captives,  whose 
cai^tives  they  were;  and  they  shall  rule 
over  their  ojiprcssors. 

3  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the  day 
that  the  Lord  shall  give  thee  rest  from 
thy  sorrow,  and  from  thy  fear,  and  from 
the  hard  bondage  wherein  thou  wast  made 
to  serve, 

4  H  That  thou  shalt  take  up  this  proverb 
against  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  say, 
How  hath  the  oppressor  ceased!  the  gold- 
en city  ceased ! 

5  The  Lord  hath  broken  the  staff  of 
the  Avicked,  atid  the  sceptre  of  the  rulers. 

6  He  who   smote   the   people   in  wrath 

with  a  continual  stroke,  he  that  ruled  the 
_ 


nations  in  anger,  is  persecuted,  a7id  none 
hindereth. 

7  The  Avhole  earth  is  at  rest,  a7id  is 
quiet :  they  break  forth  into  singing. 

8  Tea,  the  fir  trees  rejoice  at  thee,  a7id 
the  cedars  of  Lebanon,  saying,  Since  thou 
art  laid  down,  no  feller  is  come  up  against 
us. 

9  HeU  from  beneath  is  moved  for  thee  to 
meet  thee  at  thy  coming:  it  stirreth  up 
the  dead  for  thee,  a'e?i.  all  the  chief  ones 
of  the  earth ;  it  hath  raised  up  from  their 
thrones  all  the  kings  of  the  nations. 

10  All  they  shall  speak  and  say  unto  thee, 
Art  thou  also  become  weak  as  we?  art 
thou  become  like  unto  us  ? 

11  Thy  pomp  is  brought  down  to  the 
grave,  a7id  the  noise  of  thy  viols :  the 
V/orm  is  spread  under  thee,  and  the  worms 
cover  thee. 

12  How  art  thou  fallen  from  heaven,  O 
Lucifer,  son  of  the  morning!  how  art  thou 
cut  down  to  the  ground,  which  didst  Aveak- 
en  the  nations ! 

13  For  thou  hast  said  in  thine  heart,  I 
will  ascend  into  heaven,  I  will  exalt  my 
throne  above  the  stars  of  God:  I  will 
sit  also  upon  the  mount  of  the  congrega- 
tion, in  the  sides  of  the  north : 

14  I  will  ascend  above  the  heights  of 
the  clouds ;  I  will  be  like  the  Most  High. 

15  Yet  thou  shalt  be  brought  do"\vn  to 
hell,  to  the  sides  of  the  pit. 

16  They  that  see  thee  shall  narrowly 
look  upon  thee,  a7id  consider  thee,  saij- 
ing,  Is  this  the  man  that  made  the  earth 
to  tremble,  that  did  shake  kingdoms ; 

17  TJiat  made  the  world  as  a  wilderness, 
and  destroyed  the  cities  thereof;  that 
opened  not  the  house  of  his  prisoners  ? 

18  All  the  kings  of  the  nations,  ewji  all  of 
them,  lie  in  glory,  every  one  in  his  owti 
house. 

19  But  thou  art  cast  out  of  thy  grave  like 
an  abominable  branch,  a7id  as  the  raiment 
of  those  that  are  slain,  thrust  through 
with  a  sword,  that  go  doAvn  to  the  stones 
of  the  pit ;  as  a  carcass  trodden  under 
feet. 

20  Thou  Shalt  not  be  joined  with  them 
in  burial,  because  thou  hast  destroyed 
thy  land,  and  slain  thy  people:  the  seed 
of  evil  doers  shall  never  be  renowned. 

21  Prepare  slaughter  for  his  children 
for    the    iniquity    of   their  fathers ;   that 


ISAIAH. 


they   do  not  rise,   nor  possess  the    land, 
nor  fill  the  face  of  the  world  with  cities. 

22  For  I  will  rise  up  against  them,  saith 
the  Lord  of  hosts,  and  cut  off  from  Baby- 
lon the  name,  and  remnant,  and  son,  and 
nephew,  saith  the  Lord. 

23  I  will  also  make  it  a  possession  for 
the  bittern,  and  pools  of  v.-atcr:  and  I 
will  sweep  it  with  the  besom  of  destruc- 
tion, saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

24  ti  The  Lord  of  hosts  hath  sworn,  say- 
ing. Surely  as  I  have  thought,  so  shall 
it  come  to  pass ;  and  as  I  have  purj^osed, 
so  shall  it  stand : 

25  That  I  will  break  the  Assyrian  in  my 
land,  and  upon  my  mountains  tread  him 
undei*  foot :  then  shall  his  yoke  depart 
from  off  them,  and  his  burden  depart 
from  off  their  shoulders. 

26  This  is  the  purpose  that  is  purposed 
upon  the  whole  earth :  and  this  is  the 
hand  that  is  stretched  out  upon  all  the 
nations. 

27  For  the  Lord  of  hosts  hath  purposed, 
and  who  shall  disannul  it.^  and  his  hand  is 
stretched  out,  and  who  shall  turn  it  back? 

28  In  the  year  that  king  Ahaz  died  was 
this  burden. 

29  ^  Rejoice  not  thou,  whole  Palestina, 
because  the  rod  of  him  that  smote  thee 
is  broken :  for  out  of  the  serpent's  root 
shall  come  forth  a  cockatrice,  and  his  fruit 
,s7iall  he  a  fier}^  flying  serpent. 

30  And  the  firstborn  of  the  poor  shall 
feed,  and  the  needy  shall  lie  down  in  safe- 
ty :  and  I  will  kill  thy  root  with  famine, 
and  he  shall  slay  thy  remnant. 

31  Howl,  O  gate;  cry,  O  city;  thou, 
whole  Palestina,  art  dissolved:  for  there 
shall  come  from  the  north  a  smoke,  and 
none  xhall  be  alone  in  his  appointed  times. 

32  What  shall  07ie  then  answer  the  mes- 
sengers of  the  nation  ?  That  the  Lord 
hath  founded  Zion,  and  the  poor  of  his 
people  shall  trust  in  it.       8f 

CHAPTER  XV. 

THE  burden  of  Moab.  Because  in  the 
night  Ar  of  ^Moab  is  laid  waste,  a7id 
brought  to  silence ;  because  in  the  night 
Kir  of  Moab  is  laid  waste,  and  brought 
to  silence : 
2  He  is  gone  up  to  Bajith,  and  to  Dibon, 
the  high  jjlaces,  to  weep :  Moab  shall 
howl    over  Nebo,   and   over  Medeba:    on 


all  their  heads  shall  be  baldness,  and  every 
beard  cut  off. 

3  In  their  streets  they  shall  gird  them- 
selves with  sackcloth  :  on  the  tops  of  their 
houses,  and  in  their  streets,  every  one 
shall  howl,  weeping  abundantly. 

4  And  Heshbon  shall  cry,  and  Elealeh; 
their  voice  shall  be  heard  even  unto  Jahaz : 
therefore  the  armed  soldiers  of  Moab 
shall  ci-y  out;  his  life  shall  be  grievous 
unto  him. 

5  My  heart  shall  cry  out  for  Moab;  his 
fugitives  shall  Jlee  unto  Zoar,  a  heifer  of 
three  years  old:  for  by  the  mounting  up 
of  Luhith  with  weeping  shall  they  go  it 
up ;  for  in  the  way  of  Horonaim  they 
shall  raise  up  a  cry  of  destruction. 

6  For  the  waters  of  Nimrim  shall  be 
desolate :  for  the  hay  is  withered  away, 
the  grass  faileth,  there  is  no  green  thiug. 

7  Therefore  the  abundance  they  have  got- 
ten, and  that  which  they  have  laid  up, 
shall  they  carry  away  to  the  brook  of  the 
willows. 

8  For  the  cry  is  gone  round  about  the 
borders  of  Moab;  the  howling  thereof  unto 
Eglaim,  and  the  howling  thereof  unto 
Beer-elim. 

9  For  the  waters  of  Dimon  shall  be  full  of 
blood:  for  I  will  bring  more  xipon  Dimon, 
lions  upon  him  that  escai^eth  of  Moab,  and 
upon  the  remnant  of  the  land.      • 

CHAPTER.  XVL 

SEND  ye  the  lamb  to  the  ruler  of  the 
land  from  Sela  to  the  wilderness,  unto 
the  mount  of  the  daughter  of  Zion. 

2  For  it  shall  be,  that^  as  a  wandering 
bird  cast  out  of  the  nest,  so  the  daughters 
of  Moab  shall  be  at  the  fords  of  Arnon. 

3  Take  counsel,  execute  judgment;  make 
thy  shadow  as  the  night  in  the  midst  of 
the  noonday;  hide  the  outcasts;  bewray 
not  him  that  wandercth. 

4  Let  mine  outcasts  dwell  with  thee, 
Moab ;  be  thou  a  covert  to  them  from 
the  face  of  the  spoiler :  for  the  extor- 
tioner is  at  an  end,  the  spoiler  ceasetli, 
the  opijressors  are  consumed  out  of  the 
land. 

5  And  in  mercy  shall  the  throne  l>c 
established :  and  he  shall  sit  upon  it  in 
truth  in  the  tabernacle  of  David,  judging, 
and  seeking  judgment,  and  liasting  riglit- 
cousness.  |^ 

041 


ISAIAH. 


6  %  We  have  heard  of  the  pride  of 
Moab ;  he  is  very  proud :  even  of  his 
haughtiness,  and  his  pride,  and  his  wrath: 
but  his  lies  shall  not  be  so. 

7  Therefore  shall  Moab  howl  for  Moab, 
every  one  shall  howl :  for  the  foundations 
of  Kir-hareseth  shall  ye  mourn;  surely 
they  are  stricken. 

8  For  the  fields  of  Heshbon  languish, 
and  the  vine  of  Sibraah :  the  lords  of  the 
heathen  have  broken  down  the  principal 
plants  thereof,  they  are  come  evefi  unto 
Jazer,  they  wandered  i/irough  the  wilder- 
ness :  her  branches  are  stretched  out,  they 
are  gone  over  the  sea. 

9  H  Therefore  I  will  bewail  with  the 
weeping  of  Jazer  the  vine  of  Sibmah :  I 
will  water  thee  with  my  tears,  O  Heshbon, 
and  Elealeh :  for  the  shouting  for  thy 
summer  fruits  and  for  thy  harvest  is  fallen. 

10  And  gladness  is  taken  away,  and  joy 
out  of  the  plentiful  field;  and  in  the 
vineyards  there  shall  be  no  singing,  nei- 
ther shall  there  be  shouting:  the  treaders 
shall  tread  out  no  wine  in  their  presses ; 
I  have  made  their  viiitage  shouting  to 
cease. 

11  Wherefore  my  bowels  shall  sound  like 
a  harp  for  Moab,  and  mine  inward  parts 
for  Kir-haresh. 

12  T[  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  it 
is  seen  that  Moab  is  weary  on  the  high 
place,  that  he  shall  come  to  his  sanctuary 
to  pray ;  but  he  shall  not  prevail. 

13  This  is  the  word  that  the  Lord  hath 
spoken  concerning  Moab  since  that  time. 

14  But  now  the  Lord  hath  spoken,  say- 
ing. Within  three  years,  as  the  years  of  a 
hireling,  and  the  glory  of  Moab  shall  be 
contemned,  with  all  that  great  multitude; 
and  the  remnant  shall  be  very  small  and 
feeble.       v  , 

CHAPTER  XVIL  ' 

THE  burden  of  Damascus.  Behold, 
Damascus  is  taken  away  from  being  a 
city,  and  it  shall  be  a  ruinous  heap. 

2  The  cities  of  Aroer  are  forsaken :  they 
shall  be  for  flocks,  which  shall  lie  down, 
and  none  shall  make  tJiem  afraid. 

?>  The  fortress  also  shall  cease  from 
Ephraira,  and  the  kingdom  from  Da- 
mascus, and  the  remnant  of  Syria:  they 
shall  be  as  the  glory  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

4  And  in  that  day  it  shall  come  to  pass, 

6^ 


that  the  glory  of  Jacob  shall  be  made  thin, 
and  the  fatness  of  his  flesh  shall  wax  lean. 

5  And  it  shall  be  as  when  the  harvestman 
gathereth  the  com,  and  reapeth  the  ears 
with  his  arm ;  and  it  shall  be  as  he  that 
gathereth  ears  in  the  valley  of  Rephaim. 

6  ^  Yet  gleaning  grapes  shall  be  left  in 
it,  as  the  shaking  of  an  olive  tree,  two  or 
three  berries  in  the  top  of  the  uppermost 
bough,  four  or  five  in  the  outmost  fruitful 
branches  thereof,  saith  the  Lord  God  of 
Israel. 

7  At  that  day  shall  a  man  look  to  his 
Maker,  and  his  eyes  shall  have  respect  to 
the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

8  And  he  shall  not  look  to  the  altars,  the 
work  of  his  hands,  neither  shall  respect 
that  which  his  fingers  have  made,  either 
the  groves,  or  the  images. 

9  ^  In  that  day  shall  his  strong  cities  be 
as  a  forsaken  bough,  and  an  uppermost 
branch,  which  they  left  because  of  the 
children  of  Israel :  and  there  shall  be  des- 
olation. 

10  Because  thou  hast  forgotten  the  God 
of  thy  salvation,  and  hast  not  been  mind- 
ful of  the  Rock  of  thy  strength,  therefore 
Shalt  thou  plant  pleasant  plants,  and  shalt 
set  it  with  strange  slips  : 

11  In  the  day  shalt  thou  make  thy  plant 
to  grow,  and  in  the  morning  shalt  thou 
make  thy  seed  to  flourish :  but  the  harvest 
sJiall  be  a  heap  in  the  day  of  grief  and 
of  desperate  sorrow. 

12  ^  Woe  to  the  multitude  of  many  peo- 
ple, which  make  a  noise  like  the  noise  of 
the  seas ;  and  to  the  rushing  of  nations, 
that  make  a  rushing  like  the  rushing  of 
mighty  waters! 

13  The  nations  shall  rush  like  the  nishing 
of  many  waters :  but  God  shall  rebuke 
them,  and  they  shall  flee  far  oflf,  and  shall 
be  chased  as  the  chaff  of  the  mountains 
before  the  wind,  and  like  a  rolling  thing 
before  the  whirlwind. 

14  And  behold  at  eveningtide  trouble; 
and  before  the  morning  he  is  not.  This 
is  the  portion  of  them  that  spoil  us,  and 
the  lot  of  them  that  rob  us.         f 

CHAPTER  XVm. 

WOE    to    the    land    shadowing    with 
wings,  which  is  beyond  the  rivers  of 
Ethiopia : 
2  That  sendeth  ambassadors  by  the  sea, 


ISAIAH. 


even  in  vessels  of  bulrushes  upon  the  wa- 
ters, saying^  Go,  ye  swift  messengers,  to  a 
nation  scattered  and  peeled,  to  a  people 
terrible  from  their  beginning  hitherto ; 
a  nation  meted  out  and  trodden  down, 
whose  land  the  rivers  have  spoiled ! 

3  All  ye  inhabitants  of  the  world,  and 
dwellers  on  the  earth,  see  ye,  when  he 
lifteth  up  an  ensign  on  the  mountains ; 
and    when    he    bioweth   a   trumpet,   hear 

ye. 

4  For  so  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  I  will 
take  my  rest,  and  I  will  consider  in  my 
dwell ingplace  like  a  clear  heat  upon  herbs, 
and  like  a  cloud  of  dew  in  the  heat  of 
harvest. 

5  For  afore  the  harvest,  when  the  bud 
is  perfect,  and  the  sour  grape  is  ripening 
in  the  flower,  he  shall  both  cut  oft"  the 
sprigs  with  pruninghooks,  and  take  away 
and  cut  down  the  branches. 

6  They  shall  be  left  together  unto  the 
fowls  of  the  mountains,  and  to  the  beasts 
of  the  earth :  and  the  fowls  shall  summer 
upon  them,  and  all  the  beasts  of  the  earth 
shall  winter  upon  them. 

7  1  In  that  time  shall  the  present  be 
brought  unto  the  Lord  of  hosts  of  a 
people  scattered  and  peeled,  and  from  a 
people  terrible  from  their  beginning  hith- 
erto ;  a  nation  meted  out  and  trodden 
under  foot,  whose  land  the  rivers  have 
spoiled,  to  the  place  of  the  name  of  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  the  mount  Zion,     •< 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

THE  burden  of  Egypt.  Behold,  the 
Lord  rideth  upon  a  swift  cloud,  and 
shall  come  into  Egypt :  and  the  idols  of 
Egypt  shall  be  moved  at  his  presence, 
and  the  heart  of  Egypt  shall  melt  in  the 
midst  of  it. 

2  And  I  will  set  the  Egyptians  against 
the  Egyptians:  and  they  shall  fight  every 
one  against  his  brother,  and  every  one 
against  his  neighbour;  city  against  city, 
and  kingdom  against  kingdom. 

3  And  the  spirit  of  Egypt  shall  fail  in 
the  midst  thereof;  and  I  will  destroy  the 
counsel  thereof:  and  they  shall  seek  to 
the  idols,  and  to  the  charmers,  and  to 
them  that  have  familiar  spirits,  and  to 
the  wizards. 

4  And  the  Egyptians  will  I  give  over 
into  the  hand  of  a  cruel  lord ;  and  a  fierce 


king  shall  rule  over  them,  saith  the  Lord, 
the  Lord  of  hosts. 

5  And  the  waters  shall  fail  from  the 
sea,  and  the  river  shall  be  wasted  and 
dried  up. 

6  And  they  shall  turn  the  rivers  far 
away;  a^id  the  brooks  of  defence  shall 
be  emptied  and  dried  up :  the  reeds  and 
flags  shall  wither. 

7  The  paper  reeds  by  the  brooks,  by 
the  mouth  of  the  brooks,  and  every  thing 
sown  by  the  brooks,  shall  wither,  be  driven 
away,  and  be  no  more. 

8  The  fishers  also  shall  mourn,  and  all 
they  that  cast  angle  into  the  brooks  shall 
lament,  and  they  that  spread  nets  upon 
the  waters  shall  languish. 

9  Moreover  they  that  work  in  fine  flax, 
and  they  that  weave  networks,  shall  be 
confounded. 

10  And  they  shall  be  broken  in  the  pur- 
poses thereof,  all  that  make  sluices  and 
ponds  for  fish. 

11  %  Surely  the  princes  of  Zoan  are 
fools,  the  counsel  of  the  wise  counsellors 
of  Pharaoh  is  become  brutish :  how  say 
ye  unto  Pharaoh,  I  am  the  son  of  the 
wise,  the  son  of  ancient  kings  ? 

12  Where  are  they?  where  are  thy  wise 
men?  and  let  them  tell  thee  now,  and  let 
them  know  what  the  Lord  of  hosts  hath 
purposed  upon  Egj^pt. 

13  The  princes  of  Zoan  are  become  fools, 
the  princes  of  Noph  are  deceived;  they 
have  also  seduced  Egypt,  etien  they  that 
are  the  stay  of  the  tribes  thereof. 

14  The  Lord  hath  mingled  a  perverse 
spirit  in  the  midst  thereof:  and  they 
have  caused  Egypt  to  err  in  every  work 
thereof,  as  a  drunken  man  staggereth  in 
his  vomit. 

15  Neither  shall  there  be  any  work  for 
Egypt,  which  the  head  or  tail,  branch  or 
rush,  may  do. 

16  In  that  day  shall  Egypt  be  like  unto 
women :  and  it  shall  be  afraid  and  fear 
because  of  the  shaking  of  the  hand  of 
the  Lord  of  hosts,  which  he  shaketh 
over  it, 

17  And  the  land  of  Judah  shall  be  a  ter- 
ror unto  Egypt,  every  one  that  maketh 
mention  thereof  shall  be  afraid  in  himself, 
because  of  the  counsel  of  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  which  he  hath  determined  against  it. 

18  H  In  that  day  shall  five  cities  in  the 

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ISAIAH. 


laud  of  Egypt  speak  the  language  of  Ca- 
naau,  aud  swear  to  the  Lokd  of  hosts; 
one  shall  be  called,  The  city  of  destruction. 

19  In  that  day  shall  there  be  an  altar  to 
the  Lord  in  the  midst  of  the  land  of 
Eg3'pt,  and  a  pillar  at  the  border  thereof 
to  the  Lord. 

J30  And  it  shall  be  for  a  sign  and  for  a 
Avitness  unto  the  Lord  of  hosts  in  the 
land  of  Egypt :  for  they  shall  cry  unto 
the  Lord  because  of  the  oppressors,  and 
he  shall  send  them  a  saviour,  and  a  great 
one,  and  he  shall  deliver  them. 

21  And  the  Lord  shall  be  known  to 
Egypt,  and  the  Eg3'ptians  shall  know  the 
Lord  in  that  day,  and  shall  do  sacrifice 
and  oblation ;  yea,  they  shall  vow  a  vow 
unto  the  Lord,  and  perform  it. 

22  And  the  Lord  shall  smite  Egypt : 
he  shall  smite  and  heal  it:  and  they  shall 
return  even  to  the  Lord,  and  he  shall  be 
entreated  of  them,  and  shall  heal  them. 

23  Tl  In  that  day  shall  there  be  a  high- 
way out  of  Egj-pt  to  Assj'ria,  and  the 
Assyrian  shall  come  into  Egypt,  and  the 
Egyptian  into  Assyria,  and  the  Egj'ptians 
shall  serve  with  the  Assyrians. 

24  In  that  day  shall  Israel  be  the  third 
Avith  Egypt  and  with  Assj-ria,  ei'e7i  a  bless- 
ing in  the  midst  of  the  land : 

25  Whom  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  bless, 
saying.  Blessed  be  Egypt  my  people,  and 
Assyria  the  work  of  my  hands,  and  Israel 
mine  inheritance.       ^ 

CHAPTER  XX. 

IX  the  year  that  Tartan  came  unto  Ash- 
dod,  (when  Sargon  the  king  of  As- 
syria sent  him,)  and  fought  against  Ash- 
dod,  and  took  it; 

2  At  the  same  time  spake  the  Lord  by 
Isaiah  the  son  of  Amoz,  saying,  Go  and 
loose  the  sackcloth  from  off  thy  loins,  and 
put  ofl'  thy  shoe  from  thy  foot.  And  he 
did  so,  walking  naked  and  barefoot. 

3  And  the  Lord  said,  Like  as  my  serv- 
ant Isaiah  hath  walked  naked  and  bare- 
foot three  years  for  a  sign  and  wonder 
upon  Egypt  and  upon  Ethiopia; 

4  So  shall  the  king  of  Assyria  lead  away 
the  Egyptians  prisoners,  and  the  Ethi- 
opians captives,  young  and  old,  naked  and 
barefoot,  even  with  their  buttocks  uncov- 
ered, to  the  shame  of  Egyi)t. 

5  And  they  shall  be  afraid  and  ashamed  i 


of  Ethiopia  their  expectation,  and  of 
Egj'pt  their  glory. 

6  And  the  inhabitant  of  this  isle  shall 
say  in  that  day,  Behold,  such  is-  our 
expectation,  whither  we  flee  for  help  to 
be  delivered  from  the  king  of  Assyria : 
and  how  shall  we  escape  ?     • 

CHAPTER  XXI. 

THE  burden  of  the  desert  of  the  sea. 
As  whirlwinds  in  the  south  pass 
through ;  .so  it  cometh  from  the  desert, 
from  a  terrible  land. 

2  A  grievous  vision  is  declared  unto 
me;  The  treacherous  dealer  dealeth  treach- 
erously^ and  the  spoiler  spoileth.  Go 
up,  O  Elam :  besiege,  O  Media :  all  the 
sighing  thereof  have  I  made  to  cease. 

3  Therefore  are  my  loins  tilled  with 
pain :  pangs  have  taken  hold  upon  me, 
as  the  pangs  of  a  Avoman  that  travaileth: 
I  was  boAved  doAvn  at  the  hearing  of  it ; 
I  was  dismayed  at  the  seeing  of  it. 

4  My  heart  panted,  fearfulness  afirighted 
me:  the  night  of  my  pleasure  hath  he 
turned  into  fear  unto  me. 

5  Prepare  the  table,  watch  in  the  watch- 
tower,  eat,  drink:,  arise,  ye  princes,  a?id 
anoint  the  shield. 

6  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  said  unto  me, 
Go,  set  a  watchman,  let  him  declare  what 
he  seeth. 

7  And  he  saw  a  chariot  ivith  a  couple  of 
horsemen,  a  chariot  of  asses,  a?id  a  chariot 
of  camels;  and  he  hearkened  diligently 
with  much  heed : 

8  And  he  cried,  A  lion :  My  lord,  I  stand 
continually  upon  the  watchtower  in  the 
daytime,  and  I  am  set  in  my  ward  A\hole 
nights : 

9  And,  behold,  here  cometh  a  chariot  of 
men,  icith  a  couple  of  horsemen.  And  he 
ansAvercd  and  said,  Babylon  is  fallen,  is 
fallen;  and  all  the  graven  images  of  her 
gods  he  hath  broken  unto  the  ground. 

10  O  my  threshing,  and  the  corn  of  my 
floor:  that  which  I  have  heard  of  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  have  I 
declared  unto  you. 

11  1  The  burden  of  Dumah.  He  calleth 
to  me  out  of  Seir,  "Watchman,  what  of 
the  night  ?     Watchman,  Avhat  of  the  night  ? 

12  The  w^atchman  said,  The  morning 
cometh,  and  also  the  night :  if  ye  Avill 
inquire,  inquire  ye  :  return,  come. 


ISAIAH. 


13  1[  The  burden  upon  Arabia.  In  the 
forest  in  Arabia  shall  ye  lodge,  O  ye  trav- 
elling eompauies  of  Dedanim. 

14  The  inhabitants  of  the  land  of  Tema 
brought  water  to  him  that  was  thirsty, 
they  prevented  with  their  bread  him  that 
fled. 

15  For  they  fled  from  the  swords,  from 
the  drawn  sword,  and  from  the  bent  bow, 
and  from  the  grievousncss  of  war. 

16  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  said  unto  me. 
Within  a  year,  according  to  the  years  of  a 
hireling,  and  all  the  glory  of  Kedar  shall 
fail: 

17  And  the  residue  of  the  number  of 
archers,  the  mighty  men  of  the  children 
of  Kedar,  shall  be  diminished:  for  the 
Loud  God  of  Israel  hath  spoken  it.        -e 

CHAPTER  XXIL 

THE    burden    of  the  valley  of  vision. 
What  aileth  thee  now,  that  thou  art 
wholly  gone  up  to  the  housetops  ? 

2  Thou  that  art  full  of  stirs,  a  tumultuous 
city,  a  joyous  city:  thy  slain  7ne)i  are  not 
slain  with  the  sword,  nor  dead  in  battle. 

3  All  thy  rulers  are  fled  together,  they 
are  bound  by  the  archers :  all  that  are 
found  in  thee  are  bound  together,  which 
have  fled  from  far. 

4  Therefore  said  I,  Look  away  from  me ; 
I  will  weep  bitterly,  labour  not  to  com- 
fort me,  because  of  the  spoiling  of  the 
daughter  of  my  people. 

5  For  it  is  a  day  of  trouble,  and  of  tread- 
ing down,  and  of  perplexit}'  by  the  Lord 
God  of  hosts  in  the  valley  of  vision,  break- 
ing down  the  walls,  and  of  crying  to  the 
mountains. 

6  And  Elam  bare  the  quiver  with  chariots 
of  men  a7ul  horsemen,  and  Kir  uncovered 
the  shield. 

7  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  tJiat  thy 
choicest  valleys  shall  be  full  of  chariots, 
and  the  horsemen  shall  set  themselves  in 
array  at  the  gate. 

8  T[  And  he  discovered  the  covering  of 
Judah,  and  thou  didst  look  in  that  day 
to  the  armour  of  the  house  of  the 
forest. 

9  Ye  have  seen  also  the  breaches  of 
the  dty  of  David,  that  they  are  many : 
and  ye  gathered  together  the  waters  of 
the  lower  pool. 

10  And  3^e  have  numbered  the  houses  of 


Jerusalem,  and  the  houses  have  ye  bro- 
ken down  to  fortify  the  wall. 

11  Ye  made  also  a  ditch  between  the 
two  walls  for  the  water  of  the  old  pool: 
but  ye  have  not  looked  unto  the  maker 
thereof,  neither  had  respect  unto  him 
that  fashioned  it  long  ago. 

13  And  in  that  day  did  the  Lord  God  of 
hosts  call  to  weeping,  and  to  mourning, 
and  to  baldness,  and  to  girding  with  sack- 
cloth : 

13  And  behold  joy  and  gladness,  slaying 
oxen,  and  killing  sheep,  eating  flesh,  and 
drinking  wine:  let  us  eat  and  drink;  for 
to  morrow  we  shall  die. 

14  And  it  was  revealed  in  mine  ears 
by  the  Lord  of  hosts,  Surely  this  iniquity 
shall  not  be  purged  from  you  till  ye  die, 
saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts. 

15  TI  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts. 
Go,  get  thee  unto  this  treasurer,  et'en  unto 
Shebna,  which  is  over  the  house,  and  say, 

16  What  hast  thou  here,  and  whom  hast 
thou  here,  that  thou  hast  hewed  thee  out 
a  sepulchre  here,  as  he  that  heweth  him 
out  a  sepulchre  on  high,  ami  that  graveth 
a  habitation  for  himself  in  a  rock  ? 

17  Behold,  the  Lord  will  carry  thee  away 
with  a  mighty  captivity,  and  will  surely 
cover  thee. 

18  He  will  surely  violently  turn  and  toss 
thee  like  a  ball  into  a  large  country:  there 
Shalt  thou  die,  and  there  the  chariots  of 
thy  glory  shall  he  the  shame  of  thy  lord's 
house. 

19  And  I  will  drive  thee  from  thy  station, 
and  from  thy  state  shall  he  pull  thee  down. 

20  If  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
day,  that  I  will  call  my  servant  Eliakim 
the  son  of  Hilkiah  : 

21  And  I  will  clothe  him  with  thy  rolie, 
and  strengthen  him  with  thy  girdle,  and 
I  will  commit  thy  government  into  his 
hand:  and  he  shall  be  a  father  to  the  in- 
habitants of  Jerusalem,  and  to  the  house 
of  Judah. 

22  And  the  key  of  the  house  of  David 
will  I  lay  upon  his  shoulder ;  so  he  shall 
open,  and  none  shall  shut ;  and  he  shall 
shut,  and  none  shall  open. 

23  And  I  will  fasten  him  as  a  nail  in  a 
sure  place;  and  he  shall  be  for  a  glorious 
throne  to  his  father's  house. 

24  And  they  shall  hang  upon  him  all 
the   glory  of  his   father's  house,  the   oflT- 

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ISAIAH. 


spring  and  the  issue,  all  vessels  of  small 
quantity,  from  the  vessels  of  cups,  even 
to  all  the  vessels  of  flagons. 
25  In  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
shall  the  nail  that  is  fastened  in  the  sure 
place  be  removed,  and  be  cut  down,  and 
fall ;  and  the  burden  that  ioas  upon  it 
shall  be  cut  off:  for  the  Lord  hath  spoken 
it.        ^ 

CHAPTER  XXIIL 

THE  burden  of  Tyre.  Howl,  ye  ships 
of  Tarshish;  for  it  is  laid  waste,  so 
that  there  is  no  house,  no  entering  in: 
from  the  land  of  Chittim  it  is  revealed  to 
them. 

2  Be  still,  ye  inhabitants  of  the  isle; 
thou  whom  the  merchants  of  Zidon,  that 
pass  over  the  sea,  have  replenished. 

3  And  by  great  waters  the  seed  of  Sihor, 
the  harvest  of  the  river,  is  her  revenue; 
and  she  is  a  mart  of  nations. 

4  Be  thou  ashamed,  O  Zidon  :  for  the  sea 
hath  spoken,  even  the  strength  of  the  sea, 
saying,  I  travail  not,  nor  bring  forth  chil- 
dren, neither  do  I  nourish  up  young  men, 
nor  bring  up  virgins. 

5  As  at  the  report  concerning  Egypt,  so 
shall  they  be  sorely  pained  at  the  report 
of  Tyre. 

6  Pass  ye  over  to  Tarshish;  howl,  ye 
inhabitants  of  the  isle. 

7  7s  this  your  joyous  city,  whose  antiquity 
is  of  ancient  days?  her  own  feet  shall  carry 
her  afar  off  to  sojourn. 

8  Who  hath  taken  this  counsel  against 
Tyre,  the  crowning  city,  whose  merchants 
are  princes,  whose  traffickers  are  the  hon- 
ourable of  the  earth? 

9  The  Lord  of  hosts  hath  purposed  it, 
to  stain  the  pride  of  all  glory,  afid  to  bring 
into  contempt  all  the  honourable  of  the 
earth. 

10  Pass  through  thy  land  as  a  river,  O 
daughter  of  Tarshish :  there  is  no  more 
strength. 

11  He  stretched  out  his  hand  over  the 
sea,  he  shook  the  kingdoms :  the  Lord 
hath  given  a  commandment  against  the 
merchant  city,  to  destroy  the  strong  holds 
thereof 

12  And  he  said,  Thou  shalt  no  more  re- 
joice, O  thou  oppressed  virgin,  daughter 
of  Zidon :  arise,  pass  over  to  Chittim  ; 
there  also  shalt  thou  have  no  rest. 

13  Behold  the  land  of  the  Chaldeans  ;  this 

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people  was  not,  till  the  Assyrian  founded 
it  for  them  that  dwell  in  the  wilderness : 
they  set  up  the  towers  thereof,  they 
raised  up  the  palaces  thereof;  and  he 
brought  it  to  ruin. 

14  Howl,  ye  ships  of  Tarshish :  for  your 
strength  is  laid  waste. 

15  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 
that  Tyre  shall  be  forgotten  seventy  years, 
according  to  the  days  of  one  king:  after 
the  end  of  seventy  years  shall  Tyre  sing 
as  a  harlot. 

16  Take  a  harp,  go  about  the  city,  thou 
harlot  that  hast  been  forgotten;  make 
sweet  melody,  sing  many  songs,  that  thou 
mayest  be  remembered. 

17  T[  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  after  the 
end  of  seventy  years,  that  the  Lord  will 
visit  Tyre,  and  she  shall  turn  to  her  hire, 
and  shall  commit  fornication  with  all  the 
kingdoms  of  the  world  upon  the  face  of 
the  earth. 

18  And  her  merchandise  and  her  hire 
shall  be  holiness  to  the  Lord  :  it  shall 
not  be  treasured  nor  laid  up;  for  her 
merchandise  shall  be  for  them  that  dwell 
before  the  Lord,  to  eat  sufficiently,  and 
for  durable  clothing,     f 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 

BEHOLD,  the  Lord  maketh  the  earth 
empty,  and  maketh  it  waste,  and  turn- 
eth  it  upside  down,  and  scattereth  abroad 
the  inhabitants  thereof. 

2  And  it  shall  be,  as  with  the  people, 
so  with  the  priest;  as  with  the  servant, 
so  with  his  master;  as  with  the  maid, 
so  w'ith  her  mistress ;  as  with  the  buyer, 
so  with  the  seller;  as  with  the  lender, 
so  with  the  borrower;  as  with  the  taker 
of  usury,  so  with  the  giver  of  usury  to 
him. 

3  The  land  shall  be  utterly  emptied, 
and  utterly  spoiled:  for  the  Lord  hath 
spoken  this  word. 

4  The  earth  mourneth  and  fadeth  away, 
the  world  languisheth  and  fadeth  aAvay, 
the  haughty  people  of  the  earth  do  lan- 
guish. 

5  The  earth  also  is  defiled  under  the 
inhabitants  thereof;  because  they  have 
transgressed  the  laws,  changed  the  ordin- 
ance, broken  the  everlasting  covenant. 

6  Therefore  hath  the  curse  devoured  the 
earth,   and    they   that    dwell    therein    are 


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desolate :  therefore  the  inhabitants  of 
the  earth  are  burned,  and  few  men  left. 

7  The  new  wine  mourneth,  the  vine  lan- 
guisheth,  all  the  raerryhearted  do  sigh, 

8  The  mirth  of  tabrets  ceaseth,  the  noise 
of  them  that  rejoice  endeth,  the  joy  of 
the  harp  ceaseth. 

9  They  shall  not  drink  wine  with  a 
song;  strong  drink  shall  be  bitter  to 
them  that  drink  it. 

10  The  city  of  confusion  is  broken 
down :  every  house  is  shut  up,  that  no 
man  may  come  in. 

11  There  is  a  crying  for  wine  in  the 
streets ;  all  joy  is  darkened,  the  mirth  of 
the  land  is  gone. 

13  In  the  city  is  left  desolation,  and  the 
gate  is  smitten  with  destruction. 

13  T[  When  thus  it  shall  be  in  the  midst 
of  the  land  among  the  people,  there  shall 
be  as  the  shaking  of  an  olive  tree,  and 
as  the  gleaning  grapes  when  the  vintage 
is  done. 

14  They  shall  lift  up  their  voice,  they  shall 
sing  for  the  majesty  of  the  Lord,  they 
shall  cry  aloud  from  the  sea. 

15  Wherefore  glorify  ye  the  Lord  in 
the  fires,  even  the  name  of  the  Lord  God 
of  Israel  in  the  isles  of  the  sea.   ♦ 

16  T[  From  the  uttermost  part  of  the 
earth  have  we  heard  songs,  even  glory 
to  the  righteous.  But  I  said.  My  lean- 
ness, my  leanness,  woe  unto  me!  the 
treacherous  dealers  have  dealt  treacher- 
ously; yea,  the  treacherous  dealers  have 
dealt  very  treacherously. 

17  Fear,  and  the  pit,  and  the  snare,  are 
upon  thee,  O  inhabitant  of  the  earth. 

18  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  he  who 
fleeth  from  the  noise  of  the  fear  shall  fall 
into  the  pit ;  and  he  that  cometh  up  out 
of  the  midst  of  the  pit  shall  be  taken  in 
the  snare :  for  the  windows  from  on  high 
are  open,  and  the  foundations  of  the 
earth  do  shake. 

19  The  earth  is  utterly  broken  down,  the 
earth  is  clean  dissolved,  the  earth  is 
moved  exceedingly. 

20  The  earth  shall  reel  to  and  fro  like  a 
drunkard,  and  shall  be  removed  like  a  cot- 
tage; and  the  transgression  thereof  shall 
be  heavy  upon  it;  and  it  shall  fall,  and 
not  rise  again. 

21  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 
tJiat   the   Lord  shall  punish  the  host  of 


the  high   ones  that  are  on  high,   and  the 
kings  of  the  earth  upon  the  earth. 

22  And  they  shall  be  gathered  together, 
as  prisoners  are  gathered  in  the  pit,  and 
shall  be  shut  up  in  the  prison,  and  after 
many  days  shall  they  be  visited. 

23  Then  the  moon  shall  be  confounded, 
and  the  sun  ashamed,  when  the  Lord  of 
hosts  shall  reign  in  mount  Zion,  and  in 
Jerusalem,  and  before  his  ancients  glori- 
ously. « 

CnAPTER  XXV. 

OLORD,  thou  art  my  God ;  I  will  exalt 
thee,  I  will  praise  thy  name  ;  for  thou 
hast  done  wonderful  things;  thy  counsels 
of  old  are  faithfulness  and  truth. 

2  For  thou  hast  made  of  a  city  a  heap ; 
of  a  defenced  city  a  ruin :  a  palace  of 
strangers  to  be  no  city ;  it  shall  never 
be  built. 

3  Therefore  shall  the  strong  people  glo- 
rify thee,  the  city  of  the  terrible  nations 
shall  fear  thee. 

4  For  thou  hast  been  a  strength  to  the 
poor,  a  strength  to  the  needy  in  his  dis- 
tress, a  refuge  from  the  storm,  a  shadow 
from  the  heat,  when  the  blast  of  the  ter- 
rible ones  is  as  a  storm  against  the 
wall. 

5  Thou  Shalt  bring  down  the  noise  of 
strangers,  as  the  heat  in  a  dry  place;  even 
the  heat  with  the  shadow  of  a  cloud :  the 
branch  of  the  terrible  ones  shall  be  brought 
low. 

6  TI  And  in  this  mountain  shall  the 
Lord  of  hosts  make  unto  all  people  a 
feast  of  fat  things,  a.  feast  of  wines  on 
the  lees,  of  fat  things  full  of  marrow,  of 
wines  on  the  lees  well  refined. 

7  And  he  will  destroy  in  this  mountain 
the  face  of  the  covering  cast  over  all  peo- 
ple, and  the  vail  that  is  spread  over  all 
nations. 

8  He  will  swallow  up  death  in  victory; 
and  the  Lord  God  will  wipe  away  tears 
from  ofi"  all  faces;  and  the  rebuke  of  his 
people  shall  he  take  away  from  ofi"  all 
the  earth :  for  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

9  1[  And  it  shall  be  said  in  that  day,  Lo, 
this  is  our  God;  we  have  waited  for  him, 
and  he  will  save  us :  this  is  the  Lord  ; 
we  have  waited  for  him,  we  will  be  glad 
and  rejoice  in  his  salvation. 

10  For  in  this  mountain  shall  the  hand 
of  the  Lord  rest,  and  Moab  shall  be  trod- 

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ISAIAH. 


don   down   under    him,   even    as   straw  is 
trodden  down  for  the  dunghill. 

11  And  he  shall  spread  forth  his  hands 
in  the  midst  of  them,  as  he  that  swim- 
mcth  spreadeth  forth  his  handx  to  swim: 
and  he  shall  bring  down  their  pride  to- 
gether with  the  spoils  of  their  hands. 

12  And  the  fortress  of  the  high  fort  of 
thy  walls  shall  he  bring  down,  lay  low, 
and  bring  to  the  ground,  eveti  to  the  dust. 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 

IN  that  day  shall  this  song  be  sung  in 
the  land  of  Judah;  We  have  a  strong 
city;  salvation  will  God  appoint /or  walls 
and  bulwarks. 

2  Open  ye  the  gates,  that  the  righteous 
nation  which  keepeth  the  truth  may  en- 
ter in. 

3  Thou  wilt  keep  him  in  perfect  peace, 
ivhose  mind  is  stayed  o)t  thee:  because  he 
trusteth  in  thee. 

4  Trust  ye  in  the  Lord  for  ever:  for 
in  the  Lokd  JEHOVAH  is  everlasting 
strength. 

5  H  For  he  bringeth  down  them  that 
dwell  on  high ;  the  lofty  city,  he  layeth  it 
low;  he  layeth  it  low,  eve?/,  to  the  ground; 
he  bringeth  it  cvcti  to  the  dust. 

6  The  foot  shall  tread  it  down,  eve7i  the 
feet  of  the  poor,  and  the  steps  of  the 
needy. 

7  The  way  of  the  just  is  uprightness : 
thou,  most  upright,  dost  weigh  the  path 
of  the  just. 

8  Yea,  in  the  way  of  thy'  judgments,  O 
Lord,  have  we  waited  for  thee ;  the  desire 
of  our  soul  is  to  thy  ntlme,  and  to  the 
remembrance  of  thee. 

0  With  my  soul  have  I  desired  thee  in 
the  night;  yea,  with  my  spirit  within  me 
will  I  seek  thee  early:  for  when  thy  judg- 
ments are  in  the  earth,  the  inhabitants  of 
the  world  will  learn  righteousness. 

10  Let  favour  be  shewed  to  the  wicked, 
yet  will  he  not  learn  righteousness :  in 
the  land  of  uprightness  will  he  deal  un- 
justly, and  will  not  behold  the  majesty  of 
the  Lord. 

11  Lord,  w^ieu  thy  hand  is  lifted  up,  they 
will  not  see :  but  they  shall  see,  and  be 
ashamed  for  their  envy  at  the  people; 
yea,  the  lire  of  thine  enemies  shall  de- 
vour them. 

13  1  Lord,  thou   wilt   ordain   ])eace   for 

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us:    for   thou   also    hast    wrought   all   our 
works  in  us. 

13  O  Lord  our  God,  other  lords  besides 
thee  have  had  dominion  over  us;  but  by 
thee  only  Avill  avc  make  mention  of  thy 
name. 

14  The?/  are  dead,  they  shall  not  live; 
they  are  deceased,  they  shall  not  rise: 
therefore  hast  thou  visited  and  destroyed 
them,  and  made  all  their  memory  to 
l)erish. 

15  Thou  hast  increased  the  nation,  O 
Lord,  thou  hast  increased  the  nation; 
thou  art  glorified:  thou  hadst  removed  it 
far  unto  all  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

10  Lord,  in  trouble  have  they  visited 
thee;  they  poured  out  a  prayer  when  thy 
chastening  was  upon  them. 

17  Like  as  a  woman  with  child,  that  draw- 
eth  near  the  time  of  her  delivery,  is  in 
pain,  a7ul  crieth  out  in  her  pangs ;  so 
have  we  been  in  thy  sight,  O  Lord. 

18  We  have  been  with  child,  we  have 
been  in  pain,  we  have  as  it  were  brought 
forth  wind;  we  have  not  wrought  any 
deliverance  in  the  earth;  neither  have 
the  inhabitants  of  the  world  fallen. 

19  Thy  dead  men  shall  live,  together  tiith 
my  dead  body  shall  the)'  arise.  Awake 
and  sing,  ye  that  dwell  in  dust:  for  thy 
dew  is  as  the  dew  of  herbs,  and  the  earth 
shall  cast  out  the  dead. 

20  T[  Come,  my  people,  enter  thou  into 
thy  chambers,  and  shut  thy  doors  about 
thee:  hide  thyself  as  it  were  for  a  little 
moment,  until  the  indignation  be  over- 
past. 

21  Eor,  behold,  the  Lord  coraeth  out  of 
his  place  to  punish  the  inhal)itants  of  the 
earth  for  their  iniquity :  the  earth  also 
shall  disclose  her  blood,  and  shall  no 
more  cover  her  slain.        ♦ 

CHAPTER   XXVII. 

IN  that  day  the  Lord  with  his  sore  and 
great  and  strong  sword  shall  punish 
leviathan  the  piercing  serpent,  even  levia- 
than that  crooked  serpent;  and  he  shall 
slay  the  dragon  that  is  in  the  sea. 

2  In  that  day  sing  ye  unto  her,  A  vine- 
yard of  red  wine. 

3  I  the  Lord  do  keep  it;  I  will  water 
it  every  moment:  lest  an/j  hurt  it,  I  will 
keep  it  night  and  day. 

4  Fury  is  not  in  me:  who  would  set  the 


ISAIAH. 


briers  a)ul  thorns  agaiust  me  iu  battle? 
I  would  go  through  them,  I  would  burn 
them  together. 

5  Or  let  him  take  hold  of  my  strength, 
that  he  may  mivke  peace  with  me;  and 
he  shall  make  peace  with  me. 

6  He  shall  cause  them  that  come  of 
Jacob  to  take  root :  Israel  shall  blossom 
and  bud,  and  fill  the  face  of  the  world 
with  fruit. 

7  TI  Hath  he  smitten  him,  as  he  smote 
those  that  smote  him  ?  or  is  he  slain  ac- 
cording to  the  slaughter  of  them  that 
are  slain  by  him  ? 

8  In  measure,  when  it  shooteth  forth, 
thou. wilt  debate  with  it:  he  stayeth  his 
rough  wind  in  the  day  of  the  east  wind. 

9  By  this  therefore  shall  the  iniquity  of 
Jacob  be  purged ;  and  this  is  all  the  fruit 
to  take  away  his  sin ;  when  he  maketh 
all  the  stones  of  the  altar  as  chalkstones 
that  are  beaten  in  sunder,  the  groves  and 
images  shall  not  stand  up. 

10  Yet  the  defeuced  city  shall  he  desolate, 
and  the  habitation  forsaken,  and  left  like 
a  wilderness:  there  shall  the  calf  feed, 
and  there  shall  he  lie  down,  and  consume 
the  branches  thereof 

11  When  the  boughs  thereof  are  withered, 
they  shall  be  broken  ofi":  the  women  come, 
and  set  them  on  fire;  for  it  is  a  people 
of  no  understanding:  therefore  lie  that 
made  them  will  not  have  mercy  on  them, 
and  he  that  formed  them  will  shew  them 
no  fivour. 

12  Tl  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
day,  that  the  Lord  shall  beat  off  from  the 
channel  of  the  river  imto  the  stream  of 
Egypt,  and  ye  shall  be  gathered  one  by 
one,  O  ye  children  of  Israel. 

13  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
day,  that  the  great  trumpet  shall  be 
blown,  and  they  shall  come  which  were 
ready  to  perish  in  the  land  of  Assyria, 
and  the  outcasts  in  the  laud  of  Egypt, 
and  shall  Avorship  the  Lokd  in  the  holy 
mount  at  Jerusalem.      * 

CHAPTER  XXVIII. 

WOE  to   the  crown    of  pride,  to  the 
drunkards  of  Ephraim,  whose  glo- 
rious beauty  is  a  fading  ilower,  which  are 
on  the  head   of  the  fat  valleys   of  them 
that  are  overcome  with  wine ! 
2    Behold,  the  Lord  hath   a  mighty  and 


strong  one,  %vhifh  as  a  tempest  of  hail 
and  a  destroying  storm,  as  a  flood  of 
mighty  waters  overflowing,  shall  cast 
down  to  the  earth  with  the  hand. 
8  The  crown  of  pride,  the  drunkards 
of  Ephraim,  shall  be  trodden  under  feet: 

4  And  the  glorious  beauty,  which  is  on 
the  head  of  the  fat  valley,  shall  be  a  fading 
flower,  a7id  as  the  hasty  fruit  before  the 
summer ;  which  when  he  that  looketh 
upon  it  seeth,  while  it  is  yet  in  his  hand 
he  eateth  it  up. 

5  T[  In  that  day  shall  the  Lorb  of  hosts 
be  for  a  crown  of  glory,  and  for  a  diadem 
of  beauty,  unto  the  residue  of  his  people, 

6  And  for  a  spirit  of  judgment  to  him 
that  sitteth  iu  judgment,  and  for  strength 
to  them  that  turn  the  battle  to  the  gate. 

7  T[  But  they  also  have  erred  through 
wine,  and  through  strong  drink  are  out  of 
the  way;  the  priest  and  the  prophet  have 
erred  through  strong  drink,  they  are  swal- 
lowed up  of  wine,  they  are  out  of  the 
way  through  strong  drink;  they  err  in 
vision,  they  stumble  m  judgment. 

8  For  all  tables  are  full  of  vomit  and 
tilthiness,  so  that  there  is  no  place  dean. 

9  T[  Whom  shall  he  teach  knowledge? 
and  whom  shall  he  make  to  understand 
doctrine?  them  that  are  weaned  from  the 
milk,  and  drawn  from  the  breasts. 

10  For  precept  tnust  be  upon  i:)recept, 
precept  upon  precept ;  line  Txi)on  line, 
line  upon  line ;  here  a  little,  and  there 
a  little : 

11  For  with  stammering  lij^s  and  another 
tongue  will  he  speak  to  this  people. 

13  To  whom  he  said.  This  is  the  rest 
wherewith  ye  may  cause  the  weary  to  rest ; 
and  this  is  the  refreshing :  yet  they  would 
not  hear. 

13  But  the  word  of  the  Lord  was  unto 
them  precept  upon  precept,  precei:)t  upon 
precept;  line  upon  line,  line  upon  line; 
here  a  little,  a7ul  there  a  little ;  that  they 
might  go,  and  fall  backward,  and  be 
broken,  and  snared,  and  taken. 

14  11  Wherefore  hear  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  ye  scornful  men,  that  rule  this 
people  which  is  in  Jerusalem. 

15  Because  ye  have  said.  We  have  made 

a   covenant  with  death,  and  Avith  hell  are 

we  at  agreement;   Avhen  the  overflowing 

scourge   shall  pass   through,   it   shall   not 

come  unto  us  :  for  we  have  made  lies  our 
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ISAIAH. 


hid 


refuge,  and  under  falsehood  have  we 
ourselves : 

16  li  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God, 
Behold,  I  lay  in  Zion  for  a  foundation  a 
stone,  a  tried  stone,  a  precious  corner 
sto)te,  a  sure  foundation:  he  that  believeth 
shall  not  make  haste. 

17  Judgment  also  will  I  lay  to  the  line, 
and  righteousness  to  the  plummet :  and 
the  hail  shall  sweep  away  the  refuge  of 
lies,  and  the  waters  shall  overflow  the 
hiding  place. 

18  11  And  your  covenant  with  death  shall 
be  disannulled,  and  your  agreement  with 
hell  shall  not  stand ;  when  the  overflow- 
ing scourge  shall  pass  through,  then  ye 
shall  be  trodden  down  by  it. 

19  From  the  time  that  it  goeth  forth  it 
shall  take  you :  for  morning  by  morning 
shall  it  pass  over,  by  day  and  by  night : 
and  it  shall  be  a  vexation  only  to  under- 
stand the  report. 

20  For  the  bed  is  shorter  than  that  a  man 
can  stretch  himself  o?i  it:  and  the  covering 
narrower  than  that  he  can  wrap  himself 
ill  it. 

21  For  the  Lord  shall  rise  up  as  iti  mount 
Perazim,  he  shall  be  wroth  as  i?i  the 
valley  of  Gibeon,  that  he  may  do  his 
work,  his  strange  work;  and  bring  to 
pass  his  act,  his  strange  act. 

23  Now  therefore  be  ye  not  mockers, 
lest  your  bands  be  made  strong :  for  I 
have  heard  from  the  Lord  God  of  hosts 
a  consumption,  even  determined  upon 
the  whole  earth. 

23  TI  Give  ye  ear,  and  hear  my  voice ; 
hearken,  and  hear  my  speech. 

24  Doth  the  ploughman  plough  all  day  to 
sow?  doth  he  open  and  break  the  clods  of 
his  ground? 

2.0  "When  he  hath  made  plain  the  face 
thereof,  doth  he  not  cast  abroad  the 
fitches,  and  scatter  the  cummin,  and  cast 
in  the  principal  wheat  and  the  appointed 
barley  and  the  rye  in  their  place  ? 

26  For  his  God  doth  instruct  him  to 
discretion,  and  doth  teach  him. 

27  For  the  fitches  are  not  threshed 
with  a  threshing  instrument,  neither  is 
a  cart  wheel  turned  about  upon  the  cum- 
min ;  but  the  fitches  are  beaten  out  with 
a  staff,  and  the  cummin  v/ith  a  rod. 

28  Bread   corn    is    bruised:     because   he 


ivith  the  wheel  of  his  cart,  nor  bruise  it 
with  his  horsemen. 

29  This  also  cometh  forth  from  the  Lord 
of  hosts,  which  is  wonderful  in  counsel, 
a7id  excellent  in  working.  "* 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 

WOE    to    Ariel,    to    Ariel,  the  city 
wliere  David  dwelt!   add  ye  year  to 
year ;  let  them  kill  sacrifices. 

2  Yet  I  will  distress  Ariel,  and  there  shall 
be  heaviness  and  sorrow:  and  it  shall  be 
unto  me  as  Ariel. 

3  And  I  will  camp  against  thee  round 
about,  and  will  lay  siege  against  thee  with 
a  mount,  and  I  will  raise  forts  against  thee. 

4  And  thou  shalt  be  brought  down,  and 
Shalt  speak  out  of  the  ground,  and  thy 
speech  shall  be  low  out  of  the  dust,  and 
thy  voice  shall  be,  as  of  one  that  hath 
a  familiar  spirit,  out  of  the  ground,  and 
thy  speech  shall  whisper  out  of  the 
dust. 

5  Moreover  the  multitude  of  thy  strangers 
shall  be  like  small  dust,  and  the  multitude 
of  the  terrible  ones  shall  be  as  chaff  that 
passeth  away  :  yea,  it  shall  be  at  an  instant 
suddenly. 

6  Thou  Shalt  be  visited  of  the  Lord  of 
hosts  with  thunder,  and  with  earthquake, 
and  great  noise,  with  storm  and  tempest, 
and  the  flame  of  devouring  fire. 

7  1[  And  the  multitude  of  all  the  nations 
that  fight  against  Ariel,  even  all  that  fight 
against  her  and  her  munition,  and  that 
distress  her,  shall  be  as  a  dream  of  a  night 
vision. 

8  It  shall  even  be  as  when  a  hungry  man 
dreameth,  and,  behold,  he  eateth ;  but  he 
awaketh,  and  his  soul  is  empty:  or  as 
when  a  thirsty  man  dreameth,  and,  be- 
hold, he  drinketh;  but  he  awaketh,  and, 
behold,  7ie  is  faint,  and  his  soul  hath  ap- 
petite: so  shall  the  multitude  of  all  the 
nations  be,  that  fight  against  mount  Zion. 

9  ^  Stay  yourselves,  and  wonder ;  cry  ye 
out,  and  cry:  they  are  drunken,  but  not 
with  wine ;  they  stagger,  but  not  with 
strong  drink. 

10  For  the  Lord  hath  poured  out  upon 
you  the  spirit  of  deep  sleep,  and  hath 
closed  your  eyes :  the  proi)hets  and  your 
rulers,  the  seers  hath  he  covered. 

11  And  the  vision  of  all  is  become  unto 
Avill  not  ever  be  threshing  it,  nor  break  it    you  as  the  Avords  of  a  book  that  is  sealed. 


ISAIAH. 


which  men  deliver  to  one  that  is  learned, 
saying,  Read  this,  I  pray  thee;  and  he 
saith,  I  cannot ;  for  it  is  sealed : 

12  And  the  book  is  delivered  to  him 
that  is  not  learned,  saying.  Read  this,  I 
pray  thee :  and  he  saith,  I  am  not  learned. 

13  1  Wherefore  the  Lord  said,  Forasmuch 
as  this  people  draw  near  me  with  their 
mouth,  and  with  their  lips  do  honour  me, 
but  have  removed  their  heart  far  from 
me,  and  their  fear  toward  me  is  taught 
by  the  precept  of  men  : 

14  Therefore,  behold,  I  will  proceed  to 
do  a  marvellous  work  among  this  people, 
even  a  marvellous  work  and  a  wonder:  for 
the  wisdom  of  their  wise  men  shall  perish, 
and  the  understanding  of  their  prudent 
nun  shall  be  hid. 

15  Woe  unto  them  that  seek  deep  to  hide 
their  counsel  from  the  Lord,  and  their 
works  are  in  the  dark,  and  they  say.  Who 
seeth  us  ?  and  who  knoweth  us  ? 

16  Surely  your  turning  of  things  upside 
down  shall  be  esteemed  as  the  potter's 
clay:  for  shall  the  work  say  of  him  that 
made  it.  He  made  me  not?  or  shall  the 
thing  framed  say  of  him  that  framed  it. 
He  had  no  understanding? 

17  Is  it  not  yet  a  very  little  while,  and 
Lebanon  shall  be  turned  into  a  fruitful 
field,  and  the  fruitful  field  shall  be  esteem- 
ed as  a  forest  ? 

18  ^  And  in  that  day  shall  the  deaf  hear 
the  words  of  the  book,  and  the  eyes  of  the 
blind  shall  see  out  of  obscurity,  and  out 
of  darkness. 

19  The  meek  also  shall  increase  their  joy 
in  the  Lord,  and  the  poor  among  men 
shall  rejoice  in  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

20  For  the  terrible  one  is  brought  to 
nought,  and  the  scorner  is  consumed,  and 
all  that  watch  for  iniquity  are  cut  off: 

21  That  make  a  man  an  ofiender  for  a 
word,  and  lay  a  snare  for  him  that  reprov- 
eth  in  the  gate,  and  turn  aside  the  just 
for  a  thing  of  nought. 

22  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  who 
redeemed  Abraham,  concerning  the  house 
of  Jacob,  Jacob  shall  not  now  be  ashamed, 
neither  shall  his  face  now  wax  pale. 

23  But  when  he  seeth  his  children,  the 
work  of  mine  hands,  in  the  midst  of  him, 
they  shall  sanctify  my  name,  and  sanctify 
the  Holy  One  of  Jacob,  and  shall  fear  the 
God  of  Israel. 


24  They  also  that  erred  in  spirit  shall 
come  to  understanding,  and  they  that 
murmured  shall  learn  doctrine.     «* 

CHAPTER  XXX. 

WOE  to  the  rebellious  children,  saith 
the  Lord,  that  take  counsel,  but 
not  of  me;  and  that  cover  with  a  covering, 
but  not  of  my  Spirit,  that  they  may  add 
sin  to  sin: 

2  That  walk  to  go  down  into  Egypt,  and 
have  not  asked  at  my  mouth ;  to  strength- 
en themselves  in  the  strength  of  Pharaoh, 
and  to  trust  in  the  shadow  of  Egypt ! 

3  Therefore  shall  the  strength  of  Pharaoh 
be  your  shame,  and  the  trust  in  the  shadow 
of  Egypt  your  confusion, 

4  For  his  princes  were  at  Zoan,  and  his 
ambassadors  came  to  Hanes. 

5  They  were  all  ashamed  of  a  people  that 
could  not  profit  them,  nor  be  a  help  nor 
profit,  but  a  shame,  and  also  a  reproach. 

6  The  burden  of  the  beasts  of  the  south : 
Into  the  land  of  trouble  and  anguish,  from 
whence  come  the  young  and  old  lion,  the 
viper  and  fiery  flying  serpent,  they  will 
carry  their  riches  upon  the  shoulders  of 
young  asses,  and  their  treasures  upon  the 
bunches  of  camels,  to  a  people  that  shall 
not  profit  tJiem. 

7  For  the  Egyptians  shall  help  in  vain, 
and  to  no  purpose :  therefore  have  I  cried 
concerning  this.  Their  strength  is  to  sit 
still. 

8  T[  Now  go,  write  it  before  them  in  a 
table,  and  note  it  in  a  book,  that  it  may 
be  for  the  time  to  come  for  ever  and  ever: 

9  That  this  is  a  rebellious  people,  lying 
children,  children  that  will  not  hear  the 
law  of  the  Lord  : 

10  Which  say  to  the  seers.  See  not;  and 
to  the  prophets.  Prophesy  not  unto  us 
right  things,  speak  unto  us  smooth  things, 
prophesy  deceits: 

11  Get  you  out  of  the  way,  turn  aside  out 
of  the  path,  cause  the  Holy  One  of  Israel 
to  cease  from  before  us. 

12  Wherefore  thus  saith  the  Holy  One 
of  Israel,  Because  ye  despise  this  word, 
and  trust  in  oppression  and  perverseness, 
and  stay  thereon : 

13  Therefore  this  iniquity  shall  be  to  you 
as  a  breach  ready  to  fall,  swelling  out  in 
a  high  wall,  whose  breaking  cometh  sud- 
denly at  an  instant. 

_  _ 


ISAIAH. 


14  And  he  shall  break  it  as  the  breaking 
of  the  potters'  vessel  that  is  broken  in 
pieces;  he  shall  not  spare:  so  that  there 
shall  not  be  found  in  the  bursting  of  it 
a  sherd  to  take  fire  from  the  hearth,  or 
to  take  water  tvithal  out  of  the  pit. 

15  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  the  Holy 
One  of  Israel ;  In  returning  and  rest  shall 
3'e  be  saved;  in  quietness  and  in  confidence 
shall  be  your  strength  :  and  ye  would  not. 

10  But  ye  said,  No ;  for  we  Avill  flee  upon 
horses;  therefore  shall  ye  flee:  and,  We 
will  ride  upon  the  swift;  therefore  shall 
they  that  pursue  you  be  swift. 

17  One  thousand  shall  flee  at  the  rebuke 
of  one ;  at  the  rebuke  of  five  shall  ye  flee : 
till  ye  be  left  as  a  beacon  upon  the  top  of 
a  mountain,  and  as  an  ensign  on  a  hill. 

18  ^  And  therefore  will  the  Lord  wait, 
that  he  may  be  gracious  unto  you,  and 
therefore  will  he  be  exalted,  that  he  may 
have  mercy  upon  you:  for  the  Lord  is 
a  God  of  judgment:  blessed  are  all  they 
that  wait  for  him. 

19  For  the  people  shall  dwell  in  Zion  at 
Jerusalem :  thou  shalt  weep  no  more :  he 
will  be  very  gracious  unto  thee  at  the 
voice  of  thy  cry ;  when  he  shall  hear  it, 
he  will  answer  thee. 

20  And  though  the  Lord  give  you  the 
bread  of  adversity,  and  the  water  of 
affliction,  yet  shall  not  thy  teachers  be 
removed  into  a  corner  any  more,  but 
thine  eyes  shall  see  thy  teachers : 

31  And  thine  ears  shall  hear  a  word  be- 
hind thee,  saying.  This  is  the  way,  walk 
ye  in  it,  when  ye  turn  to  the  right  hand, 
and  when  ye  turn  to  the  left. 

22  Ye  shall  defile  also  the  covering  of 
thy  graven  images  of  silver,  and  the  orna- 
ment of  thy  molten  images  of  gold :  thou 
Shalt  cast  them  away  as  a  menstruous 
cloth;  thou  shalt  say  unto  it,  Get  thee 
hence. 

23  Then  shall  he  give  the  rain  of  thy 
seed,  that  thou  shalt  sow  the  ground 
withal ;  and  bread  of  the  increase  of  the 
earth,  and  it  shall  be  fat  and  plenteous : 
in  that  day  shall  thy  cattle  feed  in  large 
pastures. 

24  The  oxen  likewise  and  the  young 
asses  that  ear  the  ground  shall  eat  clean 
provender,  which  hath  been  winnowed 
with  the  shovel  and  with  the  fan. 

25  And  there  shall  be  upon  every  high 

^652 


mountain,  and  upon  every  high  hill,  rivers 
(uul  streams  of  waters  in  the  day  of  the 
great  slaughter,  when  the  towers  fall. 

26  Moreover  the  light  of  the  moon  shall 
be  as  the  light  of  the  sun,  and  the  light 
of  the  sun  shall  be  sevenfold,  as  the  light 
of  seven  days,  in  the  day  that  the  Lord 
bindeth  up  the  breach  of  his  people,  and 
healeth  the  stroke  of  their  wound. 

27  f  Behold,  the  name  of  the  Lord  Com- 
eth from  far,  burning  with  his  anger,  and 
the  burden  thereof  is  heavy:  his  lips  are 
full  of  indignation,  and  his  tongue  as  a 
devouring  fire : 

28  And  his  breath,  as  an  overflowing 
stream,  shall  reach  to  the  midst  of  the 
neck,  to  sift  the  nations  with  the  sieve  of 
vanity:  and  thei'e  shall  be  a  bridle  in  the 
jaws  of  the  people,  causing  them  to  err. 

29  Ye  shall  have  a  song,  as  in  the  night 
whe7i  a  holy  solemnity  is  kept;  and  glad- 
ness of  heart,  as  when  one  goeth  with  a 
pipe  to  come  into  the  mountain  of  the 
Lord,  to  the  Mighty  One  of  Israel. 

30  And  the  Lord  shall  cause  his  glorious 
voice  to  be  heard,  and  shall  shew  the  light- 
ing down  of  his  arm,  with  the  indignation 
of  his  anger,  and  with  the  flame  of  a  de- 
vouring fire,  with  scattering,  and  tempest, 
and  hailstones. 

31  For  through  the  voice  of  the  Lord 
shall  the  Assyrian  be  beaten  down,  which 
smote  with  a  rod. 

32  And  in  every  place  where  the  grounded 
staff  shall  pass,  which  the  Lord  shall  lay 
upon  him,  it  shall  be  with  tabrets  and 
harps :  and  in  battles  of  shaking  will  he 
fight  with  it. 

33  For  Tophet  is  ordained  of  old;  yea, 
for  the  king  it  is  prepared ;  he  hath  made 
it  deep  and  large:  the  pile  thereof  is  tire 
and  much  wood  ;  the  breath  of  the  Lord, 
like  a  stream  of  brimstone  doth  kindle  it. 

CHAPTEFv  XXXI. 

WOE  to  them  that  go  down  to  Egypt 
for  help ;  and  stay  on  horses,  and 
trust  in  chariots,  because  they  are  many; 
and  in  horsemen,  because  they  are  very 
strong ;  but  they  look  not  unto  the 
Holy  One  of  Israel,  neither  seek  the 
Lord  ! 

2  Yet  he  also  is  wise,  and  will  bring  evil, 
and  will  not  call  back  his  words :  but  will 
arise  against  the  house  of  the  evil  doers, 


ISAIAH. 


aud  a<^ainst  the  help  of  them  that  work 
iniquity. 

S  Now  the  Egyi3tians  are  men,  and  not 
God;  and  their  horses  flesh,  and  not  spirit. 
When  the  Lord  shall  stretch  out  his  hand, 
both  he  that  helpeth  shall  fall,  and  he  that 
is  holpcn  shall  fall  down,  and  they  all 
shall  fail  together. 

4  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  spoken  unto 
me.  Like  as  the  lion  and  the  young  lion 
roaring  on  his  prey,  when  o  multitude  of 
shepherds  is  called  forth  against  him,  he 
will  not  be  afraid  of  their  voice,  nor  abase 
himself  for  the  noise  of  them :  so  shall 
the  Lord  of  ho&ts  come  down  to  fight 
for  m,ount  Zion,  and  for  the  hill  thereof. 

5  As  birds  flying,  so  will  the  Lord  of 
hosts  defend  Jerusalem-,  defending  also 
he  will  deliver  it;  and  passing  over  he 
will  preserve  it. 

6  T[  Turn  ye  unto  7dm  from  whom  the 
children  of  Israel  have  deeply  revolted. 

7  For  in  that  day  every  man  shall  cast 
away  his  idols  of  silver,  and  his  idols  of 
gold,  which  3'our  own  hands  have  made 
unto  yon  for  a  sin. 

8  H  Then  shall  the  Assyrian  fall  with 
the  sword,  not  of  a  mighty  man ;  and  the 
sword,  not  of  a  mean  man,  shall  devour 
him:  but  he  shall  flee  from  the  sword, 
and  his  young  men  shall  be  discomfited. 

9  And  he  shall  pass  over  to  his  strong 
hold  for  fear,  and  his  princes  shall  be 
afraid  of  the  ensign,  saith  the  Lord,  whose 
fire  is  in  Zion,  and  his  furnace  in  Jeru- 
salem. 

CHAPTER  XXXIL 

BEHOLD,  a  King  shall   reign  in  right- 
eousness, and    princes   shall   rule   in 
judgment. 

2  And  a  man  shall  be  as  a  hiding 
l)lace  from  the  wind,  and  a  covert  from 
the  tempest;  as  rivers  of  water  in  a  dry 
place,  as  the  shadow  of  a  great  rock  in 
a  Aveary  land. 

3  Aud  the  eyes  of  them  that  see  shall 
not  be  dim,  and  the  ears  of  them  that 
hear  shall  hearken. 

4  The  heart  also  of  the  rash  shall  under- 
stand knowledge,  and  the  tongue  of  the 
stammerers  shall  be  ready  to  speak  plainly. 

5  The  vile  person  shall  be  no  more  called 
liberal,  nor  the  churl  said  to  be  bountiful. 

6  For  the  vile  person  will  speak  villany, 
and  his  heart  will  work  iniquity,  to  prac- 1 


tise  hypocrisy,  and  to  utter  error  against 
the  Lord,  to  make  empty  the  soul  of  the 
hungry;  and  he  will  cause  the  drink  of 
the  thirsty  to  fail. 

7  The  instruments  also  of  the  churl  are 
evil:  he  deviseth  wicked  devices  to  de- 
stroy the  poor  with  lying  words,  even 
when  the  needy  speaketh  right. 

8  But  the  liberal  deviseth  liberal  things; 
and  by  liberal  things  shall  he  stand. 

9  T[  Rise  up,  ye  women  that  are  at  ease ; 
hear  my  voice,  ye  careless  daughters ; 
give  ear  unto  my  speech. 

10  Many  days  and  years  shall  ye  be 
troubled,  ye  careless  women:  for  the 
vintage  shall  fail,  the  gathering  shall  not 
come. 

11  Tremble,  ye  women  that  are  at  ease; 
be  troubled,  ye  careless  ones:  strip  you, 
and  make  you  bare,  and  gird  sackcloth 
upon  7/ottr  loins. 

13  They  shall  lament  for  the  teats,  for 
the  pleasant  fields,  for  the  fruitful  vine. 

13  Upon  the  land  of  my  people  shall 
come  up  thorns  a7id  briers;  yea,  upon 
all  the  houses  of  joy  in  the  joyous 
city: 

14  Because  the  palaces  shall  be  forsaken ; 
the  multitude  of  the  city  shall  be  left; 
the  forts  and  towers  shall  be  for  dens  for 
ever,  a  joy  of  wild  asses,  a  pasture  of 
flocks; 

15  Until  the  Spirit  be  poured  upon  us 
from  on  high,  and  the  wilderness  be  a 
fruitful  field,  and  the  fruitful  field  be 
counted  for  a  forest. 

16  Then  judgment  shall  dwell  in  the 
wilderness,  and  righteousness  remain  in 
the  fruitful  field. 

17  And  the  work  of  righteousness  shall 
be  peace;  and  the  effect  of  righteousness, 
quietness  and  assurance  for  ever. 

18  And  my  people  shall  dwell  in  a  peace- 
able habitation,  and  in  sure  dwellings,  and 
in  quiet  resting  places; 

19  When  it  shall  hail,  coming  down  on 
the  forest ;  and  the  city  shall  be  low  in  a 
low  place. 

20  Blessed  aj-e  ye  that  sow  beside  all 
waters,  that  send  forth  thither  the  feet  of 
the  ox  and  the  ass. 


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CHAPTER  XXXIIL 
OE  to  thee   that  spoilest,  aud   thou 
tvivit  not  spoiled;  aud  dealest  treach- 

653 


ISAIAH. 


erously,  and  they  dealt  not  treacherously 
with  thee!  when  thou  shalt  cease  to  spoil, 
thou  Shalt  be  spoiled;  and  when  thou 
Shalt  make  an  end  to  deal  treacherously, 
they  shall  deal  treacherously  with  thee. 

2  O  Lord,  be  gracious  unto  us ;  we  have 
waited  for  thee :  be  thou  their  arm  every 
morning,  our  salvation  also  in  the  time  of 
trouble. 

3  At  the  noise  of  the  tumult  the  people 
fled ;  at  the  lifting  up  of  thyself  the 
nations  were  scattered. 

4  And  your  spoil  shall  be  gathered  like 
the  gathering  of  the  caterpillar:  as  the 
running  to  and  fro  of  locusts  shall  he 
run  upon  them. 

5  The  Lord  is  exalted;  for  he  dwelleth 
on  high:  he  hath  filled  Zion  with  judg- 
ment and  righteousness. 

6  And  Avisdom  and  knowledge  shall  be 
the  stability  of  thy  times,  and  strength  of 
salvation:  the  fear  of  the  Lord  is  his 
treasure. 

7  Behold,  their  valiant  ones  shall  cry  with- 
out :  the  ambassadors  of  peace  shall  weep 
bitterly. 

8  The  highways  lie  waste,  the  wayfaring 
man  ceaseth:  he  hath  broken  the  cove- 
nant, he  hath  despised  the  cities,  he  re- 
gardeth  no  man. 

9  The  earth  moumeth  atid  languisheth: 
Lebanon  is  ashamed  ayid  hewn  down: 
Sharon  is  like  a  wilderness;  and  Bashan 
and  Carmel  shake  off  their  fruits. 

10  Now  will  I  rise,  saith  the  Lord  ; 
now  will  I  be  exalted ;  now  will  I  lift 
up  myself. 

11  Ye  shall  conceive  chaff,  ye  shall  bring 
forth  stubble :  your  breath,  as  fire,  shall 
devour  you. 

12  And  the  people  shall  be  as  the  burn- 
ings of  lime:  a-v  thorns  cut  up  shall  they 
be  burned  in  the  fire. 

13  If  Hear,  ye  thai  are  far  off,  what  I  have 
done ;  and,  ye  tJiat  are  near,  acknowledge 
my  might. 

14  The  sinners  in  Zion  are  afraid ;  fearful- 
ness  hath  surprised  the  hypocrites.  Who 
among  us  shall  dwell  with  the  devouring 
fire?  who  among  us  shall  dwell  with  ever- 
lasting burnings  ? 

15  He  that  walketh  righteously,  and 
speaketh  uprightly ;  he  that  despiseth  the 
gain  of  oppressions,  that  shaketh  his  hands 
from  holding  of  bribes,  that  stoppeth  his 

~      '  654 


ears  from  hearing  of  blood,  and  shutteth 
his  eyes  from  seeing  evil ; 

16  He  shall  dwell  on  high ;  his  place  of 
defence  shall  he  the  munitions  of  rocks: 
bread  shall  be  given  him ;  his  waters  shall 
he  sure. 

17  Thine  eyes  shall  see  the  King  in 
his  beauty :  they  shall  behold  the  land 
that  is  very  far  off. 

18  Thine  heart  shall  meditate  terror. 
Where  is  the  scribe?  where  is  the  re- 
ceiver? where  is  he  that  counted  the 
towers  ? 

19  Thou  shalt  not  see  a  fierce  people, 
a  people  of  a  deeper  speech  than  thou 
canst  perceive;  of  a  stammering  tongue, 
that  thou  canst  not  understand. 

20  Look  upon  Zion,  the  city  of  our  solem- 
nities :  thine  eyes  shall  see  Jerusalem  a 
quiet  habitation,  a  tabernacle  that  shall 
not  be  taken  down ;  not  one  of  the  stakes 
thereof  shall  ever  be  removed,  neither 
shall  any  of  the  cords  thereof  be  broken. 

21  But  there  the  glorious  Lord  will  he 
unto  us  a  place  of  broad  rivers  and 
streams ;  wherein  shall  go  no  galley  with 
oai-s,  neither  shall  gallant  ship  pass 
thereby. 

22  For  the  Lord  is-  our  judge,  the  Lord 
is  our  lawgiver,  the  Lord  is  our  King; 
he  will  save  us. 

23  Thy  tacklings  are  loosed  ;  they  could 
not  well  strengthen  their  mast ;  they 
could  not  spread  the  sail :  then  is  the  prey 
of  a  great  spoil  divided;  the  lame  take 
the  prey. 

24  And  the  inhabitant  shall  not  say,  I  am 
sick :  the  people  that  dwell  therein  shall 
be  forgiven  their  iniquity.       ■» 


COME 
heark 


CHAPTER  XXXIV. 

near,  ye  nations,  to  hear;  and 
icar, 
and 


and  all  that  is  therein  ;    the   world, 
all  things  that  come  forth  of  it. 

2  For  the  indignation  of  the  Lord  is 
upon  all  nations,  and  his  fury  upon  all 
their  armies :  he  hath  utterly  destroyed 
them,  he  hath  delivered  them  to  the 
slaughter. 

3  Their  slain  also  shall  be  cast  out,  and 
their  stink  shall  come  up  out  of  their 
carcasses,  and  the  mountains  shall  be 
melted  with  their  blood. 

4  And  all   the    host  of  heaven  shall  be 


ISAIAH. 


dissolved,  and  the  heavens  shall  be  rolled 
together  as  a  scroll:  and  all  their  host 
shall  foil  down,  as  the  leaf  falleth  oflF  from 
the  vine,  and  as  a  falling  Jig  from  the  fig 
tree. 

5  For  my  sword  shall  be  bathed  in 
heaven:  behold,  it  shall  come  down  upon 
Idurnea,  and  upon  the  people  of  my  curse, 
to  judgment. 

6  The  sword  of  the  Lord  is  filled  with 
blood,  it  is  made  fat  with  fatness,  and  with 
the  blood  of  lambs  and  goats,  with  the  fat 
of  the  kidneys  of  rams :  for  the  Lord  hath 
a  sacrifice  in  Bozrah,  and  a  great  slaughter 
in  the  land  of  Idumea. 

7  And  the  unicorns  shall  come  down  with 
them^  and  the  bullocks  with  the  bulls; 
and  their  land  shall  be  soaked  with  blood, 
and  their  dust  made  fat  with  fatness. 

8  For  it  is  the  day  of  the  Lord's  ven- 
geance, and  the  year  of  recompenses  for 
the  controversy  of  Zion. 

9  And  the  streams  thereof  shall  be 
turned  into  pitch,  and  the  dust  thereof 
into  brimstone,  and  the  land  thereof 
shall  become  burning  pitch. 

10  It  shall  not  be  quenched  night  nor 
day ;  the  smoke  thereof  shall  go  up  for 
ever :  from  generation  to  generation  it 
shall  lie  waste;  none  shall  pass  through 
it  for  ever  and  ever. 

11  Tl  But  the  cormorant  and  the  bittern 
shall  possess  it ;  the  owl  also  and  the 
raven  shall  dwell  in  it :  and  he  shall  stretch 
out  upon  it  the  line  of  confusion,  and  the 
stones  of  emptiness. 

12  They  shall  call  the  nobles  thereof  to 
the  kingdom,  but  none  shall  be  there, 
and  all  her  princes  shall  be  nothing. 

13  And  thorns  shall  come  up  in  her 
palaces,  nettles  and  brambles  in  the 
fortresses  thereof:  and  it  shall  be  a 
habitation  of  dragons,  and  a  court  for 
owls. 

14  The  wild  beasts  of  the  desert  shall 
also  meet  with  the  wild  beasts  of  the 
island,  and  the  satyr  shall  cry  to  his  fel- 
low ;  the  screech  owl  also  shall  rest  there, 
and  find  for  herself  a  place  of  rest. 

15  There  shall  the  great  owl  make  her 
nest,  and  lay,  and  hatch,  and  gather 
under  her  shadow :  there  shall  the  vul- 
tures also  be  gathered,  every  one  with 
her  mate. 

16  t  Seek  ye  out  of  the  book  of  the 


Lord,  and  read:  no  one  of  these  shall 
fail,  none  shall  want  her  mate:  for  my 
mouth  it  hath  commanded,  and  his  spirit 
it  hath  gathered  them. 
17  And  he  hath  cast  the  lot  for  them,  and 
his  hand  hath  divided  it  unto  them  by 
line:  they  shall  possess  it  for  ever,  from 
generation  to  generation  shall  they  dwell 
therein.     • 

CHAPTER   XXXV. 

THE  wilderness  and  the    solitary  place 
shall  be  glad  for  them  ;  and  the  desert 
shall  rejoice,  and  blossom  as  the  rose. 

2  It  shall  blossom  abundantly,  and  rejoice 
even  with  joy  and  singing :  the  glory  of 
Lebanon  shall  be  given  unto  it,  the  excel- 
lency of  Carmel  and  Sharon ;  they  shall 
see  the  glory  of  the  Lord,  and  the  excel- 
lency of  our  God. 

3  If  Strengthen  ye  the  weak  hands,  and 
confirm  the  feeble  knees. 

4  Say  to  them  that  are  of  a  fearful  heart, 
Be  strong,  fear  not  :  behold,  your  God 
will  come  tvith  vengeance,  eimt  God  with  a 
recompense;  he  will  come  and  save  you. 

5  Then  the  eyes  of  the  blind  shall  be 
opened,  and  the  ears  of  the  deaf  shall  be 
unstopped. 

6  Then  shall  the  lame  man  leap  as  a  hart, 
and  the  tongue  of  the  dumb  sing:  for  in 
the  wilderness  shall  waters  break  out,  and 
streams  in  the  desert. 

7  And  the  parched  ground  shall  become  a 
pool,  and  the  thirsty  land  springs  of  water : 
in  the  habitation  of  dragons,  Avhere  each 
lay,  shall  he  grass  with  reeds  and  rushes. 

8  And  a  highway  shall  be  there,  and  a 
way,  and  it  shall  be  called  The  way  of 
holiness;  the  unclean  shall  not  pass  over 
it ;  but  it  shall  he  for  those :  the  wayfaring 
men,  though  fools,  shall  not  err  therein. 

9  No  lion  shall  be  there,  nor  any  ravenous 
beast  shall  go  up  thereon,  it  shall  not  be 
found  there ;  but  the  redeemed  shall  walk 
there : 

10  And  the  ransomed  of  the  Lord  shall 
x-eturn,  and  come  to  Zion  with  songs  and 
everlasting  joy  upon  their  heads:  they 
shall  obtain  joy  and  gladness,  and  sorrow 
and  sighing  shall  flee  away.        '^^ 

CHAPTER  XXXVI. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass  in  the  fourteenth 
year  of  king  Hezekiah,  that  Sennach- 
erib king  of  Assyria  came  np  against  all 
655  " 


ISAIAH. 


the  det'cnced  cities  of  Judah,  aud  took 
them. 

2  And  the  king  of  Assyria  sent  Rabshakeh 
from  Lachish  to  Jerusalem  unto  king  Hez- 
ekiah  with  a  gi-eat  army.  And  he  stood  by 
the  conduit  of  the  upper  pool  in  the  high- 
way of  the  fuller's  field. 

3  Then  came  forth  unto  him  Eliakira, 
Hilkiah's  son,  which  was  over  the  house, 
and  Shebna  the  scribe,  and  Joah,  Asaph's 
son,  the  recorder. 

4  T[  And  Rabshakeh  said  unto  them,  Say 
ye  now  to  Hezekiah,  Thus  saith  the  great 
king,  the  king  of  Assyria,  What  confidence 
i.s  this  wherein  thou  trustest? 

5  I  say,  sayed  tliou^  ( but  they  are  hut  vain 
words)  I  have  counsel  and  strength  for 
Avar:  now  on  whom  dost  thou  trust,  that 
thou  rebellest  against  me? 

6  Lo,  thou  trustest  in  the  staff  of  this 
broken  reed,  on  Egypt ;  whereon  if  a  man 
lean,  it  will  go  into  his  hand,  and  pierce 
it :  so  is  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt  to  all  that 
trust  in  him. 

7  But  if  thou  say  to  me.  We  trust  in 
the  Lord  our  God :  h  it  not  he,  whose  high 
places  and  whose  altars  Hezekiah  hath 
taken  away,  and  said  to  Judah  and  to  Jeru- 
salem, Ye  shall  worship  before  this  altar? 

8  Now  therefore  give  pledges,  1  pray 
thee,  to  my  master  the  king  of  Assyria, 
and  I  will  give  thee  two  thousand  horses, 
if  thou  be  able  on  thy  part  to  set  riders 
upon  them. 

9  How  then  wilt  thou  turn  away  the  face 
of  one  captain  of  the  least  of  my  master's 
servants,  and  put  thy  trust  on  Egypt  for 
chariots  and  for  horsemen? 

10  And  am  I  now  come  up  without  the 
Lord  against  this  land  to  destroy  it  ?  the 
Lord  said  unto  me.  Go  up  against  this 
land,  and  destroy  it. 

11  U  Then  said  Eliakim  and  Shebna  and 
Joah  unto  Rabshakeh,  Speak,  I  pray  thee, 
unto  thy  servants  in  the  Syrian  language; 
for  we  understand  it:  and  speak  not  to 
us  in  the  Jews'  language,  in  the  ears  of  the 
people  that  are  on  the  wall. 

13  1  But  Rabshakeh  said.  Hath  ray  master 

sent  me  to  thy  master  and  to  thee  to  speak 

these  words?   hath.,  lie  not  scjit  me  to  the 

men  that  sit  upon  the  wall,  that  they  niny 

eat  their  own  dung,  and  drink  their  own 

piss  with  you  ? 

13  Then  Rabshakeh  stood,  and  cried  with 
__ 


a  loud  voice  in  the  Jews'  language,  and 
said.  Hear  ye  the  words  of  the  great  king, 
the  king  of  Assyria. 

14  Thus  saith  the  king.  Let  not  Hezekiah 
deceive  you :  for  he  shall  not  be  able  to 
deliver  you. 

15  Neither  let  Hezekiah  make  you  trust 
in  the  Lord,  saying.  The  Lord  will  surely 
deliver  us  :  this  city  shall  not  be  delivered 
into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Assyria, 

16  Hearken  not  to  Hezekiah:  for  thus 
saith  the  king  of  Assyria,  Make  an  agree- 
ment with  me  by  a  present,  and  come  out 
to  me:  and  eat  ye  every  one  of  his  vine, 
and  every  one  of  his  fig  tree,  and  drink  ye 
every  one  the  waters  of  his  own  cistern; 

17  Until  I  come  and  take  you  away  to 
a  land  like  your  own  land,  a  land  of  corn 
and  wine,  a  land  of  bread  and  vineyards. 

18  Beware  lest  Hezekiah  persuade  you, 
saying,  The  Lord  will  deliver  us.  Hath 
any  of  the  gods  of  the  nations  delivered 
his  land  out  of  the  hand  of  the  king  of 
Assyria? 

19  Where  are  the  gods  of  HamWh  and 
Arphad?  where  are  the  gods  of  Sephar- 
vaim?  and  have  they  delivered  Samaria 
out  of  my  hand  ? 

20  Who  are  they  among  all  the  gods  of 
these  lands,  that  have  delivered  their  land 
out  of  my  hand,  that  the  Lord  should  de- 
liver Jerusalem  out  of  my  hand  ? 

21  But  they  held  their  peace,  and  an- 
swered him  not  a  word :  for  the  king's 
commandment  was,  saying,  Answer  him 
not. 

22  H  Then  came  Eliakim,  the  son  of  Hil- 
kiah,  that  xoan  over  the  household,  and 
Shebna  the  scribe,  and  Joah,  the  son  of 
Asaph,  the  recorder,  to  Hezekiah  with  their 
clothes  rent,  and  told  him  the  w^ords  of 
Rabshakeh. 

CHAPTER  XXXVIL 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  king  Heze- 
kiah heard  it^  that  he  rent  his  clothes, 
and  covered  himself  with  sackcloth,  and 
went  into  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

2  And  he  sent  Eliakim,  who  ?/'a.s-  over  the 
household,  and  Shebna  the  scribe,  and  the 
elders  of  the  priests,  covered  with  sack- 
cloth, unto  Isaiah  the  prophet  the  son  of 
Amoz. 

3  Aud  they  said  unto  him.  Thus  saith 
Hezekiah,  This  day  i.s  a  day  of  troul)le,  and 


ISAIAH. 


of  rebuke,  and  of  blasphemy :  fox-  the  chil- 
di'en  are  come  to  the  birth,  and  there  is  not 
strength  to  bring  forth. 

4  It  may  be  the  Lord  thy  God  -will  hear 
the  words  of  Rabshakeh,  whom  the  king 
of  Assyria  his  master  hath  sent  to  rei^roach 
the  liA'ing  God,  and  will  reprove  the  words 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  heard: 
wherefore  lift  up  thy  jirayer  for  the  rem- 
nant that  is  left. 

5  So  the  servants  of  king  Hezekiah  came 
to  Isaiah. 

6  T[  And  Isaiah  said  unto  them.  Thus  shall 
ye  say  unto  your  master.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord,  Be  not  afraid  of  the  words  that  thou 
hast  heard,  wherewith  the  servants  of  the 
king  of  Assyria  have  blasphemed  me. 

7  Behold,  I  will  send  a  blast  xipon  him, 
and  he  shall  hear  a  rumour,  and  return  to 
his  own  land;  and  I  Avill  cause  him  to  fall 
by  the  sword  in  his  own  land. 

8  TI  So  Rabshakeh  returned,  and  found 
the  king  of  Assyria  warring  against  Lib- 
nah :  for  he  had  heard  that  he  was  depart- 
ed from  Lachish. 

9  And  he  heard  say  concerning  Tirhakah 
king  of  Ethiopia,  He  is  come  forth  to  make 
war  with  thee.  And  when  he  heard  it,  he 
sent  messengers  to  Hezekiah,  saying, 

10  Thus  shall  ye  speak  to  Hezekiah  king 
of  Judah,  saying.  Let  not  thy  God,  in 
whom  thou  trustest,  deceive  thee,  say- 
ing, Jerusalem  shall  not  be  given  into  the 
hand  of  the  king  of  Assyria, 

11  Behold,  thou  hast  heard  what  the 
kings  of  Assyria  have  done  to  all  lands  by 
destroying  them  utterly;  and  shalt  thou 
be  delivered? 

13  Have  the  gods  of  the  nations  delivered 
them  which  my  fathers  have  destroyed,  a,s 
Gozan,  and  Haran,  and  Rezeph,  and  the 
children  of  Eden  which  xuere  in  Telassar  ? 

13  Where  is  the  king  of  Hamath,  and  the 
king  of  Arphad,  and  the  king  of  the  city 
of  Sepharvaim,  Hena,  and  Ivah  ? 

14  H  And  Hezekiah  received  the  letter 
from  the  hand  of  the  messengers,  and  read 
it:  and  Hezekiah  went  up  unto  the  house 
of  the  Lord,  and  spread  it  before  the 
Lord. 

15  And  Hezekiah  prayed  unto  the  Lord, 
saying, 

16  O  Lord  of  hosts,  God  of  Israel,  that 

dwellest   between  the    cherubim,   thou    art 

the  God,  ew?i  thou   alone,  of  all  the  king- 
-— 


doms  of  the  earth :  thou  hast  made  heav- 
en and  earth. 

17  Incline  thine  ear,  O  Lord,  and  hear; 
open  thine  eyes,  O  Lord,  and  see :  and 
hear  all  the  words  of  Sennacherib,  which 
hath  sent  to  reproach  the  living  God. 

18  Of  a  truth.  Lord,  the  kings  of  Assyria 
have  laid  waste  all  the  nations,  and  their 
countries, 

19  And  have  cast  their  gods  into  the 
fire :  for  they  tvere  no  gods,  but  the  work 
of  men's  hands,  wood  and  stone:  there- 
fore they  have  destroyed  them. 

20  Now  therefore,  O  Lord  our  God,  save 
us  from  his  hand,  that  all  the  kingdoms 
of  the  earth  may  know  that  thou  art 
the  Lord,  e?;e?i  thou  only. 

21  IF  Then  Isaiah  the  son  of  Amoz  sent 
unto  Hezekiah,  saying.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel,  Whereas  thou  hast 
prayed  to  me  against  Sennacherib  king  of 
Assyria : 

23  This  is  the  Avord  which  the  Lord 
hath  spoken  concerning  him ;  The  virgin, 
the  daughter  of  Zion,  hath  despised  thee, 
and  laughed  thee  to  scorn ;  the  daughter 
of  Jerusalem  hath  shaken  her  head  at 
thee. 

33  Whom  hast  thou  reproached  and  blas- 
phemed? and  against  whom  hast  thou 
exalted  thy  voice,  and  lifted  up  thine 
eyes  on  high?  a'e?i  against  the  Holy  One 
of  Israel. 

34  By  thy  servants  hast  thou  reproached 
the  Lord,  and  hast  said.  By  the  multi- 
tude of  my  chariots  am  I  come  up  to 
the  height  of  the  mountains,  to  the  sides 
of  Lebanon ;  and  I  will  cut  down  the  tall 
cedars  thereof,  a7icl  the  choice  fir  trees 
thereof:  and  I  will  enter  into  the  height 
of  his  border,  and  the  forest  of  his  Carmel. 

25  I  have  digged,  and  drunk  water;  and 
with  the  sole  of  my  feet  have  I  dried  up 
all  the  rivers  of  the  besieged  places. 

26  Hast  thou  not  heard  long  ago,  how  I 
have  done  it;  and  of  ancient  times,  that 
I  have  formed  it?  now  have  I  brought  it 
to  pass,  that  thou  shouldest  be  to  lay 
waste  defenced  cities  i7ito  ruinous  heaps. 

27  Therefore  their  inhabitants  wo-e  of 
small  power,  they  were  dismayed  and  con- 
founded: they  were  as  the  grass  of  the 
field,  and  as  the  green  herb,  as  the  grass 
on  the  housetops,  and  as  corn  blasted  be- 
fore it  be  grown  uji. 

657 


ISAIAH. 


28  But  I  know  thy  abode,  and  thy  going 
out,  and  thy  coming  in,  and  thy  rage 
against  me. 

29  Because  thy  rage  against  me,  and  thy 
tumult,  is  come  up  into  mine  ears,  there- 
fore will  I  put  my  hook  in  thy  nose,  and 
my  bridle  in  thy  lips,  and  I  will  turn  thee 
back  by  the  way  by  which  thou  earnest. 

30  And  this  shall  he  a  sign  unto  thee.  Ye 
shall  eat  tliis  year  such  as  groweth  of 
itself;  and  the  second  year  that  which 
springeth  of  the  same:  and  in  the  third 
year  sow  ye,  and  reap,  and  plant  vine- 
yards, and  eat  the  fruit  thereof 

31  And  the  remnant  that  is  escaped  of 
the  house  of  Judah  shall  again  take  root 
downward,  and  bear  fruit  upward : 

33  For  out  of  Jerusalem  shall  go  forth  a 
remnant,  and  they  that  escape  out  of 
mount  Zion :  the  zeal  of  the  Lord  of 
hosts  shall  do  this. 

33  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  con- 
cerning the  king  of  Assyria,  He  shall 
not  come  into  this  city,  nor  shoot  an 
arrow  there,  nor  come  before  it  with 
shields,  nor  cast  a  bank  against  it. 

34  By  the  way  that  he  came,  by  the  same 
shall  he  return,  and  shall  not  come  into 
this  city,  saith  the  Lord. 

35  For  1  will  defend  this  city  to  save  it 
for  mine  own  sake,  and  for  my  servant 
David's  sake. 

36  Then  the  angel  of  the  Lord  went 
forth,  and  smote  in  the  camp  of  the  As- 
syrians a  hundred  and  fourscore  and  five 
thousand:  and  when  they  arose  early  in 
the  morning,  behold,  they  xvere  all  dead 
corpses. 

37  TI  So  Sennacherib  king  of  Assyria  de- 
parted, and  went  and  returned,  and  dwelt 
at  Nineveh. 

38  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  was  wor- 
shipping in  the  house  of  Nisroch  his  god, 
that  Adrammelech  and  Sharezer  his  sons 
emote  him  with  the  sword;  and  they 
escaped  into  the  land  of  Armenia:  and 
Esar-haddon  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 


CHAPTER  XXXVIII. 
"N  those   days  was  Hezekiah  sick  xmto 


2  Then  Hezekiah  turned  his  face  toward 
the  wall,  and  prayed  unto  the  Lord, 

3  And  said,  Remember  now,  O  Lord,  I 
beseech  thee,  how  I  have  walked  before 
thee  in  truth  and  with  a  perfect  heart, 
and  have  done  tJiat  whicJi  is  good  in  thy 
sight.    And  Hezekiah  wept  sore. 

4  T[  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  to 
Isaiah,  saying, 

5  Go,  and  say  to  Hezekiah,  Thus  saith 
the  Lord,  the  God  of  David  thy  father,  I 
have  heard  thy  prayer,  I  have  seen  thy 
tears:  behold,  I  will  add  unto  thy  days 
fifteen  years. 

6  And  I  will  deliver  thee  and  this  city 
out  of  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Assyria : 
and  I  will  defend  this  city. 

7  And  this  shall  he  a  sign  unto  thee  from 
the  Lord,  that  the  Lord  will  do  this 
thing  that  he  hath  spoken; 

8  Behold,  I  will  bring  again  the  shadow 
of  the  degrees,  which  is  gone  down  in  the 
sun  dial  of  Ahaz,  ten  degrees  backward. 
So  the  sun  returned  ten  degrees,  by  which 
degrees  it  was  gone  down. 

9  TI  The  writing  of  Hezekiah  king  of 
Judah,  when  he  had  been  sick,  and  was 
recovered  of  his  sickness  : 

10  I  said  in  the  cutting  off  of  my  days, 
I  shall  go  to  the  gates  of  the  grave :  I  am 
deprived  of  the  residue  of  my  years. 

11  I  said,  I  shall  not  see  the  Lord,  even 
the  Lord,  in  the  land  of  the  living :  I  shall 
behold  man  no  more  with  the  inhabit- 
ants of  the  world. 

I  12  Mine  age  is  departed,  and  is  removed 
\  from  me  as  a  shepherd's  tent :  I  have  cut 
1  off  like  a  weaver  my  life :  he  will  cut  mc 
I  off  with  pining  sickness :   from   day  eijeii 

to    night    wilt    thou    make    an    end    of 

me. 

13  I  reckoned  till  morning,  that^  as  a  lion, 
so  will  he  break  all  my  bones :  from  day 
even  to  night  wilt  thou  make  an  end  of 
me. 

14  Like  a  crane  or  a  swallow,  so  did  I 
chatter:  I  did  mourn  as  a  dove:  mine  eyes 
fail  ivith  lookhifj  upward :  O  Lord,  I  am 
oppressed ;  undertake  for  me. 


IN  those   days  was  Hezekiah  sick  unto     15  What  shall  I  say?  he  hath  both  spo- 
death.     And  Isaiah  the  prophet  the  son  '  ken  unto  me,  and  himself  hath  done  it:  I 
of  Amoz  came  unto  him,  and  said  unto    shall  go  softly  all  my  years  in  the  bitter- 
him.    Thus    saith    the    Lord,    Set    thine    uess  of  my  soul, 
house  in  order :   for  thou  shalt  die,  and  j    16  0  Lord,  by  these  thinga  inen  live,  and 

not  live.  '  in  fill  these  Oibuia  is  the  life  of  my  spirit: 

_  - 


^C  i< 


cU^^  l^^~^ 


ISAIAH. 


so  wilt  thou  recover  me,  and  make  me  to 
live. 

17  Behold,  for  peace  I  had  great  bitter- 
ness ;  but  thou  hast  in  love  to  my  soul 
delivered  it  from  the  pit  of  corruption : 
for  thou  hast  cast  all  my  sins  behind 
thy  back. 

18  For  the  grave  cannot  praise  thee,  death 
cannot  celebrate  thee :  they  that  go  down 
into  the  pit  cannot  hope  for  thy  truth. 

19  The  living,  the  living,  he  shall  praise 
thee,  as  I  do  this  day:  the  father  to  the 
children  shall  make  known  thy  truth. 

20  The  LoKD  tvas  ready  to  save  me : 
therefore  we  will  sing  my  songs  to  the 
stringed  instruments  all  the  days  of  our 
life  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

21  For  Isaiah  had  said.  Let  them  take 
a  lump  of  tigs,  and  lay  it  for  a  piaster 
upon  the  boil,  and  he  shall  recover. 

22  Hezekiah  also  had  said.  What  is  the 
sign  that  I  shall  go  up  to  the  house  of  the 
Lord  ?       • 

CHAPTER  XXXIX. 

AT  that  time  Merodach-baladan,  the  son 
-  of  Baladan,  king  of  Babylon,  sent  let- 
ters and  a  present  to  Hezekiah:  for  he 
had  heard  that  he  had  been  sick,  and  was 
recovered. 

2  And  Hezekiah  was  glad  of  them,  and 
shewed  them  the  house  of  his  precious 
things,  the  silver,  and  the  gold,  and  the 
spices,  and  the  precious  ointment,  and 
all  the  house  of  his  armour,  and  all  that 
was  found  in  his  treasures:  there  was  noth- 
ing in  his  house,  nor  in  all  his  dominion, 
that  Hezekiah  shewed  them  not. 

3  II  Then  came  Isaiah  the  prophet  unto 
king  Hezekiah,  and  said  unto  him.  What 
said  these  men  ?  and  from  whence  came 
they  unto  thee  ?  And  Hezekiah  said,  They 
are  come  from  a  far  country  unto  me,  even 
from  Babylon. 

4  Then  said  he,  What  have  they  seen  in 
thine  house  ?  And  Hezekiah  answered,  All 
that  is  in  mine  house  have  they  seen : 
there  is  nothing  among  my  treasures  that 
I  have  not  shewed  them. 

5  Then  said  Isaiah  to  Hezekiah,  Hear  the 
word  of  the  Lord  of  hosts : 

6  Behold,  the  days  come,  that  all  that  is 
in  thine  house,  and  that  which  thy  fathers 
have  laid  up  in  store  until  this  day,  shall 
be  carried  to  Babylon:  nothing  shall  be 
left,  saith  the  Lord. 


7  And  of  thy  sons  that  shall  issue  from 
thee,  which  thou  shalt  beget,  shall  they 
take  away;  and  they  shall  be  eunuchs  in 
the  palace  of  the  king  of  Babylon. 

8  Then  said  Hezekiah  to  Isaiah,  Good  is 
the  word  of  the  Lord  which  thou  hast 
spoken.  He  said  moreover.  For  there  shall 
be  i)eace  and  truth  in  my  days.         o 

CHAPTER  XL. 

COMFORT  ye,   comfort  ye  my  people, 
saith  your  God. 

2  Speak  ye  comfortably  to  Jerusalem,  and 
cry  unto  her,  that  her  warfare  is  accom- 
plished, that  her  iniquity  is  pardoned  :  for 
she  hath  received  of  the  Lord's  hand 
double  for  all  her  sins. 

3  Tf  The  voice  of  him  that  crieth  in  the 
wilderness.  Prepare  ye  the  way  of  the 
Lord,  make  straight  in  the  desert  a  high- 
way for  our  God. 

4  Every  valley  shall  be  exalted,  and  every 
mountain  and  hill  shall  be  made  low :  and 
the  crooked  shall  be  made  straight,  and 
the  rough  places  plain  : 

5  And  the  glory  of  the  Lord  shall  be 
revealed,  and  all  flesh  shall  see  it  to- 
gether :  for  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  hath 
spoken  it. 

6  The  voice  said.  Cry.  And  he  said.  What 
shall  I  cry  ?  All  flesh  is  grass,  and  all 
the  goodliness  thereof  is  as  the  flower 
of  the  field: 

7  The  grass  withereth,  the  flower  fadeth  ; 
because  the  spirit  of  the  Lord  bloweth 
upon  it :  surely  the  people  is  grass. 

8  The  grass  withereth,  the  flower  fadeth: 
but  the  word  of  our  God  shall  stand  for 
ever. 

9  TI  O  Zion,  that  bringest  good  tidings, 
get  thee  up  into  the  high  mountain ;  O 
Jerusalem,  that  bringest  good  tidings,  lift 
up  thy  voice  with  strength;  lift  it  up,  be 
not  afraid ;  say  unto  the  cities  of  Judah, 
Behold  your  God ! 

10  Behold,  the  Lord  God  will  come  with 
strong  hand^  and  his  arm  shall  rule  for 
him :  behold,  his  reward  is  with  him,  and 
his  work  before  him. 

11  He  shall  feed  his  flock  like  a  shepherd: 
he  shall  gather  the  lambs  with  his  arm, 
and  carry  them  in  his  bosom,  and  shall 
gently  lead  those  that  are  with  young. 

12  II  Who  hath  measured  the  waters  in 
the  hollow  of  his  hand,  and  meted  out 

659 


ISAIAH. 


heaven  "with  the  span,  aud  compreheuded 
the  dust  of  the  earth  iu  a  measure,  and 
weighed  the  luouutaius  in  scales,  and  the 
hills  in  a  balance  ? 

13  Who  hath  directed  the  Spirit  of  the 
LoKD,  or  being  his  counsellor  hath  taught 
him  y 

14  With  whom  took  he  counsel,  and  toho 
instructed  him,  and  taught  him  in  the 
path  of  judgment,  and  taught  him  knowl- 
edge, and  shewed  to  him  the  way  of 
understanding  ? 

15  Behold,  the  nations  are  as  a  drop  of  a 
bucket,  and  are  counted  as  the  small  dust 
of  the  balance:  behold,  he  taketh  up  the 
isles  as  a  very  little  thing. 

IG  And  Lebanon  is  not  sufficient  to  burn, 
nor  the  beasts  thereof  sufficient  for  a  burnt 
offering. 

17  All  nations  before  him  are  as  nothing; 
and  they  are  counted  to  him  less  than 
nothing,  and  vanity. 

18  H  To  whom  then  will  ye  liken  God? 
or  what  likeness  will  ye  compare  unto 
him? 

19  The  workman  melteth  a  graven  image, 
and  the  goldsmith  spreadeth  it  over  with 
gold,  and  casteth  silver  chains. 

20  He  that  is  so  impoverished  that  he 
hath  no  oblation  chooseth  a  tree  that  Avill 
not  rot;  he  seeketh  unto  him  a  cunning 
workman  to  prepare  a  graven  image,  that 
shall  not  be  moved. 

21  Have  ye  not  known?  have  ye  not 
heard  ?  hath  it  not  been  told  you  from  the 
beginning  ?  have  ye  not  understood  from 
the  foundations  of  the  earth? 

22  It  is  he  that  sitteth  upon  the  circle 
of  the  earth,  and  the  inhabitants  thereof 
are  as  grasshoppers;  that  stretcheth  out 
the  heavens  as  a  curtain,  and  spreadeth 
them  out  as  a  tent  to  dwell  in : 

2:j  That  bringeth  the  princes  to  nothing; 
he  maketh  the  judges  of  the  earth  as 
vanity. 

24  Yea,  they  shall  not  be  planted;  yea, 
they  shall  not  be  sown;  yea,  their  stock 
shall  not  take  root  in  the  earth:  and  he 
shall  also  blow  upon  them,  and  they  shall 
wither,  and  the  whirlwind  shall  take  them 
away  as  stubble. 

25  To  whom  then  will  ye  liken  me,  or 
shall  I  be  equal?  saith  the^Holy  One. 

26  Lift  up  your  eyes  on  high,  and  behold 
who  hath  created  these  things^  that  bring- 

660 


cth  out  their  host  by  number:  he  calleth 
them  all  h\  names  by  the  greatness  of  his 
might,  for  that  Ae  is  strong  in  power;  not 
one  faileth. 

27  Why  sayest  thou,  O  Jacob,  and  speak- 
est,  O  Israel,  My  way  is  hid  from  the  Lokd, 
and  my  judgment  is  passed  over  from  ray 
God? 

28  Tf  Hast  thou  not  known  ?  hast  thou 
not  heard,  that  the  everlasting  God,  the 
Lord,  the  Creator  of  the  ends  of  the  earth, 
fainteth  not,  neither  is  weary?  tJierc  is  no 
searching  of  his  understanding. 

29  He  giveth  power  to  the  faint ;  and  to 
them  that  have  no  might  he  increaseth 
strength. 

30  Even  the  youths  shall  faint  and  be 
weary,  and  the  young  men  shall  utterly 
fall: 

31  But  they  that  wait  upon  the  Lord 
shall  renew  their  strength;  they  shall 
mount  up  with  wings  as  eagles;  they 
shall  run,  and  not  be  weary;  and  they 
shall  walk,  and  not  faint.      * 

CHAPTER  XLL 

KEEP  silence  before  me,  O  islands  ;  and 
let  the  peojjle  renew  their  strength : 
let  them  come  near;  then  let  them  speak: 
let  us  come  near  together  to  judgment. 

2  Who  raised  up  the  righteous  man  from 
the  east,  called  him  to  his  foot,  gave  the 
nations  before  him,  and  made  him  rule 
over  kings  ?  he  gave  them  as  the  dust  to 
his  sword,  and  as  driven  stubble  to  his 
bow. 

3  He  pursued  them,  atid  passed  safely; 
even  by  the  way  that  he  had  not  gone  with 
his  feet. 

4  W^ho  hath  wrought  and  done  it,  calling 
the  generations  from  the  ])egiuning?  I  the 
Lord,  the  first,  and  with  the  last ;  I  a?n  he. 

5  The  isles  saw  it,  and  feared ;  the  ends 
of  the  earth  were  afraid,  drew  near,  aud 
came. 

6  They  helped  every  one  his  neighbour; 
and  every  oiie  said  to  his  brother.  Be  of 
good  courage. 

7  So  the  carpenter  encouraged  the  gold- 
smith, and  he  that  smootheth  vxith  the 
hammer  him  that  smote  the  anvil,  saying. 
It  is  ready  for  the  soldering :  and  he  fast- 
ened it  with  nails,  that  it  should  not  be 
moved. 

8  But  thou,  Israel,  art  my  servant,  Jacob 


ISAIAH. 


whom  1  have  chosen,  the  seed  of  Abraham 
my  friend. 

9  Thou  whom  I  have  taken  from  the  ends 
of  the  earth,  and  called  thee  from  the  chief 
men  thereof,  and  said  unto  thee.  Thou  art 
my  servant ;  I  have  chosen  thee,  and  not 
cast  thee  away. 

10  1[  Fear  thou  not ;  for  I  am  with  thee : 
be  not  dismayed ;  for  I  am  thy  God :  I  will 
strengthen  thee;  yea,  I  will  help  thee; 
j'ea,  I  will  uphold  thee  with  the  right  hand 
of  ray  righteousness. 

11  Behold,  all  they  that  were  incensed 
against  thee  shall  be  ashamed  and  con- 
founded :  they  shall  be  as  nothing ;  and 
they  that  strive  with  thee  shall  perish. 

12  Thou  Shalt  seek  them,  and  shalt  not 
find  them,  eten  them  that  contended  with 
thee :  they  that  war  against  thee  shall  be 
as  nothing,  and  as  a  thing  of  nought. 

13  For  I  the  Lord  thy  God  will  hold  thy 
right  hand,  saying  unto  thee,  Fear  not;  I 
will  help  thee. 

14  Fear  not,  thou  worm  Jacob,  and  ye 
men  of  Israel ;  I  will  help  thee,  saith  the 
Lord,  and  thy  Redeemer,  the  Holy  One  of 
Israel. 

15  Behold,  I  will  make  thee  a  new  sharp 
threshing  instrument  having  teeth :  thou 
shalt  thresh  the  mountains,  and  beat  them 
small,  and  shalt  make  the  hills  as  chaflf. 

16  Thou  shalt  fan  them,  and  the  wind 
shall  carry  them  away,  and  the  whirlwind 
shall  scatter  them :  and  thou  shalt  rejoice 
in  the  Lord,  and  shalt  glory  in  the  Holy 
One  of  Israel. 

17  When  the  poor  and  needy  seek  water, 
and  there  is  none,  and  their  tongue  faileth 
for  thirst,  I  the  Lord  will  hear  them,  I 
the  God  of  Israel  will  not  forsake  them. 

18  I  will  open  rivers  in  high  places,  and 
fountains  in  the  midst  of  the  valleys :  I  will 
make  the  wilderness  a  pool  of  water,  and 
the  dry  land  sjorings  of  water. 

19  I  will  plant  in  the  wilderness  the  cedar, 
the  shittah  tree,  and  the  myrtle,  and  the  oil 
tree;  I  will  set  in  the  desert  the  fir  tree, 
and  the  pine,  and  the  box  tree  together : 

20  That  they  may  see,  and  know,  and  con- 
sider, and  understand  together,  that  the 
hand  of  the  Lord  hath  done  this,  and  the 
Holy  One  of  Israel  hath  created  it. 

21  Produce  your  cause,  saith  the  Lord  ; 
bring  forth  your  strong  reasons,  saith  the 
King  of  Jacob. 


22  Let  them  bring  them  forth,  and  shew 
us  what  shall  happen :  let  them  shew  the 
former  things,  what  they  be,  that  we  may 
consider  them,  and  know  the  latter  end 
of  them ;  or  declare  us  things  for  to 
come. 

23  Shew  the  things  that  are  to  come 
hereafter,  that  we  may  know  that  ye  are 
gods:  yea,  do  good,  or  do  evil,  that  we 
may  be  dismayed,  and  behold  it  together. 

24  Behold,  ye  are  of  nothing,  and  your 
work  of  nought :  an  abomination  is  he  that 
chooseth  you. 

2.5  I  have  raised  up  one  from  the  north, 
and  he  shall  come :  from  the  rising  of  the 
sun  shall  he  call  upon  my  name :  and  he 
shall  come  upon  princes  as  iqjoii  mortar, 
and  as  the  potter  treadeth  clay. 

26  Who  hath  declared  from  the  beginning, 
that  we  may  know?  and  beforetime,  that 
we  may  say.  He  is  righteous  ?  yea,  there  is 
none  that  sheweth,  yea,  there  is  none  that 
declareth,  yea,  there  is  none  that  heareth 
your  words. 

27  The  first  shall  say  to  Zion,  Behold,  be- 
hold them :  and  I  will  give  to  Jerusalem 
one  that  bringeth  good  tidings. 

28  For  I  beheld,  and  there  was  no  man; 
even  among  them,  and  there  was  no  coun- 
sellor, that,  when  I  asked  of  them,  could 
answer  a  word. 

29  Behold,  they  are  all  vanity;  their 
works  are  nothing:  their  molten  images 
are  wind  and  confusion.       <<» 

CHAPTER  XLII. 

BEHOLD  my  servant,  whom  I  uphold ; 
mine  elect,  in  whom  my  soul  delight- 
eth;Jiaye  put  my  Spirit  upon  him  :  he  shall 
bring  forth  judgment  to  the  Gentiles. 

2  He  shall  not  cry,  nor  lift  up,  nor  cause 
his  voice  to  be  heard  in  the  street. 

3  A  bruised  reed  shall  he  not  break,  and 
the  smoking  flax  shall  he  not  quench :  he 
shall  bring  forth  judgment  unto  truth. 

4  He  shall  not  fail  nor  be  discouraged,  till 
he  have  set  judgment  in  the  earth :  and 
the  isles  shall  wait  for  his  law. 

5  T[  Thus  saith  #od  the  Lord,  he  that 
created  the  heavens,  and  stretched  them 
out;  he  that  spread  forth  the  earth,  and 
that  which  cometh  out  of  it ;  he  that  giv- 
eth  breath  unto  the  j)eople  upon  it,  and 
spirit  to  them  that  walk  therein : 

6  I  the  Lord  have  called  thee  in  right- 

m 


ISAIAH. 


eousuess,  and  will  hold  tliiuc  baud,  and 
will  keep  thee,  aud  give  thee  for  a  cov- 
enant of  the  people,  for  a  light  of  the 
Gentiles ; 

7  To  open  the  blind  e3-es,  to  bring  out 
the  prisoners  from  the  prison,  and  them 
that  sit  in  darkness  out  of  the  prison 
house. 

8  I  am  the  Lokd ;  that  is  my  name:  and 
my  glory  will  I  not  give  to  another, 
neither  my  praise  to  graven  images. 

9  Behold,  the  former  things  are  come  to 
pass,  and  new  things  do  1  declare:  before 
they  spring  forth  I  tell  you  of  them. 

10  Sing  unto  the  Lord  a  new  song,  and 
his  praise  from  the  end  of  the  earth,  ye 
that  go  down  to  the  sea,  and  all  that  is 
therein;  the  isles,  aud  the  inhabitants 
thereof. 

11  Let  the  wilderness  and  the  cities  there- 
of lift  up  their  voice,  the  villages  t?iai  Ke- 
dar  doth  inhabit :  let  the  inhabitants  of 
the  rock  sing,  let  them  shout  from  the 
top  of  the  mountains. 

13  Let  them  give  glory  unto  the  Lord, 
and  declare  his  praise  in  the  islands. 

13  The  Lord  shall  go  forth  as  a  mighty 
man,  he  shall  stir  up  jealousy  like  a  man 
of  war :  he  shall  cry,  yea,  roar ;  he  shall 
prevail  against  his  enemies. 

14  I  have  long  time  holdcn  my  peace;  I 
have  been  still,  aiid  refrained  myself:  Jtoiv 
will  I  cry  like  a  travailing  woman ;  I  will 
destroy  and  devour  at  once. 

15  I  will  make  waste  mountains  and  hills, 
and  dry  up  all  their  herbs;  and  I  will 
make  the  rivers  islands,  and  I  will  dry 
up  the  pools. 

IG  And  I  will  bring  the  blind  by  a  way 
that  they  knew  not;  I  will  lead  them  in 
paths  that  they  have  not  known:  I  will 
make  darkness  light  before  them,  aud 
crooked  things  straight.  These  things 
will  I  do  unto  them,  and  not  forsake 
them. 

17  %  They  shall  be  turned  back,  they 
shall  be  greatly  ashamed,  that  trust  in 
graven  images,  that  say  to  the  molten 
images.  Ye  are  our  godsp 

18  Hear,  ye  deaf;  and  look,  ye  blind,  that 
ye  may  see. 

19  Who  is  blind,  but  my  servant?  or 
deaf,  as  my  messenger  iJiat  I  sent?  who 
is  blind  as  he  that  is  perfect,  and  blind  as 
the  Lord's  servant  ? 


20  Seeing  many  things,  but  thou  ob- 
servest  not ;  opening  the  ears,  but  he 
heareth  not. 

21  The  Lord  is  well  pleased  for  his  right- 
eousness' sake;  he  will  magnify  the  law, 
and  make  it  honourable. 

22  But  this  is  a  people  robbed  and 
spoiled;  they  are  all  of  them  snared  in 
holes,  and  they  are  hid  in  prison  houses: 
they  are  for  a  prey,  and  none  delivereth; 
for  a  spoil,  and  none  saith,  Restore. 

23  Who  among  you  will  give  ear  to 
this?  tvho  will  hearken  and  hear  for  the 
time  to  come? 

24  Who  gave  Jacob  for  a  spoil,  and  Israel 
to  the  robbers?  did  not  the  Lord,  he 
against  whom  we  have  sinned  ?  for  they 
would  not  walk  in  his  ways,  neither 
were  they  obedient  unto  his  law. 

25  Therefore  he  hath  poured  upon  him 
the  fury  of  his  anger,  and  the  strength 
of  battle :  and  it  hath  set  him  on  fire 
round  about,  yet  he  knew  not;  and  it 
burned  him,  yet  he  laid  it  not  to  heart. 

CHAPTER  XLIII. 

BUT  now  thus  saith  the  Lord  that 
created  thee,  O  Jacob,  and  he  that 
formed  thee,  O  Israel,  Fear  not:  for  I 
have  redeemed  thee,  I  have  called  thee  by 
thy  name ;  thou  art  mine. 

2  When  thou  passest  through  the  waters, 
I  loill  be  with  thee;  and  through  the  riv- 
ers, they  shall  not  overflow  thee:  when 
thou  walkest  through  the  fire,  thou  shalt 
not  be  burned;  neither  shall  the  flame 
kindle  upon  thee. 

3  For  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  the  Holy 
One  of  Israel,  thy  Saviour:  I  gave  Egypt 
for  thy  ransom,  Ethiopia  and  Seba  for  thee. 

4  Since  thou  wast  precious  in  m}'  sight, 
thou  hast  been  honourable,  and  I  have 
loved  thee:  therefore  will  I  give  men 
for  thee,  and  people  for  thy  life. 

5  Fear  not ;  for  I  am  with  thee :  I  will 
bring  thy  seed  from  the  east,  and  gather 
thee  from  the  west : 

G  I  will  say  to  the  north,  Give  up;  and 
to  the  south,  Keep  not  back:  bring  my 
sons  from  far,  and  my  daughters  from  the 
ends  of  the  earth ; 

7  ^Ve?i  every  one  that  is  called  by  my 
name:  for  I  have  created  him  for  my 
glory,  I  have  formed  him ;  yea,  I  have 
made  him. 


ISAIAH. 


8  H  Bring  forth  the  blind  people  that 
have  eyes,  and  the  deaf  that  have  ears. 

9  Let  all  the  nations  be  gathered  togeth- 
er, and  let  the  people  be  assembled :  who 
among  them  can  declare  this,  and  shew 
us  former  things?  let  them  bring  forth 
their  witnesses,  that  they  may  be  justified : 
or  let  them  hear,  and  say,  /;"  is  truth. 

10  Ye  are  my  witnesses,  saith  the  Lord, 
and  ray  servant  whom  I  have  chosen; 
that  ye  may  know  and  believe  me,  and 
understand  that  I  am  he :  before  me  there 
was  no  God  formed,  neither  shall  there 
be  after  me. 

11  I,  even  I,  am  the  Lord  ;  and  beside  me 
therens  no  saviour. 

12  I  have  declared,  and  have  saved,  and 
I  have  shewed,  when  tliere  ivas  no  strange 
god  among  you :  therefore  ye  are  my  wit- 
nesses, saith  the  Lord,  that  I  am  God. 

13  Yea,  before  the  day  ivas  I  am  he ;  and 
there  is  none  that  can  deliver  out  of  my 
hand :   I  will  work,  and  Avho  shall  let  it  ? 

14  T[  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  your  Redeem- 
er, the  Holy  One  of  Israel ;  For  your  sake 
I  have  sent  to  Babylon,  and  have  brought 
down  all  their  nobles,  and  the  Chaldeans, 
whose  cry  is  in  the  ships. 

15  I  am  the  Lord,  your  Holy  One,  the 
Creator  of  Israel,  your  King. 

16  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  which  maketh  a 
way  in  the  sea,  and  a  path  in  the  mighty 
waters ; 

17  Which  bringeth  forth  the  chariot  and 
horse,  the  army  and  the  power ;  they  shall 
lie  down  together,  they  shall  not  rise :  they 
are  extinct,  they  are  quenched  as  tow. 

18  H  Remember  ye  not  the  former  things, 
neither  consider  the  things  of  old. 

19  Behold,  I  will  do  a  new  thing ;  now  it 
shall  spring  forth ;  shall  ye  not  know  it  ? 
I  will  even  make  a  way  in  the  wilderness, 
and  rivers  in  the  desert. 

20  The  beast  of  the  field  shall  honour 
me,  the  dragons  and  the  owls :  because  I 
give  waters  in  the  wilderness,  a)id  rivers 
in  the  desert,  to  give  drink  to  my  people, 
my  chosen. 

21  This  people  have  I  formed  for  myself; 
they  shall  shew  forth  my  praise. 

23  11  But  thou  hast  not  called  upon  me, 
O  Jacob;  but  thou  hast  been  weary  of 
me,  O  Israel. 

23  Thou  hast  not  brought  me  the  small 
cattle  of  thy  burnt  offerings ;    neither  hast 


thou  honoured  me  with  thy  sacrifices.  I 
have  not  caused  thee  to  serve  with  an 
ofl;'ering,  nor  wearied  thee  with  incense. 

24  Thou  hast  bought  me  no  sweet  cane 
with  money,  neither  hast  thou  filled  me 
with  the  fat  of  thy  sacrifices :  but  thou 
hast  made  me  to  serve  with  thy  sins,  thou 
hast  wearied  me  with  thine  iniquities. 

25  I,  even  I,  am  he  that  blotteth  out  thy 
transgressions  for  mine  own  sake,  and 
will  not  remember  thy  sins. 

26  Put  me  in  remembrance  :  let  us  plead 
together:  declare  thou,  that  thou  mayest 
be  justified. 

27  Thy  first  father  hath  sinned,  and  thy 
teachers  have  transgressed  against  me. 

28  Therefore  I  have  profaned  the  princes 
of  the  sanctuary,  and  have  given  Jacob 
to  the  curse,  and  Israel  to  reproaches. 

CHAPTER  XLIV. 

YET  now  hear,  O  Jacob  my  servant; 
and  Israel,  whom  I  have  chosen  : 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  that  made  thee, 
and  formed  thee  from  the  Avorab,  ivJiich 
will  help  thee;  Fear  not,  O  Jacob,  my 
servant;  and  thou,  Jeshurun,  whom  I 
have  chosen. 

3  For  I  will  pour  water  upon  him  that 
is  thirsty,  and  floods  upon  the  dry  ground : 
I  will  pour  my  Spirit  upon  thy  seed,  and 
my  blessing  upon  thine  ofispring : 

4  And  they  shall  spring  up  as  among  the 
grass,  as  willows  by  the  watercourses. 

5  One  shall  say,  I  am  the  Lord's;  and 
another  shall  call  liimscJf  by  the  name  of 
Jacob ;  and  another  shall  subscribe  with 
his  hand  unto  the  Lord,  and  surname 
?iimselfhj  the  name  of  Israel. 

6  Thus  saith  the  Lord  the  King  of  Israel, 
and  his  Redeemer  the  Lord  of  hosts ;  I 
am  the  first,  and  I  «m  the  last;  and  be- 
sides me  there  is  no  God. 

7  And  who,  as  I,  shall  call,  and  shall  de- 
clare it,  and  set  it  in  order  for  me,  since 
I  appointed  the  ancient  people?  and  the 
things  that  are  coming,  and  shall  come,  let 
them  shew  unto  them. 

8  Fear  ye  not,  neither  be  afraid :  have  not 
I  told  thee  from  that  time,  and  have  de- 
clared it?  ye  are  even  my  witnesses.  Is 
there  a  God  besides  me  ?  yea,  there  is  no 
God ;  I  know  not  a?iy. 

9  T[  They  that  make  a  graven  image  are 
all  of  them  vanity;   and  their  delectable 


ISAIAH, 


thiugs  shall  uot  protit ;  and  they  are  their 
owu  "witnesses;  they  see  not,  nor  know; 
that  they  may  be  ashamed. 

10  Who  hath  formed  a  god,  or  molten  a 
graA'en  image  that  is  prolitable  for  noth- 
ing? 

11  Behold,  all  his  fellows  shall  be  asham- 
ed; and  the  workmen,  they  are  of  men: 
let  them  all  be  gathered  together,  let  them 
stand  np ;  yet  they  shall  fear,  a7id  they 
shall  be  ashamed  together. 

13  The  smith  Avith  the  tongs  both  work- 
eth  in  the  coals,  and  fashioneth  it  with 
hammers,  and  worketh  it  with  the  strength 
of  his  arms :  yea,  he  is  hungry,  and  his 
strength  faileth:  he  drinketh  no  water,  and 
is  faint. 

13  The  carpenter  stretcheth  out  his  rule ; 
he  marketh  it  out  with  a  line ;  he  fitteth 
it  with  planes,  and  he  marketh  it  out 
with  the  compass,  and  maketh  it  after 
the  figure  of  a  man,  according  to  the 
beauty  of  a  man;  that  it  may  remain  in 
the  house. 

14  He  heweth  him  down  cedars,  and 
taketh  the  cypress  and  the  oak,  which 
he  strengtheneth  for  himself  among  the 
trees  of  the  foi'est:  he  planteth  an  ash, 
and  the  rain  doth  nourish  it. 

15  Then  shall  it  be  for  a  man  to  burn :  for 
he  will  take  thereof,  and  warm  himself; 
yea,  he  kindleth  it,  and  baketh  bread ;  yea, 
he  maketh  a  god,  and  worshippeth  it ;  he 
maketh  it  a  graven  image,  and  faileth 
down  thereto. 

16  He  burneth  part  thereof  in  the  fire; 
with  part  thereof  he  eateth  flesh;  he 
roasteth  roast,  and  is  satisfied:  yea,  he 
warmeth  himself,  and  saith,  Aha,  I  am 
warm,  I  have  seen  the  fire  : 

17  And  the  residue  thereof  he  maketh  a 
god,  even  his  graven  image:  he  faileth 
down  unto  it,  and  worshippeth  it,  and 
prayeth  unto  it,  and  saith,  Deliver  me; 
for  thou  art  my  god. 

18  They  have  not  known  nor  understood : 
for  he  hath  shut  their  eyes,  that  they 
cannot  see ;  and  their  hearts,  that  they 
cannot  understand. 

19  And  none  considcreth  in  his  heart, 
neither  is  there  knowledge  nor  understand- 
ing to  say,  I  have  burned  part  of  it  in  the 
tire;  yea,  also  I  have  baked  bread  upon 
the  coals  thereof;  I  have  roasted  flesh, 
and  eaten  it :  and  shall  I  make  the  residue 


thereof  an  abomination?  shall  I  fall  down 
to  the  stock  of  a  tree? 

20  He  feedeth  on  ashes :  a  deceived  heart 
hath  turned  him  aside,  that  he  cannot 
deliver  his  soul,  nor  say,  Is  there  not  a  lie 
in  mj'  right  hand  ? 

21  1  Remember  these,  O  Jacob  and  Is- 
rael ;  for  thou  art  my  servant :  I  have 
formed  thee ;  thou  art  my  servant :  O  Is- 
rael, thou  Shalt  not  be  forgotten  of  me. 

22  I  have  blotted  out,  as  a  thick  cloud, 
thy  transgressions,  and,  as  a  cloud,  thy 
sins  :  return  unto  me ;  for  I  have  redeemed 
thee, 

23  Sing,  O  ye  heavens;  for  the  Lord  hath 
done  it:  shout,  ye  lower  parts  of  the 
earth:  break  forth  into  singing,  ye  mount- 
ains, O  forest,  and  every  tree  therein :  for 
the  Lord  hath  redeemed  Jacob,  and  glori- 
fied himself  in  Israel. 

24  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  thy  Redeemer, 
and  he  that  formed  thee  from  the  womb, 
I  am  the  Lord  that  maketh  all  things; 
that  stretcheth  forth  the  heavens  alone; 
that  spreadeth  abroad  the  earth  by  mv- 
self; 

25  That  frustrateth  the  tokens  of  the 
liars,  and  maketh  diviners  mad;  that  turn- 
eth  wise  men  backward,  and  maketh  their 
knowledge  foolish ; 

26  That  confirmeth  the  word  of  his  serv- 
ant, and  performeth  the  counsel  of  his 
messengers  ;  that  saith  to  Jerusalem,  Thou 
Shalt  be  inhabited;  and  to  the  cities  of 
Judah,  Te  shall  be  built,  and  I  will  raise 
up  the  decayed  places  thereof: 

27  That  saith  to  the  deep.  Be  dry,  and  I 
will  dry  up  thy  rivers : 

28  That  saith  of  Cyrus,  He  is  my  shepherd, 
and  shall  perform  all  my  pleasure :  even 
saying  to  Jerusalem,  Thou  shall  be  built ; 
and  to  the  temple.  Thy  foundation  shall  be 
laid.       i* 

CHAPTER  XLV. 

THUS  saith  the  Lord  to  his  anointed, 
to  Cyrus,  whose  right  hand  I  have 
holden,  to  subdue  nations  before  him  ;  and 
I  will  loose  the  loins  of  kings,  to  open 
before  him  the  twoleaved  gates;  and  the 
gates  shall  not  be  shut ; 

2  I  will  go  before  thee,  and  make  the 
crooked  places  straight :  I  will  break  in 
pieces  the  gates  of  brass,  and  cut  in  sunder 
the  bars  of  iron : 

3  And  I  will  give  thee  the  treasures  of 


ISAIAH. 


darkness,  and  hidden  riches  of  secret 
places,  that  thou  inayest  know  that  I,  the 
Lord,  which  call  thee  by  thy  name,  am 
the  God  of  Israel. 

4  For  Jacob  ray  servant's  sake,  and  Israel 
mine  elect,  I  have  even  called  thee  by 
thy  name :  I  have  surnamed  thee,  though 
thou  hast  not  known  me. 

5  11  I  am  the  Lokd,  and  tJiere  is  none  else, 
there  is  no  God  besides  me  :  I  girded  thee, 
though  thou  hast  not  known  me  ; 

6  That  they  may  know  from  the  rising 
of  the  sun,  and  from  the  west,  that  there 
is  none  besides  me.  I  am  the  Lord,  and 
there  is  none  else. 

7  I  form  the  light,  and  create  darkness : 
I  make  peace,  and  create  evil :  I  the  Lord 
do  all  these  things. 

8  Drop  down,  ye  heavens,  from  above, 
and  let  the  skies  pour  down  righteousness: 
let  the  earth  open,  and  let  them  bring 
forth  salvation,  and  let  righteousness 
spring  up  together;  I  the  Lord  have  cre- 
ated it. 

9  Woe  unto  him  that  striveth  with  his 
Maker!  Let  the  potsherd  strive  with  the 
potsherds  of  the  earth.  Shall  the  clay  say 
to  him  that  fashioncth  it.  What  makest 
thou  ?  or  thy  work,  He  hath  no  hands? 

10  Woe  unto  him  that  saith  unto  his 
father.  What  begettest  thou?  or  to  the 
woman,  What  hast  thou  brought  forth  ? 

11  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  Holy  One 
of  Israel,  and  his  Maker,  Ask  me  of  things 
to  come  concerning  ray  sons,  and  concern- 
ing the  work  of  my  hands  command  ye 
me. 

12  I  have  made  the  earth,  and  created 
man  upon  it :  I,  eveii  my  hands,  have 
stretched  out  the  heavens,  and  all  their 
host  have  I  comraanded. 

13  I  have  raised  him  up  in  righteousness, 
and  I  will  direct  all  his  ways :  he  shall 
build  my  city,  and  he  shall  let  go  my  cap- 
tives, not  for  price  nor  reward,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts. 

14  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  The  labour  of 
Egypt,  and  merchandise  of  Ethiopia  and 
of  the  Sabeans,  men  of  stature,  shall  come 
over  unto  thee,  and  they  shall  be  thine : 
they  shall  come  after  thee ;  in  chains  they 
shall  come  over,  and  they  shall  fall  down 
unto  thee,  they  shall  make  supplication 
unto  thee,  saying,  Surely  God  is  in  thee; 
and  there  is  none  else,  there  is  no  God. 


15  Verily  thou  art  a  God  tiiat  hidest  thy- 
self, O  God  of  Israel,  the  Saviour. 

10  They  shall  be  ashamed,  and  also  con- 
founded, all  of  them :  they  shall  go  to 
confusion  together  i?iat  are  makers  of  idols. 

17  But  Israel  shall  be  saved  in  the  Lord 
with  an  everlasting  salvation  :  ye  shall  not 
be  ashamed  nor  confounded  world  without 
end. 

18  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  that  created 
the  heavens;  God  himself  that  formed  the 
earth  and  made  it;  he  hath  established  it, 
he  created  it  not  in  vain,  he  f(jrmed  it  to 
be  inhabited :  I  am  the  Lord,  and  there  is 
none  else. 

19  I  have  not  spoken  in  secret,  in  a  dark 
place  of  the  earth:  I  said  not  unto  the 
seed  of  Jacob,  Seek  ye  me  in  vain :  I  the 
Lord  speak  righteousness,  I  declare  things 
that  are  right. 

20  H  Assemble  yourselves  and  come; 
draw  near  together,  ye  that  are  escaped  of 
the  nations  :  they  have  no  knowledge  that 
set  up  the  wood  of  their  graven  image, 
and  pray  unto  a  god  that  cannot  save. 

21  Tell  ye,  and  bring  them  near;  yea,  let 
them  take  counsel  together :  who  hath 
declared  this  from  ancient  time  ?  tvho  hath 
told  it  from  that  time?  have  not  I  the 
Lord?  and  thei-e  is  no  God  else  beside 
me ;  a  just  God  and  a  Saviour ;  there  is 
none  beside  me. 

22  Look  unto  me,  and  be  ye  saved,  all 
the  ends  of  the  earth :  for  I  am  God,  and 
there  is  none  else. 

23  I  have  sworn  by  myself,  the  word  is 
gone  out  of  my  mouth  in  righteousness, 
and  shall  not  return.  That  unto  me  every 
knee  shall  bow,  every  tongue  shall  swear. 

24  Surely  shall  one  say,  In  the  Lord  have 
I  righteousness  and  strength :  even  to  him 
shall  men  come ;  and  all  that  are  incensed 
against  hira  shall  be  asharaed. 

25  In  the  Lord  shall  all  the  seed  of  Israel 
be  justified,  and  shall  glory.       ^ 

CHAPTER  XLVL 

BEL  boweth  down,  Nebo  stoopelh; 
their  idols  were  upon  the  beasts,  and 
upon  the  cattle  :  your  carriages  were  heavy 
laden  ;  they  are  a  burden  to  the  weary  beast. 

2  They  stoop,  they  bow  down  together; 
they  could  not  deliver  the  burden,  but 
themselves  are  gone  into  captivity. 

3  H  Hearken  unto  me,  O  house  of  Jacob, 

_  _ 


ISAIAH. 


and  all  the  remnant  of  the  bouse  of  Israel, 
which  are  borne  hy  me  from  the  belly, 
which  are  carried  from  the  womb : 

4  And  erf?i  to  your  old  a2,e  I  am  he;  and 
evot  to  hoar  hairs  will  I  carry  yon:  I  have 
made,  and  I  will  bear;  even  I  will  carr}', 
and  will  deliver  yoit. 

5  Ti  To  whom  will  ye  liken  me,  and  make 
me  equal,  and  compare  me,  that  we  may  be 
like? 

6  They  lavish  gold  out  of  the  bag,  and 
weigh  silver  in  the  balance,  and  hire  a 
goldsmith ;  and  he  maketh  it  a  god :  they 
fall  down,  yea,  they  worship. 

7  They  bear  him  upon  the  shoulder,  they 
carry  him,  and  set  him  in  his  place,  and  he 
standeth ;  from  his  place  shall  he  not  re- 
move: yea,  07ie  shall  cry  unto  him,  yet  can 
he  not  answer,  nor  save  him  out  of  his 
trouble. 

8  Remember  this,  and  shew  yourselves 
men:  bring  it  again  to  mind,  O  ye  trans- 
gressors. 

9  Remember  the  former  things  of  old:  for 
I  am  God,  and  Uiere  is  none  else;  lam  God, 
and  there  is  none  like  me, 

10  Declaring  the  end  from  the  beginning, 
and  from  ancient  times  the  thinga  that  are 
not  yet  done,  saying.  My  counsel  shall 
stand,  and  I  will  do  all  my  pleasure : 

11  Calling  a  ravenous  bird  from  the  east, 
the  man  that  executeth  my  counsel  from 
a  far  country:  yea,  I  have  spoken  lY,  I  will 
also  bring  it  to  pass ;  I  have  purposed  it,  I 
will  also  do  it. 

12  ^  Hearken  unto  me,  ye  stouthearted, 
that  are  far  from  righteousness  : 

13  I  bring  near  my  righteousness ;  it  shall 
not  be  far  off,  and  my  salvation  shall  not 
tarry:  and  I  will  place  salvation  in  Zion 
for  Israel  my  glory. 

CHAPTER  XLVII. 

COME  down,  and  sit  in  the  dust,  O 
virgin  daughter  of  Babylon,  sit  on  the 
ground:  there  is  no  throne,  O  daughter  of 
the  Chaldeans:  for  thou  shalt  no  more  be 
called  tender  and  delicate. 

2  Take  the  millstones,  and  grind  meal: 
uncover  thy  locks,  make  bare  the  leg,  un- 
cover the  thigh,  pass  over  the  rivers. 

3  Thy  nakedness  shall  be  uncovered,  yea, 
thy  shame  shall  be  seen:  I  will  take  ven- 
geance, and  I  will  not  meet  thee  as  a  man. 

4  As  for   our    Redeemer,  the    Lokd    of 


hosts    is    his    name,    the    Holy    One    of 
Israel. 

5  Sit  thou  silent,  and  get  thee  into  dark- 
ness, O  daughter  of  the  Chaldeans :  for 
thou  shalt  no  more  be  called,  The  lady 
of  kingdoms. 

6  H  I  was  wroth  with  my  people,  I  have 
polluted  mine  inheritance,  and  given  them 
into  thine  hand  :  thou  didst  shew  them 
no  mercy ;  upon  the  ancient  hast  thou 
very  heavily  laid  thy  yoke. 

7  U  And  thou  saids't,  I  shall  be  a  lady  for 
ever:  so  that  thou  didst  not  lay  these 
things  to  thy  heart,  neither  didst  remem- 
ber the  latter  end  of  it. 

8  Therefore  hear  now  this,  thou  that  art 
given  to  pleasures,  that  dwellcst  care- 
lessly, that  sayest  in  thine  heart,  I  aw, 
and  none  else  besides  me;  I  shall  not  sit 
o-s  a  widow,  neither  shall  I  know  the  loss 
of  children : 

9  But  these  two  things  shall  come  to 
thee  in  a  moment  in  one  day,  the  loss  of 
children,  and  widowhood:  they  shall  come 
upon  thee  in  their  perfection  for  the 
multitude  of  thy  sorceries,  and  for  the 
great  abundance  of  thine  enchantments. 

10  *[\  For  thou  hast  trusted  in  thy  wick- 
edness: thou  hast  said.  None  seeth  me. 
Thy  wisdom  and  thy  knowledge,  it  hath 
perverted  thee;  and  thou  hast  said  in 
thine  heart,  I  am,  and  none  else  besides 
me, 

11  IT  Therefore  shall  evil  come  upon 
thee;  thou  shalt  not  know  from  whence 
it  riseth:  and  mischief  shall  Ml  upon 
thee;  thou  shalt  not  be  able  to  put  it 
off:  and  desolation  shall  come  upon  thee 
suddenly,  v.^hich  thou  shalt  not  know. 

13  Stand  now  with  thiue  enchantments, 
and  with  the  multitude  of  thy  sorceries, 
wherein  thou  hast  laboured  from  thy 
youth ;  if  so  be,,  thou  shalt  be  able  to 
profit,  if  so  be  thou  mayest  prevail. 

13  Thou  art  wearied  in  the  multitude 
of  thy  counsels.  Let  now  the  astrologers, 
the  stargazers,  the  monthly  prognostic- 
ators,  stand  up,  and  save  thee  from  these 
things  that  shall  come  upon  thee. 

14  Behold,  they  shall  be  as  stubble ;  the 
fire  shall  burn  them ;  they  shall  not  de- 
liver themselves  from  the  power  of  the 
flame :  there  shaU  not  be  a  coal  to  warm 
at,  7ior  fire  to  sit  before  it. 

15  Thus  shall   they  be  unto  thee  with 


ISAIAH. 


whom  thou  hast  laboured,  even  thy  mer- 
chants, from  thy  youth:  they  shall  wan- 
der every  one  to  his  quarter;  none  shall 
save  thee.     * 

CHAPTER  XLVIII. 

HEAR  ye  this,  O  house  of  Jacob, 
which  are  called  by  the  name  of 
Israel,  and  are  come  forth  out  of  the 
waters  of  Judah,  "vvhich  swear  by  the 
name  of  the  Lord,  and  make  mention 
of  the  God  of  Israel,  t^it  not  in  truth, 
nor  in  righteousness. 

2  For  they  call  themselves  of  the  holy 
city,  and  stay  themselves  upon  the  God 
of  Israel :  The  Lord  of  hosts  is  his 
name.. 

8  I  have  declared  the  former  things 
from  the  beginning;  and  they  went  forth 
out  of  my  mouth,  and  I  shewed  them ; 
I  did  theni  suddenly,  and  they  came  to 
pass. 

4  Because  I  knew  that  thou  art  obsti- 
nate, and  thy  neck  is  an  iron  sinew,  and 
thy  brow  brass ; 

6  I  have  even  from  the  beginning  de- 
clared it  to  thee;  before  it  came  to  pass 
I  shewed  it  thee :  lest  thou  shouldest  say, 
Mine  idol  hath  done  them ;  and  my  graven 
image,  and  m^y  molten  image,  hath  com- 
manded them. 

6  Thou  hast  heard,  see  all  this ;  and  will 
not  ye  declare  it?  I  have  shewed  thee 
new  things  from  this  time,  even  hidden 
things,  and  thou  didst  not  know  them. 

7  They  are  created  now,  and  not  from 
the  beginning;  even  before  the  day  when 
thou  heardest  them  not ;  lest  thou  should- 
est say,  Behold,  I  knew  them. 

8  Yea,  thou  heardest  not  ;  yea,  thou 
knewest  not;  yea,  from  that  time  that 
thine  ear  was  not  opened:  for  I  knew 
that  thou  wouldest  deal  very  treacherous- 
ly, and  wast  called  a  transgressor  from  the 
womb. 

9  1[  For  my  name's  sake  will  I  defer  mine 
anger,  and  for  my  praise  will  I  refrain 
for  thee,  that  I  cut  thee  not  oflF. 

10  Behold,  I  have  refined  thee,  but  not 
with  silver ;  I  have  chosen  thee  in  the  fur- 
nace of  affliction. 

11  For  mine  own  sake,  even  for  mine 
own  sake,  will  I  do  it:  for  how  should 
my  name  be  polluted?  and  I  will  not 
give  my  glory  unto  another. 

12  1  Hearken  unto  me,  O  Jacob  and  Is- 


rael, my  called;  I  am  he;    1  am  the  first, 
I  also  am  the  last. 

13  Mine  hand  also  hath  laid  the  founda- 
tion of  the  earth,  and  my  right  hand  hath 
spanned  the  heavens :  when  I  call  unto 
them,  they  stand  up  together. 

14  All  ye,  assemble  yourselves,  and  hear ; 
which  among  them  hath  declared  these 
things?  The  Lord  hath  loved  him  :  he  will 
do  his  pleasure  on  Babylon,  and  his  arm 
shall  he  on  the  Chaldeans. 

15  I,  even  I,  have  spoken ;  yea,  I  have 
called  him :  I  have  brought  him,  and  he 
shall  moke  his  way  prosperous. 

16  ^  Come  ye  near  unto  me,  hear  ye 
this ;  I  have  not  spoken  in  secret  from 
the  beginning;  from  the  time  that  it  was, 
there  am  I:  and  now  the  Lord  God,  and 
his  Spirit,  hath  sent  me. 

17  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  thy  Redeemer, 
the  Holy  One  of  Israel ;  I  am  the  Lord 
thy  God  which  teacheth  thee  to  profit, 
which  leadeth  thee  by  the  way  that  thou 
shouldest  go. 

18  O  that  thou  hadst  hearkened  to  my 
commandments  !  then  had  thy  peace  been 
as  a  river,  and  thy  righteousness  as  the 
waves  of  the  sea: 

19  Thy  seed  also  had  been  as  the  sand, 
and  the  offspring  of  thy  bowels  like  the 
gravel  thereof;  his  name  should  not  have 
been  cut  off  nor  destroyed  from  before  me. 

20  H  Go  ye  forth  of  Babylon,  flee  ye  from 
the  Chaldeans,  with  a  voice  of  singing  de- 
clare ye,  tell  this,  utter  it  even  to  the  end 
of  the  earth;  say  ye.  The  Lord  hath  re- 
deemed his  servant  Jacob. 

21  And  they  thirsted  not  when  he  led  them 
through  the  deserts  :  he  caused  the  waters 
to  flow  out  of  the  rock  for  them  :  he  clave 
the  rock  also,  and  the  waters  gushed  out. 

22  TJiere  is  no  peace,  saith  the  Lord,  unto 
the  wicked.      « 

CHAPTER  XLIX. 

LISTEN,  O  isles,  unto  me ;  and  hearken, 
ye  people,  from  far ;  The  Lord  hath 
called  me  from  the  womb ;  from  the 
bowels  of  my  mother  hath  he  made  men- 
tion of  my  name. 

2  And  he  hath  made  my  mouth  like  a 
sharp  sword ;  in  the  shadow  of  his  hand 
hath  he  hid  me,  and  made  me  a  polished 
shaft ;  in  his  quiver  hath  he  hid  me ; 

3  And  said  unto  me,  Thou  art  my  serv- 
ant, O  Israel,  in  whom  I  Avill  be  glorified. 

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ISAIAH. 


4  Theu  I  Kuid,  I  have  laboured  iu  vain,  I 
have  spent  luy  strength  for  nought,  and 
in  vain:  Tjet  surely  my  judgment  is  with 
the  LoKD,  and  my  work  with  my  God. 

5  H  And  now,  saith  the  Lokb  that  formed 
me  from  the  womb  to  be  his  servant,  to 
bring  Jacob  again  to  him,  Though  Israel 
be  not  gathered,  yet  shall  I  be  glorious 
in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord,  and  my  God  shall 
be  my  strength. 

6  And  he  said.  It  is  a  light  thing  that 
thou  shouldest  be  my  servant  to  raise  up 
the  tribes  of  Jacob,  and  to  restore  the  pre- 
served of  Israel :  I  will  also  give  thee  for  a 
light  to  the  Gentiles,  that  thou  mayest  be 
my  salvation  unto  the  end  of  the  earth. 

7  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  Redeemer  of 
Israel,  and  his  Holy  One,  to  him  whom 
man  despiseth,  to  him  whom  the  nation 
abhorreth,  to  a  servant  of  rulers,  Kings 
shall  see  and  arise,  princes  also  shall 
worship,  because  of  the  Lord  that  is  faith- 
ful, and  the  Holy  One  of  Israel,  and  he 
shall  choose  thee. 

8  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  In  an  acceptable 
time  have  I  heard  thee,  and  in  a  day 
of  salvation  have  I  helped  thee:  and  I 
will  preserve  thee,  and  give  thee  for  a 
covenant  of  the  people,  to  establish  the 
earth,  to  cause  to  inherit  the  desolate  her- 
itages ; 

9  That  thou  mayest  say  to  the  prisoners. 
Go  forth ;  to  them  that  are  in  darkness. 
Shew  yourselves.  They  shall  feed  in  the 
ways,  and  their  jjastures  shall  be  in  all  high 
places. 

10  They  shall  not  hunger  nor  thirst ;  nei- 
ther shall  the  heat  nor  sun  smite  them : 
for  he  that  hath  mercy  on  them  shall  lead 
them,  even  by  the  springs  of  water  shall 
he  guide  them. 

11  And  I  will  make  all  my  mountains 
a  way,  and  ray  highways  shall  be  exalted. 

12  Behold,  these  shall  come  from  far: 
and,  lo,  these  from  the  north  and  from  the 
west ;  and  these  from  the  land  of  Sinim. 

13  1[  Sing,  O  heavens;  and  be  joyful,  O 
earth;  and  break  forth  into  singing,  O 
mountains  :  for  the  Lord  hath  comforted 
his  people,  and  will  have  mercy  upon  his 
afflicted. 

14  But  Zion  said,  The  Lord  hath  for- 
saken me,  and  my  Lord  hath  forgotten  me. 

15  Can  a  woman  forget  her  sucking  child, 
that  she  should  not   have  compassion  on 

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the  son  of  her  womb  y  yea,  they  may  for- 
get, yet  will  I  not  forget  thee. 

16  Behold,  I  have  graven  thee  upon  the 
palms  of  7mj  hands;  thy  walls  are  con- 
tinually before  me. 

17  Thy  children  shall  make  haste;  thy 
destroyers  and  they  that  made  thee  waste 
shall  go  forth  of  thee. 

18  T[  Lift  up  thine  eyes  round  about,  and 
behold  :  all  these  gather  themselves  to- 
gether, and  come  to  thee.  As  I  live,  saith 
the  Lord,  thou  shalt  surely  clothe  thee 
with  them  all,  as  with  an  ornament,  and 
bind  them  on  thee^  as  a  bride  doeth. 

19  For  thy  waste  and  thy  desolate  places, 
and  the  land  of  thy  destruction,  shall  even 
now  be  too  narrow  by  reason  of  the  in- 
habitants, and  they  that  swallowed  thee 
up  shall  be  far  away. 

20  The  children  Avhich  thou  shalt  have, 
after  thou  hast  lost  the  other,  shall  say 
again  in  thine  ears.  The  place  is  too 
strait  for  me:  give  place  to  me  that  I 
may  dwell. 

21  Then  shalt  thou  say  in  thine  heart. 
Who  hath  begotten  me  these,  seeing  I 
have  lost  my  children,  and  am  desolate, 
a  captive,  and  removing  to  and  fro?  and 
who  hath  brought  up  these?  Behold,  I 
was  left  alone;  these,  where  had  they  been? 

22  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold,  I 
will  lift  up  mine  hand  to  the  Gentiles,  and 
set  up  my  standard  to  the  people:  and 
they  shall  bring  thy  sons  in  tJieir  arms, 
and  thy  daughters  shall  be  carried  upon 
their  shoulders. 

23  And  kings  shall  be  thy  nursing  fa- 
thers, and  their  queens  thy  nursing 
mothers :  they  shall  bow  down  to  thee 
with  their  face  toward  the  earth,  and  lick 
up  the  dust  of  thy  feet ;  and  thou  shalt 
know  that  I  am  the  Lord  :  for  they  shall 
not  be  ashamed  that  wait  for  me. 

24  11  Shall  the  prey  be  taken  from  the 
mighty,  or  the  lawful  captive  delivered  ? 

25  But  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Even  the 
captives  of  the  mighty  shall  be  taken 
away,  and  the  prey  of  the  terrible  shall 
be  delivered :  for  I  will  contend  with  him 
that  contendeth  with  thee,  and  I  will  save 
thy  children. 

26  And  I  will  feed  them  that  oppress 
thee  with  their  own  flesh ;  and  they  shall 
be  drunken  with  their  own  blood,  as  with 
sweet  wine :  and  all  flesh  shall  know  that 


ISAIAH. 


I  the  Lord  «?w  thy  Saviour  and  thy  Re- 
deemer, the  Mighty  One  of  Jacob.     * 

CHAPTER  L. 

THUS  saith  the  Lord,  Where  is  the  bill 
of  your  mother's  divorcement,  whom 
I  have  put  away  ?  or  which  of  my  creditors 
is  it  to  whom  I  have  sold  you?  Behold, 
for  your  iniquities  have  ye  sold  yourselves, 
and  for  your  transgressions  is  your  mother 
put  away. 

2  Wherefore,  when  I  came,  roas  there  no 
man  ?  when  I  called,  was  there  none  to  an- 
swer ?  Is  my  hand  shortened  at  all,  that 
it  cannot  redeem  ?  or  have  I  no  power  to 
deliver?  behold,  at  my  rebuke  I  dry  up 
the  sea,  I  make  the  rivers  a  Avilderness : 
their  fish  stiaketh,  because  there  is  no 
water,  and  dieth  for  thirst. 

3  I  clothe  the  heavens  with  blackness, 
and  I  make  sackcloth  their  covering. 

4  The  Lord  God  hath  given  me  the 
tongue  of  the  learned,  that  I  should  know 
how  to  speak  a  word  in  season  to  him  that 
is  weary :  he  wakeneth  morning  by  morn- 
ing, he  wakeneth  mine  ear  to  hear  as  the 
learaed. 

5  H  The  Lord  God  hath  opened  mine  ear, 
and  I  was  not  rebellious,  neither  turned 
away  back. 

6  I  gave  my  back  to  the  smiters,  and  rny 
cheeks  to  them  that  plucked  oflf  the  hair : 
I  hid  not  my  face  from  shame  and 
spitting. 

7  T[  For  the  Lord  God  will  help  me; 
therefore  shall  I  not  be  confounded:  there- 
fore have  I  set  my  face  like  a  flint,  and  I 
know  that  I  shall  not  be  ashamed. 

8  Be  is  near  that  justifieth  me;  who  will 
contend  with  me?  let  us  stand  together: 
who  is  mine  adversary?  let  him  come  near 
to  me. 

9  Behold,  the  Lord  God  will  help  me; 
who  is  he  that  shall  condemn  me  ?  lo,  they 
all  shall  wax  old  as  a  garment ;  the  moth 
shall  eat  them  up. 

10  T[  Who  is  among  you  that  feareth  the 
Lord,  that  obeyeth  the  voice  of  his  serv- 
ant, that  walketh  in  darkness,  and  hath  no 
light?  let  him  trust  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord,  and  stay  upon  his  God. 

11  Behold,  all  ye  that  kindle  a  fire,  that 
compass  yourselves  about  with  sparks : 
walk  in  the  light  of  your  fire,  and  in  the 
sparks  that  ye  have  kindled.    This  shall  ye 


have  of  mine  hand ;   ye  shall  lie  down  in 
sorrow. 

CHAPTER  LL 

HEARKEN  to  me,  ye  that  follow  after 
righteousness,  ye  that  seek  the  Lord< 
look  unto  the  rock  whence  ye  are  hewn,  and 
to  the  hole  of  the  pit  whence  ye  are  digged. 

2  Look  unto  Abraham  your  father,  and 
unto  Sarah  that  bare  you:  for  I  called  him 
alone,  and  blessed  him,  and  increased  him. 

3  For  the  Lord  shall  comfort  Zion :  he 
will  comfort  all  her  waste  places ;  and  he 
will  make  her  wilderness  like  Eden,  and 
her  desert  like  the  garden  of  the  Lord  ; 
joy  and  gladness  shall  be  found  therein, 
thanksgiving,  and  the  voice  of  melody. 

4  T[  Hearken  unto  me,  my  people;  and 
give  ear  unto  me,  O  my  nation :  for  a  law 
shall  proceed  from  me,  and  I  will  make 
my  judgment  to  rest  for  a  light  of  the 
people. 

5  My  righteousness  is  near ;  my  salvation 
is  gone  forth,  and  mine  arms  shall  judge 
the  people ;  the  isles  shall  wait  upon  me, 
and  on  mine  arm  shall  they  trust. 

6  Lift  up  your  eyes  to  the  heavens,  and 
look  upon  the  earth  beneath:  for  the 
heavens  shall  vanish  away  like  smoke,  and 
the  earth  shall  wax  old  like  a  garment,  and 
they  that  dwell  therein  shall  die  in  like 
manner:  but  my  salvation  shall  be  for 
ever,  and  my  righteousness  shall  not  be 
abolished. 

7  •[  Hearken  nnto  me,  ye  that  know  right- 
eousness, the  people  in  whose  heart  is  my 
law  ;  fear  ye  not  the  reproach  of  men,  nei- 
ther be  ye  afraid  of  their  revilings. 

8  For  the  moth  shall  eat  them  up  like  a 
garment,  and  the  worm  shall  eat  them  like 
wool :  but  my  righteousness  shall  be  for 
ever,  and  my  salvation  from  generation  to 
generation. 

9  f  Awake,  awake,  put  on  strength,  O 
arm  of  the  Lord  ;  awake,  as  in  the  ancient 
days,  in  the  generations  of  old.  Art  thou 
not  it  that  hath  cut  Rahab,  and  wounded 
the  dragon  ? 

10  Art  thou  not  it  which  hath  dried  the 
sea,  the  waters  of  the  great  deep ;  that 
hath  made  the  depths  of  the  sea  a  way 
for  the  ransomed  to  pass  over? 

11  Therefore  the  redeemed  of  the  Lord 
shall  return,  and  come  with  singing  unto 
Zion;  and  everlasting  joy  shall  be  upon 
their  head :  they  shall  obtain  gladness  and 

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ISAIAH. 


joy;  and  sorrow  and  mourning  shall  flee 
away. 

13  I,  everi  I,  am  he  that  coraforteth  you : 
who  art  thou,  that  thou  shouldest  be  afraid 
of  a  man  that  shall  die,  and  of  the  son  of 
man  w/dch  shall  be  made  as  grass  ; 

13  And  forgettest  the  Lord  thy  Maker, 
that  hath  stretched  forth  the  heavens,  and 
laid  the  foundations  of  the  earth;  and  hast 
feared  continually  every  day  because  of  the 
fury  of  the  oppressor,  as  if  he  were  ready 
to  destroy?  and  where  is  the  fury  of  the 
oppressor  ? 

14  The  captive  exile  hasteneth  that  he 
may  be  loosed,  and  that  he  should  not 
die  in  the  pit,  nor  that  his  bread  should 
fail. 

15  But  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  that  di- 
vided the  sea,  whose  waves  roared :  The 
Lord  of  hosts  is  his  name. 

16  And  I  have  put  my  words  in  thy 
mouth,  and  I  have  covered  thee  in  the 
shadow  of  mine  hand,  that  I  may  plant 
the  heavens,  and  lay  the  foundations  of 
the  earth,  and  say  unto  Zion,  Thou  art  mj 
people. 

17  Tl  Awake,  awake,  stand  up,  O  Jerusa- 
lem, which  hast  drunk  at  the  hand  of  the 
Lord  the  cup  of  his  fury;  thou  hast 
drunken  the  dregs  of  the  cup  of  trem- 
bling, and  wrung  them  out. 

18  There  is  none  to  guide  her  among  all 
the  sons  w7iom  she  hath  brought  forth; 
neither  is  there  any  that  taketh  her  by  the 
hand  of  all  the  sons  that  she  hath  brought 
up. 

19  These  two  things  are  come  unto  thee; 
who  shall  be  sorry  for  thee?  desolation, 
and  destruction,  and  the  famine,  and  the 
sword :  by  whom  shall  I  comfort  thee? 

20  Thy  sons  have  fainted,  they  lie  at  the 
head  of  all  the  streets,  as  a  wild  bull  in  a 
net :  they  are  full  of  the  fury  of  the  Lord, 
the  rebuke  of  thy  God. 

21  ^  Therefore  hear  now  this,  thou  afflict- 
ed, and  drunken,  but  not  with  wine  : 

22  Thus  saith  thy  Lord  the  Lord,  and  thy 
God  that  pleadeth  the  cause  of  his  i^eople. 
Behold,  I  have  taken  out  of  thine  hand 
the  cup  of  trembling,  even  the  dregs  of  the 
cup  of  my  fury ;  thou  shalt  no  more  drink 
it  again : 

23  But  I  will  put  it  into  the  hand  of  them 
that  afflict  thee ;  which  have  said  to  thy 
soul.  Bow  down,  that  we  may  go  over:  and 

670 


thou  hast  laid  thy  body  as  the  ground,  and 
as  the  street,  to  them  that  went  over. 

CHAPTER  LII. 

AWAKE,  awake,  put  on  thy  strength, 
O  Zion;  put  on  thy  beautiful  gar- 
ments, O  Jerusalem,  the  holy  city:  for 
henceforth  there  shall  no  more  come  into 
thee  the  uncircumcised  and  the  unclean. 

2  Shake  thyself  from  the  dust ;  arise,  a7id 
sit  down,  O  Jerusalem  :  loose  thyself  from 
the  bands  of  thy  neck,  O  captive  daughter 
of  Zion. 

3  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Ye  have  sold 
yourselves  for  nought;  and  ye  shall  be 
redeemed  without  money. 

4  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  My  people 
went  down  aforetime  into  Egypt  to  so- 
journ there ;  and  the  Assyrian  oppressed 
them  without  cause. 

5  Now  therefore,  what  have  I  here,  saith 
the  Lord,  that  my  people  is  taken  aAvay 
for  nought?  they  that  rule  over  them 
make  them  to  howl,  saith  the  Lord  ;  and 
my  name  continually  every  day  is  blas- 
phemed. 

6  Therefore  my  people  shall  know  my 
name:  therefore  they  shall  know  in  that  day 
that  I  am  he  that  doth  speak :  behold,  it  is  I. 

7  ^  How  beautiful  upou  the  mountains 
are  the  feet  of  him  that  bringeth  good 
tidings,  that  publisheth  peace;  that  bring- 
eth good  tidings  of  good,  that  publisheth 
salvation;  that  saith  unto  Zion,  Thy  God 
reigneth ! 

8  Thy  watchmen  shall  lift  up  the  voice; 
with  the  voice  together  shall  they  sing: 
for  they  shall  see  eye  to  eye,  when  the 
Lord  shall  bring  again  Zion. 

9  ^  Break  forth  into  joy,  sing  together, 
ye  Avaste  places  of  Jerusalem :  for  the 
Lord  hath  comforted  his  people,  he  hath 
redeemed  Jerusalem. 

10  The  Lord  hath  made  bare  his  holy 
arm  in  the  eyes  of  all  the  nations  ;  and 
all  the  ends  of  the  earth  shall  see  the 
salvation  of  our  God. 

11  H  Depart  ye,  depart  ye,  go  ye  out 
from  thence,  touch  no  unclean  thing ;  go 
ye  out  of  the  midst  of  her;  be  ye  clean, 
that  bear  the  vessels  of  the  Lord. 

12  For  ye  shall  not  go  out  with  haste, 
nor  go  by  fliulit :  for  the  Lord  will  go 
before  you ;  aud  the  God  of  Israel  will  be 
your  rearward. 


ISAIAH. 


13  1  Behold,  my  servant  shall  deal  pru- 
dently, he  shall  be  exalted  and  extolled, 
and  be  very  high. 

14  As  many  were  astouied  at  thee ;  his 
visage  was  so  marred  more  than  any  man, 
and  his  form  more  than  the  sons  of  men  : 

15  So  shall  he  sprinkle  many  nations; 
the  kings  shall  shut  their  mouths  at  him : 
for  that  which  had  not  been  told  them 
shall  they  see;  and  that  which  they  had 
not  heard  shall  they  consider.       ^ 

CHAPTER  LIIL 

WHO  hath  believed  our  report?  and 
to  whom  is  the  arm  of  the  Lord 
reveal/id  ? 

2  For  he  shall  grow  up  before  him  as  a 
tender  plant,  and  as  a  root  out  of  a  dry 
ground :  he  hath  no  form  nor  comeliness  ; 
and  when  we  shall  see  him,  there  is  no 
beauty  that  we  should  desire  him. 

3  He  is  despised  and  rejected  of  men;  a 
man  of  sorrows,  and  acquainted  with  grief: 
and  we  hid  as  it  were  ou7'  faces  from  him ; 
he  was  despised,  and  we  esteemed  him 
not. 

4  T[  Surely  he  hath  borne  our  griefs,  and 
carried  our  sorrows :  yet  we  did  esteem 
him  stricken,  smitten  of  God,  and  afflicted. 

5  But  he  ivas  wounded  for  our  transgres- 
sions, he  tvas  bruised  for  our  iniquities : 
the  chastisement  of  our  peace  was  upon 
him ;  and  with  his  stripes  we  are  healed. 

6  All  we  like  sheep  have  gone  astray; 
we  have  turned  every  one  to  his  own 
way;  and  the  Lord  hath  laid  on  him  the 
iniquity  of  us  all. 

7  He  was  oppressed,  and  he  was  afflicted, 
yet  he  opened  not  his  mouth :  he  is 
brought  as  a  lamb  to  the  slaughter,  and 
as  a  sheep  before  her  shearers  is  dumb, 
so  he  openeth  not  his  mouth. 

8  He  was  taken  from  prison  and  from 
judgment :  and  who  shall  declare  his  gen- 
eration? for  he  was  cut  off  out  of  the 
land  of  the  living:  for  the  transgression 
of  my  people  was  he  stricken. 

9  And  he  made  his  grave  with  the 
wicked,  and  with  the  rich  in  his  death ; 
because  he  had  done  no  violence,  neither 
was  any  deceit  in  his  mouth. 

10  ^  Yet  it  pleased  the  Lord  to  bruise 
him;  he  hath  put  him  to  grief:  when  thou  i 
Shalt  make  his   soul  an  offering  for  sin,  j 
he  shall  see  his  seed,  he  shall  prolong  his  i 


days,  and  the  pleasure  of  the  Lord  shall 
prosper  in  his  hand. 

11  He  shall  see  of  the  travail  of  his  soul, 
and  shall  be  satisfied :  by  his  knowledge 
shall  my  righteous  servant  justify  many; 
for  he  shall  bear  their  iniquities. 

13  Therefore  Avill  I  divide  him  a  portion. 
with  the  great,  and  he  shall  divide  the 
spoil  with  the  strong;  because  he  hath 
poured  out  his  soul  unto  death :  and  he 
was  numbered  with  the  transgressors ; 
and  he  bare  the  sin  of  many,  and  made 
intercession  for  the  transgressors.    * 

CHAPTER  LIV. 

SING,  O  barren,  thou  that  didst  not 
bear;  break  forth  into  singing,  and 
cry  aloud,  thou  that  didst  not  travail  Avith 
child :  for  more  are  the  children  of  the 
desolate  than  the  children  of  the  married 
wife,  saith  the  Lord. 

2  Enlarge  the  place  of  thy  tent,  and 
let  them  stretch  forth  the  curtains  of  thine 
habitations :  spare  not,  lengthen  thy  cords, 
and  strengthen  thy  stakes  ; 

3  For  thou  shalt  break  forth  on  the  right 
hand  and  on  the  left;  and  thy  seed  shall 
inherit  the  Gentiles,  and  make  the  desolate 
cities  to  be  inhabited. 

4 Fear  not ;  for  thou  shalt  not  be  ashamed: 
neither  be  thou  confounded ;  for  thou  shalt 
not  be  put  to  shame :  for  thou  shalt  forget 
the  shame  of  thy  youth,  and  shalt  not  re- 
member the  reproach  of  thy  widowhood 
any  more. 

5  For  thy  Maker  is  thine  husband ;  The 
Lord  of  hosts  is  his  name ;  and  thy  Re- 
deemer the  Holy  One  of  Israel ;  The  God 
of  the  whole  earth  shall  he  be  called. 

6  For  the  Lord  hath  called  thee  as  a 
woman  forsaken  and  grieved  in  spirit,  and 
a  wife  of  youth,  when  thou  wast  refused, 
saith  thy  God. 

7  For  a  small  moment  have  I  forsaken 
thee  ;  but  with  great  mercies  will  I  gather 
thee. 

8  In  a  little  wrath  I  hid  my  face  from  thee 
for  a  moment ;  but  with  everlasting  kind- 
ness will  I  have  mercy  on  thee,  saith  the 
Lord  thy  Redeemer. 

9  For  this  is  as  the  waters  of  Noah  unto 
me :  for  as  I  have  sworn  that  the  waters 
of  Noah  should  no  more  go  over  the 
earth;  so  have  I  sworn  that  I  would  not 
be  wroth  with  thee,  nor  rebuke  thee. 

671 


ISAIAH. 


10  For  the  mouutains  shall  depart,  and 
the  hills  be  removed;  but  my  kiudness 
shall  not  depart  from  thee,  neither  shall 
the  covenant  of  my  peace  be  removed, 
saith  the  Lord  that  hath  mercy  on  thee. 

11  H  O  thou  afflicted,  tossed  with  tem- 
pest, and  not  comforted,  behold,  I  will 
lay  thy  stones  with  fair  colours,  and  lay 
thy  foundations  with  sapphires. 

12  And  1  will  make  thy  windows  of 
agates,  and  thy  gates  of  carbuncles,  and 
all  thy  borders  of  pleasant  stones. 

13  And  all  thy  children  shall  be  taught 
of  the  Lord  ;  and  great  shall  be  the  peace 
of  thy  children. 

14  In  righteousness  shalt  thou  be  estab- 
lished :  thou  Shalt  be  far  from  oppression  ; 
for  thou  Shalt  not  fear :  and  from  terror ; 
for  it  shall  not  come  near  thee. 

15  Behold,  they  shall  surely  gather  to- 
gether, but  not  by  me:  whosoever  shall 
gather  together  against  thee  shall  fall  for 
thy  sake. 

16  Behold,  I  have  created  the  smith  that 
bloweth  the  coals  in  the  fire,  and  that 
bringeth  forth  an  instrument  for  his  work; 
and  I  have  created  the  waster  to  destroy. 

17  Tl  No  weapon  that  is  formed  against 
thee  shall  jjrosper ;  and  every  tongue  that 
shall  rise  against  thee  in  judgment  thou 
shalt  condemn.  This  is  the  heritage  of  the 
servants  of  the  Lord,  and  their  righteous- 
ness is  of  me,  saith  the  Lord.     % 

CHAPTER  LV. 

HO,  every  one  that  thirsteth,  come  ye 
to  the  waters,  and  he  that  hath  no 
money;  come  ye,  buy,  and  eat ;  yea,  come, 
buy  wine  and  milk  without  money  and 
without  i)rice. 

2  AVherefore  do  ye  spend  money  for 
ifiat  which  is  not  bread?  and  your  labour 
for  that  which  satisfieth  not  ?  hearken  dili- 
gently unto  me,  and  cat  ye  that  which  is 
good,  and  let  your  soul  delight  itself  in 
fatness. 

3  Incline  your  ear,  and  come  unto  me: 
hear,  and  your  soul  shall  live ;  and  I  will 
make  an  everlasting  covenant  with  you, 
even  the  sure  mercies  of  David. 

4  Behold,  I  have  given  him  for  a  Avitness 
to  the  people,  a  leader  and  commander  to 
the  ])eople. 

5  I3ehold,  thou  shalt  call  a  natioji  that 
thou  knowest   not,  and  nations  that  knew 


not  thee  shall  run  unto  thee,  because  of 
the  Lord  thy  God,  and  for  the  Holy  One 
of  Israel ;  for  he  hath  glorified  thee. 

6  Ti  Seek  ye  the  Lord  while  he  may  be 
found,  call  3'e  upon  him  Avhile  he  is  near : 

7  Let  the  wicked  forsake  his  way,  and 
the  unrighteous  man  his  thoughts :  and 
let  him  return  unto  the  Lord,  and  he  will 
have  mercy  upon  him;  and  to  our  God, 
for  he  will  abundantly  pardon. 

8  T[  For  my  thoughts  are  not  your 
thoughts,  neither  are  your  ways  my  ways, 
saith  the  Lord. 

9  For  as  the  heavens  are  higher  than 
the  earth,  so  are  my  ways  higher  than  your 
ways,  and  my  thoughts  than  your  thoughts. 

10  For  as  the  rain  cometh  down,  and 
the  snow  from  heaven,  and  returneth 
not  thither,  but  watereth  the  earth,  and 
maketh  it  bring  forth  and  bud,  that  it 
may  give  seed  to  the  sower,  and  bread 
to  the  eater: 

11  So  shall  my  word  be  that  goeth  forth 
out  of  my  mouth :  it  shall  not  return 
unto  me  void,  but  it  shall  accomplish 
that  which  I  please,  and  it  shall  prosper 
in  the  thing  whereto  I  sent  it. 

13  For  ye  shall  go  out  with  joy,  and 
be  led  forth  with  peace:  the  mountains 
and  the  hills  shall  break  forth  before  you 
into  singing,  and  all  the  trees  of  the  held 
shall  clap  their  hands. 

13  Instead  of  the  thorn  shall  come  up 
the  fir  tree,  and  instead  of  the  brier  shall 
come  up  the  myrtle  tree:  and  it  shall  be 
to  the  Lord  for  a  name,  for  an  everlast- 
ing sign  tliat  shall  not  be  cut  off.        * 

CHAPTER  LVI. 

THUS  saith  the  Lord,  Keep  ye  judg- 
ment, and  do  justice:  for  my  salva- 
tion is  near  to  come,  and  my  righteous- 
ness to  be  revealed. 

2  Blessed  is  the  man  that  doeth  this,  and 
the  son  of  man  tliat  layeth  hold  on  it ; 
that  keepeth  the  sabbath  from  polluting 
it,  and  keepeth  his  hand  from  doing  any 
evil. 

3  Tf  Neither  let  the  son  of  the  sti-anger, 
that  hath  joined  himself  to  the  Lord, 
speak,  saying.  The  Lord  hath  utterly 
separated  me  from  his  people :  neither  let 
the  eunuch  say.  Behold,  I  am  a  dry  tree. 

4  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  unto  the 
eunuchs    that     kec})    my    sabbaths,     and 


ISAIAH. 


choose  the  things  that  please  me,  and  take 
hold  of  my  covenant ; 

5  Even  unto  them  will  I  give  in  mine 
house  and  within  my  walls  a  place  and 
a  name  better  than  of  sous  and  of  daugh- 
ters :  I  will  give  them  an  everlasting  name, 
that  shall  not  be  cut  off. 

6  Also  the  sons  of  the  stranger,  that 
joiu  themselves  to  the  Lord,  to  serve 
him,  and  to  love  the  name  of  the  Lord, 
to  be  his  servants,  every  one  that  keepeth 
the  sabbath  from  polluting  it,  and  taketh 
hold  of  ray  covenant ; 

7  Even  them  will  I  bring  to  my  holy 
mountain,  and  make  them  joyful  in  my 
house'  of  prayer :  their  burnt  oflerings 
and  their  sacrifices  f<.haU  he  accepted  iipon 
mine  altar;  for  mine  house  shall  be  called 
a  house  of  prayer  for  all  people. 

8  The  Lord  God  which  gathereth  the 
outcasts  of  Israel  saith,  Yet  will  I  gather 
others  to  him,  besides  those  that  are  gath- 
ered unto  him. 

9  1  All  ye  beasts  of  the  field,  come  to 
devour,  yea^  all  ye  beasts  in  the  forest. 

10  His  watchmen  are  bliud:  they  arc  all 
ignorant,  they  are  all  dumb  dogs,  they 
cannot  bark;  sleeping,  lying  down,  loving 
to  slumber. 

11  Yea,  they  are  greedy  dogs  n^hich  can 
never  have  enough,  and  the}-  are  shep- 
herds that  cannot  understand:  they  all 
look  to  their  own  way,  every  one  for  his 
gain,  from  his  quarter. 

13  Come  ye,  my  ihey^  I  will  fetch  Avine, 
and  we  will  fill  ourselves  with  strong 
drink;  and  to  morrow  shall  be  as  this  day, 
and  much  more  abundant.       *• 

CHAPTER  LVII. 

THE  righteous  perisheth,  and  no  man 
layeth  it  to  heart :  and  merciful  men 
arc  taken  away,  none  considering  that 
the  righteous  is  taken  avr:iy  from  the  evil 
to  come. 

2  He  shall  enter  into  jieace :  they  shall 
rest  in  their  beds,  eac7i  one  walking  in  his 
uprightness. 

3  Tl  But  draw  near  hither,  ye  sons  of 
the  sorceress,  the  seed  of  the  adulterer 
and  the  whore. 

4  Against  whom  do  ye  sport  yourselves  ? 

against  whom  make  ye  a  wide  mouth,  and 

draw  out  the  tongue?  are  ye  not  children 

of  transgression,  a  seed  of  folsehood, 
_ 


5  Inflaming  yourselves  with  idols  under 
every  green  tree,  slaying  the  children  iu 
the  valleys  imder  the  clefts  of  the  rocks  ? 

6  Among  the  smooth  stones  of  the  stream 
is  thy  portion  ;  they,  they  a?r  thy  lot:  even 
to  them  hast  thou  poured  a  drink  offer- 
ing, thou  hast  offered  a  meat  offering. 
Should  I  receive  comfort  in  these  ? 

7  Upon  a  lofty  and  high  mountain  hast 
thou  set  thy  bed :  even  thither  wcntest 
tho\i  up  to  offer  sacrifice.  | 

8  Behind  the  doors  also  and  the  posts 
hast  thou  set  up  thy  remembrance :  for 
thou  hast  discovered  thyself  to  another  than 
me,  and  art  gone  up ;  thou  hast  enlarged 
thy  bed,  and  made  thee  a  covenant  Avith 
them ;  thou  lovedst  their  bed  where  thou 
sawest  it. 

9  And  thou  wcntest  to  the  king  with 
ointment,  and  didst  increase  thy  perfumes, 
and  didst  send  thy  messengers  for  oft",  and 
didst  debase  thyself  even  xmto  hell. 

10  Thou  art  wearied  in  the  greatness 
of  thy  way ;  yet  saidst  thou  not.  There  is 
no  hope :  thou  hast  found  the  life  of 
thine  hand;  therefore  thou  wast  not 
grieved. 

11  And  of  whom  hast  thou  been  afraid 
or  feared,  that  thou  hast  lied,  and  hast 
not  remembered  me,  nor  laid  it  to  thy 
heart  ?  have  not  I  held  my  peace  even 
of  old,  and  thou  fearest  me  not  ? 

13  I  will  declare  thy  righteousness,  and  I 
thy  works  ;  for  they  shall  not  profit  thee.      | 

13  T[  When  thou  criest,  let  thy  companies  | 
deliver  thee;    but  the    wind    shall    carry 
them   all   away;    vanity   shall   take   tliem:  | 
but    he    that    putteth    his    trust    in    me 
shall  possess  the   land,   and    shall   inherit  I 
my  holy  mountain  ;  | 

14  And  shall  say.  Cast  ye  up,  cast  ye  up,  j 
prepare  the  way,  take  up  the  stumbling-  | 
block  out  of  the  way  of  my  people.  | 

15  For  thus  saith  the  high  and  lofty  One  j 
that  inhabiteth  eternity,  Avhose  name  is  | 
Holy;  I  dwell  iu  the  high  and  holy  p/nrrc, 
with  him  also  that  is  of  a  contrite  and 
humble  spirit,  to  revive  the  spirit  of  the 
humble,  and  to  revive  the  heart  of  the 
contrite  ones. 

16  For  I  will  not  contend  for  ever,  nei- 
ther will  I  be  always  wroth  :  for  the  spirit 
should  ftiil  before  me,  and  the  souls  which 
I  have  made. 

17  For  the  iniquity  of  his  covetousness 

673 


ISAIAH. 


was  I  wroth,  and  smote  him  :  I  hid  me, 
aud  was  wroth,  aud  he  weut  on  frowardly 
I  in  the  way  of  his  heart. 
i  18  I  have  seen  his  Avays,  and  will  heal 
i  him :  I  will  lead  him  also,  aud  restore 
i  comforts  unto  him  and  to  his  mourners. 
I  19  I  create  the  fruit  of  the  lips;  Peace, 
I  peace  to  Jiun  that  U  far  off,  and  to  hi>7i  that 
\  is  near,  saith  the  Loiio;  and  I  will  heal 
\  him. 

j    20  But  the  wicked  are  like  the  troubled 
I  sea,   when    it  cannot   rest,  whose  waters 
I  cast  up  mire  and  dirt. 
'    21  T/ie>-e  in  no  peace,  saith  my  God,  to  the 

wicked. 
:  CHAPTER  LVIII. 

CRY  aloud,  spare  not,  lift  up  thy  voice 
like  a  trumpet,  and  shew  my  people 
their  transgression,  and  the  house  of  Jacob 
their  sins. 

2  Yet  they  seek  me  daily,  and  delight  to 
know  my  ways,  as  a  nation  that  did  right- 
eousness, and  forsook  not  the  ordinance  of 
their  God :  they  ask  of  me  the  ordinances 
of  justice;  they  take  delight  in  approach- 
ing to  God. 

3  1  Wherefore  have  we  fasted,  sajj  they^ 
and  thou  seest  not  ?  wherefore  have  we 
afflicted  our  soul,  and  thou  takcst  no 
knowledge?  Behold,  in  the  day  of  your 
fa.st  ye  find  pleasure,  and  exact  all  your 
labours. 

4  Behold,  ye  fast  for  strife  and  debate,  and 
to  smite  with  the  fist  of  wickedness  :  ye 
shall  not  fast  as  ye  do  this  day,  to  make 
your  voice  to  be  heard  on  high. 

5  Is  it  such  a  fast  that  I  have  chosen  ?  a 
day  for  a  man  to  afflict  his  soul?  is  it  to 
bow  down  his  head  as  a  bulrush,  and  to 
spread  sackcloth  and  ashes  under  him?  wilt 
thou  call  this  a  fast,  aud  an  acceptable 
day  to  the  Lord  ? 

6  la  not  this  the  fast  that  I  have  chosen  ? 
to  loose  the  bands  of  wickedness,  to  undo 
the  heavy  burdens,  and  to  let  the  oppress- 
ed go  free,  aud  that  ye  break  every  yoke  ? 

7  Is  it  not  to  deal  thy  bread  to  the  hun- 
gry, aud  that  thou  bring  the  poor  that  are 
cast  out  to  thy  house?  when  thou  seest 
the  naked,  that  thou  cover  him ;  and  that 
thou  hide  not  thyself  from  thine  own 
flesh? 

8  ^  Then  shall  thy  light  break  forth  as  the 
morning,  and  thine  health  shall  spring 
forth  speedily:  and  thy  riirhtcousncss  shall 


go   before   thee ;    the  glory   of  the  Lokd 
shall  be  thy  rearward. 

9  Then  shalt  thou  call,  and  the  Lord  shall 
answer;  thou  shalt  cry,  and  he  shall  say. 
Here  I  am.  If  thou  take  away  from  the 
midst  of  thee  the  yoke,  the  putting  forth 
of  the  finger,  and  speaking  vanity  ; 

10  And  if  thou  draw  out  thy  soul  to  the 
hungry,  and  satisfy  the  afflicted  soul ;  then 
shall  thy  light  rise  in  obscurity,  and  thy 
darkness  he  as  the  noonday  : 

11  And  the  Lord  shall  guide  thee  contin- 
ually, and  satisfy  thy  soul  in  drought,  aud 
make  fat  thy  bones:  and  thou  shalt  be 
like  a  watered  garden,  and  like  a  spring 
of  water,  whose  waters  fail  not. 

12  And  they  that  shall  he  of  thee  shall  build 
the  old  waste  places:  thou  shalt  raise  up 
the  foundations  of  many  generations;  and 
thou  Shalt  be  called,  The  repairer  of  the 
breach,  The  restorer  of  paths  to  dwell  in. 

13  *l  If  thou  turn  awaj-  thy  foot  from  the 
sabbath,  froui  doing  thy  pleasure  on  my 
holy  day;  and  call  the  sabbath  a  delight, 
the  holy  of  the  Lord,  honourable;  and 
shalt  honour  him,  not  doing  thine  own 
ways,  nor  finding  thine  own  pleasure,  nor 
speaking  thine  ov:n.  words  : 

14  Then  shalt  thou  delight  thyself  in  the 
Lord  ;  and  I  will  cause  thee  to  ride  upon 
the  high  places  of  the  earth,  and  feed  thee 
with  the  heritage  of  Jacob  thy  flither:  for 
the  mouth  of  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

CHAPTER  LIX. 

BEHOLD,  the  Lord's  hand  is  not  short- 
ened, that  it  cannot  save ;  neither  his 
car  heav}',  that  it  cannot  hear : 

2  But  your  iniquities  have  separated  be- 
tween you  and  your  God,  and  your  sins 
have  hid  liis  face  from  you,  that  he  will  not 
hear. 

3  For  your  hands  are  defiled  with  blood, 
and  your  fingers  with  iniquity;  your  lips 
have  spoken  lies,  your  tongue  hath  mut- 
tered i)ervcrseness. 

4  None  calleth  for  justice,  nor  any  plead- 
eth  for  truth  :  they  trust  in  vanity,  and 
speak  lies;  they  conceive  mischief,  and 
bring  forth  iniquity. 

5  They  hatch  cockatrice'  eggs,  and  weave  j 
the  spider's  web :  he  that  eateth  of  their  i 
eggs  dieth,  and  that  which  is  crushed  | 
breaketh  out  into  a  viper. 

6  Tlicir  webs  shall  not  become  trarments. 


ISAIAH. 


neither  shall  they  cover  themselves  with 
their  works :  their  works  are  Avorks  of 
iniquity,  and  the  act  of  violence  u  in  their 
hands. 

7  Their  feet  run  to  evil,  and  they  make 
haste  to  shed  innoceut  blood:  their 
thoughts  are  thoughts  of  iniquity ;  wasting 
and  destruction  are  in  their  paths. 

8  The  way  of  peace  they  know  not  ;  and 
there  is  no  judgment  in  their  goings:  they 
have  made  them  crooked  paths  ;  whoso- 
ever goeth  therein  shall  not  know  peace. 

9  H  Therefore  is  judgment  far  from  us, 
neither  doth  justice  overtake  us  :  we  wait 
for  light,  but  behold  obscurity,  for  bright- 
ness, but  we  walk  in  darkness. 

10  We  grope  for  the  wall  like  the  blind, 
and  we  grope  as  if  vje  had  no  eyes  :  we 
stumble  at  noonday  as  in  the  night ;  we 
are  in  desolate  places  as  dead  me7i. 

11  We  roar  all  like  bears,  and  mourn  sore 
like  doves:  we  look  for  judgment,  but 
tliere  is  none ;  for  salvation,  but  it  is  far 
off  from  us. 

13  For  our  transgressions  are  multiplied 
before  thee,  and  our  sins  testify  against 
us :  for  our  transgressions  are  with  us ; 
and  as  for  our  iniquities,  we  know  them ; 

13  In  transgressing  and  lying  against  the 
Lord,  and  departing  away  from  our  God, 
speaking   oppression  and   revolt,  conceiv- 1 
ing  and  uttering  from  the  heart  words  of 
falsehood. 

14  And  judgment  is  turned  away  back- 
ward, and  justice  standeth  afar  otf:  for 
truth  is  fallen  in  the  street,  and  equity 
cannot  enter, 

15  Yea,  truth  faileth;  and  he  that  de- 
parteth  from  evil  maketh  himself  a  prey : 
and  the  Lord  saw  it,  and  it  displeased 
him  that  there  ims  no  judgment. 

16  1[  And  he  saw  that  there  ivaa  no  man, 
and  wondered  that  there  ioa.s  no  interces- 
sor: therefore  his  arm  brought  salvation 
unto  him;  and  his  righteousness,  it  sus- 
tained him. 

17  For  he  put  on  righteousness  as  a 
breastplate,  and  a  helmet  of  salvation 
upon  his  head ;  and  he  put  on  the  gar- 
ments of  vengeance  for  clothing,  and  was 
clad  with  zeal  as  a  cloak. 

18  According  to  their  deeds,  accordingly 
he  will  repay,  fury  to  his  adversaries, 
recompense  to  his  enemies ;  to  the  islands 
he  will  repay  recompense. 


19  So  shall  the}'  fear  the  name  of  the 
Lord  from  the  west,  and  his  glory  from 
the  rising  of  the  sun.  When  the  enemy 
shall  come  in  like  a  flood,  the  Spirit  of 
the  Lord  shall  lift  up  a  standard  against 
him.       ? 

20  H  And  the  Redeemer  shall  come  to 
Zion,  and  unto  them  that  turn  from 
transgression  in  Jacob,  saith  the  Lord. 

21  As  for  me,  this  is  my  covenant  with 
them,  saith  the  Lord;  My  Spirit  that  is 
ujjon  thee,  and  my  words  which  I  have 
put  in  thy  mouth,  shall  not  depart  out  of 
thy  mouth,  nor  out  of  the  mouth  of  thy 
seed,  nor  out  of  the  mouth  of  thy  seed's 
seed,  saith  the  Lord,  from  henceforth  and 
for  ever,      ^i 

CHAPTER  LX. 

ARISE,  shine;    for  thy  light  is   come, 
and  the  glory  of  the  Lord  is  risen 
upon  thee. 

2  For,  behold,  the  darkness  shall  cover 
the  earth,  and  gross  darkness  the  people : 
but  the  Lord  shall  arise  upon  thee,  and 
his  glory  shall  be  seen  upon  thee. 

3  And  the  Gentiles  shall  come  to  thy 
light,  and  kings  to  the  brightness  of  thy 
rising. 

4  Lift  up  thine  eyes  round  about,  and 
see :  all  they  gather  themselves  together, 
they  come  to  thee :  thy  sons  shall  come 
from  far,  and  thy  daughters  shall  be 
nursed  at  thy  side. 

5  Then  thou  shalt  see,  and  flow  together, 
and  thine  heart  shall  fear,  and  be  en- 
larged ;  because  the  abundance  of  the  sea 
shall  be  converted  unto  thee,  the  forces 
of  the  Gentiles  shall  come  unto  thee. 

6  The  multitude  of  camels  shall  cover 
thee,  the  dromedaries  of  Midian  and 
Ephah;  all  they  from  Sheba  shall  come: 
they  shall  bring  gold  and  incense ;  and 
they  shall  shew  forth  the  praises  of  the 
Lord. 

7  All  the  flocks  of  Kedar  shall  be  gath- 
ered together  unto  thee,  the  rams  of  Ne- 
baioth  shall  minister  unto  thee  :  they  shall 
come  up  with  acceptance  on  mine  altar, 
and  I  will  glorify  the  house  of  my  glory. 

8  Who  are  these  that  fly  as  a  cloud,  and 
as  the  doves  to  their  windows  ? 

9  Surely  the  isles  shall  wait  for  me,  and 
the  ships  of  Tarshish  first,  to  bring  thy 
sons  from  far,  their  silver  and  their  gold 
with  them,  unto  the  name  of  the  Lord 

675 


ISAIAH. 


thy   God,  and  to  the   Holy  One  of  Israel, 
because  he  hath  glorified  thee. 

10  And  the  sons  of  strangers  shall  build 
up  thy  walls,  and  their  kings  shall  min- 
ister unto  thee :  for  in  my  wrath  I  smote 
thee,  but  in  my  favour  have  I  had  mercy 
on  thee. 

11  Therefore  thy  gates  shall  be  open 
continually;  they  shall  not  be  shut  day 
nor  night;  that  men  may  bring  unto  thee 
the  forces  of  the  Gentiles,  and  that  their 
kings  may  he  brought. 

13  For  the  nation  and  kingdom  that  will 
not  serve  thee  shall  perish;  yea,  those 
nations  shall  be  utterly  wasted. 

13  The  glory  of  Lebanon  shall  come  unto 
thee,  the  fir  tree,  the  pine  tree,  and  the 
box  together,  to  beautify  the  place  of  my 
sanctuary ;  and  I  will  make  the  place  of 
my  feet  glorious. 

14  The  sons  also  of  them  that  afflicted 
thee  shall  come  bending  unto  thee;  and 
all  they  that  despised  thee  shall  bow  them- 
selves down  at  the  soles  of  thy  feet ;  and 
they  shall  call  thee,  The  city  of  the  Lord, 
The  Zion  of  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

15  Whereas  thou  hast  been  forsaken  and 
hated,  so  that  no  man  went  through  thee^ 
I  will  make  thee  an  eternal  excellency, 
a  joy  of  many  generations. 

16  Thou  Shalt  also  suck  the  milk  of 
the  Gentiles,  and  shalt  suck  the  breast  of 
kings :  and  thou  shalt  know  that  I  the 
Lord  am  thy  Saviour  and  thy  Redeemer, 
the  Mighty  One  of  Jacob. 

17  For  brass  I  will  bring  gold,  and  for 
iron  I  Avill  l>ring  silver,  and  for  wood  brass, 
and  for  stones  iron :  I  will  also  make  thy 
oflBcers  peace,  and  thine  exactors  right- 
eousness. 

18  Violence  shall  no  more  be  heard  in 
thy  land,  wasting  nor  destruction  within 
thy  borders;  but  thou  shalt  call  thy  walls 
Salvation,  and  thy  gates  Praise. 

19  The  sun  shall  be  no  more  thy  light 
by  day ;  neither  for  brightness  shall  the 
moon  give  light  unto  thee:  but  the  Lokd 
shall  be  unto  thee  an  everlasting  light,  and 
thy  God  thy  glory. 

20  Thy  sun  shall  no  more  go  down ;  nei- 
ther shall  thy  moon  withdraw  itself:   for 


they  shall  inherit  the  land  for  ever,  the 
branch  of  my  planting,  the  work  of  my 
hands,  that  I  may  be  glorified. 
22  A  little  one  shall  become  a  thousand, 
and  a  small  one  a  strong  nation:  I  the 
Lord  will  hasten  it  in  his  time. 

CHAPTER  LXL 

THE  Spirit  of  the  Lord  God  is  upon 
me;  because  the  Lord  hath  anointed 
me  to  preach  good  tidings  unto  the  meek; 
he  hath  sent  me  to  bind  up  the  broken- 
hearted, to  proclaim  liberty  to  the  cap- 
tives, and  the  opening  of  the  prison  to 
them  that  are  boimd  ; 

2  To  proclaim  the  acceptable  year  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  day  of  vengeance  of  our 
God;   to  comfort  all  that  mourn; 

3  To  appoint  unto  them  that  mourn  in 
Zion,  to  give  imto  them  beauty  for  ashes, 
the  oil  of  joy  for  mourning,  the  garment 
of  praise  for  the  spirit  of  heaviness ;  that 
they  might  be  called  Trees  of  righteous- 
ness, The  planting  of  the  Lord,  that  he 
might  be  glorified. 

4  ^  And  they  shall  build  the  old  wastes, 
they  shall  raise  up  the  former  desolations, 
and  they  shall  repair  the  waste  cities,  the 
desolations  of  many  generations. 

5  And  strangers  shall  stand  and  feed  your 
flocks,  and  the  sons  of  the  alien  shall  he 
your  ploughmen  and  your  vinedressers. 

6  But  ye  shall  be  named  the  Priests  of 
the  Lord:  men  shall  call  you  the  Min- 
isters of  our  God:  ye  shall  eat  the  riches 
of  the  Gentiles,  and  in  their  glory  shall  ye 
boast  yourselves. 

7  K  For  your  shame  ye  shall  have  double ; 
and  for  confusion  they  shall  rejoice  in 
their  portion  :  therefore  in  their  land  they 
shall  i^ossess  the  double :  everlasting  joy 
shall  be  unto  them. 

8  For  I  the  Lord  love  judgment,  I  hate 
robbery  for  burnt  oflfering ;  and  I  will  di- 
rect their  work  in  truth,  and  I  will  make 
an  everlasting  covenant  with  them. 

9  And  their  seed  shall  be  known  among 
the  Gentiles,  and  their  offspring  among 
the  people:  all  that  see  them  shall  ac- 
knowledge them,  that  they  are  the  seed 
which  the  Lord  hath  blessed. 

10  I  will  greatly  rejoice  in  the  Lord,  my 

for  he 


the  Lord  shall  be  thine  everlasting  light 

and  the  days  of  thy  mourning  shall   be  \  soul  shall  be  joyful  in   my  God 
ended. 
21  Thy  people  also  shall  he  all  righteous 

676 


'  hath    clothed  me  with  the    garments    of 
salvation,  he  hath   covered  me  with  the 


ISAIAH. 


robe  of  righteousness,  as  a  bridegroom 
decketh  Jiimseff  with  ornaments,  and  as  a 
bride  adorneth  he r.^clf  v<ith  her  jewels. 
11  For  as  the  earth  bringcth  forth  her 
bud,  and  as  the  garden  causeth  the  things 
that  are  sown  in  it  to  spring  forth  ;  so  the 
Lord  God  will  cause  righteousness  and 
praise  to  spring  forth  before  all  the  na- 
tions.     V 

CHAPTER  LXII. 

FOR  Zion's  sake  will  I  not  hold  my 
peace,  and  for  Jerusalem's  sake  I 
will  not  rest,  until  the  righteousness 
thereof  go  forth  as  brightness,  and  the 
salvation  thereof  as  a  lamp  that  burneth. 

2  And  the  Gentiles  shall  see  thy  right- 
eousness, and  all  kings  thy  glory:  and 
thou  shalt  be  called  b}'  a  new  name, 
which  the  mouth  of  the  Lokd  shall 
name. 

3  Thou  shalt  also  be  a  crown  of  glory 
in  the  hand  of  the  Lord,  and  a  royal  dia- 
dem in  the  hand  of  thy  God. 

4  Thou  shalt  no  more  be  termed  For- 
saken; neither  shall  thy  land  any  more 
be  termed  Desolate :  but  thou  shalt  be 
called  Hephzi-bah,  and  thy  land  Beulah: 
for  the  Lokd  delighteth  in  thee,  and  thy 
land  sliall  be  married. 

5  T[  For  as  a  young  man  marrieth  a  vir- 
gin, so  shall  thy  sons  marr)^  thee :  and  as 
the  bridegroom  rejoiceth  over  the  bride, 
so  shall  thy  God  rejoice  over  thee. 

6  I  have  set  watchmen  upon  thy  waUs, 
O  Jerusalem,  ivhich  shall  never  hold  their 
peace  day  nor  night :  ye  that  make  men- 
tion of  the  Lord,  keep  not  silence, 

7  And  give  him  no  rest,  till  he  establish, 
and  till  he  make  Jerusalem  a  praise  in 
the  earth. 

8  The  Lord  hath  sworn  by  his  right 
hand,  and  by  the  arm  of  his  strength. 
Surely  I  will  no  more  give  thy  corn  to 
be  meat  for  thine  enemies;  and  the  sons 
of  the  stranger  shall  not  drink  thy  wine, 
for  the  which  thou  hast  laboured : 

9  But  they  that  have  gathered  it  shall 
eat  it,  and  praise  the  Lord  ;  and  they 
that  have  brought  it  together  shall  drink 
it  in  the  courts  of  my  holiness. 

10  1  Go  through,  go  through  the  gates ; 
prepare  ye  the  way  of  the  people ;  cast 
up,  cast  up  the  highway ;  gather  out  the 
stones  ;  lift  up  a  standard  for  the  people. 

11  Behold,   the    Lord  hath    proclaimed 


unto  the  end  of  the  world.  Say  ye  to 
the  daughter  of  Zion,  Behold,  thy  salva- 
tion Cometh;  behold,  his  reward  is  with 
him,  and  his  work  before  him. 

13  And  they  shall  call  them,  The  holy 
people,  The  redeemed  of  the  Lord  :  and 
thou  shalt  be  called.  Sought  out,  A  city 
not  forsaken. 

CHAPTER  LXIIL 

WHO  is  this  that  cometh  from  Edom, 
with  dyed  garments  from  Bozrah  ? 
this  that  is  glorious  in  his  apparel,  trav- 
elling in  the  greatness  of  his  strength? 
I  that  speak  in  righteousness,  mighty  to 
save. 

2  Wherefore  art  thait  red  in  thine  apparel, 
and  thy  garments  like  him  that  treadeth 
in  the  winefat  ? 

3  I  have  trodden  the  winepress  alone; 
and  of  the  people  there  teas  none  with 
me :  for  I  will  tread  them  in  mine  anger, 
and  trample  them  in  my  fury ;  and  their 
blood  shall  be  sprinkled  upon  my  gar- 
ments, and  I  will  stain  all  my  raiment. 

4  For  the  day  of  vengeance  is  in  mine 
heart,  and  the  year  of  my  redeemed  is 
come. 

5  And  I  looked,  and  thei'e  was  none  to 
help ;  and  I  wondered  that  the7-e  loas  none 
to  uphold  :  therefore  mine  own  arm 
brought  salvation  unto  me ;  and  my  fury, 
it  upheld  me. 

6  And  I  Avill  tread  down  the  people  in 
mine  anger,  and  make  them  drunk  in  my 
fury,  and  I  will  bring  down  their  strength 
to  the  earth. 

7^1  will  mention  the  lovingkinduesses 
of  the  Lord,  aiid  the  praises  of  the  Lord, 
according  to  all  that  the  Lord  hath  be- 
stowed on  us,  and  the  great  goodness 
toward  the  house  of  Israel,  which  he  hath 
bestowed  on  them  according  to  his  mer- 
cies, and  according  to  the  multitude  of 
his  lovingkinduesses. 

8  For  he  said,  Surely  they  are  my  people, 
children  that  will  not  lie :  so  he  Avas  their 
Saviour. 

9  In  all  their  affliction  he  was  afflicted, 
and  the  Angel  of  his  presence  saved  them : 
in  his  love  and  in  his  pity  he  redeemed 
them  ;  and  he  bare  them,  and  carried  them 
all  the  days  of  old. 

10  T[  But  they  rebelled,  and  vexed  his 
Holy  Spirit :    therefore  he   was  turned  to 


ISAIAH. 


be  their   enemy,   and    he    fought    against 
them. 

11  Then  he  remembered  the  days  of  old, 
Moses,  and  his  people,  saying,  Where  Is  he 
that  brought  them  up  out  of  the  sea  with 
the  shepherd  of  his  flock  ?  where  in  he  that 
put  his  Holy  Spirit  within  him  ? 

12  That  led  them  by  the  right  hand  of 
Moses  with  his  glorious  arm,  dividing  the 
water  before  them,  to  make  himself  an 
everlasting  name  ? 

13  That  led  them  through  the  deep,  as  a 
horse  in  the  Avilderness,  that  they  should 
not  stumble? 

li  As  a  beast  goeth  down  into  the  valley, 
the  Spirit  of  the  Loud  caused  him  to  rest ; 
so  didst  thou  lead  thy  people,  to  make 
thyself  a  glorious  name. 

15  ^  Look  down  from  heaven,  and  behold 
from  the  habitation  of  thy  holiness  and 
of  thy  glory:  where  is  thy  zeal  and  thy 
strength,  the  sounding  of  thy  bowels  and 
of  thy  mercies  toward  me  ?  are  they  re- 
strained? 

IG  Doubtless  thou  art  our  Father,  though 
Abraham  be  ignorant  of  us,  and  Israel 
acknowledge  us  not:  thou,  O  Lord,  art 
our  Father,  our  Redeemer ;  thy  name  is 
from  everlasting. 

17  TI  O  Lord,  why  hast  thou  made  us  to 
err  from  thy  ways,  a7id  hardened  our  heart 
from  thy  fear?  Return  for  thy  servants' 
sake,  the  tribes  of  thine  inheritance. 

18  The  people  of  thy  holiness  have  pos- 
sessed it  but  a  little  while  :  our  adver- 
saries have  trodden  down  thy  sanctuary. 

19  We  are  thitte :  thou  never  barest  rule 
over  them  ;  they  were  not  called  by  thy 
name.         *' 

CHAPTER  LXIV. 

OH  that  thou  wouldest  rend  the  heav- 
ens, that  thou  wouldest  come  down, 
that  the  mountains  might  flow  down  at 
thy  presence, 

2  As  w7ie7i  the  melting  fire  bumeth,  the 
fire  causeth  the  waters  to  boil,  to  make 
thy  name  known  to  thine  adversaries, 
that  the  nations  may  tremble  at  thy 
presence ! 

3  When  thou  didst  terrible  things  ivhicJi 
we  looked  not  for,  thou  camest  down,  the 
mountains  flowed  down  at  thy  presence. 

4  For  since  the  beginning  of  the  world 
men  have  not  heard,  nor  perceived  by  the 
ear,  neither  hath  the  eye  seen,  O  God,  be- 

-  ^ 


sides  thee,  what  he  hath  prepared  for  him 
that  waiteth  for  him. 

5  Thou  meetest  him  that  rejoiceth  and 
worketh  righteousness,  tJiose  thai  remem- 
ber thee  in  thy  ways:  behold,  thou  art 
wroth ;  for  we  have  sinned :  in  those  is 
continuance,  and  we  shall  be  saved. 

6  But  we  are  all  as  an  unclean  thing,  and 
all  our  righteousnesses  are  as  filthy  rags ; 
and  we  all  do  fade  as  a  leaf;  and  our  in- 
iquities, like  the  wind,  have  taken  us  away. 

7  And  there  is  none  that  calleth  upon  thy 
name,  that  stirreth  up  himself  to  take  hold 
of  thee :  for  thou  hast  hid  thy  face  from 
us,  and  hast  consumed  tis,  because  of  our 
iniquities. 

8  But  now,  O  Lord,  thou  art  our  Father ; 
we  a7'e  the  clay,  and  thou  our  potter ;  and 
we  all  are  the  work  of  thy  hand. 

9  ^  Be  not  wroth  very  sore,  O  Lord, 
neither  remember  iniquity  for  ever:  be- 
hold, see,  we  beseech  thee,  we  are  all  thy 
people.  r, 

10  Thy  holy  cities  are  a  wilderness,  Zion 
is  a  Avilderness,  Jerusalem  a  desolation. 

11  Our  holy  and  our  beautiful  house, 
where  our  fathers  jiraised  thee,  is  burned 
up  with  fire:  and  all  our  pleasant  things 
are  laid  waste. 

12  Wilt  thou  refrain  thyself  for  these 
tilings,  O  Lord?  wilt  thou  hold  thy  peace, 
and  afflict  us  very  sore  ?        ♦ 

CHAPTER  LXV. 

I  AM  sought  of  tJtem  that  asked  not  for 
me;  I  am  found  of  thcnx  thai  sought 
me  not:  I  said,  Behold  me,  behold  me, 
unto  a  nation  that  was  not  called  by  my 
name. 

2  I  have  spread  out  my  hands  all  the  day 
unto  a  rebellious  people,  which  walketh  in 
a  way  that  teas  not  good,  after  their  OAvn 
thoughts ; 

3  A  people  that  provoketh  me  to  anger 
continually  to  my  face ;  that  sacriliceth  in 
gardens,  and  burueth  incense  upon  altars 
of  brick ; 

4  Which  remain  among  the  graves,  and 
lodge  in  the  monuments ;  Avhich  eat  swine's 
flesh,  and  broth  of  abominable  tilings  is  in 
their  vessels ; 

5  Which  say.  Stand  by  thyself,  come  not 
near  to  me;  for  I  am  holier  than  thou. 
These  are  a  smoke  in  my  nose,  a  fire  that 
burneth  all  the  day. 


ISAIAH. 


0  Beliokl,  it  is  writti'ii  before  me:  I  will 
not  keep  silence,  but  wil]  recompense, 
even  recompense  into  their  bosom, 

7  Your  iniquities,  and  the  iniquities  of 
your  fathers  together,  saith  the  Lokd, 
which  have  burned  incense  upon  the 
mountains,  and  blasi)hemed  me  upon  the 
hills :  therefore  will  I  measure  their  former 
work  into  their  bosom. 

8  1  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  As  the  new  wine 
is  found  in  the  cluster,  and  one  saith,  De- 
stroy it  not ;  for  a  blessing  is  in  it :  so  will 
I  do  for  my  servant's  sake,  that  I  may 
not  destroy  them  all. 

9  And  I  will  bring  forth  a  seed  out  of 
Jacob,  and  out  of  Judah  an  inheritor  of 
my  mountains:  and  mine  elect  shall  in- 
herit it,  and  my  servants  shall  dwell  there. 

10  And  Sharon  shall  be  a  fold  of  flocks, 
and  the  valley  of  Achor  a  place  for  the 
herds  to  lie  down  in,  for  my  people  that 
have  sought  me. 

11  T[  But  ye  are  they  that  forsake  the 
Lord,  that  forget  my  holy  mountain,  that 
prepare  a  table  for  that  troop,  and  that  fur- 
nish the  drink  oflering  unto  that  number. 

12  Therefore  Avill  I  number  you  to  the 
sword,  and  ye  shall  all  bow  down  to  the 
slaughter :  because  when  I  called,  ye  did 
not  answer ;  when  I  spake,  ye  did  not 
hear;  but  did  evil  before  mine  eyes,  and 
did  choose  iJtai  wherein  I  delighted  not. 

13  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God, 
Behold,  my  servants  shall  eat,  but  ye  shall 
be  hungry:  behold,  my  servants  shall 
drink,  but  ye  shall  be  thirsty:  behold, 
my  servants  shall  rejoice,  but  ye  shall  be 
ashamed  : 

14  Behold,  my  servants  shall  sing  for  joy 
of  heart,  but  ye  shall  cr}'  for  sorrow  of 
heart,  and  shall  howl  for  vexation  of  spirit. 

15  And  ye  shall  leave  your  name  for  a 
curse  unto  my  chosen :  for  the  Lord  God 
shall  slay  thee,  and  call  his  servants  by 
another  name : 

16  That  he  who  blesseth  himself  in  the 
earth  shall  bless  himself  in  the  God  of 
truth;  and  he  that  sweareth  in  the  earth 
shall  swear  by  the  God  of  truth ;  because 
the  former  troubles  are  forgotten,  and  be- 
cause they  are  hid  from  mine  eyes. 

17  T[  For,  behold,  I  create  new  heavens 
and  a  new  earth :  and  the  former  shall  not 
be  remembered,  nor  come  into  mind. 

18  But  be  ye  glad  and  rejoice  for  ever  in 


that  which  I  create:  for,  behold,  I  create 
Jerusalem  a  rejoicing,  and  her  peojjle  a 
joy. 

19  And  I  will  rejoice  in  Jerusalem,  and 
joy  in  my  people :  and  the  voice  of  weep- 
ing shall  be  no  more  heard  in  her,  nor  the 
voice  of  crying. 

20  There  shall  be  no  more  thence  an  in- 
fant of  days,  nor  an  old  man  that  hath  not 
filled  his  lays :  for  the  child  shall  die  a 
hundred  years  old ;  but  the  sinner  beivt/  a 
hundred  years  old  shall  be  accursed. 

21  And  they  shall  build  houses,  and  in- 
habit them;  and  they  shall  plant  vineyards, 

and  eat  the  fruit  of  them. 

22  They  shall  not  build,  and  another 
inhabit;  they  shall  not  plant,  and  an- 
other eat :  for  as  the  days  of  a  tree  are 
the  days  of  my  people,  and  mine  elect 
shall  long  enjoy  the  work  of  their 
hands. 

23  They  shall  not  labour  in  vain,  nor 
bring  forth  for  trouble;  for  they  are  the 
seed  of  the  blessed  of  the  Lord,  and 
their  otTspriug  with  them. 

24  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  be- 
fore they  call,  I  will  answer;  and  while 
they  are  yet  speaking,  I  will  hear. 

25  The  wolf  and  the  lamb  shall  feed  to- 
gether, and  the  lion  shall  eat  straw  like 
the  bullock :  and  dust  shall  he  the  serpent's 
meat.  They  shall  not  hurt  nor  destroy  in 
all  my  holy  mountain,  saith  the  Lord. 

<•> 

CHAPTER  LXVI. 

THUS  saith  the  Lord,  The  heaven  is 
my  throne,  and  the  earth  is  my  foot- 
stool :  where  is  the  house  that  ye  build 
unto  me?  and  where  is  the  place  of  my 
rest  ? 

2  For  all  those  things  hath  mine  hand 
made,  and  all  those  things  have  been,  saith 
the  Lord  :  but  to  this  man  will  I  look, 
even  to  him  that  is  poor  and  of  a  contrite 
spirit,  and  trembleth  at  my  word. 

3  He  that  killeth  an  ox  is  as  if  he  slew 
a  man;  he  that  sacrificeth  a  lamb,  as  if 
he  cut  off  a  dog's  neck ;  he  that  offereth 
an  oblation,  as  if  he  offered  swine's 
blood;  he  that  burneth  incense,  as  if 
he  blessed  an  idol.  Tea,  they  have 
chosen  their  own  ways,  and  their  soul 
delighteth  in  their  abominations. 

4  I  also  will  choose  their  delusions,  and 
will  bring  their  fears  upon  them ;  because 

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ISAIAH. 


when  I  called,  none  did  answer;  when  I 
spake,  they  did  not  hear:  but  they  did 
evil  before  mine  eyes,  and  chose  that  in 
which  I  delighted  not. 

5  Tl  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  ye  that 
tremble  at  his  word;  Your  brethren  that 
hated  you,  that  east  you  out  for  my 
name's  sake,  said,  Let  the  Lord  be  glo- 
rified: but 'he  shall  appear  to  your  joy, 
and  they  shall  be  ashamed. 

6  A  voice  of  noise  from  the  city,  a 
voice  from  the  temple,  a  voice  of  the 
Lord  that  rendereth  recomi)ense  to  his 
enemies. 

7  Before  she  travailed,  she  brought 
forth ;  before  her  pain  came,  she  was 
delivered  of  a  man  child. 

8  "Who  hath  heard  such  a  thing?  who 
hath  seen  such  things?  Shall  the  earth 
be  made  to  bring  forth  in  one  day?  or 
shall  a  nation  be  born  at  once?  for  as 
soon  as  Zion  travailed,  she  brought  forth 
her  children. 

9  Shall  I  bring  to  the  birth,  and  not 
cause  to  bring  forth  ?  saith  the  Lord  : 
shall  I  cause  to  bring  forth,  and  shut 
the  womb?  saith  thy  God. 

10  Rejoice  )'e  with  Jerusalem,  and  be 
glad  Avith  her,  all  ye  that  love  her:  rejoice 
for  joy  with  her,  all  ye  that  mourn  for  her : 

11  That  ye  may  suck,  and  be  satisfied 
with  the  breasts  of  her  consolations  ;  that 
ye  may  milk  out,  and  be  delighted  with 
the  abundance  of  her  glory. 

12  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I 
will  extend  peace  to  her  like  a  river,  and 
the  glory  of  the  Gentiles  like  a  flowing- 
stream  :  then  shall  ye  suck,  ye  shall  be 
borne  upon  hei'  sides,  and  be  dandled 
upon  her  knees. 

13  As  one  whom  his  mother  comfort- 
eth,  so  Avill  I  comfort  you ;  and  ye  shall 
be  comforted  in  Jerusalem. 

14  And  when  ye  see  ?7a.s-,  your  heart 
shall  rejoice,  and  your  bones  shall  flour- 
ish like  an  herb :  and  the  hand  of  the  Lord 


15  For,  behold,  the  Lord  avUI  come  with 
fire,  and  with  his  chariots  like  a  whirl- 
wind, to  render  his  anger  Avith  fury,  and 
his  rebuke  with  flames  of  fire. 

16  For  by  fire  and  by  his  sword  will 
the  Lord  plead  with  all  flesh:  and  the 
slain  of  the  Lord  shall  be  many. 

17  They  that  sanctify  themselves,  and 
purify  themselves  in  the  gardens  behind 
one  tree  in  the  midst,  eating  swine's  flesh, 
and  the  abomination,  and  the  mouse,  shall 
be  consumed  together,  saith  the  Lord. 

18  For  I  know  their  works  and  their 
thoughts :  it  shall  come,  that  I  will  gath- 
er all  nations  and  tongues;  and  they 
shall  come,  and  see  my  glory. 

19  And  I  will  set  a  sign  among  them,  and 
I  will  send  those  that  escape  of  them  unto 
the  nations,  to  Tarshish,  Pul,  and  Lud, 
that  draw  the  bow,  to  Tubal  and  Javan,  to 
the  isles  afar  off,  that  have  not  heard  my 
fame,  neither  have  seen  my  glory;  and 
they  shall  declare  my  glory  among  the 
Gentiles. 

20  And  they  shall  bring  all  your  brethren 
for  an  offering  unto  the  Lord  otit  of  all 
nations  upon  horses,  and  in  chariots,  and 
in  litters,  and  upon  mules,  and  upon  swift 
beasts,  to  my  holy  mountain  Jerusalem, 
saith  the  Lord,  as  the  children  of  Israel 
bring  an  oflering  in  a  clean  vessel  into  the 
house  of  the  Lord. 

21  And  I  Avill  also  take  of  them  for  priests 
and  for  Levites,  saith  the  Lord. 

22  For  as  the  new  heavens  and  the  new 
earth,  Avhich  I  will  make,  shall  remain  be- 
fore me,  saith  the  Lord,  so  shall  3-our 
seed  and  your  name  remain. 

23  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  from 
one  new  moon  to  another,  and  from  one 
sabbath  to  another,  shall  all  flesh  come 
to  Avorship  before  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

2-4  And  they  shall  go  forth,  and  look  upon 
the  carcasses  of  the  men  that  have  trans- 
gressed against  me  :  for  their  worm  shall 
not  die,  neither  shall  their  fire  be  quencli- 

unto  all 


shall  be  known  toward  his  serA'ants,  and  j  ed;  and  they  shall  be  an  abhornn 
his  indignation  toAvard  his  enemies.  i  flesh.       « 


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JEREMIAH. 


CHAPTER  I. 

THE  words  of  Jeremiah  the  son  of 
Hilkiah,  of  the  priests  that  were  in 
Anathoth  in  the  laud  of  Benjamin  : 
3  To  whom  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
in  the  days  of  Josiah  the  sou  of  Amon  king 
of  Judah,  in  the  thirteenth  year  of  his 
reign.' 

3  It  came  also  in  the  days  of  Jehoiakim 
the  son  of  Josiah  king  of  Judah,  unto 
the  end  of  the  eleventh  year  of  Zedekiah 
the  son  of  Josiah  king  of  Judah,  unto  the 
carrying  away  of  Jerusalem  captive  in 
the  tifth  month. 

4  Then  the  word  of  the  LopwD  came  unto 
me,  saying, 

5  Before  I  formed  thee  in  the  belly  I 
knew  thee ;  and  before  thou  camest  forth 
out  of  the  womb  I  sanctified  thee,  and 
I  ordained  thee  a  jjrophet  unto  the  nations. 

6  Then  said  I,  Ah,  Lord  God  !  behold,  I 
cannot  speak :  for  «m  I  a  child. 

7  T[  But  the  Lord  said  unto  me.  Say  not, 
I  am  a  child  :  for  thou  shalt  go  to  all  that 
I  shall  send  thee,  and  whatsoever  I  com- 
mand thee  thou  shalt  speak. 

8  Be  not  afraid  of  their  faces :  for  I  am 
with  thee  to  deliver  thee,  saith  the  Lord. 

9  Then  the  Lord  put  forth  his  hand,  aud 
touched  my  mouth.  And  the  Lord  said 
unto  me.  Behold,  I  have  put  my  words  in 
thy  mouth. 

10  See,  I  have  this  day  set  thee  over  the 
nations  and  over  the  kingdoms,  to  root 
out,  aud  to  pull  down,  and  to  destroy, 
and  to  throw  down,  to  build,  and  to  plant. 

11  Tl  Moreover  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
inito  me,  saying,  Jeremiah,  what  seest 
thou?  And  I  said,  I  see  a  rod  of  an 
almond  tree. 

12  Then  said  the  Lord  unto  me.  Thou 
hast  well  seen :  for  I  will  hasten  my  word 
to  perform  it. 

13  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
me  the  second  time,  saying.  What  seest 
thou?  And  I  said,  I  see  a  seething  pot; 
and  the  face  thereof  is  toward  the  north. 


14  Then  the  Lord  said  unto  me.  Out 
of  the  north  an  evil  shall  break  forth 
upon  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  land. 

15  For,  lo,  I  will  call  all  the  families  of 
the  kingdoms  of  the  north,  saith  the 
Lord  ;  and  they  shall  come,  aud  they 
shall  set  every  one  his  throne  at  the  en- 
tering ef  the  gates  of  Jerusalem,  and 
against  all  the  walls  thereof  round  about, 
and  against  all  the  cities  of  Judah. 

16  And  I  vvill  utter  my  judgments  against 
them  touching  all  their  wickedness,  who 
have  forsaken  me,  and  have  burned  in- 
cense unto  other  gods,  and  worshipped 
the  works  of  their  own  hands. 

17  1i  Thou  therefore  gird  vi\)  thy  loins, 
and  arise,  and  speak  xmto  them  all  that 
I  command  thee :  be  not  dismayed  at 
their  faces,  lest  I  confound  thee  before 
them. 

18  For,  behold,  I  have  made  thee  this 
day  a  defenced  city,  and  an  iron  pillar, 
and  brazen  walls  against  the  whole  land, 
against  the  kings  of  Judah,  against  the 
princes  thereof,  against  the  priests  there- 
of, and  against  the  people  of  the  land. 

19  And  they  shall  light  against  thee ;  but 
they  shall  not  prevail  against  thee ;  for 
I  am  with  thee,  saith  the  Lord,  to  deliver 
thee.     tt> 

CHAPTER  II. 

MOREOVER   the  Avord  of  the  Lord 
came  to  me,  saying, 

2  Go  and  cry  in  the  ears  of  Jerusalem, 
saying.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  I  remember 
thee,  the  kindness  of  thy  youth,  the  love 
of  thine  espousals,  when  thou  wentest 
after  me  in  the  wilderness,  in  a  land  that 
ivas  not  sown. 

3  Israel  was  holiness  unto  the  Lord,  and 
the  firstfruits  of  his  increase :  all  that  de- 
vour him  shall  offend ;  evil  shall  come 
upon  them,  saith  the  Lord. 

4  Hear  ye  the  word  of  the  Lord,  O  house 
of  Jacob,  and  all  the  families  of  the  house 
of  Israel : 

5  H  Thus   saith  the  Lord,  What  iniquity 

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JEREMIAH. 


have  your  fathers  fouud  iu  me,  that  they  j  19  Thiue  own  wickedness  shall  correct 
are  gone  far  from  me,  and  have  walked  thee,  and  thy  backslidiugs  shall  reprove 
after  vanity,  and  are  become  vain?  thee :    know  therefore  and  see  that  it  is  an 

6  Neither  said  they,  Where  is  the  Lord  evil  t?d7ig  and  bitter,  that  thou  hast  for- 
that  brought  us  up  out  of  the  land  of  |  saken  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  that  my  fear 
Egypt,  that  led  us  through  the  wilder-  j  is  not  in  thee,  saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts, 
ness,  through  a  land  of  deserts  and  of  pits,      20  Ti  For  of  old  time  I  have  broken  thy 


through  a  land  of  drought,  and  of  the 
shadow  of  death,  through  a  land  that  no 
man  passed  through,  and  where  no  man 
dwelt  y 

7  And  I  brought  you  into  a  plentiful 
country,  to  eat  the  fruit  thereof  and  the 
goodness  thereof;  but  when  ye  entered, 
ye  defiled  my  land,  and  made  mine  her- 
itage an  abomination. 

8  The  priests  said  not.  Where  is  the 
Lord  ?  and  they  that  handle  the  law  knew 
me  not :  the  pastors  also  transgressed 
against  me,  and  the  prophets  prophesied 
by  Baal,  and  walked  after  things  that  do 
not  profit. 

9  T[  Wherefore  I  will  yet  plead  with  you, 
saith  the  Lord,  and  with  your  children's 
children  will  I  plead. 

10  For  pass  over  the  isles  of  Chittim, 
and  see;  and  send  unto  Kedar,  and  con- 
sider diligently,  and  see  if  there  be  sach 
a  thing. 

11  Hath  a  nation  changed  their  gods, 
which  are  yet  no  gods?  but  my  people 
have  changed  their  glory  for  that  which 
doth  not  profit. 

12  Be  astonished,  O  ye  heavens,  at  this, 
and  be  horribly  afraid,  be  ye  very  deso- 
late, saith  the  Lord. 

13  For  my  people  have  committed  two 
evils ;  they  have  forsaken  me  the  fountain 
of  living  w^aters,  and  hewed  them  out  cis- 
terns, broken  cisterns,  that  can  hold  no 
'water. 

14  T[  Is  Israel  a  servant?  is  he  a  homeborn 
slave?  why  is  he  spoiled? 

15  The  young  lions  roared  upon  him, 
and  yelled,  and  they  made  his  land  waste: 
his  cities  are  burned  w  ithout  inhabitant. 

16  Also  the  children  of  Noph  and  Tahap- 
anes  have  broken  the  crown  of  thy  head. 

17  Hast  thou  not  procured  this  unto  thy- 
self, in  that  thou  hast  forsaken  the  Lord 
thy  God,  when  he  led  thee  by  the  way  ? 

18  And  now  what  hast  thou  to  do  in  the 
w^ay  of  Egypt,  to  drink  the  waters  of  Si- 
hor  ?  or  what  hast  thou  to  do  in  the  way 
of  Assyria,  to  drink  the  waters  of  the  river? 

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yoke,  and  burst  thy  bands ;  and  thou 
saidst,  I  will  not  transgress  ;  when  upon 
every  high  hill  and  under  every  green  tree 
thou  wanderest,  playing  the  harlot. 

21  Yet  I  had  planted  thee  a  noble  vine, 
wholly  a  right  seed:  how  then  art  thou 
turned  into  the  degenerate  plant  of  a 
strange  vine  unto  me? 

22  For  though  thou  wash  thee  with  nitre, 
and  take  thee  much  soap,  yet  thine  iniquity 
is  marked  before  me,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

23  How  canst  thou  say,  I  am  not  pollu- 
ted, I  have  not  gone  after  Baalim?  See 
thy  way  in  the  valley,  know  what  thou 
hast  done:  thou  art  a  swift  dromedary 
traversing  her  ways ; 

24  A  wild  ass  used  to  the  wilderness, 
that  snuffeth  up  the  wind  at  her  pleasure  ; 
in  her  occasion  who  can  turn  her  away  ? 
all  they  that  seek  her  will  not  weary 
themselves ;  in  her  month  they  shall  find 
her. 

25  Withhold  thy  foot  from  being  unshod, 
and  thy  throat  from  thirst:  but  thou 
saidst.  There  is  no  hope :  no ;  for  I  have 
loved  strangers,  and  after  them  will  I  go. 

26  As  the  thief  is  ashamed  when  he  is 
found,  so  is  the  house  of  Israel  ashamed; 
they,  their  kings,  their  princes,  and  their 
priests,  and  their  prophets, 

27  Saying  to  a  stock.  Thou  art  my  father; 
and  to  a  stone.  Thou  hast  brought  me 
forth :  for  they  have  turned  their  back  unto 
me,  and  not  their  face :  but  in  the  time 
of  their  trouble  they  wUl  say,  Arise,  and 
save  us. 

28  But  where  are  thy  gods  that  thou  hast 
made  thee  ?  let  them  arise,  if  they  can  save 
thee  in  the  time  of  thy  trouble  :  for  accord- 
ing to  the  number  of  thy  cities  are  thy 
gods,  O  Judah. 

29  Wherefore  will  ye  plead  with  me  ?  ye 
all  have  transgressed  against  me,  saith  the 
Lord. 

30  In  vain  have  I  smitten  your  children ; 
they  received  no  correction:  your  own 
sword  hath  devoured  your  prophets,  like  a 
destroying  lion. 


JEREMIAH. 


31  U  O  generation,  see  ye  the  word  of  the 

Lord.     Have  I  been  a  Avilclei'uess  unto  Is- 

I  rael?   a  land  of  darkness?   wherefore  say 

my  people,  We  are  lords ;  we  will  come  no 

more  nnto  thee? 

33  Can  a  maid  forget  her  ornaments,  07'  a 
bride  her  attire?  yet  my  people  have  for- 
gotten me  daj^s  without  number. 

33  Why  trimmest  thou  thy  way  to  seek 
love  ?  therefore  hast  thou  also  taught  the 
wicked  ones  thy  ways. 

34  Also  in  thy  skirts  is  found  the  blood 
of  the  souls  of  the  poor  innocents :  I  have 
not  found  it  by  secret  search,  but  upon 
all  these. 

35  Yet  thou  sayest.  Because  I  am  inno- 
cent, surely  his  anger  shall  turn  from  me. 
Behold,  I  will  plead  with  thee,  because 
thou  sayest,  I  have  not  sinned. 

36  Why  gaddest  thou  about  so  much  to 
change  thy  way?  thou  also  shalt  be 
ashamed  of  Egypt,  as  thou  wast  ashamed 
of  Assyria. 

37  Yea,  thou  shalt  go  forth  from  him,  and 
thine  hands  upon  thine  head :  for  the 
Lord  hath  rejected  thy  confidences,  and 
thou  shalt  not  prosper  in  them.      ♦ 

CHAPTER  III. 

THEY  say.  If  a  man  put  away  his  wife, 
and  she  go  from  him,  and  become 
another  man's,  shall  he  return  unto  her 
again  ?  shall  not  that  land  be  greatly  pollu- 
ted? but  thou  hast  played  the  harlot  A\ith 
many  lovers ;  yet  return  again  to  m.e,  saith 
the  Lord. 

2  Lift  up  thine  eyes  unto  the  high  places, 
and  see  where  thou  hast  not  been  lain 
with.  In  the  ways  hast  thou  sat  for  them, 
as  the  Arabian  in  the  wilderness ;  and  thou 
hast  polluted  the  land  with  thy  whoredoms 
and  with  thy  wickedness. 

3  Therefore  the  showers  have  been  with- 
holden,  and  there  hath  been  no  latter  rain; 
and  thou  hadst  a  whore's  forehead,  thou 
refusedst  to  be  ashamed. 

4  Wilt  thou  not  from  this  time  cry  unto 
me.  My  father,  thou  art  the  guide  of  my 
youth  ? 

5  Will  he  reserve  his  anger  for  ever?  will 
he  keep  it  to  the  end?  Behold,  thou  hast 
spoken  and  done  evil  things  as  thou  could- 
est. 

6  T[  The  Lord  said  also  unto  me  in  the 
days    of  Josiah  the  king.  Hast  thou  seen 


that  which  backsliding  Israel  hath  done?  i 
she  is  gone  up  upon  every  high  mountain  I 
and  under  every  green  tree,  and  there  hath  | 
played  the  harlot.  I 

7  And  I  said  after  she  had  done  all  these 
things^  Turn  thou  unto  me.     But  she  re-  ; 
turned  not.     And  her  treacherous  sister 
Judah  saw  it. 

8  And  I  saw,  when  for  all  the  causes 
Avhereby  backsliding  Israel  committed 
adultery,  I  had  put  her  away,  and  given 
her  a  bill  of  divorce;  yet  her  treacherous  i 
sister  Judah  feared  not,  but  went  and 
played  the  harlot  also. 

9  And  it  came  to  pass  through  the  light- 
ness of  her  whoredom,  that  she  defiled  the 
land,  and  committed  adultery  with  stones 
and  with  stocks. 

10  And  yet  for  all  this  her  treacherous 
sister  Judah  hath  not  turned  unto  me  with 
her  whole  heart,  but  feignedly,  saith  the 
Lord. 

11  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  The  back- 
sliding Israel  hath  justified  herself  more 
than  treacherous  Judah. 

12  %  Go  and  proclaim  these  words  to- 
ward the  north,  and  say.  Return,  thou 
backsliding  Israel,  saith  the  Lord  ;  and  I 
will  not  cause  mine  anger  to  fall  upon  you : 
for  I  am  merciful,  saith  the  Lord,  and  I 
will  not  keep  anger  for  ever. 

13  Only  acknowledge  thine  iniquity,  that 
thou  hast  transgressed  against  the  Lord 
thy  God,  and  hast  scattered  thy  ways  to 
the  strangers  under  every  green  tree,  and 
ye  have  not  obeyed  my  voice,  saith  the 
Lord. 

14  Turn,  0  backsliding  children,  saith 
the  Lord  ;  for  I  am  married  unto  you :  and 
I  will  take  you  one  of  a  city,  and  two  of 
a  family,  and  I  will  bring  you  to  Zion : 

15  And  I  will  give  you  pastors  according 
to  miue  heart,  which  shall  feed  you  with 
knowledge  and  understanding. 

16  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  ye  be 
multiplied  and  increased  in  the  land,  in 
those  days,  saith  the  Lord,  they  shall  say 
no  more,  The  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the 
Lord:  neither  shall  it  come  to  mind;  nei- 
ther shall  they  remember  it ;  neither  shall 
they  visit  it;  neither  shall  that  be  done 
any  more. 

17  At  that  time  they  shall  call  Jerusalem 
the  throne  of  the  Lord  ;  and  all  the  na- 
tions   shall  be    gathered  unto  it,  to  the 

683 


JEREMIAH. 


name  of  the  Lord,  to  Jerusalem :  neither 
shall  they  walk  any  more  after  the  imagi- 
nation of  their  evil  heart. 

18  In  those  days  the  house  of  Juclah  shall 
walk  with  the  house  of  Israel,  and  they 
shall  come  together  out  of  the  land  of  the 
north  to  the  land  that  I  have  given  for  an 
inheritance  unto  your  fathers. 

19  But  I  said,  How  shall  I  put  thee  among 
the  children,  and  give  thee  a  pleasant  land, 
a  goodly  heritage  of  the  hosts  of  nations  y 
and  I  said,  Thou  shalt  call  me,  My  father ; 
and  shalt  not  turn  away  from  me. 

30  T[  Surely  as  a  wife  treacherously  de- 
parteth.  from  her  husband,  so  have  ye  dealt 
treacherously  with  me,  O  house  of  Israel, 
saith  the  Loud, 

21  A  A'oice  was  heard  upon  the  high 
places,  weeping  a7id  supplications  of  the 
children  of  Israel :  for  they  have  perverted 
their  way,  and  they  have  forgotten  the 
Lord  their  God. 

22  Return,  ye  backsliding  children,  and  I 
will  heal  your  backslidings.  Behold,  we 
come  unto  thee;  for  thou  art  the  Lord 
our  God. 

23  Truly  in  vain  is-  salvation  hoped  for 
from  the  hills,  and  from  the  multitude 
of  mountains :  truly  in  the  Lord  our 
God  is  the  salvation  of  Israel. 

24  For  shame  hath  devoured  the  labour  of 
our  fathers  from  our  youth ;  their  Hocks 
and  their  herds,  their  sons  aud  their 
daughters. 

25  We  lie  down  in  our  shame,  and  our 
confusion  covereth  us  :  for  we  have  sinned 
against  the  Lord  our  God,  we  and  our 
fathers,  from  our  youth  even  unto  this 
day,  and  have  not  obeyed  the  voice  of  the 
Lord  our  God.      ^ 

CHAPTER  IV. 

IF  thou  wilt  return,  O  Israel,  saith  the 
Lord,  return  unto  me :  and  if  thou 
wilt  put  away  thine  abominations  out  of 
my  sight,  then  shalt  thou  not  remove. 

2  Aud  thou  shalt  swear,  The  Lord  liv- 
eth,  in  truth,  in  judgment,  and  in  right- 
eousness ;  and  the  nations  shall  bless 
themselves  in  him,  aud  iu  him  shall  they 
glory. 

3  1  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  to  the  men 

of  Judah  and  Jerusalem,   Break  up  your 

fallow     ground,     and     sow     not     among 

thorns. 

_ 


4  Circumcise  yourselves  to  the  Lord,  aud 
take  away  the  foreskins  of  your  heart,  ye 
men  of  Judah  and  inhabitants  of  Jerusa- 
lem ;  lest  my  fury  come  forth  like  fire, 
and  burn  that  none  can  quench  i7,  be- 
cause of  the  evil  of  your  doings. 

5  Declare  ye  in  Judah,  and  publish  in 
Jerusalem ;  and  say,  Blow  ye  the  trumpet 
in  the  land :  cry,  gather  together,  and  say. 
Assemble  yourselves,  and  let  us  go  into 
the  defenced  cities. 

6  Set  up  the  standard  toward  Zion :  re- 
tire, stay  not;  for  I  will  bring  evil  from 
the  north,  and  a  great  destruction. 

7  The  lion  is  come  up  from  his  thicket, 
and  the  destroyer  of  the  Gentiles  is  on 
his  wa}';  he  is  gone  forth  from  his  place 
to-  make  thy  laud  desolate ;  and  thy  cities 
shall  be  laid  waste,  without  an  inhabitant. 

8  For  this  gird  you  with  sackcloth,  la- 
ment and  howl:  for  the  fierce  anger  of 
the  Lord  is  not  turned  back  from  us. 

9  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  at  that  day, 
saith  the  Lord,  that  the  heart  of  the  king 
shall  perish,  and  the  heart  of  the  princes ; 
and  the  priests  shall  be  astonished,  and 
the  prophets  shall  wonder. 

10  Then  said  I,  Ah,  Lord  God  I  surely 
thou  hast  greatly  deceived  this  people 
and  Jerusalem,  saying,  Te  shall  have 
peace;  whereas  the  sword  reacheth  unto 
the  soul. 

11  At  that  time  shall  it  be  said  to  this 
people  and  to  Jerusalem,  A  dry  wind  of 
the  high  places  in  the  Avilderness  toward 
the  daughter  of  my  people,  not  to  fan, 
nor  to  cleanse, 

12  Eve7i  a  full  wind  from  those  pZoccs 
shall  come  unto  me :  now  also  will  I  give 
sentence  against  them. 

13  Behold,  he  shall  come  up  as  clouds, 
aud  his  chariots  shall  be  as  a  whirlwind : 
his  horses  are  swifter  than  eagles.  Woe 
unto  us  !  for  Ave  are  spoiled. 

14  O  Jerusalem,  wash  thine  heart  from 
Avickedness,  that  thou  mayest  be  saved. 
How  long  shall  thy  vain  thoughts  lodge 
within  thee '? 

15  For  a  voice  declareth  from  Dan,  and 
publisheth  affliction  from  mount  Ephraim. 

16  Make  ye  mention  to  the  nations; 
behold,  publish  against  Jerusalem,  thai 
watchers  come  from  a  far  country,  and 
give  out  their  voice  against  the  cities  of 
Judah. 


JEREMIAH. 


17  As  keepers  of  a  field,  are  they  against 
her  round  about ;  because  she  hath  been 
rebellious  against  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

18  Thy  way  and  thy  doings  have  pro- 
cured these  things  unto  thee;  this  is  thy 
wickedness,  because  it  is  bitter,  because 
it  reacheth  unto  thine  heart. 

19  ^  My  bowels,  ray  bowels  !  I  am  pained 
at  my  very  heart ;  my  heart  maketh  a 
noise  in  me;  I  cannot  hold  my  peace, 
because  thou  hast  heard,  O  my  soul,  the 
sound  of  the  trumpet,  the  alarm  of 
war. 

20  Destruction  upon  destruction  is  cried ; 
for  the  whole  land  is  spoiled :  suddenly 
are  my  tents  spoiled,  mid  my  curtains  in 
a  moment. 

21  How  long  shall  I  see  the  standard, 
and  hear  the  sound  of  the  trumpet  ? 

23  For  my  people  is  foolish,  they  have 
not  known  me ;  thej'  are  sottish  children, 
and  they  have  none  understanding:  they 
are  wise  to  do  evil,  but  to  do  good,  they 
have  no  knowledge. 

23  I  beheld  the  earth,  and,  lo,  it  was  with- 
out form,  and  void;  and.  the  heavens,  and 
they  had  no  light. 

24  I  beheld  the  mountains,  and,  lo,  they 
trembled,  and  all  the  hills  moved  lightly. 

25  I  beheld,  and,  lo,  there  was  no  man,  and. 
all  the  birds  of  the  heavens  were  fled. 

26  I  beheld,  and,  lo,  the  fruitful  place  was 
a  wilderness,  and  all  the  cities  thereof  were 
broken  down  at  the  presence  of  the  Lo^d, 
and  by  his  fierce  anger. 

27  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  said,  The 
whole  land  shall  be  desolate ;  yet  will  I 
not  make  a  full  end. 

28  For  this  shall  the  earth  mourn,  and 
the  heavens  above  be  black :  because  I 
have  spoken  ?"?,  I  have  purposed  if,  and 
will  not  repent,  neither  will  I  turn  back 
from  it. 

29  The  whole  city  shall  flee  for  the  noise 
of  the  hoi'semen  and.  bowmen ;  they  shall 
go  into  thickets,  and  climb  up  iipon  the 
rocks :  every  city  shall  he  forsaken,  and 
not  a  man  dwell  therein. 

30  And  icheti  thou  art  spoiled,  what  wilt 
thou  do  ?  Though  thou  clothest  thyself 
with  crimson,  though  thou  deckest  thee 
with  ornaments  of  gold,  though  thou  rent- 
est  thy  face  with  painting,  in  vain  shalt 
thou  make  thyself  fair;  thy  lovers  will  de- 
spise thee,  they  will  seek  thy  life. 


31  For  I  have  heard  a  voice  as  of  a  wo- 
man in  travail,  and  the  anguish  as  of  her 
that  bringeth  forth  her  first  child,  the 
voice  of  the  daughter  of  Zion,  that  bewail- 
eth  herself,  t?iat  spreadeth  her  hands,  say- 
inq^  Woe  is  me  now!  for  my  soul  is  wearied 
because  of  murderers.         » 

CHAPTER  V. 

RUN  ye  to  and  fro  through  the  streets 
of  Jerusalem,  and  see  now,  and  know, 
and  seek  in  the  broad  places  thereof,  if  ye 
can  find  a  man,  if  there  be  any  that  ex- 
ecuteth  judgment,  that  seeketh  the  truth; 
and  I  will  pardon  it. 

2  And  though  they  say,  The  Lord  liveth ; 
surely  they  swear  falsely. 

3  O  Lord,  are  not  thine  eyes  upon  the 
truth?  thou  hast  stricken  them,  but  they 
have  not  grieved;  thou  hast  consumed 
them,  hut  they  have  refused  to  receive 
correction :  they  have  made  their  faces 
harder  than  a  rock;  they  have  refused 
to  return. 

4  Therefore  I  said,  Surely  these  are  poor ; 
they  are  foolish:  for  they  know  not  the 
way  of  the  Lord,  nor  the  judgment  of 
their  God. 

5  I  will  get  me  unto  the  great  men,  and 
will  speak  unto  them;  for  they  have 
known  the  way  of  the  Lord,  and  the  judg- 
ment of  their  God:  but  these  have  alto- 
gether broken  the  j'oke,  and  burst  the 
bonds. 

6  Wherefore  a  lion  out  of  the  forest  shall 
slay  them,  and  a  wolf  of  the  evenings  shall 
spoil  them,  a  leopard  shall  watch  over 
their  cities :  every  one  that  goeth  out 
thence  shall  be  torn  in  pieces :  because 
their  transgressions  are  manj^  and  their 
backslidings  are  increased. 

7  T[  How  shall  I  pardon  thee  for  this  ? 
thy  children  have  forsaken  me,  and  sworn 
by  them  that  are  no  gods :  when  I  had  fed  ! 
them    to  the  full,   they  then   committed  | 
adultery,    and    assembled    themselves    by  | 
troops  in  the  harlots'  houses.  [ 

8  They  were  as  fed  horses  in  the  morn- 
ing: every  one  neighed  after  his  neigh- 
bour's wife. 

9  Shall  I  not  visit  for  these  tUnujs?  saith 
the  Lord  :  and  shall  not  my  soul  be 
avenged  on  such  a  nation  as  this  ? 

10  If  Go  ye  up  upon  her  walls,  and  de-  j 
stroy ;  but  make  not  a  full  end :  take  away  | 

685"^ 


JEREMIAH. 


her  battlements ;  for  they  are  not  the 
Lord's. 

11  For  the  house  of  Israel  and  the  house 
of  Judah  have  dealt  very  treacherously 
against  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

13  They  have  belied  the  Lord,  and  said, 
It  is  not  he ;  neither  shall  evil  come  upon 
us  ;  neither  shall  we  see  sword  nor  fomiue : 

13  And  the  prophets  shall  become  wind, 
and  the  word  is  not  in  them :  thus  shall 
it  be  done  unto  them. 

14  Wherefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God 
of  hosts,  Because  ye  speak  this  word, 
behold,  I  will  make  my  words  in  thy 
mouth  fire,  and  this  people  wood,  and 
it  shall  devour  them. 

15  Lo,  I  will  bring  a  nation  upon  you 
from  far,  O  house  of  Israel,  saith  the 
Lord:  it  is  a  mighty  nation,  it  is  an 
ancient  nation,  a  nation  whose  language 
thou  knowest  not,  neither  understandest 
what  they  say. 

16  Their  quiver  w  as  an  open  sepulchre, 
they  are  all  mighty  men. 

17  And  they  shall  eat  up  thine  harvest 
and  thy  bread,  wJdch  thy  sons  and  thy 
daughters  should  eat :  they  shall  eat  up 
thy  flocks  and  thine  herds :  they  shall  eat 
up  thy  vines  and  thy  flg  trees :  they  shall 
impoverish  thy  fenced  cities,  wherein  thou 
trustedst,  with  the  sword. 

18  Nevertheless  in  those  days,  saith  the 
Lord,  1  will  not  make  a  full  end  with  you. 

19  •[  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  ye 
shall  say.  Wherefore  docth  the  Lord  our 
God  all  these  tJdiirjH  unto  usV  then  shalt 
thou  answer  them,  Like  as  \q  have  for- 
saken me,  and  served  strange  gods  in  your 
land,  so  shall  ye  serve  strangers  in  a 
land  that  is  not  yours. 

20  Declare  this  in  the  house  of  Jacob,  and 
publish  it  in  Judah,  saying, 

21  Hear  now  this,  O'  foolish  people,  and 
without  understanding;  which  have  eyes, 
and  see  not;  which  have  ears,  and  hear 
not: 

22  Fear  ye  not  me?  saith  the  Lord:  will 
ye  not  tremble  at  my  presence,  which  have 
placed  the  sand  for  the  bound  of  the  sea 
by  a  perpetual  decree,  that  it  cannot  i)ass 
it :  and  though  the  waves  thereof  toss 
themselves,  yet  can  they  not  jjrevail ; 
though  they  roar,  yet  can  they  not  piiss 
over  it? 


a  rebellious  heart;  they  are  revolted  and 
gone. 

24  Neither  say  they  in  their  heart,  Let 
us  now  fear  the  Lord  our  God,  that  giveth 
rain,  both  the  former  and  the  latter,  in  his 
season :  he  reserveth  unto  us  the  appointed 
weeks  of  the  harvest. 

25  Tf  Your  iniquities  have  turned  away 
these  things,  and  your  sins  have  withholden 
good  things  from  you. 

26  For  among  my  people  are  found  wicked 
men:  they  lay  wait,  as  he  that  setteth 
snares ;  they  set  a  trajD,  they  catch  men. 

27  As  a  cage  is  full  of  birds,  so  are  their 
houses  full  of  deceit :  therefore  they  are 
become  great,  and  waxen  rich. 

28  They  are  waxen  fat,  they  shine:  yea, 
they  overpass  the  deeds  of  the  wicked: 
they  judge  not  the  cause,  the  cause  of  the 
fatherless,  yet  they  prosper  ;  and  the  right 
of  the  needy  do  they  not  judge. 

29  Shall  I  not  visit  for  these  things?  saith 
the  Lord  :  shall  not  my  soul  be  avenged 
on  such  a  nation  as  this  ? 

30  1  A  wonderful  and  horrible  thing  is 
committed  in  the  land ; 

31  The  prophets  prophesy  falsely,  and 
the  priests  bear  rule  by  their  means;  and 
my  people  love  to  have  it  so :  and  what 
will  ye  do  in  the  end  thereof?     • 

CHAPTER  VL 

OYE  children  of  Benjamin,  gather 
yourselves  to  flee  out  of  the  midst  of 
Jerusalem,  and  blow  the  trumpet  in  Tekoa, 
and  set  up  a  sign  of  fire  in  Beth-haccerem : 
for  evil  appeareth  out  of  the  north,  and 
great  destruction. 

2  I  have  likened  the  daughter  of  Zion  to 
a  comely  and  delicate  woman. 

3  The  shepherds  with  their  flocks  shall 
come  unto  her;  they  shall  pitch  their  tents 
against  her  round  about;  they  shall  feed 
every  one  in  his  place. 

4  Prepare  ye  war  against  her;  ari.se,  and 
let  us  go  up  at  noon.  Woe  unto  us !  for 
the  day  goeth  away,  for  the  shadows  of  the 
evening  are  stretched  out. 

5  Arise,  and  let  us  go  by  night,  and  let  us 
destroy  her  palaces. 

6  ^  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  of  hosts  said, 
Hew  ye  down  trees,  and  cast  a  mount 
against   Jerusalem:    tliis  i's-  the  city  to  be 

I  visited ;    she   is   wholly  oppression  in  the 


23  But  this  people  hath 
"  686~^" 


a  revolting  and  I  midst  of  her 


JEREMIAH. 


7  As  a  iountaiu  casteth  out  her  waters,  so 
she  casteth  out  her  Aviekedness :  violence 
and  spoil  is  heard  in  her ;  before  me  con- 
tinually is  grief  and  wounds. 

8  Be  thou  instructed,  O  Jerusalem,  lest 
my  soul  depart  from  thee;  lest  I  make 
thee  desolate,  a  land  not  inhabited. 

9  1  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  They 
shall  thoroughly  glean  the  remnant  of  Is- 
rael as  a  vine :  turn  back  thine  hand  as  a 
grapegatherer  into  the  baskets. 

10  To  whom  shall  I  speak,  and  give  warn- 
ing, that  they  may  hear?  Behold,  their 
ear  is  uncireumcised,  and  they  cannot 
hearken :  behold,  the  word  of  the  Lord 
is  unto  them  a  reproach ;  they  have  no  de- 
light in  it. 

11  Therefore  I  am  full  of  the  fury  of  the 
Lord  ;  I  am  Aveary  with  holding  in :  I  will 
pour  it  out  upon  the  children  abroad,  and 
upon  the  assembly  of  young  men  together: 
for  even  the  husband  with  the  wife  shall 
be  taken,  the  aged  with  Jwn  tJiat  is  full 
of  days. 

12  And  their  houses  shall  be  turned  unto 
others,  with  tMir  fields  and  wives  togeth- 
er :  for  I  will  stretch  out  my  hand  upon 
the  inhabitants  of  the  land,  saith  the  Lord. 

13  For  from  the  least  of  them  even  imto 
the  greatest  of  them  every  one  is  given  to 
covetousness ;  and  from  the  projihet  even 
unto  the  priest  every  one  dealeth  falsely. 

14  They  have  healed  also  the  hurt  of  the 
daughter  of  my  people  slightly,  saying. 
Peace,  peace ;  when  there  is  no  peace. 

15  Were  they  ashamed  when  they  had 
committed  abomination  ?  nay,  they  were 
not  at  all  ashamed,  neither  could  they 
blush;  therefore  they  shall  fall  among 
them  that  fall:  at  the  time  that  I  visit 
them  they  shall  be  cast  down,  saith  the 
Lord. 

16  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Stand  ye  in  the 
ways,  and  see,  and  ask  for  the  old  paths, 
w^here  is  the  good  way,  and  walk  therein, 
and  ye  shall  find  rest  for  your  souls.  But 
they  said,  We  will  not  walk  tJierein. 

17  Also  I  set  watchmen  over  you,  smjinrj, 
Hearken  to  the  sound  of  the  trumpet.  But 
they  said,  We  will  not  hearken. 

18  1[  Therefore  hear,  ye  nations,  and 
knoAv,  O  congregation,  what  is  among 
them. 

19  Hear,  O  earth :  behold,  I  will  bring 
evil  UT)()n  this  iieople,  ewn  the  fruit  of  their 


thoughts,  because  they  have  not  hearkened 
unto  my  words,  nor  to  my  law,  but  reject- 
ed it. 

20  To  what  purpose  cometh  there  to  me 
incense  from  Sheba,  and  the  sweet  cane 
from  a  far  country  ?  your  burnt  offerings 
are  not  acceptable,  nor  your  sacrifices 
sweet  unto  me. 

21  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold, 
I  will  lay  stumblingblocks  before  this  peo- 
ple, and  the  fathers  and  the  sons  together 
shall  fall  upon  them;  the  neighbour  and 
his  friend  shall  perish. 

22  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  a  people 
cometh  from  the  north  country,  and  a 
great  nation  shall  be  raised  from  the  sides 
of  the  earth. 

23  They  shall  lay  hold  on  bow  and  spear  ; 
they  are  cruel,  and  have  no  mercy ;  their 
voice  roareth  like  the  sea;  and  they  ride 
upon  horses,  set  in  array  as  men  for  war 
against  thee,  O  daughter  of  Zion. 

24  We  have  heard  the  fame  thereof:  our 
hands  wax  feeble :  anguish  hath  taken 
hold  of  us,  and  pain,  as  of  a  woman  in 
travail. 

25  Go  not  forth  into  the  field,  nor  walk 
by  the  Avay ;  for  the  sword  of  the  enemy 
and  fear  is  on  every  side. 

26  Tf  O  daughter  of  my  people,  gird  thee 
with  sackcloth,  and  wallow  thyself  in 
ashes :  make  thee  mourning,  as  for  an  only 
son,  most  bitter  lamentation:  for  the 
spoiler  shall  suddenly  come  upon  us. 

27  I  have  set  thee  for  a  tower  and  a  for- 
tress among  my  people,  that  thou  mayest 
know  and  try  their  way. 

28  They  are  all  grievous  revolters,  walk- 
ing with  slanders :  they  are  brass  and  iron ; 
they  are  all  corrupters. 

29  The  bellows  are  burned,  the  lead  is 
consumed  of  the  fire ;  the  founder  melteth 
in  vain:  for  the  wicked  are  not  plucked 
away. 

30  Reprobate  silver  shall  men  call  them, 
because  the  Lord  hath  rejected  them.    «> 

CHAPTER  VIL 

THE  word  that  came  to  Jeremiah  from 
the  Lord,  saying, 
2  Stand  in  the  gate  of  the  Lord's  house, 
and  proclaim  there  this  word,  and  say. 
Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  all  ye  of  Ju- 
dah,  that  enter  in  at  these  gates  to  worship 
the  Lord. 


687 


JEREMIAH. 


3  Thus  saith  the  Lokd  of  hosts,  the  God 
of  Israel,  Amend  your  waj's  and  your  do- 
ings, and  I  will  cause  you  to  dwell  in  this 
place. 

4  Trust  ye  not  in  lying  words,  saying,  The 
temple  of  the  Loud,  The  temple  of  the 
LoKT),  The  temple  of  the  Lord,  are 
these. 

5  For  if  ye  thoroughly  amend  j^our  ways 
and  your  doings  ;  if  ye  thoroughly  execute 
judgment  between  a  man  and  his  neigh- 
bour; 

6  7/"  ye  oppress  not  the  stranger,  the  fa- 
therless, and  the  widow,  and  shed  not  j 
innocent  blood  in  this  place,  neither  walk 
after  other  gods  to  your  hurt ; 

7  Then  will  I  cause  you  to  dwell  in  this 
place,  in  the  land  that  1  gave  to  your 
fathers,  for  ever  and  ever. 

8  H  Behold,  ye  trust  in  lying  words,  that 
cannot  profit. 

9  Will  ye  steal,  murder,  and  commit 
adultery,  and  swear  falsely,  and  burn  in- 
cense unto  Baal,  and  walk  after  other  gods 
whom  ye  know  not ; 

10  And  come  and  stand  before  me  in  this 
house,  which  is  called  by  my  name,  and 
say,  AVe  are  delivered  to  do  all  these  abom- 
inations ? 

11  Is  this  house,  which  is  called  by  ray 
name,  become  a  den  of  robbers  in  your 
eyes?  Behold,  even  I  have  seen  ii,  saith 
the  Lord. 

12  But  go  ye  now  unto  my  place  which 
wan  in  Shiloh,  where  I  set  my  name  at  the 
first,  and  see  what  I  did  to  it  for  the  wick- 
edness of  my  people  Israel. 

13  And  now,  because  ye  have  done  all 
these  works,  saith  the  Lord,  and  I  spake 
unto  you,  rising  up  early  and  speaking,  but 
ye  heard  not ;  and  I  called  you,  but  ye  an- 
swered not ; 

14  Therefore  will  I  do  unto  this  house, 
which  is  called  by  my  name,  wherein  ye 
trust,  and  unto  the  ])lace  Avhich  I  gave  to 
you  and  to  your  fathers,  as  I  have  done 
to  Shiloh. 

15  And  I  will  cast  you  out  of  my  sight,  as 
I  have  cast  out  all  your  brethren,  eijeii  the 
whole  seed  of  Ephraim. 

16  Therefore  pray  not  thou  for  this  peo- 
ple, neither  lift  up  cry  nor  prayer  for  them, 
neither  make  intercession  to  me:  for  I  will 
not  hear  thee. 

17  ^  Seest  thou  not  what  they  do  in  the 


cities  of  Judah  and  in  the  streets  of  Jeru- 
salem? 

18  The  children  gather  wood,  and  the 
fathers  kindle  the  fire,  and  the  women 
knead  their  dough,  to  make  cakes  to  the 
queen  of  heaven,  and  to  pour  out  drink 
oflferings  unto  other  gods,  that  they  may 
provoke  me  to  anger. 

19  Do  they  provoke  me  to  anger?  saith 
the  Lord:  do  they  wot  provoke  themselves 
to  the  confusion  of  their  own  faces  ? 

20  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ; 
Behold,  mine  anger  and  my  fury  shall  be 
poured  out  upon  this  place,  upon  man, 
and  upon  beast,  and  upon  the  trees  of  the 
field,  and  upon  the  fruit  of  the  ground;  and 
it  shall  burn,  and  shall  not  be  quenched. 

21  H  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel ;  Put  your  burnt  oflferings 
unto  your  sacrifices,  and  eat  flesh. 

22  For  I  spake  not  unto  your  fathers, 
nor  commanded  them  in  the  day  that  I 
brought  them  out  of  the  land  of  Eg3'pt, 
concerning  burnt  offerings  or  sacrifices  : 

23  But  this  thing  commanded  I  them, 
saying.  Obey  my  voice,  and  I  will  be 
your  God,  and  ye  shall  be  my  people: 
and  walk  ye  in  all  the  ways  that  I  have 
commanded  you,  that  it  may  be  well  unto 
you. 

24  But  they  hearkened  not,  nor  inclined 
their  ear,  but  walked  in  the  counsels  and 
in  the  imagination  of  their  evil  heart,  and 
went  backward,  and  not  forward. 

25  Since  the  day  that  your  fothers  came 
forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  unto  this 
day,  I  have  even  sent  unto  you  all  my 
servants  the  prophets,  daily  rising  up 
early  and  sending  them: 

26  Yet  they  hearkened  not  unto  me, 
nor  inclined  their  ear,  but  hardened  their 
neck  :  they  did  worse  than  their  fathers. 

27  Therefore  thou  shalt  speak  all  these 
words  unto  them ;  but  they  will  not 
hearken  to  thee :  thou  shalt  also  call 
unto  them ;  but  they  will  not  answer 
thee. 

28  But  thou  shalt  say  unto  them.  This 
U  a  nation  that  obcyeth  not  the  voice  of 
the  Lord  their  God,  nor  receiveth  cor- 
rection: truth  is  perished,  and  is  cut  off 
from  their  mouth. 

\  29  ^1  Cut  off  thine  hair,  0  Jerusalem,  and 
j  cast  it  away,  and  take  up  a  lamentation 
I  on  high  places ;    for  the   Lord   hath   re- 


JEREMIAH. 


jectecl  and  forsaken  the  generation  of 
his  wrath. 

30  For  the  children  of  Judah  have  done 
evil  in  my  sight,  saith  the  Lord  :  they 
have  set  their  abominations  in  the  house 
which  is  called  by  my  name,  to  pollute  it. 

81  And  they  have  built  the  high  places 
of  Tophet,  which  is  in  the  valley  of  the 
son  of  Hinnom,  to  burn  their  sons  and 
their  daughters  in  the  fire ;  which  I 
commanded  tJiem  not,  neither  came  it  into 
my  heart. 

32  If  Therefore,  behold,  the  days  come, 
saith  the  Lord,  that  it  shall  no  more  be 
called  Tophet,  nor  The  valley  of  the  son 
of  Hifinom,  but  The  valley  of  slaughter : 
for  they  shall  bury  in  Tophet,  till  there 
be  no  place. 

33  And  the  carcasses  of  this  people  shall 
be  meat  for  the  fowls  of  the  heaven,  and 
for  the  beasts  of  the  earth ;  and  none 
shall  fray  them  away. 

34  Then  will  I  cause  to  cease  from  the 
cities  of  Judah,  and  from  the  streets  of 
Jerusalem,  the  voice  of  mirth,  and  the 
voice  of  gladness,  the  voice  of  the  bride- 
groom, and  the  voice  of  the  bride:  for 
the  land  shall  be  desolate.    • 

CHAPTER  VIIL 

AT  that  time,  saith  the  Lord,  they 
shall  bring  out  the  bones  of  the 
kings  of  Judah,  and  the  bones  of  his 
princes,  and  the  bones  of  the  prieets, 
and  the  bones  of  the  prophets,  and  the 
bones  of  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem, 
out  of  their  graves  : 

2  And  they  shall  spread  them  before 
the  Sim,  and  the  moon,  and  all  the  host 
of  heaven,  whom  they  have  loved,  and 
whom  they  have  served,  and  after  Avhom 
they  have  walked,  and  whom  they  have 
sought,  and  whom  they  have  worship- 
ped :  they  shall  not  be  gathered,  nor  be 
buried;  they  shall  be  for  dung  upon  the 
face  of  the  earth. 

3  And  death  shall  be  chosen  rather  than 
life  by  all  the  residue  of  them  that  re- 
main of  this  evil  family,  which  remain 
in  all  the  places  whither  I  have  driven 
them,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

4  1  Moreover  thou  shalt  say  unto  them, 
Thus  saith  the  Lord;  Shall  they  fall,  and 
not  arise?  shall  he  turn  away,  and  not 
return  ? 

44 


5  Why  then  is  this  people  of  Jerusalem 
slidden  back  by  a  perpetual  backsliding? 
they  hold  fast  deceit,  they  refuse  to  return. 

6  I  hearkened  and  heard,  but  they  spake 
not  aright :  no  man  repented  him  of  his 
wickedness,  saying,  What  have  I  done? 
every  one  turned  to  his  course,  as  the 
horse  rusheth  into  the  battle. 

7  Yea,  the  stork  in  the  heaven  knoweth 
her  appointed   times  ;  and   the  turtle  and 
the   crane  and    the    swallow  observe  the 
time    of   their   coming;    but    my    people  ! 
know  not  the  judgment  of  the  Lord. 

8  How  do  ye  say,  We  are  wise,  and  the 
law  of  the  Lord  is  with  us  ?  Lo,  certainly 
in  vain  made  he  it ;  the  pen  of  the  scribes 
is  in  vain. 

9  The  wise  men  are  ashamed,  they  are  dis- 
mayed and  taken:  lo,  they  have  rejected 
the  word  of  the  Lord  ;  and  what  wisdom 
is  in  them  ? 

10  Therefore  will  I  give  their  wives  unto 
others,  and  their  fields  to  them  that  shall 
inherit  them:  for  every  one  from  the  least 
even  unto  the  greatest  is  given  to  cov- 
etousness,  from  the  prophet  even  unto 
the  priest  every  one  dealeth  falsely. 

11  For  they  have  healed  the  hurt  of  the 
daughter  of  my  people  slightly,  saying. 
Peace,  peace ;  when  the?-e  is  no  peace. 

12  Were  they  ashamed  when  they  had 
committed  abomination?  nay,  they  were 
not  at  all  ashamed,  neither  could  they 
blush ;  therefore  shall  they  fall  among 
them  that  fall :  in  the  time  of  their  vis- 
itation they  shall  be  cast  down,  saith  the 
Lord. 

13  1  I  will  surely  consume  them,  saith 
the  Lord  :  tJiere  shall  be  no  grapes  on 
the  vine,  nor  figs  on  the  fig  tree,  and 
the  leaf  shall  fade;  and  the  things  that  I 
have  given  them  shall  pass  away  from 
them. 

14  Why  do  we  sit  still?  assemble  your- 
selves, and  let  us  enter  into  the  defenced 
cities,  and  let  us  be  silent  there :  for  the 
Lord  our  God  hath  put  us  to  silence,  and 
given  us  water  of  gall  to  drink,  because 
we  have  sinned  against  the  Lord. 

15  We  looked  for  peace,  but  no  good 
catne  ;  atul  for  a  time  of  health,  and  behold 
trouble ! 

16  The  snorting  of  his  horses  was  heard 
from  Dan  :  the  whole  land  trembled  at  the 
sound  of  the  neighing  of  his  strong  ones; 


JEREMIAH. 


for  they  are  come,  and  have  devoured  the 
land,  and  all   that   is  in  it ;  the   city,  and 
those  that  dwell  therein. 
17    For,    behold,    I   will    send    serpents. 


for  how  shall  I  do  for  the  daughter  of 
ray  people  ? 

8  Their  tongue  is  as  an  arrow  shot  out ; 
it  speaketh  deceit :  o)ie  speaketh  peaceably 


cockatrices,   among  you,  which    vjUI    not    to  his  neighbour  with  his  mouth,  but  in 


be  charmed,  and  they  shall  bite  you,  saith 
the  Lord. 

18  II  W7ic)i  I  would  comfort  myself 
against  sorrow,  my  heart  is  faint  in 
me. 

19  Behold  the  voice  of  the  cry  of  the 
daughter  of  my  people  because  of  them 
that  dwell  in  a  far  country :  Is  not  the 
Loud  in  Zion?  is  not  her  king  in  her? 
Why  have  they  provoked  me  to  anger 
with  their  graven  images,  and  with  strange 
vanities  ? 

20  The  harvest  is  past,  the  summer  is 
ended,  and  we  are  not  saved. 

21  For  the  hurt  of  the  daughter  of  my 
i:)eople  am  I  hurt ;  I  am  black ;  astonish- 
ment  hath  taken  hold  on  me. 

23  Is  there  no  balm  in  Gilead?  is  there  no 
physician  there?  why  then  is  not  the 
health  of  the  daughter  of  my  people 
recovered  ?  # 

CHAPTER  IX. 

OH  that  my  head  were  waters,  and  mine 
eyes  a  fountain  of  tears,  that  I  might 
weep  day  and  night  for  the  slain  of  the 
daughter  of  my  people ! 

2  Oh  that  I  had  in  the  wilderness  a  lodg- 
ing place  of  wayfaring  men  ;  that  I  might 
leave  my  people,  and  go  from  them !  for 
they  be  all  adulterers,  an  assembly  of 
treacherous  men. 

3  And  they  bend  their  tongues  like  their 
bow  for  lies :  but  they  are  not  valiant  for 
the  truth  upon  the  earth ;  for  they  pro- 
ceed from  evil  to  evil,  and  they  know  not 
me,  saith  the  Lord. 

4  Take  ye  heed  every  one  of  his  neigh- 
bour, and  trust  ye  not  in  any  brother:  for 
every  brother  will  utterly  supplant,  and 
every  neighbour  will  walk  with  slanders. 

5  And  they  will  deceive  every  one  his 
neighbour,  and  will  not  speak  the  truth: 
they  have  taught  their  tongue  to  speak 
lies,  and  weary  themselves  to  commit  in- 
iquity. 

6  Thine  habitation  is  in  the  midst  of  de- 
ceit ;  through  deceit  they  refuse  to  know 
me,  saith  the  Lord. 

7  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 
Behold,  I  will  melt  them,  and  try  them; 

690 


heart  he  layeth  his  wait. 

9  *^  Shall  I  not  visit  them  for  these  things? 
saith  the  Lord  :  shall  not  my  soul  be 
avenged  on  such  a  nation  as  this? 

10  For  the  mountains  will  I  take  up  a 
weeping  and  wailing,  and  for  the  hal)ita- 
tions  of  the  wilderness  a  lamentation,  be- 
cause they  are  burned  up,  so  that  none 
can  pass  through  than;  neither  can  men 
hear  the  voice  of  the  cattle :  both  the  fowl 
of  the  heavens  and  the  beast  are  fled; 
they  are  gone. 

11  And  I  will  make  Jerusalem  heaps,  and 
a  den  of  dragons ;  and  I  will  make  the 
cities  of  Judah  desolate,  without  an  in- 
habitant. 

12  TI  Who  is  the  wise  man,  that  may  un- 
derstand this?  and  who  is  he  to  Avhom  the 
mouth  of  the  Lord  hath  spoken,  that  he 
may  declare  it,  for  what  the  laud  perisheth 
and  is  burned  up  like  a  wilderness,  that 
none  passeth  through? 

13  And  the  Lord  saith,  Because  they 
have  forsaken  my  law  which  I  set  before 
them,  and  have  not  obeyed  my  voice, 
neither  walked  therein ; 

14  But  have  walked  after  the  imagination 
of  their  own  heart,  and  after  Baalim,  which 
their  fathers  taught  them  : 

15  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  the  God  of  Israel;  Behold,  I  will 
feed  them,  even  this  people,  with  worm- 
wood, and  give  them  water  of  gall  to 
drink. 

16  I  will  scatter  them  also  among  the 
heathen,  whom  neither  they  nor  their  fa- 
thers have  known:  and  I  will  send  a 
sword  after  them,  till  I  have  consumed 
them. 

17  ^  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  Con- 
sider ye,  and  call  for  the  mourning  wo- 
men, that  they  may  come;  and  send  for 
cunning  women,  that  they  may  come: 

18  And  let  them  make  haste,  and  take 
up  a  wailing  for  us,  that  our  eyes  may 
run  down  with  tears,  and  our  eyelids  gush 
out  with  Avaters. 

19  For  a  voice  of  wailing  is  heard  out 
of  Zion,  How  are  we  spoiled!  we  are 
greatly  confounded,  because  we  have  for- 


JEREMIAH. 


saken    the    land,    because    owv    dwellings 
have  cast  us  out. 

20  Yet  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  O 
ye  women,  and  let  your  ear  receive  the 
word  of  his  moutli,  and  teach  your  daugh- 
ters wailing,  and  every  one  her  neighbour 
lamentation. 

21  For  death  is  come  up  into  our  win- 
dows, and  is  entered  into  our  palaces,  to 
cut  ofi*  the  children  from  without,  and  the 
young  men  from  the  streets. 

22  Speak,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Even  the 
carcasses  of  men  shall  fall  as  dung  upon 
the  open  field,  and  as  the  handful  after  the 
harvestman,  and  none  shall  gather  the7n. 

23  If. Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Let  not  the 
wise  mmi  glory  in  his  wisdom,  neither  let 
the  mighty  man  glory  in  his  might,  let  not 
the  rich  7nan  glory  in  his  riches: 

24  But  let  him  that  glorieth  glory  in 
this,  that  he  understandeth  and  knoweth 
me,  that  I  am  the  Lord  which  exercise 
lovingkindness,  judgment,  and  righteous- 
ness, in  the  earth :  for  in  these  things  I 
delight,  saith  the  Lord. 

25  H  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the 
Lord,  that  I  will  punish  all  them  which 
are  circumcised  with  the  uncircumcised ; 

26  Egypt,  and  Judah,  and  Edom,  and  the 
children  of  Ammon,  and  Moab,  and  all 
that  are  in  the  utmost  corners,  that  dwell 
in  the  wilderness :  for  all  these  nations  are 
uncircumcised,  and  all  the  house  of  Israel 
are  uncircumcised  in  the  heart. 

CHAPTER  X. 

HEAR    ye  the  word  which  the  Lord 
speaketh    unto    you,    O    house    of 
Israel : 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Learn  not  the 
way  of  the  heathen,  and  be  not  dismayed 
at  the  signs  of  heaven;  for  the  heathen 
are  dismayed  at  them. 

3  For  the  customs  of  the  people  are  vain : 
for  one  cutteth  a  tree  out  of  the  forest, 
the  work  of  the  hands  of  the  workman, 
with  the  axe. 

4  They  deck  it  with  silver  and  with  gold ; 
they  fasten  it  with  nails  and  with  ham- 
mers, that  it  move  not. 

5  They  are  upright  as  the  palm  tree,  but 
speak  not :  they  must  needs  be  borne,  be- 
cause they  cannot  go.  Be  not  afraid  of 
them ;  for  they  cannot  do  evil,  neither 
also  is  it  in  them  to  do  good. 


6  Forasmuch  as  there  is  none  like  unto 
thee,  O  Lord  ;  thou  art  great,  and  thy 
name  is  great  in  might. 

7  Who  would  not  fear  thee,  O  King  of 
nations?  for  to  thee  doth  it  appertain: 
forasmuch  as  among  all  the  wise  meti  of 
the  nations,  and  in  all  their  kingdoms, 
there  is  none  like  unto  thee. 

8  But  they  are  altogether  brutish  and 
foolish :  the  stock  is  a  doctrine  of 
vanities. 

9  Silver  spread  into  plates  is  brought 
from  Tarshish,  and  gold  from  Uphaz,  the 
work  of  the  workman,  and  of  the  hands 
of  the  founder :  blue  and  purple  is  their 
clothing :  they  are  all  the  work  of  cunning 
mefi. 

10  But  the  Lord  is  the  true  God,  he  is 
the  living  God,  and  an  everlasting  King: 
at  his  wrath  the  earth  shall  tremble,  and 
the  nations  shall  not  be  able  to  abide  his 
indignation. 

11  Thus  shall  ye  say  unto  them.  The 
gods  that  have  not  made  the  heavens  and 
the  earth,  even  they  shall  perish  from  the 
earth,  and  from  under  these  heavens. 

12  He  hath  made  the  earth  by  his  power, 
he  hath  established  the  world  by  his  wis- 
dom, and  hath  stretched  out  the  heavens 
by  his  discretion. 

13  When  he  uttereth  his  voice,  there  is  a 
multitude  of  waters  in  the  heavens,  and 
he  causeth  the  vapours  to  ascend  from  the 
ends  of  the  earth;  he  maketh  lightnings 
with  rain,  and  bringeth  forth  the  wind 
out  of  his  treasures. 

14  Every  man  is  brutish  in  Jiis  knowl- 
edge :  evei'y  founder  is  confounded  by 
the  graven  image:  for  his  molten  image 
is  falsehood,  and  tJiere  is  no  breath  in 
them. 

15  They  are  vanity,  a7id  the  work  of 
errors  :  in  the  time  of  their  visitation  they 
shall  perish. 

16  The  portion  of  Jacob  is  not  like  them  : 
for  he  is  the  former  of  all  things ;  and  Is- 
rael is  the  rod  of  his  inheritance :  The 
Lord  of  hosts  is  his  name. 

17  H  Gather  up  thy  wares  out  of  the  land, 
O  inhabitant  of  the  fortress. 

18  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will 
sling  out  the  inhabitants  of  the  land  at 
this  once,  and  will  distress  them,  that  they 
may  find  it  so. 

19  H  Woe  is  me  for  my  hurt !  my  wound 


JEREMIAH. 


is  grievous :  but  I  said,  Truly  this  is  a 
grief,  and  I  must  bear  it. 

20  My  tabernacle  is  spoiled,  and  all  my 
cords  are  broken:  my  children  are  gone 
forth  of  me,  and  they  are  not :  there  is 
none  to  stretch  forth  my  tent  any  more, 
and  to  set  up  my  curtains. 

21  For  the  pastors  are  become  brutish, 
and  have  not  sought  the  Lord  :  therefore 
they  shall  not  prosper,  and  all  their  flocks 
shall  be  scattered. 

22  Behold,  the  noise  of  the  bruit  is  come, 
and  a  great  commotion  out  of  the  north 
country,  to  make  the  cities  of  Judah  des- 
olate, atid  a  den  of  dragons. 

23  1[  O  Lord,  I  know  that  the  way  of 
man  is  not  in  himself:  it  is  not  in  man 
that  walketh  to  direct  his  steps. 

24  O  Lord,  correct  me,  but  with  judg- 
ment ;  not  in  thine  anger,  lest  thou  bring 
me  to  nothing. 

25  Pour  out  thy  fury  upon  the  heathen 
that  know  thee  not,  and  upon  the  families 
that  call  not  on  th)^  name :  for  they  have 
eaten  up  Jacob,  and  devoured  him,  and 
consumed  him,  and  have  made  his  habita- 
tion desolate. 

CHAPTER  XL 

THE  word  that  came  to  Jeremiah  from 
the  Lord,  saying, 

2  Hear  ye  the  words  of  this  covenant,  and 
speak  unto  the  men  of  Judah,  and  to  the 
inhabitants  of  Jerusalem ; 

3  And  say  thou  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel ;  Cursed  be  the  man 
that  obeyeth  not  the  words  of  this  cove- 
nant, 

4  Which  I  commanded  your  fathers  in 
the  day  t7iat  1  brought  them  forth  out  of 
the  land  of  Egypt,  from  the  iron  furnace, 
saying.  Obey  my  voice,  and  do  them,  ac- 
cording to  all  which  I  command  you  :  so 
shall  ye  be  my  people,  and  I  will  be  your 
God: 

5  That  I  may  perform  the  oath  which  I 
have  sworn  unto  your  fathers,  to  give 
them  a  land  flowing  with  milk  and  honey, 
as  it  is  this  day.  Then  answered  I,  and 
said.  So  be  it,  O  Lord. 

6  Then  the  Lord  said  unto  me.  Proclaim 
all  these  words  in  the  cities  of  Judah,  and 
in  the  streets  of  Jerusalem,  saying,  Hear  ye 
the  words  of  this  covenant,  and  do  them. 

7  For  I  earnestly  j)rotested  unto  your  fa- 


thers  in  the  day  thai  I  brought  them  up 
out  of  the  laud  of  Egypt,  et'en  unto  this 
day,  rising  early  and  protesting,  saying, 
Obey  my  voice. 

8  Yet  they  obeyed  not,  nor  inclined  their 
ear,  but  walked  every  one  in  the  imagina- 
tion of  their  evil  heart:  therefore  I  will 
bring  upon  them  all  the  words  of  this 
covenant,  which  I  commanded  the7n  to  do ; 
but  they  did  them  not. 

9  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  A  con- 
spiracy is  found  among  the  men  of  Judah, 
and  among  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem. 

10  They  are  turned  back  to  the  iniquities 
of  their  forefathers,  which  refused  to  hear 
my  words;  and  they  went  after  other  gods 
to  serve  them :  the  house  of  Israel  and  the 
house  of  Judah  have  broken  my  covenant 
which  I  made  with  their  fathers. 

11  II  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Be- 
hold, I  will  bring  evil  upon  them,  which 
they  shall  not  be  able  to  escape;  and 
though  they  shall  cry  unto  me,  I  will  not 
hearken  unto  them. 

12  Then  shall  the  cities  of  Judah  and  in- 
habitants of  Jerusalem  go,  and  cry  unto 
the  gods  unto  whom  they  otter  incense: 
but  they  shall  not  save  them  at  all  in  the 
time  of  their  trouble. 

13  For  aceordmg  to  the  number  of  thy 
cities  were  thy  gods,  O  Judah ;  and  accord- 
ing to  the  number  of  the  streets  of  Jerusa- 
lem have  ye  set  up  altars  to  tJiat  shame- 
ful thing,  even  altars  to  burn  incense  unto 
Baal. 

14  Therefore  pray  not  thou  for  this  peo- 
ple, neither  lift  up  a  cry  or  prayer  for 
them :  for  I  will  not  hear  them  in  the  time 
that  they  cry  unto  me  for  their  trouble. 

15  What  hath  my  beloved  to  do  in  mine 
house,  seeing  she  hath  wrought  lewdness 
with  many,  and  the  holy  flesh  is  passed 
from  thee  ?  when  thou  doest  evil,  then 
thou  rejoicest. 

16  The  Lord  called  thy  name,  A  green 
olive  tree,  fair,  and  of  goodly  fruit:  with 
the  noise  of  a  great  tumult  he  hath  kindled 
fire  upon  it,  and  the  branches  of  it  are 
broken. 

17  For  the  Lord  of  hosts,  that  planted 
thee,  hath  pronounced  evil  against  thee, 
for  the  evil  of  the  house  of  Israel  and  of 
the  house  of  Judah,  which  they  have  done 
against  themselves  to  provoke  me  to  anger 
in  ottering  incense  unto  Baal. 


JEREMIAH. 


18  11  And  the  Loud  hath  given  me  knowl- 
edge of  it,  and  I  know  it :  then  thou  shew- 
edst  me  their  doings. 

19  But  I  was  like  a  lamb  or  an  ox  that  is 
brought  to  the  slaughter;  and  I  knew  not 
that  they  had  devised  devices  against  me, 
saying,  Let  us  destroy  the  tree  with  the 
fruit  thereof,  and  let  us  cut  him  off  from 
the  land  of  the  living,  that  his  name  may 
be  no  more  remembered. 

20  But,  O  Lord  of  hosts,  that  judgest 
righteously,  that  triest  the  reins  and  the 
heart,  let  me  see  thy  vengeance  on  them : 
for  unto  thee  have  I  revealed  my  cause. 

21  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  the 
men  of  Anathoth,  that  seek  thy  life,  say- 
ing. Prophesy  not  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord,  that  thou  die  not  by  our  hand: 

23  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts.  Behold,  I  will  punish  them :  the 
joung  men  shall  die  by  the  sword;  their 
sons  and  their  daughters  shall  die  by 
famine : 

23  And  there  shall  be  no  remnant  of 
them:  for  I  will  bring  evil  upon  the  men 
of  Anathoth,  even  the  year  of  their  visita- 
tion. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

RIGHTEOUS  art  thou,  O  Lord,  when 
I  plead  with  thee:  yet  let  me  talk 
with  thee  of  thy  judgments  :  Whei-efore 
doth  the  way  of  the  wicked  prosper? 
wherefore  are  all  they  happy  that  deal 
very  treacherously? 

2  Thou  hast  planted  them,  yea,  they 
have  taken  root:  they  grow,  yea,  they 
bring  forth  fruit :  thou  art  near  in  their 
mouth,  and  far  from  their  reins. 

3  But  thou,  O  Lord,  knowest  me:  thou 
hast  seen  me,  and  tried  mine  heart  to- 
ward thee:  pull  them  out  like  sheep  for 
the  slaughter,  and  prepare  them  for  the 
day  of  slaughter. 

4  How  long  shall  the  land  mourn,  and 
the  herbs  of  every  field  wither,  for  the 
wickedness  of  them  that  dwell  therein? 
the  beasts  are  consumed,  and  the  birds; 
because  they  said,  He  shall  not  see  our 
last  end. 

5  U  If  thou  hast  run  with  the  footmen, 
and  they  have  wearied  thee,  then  how 
canst  thou  contend  with  horses?  and  if 
in  the  land  of  peace,  icherein  thou  trust- 
edst,  they  ivearied  thee,  then  how  wilt  thou 
do  in  the  swelling  of  Jordan? 


6  For  even  thy  brethren,  and  the  house 
of  thy  father,  even  they  have  dealt  treach- 
erously with  thee ;  yea,  they  have  called 
a  multitude  after  thee:  believe  them  not, 
though  they  speak  tiiir  words  unto  thee. 

7  H  I  have  forsaken  mine  house,  I  have 
left  mine  heritage ;  I  have  given  the  dear- 
ly beloved  of  my  soul  into  the  hand  of 
her  enemies. 

8  Mine  heritage  is  unto  me  as  a  lion  in 
the  forest;  it  crieth  out  against  me: 
therefore  have  I  hated  it. 

9  Mine  heritage  is  unto  me  as  a  speckled 
bird,  the  birds  round  about  are  against 
her;  come  ye,  assemble  all  the  beasts  of 
the  field,  come  to  devour. 

10  Many  pastors  have  destroyed  my 
vineyard,  they  have  trodden  my  portion 
under  foot,  they  have  made  my  pleasant 
portion  a  desolate  wilderness. 

11  They  have  made  it  desolate,  and  being 
desolate  it  mourneth  unto  me;  the  whole 
land  is  made  desolate,  because  no  man 
layeth  it  to  heart. 

12  The  spoilers  are  come  upon  all  high 
places  through  the  wilderness :  for  the 
sword  of  the  Lord  shall  devour  from  the 
one  end  of  the  land  even  to  the  other 
end  of  the  land:  no  flesh  shall  have 
peace. 

13  They  have  sown  wheat,  but  shall 
reap  thorns :  they  have  put  themselves  to 
pain,  hut  shall  not  profit:  and  they  shall 
be  ashamed  of  your  revenues  because  of 
the  fierce  anger  of  the  Lord. 

14  T[  Thus  saith  the  Lord  against  all 
mine  evil  neighbours,  that  touch  the  in- 
heritance which  I  have  caused  my  people 
Israel  to  inherit ;  Behold,  I  will  pluck 
them  out  of  their  land,  and  pluck  out 
the  house  of  Judah  from  among  them. 

15  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  after  that 
I  have  plucked  them  out  I  will  return, 
and  have  compassion  on  them,  and  will 
bring  them  again,  every  man  to  his  her- 
itage, and  every  man  to  his  land. 

16  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  they 
will  diligently  learn  the  ways  of  my  peo- 
ple, to  swear  by  my  name.  The  Lord 
liveth ;  as  they  taught  my  people  to  swear 
by  Baal;  then  shall  they  be  built  in 
the  midst  of  my  people. 

17  But  if  they  will  not  obey,  I  will  ut- 
terly pluck  up  and  destroy  that  nation, 
saith  the  Lord. 

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JEREMIAH. 


CHAPTER  XHI. 

THUS   saith  Ihe   Lord  unto    me,    Go 
and  get  thee  a  linen  girdle,  and  put  it 
upon  thy  loins,  and  put  it  not  in  water. 

2  So  I  got  a  girdle  according  to  the  word 
of  the  Lord,  and  put  it  on  my  loins. 

3  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
me  the  second  time,  saying, 

4  Take  the  girdle  that  thou  hast  got, 
•which  is  upon  thy  loins,  and  arise,  go  to 
Euphrates,  and  hide  it  there  in  a  hole  of 
the  rock. 

5  So  I  went,  and  hid  it  by  Euphrates, 
as  the  Lord  commanded  me. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass  after  many  days, 
that  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Arise,  go 
to  Euphrates,  and  take  the  girdle  from 
thence,  which  I  commanded  thee  to  hide 
there. 

7  Then  I  went  to  Euphrates,  and  digged, 
and  took  the  girdle  from  the  place  where 
I  had  hid  it :  and,  behold,  the  girdle  was 
marred,  it  was  profitable  for  nothing. 

8  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
me,  saying, 

9  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  After  this  manner 
will  I  mar  the  pride  of  Judah,  and  the 
great  pride  of  Jerusalem. 

10  This  evil  people,  which  refuse  to  hear 
my  Avords,  which  walk  in  the  imagination 
of  their  heart,  and  walk  after  other  gods, 
to  serve  them,  and  to  worship  them,  shall 
even  be  as  this  girdle,  which  is  good  for 
nothing. 

11  For  as  the  girdle  cleaveth  to  the  loins 
of  a  man,  so  have  I  caused  to  cleave  unto 
me  the  whole  house  of  Israel  and  the 
whole  house  of  Judah,  saith  the  Lord; 
that  they  might  be  unto  me  for  a  people, 
and  for  a  name,  and  for  a  praise,  and  for  a 
glory :  but  they  would  not  hear. 

12  ^  Therefore  thou  shalt  speak  unto  them 
this  word;  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of 
Israel,  Every  bottle  shall  be  filled  with 
wine :  and  they  shall  say  unto  thee,  Do 
we  not  certainly  know  that  every  bottle 
shall  be  filled  with  wine? 

13  Then  shalt  thou  say  unt(j  them,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will  fill  all  the 
inhabitants  of  this  land,  even  the  kings 
that  sit  upon  David's  throne,  and  the 
priests,  and  the  prophets,  and  all  the 
inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  wuth  drunken- 
ness. 

14  And  I  will  dash    them    one    against 

6^4 


another,  even  the  fathers  and  the  sons  to- 
gether, saith  the  Lord  :  I  will  not  pity, 
nor  spare,  nor  have  mercy,  but  destroy 
them. 

15  Tf  Hear  ye,  and  give  ear;  be  not  proud  : 
for  the  Lord  hath  spoken. 

16  Give  glory  to  the  Loud  your  God, 
before  he  cause  darkness,  and  before  your 
feet  stumble  upon  the  dark  mountains, 
and,  while  ye  look  for  light,  he  turn  it  into 
the  shadow  of  death,  and  make  it  gross 
darkness. 

17  But  if  ye  will  not  hear  it,  my  soul 
shall  weep  in  secret  places  for  your  pride ; 
and  mine  eye  shall  weep  sore,  and  run 
down  with  tears,  because  the  Lord's  flock 
is  carried  away  captive. 

18  Say  unto  the  king  and  to  the  queen. 
Humble  yourselves,  sit  down :  for  your 
principalities  shall  come  down,  evert  the 
crown  of  your  glory. 

19  The  cities  of  the  south  shall  be  shut 
up,  and  none  shall  open  them:  Judah  shall 
be  carried  away  captive  all  of  it,  it  shall 
be  wholly  carried  away  captive. 

20  Lift  up  your  eyes,  and  behold  them 
that  come  from  the  north:  where  is  the 
flock  that  was  given  thee,  thy  beautiful 
flock? 

21  What  wilt  thou  say  when  he  shall 
punish  thee?  for  thou  hast  taught  them 
to  he  captains,  and  as  chief  over  thee :  shall 
not  sorrows  take  thee,  as  a  woman  in  trav- 
ail? 

22  T[  And  if  thou  say  in  thine  heart.  Where- 
fore come  these  things  upon  me  ?  For 
the  greatness  of  thine  iniquity  are  thy 
skirts  discovered,  and  thy  heels  made  bare. 

23  Can  the  Ethiopian  change  his  skin, 
or  the  leopard  his  spots  ?  then  may  ye 
also  do  good,  that  are  accustomed  to  do 
evil. 

24  Therefore  will  I  scatter  them  as  the 
stubble  that  passeth  away  by  the  wind  of 
the  wilderness. 

25  This  in  thy  lot,  the  portion  of  thy 
measures  from  me,  saith  the  Lord;  be- 
cause thou  hast  forgotten  me,  and  trusted 
in  falsehood. 

26  Therefore  will  I  discover  thy  skirts 
upon  thy  face,  that  thy  shame  may  appear. 

27  I  have  seen  thine  adulteries,  and  thy 
neighings,  the  lewdness  of  thy  whoredom, 
and  thine  abominations  on  the  hills  in 
the  fields.     Woe  unto  thee,  O  Jerusalem! 


JEREMIAH. 


wiit  thou  uot  be  made  clean  y  wlien  shall 
it  once  he? 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

THE  word  of  the  Lord  that    came  to 
Jeremiah  concerning  the  dearth. 

2  Judah  raourneth,  and  the  gates  thereof 
languish;  they  are  black  unto  the  ground; 
and  the  cry  of  Jerusalem  is  gone  up. 

3  And  their  nobles  have  sent  their  little 
ones  to  the  waters  :  they  came  to  the  pits, 
and  found  no  water;  they  returned  with 
their  vessels  empty;  they  were  ashamed 
and  confounded,  and  covered  their  heads. 

4  Because  the  ground  is  chapped,  for 
there  was  no  rain  in  the  earth,  the  plough- 
men were  ashamed,  they  covered  their 
heads. 

5  Yea,  the  hind  also  calved  in  the  field, 
and  forsook  it,  because  there  was  no  grass. 

6  And  the  wild  asses  did  stand  in  the 
high  places,  they  snuffed  up  the  wind  like 
dragons ;  their  eyes  did  fail,  because  there 
was  no  grass. 

7  H  O  Lord,  though  our  iniquities  tes- 
tify against  us,  do  thou  it  for  thy  name's 
sake :  for  our  backslidings  are  many ;  we 
have  sinned  against  thee. 

8  O  the  hope  of  Israel,  the  Saviour  there- 
of in  time  of  trouble,  why  shouldest  thou 
be  as  a  stranger  in  the  land,  and  as  a 
wayfaring  man  that  turneth  aside  to  tarry 
for  a  night  ? 

9  Why  shouldest  thou  be  as  a  man  aston- 
ished, as  a  mighty  man  t?mt  cannot  save  ? 
yet  thou,  O  Lord,  art  in  the  midst  of 
us,  and  we  are  called  by  thy  name;  leave 
us  not. 

10  T[  Thus  saith  the  Lord  unto  this  peo- 
ple. Thus  have  they  loved  to  wander, 
they  have  not  refrained  their  feet,  there- 
fore the  Lord  doth  not  accept  them ;  he 
will  now  remember  their  iniquity,  and 
visit  their  sins. 

11  Then  said  the  Lord  unto  me,  Pray 
uot  for  this  people  for  their  good. 

12  When  they  fast,  I  will  not  hear  their 
cry;  and  when  they  offer  burnt  off'eriug 
and  an  oblation,  I  will  not  accept  them : 
but  I  will  consume  them  by  the  sword, 
and  by  the  famine,  and  by  the  pestilence. 

13  t  Then  said  I,  Ah,  Lord  God  !  behold, 
the  prophets  say  unto  them,  Ye  shall  uot 
see  the  sword,  neither  shall  ye  have  fam- 
ine; but  I  will  give  you  assured  peace  in 
this  place. 


14  Then  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  The 
prophets  prophesy  lies  in  my  name  :  I  sent 
them  uot,  neither  have  I  commanded 
them,  neither  spake  unto  them :  they 
prophesy  unto  you  a  false  vision  and 
divination,  and  a  thing  of  nought,  and 
the  deceit  of  their  heart. 

15  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  con- 
cerning the  prophets  that  prophesy  in  my 
name,  and  I  sent  them  not,  yet  they  say. 
Sword  and  famine  shall  uot  be  in  this 
land;  By  sword  and  famine  shall  those 
prophets  be  consumed. 

10  And  the  people  to  whom  they  proph- 
esy shall  be  cast  out  in  the  streets  of  Je- 
rusalem, because  of  the  famine  and  the 
sword;  and  they  shall  have  none  to  bury 
them,  them,  their  wives,  nor  their  sons, 
nor  their  daughters:  for  I  will  pour  their 
wickedness  upon  them. 

17  Tf  Therefore  thou  shalt  say  this  word 
unto  them ;  Let  mine  eyes  run  down  with 
tears  night  and  day,  and  let  them  not 
cease  :  for  the  virgin  daughter  of  my  peo- 
ple is  broken  with  a  great  breach,  with  a 
very  grievous  blow. 

18  If  I  go  forth  into  the  field,  then  behold 
the  slain  with  the  sword!  and  if  I  enter 
into  the  city,  then  behold  them  that  are 
sick  with  famine !  yea,  both  the  proi)het 
and  the  priest  go  about  into  a  laud  that 
they  know  not. 

19  Hast  thou  utterly  rejected  Judah  ? 
hath  thy  soul  loathed  Zion  ?  why  hast  tJiou 
smitten  us,  and  there  in  no  healing  for  us  ? 
we  looked  for  peace,  and  there  is  no  good ; 
and  for  the  time  of  healing,  and  behold 
trouble ! 

20  We  acknowledge,  O  Lord,  our  wicked- 
ness, a?id  the  iniquity  of  our  fathers :  for 
we  have  sinned  against  thee. 

21  Do  not  abhor  ?<s,  for  thy  name's  sake ; 
do  not  disgrace  the  throne  of  thy  glory : 
remember,  break  not  thy  covenant  with 
us. 

22  Are  there  a7iy  among  the  vanities  of 
the  Gentiles  that  can  cause  rain  ?  or  can 
the  heavens  give  showers?  Art  not  thou 
he,  O  Lord  our  God?  therefore  we  will 
wait  upon  thee:  for  thou  hast  made  all 
these  things. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

THEN  said  the  Lord  unto  me.  Though 
Moses  and  Samuel  stood  before  me,  yet 
my  mind  ccnild  not  be  toward  this  people : 
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JEREMIAH. 


cast  them  out  of  my  sight,  and  let  them 
go  forth. 
3  Aud  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  they  say 
uuto  thee.  Whither  shall  we  go  forth  ? 
then  thou  shalt  tell  them,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  ;  Such  as  are  for  death,  to  death ;  and 
such  as  are  for  the  sword,  to  the  sword ; 
aud  such  as  are  for  the  famine,  to  the 
famine ;  and  such  as  are  for  the  captivity, 
to  the  captivity. 

3  And  I  will  appoint  over  them  four  kinds, 
saith  the  Lord  :  the  sword  to  slay,  and  the 
dogs  to  tear,  and  the  fowls  of  the  heaven, 
and  the  beasts  of  the  earth,  to  devour  and 
destroy. 

4  And  I  will  cause  them  to  be  removed 
into  all  kingdoms  of  the  earth,  because  of 
Manasseh  the  son  of  Hezekiah  king  of  Ju- 
dah,  for  tluit  which  he  did  in  Jerusalem. 

5  For  who  shall  have  pity  upon  thee,  O 
Jerusalem  ?  or  who  shall  bemoan  thee  ?  or 
who  shall  go  aside  to  ask  how  thou  doest? 

G  Thou  hast  forsaken  me,  saith  the  Lord, 
thou  art  gone  backward  :  therefore  will 
I  stretch  out  my  hand  against  thee,  and 
destroy  thee ;  I  am  weary  with  repenting. 

7  Aud  I  will  fan  them  with  a  fan  in  the 
gates  of  the  laud;  I  will  bereave  them  of 
children,  I  will  destroy  my  people,  mice 
they  return  not  from  their  ways. 

8  Their  widows  are  increased  to  me  above 
the  sand  of  the  seas  :  I  have  brought  upon 
them  against  the  mother  of  the  young  men 
a  spoiler  at  noonday :  I  have  caused  him 
to  fall  upon  it  suddenly,  and  terrors  upon 
the  city. 

9  She  that  hath  borne  seven  languisheth : 
she  hath  given  up  the  ghost ;  her  sun  is 
gone  down  while  it  was  yet  day:  she  hath 
been  ashamed  and  confounded :  and  the 
residue  of  them  will  I  deliver  to  the  sword 
before  their  enemies,  saith  the  Lord. 

10  T[  Woe  is  me,  my  mother,  that  thou 
hast  borne  me  a  man  of  strife  and  a  man 
of  contention  to  the  whole  earth !  I  have 
neither  lent  on  usury,  nor  men  have  lent 
to  me  on  usury;  yet  every  one  of  them 
doth  curse  me. 

11  The  Lord  said.  Verily  it  shall  be  well 
with  thy  remnant ;  verily  I  will  cause  the 
enemy  to  entreat  thee  well  in  the  time  of 
evil  and  in  the  time  of  alUiction. 

12  Shall  iron  break  the  northern  iron  and 
the  steel? 

lo  Thv  substance  aiirl  thv  treasures  will  I 


give  to  the  spoil  without  price,  and  tJiat 
for  all  thy  sins,  even  in  all  thy  borders. 

14  And  I  will  make  tine  to  pass  with  thine 
enemies  into  a  land  which  thou  knowest 
not:  for  afire  is  kindled  in  mine  anger, 
which  shall  burn  upon  you. 

15  H  O  Lord,  thou  knowest :  remember 
me,  and  visit  me,  and  revenge  me  of  my 
persecutors;  take  me  not  away  in  thy 
longsuffering :  know  that  for  thy  sake  I 
have  suffered  rebuke. 

16  Thy  words  were  found,  and  I  did  eat 
them;  and  thy  word  was  unto  me  the  joy 
and  rejoicing  of  mine  heart:  for  I  am 
called  by  thy  name,  O  Lord  God  of  hosts. 

17  I  sat  not  in  the  assembly  of  the  mock- 
ers, nor  rejoiced;  I  sat  alone  because  of 
thy  hand  :  for  thou  hast  filled  me  with  in- 
dignation. 

18  Why  is  my  pain  perpetual,  and  my 
wound  incurable,  vMch  refuseth  to  be 
healed?  wilt  thou  be  altogether  unto  me 
as  a  liar,  a7id  as  waters  that  fail  ? 

19  Ti  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  If 
thou  return,  then  Avill  I  bring  thee  again, 
and  thou  shalt  stand  before  me :  and  if 
thou  take  forth  the  precious  from  the  vile, 
thou  shalt  be  as  my  mouth :  let  them  re- 
turn unto  thee ;  but  return  not  thou  unto 
them. 

20  And  I  will  make  thee  unto  this  people 
a  fenced  brazen  wall :  and  they  shall  fight 
against  thee,  but  they  shall  not  prevail 
against  thee  :  for  I  am  with  thee  to  save 
thee  and  to  deliver  thee,  saith  the  Lord. 

21  And  I  will  deliver  thee  out  of  the  hand 
of  the  wicked,  and  I  will  redeem  thee  out 
of  the  hand  of  the  terrible. 

CHAPTER  XVL 

THE  word  of  the  Lord  came  also  unto 
me,  saying, 

2  Thou  Shalt  not  take  thee  a  wife,  neither 
shalt  thou  have  sons  nor  daughters  in  this 
place. 

3  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  concerning  the 
sons  and  concerning  the  daughters  that  are 
born  in  this  place,  and  concerning  their 
mothers  that  bare  them,  and  concerning 
their  fathers  that  begat  them  in  this  laud; 

4  They  shall  die  of  grievous  deaths ;  they 
shall  not  be  lamented;  neither  shall  they 
be  buried  ;  but  they  shall  be  as  dung  upon 
the  face  of  the  earth:  and  they  shall  be 
cousuuKid   by  the  sword,  and   by  famine;  j 


JEREMIAH. 


aucl  their  carcasses  shall  be  meat  for  the 
fowls  of  heaven,  and  for  the  beasts  of  the 
earth. 

5  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Enter  not  into 
the  house  of  mourning,  neither  go  to  la- 
ment nor  bemoan  them  :  for  I  have  taken 
away  my  peace  from  this  people,  saith  the 
LoKD,  even  lovingkindness  and  mercies. 

6  Both  the  great  and  the  small  shall  die 
in  this  land :  they  shall  not  be  buried,  nei- 
ther shall  men  lament  for  them,  nor  cut 
themselves,  nor  make  themselves  bald  for 
them: 

7  Neither  shall  men  tear  themselves  for 
them  in  mourning,  to  comfort  them  for 
the  dead  ;  neither  shall  men  give  them  the 
cup  of  consolation  to  drink  for  their  father 
or  for  their  mother. 

8  Thou  Shalt  not  also  go  into  the  house 
of  feasting,  to  sit  with  them  to  eat  and  to 
.drink. 

9  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel;  Behold,  I  will  cause  to  cease 
out  of  this  place  in  your  eyes,  and  in  your 
days,  the  voice  of  mirth,  and  the  voice  of 
gladness,  the  voice  of  the  bridegroom,  and 
the  voice  of  the  bride. 

10  T[  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
thou  Shalt  shew  this  people  all  these 
words,  and  they  shall  say  unto  thee. 
Wherefore  hath  the  Lord  pronounced  all 
this  great  evil  against  us?  or  what  is  our 
iniquity?  or  w^hat  is  our  sin  that  we  have 
committed  against  the  Lord  our  God  ? 

11  Then  shalt  thou  say  unto  them.  Be- 
cause your  fathers  have  forsaken  me,  saith 
the  Lord,  and  have  walked  after  other 
gods,  and  have  served  them,  and  have  wor- 
shipped them,  and  have  forsaken  me,  and 
have  not  kept  my  law ; 

13  And  ye  have  done  worse  than  your 
fathers ;  for,  behold,  ye  walk  every  one 
after  the  imagination  of  his  evil  heart,  that 
they  may  not  hearken  unto  me  : 

13  Therefore  will  I  cast  you  out  of  this 
land  into  a  land  that  ye  know  not,  neither 
ye  nor  your  fathers;  and  there  shall  ye 
serve  other  gods  day  and  night;  where  I 
will.not  shew  you  favour. 

14  Tf  Therefore,  behold,  the  days  come, 
saith  the  Lord,  that  it  shall  no  more  be 
said,  The  Lord  liveth,  that  brought  up 
the  children  of  Israel  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt; 

15  But,  The  Lord  liveth,  that  brought 


up  the  children  of  Israel  from  the  land 
of  the  north,  and  from  all  the  lands 
whither  he  had  driven  them:  and  I  will 
bring  them  again  into  their  land  that  I 
gave  unto  their  fathers. 
10  TI  Behold,  I  will  send  for  many  fishers, 
saith  the  Lord,  and  they  shall  fish  them ; 
and  after  will  I  send  for  many  hunters, 
and  they  shall  hunt  them  from  every 
mountain,  and  from  every  hill,  and  out 
of  the  holes  of  the  rocks. 

17  For  mine  eyes  are  upon  all  their 
ways:  they  are  not  hid  from  my  face, 
neither  is  their  iniquity  hid  from  mine 
eyes, 

18  And  first  I  will  recompense  their  in- 
iquity and  their  sin  double ;  because  they 
have  defiled  my  land,  they  have  filled 
mine  inheritance  with  the  carcasses  of 
their  detestable  and  abominable  things. 

19  O  Lord,  my  strength,  and  my  fort- 
ress, and  my  refuge  in  the  day  of  afflic- 
tion, the  Gentiles  shall  come  unto  thee 
from  the  ends  of  the  earth,  and  shall  say. 
Surely  our  fathers  have  inherited  lies, 
vanity,  and  thi^igs  wherein  tJiere  is  no 
profit. 

20  Shall  a  man  make  gods  unto  himself, 
and  they  are  no  gods  ? 

21  Therefore,  behold,  I  will  this  once 
cause  them  to  know,  I  will  cause  them  to 
know  mine  hand  and  my  might ;  and  they 
shall  know  that  my  name  is  The  Lord. 

CHAPTER  XVIL 

THE  sin  of  Judah  is-  written  with  a 
pen  of  iron,  and  with  the  point  of 
a  diamond :  it  is  graven  upon  the  table 
of  their  heart,  and  upon  the  horns  of  your 
altars ; 

2  Whilst  their  children  remember  their 
altars  and  their  groves  by  the  green  trees 
upon  the  high  hills. 

3  O  my  mountain  in  the  field,  I  will 
give  thy  substance  and  all  thy  treasures 
to  the  spoil,  and  thy  high  places  for 
sin,  throughout  all  thy  borders. 

4  And  thou,  even  thyself,  shalt  discon- 
tinue from  thine  heritage  that  I  gave 
thee;  and  I  will  cause  thee  to  serve  thine 
enemies  in  the  land  which  thou  know- 
est  not :  for  ye  have  kindled  a  fire  in  mine 
anger,  which  shall  burn  for  ever. 

5  If  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Cursed  be  the 
man   that  trusteth    in    man,   and   maketh 

697 


JEREMIAH. 


flesh  his  arm,  and  whose  heart  dei)arteth 
from  the  Lokd. 

6  For  he  shall  be  like  the  heath  in 
the  desert,  and  shall  not  see  when  <i:ood 
Cometh ;  but  shall  inhabit  the  parched 
places  in  the  wilderness,  m  a  salt  land  and 
not  inhabited. 

7  Blessed  is  the  man  that  trusteth  in 
the  Lord,  and  whose  hope  the  Lord  is. 

8  For  he  shall  be  as  a  tree  planted  by 
the  waters,  and  that  spreadeth  out  her 
roots  by  the  river,  and  shall  not  see 
when  heat  cometh,  but  her  leaf  shall  be 
^reen ;  and  shall  not  be  careful  in  the 
year  of  drought,  neither  shall  cease  from 
yielding  fruit. 

9  Ti  The  heart  is  deceitful  above  all  thhigs, 
and  desperately  wicked:  who  can  know 
it? 

10  I  the  Lord  search  the  heart,  I  try  the 
reins,  even  to  give  every  man  according 
to  his  ways,  and  according  to  the  fruit  of 
his  doings. 

11  J..S  the  partridge  sitteth  07i  ef/ga^  and 
hatcheth  them  not;  so  he  that  getteth 
riches,  and  not  by  right,  shall  leave  them 
in  the  midst  of  his  daj-s,  and  at  his  end 
shall  be  a  fool. 

12  •[[  A  glorious  high  throne  from  the 
beginning  is  the  place  of  our  sanctuary. 

13  O  Lord,  the  hope  of  Israel,  all  that 
forsake  thee  shall  be  ashamed,  a/id  they 
that  depart  from  me  shall  be  written  in 
the  earth,  because  they  have  forsaken  the 
Lord,  the  fountain  of  living  waters. 

14  Heal  me,  0  Lord,  and  I  shall  be 
healed ;  save  me,  and  I  shall  be  saved : 
for  thou  art  my  praise. 

15  ^  Behold,  they  say  unto  me.  Where 
is  the  word  of  the  Lord  ?  let  it  come 
now. 

16  As  for  me,  I  have  not  hastened  from 
being  a  ])astor  to  follow  thee:  neither  have 
I  desired  the  woful  day;  thou  knowest: 
that  which  came  out  of  my  lips  was  right 
before  thee. 

17  Be  not  a  terror  unto  me:  thou  art 
my  hope  in  the  day  of  evil. 

18  Let  them  be  confounded  that  per- 
secute me,  but  let  not  me  be  confounded : 
let  them  be  dismayed,  but  let  not  me  be 
dismayed:  bring  upon  them  the  day  of 
evil,  and  destroy  them  with  double  de- 
struction. 

19  1  Thus  said  the  Lord  unto  me ;   Go 


and  stand  in  the  gate  of  the  children  of 
the  i)eople,  whereby  the  kings  of  Judah 
come  in,  and  by  the  which  they  go  out, 
and  in  all  the  gates  of  Jerusalem  ; 

20  And  say  unto  them,  Hear  ye  the  word 
of  the  Lord,  ye  kings  of  Judah,  and  all 
Judah,  and  all  the  inhabitants  of  Jeru- 
salem, that  enter  in  by  these  gates  : 

21  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  Take  heed  to 
yourselves,  and  bear  no  burden  on  the  sab- 
bath day,  nor  bring  it  in  by  the  gates  of 
Jerusalem ; 

22  Neither  carry  forth  a  burden  out  of 
your  houses  on  the  sabbath  day,  neither 
do  ye  any  work,  but  hallow  ye  the  sabbath 
day,  as  I  commanded  your  fathers. 

23  But  they  obeyed  not,  neither  inclined 
their  ear,  but  made  their  neck  stifi',  that 
they  might  not  hear,  nor  receive  in- 
struction. 

24  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  ye 
diligently  hearken  unto  me,  saith  the 
Lord,  to  bring  in  no  burden  through  the 
gates  of  this  city  on  the  sabbath  day,  but 
hallow  the  sabbath  day,  to  do  no  work 
therein ; 

25  Then  shall  there  enter  into  the  gates 
of  this  city  kings  and  princes  sitting  upon 
the  throne  of  David,  riding  in  chariots  and 
on  horses,  they,  and  their  princes,  the  men 
of  Judah,  and  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem": 
and  this  city  shall  remain  for  ever. 

26  And  they  shall  come  from  the  cities 
of  Judah,  and  from  the  places  about  Je- 
rusalem, and  from  the  land  of  Benjamin, 
and  from  the  plain,  and  from  the  mount- 
ains, and  from  the  south,  bringing  burnt 
offerings,  and  sacritices,  and  meat  offer- 
ings, and  incense,  and  bringing  sacritiees 
of  praise,  unto  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

27  But  if  ye  will  not  hearken  unto  me 
to  hallow  the  sabbath  day,  and  not  to 
bear  a  burden,  even  entering  in  at  the 
gates  of  Jerusalem  on  the  sabbath  day ; 
then  will  I  kindle  a  Are  in  the  gates  there- 
of, and  it  shall  devour  the  palaces  of  Je- 
rusalem, and  it  shall  not  be  quenched. 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 

THE    word  which  came  to    Jeremiah 
from  the  Lord,  saying, 

2  Arise,  and  go  down  to  the  potter's 
house,  and  there  I  will  cause  thee  to  hear 
my  words. 

3  Then  I   went    down    to    the    potter's 


JEREMIAH. 


house,  and,  behold,  he  wrouj^ht  a  work  on 
the  wheels. 

4  And  the  vessel  that  he  made  of  clay  was 
marred  in  the  hand  of  the  potter :  so  he 
made  it  again  another  vessel,  as  seemed 
good  to  the  potter  to  make  it. 

5  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to 
me,  saying, 

6  O  house  of  Israel,  cannot  I  do  with 
you  as  this  potter?  saith  the  Lord.  Be- 
hold, as  the  clay  is  in  the  potter's  hand, 
so  are  ye  in  mine  hand,  O  house  of 
Israel. 

7  At  what  instant  I  shall  speak  concern- 
ing a  nation,  and  concerning  a  kingdom, 
to  pluck  up,  and  to  pull  down,  and  to  de- 
stroy it  ; 

8  If  that  nation,  against  whom  I  have  pro- 
nounced, turn  from  their  evil,  I  will  repent 
of  the  evil  that  I  thought  to  do  unto  them. 

9  And.  at  wJiat  instant  I  shall  speak  con- 
cerning a  nation,  and  concerning  a  king- 
dom, to  build  and  to  plant  it  ; 

10  If  it  do  evil  in  my  sight,  that  it  obey 
not  my  voice,  then  I  will  repent  of  the 
good,  wherewith  I  said  I  would  benefit 
them. 

11  If  Now  therefore  go  to,  speak  to  the 
men  of  Judah,  and  to  the  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem,  saying.  Thus  salth  the  Lord; 
Behold,  I  frame  evil  against  you,  and  de- 
vise a  device  against  you:  return  ye  now 
every  one  from  his  evil  way,  and  make 
your  waj'S  and  your  doings  good. 

12  And  they  said.  There  is  no  hope:  but 
we  will  walk  after  our  o^vn  devices,  and  we 
will  every  one  do  the  imagination  of  his 
evil  heart. 

13  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord;  Ask 
ye  now  among  the  heathen,  who  hath 
heard  such  things  :  the  virgin  of  Israel 
hath  done  a  very  horrible  thing. 

14  Will  a  man  leave  the  snow  of  Lebanon 
which conieth  from  the  rock  of  the  field?  or 
shall  the  cold  flowing  waters  that  come 
from  another  place  be  forsaken? 

15  Because  my  people  hath  forgotten  me, 
they  have  burned  incense  to  vanity,  and 
they  have  caused  them  to  stumble  in  their 
ways  from  the  ancient  paths,  to  walk  in 
paths,  iyt  a  way  not  cast  up  ; 

16  To  make  their  land  desolate,  and  a 
perpetual  hissing ;  every  one  that  passeth 
thereby  shall  be  astonished,  and  wag  his 
head. 


17  I  will  scatter  them  as  with  an  east 
wind  before  the  enemy ;  I  will  shew  them 
the  back,  and  not  the  face,  in  the  day  of 
their  calamity. 

18  1[  Then  said  they.  Come,  and  let  us 
devise  devices  against  Jeremiah;  for  the 
law  shall  not  perish  from  the  priest,  nor 
counsel  from  the  wise,  nor  the  word  from 
the  prophet.  Come,  and  let  us  smite  him 
with  the  tongiie,  and  let  us  not  give  heed 
to  an  J'  of  his  words. 

19  Give  heed  to  me,  O  Lord,  and  hearken 
to  the  voice  of  them  that  contend  with 
me. 

20  Shall  evil  be  recompensed  for  good? 
for  they  have  digged  a  pit  for  my  soul. 
Remember  that  I  stood  before  thee  to 
speak  good  for  them,  and  to  turn  away  thy 
wrath  from  them. 

21  Therefore  deliver  up  their  children  to 
the  famine,  and  pour  out  their  hlood  by 
the  force  of  the  sword;  and  let  their  wives 
be  bereaved  of  their  children,  and  he  wid- 
ows; and  let  their  men  be  put  to  death; 
let  their  young  men  he  slain  by  the  sword 
in  battle. 

22  Let  a  cry  be  heard  from  their  houses, 
Avhen  thou  shalt  bring  a  troop  suddenly 
upon  them  :  for  they  have  digged  a  pit  to 
take  me,  and  hid  snares  for  my  feet. 

23  Yet,  Lord,  thou  knowest  all  their 
counsel  against  me  to  slay  me  .•  forgive  not 
their  iniquity,  neither  blot  out  their  sin 
from  thy  sight,  but  let  them  be  overthrown 
before  thee;  deal  thus  with  them  in  the 
time  of  thine  anger. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

THUS  saith  the  Lord,  Go  and  get  a  pot- 
ter's earthen  bottle,  and  take  of  the 
ancients  of  the  people,  and  of  the  ancients 
of  the  priests; 

2  And  go  forth  unto  the  valley  of  the  son 
of  Hinnom,  which  is  by  the  entry  of  the 
east  gate,  and  proclaim  there  the  words 
that  I  shall  tell  thee: 

3  And  say.  Hear  ye  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
O  kings  of  Judah,  and  inhabitants  of  Jeru- 
salem ;  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel;  Behold,  I  will  bring  evil 
upon  this  place,  the  which  whosoever  hear- 
eth,  his  ears  shall  tingle. 

4  Because  they  have  forsaken  me,  and 
have  estranged  this  place,  and  have  burned 
incense  in  it  unto  other  gods,  whom  nei- 

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JEREMIAH. 


ther  they  nor  their  fathci-s  have  known, 
nor  the  kings  of  Judah,  and  have  tilled 
this  place  with  the  blood  of  innocents ; 

5  They  have  built  also  the  high  places  of 
Baal,  to  burn  their  sons  with  fire  for  burnt 
offerings  unto  Baal,  which  I  commanded 
not,  nor  spake  it^  neither  came  it  into  my 
mind : 

6  Therefore,  behold,  the  days  come,  saith 
the  Lord,  that  this  place  shall  no  more 
be  called  Tophet,  nor  The  valley  of  the  son 
of  Hinnom,  but  The  valley  of  slaughter. 

7  And  I  will  make  void  the  counsel  of 
Judah  and  Jerusalem  in  this  place ;  and  I 
will  cause  them  to  fall  by  the  sword  before 
their  enemies,  and  by  the  hands  of  them 
that  seek  their  lives:  and  their  carcasses 
will  I  give  to  be  meat  for  the  fowls  of 
the  heaven,  and  for  the  beasts  of  the 
earth. 

8  And  I  will  make  this  city  desolate,  and 
a  hissing;  everyone  that  i:>asseth  thereby 
shall  be  astonished  and  hiss,  because  of  all 
the  plagues  thereof. 

9  And  I  will  cause  them  to  eat  the  flesh 
of  their  sous  and  the  flesh  of  their  daugh- 
ters, and  they  shall  eat  every  one  the  flesh 
of  his  friend  in  the  siege  and  straitness, 
wherewith  their  enemies,  and  they  that 
seek  their  lives,  shall  straiten  them. 

10  Then  shalt  thou  break  the  bottle  in  the 
sight  of  the  men  that  go  with  thee, 

11  And  shalt  say  unto  them.  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  of  hosts ;  Even  so  will  I  break 
this  people  and  this  city,  as  one  breaketh  a 
potter's  vessel,  that  cannot  be  made  whole 
again  :  and  they  shall  bury  them  in  Tophet, 
till  there  he  no  place  to  bury. 

12  Thus  will  I  do  unto  this  place,  saith 
the  Lord,  and  to  the  inhabitants  thereof, 
and  even  make  this  city  as  Tophet : 

13  And  the  houses  of  Jerusalem,  and  the 
houses  of  the  kings  of  Judah,  shall  be  de- 
filed as  the  place  of  Tophet,  because  of  all 
the  houses  upon  whose  roofs  they  have 
burned  intense  unto  all  the  host  of  heaven, 
and  have  poured  out  drink  oflferings  unto 
other  gods. 

14  Then  came  Jeremiah  from  Tophet, 
whither  the  Lord  had  sent  him  to  proph- 
esy; and  he  stood  in  the  court  of  the 
Lord's  house,  and  said  to  all  the  people, 

15  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God 
of  Israel;  Behold,  I  will  bring  upon  this 
city  and  ujion  all  her  towns  all  the  evil 

700 


that  I  have  pronounced  against  it,  because 
they  have  hardened  their  necks,  that  they 
might  not  hear  my  words. 

CHAPTER  XX. 

NOW  Pashur  the  son  of  Iramer  the 
priest,  who  ?ra.s  also  chief  governor  in 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  heard  that  Jere- 
miah prophesied  these  things. 

2  Then  Pashur  smote  Jeremiah  the  proph- 
et, and  put  him  in  the  stocks  that  were  in 
the  high  gate  of  Benjamin,  which  was  by 
the  house  of  the  Lord. 

3  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow, 
that  Pashur  brought  forth  Jeremiah  out  of 
the  stocks.  Then  said  Jeremiah  unto  him, 
The  Lord  hath  not  called  thy  name  Pash- 
ur, but  Magor-missabib. 

4  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will 
make  thee  a  terror  to  thyself,  and  to  all 
thy  friends:  and  they  shall  fall  by  the 
sword  of  their  enemies,  and  thine  eyes 
shall  behold  it:  and  I  will  give  all  Judah 
into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and 
he  shall  carry  them  captive  into  Babylon, 
and  shall  slay  them  with  the  sword. 

5  Moreover  I  will  deliver  all  the  strength 
of  this  city,  and  all  the  labours  thereof,  and 
all  the  precious  things  thereof,  and  all  the 
treasures  of  the  kings  of  Judah  Avill  I  give 
into  the  hand  of  their  enemies,  which  shall 
spoil  them,  and  take  them,  and  carry  them 
to  Babylon. 

6  And  thou,  Pashur,  and  all  that  dwell  in 
thine  house,  shall  ^o  into  captivity :  and 
thou  shalt  come  to  Babylon,  and  there 
thou  shalt  die,  and  shalt  be  buried  there, 
thou,  and  all  thy  friends,  to  whom  thou 
hast  prophesied  lies. 

7  T[  O  Lord,  thou  hast  deceived  me,  and 
I  was  deceived :  thou  art  stronger  than  I, 
and  hast  prevailed :  I  am  in  derision  daily, 
every  one  mocketh  me. 

8  For  since  I  spake,  I  cried  out,  I  cried 
violence  and  spoil;  because  the  word  of 
the  Lord  Avas  made  a  reproach  unto  me, 
and  a  derision,  daily. 

9  Then  I  said,  I  will  not  make  mention 
of  him,  nor  speak  any  more  in  his  name. 
But  Mh  word  was  in  mine  heart  as  a  burn- 
ing fire  shut  up  in  my  bones,  and  I  was 
weary  with  forbearing,  and  I  could  not  atay. 

10  i  For  I  heard  the  defaming  of  many, 
fear  on  every  side.  Report,  say  t/tey,  and 
we  will  report  it.     All  my  familiars  watch- 


JEREMIAH. 


ed  for  my  halting,  mTjiiiy^  Peradveutiire  he 
will  be  enticed,  and  we  shall  prevail  against 
him,  and  we  shall  take  our  revenge  on  him. 

11  But  the  Lord  is  with  me  as  a  mighty 
terrible  one :  therefore  my  persecutors 
shall  stumble,  and  they  shall  not  prevail : 
they  shall  be  greatly  ashamed;  for  they 
shall  not  prosper  :  tlieir  everlasting  confu- 
sion shall  never  be  forgotten. 

12  But,  O  Lord  of  hosts,  that  triest  the 
righteous,  and  seest  the  reins  and  the 
heart,  let  me  see  thy  vengeance  on  them  : 
for  unto  thee  have  I  opened  my  cause. 

13  Sing  unto  the  Lord,  praise  ye  the 
Lord:  for  he  hath  delivered  the  soul  of 
the  p6or  from  the  hand  of  evil  doers. 

14  H  Cursed  he  the  day  wherein  I  was 
bom :  let  not  the  day  wherein  my  mother 
bare  me  be  blessed. 

15  Cursed  he  the  man  who  brought  tidings 
to  my  father,  saying,  A  man  child  is  bora 
unto  thee ;  making  him  very  glad. 

IG  And  let  that  man  be  as  the  cities 
which  the  Lord  overthrew,  and  repented 
not :  and  let  him  hear  the  cry  in  the  morn- 
ing, and  the  shouting  at  noontide ; 

17  Because  he  slew  me  not  from  the 
womb  ;  or  that  my  mother  might  have 
been  my  grave,  and  her  womb  to  he  always 
great  with  me. 

18  Wherefore  came  I  forth  owi  of  the 
womb  to  see  labour  and  sorrow,  that  my 
days  should  be  consumed  with  shame  ? 

CHAPTER  XXL 

THE  word  which  came  unto  Jeremiah 
from  the  Lord,  when  king  Zedekiah 
sent  unto  him  Pashur  the  son  of  Melchiah, 
and  Zephaniah  the  son  of  Maaseiah  the 
priest,  saying, 

2  Inquire,  I  pray  thee,  of  the  Lord  for 
us ;  for  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon 
maketh  war  against  us ;  if  so  be  that  the 
Lord  will  deal  with  us  according  to  all  his 
wondrous  works,  that  he  may  go  up  from 
us. 

3  1  Then  said  Jeremiah  unto  them.  Thus 
shall  ye  say  to  Zedekiah  : 

4  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel ;  Be- 
hold, I  will  turn  back  the  weapons  of  war 
that  are  in  your  hands,  wherewith  ye  fight 
against  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  against 
the  Chaldeans,  Avhich  besiege  you  without 
the  walls,  and  I  will  assemble  them  into 
the  midst  of  this  city. 


5  And  1  myself  will  fight  against  you  with 
an  outstretched  hand  and  with  a  strong 
arm,  even  in  anger,  and  in  fur}',  and  in 
great  wrath. 

6  And  I  will  smite  the  inhabitants  of  this 
city,  both  man  and  beast:  they  shall  die 
of  a  great  pestilence. 

7  And  afterward,  saith  the  Lord,  I  will 
deliver  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah,  and  his 
servants,  and  the  people,  and  such  as  are 
left  in  this  city  from  the  pestilence,  from 
the  sword,  and  from  the  famine,  into  the 
hand  of  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon, 
and  into  the  hand  of  their  enemies,  and 
into  the  hand  of  those  that  seek  their  life  : 
and  he  shall  smite  them  with  the  edge  of 
the  sword;  he  shall  not  spare  them,  nei- 
ther have  pity,  nor  have  mercy. 

8  1[  And  unto  this  people  thou  shalt  say. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Behold,  I  set  before 
you  the  way  of  life,  and  the  way  of  death. 

9  He  that  abideth  in  this  city  shall  die 
by  the  sword,  and  by  the  famine,  and  by 
the  pestilence  :  but  he  that  goeth  out,  and 
falleth  to  the  Chaldeans  that  besiege  j'ou, 
he  shall  live,  and  his  life  shall  be  unto  him 
for  a  prey, 

10  For  I  have  set  ray  face  against  this 
city  for  evil,  and  not  for  good,  saith  the 
Lord:  it  shall  be  given  into  the  hand  of 
the  king  of  Babylon,  and  he  shall  burn  it 
with  fire. 

11  H  And  touching  the  house  of  the  king 
of  Judah,  say,  Hear  ye  the  word  of  the 
Lord; 

12  O  house  of  David,  thus  saith  the  Lord  ; 
Execute  judgment  in  the  morning,  and 
deliver  Jiim  that  is  spoiled  out  of  the  hand 
of  the  oppressor,  lest  my  fury  go  out  like 
fire,  and  burn  that  none  can  quench  it, 
because  of  the  evil  of  jour  doings. 

13  Behold,  I  am  against  thee,  O  inhabi- 
tant of  the  valley,  and  rock  of  the  plain, 
saith  the  Lord;  which  say,  Who  shall 
come  down  against  us  ?  or  who  shall  enter 
into  our  habitations  ? 

14  But  I  will  punish  you  according  to 
the  fruit  of  your  doings,  saith  the  Lord  : 
and  I  will  kindle  a  fire  in  the  forest  thereof, 
and  it  shall  devour  all  things  round  about 
it. 

CHAPTER  XXIL 

THUS  saith   the   Lord;    Go   down  to 
the  house  of  the  king  of  Judah,  and 
speak  there  this  word, 
701 


JEREMIAH. 


2  And  say,  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
O  king  of  Juduh,  that  sittest  upon  the 
throne  of  David,  thou,  and  thy  servants, 
and  thy  people  that  enter  in  by  these 
gates : 

3  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Execute  ye  judg- 
ment and  righteousness,  and  deliver  the 
spoiled  out  of  the  hand  of  the  oppres- 
sor: and  do  no  wrong,  do  no  violence 
to  the  stranger,  the  fatherless,  nor  the 
widow,  neither  shed  innocent  blood  in 
this  place. 

•i  For  if  ye  do  this  thing  indeed,  then 
shall  there  enter  in  by  tlie  gates  of  this 
house  kings  sitting  upon  the  throne  of 
David,  riding  in  chariots  and  on  horses, 
he,  and  his  servants,  and  his  people. 

5  But  if  ye  will  not  hear  these  words,  I 
SAvear  by  myself,  saith  the  Lord,  that 
this  house  shall  become  a  desolation. 

6  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  unto  the 
king's  house  of  Judah;  Thou  art  Gilcad 
unto  me,  and  the  head  of  Lebanon  :  yet 
surely  I  will  make  thee  a  wilderness, 
and  cities  which  are  not  inhabited. 

7  And  I  will  prepare  destroj'ers  against 
thee,  every  one  with  his  weapons  :  and 
they  shall  cut  down  thy  choice  cedars, 
and  cast  them  into  the  fire. 

8  And  many  nations  shall  pass  by  this 
city,  and  they  shall  say  every  man  to  his 
neighbour,  Wherefore  hath  the  Lord  done 
thus  unto  this  great  city? 

9  Then  they  shall  answer.  Because  they 
have  forsaken  the  covenant  of  the  Lord 
their  God,  and  worshipped  other  gods, 
and  served  them. 

10  1  AVeep  ye  not  for  the  dead,  neither 
bemoan  him ;  hut  weep  sore  for  him  that 
goeth  awa}':  for  he  shall  return  no  more, 
nor  see  his  native  country. 

11  For  thus  saith  tbe  Lord  touching 
Shallum  the  son  of  Josiah  king  of  Ju- 
dah, which  reigned  instead  of  Josiah  his 
father,  which  went  forth  out  of  this 
place ;  He  shall  not  return  thither  any 
more : 

12  But  he  shall  die  iu  the  place  whither 
they  have  led  him  captive,  and  shall  see 
this  land  no  more. 

13  1  Woe  unto  him  that  buildeth  his 
house  by  unrighteousness,  and  his  cham- 
bers by  wrong;  that  useth  his  neighbour's 
service    without    wages,   and   giveth    him 

not  for  his  work; 

_ 


14  That  saith,  I  will  build  me  a  wide 
house  and  large  chambers,  and  cutteth 
him  out  windows;  and  it  is  ceiled  with 
cedar,  and  painted  with  vermilion. 

15  Shalt  thou  reign,  because  thou  closest 
thyself  in  cedar?  did  not  thy  father  eat 
and  drink,  and  do  judgment  and  justice, 
and  then  it  was  well  with  him  ? 

16  He  judged  the  cause  of  the  poor  and 
needy ;  then  it  was  Avell  with  him :  was  not 
this  to  know  me  ?  saith  the  Lord. 

17  But  thine  eyes  and  thine  heart  are 
not  but  for  thy  covetousness,  and  for  to 
shed  innocent  blood,  and  for  oppression, 
and  for  violence,  to  do  it. 

18  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  con- 
cerning Jehoiakim  the  son  of  Josiah  king 
of  Judah ;  They  shall  not  lament  for  him, 
saying,  Ah  my  brother !  or,  Ah  sister ! 
they  shall  not  lament  for  him,  saying,  Ah 
lord !  or.  Ah  his  glory ! 

19  He  shall  be  buried  Avith  the  burial  of 
an  ass,  drawn  and  cast  forth  beyond  the 
gates  of  Jerusalem. 

20  1  Go  up  to  Lebanon,  and  cry ;  and 
lift  up  thy  voice  in  Bashan,  and  ciy  from 
the  passages :  for  all  thy  lovers  are  de- 
stroyed. 

21  I  sjDake  unto  thee  in  thy  prosperity; 
bat  thou  saidst,  I  will  not  hear.  This 
hat7i  been  thy  manner  from  thy  youth, 
that  thou  obeyedst  not  my  voice. 

22  The  wind  shall  eat  up  all  thy  pas- 
tors, and  thy  lovers  shall  go  into  cap- 
tivity: surely  then  shalt  thou  be  ashamed 
and  confounded  for  all  thy  wickedness. 

23  O  inhabitant  of  Lebanon,  that  makest 
thy  nest  in  the  cedars,  how  gracious  shalt 
thou  be  when  pangs  come  u^ion  thee,  the 
pain  as  of  a  woman  in  travail ! 

24  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord,  though 
Coniah  the  sou  of  Jehoiakim  king  of 
Judah  were  the  signet  upon  my  right 
hand,  yet  would  I  pluck  thee  thence; 

25  And  I  will  give  thee  into  tbe  hand 
of  them  that  seek  thy  life,  and  into  the 
hand  of  them  whose  face  thou  fearest, 
even  into  the  hand  of  Nebuchadrezzar 
king  of  Babylon,  and  into  the  hand  of 
the  Chaldeans. 

26  And  I  will  cast  thee  out,  and  thy 
mother  that  bare  thee,  into  another  coun- 
Iry,  where  ye  were  not  born;  and  tliere 
shall  ye  die. 

27  But    to    the    land    whereunto    they 


JEREMIAH. 


desire  to  return,  thither  shall  they  not 
return. 

28  In  this  man  Coniah  a  despised  broken 
idol  ?  in  he  a  A'essel  wherein  is  no  pleas- 
ure? wherefore  are  they  cast  out,  he  and 
his  seed,  and  are  cast  into  a  land  which 
they  know  not? 

29  O  earth,  earth,  earth,  hear  the  word 
of  the  Lord. 

30  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Write  ye  this 
man  childless,  a  man  that  shall  not  prosper 
in  his  days  :  for  no  man  of  his  seed  shall 
prosper,  sitting  upon  the  throne  of  David, 
and  ruling  any  more  in  Judah. 

CHAPTER  XXIII. 

WOE  be  unto  the  pastors  that  destroy 
and    scatter  the  sheep  of  my  pas- 
ture!   saith  the  Lord. 

2  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of 
Israel  against  the  pastors  that  feed  my 
people;  Ye  have  scattered  my  flock,  and 
driven  them  away,  and  have  not  visited 
them :  behold,  I  will  visit  upon  you  the 
evil  of  your  doings,  saith  the  Lord. 

3  And  I  will  gather  the  remnaut  of  my 
flock  out  of  all  countries  whither  I  have 
driven  them,  and  will  bring  them  again  to 
their  folds ;  and  they  shall  be  fruitful  and 
increase. 

4  And  I  will  set  up  shepherds  over  them 
which  shall  feed  them  :  and  they  shall  fear 
no  more,  nor  be  dismayed,  neither  shall 
they  be  lacking,  saith  the  Lord. 

5  *[[  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the 
Lord,  that  I  will  raise  unto  David  a  right- 
eous Branch,  and  a  King  shall  reign  and 
prosper,  and  shall  execute  judgment  and 
justice  in  the  earth. 

6  In  his  days  Judah  shall  be  saved,  and 
Israel  shall  dwell  safely:  and  this  is  his 
name  whereby  he  shall  be  called,  THE 
LORD  OUR  RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

7  Therefore,  behold,  the  days  come,  saith 
the  Lord,  that  they  shall  no  more  saj'. 
The  Lord  liveth,  which  brought  up  the 
children  of  Israel  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt ; 

8  But,  The  Lord  liveth,  which  brought 
up  and  which  led  the  seed  of  the  house  of 
Israel  out  of  the  north  country,  and  from 
all  countries  whither  I  had  driven  them ; 
and  they  shall  dwell  in  their  own  land. 

9  1[  Mine  heart  within  me  is  broken 
because  of  the  prophets;  all  my  bones 
shake:  I  am  like  a  drunken  man,  and  like 


a  man  whom  wine  hath  overcome,  because 
of  the  Lord,  and  because  of  the  words  of 
his  holiness. 

10  For  the  land  is  full  of  adulterers ;  for 
because  of  swearing  the  land  mourncth; 
the  pleasant  places  of  the  wilderness  are 
dried  up,  and  their  course  is  evil,  and 
their  force  is  not  right. 

11  For  both  prophet  and  priest  are  pro- 
fane ;  yea,  in  my  house  have  I  found  their 
wickedness,  saith  the  Lord. 

12  Wherefore  their  wa}'^  shall  be  unto 
them  as  slippery  imys  in  the  darkness : 
they  shall  be  driven  on,  and  fall  therein : 
for  I  Avill  bring  evil  upon  them,  even  the 
year  of  their  visitation,  saith  the  Lord. 

13  And  I  have  seen  folly  in  the  prophets 
of  Samaria;  they  prophesied  in  Baal,  and 
caused  my  people  Israel  to  err. 

14  I  have  seen  also  in  the  prophets  of 
Jerusalem  a  horrible  thing:  they  commit 
adultery,  and  walk  in  lies:  they  strengthen 
also  the  hands  of  evil  doers,  that  none 
doth  return  from  his  wickedness :  they 
are  all  of  them  unto  me  as  Sodom,  and 
the  inhabitants  thereof  as  Gomorrah. 

15  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts  concerning  the  prophets ;  Behold, 
I  will  feed  them  with  wormwood,  and 
make  them  drink  the  water  of  gall :  for 
from  the  j^rophets  of  Jerusalem  is  profane- 
ness  gone  forth  into  all  the  land. 

16  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  Hearken 
not  unto  the  words  of  the  prophets  that 
prophesy  unto  you ;  they  make  j^ou  vain : 
they  speak  a  vision  of  their  own  heart, 
and  not  out  of  the  mouth  of  the  Lord. 

17  They  say  still  unto  them  that  de- 
spise me.  The  Lord  hath  said,  Ye  shall 
have  peace;  and  they  say  unto  every  one 
that  walketh  after  the  imagination  of  his 
own  heart.  No  evil  shall  come  upon  you. 

18  For  who  hath  stood  in  the  counsel  of 
the  Lord,  and  hath  perceived  and  heard 
his  word?  who  hath  marked  his  word,  and 
heard  it? 

19  Behold,  a  whirlwind  of  the  Lord  is 
gone  forth  in  fury,  even  a  grievous  whirl- 
wind :  it  shall  fall  grievously  upon  the 
head  of  the  wicked. 

20  The  anger  of  the  Lord  shall  not 
return,  until  he  have  executed,  and  till 
he  have  performed  the  thoughts  of  his 
heart :  in  the  latter  days  ye  shall  consider 
it  perfcctlj'. 

703 


JEREMIAH. 


21  I  have  not  sent  these  prophets,  yet 
they  ran:  I  have  not  spoken  to  them, 
yet  they  prophe&icd. 

22  But  if  they  had  stood  in  my  counsel, 
and  had  caused  my  people  to  hear  my 
words,  then  they  should  have  turned 
them  from  their  evil  way,  and  from  the 
evil  of  their  doings. 

23  Am  I  a  God  at  hand,  saith  the  Lord, 
and  not  a  God  afar  oflf? 

24  Can  any  hide  himself  in  secret  places 
that  I  shall  not  see  him?  saith  the  Lord. 
Do  not  I  fill  heaven  and  earth?  saith  the 
Lord. 

25  I  have  heard  what  the  prophets  said, 
that  prophesy  lies  in  my  name,  saying, 
I  have  dreamed,  I  have  dreamed. 

26  How  long  shall  t/ds  Ije  in  the  heart  of 
the  prophets  that  prophesy  lies  ?  yea,  tliey 
are  prophets  of  the  deceit  of  their  own 
heart ; 

27  Which  think  to  cause  my  people  to 
forget  my  name  by  their  dreams,  which 
they  tell  every  man  to  his  neighbour,  as 
their  fathers  have  forgotten  my  name  for 
Baal. 

28  The  prophet  that  hath  a  dream,  let 
him  tell  a  dream ;  and  he  that  hath  my 
word,  let  him  speak  mj'  word  faithfully. 
What  t.s  the  chaff  to  the  wheat?  saith  the 
Lord. 

29  7s  not  my  word  like  as  a  fire  ?  saith 
the  Lord  ;  and  like  a  hammer  that  break- 
eth  the  rock  in  pieces  ? 

30  Therefore,  behold,  I  am  against  the 
prophets,  saith  the  Lord,  that  steal  my 
words  every  one  from  his  neighbour. 

31  Behold,  I  am  against  the  prophets, 
saith  the  Lord,  that  use  their  tongues, 
and  say,  He  saith. 

32  Behold,  I  am  against  them  that  proph- 
esy false  dreams,  saith  the  Lord,  and  do 
tell  them,  and  cause  my  people  to  err  by 
their  lies,  and  by  their  lightness;  yet  I 
sent  them  not,  nor  commanded  them : 
therefore  they  shall  not  profit  this  people 
at  all,  saith  the  LoiiD. 

33  H  And  when  this  pco]-»le,  or  the 
prophet,  or  a  priest,  shall  ask  thee,  say- 
ing, What  is  the  burden  of  the  Lord? 
thou  Shalt  then  say  unto  them,  What  bur- 
den? I  will  even  forsake  you,  saith  the 
Lord. 

34  And  rt-s  for  the  projjhct,  and  the  priest, 
and  the  people,  that  shall    say.  The  bur- 

704 


den  of  the  Lord,  I  will  even  punish  that 

man  and  his  house. 

35  Thus  shall  ye  say  everj'  one  to  his 
neighbour,  and  every  one  to  his  brother. 
What  hath  the  Lord  answered  ?  and. 
What  hath  the  Lord  spoken  ? 

36  And  the  burden  of  the  Lord  shall  ye 
mention  no  more;  for  ever}-  man's  word 
shall  be  his  burden  :  for  ye  have  perverted 
the  words  of  the  living  God,  of  the  Lord 
of  hosts  our  God. 

37  Thus  Shalt  thou  say  to  the  prophet, 
What  hath  the  Lord  answered  thee?  and, 
What  hath  the  Lord  spoken  ? 

38  But  since  ye  say.  The  burden  of  the 
Lord  ;  therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Be- 
cause ye  say  this  word,  The  burden  of  the 
Lord,  and  I  have  sent  unto  you,  saying. 
Ye  shall  not  say.  The  burden  of  the 
Lord; 

39  Therefore,  behold,  1,  even  I,  will  utterly 
forget  you,  and  I  will  forsake  you,  and  the 
city  that  I  gave  you  and  your  fathers,  and 
cast  you  out  of  my  presence : 

40  And  I  will  bring  an  everlasting  re- 
proach upon  you,  and  a  perpetual  shame, 
which  shall  not  be  forgotten. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 

THE  Lord  shewed  me,  and,  behold,  two 
baskets  of  figs  v:ere  set  before  the  tem- 
ple of  the  Lord,  after  that  Nebuchadrezzar 
king  of  Babylon  had  carried  awaj'  captive 
Jeconiah  the  son  of  Jehoiakim  king  of  Ju- 
dah,  and  the  princes  of  Judah,  with  the 
carpenters  and  smiths,  from  Jerusalem, 
and  had  brought  them  to  Baljylon. 

2  One  basket  had  very  good  figs,  even 
like  the  figs  that  are  first  ripe:  and  the 
other  basket  had  very  naughty  figs,  which 
could  not  be  eaten,  they  were  so  bad. 

3  Then  said  the  Lord  unto  me.  What 
seest  thou,  Jeremiah?  And  I  said.  Figs; 
the  good  figs,  very  good;  and  the  evil, 
very  evil,  that  cannot  be  eaten,  they  are 
so  evil. 

4  ^  Again  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  me,  saying, 

5  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel; 
Like  these  good  figs,  so  will  I  acknowl- 
edge them  that  are  carried  away  captive  of 
Judah,  Avhom  I  have  sent  out  of  this  place 
into  the  laud  of  the  Chaldeans  for  tlieir 
good. 

6  For  I  will  set  mine  eyes  upon  them  for 


JEREMIAH. 


good,  and  I  will  bring  them  again  to  this 
laud:  and  I  will  build  them,  and  not  pull 
them  down;  and  I  will  plant  them,  and 
not  pluck  them  up. 

7  And  I  will  give  them  a  heart  to  know 
me,  that  I  am  the  Lord  ;  and  they  shall  be 
my  people,  and  I  will  be  their  God:  for 
they  shall  return  unto  me  with  their  whole 
hci^rt. 

8  ^  And  as  the  evil  figs,  which  cannot  be 
eaten,  they  are  so  evil;  surely  thus  saith 
the  Lord,  So  will  I  give  Zedekiah  the  king 
of  Judah,  and  his  princes,  and  the  residue 
of  Jerusalem,  that  remain  in  this  land,  and 
them  that  dwell  in  the  land  of  Egypt : 

9  Arid  I  will  deliver  them  to  be  removed 
into  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  for  their 
hurt,  to  he  a  reproach  and  a  proverb,  a 
taunt  and  a  curse,  in  all  places  whither  I 
shall  drive  them. 

10  And  I  will  send  the  swoi'd,  the  famine, 
and  the  pestilence,  among  them,  till  they 
be  consumed  from  off  the  land  that  I  gave 
unto  them  and  to  their  fathers. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 

THE  word  that  came  to  Jeremiah  con- 
cerning all  the  people  of  Judah,  iu  the 
fourth  year  of  Jehoiakim  the  son  of  Josiah 
king  of  Judah,  that  v:o.n  the  first  year  of 
Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon  ; 

2  The  which  Jeremiah  the  prophet  spake 
unto  all  the  people  of  Judah,  and  to  all 
the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  saying, 

3  From  the  thirteenth  year  of  Josiah  the 
son  of  Amon  king  of  Judah,  even  unto  this 
day,  that  u  the  three  and  twentieth  year, 
the  word  of  the  Lord  hath  come  unto  me, 
and  I  have  spoken  unto  you,  rising  early 
and  speaking  ;  but  ye  have  not  hearkened. 

4  And  the  Lord  hath  sent  unto  you  all 
his  servants  the  prophets,  rising  early  and 
sending  them ;  but  je  have  not  hearkened, 
nor  inclined  your  ear  to  hear. 

5  They  said.  Turn  j'e  again  now  every  one 
from  his  evil  way,  and  from  the  evil  of 
your  doings,  and  dwell  in  the  land  that 
the  Lord  hath  given  unto  you  and  to  your 
fathers  for  ever  and  ever: 

6  And  go  not  after  other  gods  to  serve 
them,  and  to  worshiji  them,  and  pro- 
voke me  not  to  anger  with  the  works  of 
your  hands ;  and  I  will  do  you  no 
hurt. 

7  Yet  ve  have  not  hearkened  i;nto  me, 


saith  the  Lord  ;  that  ye  might  provoke  me 
to  anger  Avith  the  works  of  your  hands  to 
your  own  hurt. 

8  1  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts;  Because  ye  have  not  heard  my 
words, 

9  Behold,  I  will  send  and  take  all  the  fam- 
ilies of  the  north,  saith  the  Lord,  and 
Nebuchadrezzar  the  king  of  Babylon,  my 
servant,  and  will  bring  them  against  this 
land,  and  against  the  inhabitants  thereof, 
and  against  all  these  nations  round  about, 
and  will  utterly  destroy  them,  and  make 
them  an  astonishment,  and  a  hissing,  and 
perpetual  desolations. 

10  Moreover  I  will  take  from  them  the 
voice  of  mirth,  and  the  voice  of  gladness, 
the  voice  of  the  bridegroom,  and  the  voice 
of  the  bride,  the  sound  of  the  millstones, 
and  the  light  of  the  candle. 

11  And  tills  whole  land  shall  be  a  desola- 
tion, and  an  astonishment;  and  these  na- 
tions shall  serve  the  king  of  Babylon  sev- 
enty years. 

12  l  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
seventy  years  are  accomplished,  that  I  will 
punish  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  that  na- 
tion, saith  the  Lord,  for  their  iniquity,  and 
the  land  of  the  Chaldeans,  and  will  make 
it  perpetual  desolations. 

13  And  I  will  bring  upon  that  land  all 
my  words  which  I  have  pronounced  against 
it,  €7jen  all  that  is  written  in  this  book, 
which  Jeremiah  hath  prophesied  against 
all  the  nations. 

14  For  nlany  nations  and  great  kings  shall 
serve  themselves  of  them  also  :  and  I  will 
recompense  them  according  to  their  deeds, 
and  according  to  the  works  of  their  own 
hands. 

15  H  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of 
Israel  unto  me  ;  Take  the  winecup  of  this 
fury  at  my  hand,  and  cause  all  the  nations, 
to  whom  I  send  thee,  to  drink  it. 

16  And  they  shall  drink,  and  be  moved, 
and  be  mad,  because  of  the  sword  that  I 
will  send  among  them. 

17  Then  took  I  the  cup  at  the  Lord's 
hand,  and  made  all  the  nations  to  drink, 
unto  whom  the  Lord  had  sent  me : 

18  To  wit,  Jerusalem,  and  the  cities  of 
Judah,  and  the  kings  thereof,  and  the 
princes  thereof,  to  make  them  a  desola- 
tion, an  astonishment,  a  hissing,  and  a 
curse ;  as  it  is  this  day ; 

705~ 


JEREMIAH. 


19  Pharaoh  kinj?  of  Egypt,  and  his  serv- 
ants, and  his  princes,  and  all  his  i)cople; 

20  And  all  the  mingled  people,  and  all 
the  kings  of  the  land  of  Uz,  and  all  the 
kings  of  the  land  of  the  Philistines,  and 
Ashkelon,  and  Azzah,  and  Ekrou,  and  the 
remnant  of  Ashdod, 

21  Edora,  and  Moab,  and  the  children  of 
Ammon, 

23  And  all  the  kings  of  Tyrus,  and  all  the 
kings  of  Zidon,  and  the  kings  of  the  isles 
which  are  beyond  the  sea, 

23  Dedan,  and  Tema,  and  Buz,  and  all  that 
are  in  the  utmost  corners, 

24  And  all  the  kings  of  Arabia,  and  all  the 
kings  of  the  mingled  people  that  dwell  in 
the  desert, 

25  And  all  the  kings  of  Zimri,  and  all  the 
kings  of  Elam,  and  all  the  kings  of  the 
Medes, 

26  And  all  the  kings  of  the  north,  far  and 
near,  one  with  another,  and  all  the  king- 
doms of  the  world,  which  are  upon  the 
lace  of  the  earth:  and  the  king  of  Sheshach 
shall  drink  after  them. 

27  Therefore  thou  shalt  say  unto  them, 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of 
Israel;  Drink  ye,  and  be  drunken,  and 
spew,  and  fall,  and  rise  no  more,  because 
of  the  sword  which  I  will  send  among 
you. 

28  And  it  shall  be,  if  they  refuse  to  take 
the  cup  at  thine  hand  to  drink,  then  shalt 
thou  say  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
of  hosts ;  Ye  shall  certainly  drink. 

29  For,  lo,  I  begin  to  bring  evil  on  the 
city  which  is  called  by  my  name,  and 
should  ye  be  utterly  unpunished  ?  Ye 
shall  not  be  unpunished:  for  I  will  call 
for  a  sword  upon  all  the  inhabitants  of 
the  earth,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

30  Therefore  prophesy  thou  against  them 
all  these  words,  and  say  unto  them.  The 
Lord  shall  roar  from  on  high,  and  utter 
his  voice  from  his  holy  habitation;  he  shall 
mightily  roar  upon  his  habitation;  he  shall 
give  a  shout,  as  they  that  tread  tJie  (jrapoi^ 
against  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth. 

31  A  noise  shall  come  cvai  to  the  ends 
of  the  earth;  for  the  Lord  hath  a  con- 
troversy with  the  nations:  he  will  ])lead 
Avith  all  flesh;  lie  will  give  them  that  are 
wicked  to  the  sword,  saith  the  Lord. 

33  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  Be- 
hold, evil  shall   go  forth  from  nation  to 

~706 


nation,   and   a    great    whirlwind    shall    be 
raised  up  from  the  coasts  of  the  earth. 

33  And  the  slain  of  the  Lord  shall  be 
at  that  day  from  one  end  of  the  earth 
even  unto  the  other  end  of  the  earth: 
they  shall  not  be  lamented,  neither  gath- 
ered, nor  buried ;  they  shall  be  dung  upon 
the  ground. 

34  H  Howl,  ye  shepherds,  and  cry ;  and 
wallow  yourselves  in  the  ashes,  ye  prin- 
cipal of  the  flock:  for  the  days  of  your 
slaughter  and  of  your  dispersions  are  ac- 
complished ;  and  ye  shall  fall  like  a  pleas- 
ant vessel. 

35  And  the  shepherds  shall  have  no  way 
to  flee,  nor  the  principal  of  the  flock  to 
escape. 

36  A  voice  of  the  cry  of  the  shepherds, 
and  a  howling  of  the  principal  of  the 
flock,  shall  be  heard:  for  the  Lord  hath 
spoiled  their  pasture. 

37  And  the  peaceable  habitations  are 
cut  down  because  of  the  fierce  anger  of 
the  Lord. 

38  He  hath  forsaken  his  covert,  as  the 
lion:  for  their  land  is  desolate  because 
of  the  fierceness  of  the  ojjpressor,  and 
because  of  his  fierce  anger. 

CHAPTEPv  XXVL 

IN  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  Jehoia- 
kim  the  son  of  Josiah  king  of  Judah 
came  this  word  from  the  Lord,  saying, 
3  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  Stand  in  the 
court  of  the  Lord's  house,  and  speak 
unto  all  the  cities  of  Judah,  which  come 
to  worship  in  the  Lord's  house,  all  the 
words  that  I  command  thee  to  speak 
unto  them;  diminish  not  a  word: 

3  If  so  be  they  will  hearken,  and  turn 
every  man  from  his  evil  way,  that  I  may 
repent  me  of  the  evil,  which  I  purpose 
to  do  unto  them  because  of  the  evil  of 
their  doings. 

4  And  thou  shalt  say  unto  them,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord;  If  ye  Avill  not  hearken 
to  me,  to  walk  in  my  law,  which  I  have 
set  before  you, 

5  To  hearken  to  the  words  of  my  serv- 
ants the  prophets,  whom  I  sent  unto 
you,  both  rising  up  early,  and  sending 
them,  but  ye  have  not  hearkened; 

6  Then  Avill  I  make  this  house  like  Shi- 
loh,  and  will  make  this  city  a  curse  to 
all  the  nations  of  the  earth. 


JEREMIAH. 


7  So  the  priests  Jind  the  prophets  and 
all  the  people  heard  Jeremiah  speaking 
these  words  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

8  U  Now  it  came  to  pass,  Avhen  Jeremiah 
had  made  an  end  of  speaking  all  that 
the  Lord  had  commanded  Mm  to  speak 
unto  all  the  people,  that  the  priests  and 
the  prophets  and  all  the  people  took 
him,  saying.  Thou  shalt  surely  die. 

9  Why  hast  thou  i>rophesied  in  the  name 
of  the  Lord,  saying.  This  house  shall  be 
like  Shiloh,  and  this  city  shall  be  deso- 
late without  an  inhabitant  ?  And  all  the 
people  were  gathered  against  Jeremiah  in 
the  house  of  the  Lord. 

10  TI  When  the  princes  of  Judah  heard 
these  things,  then  they  came  up  from 
the  king's  house  unto  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  sat  down  in  the  entry  of  the 
new  gate  of  the  Lord's  house. 

11  Then  spake  the  priests  and  the  proph- 
ets unto  the  princes  and  to  all  the  peo- 
ple, saying.  This  man  is  Avorthy  to  die ; 
for  he  hath  prophesied  against  this  city, 
as  ye  have  heard  with  your  ears. 

13  1  Then  spake  Jeremiah  unto  all  the 
princes  and  to  all  the  people,  saying. 
The  Lord  sent  me  to  prophesy  against 
this  house  and  against  this  city  all  the 
words  that  ye  have  heard. 

13  Therefore  now  amend  your  ways  and 
your  doings,  and  obey  the  voice  of  the 
Lord  your  God;  and  the  Lord  will  re- 
pejit  him  of  the  evil  that  he  hath  pro- 
nounced against  you. 

14  As  for  me,  behold,  I  am  in  your 
hand :  do  with  me  as  seemeth  good  and 
meet  unto  you. 

15  But  know  ye  for  certain,  that  if  ye  put 
me  to  death,  ye  shall  surely  bring  innocent 
blood  upon  yourselves,  and  upon  this  city, 
and  upon  the  inhabitants  thereof:  for  of 
a  truth  the  Lord  hath  sent  me  unto 
you  to  speak  all  these  words  in  your 
ears. 

16  TI  Then  said  the  princes  and  all  the 
people  unto  the  priests  and  to  the  proph- 
ets ;  This  man  is  not  w^orthy  to  die  :  for  he 
hath  spoken  to  us  in  the  name  of  the  Lord 
our  God. 

17  Then  rose  up  certain  of  the  elders  of 
the  land,  and  spake  to  all  the  assembly  of 
the  people,  saying, 

18  Micah  the  Morasthite  prophesied  in 
the  days  of  Hezekiah  king  of  Judah,  and 


spake  to  all  the  people  of  Judah,  saying. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  ;  Zion  shall 
be  ploughed  like  a  field,  and  Jerusalem 
shall  become  heapjs,  and  the  mountain 
of  the  house  as  the  high  places  of  a 
forest. 

19  Did  Hezekiah  king  of  Judah  and  all 
Judah  put  him  at  all  to  death?  did  he 
not  fear  the  Lord,  and  besought  the 
Lord,  and  the  Lord  repented  him  of  the 
evil  Avhich  he  had  pronounced  against 
them  ?  Thus  might  Ave  procure  great  evil 
against  our  souls. 

20  And  there  was  also  a  man  that  proph- 
esied in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  Urijah 
the  son  of  Shemaiah  of  Kirjath-jearim, 
who  prophesied  against  this  city  and 
against  this  land  according  to  all  the 
words  of  Jeremiah : 

21  And  when  Jehoiakim  the  king,  with 
all  his  mighty  men,  and  all  the  princes, 
beard  his  words,  the  king  sought  to  put 
him  to  death:  but  when  Urijah  heard  it, 
he  was  afraid,  and  fled,  and  went  into 
Egypt ; 

22  And  Jehoiakim  the  king  sent  men 
into  Egypt,  namely,  Elnathan  the  son  ot 
Achbor,  and  certai7i  men  with  him  into 
Egypt. 

23  And  they  fetched  forth  Urijah  out  of 
Egypt,  and  brought  him  unto  Jehoiakim 
the  king;  who  slew  him  with  the  sword, 
and  cast  his  dead  body  into  the  graves  of 
the  common  people. 

24  Nevertheless,  the  hand  of  Ahikam 
the  son  of  Shaphan  was  with  Jeremiah, 
that  they  should  not  give  him  into  the 
hand  of  the  people  to  put  him  to 
death. 

CHAPTER  XXVIL 

IN  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  Je- 
hoiakim the  son  of  Josiah  king  of  Ju- 
dah came  this  word  unto  Jeremiah  from 
the  Lord,  saying, 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  to  me;  Make  thee 
bonds  and  yokes,  and  put  them  upon  thy 
neck, 

3  And  send  them  to  the  king  of  Edom, 
and  to  the  king  of  Moab,  and  to  the  king 
of  the  Ammonites,  and  to  the  king  of 
Tyrus,  and  to  the  king  of  Zidon,  by  the 
hand  of  the  messengers  which  come  to 
Jerusalem  unto  Zedckiah  king  of  Judah ; 

4  And  command  them  to  say  unto  their 
masters,  Thus  saith  the  Lord   of  hosts, 

707 


JEREMIAH. 


the  God  of  Israel;    Thus  shall  ye  say  unto 
your  masters  ; 

5  I  have  made  the  earth,  the  man  and 
the  beast  that  are  upon  the  ground,  by  my 
great  power  and  by  my  outstretched  arm, 
and  have  given  it  unto  whom  it  seemed 
meet  unto  me. 

6  And  now  have  I  given  all  these  lands 
into  the  hand  of  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king 
of  Babylon,  my  servant ;  and  the  beasts  of 
the  field  have  I  given  him  also  to  serve 
him. 

7  And  all  nations  shall  serve  him,  and  his 
son,  and  his  son's  son,  until  the  very  time 
of  his  land  come:  and  then  many  nations 
and  great  kings  shall  serve  themselves  of 
him. 

8  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  the 
nation  and  kingdom  which  will  not  serve 
the  same  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king  of 
Babylon,  and  that  will  not  put  their  neck 
under  the  yoke  of  the  king  of  Babylon, 
that  nation  will  I  punish,  saith  the  Lord, 
with  the  SAvord,  and  with  the  famine,  and 
with  the  pestilence,  until  I  have  consumed 
them  by  his  hand. 

9  Therefore  hearken  not  ye  to  your 
prophets,  nor  to  your  diviners,  nor  to 
your  dreamers,  nor  to  your  enchanters, 
nor  to  your  sorcerers,  which  speak  unto 
you,  saying.  Ye  shall  not  serve  the  king 
of  Babylon: 

10  For  they  prophesy  a  lie  unto  you,  to 
remove  you  far  from  your  land ;  and  that 
I  should  drive  you  out,  and  ye  should 
perish. 

11  But  the  nations  that  bring  their  neck 
under  the  yoke  of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and 
serve  him,  those  will  I  let  remain  still  in 
their  own  land,  saith  the  Lord;  and  they 
shall  till  it,  and  dwell  therein. 

12  Tl  I  spake  also  to  Zedckiah  king  of 
Judah  according  to  all  these  words,  say- 
ing, Bring  your  necks  under  the  yoke  of 
the  king  of  Babylon,  and  serve  him  and 
his  people,  and  live. 

13  "Why  will  ye  die,  thou  and  thy  people, 
by  the  sword,  by  the  famine,  and  by  the 
pestilence,  as  the  Lord  hath  spoken 
against  the  nation  that  will  not  serve 
the  king  of  Babylon? 

14  Therefore  hearken  not  unto  the  words 
of  the  prophets  that  speak  unto  you,  say- 
ing, Ye  shall  not  serve  the  king  of  Bab- 
ylon: for  they  prophesy  a  lie  unto  you. 

708 


15  For  I  have  not  sent  them,  saith  the 
Lord,  yet  they  prophesy  a  He  in  my  name; 
that  I  might  drive  you  out,  and  that  ye 
might  perish,  ye,  and  the  prophets  that 
prophesy  unto  you. 

16  Also  I  spake  to  the  priests  and  to  all 
this  people,  saying.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ; 
Hearken  not  to  the  words  of  your  proph- 
ets that  prophesy  unto  you,  saying.  Be- 
hold, the  vessels  of  the  Lord's  house 
shall  now  shortly  be  brought  again  from 
Babylon :  for  they  prophesy  a  lie  unto  you. 

17  Hearken  not  unto  them;  serve  the 
king  of  Babylon,  and  live :  wherefore 
should  this  city  be  laid  waste? 

18  But  if  they  he  prophets,  and  if  the 
word  of  the  Lord  be  with  them,  let  them 
now  make  intercession  to  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  that  the  vessels  which  are  left  in 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  iii  the  house 
of  the  king  of  Judah,  and  at  Jerusalem, 
go  not  to  Babylon. 

19  H  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts 
concerning  the  pillars,  and  concerning  the 
sea,  and  concerning  the  bases,  and  con- 
cerning the  residue  of  the  vessels  that 
remain  in  this  city, 

20  Which  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Bab- 
ylon took  not,  when  he  carried  away  cap- 
tive Jeconiah  the  son  of  Jehoiakim  king 
of  Judah  from  Jerusalem  to  Babylon,  and 
all  the  nobles  of  Judah  and  Jerusalem  ; 

21  Yea,  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel,  concerning  the  vessels  that 
remain  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  in 
the  house  of  the  king  of  Judah  and  of  Je- 
rusalem ; 

22  They  shall  be  carried  to  Babylon,  and 
there  shall  they  be  until  the  day  that  I 
visit  them,  saith  the  Lord  ;  then  will  I 
bring  them  up,  and  restore  them  to  this 
place. 

CHAPTER   XXVIII. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  the  same  year, 
in  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  Zede- 
kiah  king  of  Judah,  in  the  fourth  year, 
ami  in  the  fifth  month,  that  Hananiah  the 
son  of  Azur  the  prophet,  which  was  of 
Gibeon,  spake  unto  me  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  in  the  presence  of  the  priests  and 
of  all  the  people,  saying, 

2  Thus  speaketh  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel,  saying,  I  have  broken  the 
yoke  of  the  king  of  Babylon. 

3  Within  two  full  years  will  I  bring  again 


JEREMIAH. 


into  this  place  all  the  vessels  of  the  Lord's 
house,  that  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Bab- 
ylon took  away  from  this  place,  and  carried 
them  to  Babylon : 

4  And  I  will  bring  again  to  this  place  Je- 
coniah  the  son  of  Jehoiakim  king  of  Ju- 
dah,  with  all  the  captives  of  Judah,  that 
went  into  Babylon,  saith  the  Lord:  for 
I  will  break  the  yoke  of  the  king  of  Bab- 
ylon. 

5  T[  Then  the  prophet  Jeremiah  said  unto 
the  prophet  Hananiah  in  the  presence  of 
the  priests,  and  in  the  presence  of  all  the 
people  that  stood  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord, 

6  Even  the  prophet  Jeremiah  said,  Amen  : 
the  Lord  do  so :  the  Lord  perform  thy 
words  which  thou  hast  prophesied,  to 
bring  again  the  vessels  of  the  Lord's 
house,  and  all  that  is  carried  away  cap- 
tive, from  Babylon  into  this  place. 

7  Nevertheless,  hear  thou  now  this  word 
that  I  speak  in  thine  ears,  and  in  the  ears 
of  all  the  people ; 

8  The  prophets  that  have  been  before 
me  and  before  thee  of  old  prophesied  both 
against  many  countries,  and  against  great 
kingdoms,  of  war,  and  of  evil,  and  of 
pestilence. 

9  The  prophet  which  prophesieth  of 
peace,  when  the  word  of  the  prophet 
shall  come  to  pass,  tJien  shall  the  prophet 
be  known,  that  the  Lord  hath  truly  sent 
him. 

10  TI  Then  Hananiah  the  prophet  took 
the  yoke  from  ofi"  the  projjhet  Jeremiah's 
neck,  and  brake  it. 

11  And  Hananiah  spake  in  the  presence 
of  all  the  people,  saying.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord;  Even  so  will  I  break  the  yoke  of 
Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Babylon  from 
the  neck  of  all  nations  within  the  space 
of  two  full  years.  And  the  prophet  Jere- 
miah went  his  way. 

13  1[  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  Jeremiah  the  prophet^  after  that  Han- 
aniah the  prophet  had  broken  the  yoke 
from  off  the  neck  of  the  prophet  Jeremiah, 
saying, 

13  Go  and  tell  Hananiah,  saying,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  ;  Thou  hast  broken  the 
yokes  of  wood ;  but  thou  shalt  make  for 
them  yokes  of  iron. 

14  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel ;   I  have  put  a  yoke  of  iron 


upon  the  neck  of  all  these  nations,  that 
they  may  serve  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of 
Babylon ;  and  they  shall  serve  him  :  and 
I  have  given  Mm  the  beasts  of  the  field 
also. 

15  H  Then  said  the  prophet  Jeremiah  unto 
Hananiah  the  prophet.  Hear  now,  Hana- 
niah ;  The  Lord  hath  not  sent  thee ;  but 
thou  makest  this  people  to  trust  in  a  lie. 

16  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord;  Behold, 
I  will  cast  thee  from  off  the  face  of  the 
earth:  this  year  thou  shalt  die,  because 
thou  hast  taught  rebellion  against  the 
Lord. 

17  So  Hananiah  the  prophet  died  the 
same  year  in  the  seventh  month. 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 

NOW  these  are  the  words  of  the  letter 
that  Jeremiah  the  prophet  sent  from 
Jerusalem  unto  the  residue  of  the  elders 
which  were  carried  away  captives,  and  to 
the  priests,  and  to  the  prophets,  and  to 
all  the  people  whom  Nebuchadnezzar  had 
carried  away  captive  from  Jerusalem  to 
Babylon ; 

2  (After  that  Jeconiah  the  king,  and  the 
queen,  and  the  eunuchs,  the  princes  of 
Judah  and  Jerusalem,  and  the  carpenters, 
and  the  smiths,  were  departed  from  Jeru- 
salem ;) 

3  By  the  hand  of  Elasah  the  son  of 
Shaphan,  and  Gemariah  the  son  of  Hilkiah, 
(whom  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah  sent  unto 
Babylon  to  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Bab- 
ylon) saying, 

4  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God 
of  Israel,  unto  all  that  are  carried  away 
captives,  whom  I  have  caused  to  be  carried 
away  from  Jerusalem  unto  Babylon  ; 

5  Build  ye  houses,  and  dwell  in  them; 
and  plant  gardens,  and  eat  the  fruit  of 
them; 

6  Take  ye  wives,  and  beget  sons  and 
daughters;  and  take  wives  for  your  sons, 
and  give  your  daughters  to  husbands, 
that  they  may  bear  sons  and  daughters ; 
that  ye  may  be  increased  there,  and  not 
diminished. 

7  And  seek  the  peace  of  the  city  whither 
I  have  caused  you  to  be  carried  away 
captives,  and  pray  unto  the  Lord  for  it : 
for  in  the  peace  thereof  shall  ye  have 
peace. 

8  IF  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 

709 


JEREMIAH. 


the  God  of  Israel ;  Let  not  your  prophets 
and  your  diviners,  that  be  in  the  midst  of 
you,  deceive  you,  neither  hearken  to  your 
dreams  which  ye  cause  to  be  dreamed. 

9  For  they  prophesy  falsely  unto  you  in 
my  name :  I  have  not  sent  them,  saith  the 
Loud. 

10  ^  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  That  after 
seventy  years  be  accomplished  at  Babylon 
I  will  visit  you,  and  perform  my  good 
word  toward  you,  in  causing  you  to  return 
to  this  place. 

11  For  I  know  the  thoughts  that  I  think 
toward  you,  saith  the  Lokd,  thoughts  of 
peace,  and  not  of  evil,  to  give  you  an 
expected  end. 

12  Then  shall  ye  call'  upon  me,  and  ye 
shall  go  and  pray  unto  me,  and  I  will 
hearken  unto  j'ou. 

13  And  ye  shall  seek  me,  and  find  we, 
when  ye  shall  search  for  me  with  all  your 
heart. 

14  And  I  will  be  found  of  you,  saith  the 
Lokd:  and  I  will  turn  away  your  captivity, 
and  I  will  gather  you  from  all  the  nations, 
and  from  all  the  places  whither  I  have 
driven  you,  saith  the  Lord;  and  I  will 
bring  you  again  into  the  place  whence  I 
caused  you  to  be  carried  away  captive. 

15  1  Because  ye  have  said,  The  Lord  hath 
raised  us  up  prophets  in  Babylon  ; 

16  Kyiow  that  thus  saith  the  Lord  of 
the  king  that  sitteth  upon  the  throne  of 
David,  and  of  all  the  people  that  dwelleth 
in  this  city,  and  of  your  brethren  that 
are  not  gone  forth  with  you  into  cap- 
tivity ; 

17  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  ;  Behold, 
I  will  send  upon  them  the  sword,  the  fam- 
ine, and  the  pestilence,  and  will  make 
them  like  vile  figs,  that  cannot  be  eaten, 
they  are  so  evil. 

18  And  I  will  persecute  them  with  the 
sword,  with  the  famine,  and  with  the  pesti- 
lence, and  will  deliver  them  to  be  removed 
to  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth,  to  be 
a  curse,  and  an  astonishment,  and  a  hiss- 
ing, and  a  reproach,  among  all  the  nations 
whither  I  have  driven  them  : 

19  Because  they  have  not  hearkened  to 
my  words,  saith  the  Loud,  which  I  sent 
unto  them  by  my  servants  the  prophets, 
rising  up  early  and  sending  them;  but  ye 
would  not  hear,  Sivith  the  Lord. 

20  H  Hear  ye  therefore  the  word   of  the 

'  710 


Lord,  all  ye  of  the  captivity,  whom  I  have 
sent  from  Jerusalem  to  Babylon : 

21  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of' hosts,  the  God 
of  Israel,  of  Ahab  the  son  of  Kolaiah,  and 
of  Zedekiah  the  son  of  Maaseiah,  which 
prophesy  a  lie  unto  you  in  my  name ; 
Behold,  I  will  deliver  them  into  the 
hand  of  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Baby- 
lon ;  and  he  shall  slay  them  before  your 
eyes ; 

22  And  of  them  shall  be  taken  up  a  curse 
by  all  the  captivity  of  Judah  which  are  in 
Babylon,  saying.  The  Lord  make  thee  like 
Zedekiah  and  like  Ahab,  whom  the  king 
of  Babylon  roasted  in  the  fire  ; 

23  Because  they  have  committed  villany 
in  Israel,  and  have  committed  adultery 
with  their  neighbours'  wives,  and  have 
spoken  lying  words  in  my  name,  which  I 
have  not  commanded  them  ;  even  I  know, 
and  am  a  witness,  saith  the  Lord. 

2-4  1i  ThuH  Shalt  thou  also  speak  to  Shem- 
aiah  the  Nehelamite,  saying, 

25  Thus  speaketh  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel,  saying,  Because  thou  hast 
sent  letters  in  thy  name  unto  all  the  peo- 
ple that  are  at  Jerusalem,  and  to  Zeph- 
aniah  the  son  of  Maaseiah  the  priest,  and 
to  all  the  priests,  saying, 

26  The  Lord  hath  made  thee  priest  in 
the  stead  of  Jehoiada  the  priest,  that  ye 
should  be  officers  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  for  every  man  that  is  mad,  and 
maketh  himself  a  prophet,  that  thou 
shouldest  put  him  in  prison,  and  in  the 
stocks. 

27  Now  therefore  why  hast  thou  not  re- 
proved Jeremiah  of  Anathoth,  which  mak- 
eth himself  a  prophet  to  you? 

28  For  therefore  he  sent  unto  us  in  Baby- 
lon, saying,  This  captivity  is  long :  build  ye 
houses,  and  dwell  in  them;  and  plant  gar- 
dens, and  eat  the  fruit  of  them. 

29  And  Zephaniah  the  priest  read  this 
letter  in  the  ears  of  Jeremiah  the  prophet. 

30  ^  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord 
unto  Jeremiah,  saying, 

31  Send  to  all  them  of  the  captivity, 
saying,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  concerning 
Shemaiah  the  Nehelamite;  Because  that 
Shcmaiah  hath  prophesied  unto  you,  and 
I  sent  him  not,  and  he  caused  you  to 
trust  in  a  lie: 

32  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Be- 
hold,  I  will  punish  Shemaiah  the  Nehe- 


JEREMIAH. 


lamite,  and  his  seed:  he  shall  not  have 
a  man  to  dwell  amon^  this  people ;  nei- 
ther shall  he  behold  the  good  that  I  will 
do  for  my  people,  saith  the  Lord  ;  be- 
cause he  hath  taught  rebellion  against  the 
Lord. 

CHAPTER  XXX. 

THE  word  that  came  to  Jeremiah  from 
the  Lord,  saying, 

2  Thus  speaketh  the  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
saying,  Write  thee  all  the  words  that  I 
have  spoken  unto  thee  in  a  book. 

3  For,  lo,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord, 
that  I  will  bring  again  the  captivity  of 
my  people  Israel  and  Judah,  saith  the 
Lord:'  and  I  will  cause  them  to  return 
to  the  land  that  I  gave  to  their  fathers, 
and  they  shall  possess  it. 

4  H  And  these  are  the  words  that  the 
Lord  spake  concerning  Israel  and  con- 
cerning Judah. 

5  For  thus  saith  the  Lord;  We  have 
heard  a  voice  of  trembling,  of  fear,  and 
not  of  peace. 

6  Ask  ye  now,  and  see  whether  a  man 
doth  travail  with  child?  wherefore  do  I 
see  every  man  with  his  hands  on  his 
loins,  as  a  woman  in  travail,  and  all  faces 
are  turned  into  paleness? 

7  Alas !  for  that  day  is  great,  so  that 
none  is  like  it:  it  is  even  the  time  of 
Jacob's  trouble ;  but  he  shall  be  saved  out 
of  it. 

8  For  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  that  I  will  break 
his  yoke  from  off  thy  neck,  and  will  burst 
thy  bonds,  and  strangers  shall  no  more 
serve  themselves  of  him : 

9  But  they  shall  serve  the  Lord  their 
God,  and  David  their  king,  whom  I  will 
raise  up  unto  them. 

10  1  Therefore  fear  thou  not,  O  my  serv- 
ant Jacob,  saith  the  Lord;  neither  be 
dismayed,  O  Israel :  for,  lo,  I  will  save 
thee  from  afar,  and  thy  seed  from  the 
land  of  their  captivity;  and  Jacob  shall 
return,  and  shall  be  in  rest,  and  be  quiet, 
and  none  shall  make  him  afraid. 

11  For  I  am  with  thee,  saith  the  Lord, 
to  save  thee:  though  I  make  a  full  end 
of  all  nations  whither  I  have  scattered 
thee,  yet  will  I  not  make  a  full  end  of 
thee;  but  I  will  correct  thee  in  measure, 
and  will  not  leave  thee  altogether  un- 
punished. 


12  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Thy  bruise 
is  incurable,  atid  thy  wound  is  grievous. 

13  There  is  none  to  plead  thy  cause,  that 
thou  mayest  be  bound  up :  thou  hast  no 
healing  medicines. 

14  All  thy  lovers  have  forgotten  thee; 
they  seek  thee  not;  for  I  have  wounded 
thee  with  the  wound  of  an  enemy,  with 
the  chastisement  of  a  cruel  one,  for  the 
multitude  of  thine  iniquity;  because  thy 
sins  were  increased. 

15  Why  criest  thou  for  thine  aflliction? 
thy  sorrow  is  incurable  for  the  multitude 
of  thine  iniquity:  because  thy  sins  were 
increased,  I  have  done  these  things  unto 
thee. 

16  Therefore  all  they  that  devour  thee 
shall  be  devoured ;  and  all  thine  adver- 
saries, every  one  of  them,  shall  go  into 
captivity;  and  they  that  spoil  thee  shall 
be  a  spoil,  and  all  that  prey  upon  thee 
will  I  give  for  a  prey. 

17  For  I  will  restore  health  unto  thee, 
and  I  will  heal  thee  of  thy  wounds,  saith 
the  Lord;  because  they  called  thee  an 
Outcast,  saying.  This  is  Zion,  whom  no 
man  seeketh  after. 

18  H  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  Behold,  I 
will  bring  again  the  captivity  of  Jacob's 
tents,  and  have  mercy  on  his  dwelling- 
places;  and  the  city  shall  be  builded 
upon  her  own  heap,  and  the  palace  shall 
remain  after  the  manner  thereof. 

19  And  out  of  them  shall  proceed  thanks- 
giving and  the  voice  of  them  that  make 
merry:  and  I  will  multiply  them,  and 
they  shall  not  be  few;  I  will  also  glorify 
them,  and  they  shall  not  be  small. 

20  Their  children  also  shall  be  as  afore- 
time, and  their  congregation  shall  be  es- 
tablished before  me,  and  I  will  punish  all 
that  oppress  them. 

21  And  their  nobles  shall  be  of  them- 
selves, and  their  governor  shall  proceed 
from  the  midst  of  them ;  and  I  will  cause 
him  to  draw  near,  and  he  shall  approach 
unto  me:  for  who  is  this  that  engaged  his 
heart  to  approach  unto  me?  saith  the  Lord. 

22  And  ye  shall  be  my  people,  and  I  will 
be  your  God. 

23  Behold,  the  whirlwind  of  the  Lord 
goeth  forth  with  fury,  a  continuing  whirl- 
wind :  it  shall  fall  with  pain  upon  the 
head  of  the  wicked, 

24  The  fierce  anger  of  the  Lord  shall  not 

~~7li 


JEREMIAH. 


return,  until  be  have  done  it,  and  until 
he  have  performed  the  intents  of  his  heart : 
in  the  latter  days  ye  shall  consider  it. 

CHAPTER  XXXI. 

AT  the  same  time,  saith  the  Lord,  will 
I  he  the  God   of  all  the  families   of 
Israel,  and  they  shall  be  my  people. 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  The  people  n'?iic?i 
■were  left  of  the  sword  found  grace  in  the 
wilderness ;  aieii  Israel,  when  I  went  to 
cause  him  to  rest. 

3  The  Loud  hath  appeared  of  old  unto 
me,  saT/ing,  Yea,  I  have  loved  thee  with  an 
everlasting  love:  therefore  with  loving- 
kindness  have  I  drawn  thee. 

4  Again  I  will  build  thee,  and  thou  shalt 
be  built,  O  virgin  of  Israel  :  thou  shalt 
again  be  adorned  with  thy  tabrets,  and 
shalt  go  forth  in  the  dances  of  them  that 
make  merry. 

5  Thou  shalt  yet  plant  vines  upon  the 
mountains  of  Samaria:  the  planters  shall 
plant,  and  shall  eat  them  as  common  things. 

6  For  there  shall  be  a  day,  that  the  watch- 
men upon  the  mount  Ephraim  shall  cry, 
Arise  ye,  and  let  us  go  up  to  Zion  unto 
the  Lord  our  God. 

7  For  thus  saith  the  Lord;  Sing  with 
gladness  for  Jacob,  and  shout  among  the 
chief  of  the  nations:  publish  ye,  praise 
ye,  and  say,'  O  Lord,  save  thy  people, 
the  remnant  of  Israel. 

8  Behold,  I  will  bring  them  from  the 
north  country,  and  gather  them  from  the 
coasts  of  the  earth,  axd  with  them  the 
blind  and  the  lame,  the  woman  with  child 
and  her  that  travaileth  with  child  togeth- 
er :  a  great  company  shall  return  thither. 

9  They  shall  come  with  weeping,  and 
with  supplications  will  I  lead  them  :  I  will 
cause  them  to  walk  by  the  rivers  of  waters 
in  a  straight  way,  wherein  they  shall  not 
stumble :  for  I  am  a  father  to  Israel,  and 
Ephraim  is  my  firstborn. 

10  1  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  O  ye 
nations,  and  declare  it  in  the  isles  afar 
off,  and  say.  He  that  scattered  Israel  will 
gather  him,  and  keep  him,  as  a  shepherd 
doth  his  flock. 

11  For  the  Lord  hath  redeemed  Jacob, 
and  ransomed  him  from  the  hand  of  him 
that  teas  stronger  than  he. 

13  Therefore  they  shall  come  and  sing 
in  the  height   of  Zion,  and  shnll  flow  tn- 

712 


gether  to  the  goodness  of  the  Lord,  for 
wheat,  and  for  wine,  and  for  oil,  and  for 
the  young  of  the  flock  and  of  the  herd: 
and  their  soul  shall  be  as  a  watered  gar- 
den ;  and  they  shall  not  sorrow  any  more 
at  all. 

13  Then  shall  the  virgin  rejoice  in  the 
dance,  both  young  men  and  old  together: 
for  I  Avill  turn  their  mourning  into  jo}',  and 
will  comfort  them,  and  make  them  re- 
joice from  their  sorrow. 

14r  And  I  Avill  satiate  the  soul  of  the 
priests  with  fatness,  and  my  people  shall 
be  satisfied  with  my  goodness,  saith  the 
Lord. 

15  TI  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  A  voice  was 
heard  in  Ramah,  lamentation,  and  bitter 
weeping ;  Rachel  weeping  for  her  chil- 
dren refused  to  be  comforted  for  her 
children,  because  they  were  not. 

16  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  Refrain  thy 
voice  from  weeping,  and  thine  eyes  from 
tears:  for  thy  work  shall  be  rewarded, 
saith  the  Lord  ;  and  they  shall  come  again 
from  the  land  of  the  enemy. 

17  And  there  is  hope  in  thine  end,  saith 
the  Lord,  that  thy  children  shall  come 
again  to  their  own  border. 

18  TI  I  have  surely  heard  Ephraim  be- 
moaning himself  thiis ;  Thou  hast  chas- 
tised me,  and  I  was  chastised,  as  a  bull- 
ock unaccustomed  to  the  yoke:  turn  thou 
me,  and  I  shall  be  turned;  for  thou  art 
the  Lord  my  God. 

19  Surely  after  that  I  was  turned,  I 
repented;  and  after  that  I  Avas  instructed, 
I  smote  upon  nty  thigh :  I  was  ashamed, 
yea,  even  confounded,  because  1  did  bear 
the  reproach  of  my  youth. 

20  7s  Ephraim  my  dear  son  ?  u  he  a  pleas- 
ant child?  for  since  I  spake  against  him,  I 
do  earnestly  remember  him  still:  therefore 
my  bowels  are  troubled  for  him;  I  will 
surely  have  mercy  upon  him,  saith  the 
Lord. 

21  Set  thee  up  waymarks,  make  thee  high 
heaps:  set  thine  heart  toward  the  highway, 
even  the  way  which  thou  wentest:  turn 
again,  O  virgin  of  Israel,  turn  again  to 
these  thy  cities. 

22  1[  How  long  wilt  thou  go  about,  O 
thou  backsliding  daughter?  for  the  Lord 
hath  created  a  new  thing  in  the  earth,  A 
woman  shall  compass  a  man. 

23  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God 


JEREMIAH. 


of  Israel ;  As  yet  the}'  shall  use  this  speech 
in  the  laud  of  Judah  and  in  the  cities  there- 
of, when  I  shall  bring  again  their  captivity: 
The  Loud  bless  thee,  O  habitation  of  jus- 
tice, and  mountain  of  holiness. 

24  And  there  shall  dwell  in  Judah  itself, 
and  in  all  the  cities  thereof  together,  hus- 
bandmen, and  they  that  go  forth  with 
flocks. 

25  For  I  have  satiated  the  weary  soul,  and 
I  have  replenished  every  sorrowful  soul. 

2G  Upon  this  I  awaked,  and  beheld;  and 
my  sleep  was-  sweet  unto  me. 

27  Ti  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the 
LoKD,  that  I  will  sow  the  house  of  Israel 
and  the  house  of  Judah  with  the  seed  of 
man,  and  with  the  seed  of  beast. 

28  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  tltat  like 
as  I  have  watched  over  them,  to  pluck  up, 
and  to  break  down,  and  to  throw  down, 
and  to  destroy,  and  to  afflict;  so  will  I 
watch  over  them,  to  build,  and  to  plant, 
saith  the  Lord. 

29  In  those  days  they  shall  say  no  more. 
The  fathers  have  eaten  a  sour  grape,  and 
the  children's  teeth  are  set  on  edge. 

30  But  every  one  shall  die  for  his  own 
iniquity:  every  man  that  eateth  the  sour 
grape,  his  teeth  shall  be  set  on  edge. 

31  II  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the 
Lord,  that  I  will  make  a  new  covenant 
with  the  house  of  Israel,  and  with  the 
house  of  Judah : 

33  Not  according  to  the  covenant  that  I 
made  with  their  fathers,  in  the  day  that 
I  took  them  by  the  hand  to  bring  them 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt ;  which  my  cov- 
enant they  brake,  although  I  was  a  hus- 
band unto  them,  saith  the  Lord: 

33  But  this  shall  he  the  covenant  that  I 
will  make  with  the  house  of  Israel ;  After 
those  days,  saith  the  Lord,  I  will  put  my 
law  in  their  inward  parts,  and  Avrite  it  in 
their  hearts;  and  will  be  their  God,  and 
they  shall  be  my  people. 

34  And  they  shall  teach  no  more  every 
man  his  neighbour,  and  every  man  his 
brother,  saying.  Know  the  Lord  :  for  they 
shall  all  know  me,  from  the  least  of  them 
unto  the  greatest  of  them,  saith  the 
Lord  :  for  I  will  forgive  their  iniquity, 
and  I  will  remember  their  sin  no 
more. 

35  H  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  which  giveth 
the  sun  for  a  light  by  day,  and  the  ordi- 


nances of  the  moon  and  of  the  stars  for  a 
light  by  night,  Avhich  divideth  the  sea 
when  the  waves  thereof  roar ;  The  Lord 
of  hosts  is  his  name : 

36  If  those  ordinances  depart  from  be- 
fore me,  saith  the  Lord,  then  the  seed  of 
Israel  also  shall  cease  from  being  a  nation 
before  me  for  ever. 

37  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  If  heaven  above 
can  be  measured,  and  the  foundations  of 
the  earth  searched  out  beneath,  I  will  also 
cast  off  all  the  seed  of  Israel  for  all  that 
they  have  done,  saith  the  Lord. 

38  1[  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the 
Lord,  that  the  city  shall  be  built  to  the 
Lord  from  the  tower  of  Ilananeel  unto 
the  gate  of  the  corner. 

39  And  the  measuring  line  shall  yet  go 
forth  over  against  it  upon  the  hill  Gareb, 
and  shall  compass  about  to  Goath. 

40  And  the  whole  valley  of  the  dead 
bodies,  and  of  the  ashes,  and  all  the  fields 
unto  the  brook  of  Kidron,  unto  the  corner 
of  the  horse  gate  toward  the  east,  shall  be 
holy  unto  the  Lord  ;  it  shall  not  be  pluck- 
ed up,  nor  thrown  down  any  more  for  ever. 

CHAPTER  XXXIL 

THE  Avord  that  came  to  Jeremiah  from 
the  Lord  in  the  tenth  year  of  Zedekiah 
king  of  Judah,  which  was  the  eighteenth 
year  of  Nebuchadrezzar. 

2  For  then  the  king  of  Babylon's  army 
besieged  Jerusalem:  and  Jeremiah  the 
prophet  was  shut  up  in  the  court  of  the 
prison,  which  was  in  the  king  of  Judah's 
house. 

3  For  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah  had  shut 
him  up,  saying.  Wherefore  dost  thou 
prophesy,  and  say,  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
Behold,  I  will  give  this  city  into  the  hand 
of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  he  shall  take  it ; 

4  And  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah  shall  not 
escape  out  of  the  hand  of  the  Chaldeans, 
but  shall  surely  be  delivered  into  the  hand 
of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  shall  speak 
with  him  mouth  to  mouth,  and  his  eyes 
shall  behold  his  eyes ; 

5  And  he  shall  lead  Zedekiah  to  Babylon, 
and  there  shall  he  be  until  I  visit  him, 
saith  the  Lord  :  though  ye  fight  with  the 
Chaldeans,  ye  shall  not  prosper? 

6  1[  And  Jeremiah  said.  The  word  of  the 
Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

7  Behold,  Hanameel  the  son  of  Shallum 

713" 


JEREMIAH. 


thine  uncle  shall  come  unto  thee,  saying, 
Buy  thee  my  field  that  is  in  Anathoth  :  for 
the  right  of  redemption  w  thine  to  buy  it. 

8  So  Hanameel  mine  uncle's  son  came 
to  me  in  the  court  of  the  prison  according 
to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  and  said  unto 
me.  Buy  my  field,  I  pray  thee,  that  is  in 
Anathoth,  which  is  in  the  country  of  Ben- 
jamin :  for  the  right  of  inheritance  is  thine, 
and  the  redemption  is  thine ;  buy  it  for 
thj'self.  Then  I  knew  that  this  was  the 
word  of  the  Lord. 

9  And  I  bought  the  field  of  Hanameel  my 
uncle's  son,  that  was  in  Anathoth,  and 
weighed  him  the  money,  even  seventeen 
shekels  of  silver. 

10  And  I  subscribed  the  evidence,  and 
sealed  it,  and  took  witnesses,  and  weighed 
hii/i  the  money  in  the  balances. 

11  So  I  took  the  evidence  of  the  purchase, 
both  that  which  was  sealed  accordi?ig  to  the 
law  and  custom,  and  that  which  was  open  : 

12  And  I  gave  the  evidence  of  the  pur- 
chase unto  Banich  the  son  of  Neriah,  the 
son  of  Miuxseiah,  in  the  sight  of  Hanameel 
mine  uncle's  son,  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  witnesses  that  subscribed  the  book  of 
the  purchase,  before  all  the  Jews  that  sat 
in  the  court  of  the  prison. 

13  TI  And  I  charged  Baruch  before  them, 
saying, 

14  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God 
of  Israel;  Take  these  evidences,  this  evi- 
dence of  the  purchase,  both  Avhich  is  seal- 
ed, and  this  evidence  which  is  open ;  and 
put  them  in  an  earthen  vessel,  that  they 
may  continue  many  days. 

15  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel ;  Houses  and  fields  and  vine- 
3'ards  shall  be  possessed  again  in  this  land. 

IG  Tf  Now  when  I  had  delivered  the  evi- 
dence of  the  purchase  unto  Baruch  the  son 
of  Neriah,  I  prayed  unto  the  Lord,  saying, 

17  Ah  Lord  God!  behold,  thou  hast  made 
the  heaven  and  the  earth  by  thy  great 
power  and  stretched  out  arm,  and  there 
is  nothing  too  hard  for  thee : 

18  Thou  shewest  lovingkindness  unto 
thousands,  and  recompensest  the  iniquity 
of  the  fathers  into  the  bosom  of  their  chil- 
dren after  them:  The  Great,  The  Mighty 
God,  The  Lord  of  hosts,  is  his  name; 

19  Great  in  counsel,  and  mighty  in  work: 
for  thine  eyes  are  open  upon  all  the  ways 
of  the  sons  of  men,  to  give  every  one  ac- 

714 


cording  to  his  ways,  and  according  to  the 
fruit  of  his  doings  : 

20  Which  hast  set  signs  and  wonders 
in  the  land  of  Egv'pt,  ei'en  unto  this  day, 
and  in  Israel,  and  among  other  men ;    and 

j  hast  made  thee  a  name,  as  at  this  day ; 

21  And  hast  brought  forth  thy  people  Is- 
]  rael  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  with  signs, 

and  with  wonders,  and  with  a  strong  hand, 
and  with  a  stretched  out  arm,  and  with 
j  great  terror; 

I  22  And  hast  given  them  this  land,  which 
:  thou  didst  swear  to  their  fathers  to  give 
them,  a  land  flowing  with  milk  and  honey ; 

23  And  they  came  in,  and  possessed  it; 
but  they  obeyed  not  thy  voice,  neither 
walked  in  thy  law;  they  have  done  noth- 
ing of  all  that  thou  commandedst  them  to 
do :  therefore  thou  hast  caused  all  this  evil 
to  come  upon  them. 

24  Behold  the  mounts,  they  are  come 
unto  the  city  to  take  it ;  and  the  city  is 
given  into  the  hand  of  the  Chaldeans  that 

i  fight  against  it,  because  of  the  sword,  and 
i  of  the  famine,  and  of  the  pestilence :    and 
!  what  thou  hast  spoken  is  come  to  pass ; 
and,  behold,  thou  seest  it. 

25  And  thou  hast  said  unto  me,  O  Lord 
God,  Buy  thee  the  field  for  money,  and 
take  witnesses ;  for  the  city  is  given  into 
the  hand  of  the  Chaldeans. 

26  TI  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord 
unto  Jeremiah,  saying, 

27  Behold,  I  am  the  Lord,  the  God  of 
all  flesh :  is  there  any  thing  too  hard  for 
me? 

28  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord;  Be- 
hold, I  will  give  this  city  into  the  hand 
of  the  Chaldeans,  and  into  the  hand  of 
Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon,  and  he 
shall  take  it : 

29  And  the  Chaldeans,  that  fight  against 
this  city,  shall  come  and  set  fire  on  this 
city,  and  burn  it  with  the  houses,  upon 
whose  roofs  they  have  offered  incense 
unto  Baal,  and  poured  out  drink  oflferings 
unto  other  gods,  to  provoke  me  to  anger. 

30  For  the  children  of  Israel  and  the 
children  of  Judah  have  only  done  evil  be- 
fore me  from  their  youth :  for  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  have  only  provoked  me  to 
anger  Avith  the  work  of  their  hands,  saith 
the  Lord. 

31  For  this  city  hath  been  to  me  as  a 
provocation  of  mine  anger  and  of  my  fury 


JERKMIAIT. 


from  tlif  (lay  Unit  they  built  it  fvon  unto 
this  diiy,  that  I  shouhl  niiiov.-  it  IVoui  be- 
fore luy  face ; 

:W  Beeause  of  all  the  evil  of  the  ehildren 
of  Israel  and  of  the  ehildren  of  Judah, 
which  they  have  done  to  juovoke  lui;  t«» 
aniicr,  they,  their  kini;s,  their  ju-inces,  their 
])!•il•^ts,  and  their  ])rophets,  and  the  men 
of  -hulali,  and  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusa- 
lem. 

;>:>  And  they  have  turned  unto  me  the 
back,  and  not  the  face:  thouiijh  I  tautcht 
them,  risin;^  up  early  and  teaching  tfuin^ 
yet  they  have  not  hearkened  to  receive 
instruction. 

34  liul  they  set  their  abominations  in  the 
house,  whith  is  called  by  my  name,  to  de- 
lile  it. 

:jr>  And  they  built  the  hi-;h  jilaccs  of 
Baal,  Avhich  are  in  the  valley  of  the  son 
of  Hinnoin,  to  cause  their  sons  and  their 
daughters  to  pa^s  throu;::U  Hie  Jlre  unto 
Molcch  ;  whicli  I  commanded  tiicm  not, 
neither  came  it  into  my  mind,  that  they 
should  do  this  abuiuination,  to  cause  Ju- 
dah to  sin. 

iH\  1[  And  now  therefore  thus  saith  the 
Lc)Ui>,  the  God  of  Israel,  concerninu:  this 
city,  whereof  ye  say,  It  shall  hi;  delivered 
into  the  haiul  of  the  kinj;"  of  Baljylon  by 
the  sword,  and  by  the  famine,  and  by  the 
pestilence  ; 
;57  Behold,  I  willKidher  them  out  of  all 
countries,  whither  I  have  driven  them  in 
mine  anj^er,  and  in  my  fury,  ami  in  f?reat 
wrath;  and  I  will  brinj^  them  aj^ain  unto 
this  place,  and  I  will  cause  them  to  dwell 
safely  : 
aS  And  they  shall  be  my  peoi)le,  and  I 
will  be  their  (!od  : 

.'J'J  And  I  will  fjive  them  one  heart,  and 
one  way,  that  they  may  fear  mi^  for  ever, 
for  the  good  of  tiicm,  and  of  their  chil- 
dren after  them  : 

40  And  I  will  make  an  cverlastlni;  cove- 
nant with  them,  that  I  will  not  turn  away 
from  them,  to  do  them  g(»od ;  but  I  will 
[>ut  my  fear  in  their  hearts,  that  tluy  shall 
not  depart  from  me. 

41  V'ea,  I  will  rejoice  over  them  to  do 
them  good,  and  I  will  plant  them  in  this 
land  assuredly  with  my  whole  heart  and 
with  my  whole  soul. 

42  For   thus  saith  the   Loud;    Like;  as  I 


have  brought  all  this  great  evil  upon  this  I  I  procure  unto  it. 


people,  so  will  I  bring  upon  them  all  the 
good  that  I  have  promise(l  them. 

4:{  And  lields  shall  be  bought  in  this 
land,  whereof  ye  say,  //  is  desolate  with- 
out majj  or  beast;  it  is  given  into  the 
hand  of  the  Chaldeans. 

41  Men  shall  l>uy  lields  for  money,  and 
subscribe  evidences,  and  seal  l/iem^  and 
take  witnesses  in  the  land  of  Benjamin, 
and  in  the  places  about  Jerusalem,  aiul 
in  th(!  cities  of  Judah,  and  in  the  cities 
of  the  mountains,  and  in  the  cities  of  the 
valley,  and  in  the  cities  of  the  south:  for 
I  will  cause  their  captivity  to  return,  saith 
the  Loiiix 

CHAPTI-:il  XXXIII. 

MOREOVKR  the  word  of  the  Loud 
cauie  unto  Jereuiiah  the  second  time, 
while  he  was  yet  shut  up  in  the  court  ot 
the  i)rison,  saying, 

2  Thus  saith  tlu;  Loud  the  maker  there- 
of, the  LoicD  that  formed  it,  to  establish 
it;  The  Loud  is  his  name  ; 

;>  Call  unto  me,  ami  I  will  answer  thee, 
and  shew  thee  great  and  nii;.;lity  things, 
which  thou  knowest  not. 

4  For  thus  saith  the  Loud,  the  God  of 
Israel,  concerning  the  houses  of  this  city, 
and  concerning  the  houses  of  the  kings 
of  Judah,  which  are  thrown  down  by  the 
mounts,  and  by  the  sword; 

5  They  come  to  tight  with  the  Chaldeans, 
but  i(  is  to  till  them  with  the  dead  bodies 
of  men,  whom  I  have  slain  in  mine  anger 
and  in  my  fury,  and  for  all  whose  wick- 
edness I  have  hid  my  face  from  this  city. 

0  Behold,  I  will  bring  it  health  and  cure, 
and  I  will  cure  them,  and  will  reveal 
unto  them  the  abundance  of  peaec  ami 
truth. 

7  And  1  will  cause  the  captivity  of  Ju- 
dah and  the  captivity  of  Israel  to  return, 
and  will  build  them,  as  at  the  first. 

H  And  I  will  cleanse  them  from  all  their 
iniquity,  wlu-reby  they  liave  sinned  against 
me;  and  I  will  i>ardon  all  their  iniipiities, 
whereby  they  have  sinned,  and  whereby 
Ihcy  have;  transgressed  against  me. 

y  II  And  it  shall  be  to  me  a  name  of 
joy,  a  praise  and  an  honour  before  all 
the  nations  of  the  earth,  which  shall  hear 
all  the  good  that  I  do  unto  theni :  and 
they  shall  fear  and  tremble  for  all  the 
goodness   and    for  all    the    prosi)«!rily  that 


Tia 


JEREMIAH. 


10  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Again  there 
shall  be  heard  in  this  place,  which  ye 
say  shall  he  desolate  without  man  and  with- 
out beast,  even  in  the  cities  of  Judah,  and 
in  the  streets  of  Jerusalem,  that  are  deso- 
late, without  man,  and  without  inhabit- 
ant, and  without  beast, 

11  The  voice  of  joy,  and  the  voice  of 
gladness,  the  voice  of  the  bridegroom,  and 
the  voice  of  the  bride,  the  voice  of  them 
that  shall  say,  Praise  the  Lord  of  hosts: 
for  the  Lord  is  good ;  for  his  mercy  en- 
dureth  for  ever:  ajid  of  them  that  shall 
bring  the  sacrifice  of  praise  into  the  house 
of  the  Lord.  For  I  will  cause  to  return 
the  captivity  of  the  land,  as  at  the  first, 
saith  the  Lord. 

12  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts ;  Again 
in  this  place,  which  is  desolate  without 
man  and  without  beast,  and  in  all  the 
cities  thereof,  shall  be  a  habitation  of  shep- 
herds causing  their  flocks  to  lie  down. 

13  In  the  cities  of  the  mountains,  in  the 
cities  of  the  vale,  and  in  the  cities  of  the 
south,  and  in  the  land  of  Benjamin,  and  in 
the  places  about  Jerusalem,  and  in  the 
cities  of  Judah,  shall  the  flocks  pass  again 
under  the  hands  of  him  that  telleth  them, 
saith  the  Lord. 

14  Behold,  the  days  come,  saitb  the  Lord, 
that  I  will  perform  that  good  thing  which 
I  have  promised  unto  the  house  of  Isi-ael 
and  to  the  house  of  Judah. 

15  T[  In  those  days,  and  at  that  time,  will 
I  cause  the  Branch  of  righteousness  to 
grow  up  unto  David;  and  he  shall  execute 
judgment  and  righteousness  in  the  land. 

16  In  those  days  shall  Judah  be  saved, 
and  Jerusalem  shall  dwell  safely:  and  this 
in  the  luime  wherewith  she  shall  be  called. 
The  Lord  our  Righteousness, 

17  H  For  thus  saith  the  Lord;  David 
shall  never  want  a  man  to  sit  upon  the 
throne  of  the  house  of  Israel ; 

18  Neither  shall  the  priests  the  Levites 
want  a  man  before  me  to  offer  burnt 
offerings,  and  to  kindle  meat  offerings,  and 
to  do  sacrifice  continually. 

19  1[  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  Jeremiah,  saying, 

20  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  If  ye  can  break 
my  covenant  of  the  day,  and  my  cove- 
nant of  the  night,  and  that  there  should 
not  be  day  and  night  in  their  season; 

21  Then  may  also  my  covciiaut  be  Itrokcn 


with  David  my  servant,  that  he  should 
not  have  a  son  to  reign  upon  his  throne ; 
and  with  the  Levites  the  priests,  my  min- 
isters. 

22  As  the  host  of  heaven  cannot  be 
numbered,  neither  the  sand  of  the  sea 
measured;  so  will  I  multiply  the  seed  of 
David  my  servant,  and  the  Levites  that 
minister  unto  me. 

23  Moreover  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
to  Jeremiah,  saying, 

24  Considerest  thou  not  what  this  peo- 
ple have  spoken,  saying,  The  two  fomilies 
which  the  Lord  hath  chosen,  he  hath  even 
cast  them  off?  thus  they  have  despised 
ray  people,  that  they  should  be  no  more 
a  nation  before  them. 

25  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  If  my  covenant 
he  not  with  day  and  night,  and  if  I  have 
not  appointed  the  ordinances  of  heaven 
and  earth ; 

26  Then  will  I  cast  away  the  seed  of  Ja- 
cob, and  David  my  servant,  so  that  I  will 
not  take  any  of  his  seed  to  he  rulers  over 
the  seed  of  Abraham,  Isaac,  and  Jacob : 
for  I  will  cause  their  captivity  to  return, 
and  have  mercy  on  them. 

CHAPTER  XXXIV. 

THE  word  which  came  unto  Jeremiah 
from  the  Lord,  when  Nebuchadnez- 
zar king  of  Babylon,  and  all  his  army,  and 
all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  of  his  do- 
minion, and  all  the  people,  fought  against 
Jerusalem,  and  against  all  the  cities  there- 
of, saying, 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel ; 
Go  and  speak  to  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah, 
and  tell  him.  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  Be- 
hold, I  will  give  this  city  into  the  hand  of 
the  king  of  Babylon,  and  he  shall  burn  it 
with  fire : 

3  And  thou  shalt  not  escape  out  of  his 
hand,  but  shalt  surely  be  taken,  and  de- 
livered into  his  hand ;  and  thine  eyes  shall 
behold  the  eyes  of  the  king  of  Babylon, 
and  he  shall  speak  with  thee  mouth  to 
mouth,  and  thou  shalt  go  to  Babylon. 

4  Yet  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  O 
Zedekiah  king  of  Judah;  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  of  thee,  Thou  shalt  not  die  by  the 
sword ; 

5  But  thou  shalt  die  in  peace:  and  with 
the  burnings  of  thy  fathers,  the  former 
kintrs   whitli   Avcre    l)efore    thee,   so    shall 


JEREMIAH, 


they  buru  odoura  lor  thee ;  and  they  will 
lament  thee,  sayh/g,  Ah  lord !  for  I  have 
pronounced  the  word,  saith  the  Lord. 

6  Then  Jeremiah  the  prophet  spake  all 
these  words  unto  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah 
in  Jerusalem, 

7  When  the  king  of  Babylon's  army 
fought  against  Jerusalem,  and  against  all 
the  cities  of  Judah  that  were  left,  against 
Lachish,  and  against  Azekah :  for  these 
defenced  cities  remained  of  the  cities  of 
Judah. 

8  II  This  is  the  word  that  came  unto 
Jeremiah  from  the  Lord,  after  that  the 
king  Zedekiah  had  made  a  covenant  with 
all  the  people  which  were  at  Jerusalem, 
to  proclaim  liberty  unto  them; 

9  That  every  man  should  let  his  man- 
servant, and  every  man  his  maidservant, 
bci)ig  a  Hebrew  or  a  Hebrewess,  go  free; 
that  none  should  serve  himself  of  them, 
to  ivity  of  a  Jew  his  brother. 

10  Now  when  all  the  princes,  and  all  the 
people,  which  had  entered  into  the  cov- 
enant, heard  that  every  one  should  let 
his  manservant,  and  every  one  his  maid- 
servant, go  free,  that  none  should  serve 
themselves  of  them  any  more;  then  they 
obeyed,  and  let  them  go. 

11  But  afterwards  they  turned,  and  caused 
the  servants  and  the  handmaids,  whom 
they  had  let  go  free,  to  return,  and  brought 
them  into  subjection  for  servants  and  for 
handmaids. 

13  If  Therefore  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  to  Jeremiah  from  the  Lord,  saying, 

13  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Is- 
rael ;  I  made  a  covenant  with  your  fathers 
in  the  day  that  I  brought  them  forth  out 
of  the  laud  of  Egypt,  out  of  the  house  of 
bondmen,  saying, 

14  At  the  end  of  seven  years  let  ye  go 
every  man  his  brother  a  Hebrew,  which 
hath  been  sold  unto  thee ;  and  when  he 
hath  served  thee  six  yeare,  thou  shalt  let 
him  go  free  from  thee :  but  your  fathers 
hearkened  not  unto  me,  neither  inclined 
their  ear. 

15  And  ye  were  now  turned,  and  had 
done  right  in  my  sight,  in  proclaiming 
liberty  every  man  to  his  neighbour;  and 
ye  had  made  a  covenant  before  me  in  the 
house  which  is  called  by  my  name : 

16  But  ye  turned  and  polluted  my  name, 
and   caused    every  man  his   servant,   and 


every  man  his  handmaid,  whom  he  had 
set  at  liberty  at  their  pleasure,  to  return, 
and  brought  them  into  subjection,  to  be 
unto  you  for  servants  and  for  hand- 
maids. 

17  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord;  Ye 
have  not  hearkened  unto  me,  in  proclaim- 
ing liberty,  every  one  to  his  brother, 
and  every  man  to  his  neighbour  :  behold, 
I  proclaim  a  liberty  for  you,  saith  the 
Lord,  to  the  sword,  to  the  pestilence, 
and  to  the  famine;  and  I  will  make  you  to 
be  removed  into  all  the  kingdoms  of  the 
earth. 

18  And  I  will  give  the  men  that  Lave 
transgressed  my  covenant,  which  have  not 
performed  the  words  of  the  covenant 
which  they  had  made  before  me,  when 
they  cut  the  calf  in  twain,  and  passed  be- 
tween the  parts  thereof, 

19  The  princes  of  Judah,  and  the  princes 
of  Jerusalem,  the  eunuchs,  and  the  priests, 
and  all  the  people  of  the  land,  which 
passed  between  the  parts  of  the  calf; 

20  I  will  even  give  them  into  the  hand 
of  their  enemies,  and  into  the  hand  of 
them  that  seek  their  life  :  and  their  dead 
bodies  shall  be  for  meat  unto  the  fowls  of 
the  heaven,  and  to  the  beasts  of  the  earth. 

21  And  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah  and  his 
princes  will  I  give  into  the  hand  of  their 
enemies,  and  into  the  hand  of  them  that 
seek  their  life,  and  into  the  hand  of  the 
king  of  Babylon's  army,  which  are  gone 
up  from  you. 

22  Behold,  I  will  command,  saith  the 
Lord,  and  cause  them  to  return  to  this 
city;  and  they  shall  tight  against  it,  and 
take  it,  and  burn  it  with  fire :  and  I  will 
make  the  cities  of  Judah  a  desolation 
without  an  inhabitant. 

CHAPTER   XXXV. 

THE  word  which  came  unto  Jeremiah 
from  the  Lord,  in  the  days  of  Jehoia- 
kim  the  son  of  Josiah  king  of  Judah,  say- 
ing, 

2  Go  unto  the  house  of  the  Rechabites, 
and  speak  unto  them,  and  bring  them  into 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  into  one  of  the 
chambers,  and  give  them  wine  to  drink. 

3  Then  I  took  Jaazaniah  the  son  of 
Jeremiah,  the  son  of  Habaziniah,  and  his 
brethren,  and  all  his  sons,  and  the  whole 
house  of  the  Rechabites; 


JEREMIAH. 


4  And  I  l)r()Uirlit  tlu'in  into  the  house  of 
the  LoKD,  into  the  cliaiul)er  of  the  eons 
of  Ilauan,  the  son  of  I<^(laliah,  a  man  of 
God,  which  wan  by  the  chamber  of  the 
princes,  which  was  above  the  chamber  of 
Maaseiah  the  son  of  Shallum,  the  keeper 
of  the  door: 

5  And  I  set  before  the  sons  of  the  house 
of  the  Rechabites  pots  full  of  wine,  and 
cui)s;  and  I  said  unto  them,  Drink  ye  wine. 

6  But  they  said,  We  will  drink  no  Avine: 
for  Jouadab  the  son  of  Rechab  our  father 
commanded  us,  sayinj^,  Ye  shall  drink  no 
wine,  neither  ye,  nor  your  sons  for  ever: 

7  Neither  shall  ye  build  house,  nor  sow 
seed,  nor  plant  vineyard,  nor  have  any: 
but  all  your  days  ye  shall  dwell  in  tents ; 
that  ye  may  live  many  days  in  the  land 
where  ye  be  strangers. 

8  Thus  have  we  obeyed  the  voice  of  Jon- 
adab  the  son  of  Rechab  our  father  in  all 
that  he  hath  charged  us,  to  drink  no  wine 
all  our  days,  we,  our  wives,  our  sons,  nor 
our  daughters ; 

9  Nor  to  build  houses  for  us  to  dwell 
in ;  neither  have  we  vineyard,  nor  field,  nor 
seed: 

10  But  we  have  dwelt  in  tents,  and  have 
obeyed,  and  done  according  to  all  that 
Jonadab  our  father  commanded  us. 

11  But  it  came  to  pass,  when  Nebuchad- 
rezzar king  of  Babylon  came  up  into  the 
land,  that  we  said,  Come,  and  let  us  go  to 
Jerusalem  for  fear  of  the  array  of  the  Chal- 
deans, and  for  fear  of  the  army  of  the 
Syrians  :  so  we  dwell  at  Jerusalem. 

12  H  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord 
unto  Jeremiah,  saying, 

13  Thus  saith  the  Loud  of  hosts,  the  God 
of  I.srael ;  Go  and  tell  the  men  of  Judah 
and  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  AVill  ye 
not  receive  instruction  to  hearken  to  my 
words?  saith  the  Loud. 

14  The  words  of  Jonadab  the  son  of  Rech- 
ab, that  he  commanded  his  sons  not  to 
drink  wine,  are  performed;  for  unto  this 
day  they  drink  none,  but  obey  their  fa- 
ther's commandment:  notwithstanding  I 
have  spoken  unto  you,  rising  early  and 
speaking;  but  ye  hearkened  not  unto  me. 

15  I  have  sent  also  unto  you  all  my  serv- 
ants the  projihets,  rising  up  early  and  send- 
ing Ihern^  raying.  Return  ye  now  every  man 
from  his  evil  way,  and  amend  your  doings, 
and  go  not  after  other  gods  to  serve  them, 

718 


and  ye  shall  dwell  in  the  land  which  I  have 
given  to  you  and  to  your  fathers:  but  ye 
have  not  inclined  your  ear,  nor  hearkened 
unto  me. 

16  Because  the  sons  of  Jonadab  the  son  of 
Rechab  have  performed  the  commandment 
of  their  father,  which  he  commanded 
them;  but  this  i)eople  hath  not  hearkened 
unto  me: 

17  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Loud  God  of 
hosts,  the  God  of  Lsracl ;  Behold,  I  will 
bring  upon  Judah  and  upon  all  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Jerusalem  all  the  evil  that  I  have 
pronounced  against  them  :  because  I  have 
spoken  unto  them,  but  they  have  not 
heard ;  and  I  have  called  unto  them,  but 
they  have  not  answered. 

18  1  And  Jeremiah  said  unto  the  house 
of  the  Rechabites,  Thus  saith  the  Lokd  of 
hosts,  the  God  of  Israel;  Because  ye  have 
obeyed  the  commandment  of  Jonadab  your 
father,  and  kept  all  his  precepts,  and  done 
according  unto  all  that  he  hath  command- 
ed 3'ou ; 

19  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Loud  of 
hosts,  the  God  of  Israel;  Jonadab  the  son 
of  Rechab  shall  not  want  a  man  to  stand 
before  me  for  ever. 

CHAPTER  XXXVL 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  fourth  year 
of  Jehoiakim  the  son  of  Josiah  king 
of  Judah,  that  this  word  came  unto  Jer- 
emiah from  the  Lord,  saying, 

3  Take  thee  a  roll  of  a  book,  and  write 
therein  all  the  words  that  I  have  spoken 
unto  thee  against  Israel,  and  against  Judah, 
and  against  all  the  nations,  from  the  day  I 
spake  unto  thee,  from  the  days  of  Josiah, 
even  unto  this  day. 

8  It  may  be  that  the  house  of  Judah  will 
hear  all  the  evil  which  I  purpose  to  do 
unto  them ;  that  they  may  return  every 
man  from  his  evil  way;  that  I  may  forgive 
their  iniquity  and  their  sin. 

4  Then  Jeremiah  called  Baruch  the  son 
of  Neriah :  and  Baruch  wrote  from  the 
mouth  of  Jeremiah  all  the  words  of  the 
Lord,  which  he  had  spoken  unto  him, 
upon  a  roll  of  a  book. 

5  And  Jeremiah  commanded  Baruch,  say- 
ing, I  am  shut  up;  I  cannot  go  into  the 
house  of  the  Loud  : 

f»  Therefore  go  thou,  and  read  in  the 
roll,   which  thou  hast  written  from    my 


JEREMIAH. 


mouth,  the  words  of  the  Lokd  in  the  ears 
of  the  people  in  the  Lokd's  house  upon 
the  fi\sting  day:  and  also  thou  shalt  read 
them  in  the  ears  of  all  Judah  that  come 
out  of  their  cities, 

7  It  may  be  they  will  present  their  suppli- 
cation before  the  Lord,  and  will  return 
every  one  from  his  eAil  way :  for  great  is 
the  anger  and  the  fury  that  the  Lord  hath 
pronounced  against  this  peoj^le. 

8  And  Baruch  the  son  of  Neriah  did  ac- 
cording to  all  that  Jeremiah  the  prophet 
commanded  him,  reading  in  the  book  the 
words  of  the  Lord  in  the  Lord's  house. 

9  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  fifth  year 


one  and  other,  and  said  unto  Baruch,  We 
will  surely  tell  the  king  of  all  these  words. 

17  And  they  asked  Baruch,  saying.  Tell 
us  now.  How  didst  thou  write  all  these 
W'ords  at  his  mouth? 

18  Then  Baruch  answered  them.  He  pro- 
nounced all  these  words  unto  me  with  his 
mouth,  and  I  wrote  them  with  ink  in  the 
book. 

19  Then  said  the  princes  unto  Baruch, 
Go,  hide  thee,  thou  and  Jeremiah;  and  let 
no  man  know  where  ye  be. 

20  Tl  And  they  went  in  to  the  king  into 
the  court,  but  they  laid  up  the  roll  in 
the  chamber  of  Elishama  the  scribe,  and 


of  Jelioiakim   the  son  of  Josiah   king  of  j  told  all  the  words  in  the  ears  of  the  king. 
Judah,  in  the  ninth  month,  that  they  pro-     21  So  the  king  sent  Jehudi  to  fetch  the 
claimed  a  fast  before  the  Lord  to  all  the]  roll;   and  he  took  it  out  of  Elishama  the 
people  in  Jerusalem,  and  to  all  the  people  j  scribe's  chamber.     And  Jehudi  read  it  in 


that  came  from  the  cities  of  Judah  unto 
Jerusalem. 

10  Then  read  Baruch  in  the  book  the 
words  of  Jeremiah  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  in  the  chamber  of  Gemariah  the 
son  of  Shaphan  the  scribe,  in  the  higher 
court,  at  the  entry  of  the  new  gate  of 
the  Lord's  house,  in  the  ears  of  all  the 
people. 

11  TI  When  Michaiali  the  son  of  Gemariah, 
the  son  of  Shaphan,  had  heard  out  of  the 
book  all  the  words  of  the  Lord, 

12  Then  he  went  down  into  the  king's 
house,  into  the  scribe's  chamber:  and,  lo, 
all  the  princes  sat  there,  even  Elishama 
the  scribe,  and  Delaiah  the  sonofShem- 
aiah,  and  Elnathan  the  son  of  Achbor,  and 
Gemariah  the  son  of  Shaphan,  and  Zede- 
kiah  the  son  of  Hauaniah,  and  all  the 
princes. 

13  Then  Michaiah  declared  unto  them  all 
the  words  that  he  had  heard,  when  Baruch 
read  the  book  in  the  ears  of  the  people. 

14  Therefore  all  the  princes  sent  Jehudi 
the  son  of  Nethaniah,  the  son  of  Shelemiah, 
the  son  of  Cushi,  unto  Baruch,  saying. 
Take  in  thine  hand  the  roll  wherein  thou 
hast  read  in  the  ears  of  the  people,  and 
come.  So  Baruch  the  son  of  Neriah 
took  the  roll  in  his  hand,  and  came  unto 
them. 

15  And  they  said  unto  him,  Sit  down 
now,  and  read  it  in  our  ears.  So  Baruch 
read  it  in  their  ears. 

16  Now  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  had 
heard  all  the  words,  they  were  afraid  both 


the  ears  of  the  king,  and  in  the  ears  of  all 
the  princes  which  stood  beside  the  king. 

22  Now  the  king  sat  in  the  winter  house 
in  the  ninth  month :  and  thej-e  ivas  a  fire  on 
the  hearth  burning  before  him. 

23  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  Jehudi 
had  read  three  or  four  leaves,  he  ci;t  it 
with  the  penknife,  and  cast  it  into  the  fire 
that  was  on  the  hearth,  until  all  the  roll 
was  consumed  in  the  tire  that  was  on  the 
hearth. 

24  Yet  they  were  not  afraid,  nor  rent  their 
garments,  neither  the  king,  nor  any  of  his 
servants  that  heard  all  these  words. 

25  Nevertheless  Elnathan  and  Delaiah  and 
Gemariah  had  made  intercession  to  the 
king  that  he  would  not  burn  the  roll ;  but 
he  would  not  hear  them. 

26  But  the  king  commanded  Jerahmeel 
the  son  of  Hammelech,  and  Seraiah  the 
son  of  Azriel,  and  Shelemiah  the  son  of 
Abdeel,  to  take  Baruch  the  scribe  and 
Jeremiah  the  prophet :  but  the  Lord  hid 
them. 

27  TI  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
to  Jeremiah,  after  that  the  king  had 
burned  the  roll,  and  the  words  which 
Baruch  wrote  at  the  mouth  of  Jeremiah, 
saying, 

28  Take  thee  again  another  roll,  and 
write  in  it  all  the  former  words  that 
were  in  the  first  roll,  which  Jehoiakim 
the  king  of  Judah  hath  burned. 

29  And  thou  shalt  say  to  Jehoiakim  king 
of  Judah,  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  Thou 
hast  burned   this   roll,   saying,   Why  hast 

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JEREMIAH. 


thou  written  thcrciu,  sa^'iug,  The  king 
of  Babylon  shall  certainly  come  and  de- 
stroy this  land,  and  shall  cause  to  cease 
from  thence  man  and  beast  ? 

30  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of 
Jehoiakim  king  of  Judah;  He  shall  have 
none  to  sit  upon  the  throne  of  David: 
and  his  dead  body  shall  be  cast  out  in  the 
day  to  the  heat,  and  in  the  night  to  the 
frost. 

31  And  I  will  punish  him  and  his  seed 
and  his  servants  for  their  iniquity;  and  I 
will  bring  upon  them,  and  upon  the  in- 
habitants of  Jerusalem,  and  upon  the  men 
of  Judah,  all  the  evil  that  I  have  pro- 
nounced against  them ;  but  they  hearkened 
not. 

32  T[  Then  took  Jeremiah  another  roll, 
and  gave  it  to  Baruch  the  scribe,  the  son 
of  Neriah ;  who  wrote  therein  from  the 
mouth  of  Jeremiah  all  the  words  of  the 
book  which  Jehoiakim  king  of  Judah  had 
burned  in  the  fire:  and  there  were  added 
besides  unto  them  many  like  words. 

CHAPTER  XXXVII. 

AND  king  Zedekiah  the  son  of  Josiah 
-  reigned  instead  of  Coniah  the  son  of 
Jehoiakim,  whom  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of 
Babylon  made  king  in  the  land  of  Judah. 

2  But  neither  he,  nor  his  servants,  nor 
the  people  of  the  land,  did  hearken  unto 
the  words  of  the  Loud,  which  he  spake 
by  the  prophet  Jeremiah. 

3  And  Zedekiah  the  king  sent  Jehucal 
the  son  of  Shelemiah  and  Zephaniah  the 
son  of  Maaseiah  the  priest  to  the  proph- 
et Jeremiah,  saying,  Pray  now  unto  the 
Lord  our  God  for  us. 

4  Now  Jeremiah  came  in  and  went  out 
among  the  people:  for  they  had  not  put 
him  into  prison. 

5  Then  Pharaoh's  army  was  come  forth 
out  of  Egypt:  and  when  the  Chaldeans 
that  besieged  Jerusalem  heard  tidings  of 
them,  tliey  departed  from  Jerusalem. 

6  H  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord 
unto  the  prophet  Jeremiah,  saying, 

7  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Is- 
rael; Thus  shall  ye  say  to  the  king  of 
Judah,  that  sent  you  unto  me  to  inquire 
of  me;  Behold,  Pharaoh's  army,  which  is 
come  forth  to  help  you,  shall  return  to 
Egypt  into  their  own  land. 

8  And  the  Chaldeans  shall  come  again, 

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and    light   against   this   city,   and   take   it, 
and  burn  it  with  fire. 

9  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  Deceive  not 
yourselves,  saying,  The  Chaldeans  shall 
surely  depart  from  us :  for  they  shall  not 
depart. 

10  For  though  ye  had  smitten  the  whole 
army  of  the  Chaldeans  that  fight  against 
you,  and  there  remained  hut  wounded 
men  among  them,  yet  should  they  rise 
up  every  man  in  his  tent,  and  burn  this 
city  with  fire. 

11  TI  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  the 
army  of  the  Chaldeans  was  broken  up 
from  Jerusalem  for  fear  of  Pharaoh's  army, 

12  Then  Jeremiah  went  forth  out  of  Jeru- 
salem to  go  into  the  land  of  Benjamin,  to 
separate  himself  thence  in  the  midst  of 
the  people. 

13  And  when  he  was  in  the  gate  of  Ben- 
jamin, a  caj)tain  of  the  ward  was  there, 
whose  name  was  Irijah,  the  son  of  She- 
lemiah, the  son  of  Hananiah;  and  he 
took  Jeremiah  the  prophet,  saying,  Thou 
fallest  away  to  the  Chaldeans. 

14  Then  said  Jeremiah,  It  is  false;  I  fall 
not  away  to  the  Chaldeans.  But  he  heark- 
ened not  to  him :  so  Irijah  took  Jeremiah, 
and  brought  him  to  the  princes. 

15  Wherefore  the  princes  were  wroth  with 
Jeremiah,  and  smote  him,  and  put  him  in 
prison  in  the  house  of  Jonathan  the  scribe; 
for  they  had  made  that  the  prison. 

16  Tl  When  Jeremiah  was  entered  into 
the  dungeon,  and  into  the  cabins,  and 
Jeremiah  had  remained  there  many  days ; 

17  Then  Zedekiah  the  king  sent,  and 
took  him  out ;  and  the  king  asked  him 
secretly  in  his  house,  and  said,  Is  there 
a)iy  word  from  the  Lord  ?  And  Jeremiah 
said,  There  is :  for,  said  he,  thou  shalt  be 
delivered  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of 
Babylon. 

18  Moreover  Jeremiah  said  unto  king 
Zedekiah,  What  have  I  oflfended  against 
thee,  or  against  thy  servants,  or  against 
this  people,  that  ye  have  put  me  in 
prison  ? 

19  Where  are  now  your  prophets  which 
prophesied  unto  you,  saying.  The  king 
of  Babylon  shall  not  come  against  you, 
nor  against  this  land  ? 

20  Therefore  hear  now,  I  pray  thee,  O 
my  lord  the  king:  let  my  supplication,  I 
pray  thee,  be  accepted  before  thee;  that 


JEREMIAH. 


thou  cause  me  not  to  return  to  the  house 
of  Jonathan  the  scribe,  lest  I  die  there. 
21  Then  Zedekiah  the  king  commanded 
that  they  should  commit  Jeremiah  into 
the  court  of  the  prison,  and  that  they 
should  give  him  daily  a  piece  of  bread 
out  of  the  bakers'  street,  until  all  the 
bread  in  the  city  were  spent.  Thus  Jere- 
miah remained  in  the  court  of  the  prison. 

CHAPTER  XXXVin. 

THEN  Shephatiah  the  son  of  Mattan, 
and  Gedaliah  the  son  of  Pashur,  and 
Jucal  the  son  of  Shelemiah,  and  Pashur 
the  son  of  Malchiah,  heard  the  words  that 
Jeremiah  had  spoken  unto  all  the  people, 
saying, 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  He  that  remain- 
eth  in  this  city  shall  die  by  the  sword,  by 
the  famine,  and  by  the  pestilence:  but 
he  that  goeth  forth  to  the  Chaldeans  shall 
live;  for  he  shall  have  his  life  for  a  prey, 
and  shall  live. 

3  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  This  city  shall 
surely  be  given  into  the  hand  of  the  king 
of  Babylon's  army,  which  shall  take  it. 

4  Therefore  the  princes  said  unto  the 
king.  We  beseech  thee,  let  this  man  be 
put  to  death :  for  thus  he  weaken eth  the 
hands  of  the  men  of  war  that  remain  in 
this  city,  and  the  hands  of  all  the  people, 
in  speaking  such  words  unto  them:  for 
this  man  seeketh  not  the  welfare  of  this 
people,  but  the  hurt. 

5  Then  Zedekiah  the  king  said,  Behold, 
he  is  in  your  hand:  for  the  king  is  not 
7ie  that  can  do  any  thing  against  you. 

6  Then  took  they  Jeremiah,  and  cast 
him  into  the  dungeon  of  Malchiah  the  son 
of  Hammelech,  that  was  in  the  court  of  the 
prison :  and  they  let  down  Jeremiah  with 
cords.  And  in  the  dungeon  there  was  no 
water,  but  mire :  so  Jeremiah  sunk  in  the 
mire. 

1  1  Now  when  Ebed-melech  the  Ethi- 
opian, one  of  the  eunuchs  which  was  in 
the  king's  house,  heard  that  they  had  put 
Jeremiah  in  the  dungeon;  the  king  then 
sitting  in  the  gate  of  Benjamin; 

8  Ebed-melech  went  forth  out  of  the 
king's  house,  and  spake  to  the  king,  say- 
ing, 

9  My  lord  the  king,  these  men  have  done 
evil  in  all  that  they  have  done  to  Jere- 
miah the  prophet,  whom   they  have  cast 

— 


into  the  dungeon;  and  he  is  like  to  die 
for  hunger  in  the  place  where  he  is :  for 
there  is  no  more  bread  in  the  city. 

10  Then  the  king  commanded  Ebed-me- 
lech the  Ethiopian,  saying.  Take  from 
hence  thirty  men  with  thee,  and  take  up 
Jeremiah  the  prophet  out  of  the  dun- 
geon, before  he  die. 

11  So  Ebed-melech  took  the  men  with 
him,  and  went  into  the  house  of  the  king 
under  the  treasury,  and  took  thence  old 
cast  clouts  and  old  rotten  rags,  and  let 
them  down  by  cords  into  the  dungeon 
to  Jeremiah. 

12  And  Ebed-melech  the  Ethiopian  said 
unto  Jeremiah,  Put  now  these  old  cast 
clouts  and  rotten  rags  under  thine  arm- 
holes  under  the  cords.  And  Jeremiah  did 
so. 

13  So  they  drew  up  Jeremiah  with  cords, 
and  took  him  up  out  of  the  dungeon: 
and  Jeremiah  remained  in  the  court  of 
the  prison. 

14  T[  Then  Zedekiah  the  king  sent,  and 
took  Jeremiah  the  prophet  unto  him  into 
the  third  entry  that  is  in  the  house  of 
the  Lord  :  and  the  king  said  unto  Jer- 
emiah, I  will  ask  thee  a  thing ;  hide 
nothing  from  me. 

15  Then  Jeremiah  said  unto  Zedekiah,  If 
I  declare  it  unto  thee,  wilt  thou  not  surely 
put  me  to  death  ?  and  if  1  give  thee  coun- 
sel, wilt  thou  not  hearken  unto  me  ? 

16  So  Zedekiah  the  king  sware  secretly 
unto  Jeremiah,  saying,  As  the  Lord  liveth, 
that  made  us  this  soul,  I  will  not  put  thee 
to  death,  neither  will  I  give  thee  into  the 
hand  of  these  men  that  seek  thy  life. 

17  Then  said  Jeremiah  unto  Zedekiah, 
Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  hosts, 
the  God  of  Israel;  If  thou  wilt  assuredly 
go  forth  unto  the  king  of  Babylon's 
princes,  then  thy  soul  shall  live,  and  this 
city  shall  not  be  burned  with  fire;  and 
thou  Shalt  live,  and  thine  house : 

18  But  if  thou  wilt  not  go  forth  to  the 
king  of  Babylon's  princes,  then  shall  this 
city  be  given  into  the  hand  of  the  Chal- 
deans, and  they  shall  burn  it  with  fire, 
and  thou  shalt  not  escape  out  of  their 
hand. 

19  And  Zedekiah  the  king  said  unto  Jer- 
emiah, I  am  afraid  of  the  Jews  that  are 
fallen  to  the  Chaldeans,  lest  they  deliver 
me  into  their  hand,  and  they  mock  me. 

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JEREMIAH. 


20  But  Jeremiah  said,  They  shall  not 
deliver  thcc.  Obey,  I  beseech  thee,  the 
voice  of  the  Lord,  which  I  speak  uuto 
thee :  so  it  shall  be  well  unto  thee,  and  thy 
soul  shall  live. 

21  But  if  thou  refuse  to  go  forth,  this 
is  the  word  that  the  Lord  hath  shewed 


22  And,  behold,  all  the  women  that  are 
left  in  the  king  of  Judah's  house  shall 
be  brought  forth  to  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon's princes,  and  those  women  shall  say, 
Thy  friends  have  set  thee  on,  and  have 
prevailed  against  thee:  thy  feet  are  sunk 
in  the  mii*e,  and  they  are  turned  away 
back. 

23  So  they  shall  bring  out  all  thy  wives 
and  thy  children  to  the  Chaldeans  :  and 
thou  Shalt  not  escaj)e  out  of  their  hand, 
but  Shalt  be  taken  by  the  hand  of  the 
king  of  Babylon :  and  thou  shalt  cause 
this  city  to  be  burned  with  lire. 

24  TI  Then  said  Zedekiah  unto  Jeremiah, 
Let  no  man  know  of  these  words,  and 
thou  Shalt  not  die. 

25  But  if  the  princes  hear  that  I  have 
talked  with  thee,  and  they  come  unto  thee, 

i  and  say  unto  thee.  Declare  unto  us  now 
what  thou  hast  said  unto  the  king,  hide 
it  not  from  us,  and  we  will  not  put  thee 
to  death;  also  what  the  king  said  unto 
thee: 

26  Then  thou  shalt  say  unto  them,  I 
presented  my  supplication  before  the  king, 
that  he  would  not  cause  me  to  return  to 
Jonathan's  house,  to  die  there. 

27  Then  came  all  the  princes  unto  Jer- 
emiah, and  asked  him:  and  he  told  them 
according  to  all  these  words  that  the 
king  had  commanded.  So  they  left  ofl" 
si)eaking  with  him ;  for  the  matter  was 
not  perceived. 

28  So  Jeremiah  abode  in  the  court  of  the 
prison  until  the  day  that  Jerusalem  was 
taken :  and  he  was  there  when  Jerusalem 
was  taken. 

CHAPTER  XXXIX. 

IN  the  ninth  year  of  Zedekiah  king  of 
Judah,  in  the  tenth  month,  came 
Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon  and  all 
his  army  against  Jerusalem^  and  they  be- 
sieged it. 

2  And  in  the  eleventh  year  of  Zedekiah, 
in  the  fourth  month,  the  ninth  day  of  the 


month,  the  city  was  broken  up. 

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3  And  all  the  princes  of  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon came  in,  and  sat  in  the  middle  gate, 
even  Nergal-sharezer,  Samgar-nebo,  Sai*- 
sechim,  Rab-saris,  Nergal-sharezer,  Rab- 
mag,  with  all  the  residue  of  the  princes  of 
the  king  of  Babylon. 

4  H  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  Zede- 
kiah the  king  of  Judah  saw  them,  and  all 
the  men  of  war,  then  they  fled,  and  went 
forth  out  of  the  city  by  night,  by  the  way 
of  the  king's  garden,  by  the  gate  betwixt 
the  two  Avails :  and  he  went  out  the  way  of 
the  plain. 

5  But  the  Chaldeans'  army  pursued  after 
them,  and  overtook  Zedekiah  in  the  plains 
of  Jericho:  and  when  they  had  taken  him, 
they  brought  him  up  to  Nebuchadnezzar 
king  of  Babylon  to  Riblah  in  the  land  of 
Hamath,  where  he  gave  judgment  upon 
him. 

6  Then  the  king  of  Babylon  slew  the  sons 
of  Zedekiah  in  Riblah  before  his  eyes  :  also 
the  king  of  Babylon  slew  all  the  nobles  of 
Judah. 

7  Moreover  he  put  out  Zedekiah's  eyes, 
and  bound  him  with  chains,  to  carry  him 
to  Babylon. 

8  H  And  the  Chaldeans  burned  the  king's 
house,  and  the  houses  of  the  people,  with 
fire,  and  brake  down  the  walls  of  Jerusa- 
lem. 

9  Then  Nebuzar-adan  the  captain  of  the 
guard  carried  away  captive  into  Babylon 
the  remnant  of  the  jieople  that  remained 
in  the  city,  and  those  that  fell  away,  that 
fell  to  him,  with  the  rest  of  the  people  that 
remained. 

10  But  NebTxzar-adan  the  captain  of  the 
guard  left  of  the  poor  of  the  people,  which 
had  nothing,  in  the  land  of  Judah,  and 
gave  them  vineyards  and  fields  at  the  same 
time. 

11  T[  Now  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Baby- 
lon gave  charge  concerning  Jeremiah  to 
Nebuzar-adan  the  captain  of  the  guard, 
saying, 

12  Take  him,  and  look  well  to  him,  and 
do  him  no  harm  ;  but  do  unto  him  even 
as  he  shall  say  unto  thee. 

13  So  Nebuzar-adan  the  captain  of  the 
guard  sent,  and  Nebushasban,  Rab-saris, 
and  Nergal-sharezer,  Rab-mag,  and  all  the 
king  of  Babylon's  i)rinces  ; 

I    14  Even  they  sent,   and    took  Jeremiah 
I  out  of  the  court  of  the  prison,  and  commit- 


JEREMIAH. 


ted  him  unto  Gedaliah  the  son  of  Ahikam 
the  son  of  Shaphan,  that  he  should  carry 
him  home :  so  he  dwelt  among  the  people. 

15  Tf  Now  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  Jeremiah,  while  he  was  shut  up  in 
the  court  of  the  prison,  sayini^, 

16  Go  and  speak  to  Ebed-melech  the 
Ethiopian,  saying,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  the  God  of  Israel;  Behold,  I  will 
bring  my  words  upon  this  city  for  evil,  and 
not  for  good;  and  they  shall  be  accontpUsh- 
ed  in  that  day  before  thee. 

17  But  I  will  deliver  thee  in  that  day, 
saith  the  Lord;  and  thou  shalt  not  be 
given  into  the  hand  of  the  men  of  whom 
thou  art  afraid. 

18  For  I  will  surely  deliver  thee,  and  thou 
shalt  not  fall  by  the  sword,  but  thy  life 
shall  be  for  a  prey  unto  thee;  because  thou 
hast  put  thy  trust  in  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  XL. 

THE  word  which  came  to  Jeremiah  from 
the  Lord,  after  that  Nebuzar-adan  the 
captain  of  the  guard  had  let  him  go  from 
Ramah,  when  he  had  taken  him  being 
bound  in  chains  among  all  that  were  car- 
ried away  captive  of  Jerusalem  and  Judah, 
which  were  cari*ied  away  captive  unto  Bab- 
ylon. 

2  And  the  captain  of  the  guard  took  Jere- 
miah, and  said  unto  him,  The  Lord  thy 
God  hath  j^ronounced  this  evil  upon  this 
place. 

3  Now  the  Lord  hath  brought  it,  and 
done  according  as  he  hath  said :  because  ye 
have  sinned  against  the  Lord,  and  have 
not  obeyed  his  voice,  therefore  this  thmg 
is  come  upon  you. 

4  And  now,  behold,  I  loose  thee  this  day 
from  the  chains  which  were  upon  thine 
hand.  If  it  seem  good  unto  thee  to  come 
with  me  into  Babylon,  come ;  and  I  will 
look  well  unto  thee  :  but  if  it  seem  ill  unto 
thee  to  come  with  me  into  Babylon,  for- 
bear: behold,  all  the  land  is  before  thee: 
whither  it  seemeth  good  and  convenient 
for  thee  to  go,  thither  go. 

5  Now  while  he  was  not  yet  gone  back, 
?ie  said,  Go  back  also  to  Gedaliah  the  son 
of  Ahikam  the  son  of  Shaphan,  whom  the 
king  of  Babylon  hath  made  governor  over 
the  cities  of  Judah,  and  dwell  with  him 
among  the  people :  or  go  Avheresoever  it 
seemeth  convenient  unto  thee  to  go.     So 


the  captain  of  the  guard  gave  him  victuals 
and  a  reward,  and  let  him  go. 

6  Then  went  Jeremiah  unto  Gedaliah  the 
son  of  Ahikam  to  Mizpah  ;  and  dwelt  with 
him  among  the  people  that  were  left  in  the 
land. 

7  TI  Now  when  all  the  captains  of  the 
forces  which  were  in  the  fields,  eimi  they 
and  their  men,  heard  that  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon had  made  Gedaliah  the  son  of  Ahi- 
kam governor  in  the  land,  and  had  com- 
mitted unto  him  men,  and  women,  and 
children,  and  of  the  poor  of  the  land,  of 
them  that  were  not  carried  away  captive 
to  Babylon; 

8  Then  they  came  to  Gedaliah  to  Miz- 
pah, even  Ishmael  the  son   of  Nethaniah, 

I  and  Johanan  and  Jonathan  the  sons  of 
Kareah,  and  Seraiah  the  son  of  Tanhu- 
meth,  and  the  sons  of  Ephai  the  Netopha- 
thite,  and  Jezaniah  the  son  of  a  Maacha- 
thite,  they  and  their  men. 

9  And  Gedaliah  the  son  of  Ahikam  the 
son  of  Shaj^han  sware  unto  them  and  to 
their  men,  saying.  Fear  not  to  serve  the 
Chaldeans :  dwell  in  the  land,  and  serve 
the  king  of  Babylon,  and  it  shall  be  well 
with  you. 

10  As  for  me,  behold,  I  will  dwell  at  Miz- 
pah, to  serve  the  Chaldeans,  which  will 
come  unto  us:  but  ye,  gather  ye  wine,  and 
summer  fruits,  and  oil,  and  put  them  in 
your  vessels,  and  dwell  in  your  cities  that 
ye  have  taken. 

11  Likewise  when  all  the  Jews  that  were 
in  Moab,  and  among  the  Ammonites,  and 
in  Edom,  and  that  ivere  in  all  the  countries, 
heard  that  the  king  of  Babylon  had  left  a 
remnant  of  Judah,  and  that  he  had  set  over 
them  Gedaliah  the  son  of  Ahikam  the  son 
of  Shaphan ; 

12  Even  all  the  Jews  returned  out  of  all 
places  whither  they  were  driven,  and  came 
to  the  land  of  Judah,  to  Gedaliah,  unto 
Mizpah,  and  gathered  wine  and  summer 
fruits  very  much. 

13  ^  Moreover  Johanan  the  son  of  Kareah, 
and  all  the  captains  of  the  forces  that  were 
in  the  fields,  came  to  Gedaliah  to  Mizpah, 

14  And  said  imto  him.  Dost  thou  certain- 
ly know  that  Baalis  the  king  of  the  Am- 
monites hath  sent  Ishmael  the  son  of 
Nethaniah  to  slay  thee?  But  Gedaliah  the 
son  of  Ahikam  believed  them  not. 

15  Then  Johanan  the  son  of  Kareah  spake 

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JEREMIAH. 


to  Gedaliah  in  Mizpah  secretly,  saying,  Let 
me  go,  I  pray  thee,  and  I  will  slay  Ishraael 
the  son  of  Nethaniah,  and  no  man  shall 
know  it:  wherefore  should  he  slay  thee, 
that  all  the  Jews  which  are  gathered  unto 
thee  should  be  scattered,  and  the  remnant 
in  Judah  perish  ? 
16  But  Gedaliah  the  son  of  Ahikam  said 
unto  Johanan  the  son  of  Kareah,  Thou 
Shalt  not  do  this  thing:  for  thou  speakest 
falsely  of  Ishmael. 

CHAPTER  XLI. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass  in  the  seventh 
month,  that  Ishmael  the  son  of  Netha- 
niah the  son  of  Elishama,  of  the  seed  ro3'al, 
and  the  princes  of  the  king,  even  ten  men 
with  him,  came  iinto  Gedaliah  the  son  of 
Ahikam  to  Mizpah;  and  there  they  did  eat 
bread  together  in  Mizpah. 

2  Then  arose  Ishmael  the  son  of  Netha- 
niah, and  the  ten  men  that  were  with  him, 
and  smote  Gedaliah  the  son  of  Ahikam  the 
son  of  Shaphan  with  the  sword,  and  slew 
him,  whom  the  king  of  Babylon  had  made 
governor  over  the  land. 

3  Ishraael  also  slew  all  the  Jews  that  were 
with  him,  evoi  with  Gedaliah,  at  Mizpah, 
and  the  Chaldeans  that  were  found  there, 
a7id  the  men  of  war. 

4  And  it  came  to  pass  the  second  day 
after  he  had  slain  Gedaliah,  and  no  man 
knew  it, 

5  That  there  came  certain  from  Shechem, 
from  Shiloh,  and  from  Samaria,  evoi  four- 
score men,  having  their  beards  shaven, 
and  their  clothes  rent,  and  having  cut 
themselves,  with  offerings  and  incense  in 
their  hand,  to  bring  tfiem  to  the  house 
of  the  Lord. 

6  And  Ishmael  the  son  of  Nethaniah 
went  forth  from  Mizpah  to  meet  them, 
weeping  all  along  as  he  went :  and  it 
came  to  pass,  as  he  met  them,  he  said 
unto  them,  Come  to  Gedaliah  the  son  of 
Ahikam. 

7  And  it  was  .so,  when  they  came  into  the 
midst  of  the  city,  that  Ishmael  the  son 
of  Nethaniah  slew  them,  and  cast  them 
into  the  midst  of  the  pit,  he,  and  the 
men  that  were  with  him. 

8  But  ten  men  were  found  among  them 
that  said  unto  Ishmael,  Slay  us  not:  for 
we  have  treasures  in  the  field,  of  wheat, 
and  of  barley,  and  of  oil,  and  of  honey. 

-         '  724 


So  he  forbare,  and  slew  them  not  among 
their  brethren. 

9  Now  the  pit  wherein  Ishmael  had  cast 
all  the  dead  bodies  of  the  men,  whom 
he  had  slain  because  of  Gedaliah,  war,  it 
which  Asa  the  king  had  made  for  fear  of 
Baasha  king  of  Israel:  and  Ishmael  the 
son  of  Nethaniah  filled  it  with  them  that 
ivere  slain. 

10  Then  Ishmael  carried  away  captive  all 
the  residue  of  the  people  that  loere  in 
Mizpah,  even  the  king's  daughters,  and 
all  the  people  that  remained  in  Mizpah, 
whom  Nebuzar-adan  the  captain  of  the 
guard  had  committed  to  Gedaliah  the  son 
of  Ahikam:  and  Ishmael  the  son  of 
Nethaniah  carried  them  away  captive,  and 
departed  to  go  over  to  the  Ammonites. 

11  1  But  when  Johanan  the  son  of  Ka- 
reah, and  all  the  captains  of  the  forces 
that  were  with  him,  heard  of  all  the  evil 
that  Ishmael  the  son  of  Nethaniah  had 
done, 

12  Then  they  took  all  the  men,  and 
went  to  fight  with  Ishmael  the  son  of 
Nethaniah,  and  found  him  by  the  great 
waters  that  are  in  Gibeon. 

13  Now  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  all 
the  people  which  were  Avith  Ishmael  saw 
Johanan  the  son  of  Kareah,  and  all  the 
captains  of  the  forces  that  were  with  him, 
then  they  were  glad. 

14  So  all  the  people  that  Ishmael  had 
carried  away  captive  from  Mizpah  cast 
about  and  returned,  and  went  unto  Jo- 
hanan the  son  of  Kareah. 

15  But  Ishmael  the  son  of  Nethaniah 
escaped  from  Johanan  with  eight  men, 
and  went  to  the  Ammonites. 

16  Then  took  Johanan  the  son  of  Ka- 
reah, and  all  the  captains  of  the  forces 
that  were  with  him,  all  the  remnant  of  the 
people  whom  he  had  recovered  from  Ish- 
mael the  son  of  Nethaniah,  from  Mizpah, 
after  that  he  had  slain  Gedaliah  the  son 
of  Ahikam,  even  mighty  men  of  war,  and 
the  women,  and  the  children,  and  the 
eunuchs,  whom  he  had  brought  again 
from  Gibeon: 

17  And  they  departed,  and  dwelt  in  the 
habitation  of  Chimham,  which  is  by  Beth- 
lehem, to  go  to  enter  into  Egypt, 

18  Because  of  the  Chaldeans:  for  they 
were  afraid  of  them,  because  Ishmael  the 
son  of  Nethaniah  had  slain  Gedaliah  the 


JEREMIAH. 


son  of  Ahikani,  whom  the  king  of  Bab- 
ylon made  gOA^emor  in  the  land. 

CHAPTER  XLII. 

THEN  all  the  captains  of  the  forces, 
and  Johanan  the  son  of  Kareah,  and 
Jezaniah  the  son  of  Hoshaiah,  and  all  the 
people  from  the  least  even  unto  the  great- 
est, came  near, 

3  And  said  unto  Jeremiah  the  prophet, 
Let,  we  beseech  thee,  our  supplication  be 
accepted  hefore  thee,  and  pray  for  us 
unto  the  Lord  thy  God,  even  for  all  this 
remnant;  (for  we  are  left  hut  a  few  of 
many,  as  thine  eyes  do  behold  us :) 

3  That  the  Lord  thy  God  may  shew  us 
the  way  wherein  we  may  walk,  and  the 
thing  that  Ave  may  do. 

4  Then  Jeremiah  the  prophet  said  unto 
them,  I  have  heard  yoti;  behold,  I  will 
pray  unto  the  Lord  your  God  according 
to  your  words ;  and  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
that  whatsoever  thing  the  Lord  shall 
answer  you,  I  will  declare  it  unto  you ;  I 
will  keep  nothing  back  from  you. 

5  Then  they  said  to  Jeremiah,  The  Lord 
be  a  true  and  faithful  witness  between  us, 
if  wc  do  not  even  according  to  all  things 
for  the  which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall 
send  thee  to  us. 

6  Whether  it  he  good,  or  whether  it  he 
evil,  we  will  obey  the  voice  of  the  Lord 
our  God,  to  whom  we  send  thee;  that 
it  may  be  well  with  us,  when  we  obey 
the  voice  of  the  Lord  our  God. 

7  II  And  it  came  to  pass  after  ten  days, 
that  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
Jeremiah. 

8  Then  called  he  Johanan  the  son  of 
Kareah,  and  all  the  captains  of  the  forces 
which  were  with  him,  and  all  the  people 
from  the  least  even  to  the  greatest, 

9  And  said  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord,  the  God  of  Israel,  unto  whom  ye 
sent  me  to  present  your  supplication  be- 
fore him ; 

10  If  ye  will  still  abide  in  this  land,  then 
will  I  build  you,  and  not  pull  you  down ; 
and  I  M'ill  plant  you,  and  not  pluck  yori 
up :  for  I  repent  me  of  the  evil  that  I  have 
done  unto  you. 

11  Be  not  afraid  of  the  king  of  Babylon, 
of  whom  ye  are  afraid ;  be  not  afraid  of 
him,  saith  the  Lord  :  for  I  am  with  you  to 
save  you,  and  to  deliver  you  from  his  hand. 


12  And  I  will  shew  mercies  unto  you, 
that  he  may  have  mercy  upon  you,  and 
cause  you  to  return  to  your  own  land. 

13  ^  But  if  3'e  say.  We  will  not  dwell  in 
this  land,  neither  obey  the  voice  of  the 
Lord  your  God, 

14  Saying,  No ;  but  we  will  go  into  the 
laud  of  Egypt,  where  we  shall  see  no  war, 
nor  hear  the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  nor 
have  hunger  of  bread;  and  there  will  we 
dwell : 

15  And  now  therefore  hear  the  word  of 
the  Lord,  ye  remnant  of  Judah ;  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Is- 
rael ;  If  ye  wholly  set  your  faces  to  enter 
into  Egypt,  and  go  to  sojourn  there  ; 

16  Then  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  the 
sword,  which  ye  feared,  shall  overtake  you 
there  in  the  land  of  Egypt ;  and  the  fam- 
ine, whereof  ye  were  afraid,  shall  follow 
close  after  you  there  in  Egypt ;  and  there 
ye  shall  die. 

17  So  shall  it  be  with  all  the  men  that 
set  their  faces  to  go  into  Egypt  to  so- 
journ there ;  they  shall  die  by  the  sword, 
by  the  famine,  and  by  the  pestilence  :  and 
none  of  them  shall  remain  or  escape  from 
the  evil  that  I  will  bring  upon  them. 

18  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel;  As  mine  anger  and  my 
fury  hath  been  poured  forth  upon  the  in- 
habitants of  Jerusalem  ;  so  shall  my  fury 
be  poured  forth  upon  you,  when  ye  shall 
enter  into  Egypt :  and  ye  shall  be  an 
execration,  and  an  astonishment,  and  a 
curse,  and  a  reproach ;  and  ye  shall  see 
this  place  no  more. 

19  TI  The  Lord  hath  said  concerning  you, 
O  ye  remnant  of  Judah;  Go  ye  not  into 
Eg3"pt:  know  certainly  that  I  have  ad- 
monished you  this  day. 

20  For  ye  dissembled  in  your  hearts, 
when  ye  sent  me  unto  the  Lord  your 
God,  saying.  Pray  for  us  unto  the  Lord 
our  God;  and  according  unto  all  that  the 
Lord  our  God  shall  say,  so  declare  unto 
us,  and  we  will  do  it. 

21  And  now  I  have  this  day  declared  it  to 
you ;  but  ye  have  not  obeyed  the  voice  of 
the  Lord  your  God,  nor  any  thi7ig  for  the 
which  he  hath  sent  me  unto  you. 

22  Now    therefore    know    certainly  that 

ye  shall  die  by  the  sword,  by  the  famine, 

and  by  the  pestilence,  in  the  place  whither 

ye  desire  to  go  and  to  sojourn. 
_ 


JEREMIAH. 


CHAPTER  XLHI. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  that  wheu  Jere- 
miah liad  made  an  end  of  speaking- 
unto  all  the  people  all  the  words  of  the 
Lord  their  God,  for  which  the  Lord  their 
God  had  sent  him  to  them,  eveit  all  these 
words, 

2  Then  spake  Azariah  the  son  of  Ho- 
shaiah,  and  Jolmnan  the  son  of  Kareah, 
and  all  the  proud  men,  saying  unto  Jere- 
miah, Thou  speakcst  falsely:  the  Lord  our 
God  hath  not  sent  thee  to  say,  Go  not 
into  Egypt  to  sojourn  there  : 

3  But  Baruch  the  son  of  Neriah  setteth 
thee  on  against  us,  for  to  deliver  us  into 
the  hand  of  the  Chaldeans,  that  they 
might  put  xis  to  death,  and  carry  us  away 
captives  into  Babylon. 

4  So  Johanan  the  son  of  Kareah,  and  all 
the  captains  of  the  forces,  and  all  the  peo- 
ple, obeyed  not  the  voice  of  the  Lord, 
to  dwell  in  the  land  of  Judah. 

5  But  Johanan  the  son  of  Kareah,  and 
all  the  captains  of  the  forces,  took  all 
the  remnant  of  Judah,  that  were  returned 
from  all  nations,  whither  they  had  been 
driven,  to  dwell  in  the  land  of  Judah; 

6  Eveii  men,  and  women,  and  children, 
and  the  king's  daughters,  and  every  per- 
son that  Nebuzar-adan  the  captain  of  the 
guard  had  left  Avith  Gedaliah  the  son  of 
Ahikara  the  son  of  Shaphan,  and  Jere- 
miah the  prophet,  and  Baruch  the  son  of 
Neriah. 

7  So  they  came  into  the  land  of  Egypt: 
for  they  obeyed  not  the  voice  of  the 
Lord  :  thus  came  they  even  to  Tah- 
panhes. 

8  Tf  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord 
unto  Jeremiah  in  Tahpanhes,  saying, 

9  Take  great  stones  in  thine  hand,  and 
hide  them  in  the  clay  in  the  brickkiln, 
which  i.s  at  the  entry  of  Pharaoh's  house  in 
Tahpanhes,  in  the  sight  of  the  men  of 
Judah ; 

10  And  say  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel ;  Behold, 
I  will  send  and  take  Nebuchadrezzar  the 
king  of  Babylon,  my  servant,  and  will 
set  his  throne  upon  these  stones  that  I 
have  hid ;  and  he  shall  spread  his  royal 
pavilion  over  them. 

11  And  when  he  comcth,  he  shall  smite 
the  land  of  Egypt,  aiid  deliver  such  as  are 
for  death  to  death;    and   such   as  are  for 

7^0 


captivity  to  captivity;  and  such  as  are  for 
the  sword  to  the  sword. 

13  And  I  will  kindle  a  fire  in  the  houses 
of  the  gods  of  Egypt ;  and  he  shall  bum 
them,  and  carry  them  away  captives:  and 
he  shall  array  himself  with  the  land  of 
Eg3'pt,  as  a  shepherd  putteth  on  his 
garment ;  and  he  shall  go  forth  from 
thence  in  peace. 

13  He  shall  break  also  the  images  of 
Beth-shemesh,  that  u-  in  the  land  of 
Egypt ;  and  the  houses  of  the  gods  of  the 
Egyptians  shall  he  bum  with  fire. 

CHAPTER  XLIV. 

THE  word  that  came  to  Jeremiah  con- 
cerning all  the  Jews  which  dwell  in  the 
land  of  Egypt,  which  dwell  at  Migdol,  and 
at  Tahpanhes,  and  at  Noph,  and  in  the 
country  of  Pathros,  saying, 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God 
of  Israel ;  Te  have  seen  all  the  evil  that  I 
have  brought  upon  Jerusalem,  and  upon 
all  the  cities  of  Judah ;  and,  behold,  this 
day  they  are  a  desolation,  and  no  man 
dvvelleth  therein ; 

3  Because  of  their  wickedness  which 
they  have  committed  to  provoke  me  to 
anger,  in  that  they  went  to  burn  incense, 
and    to    serve    other    gods,    whom    they 

!  knew    not,    neither    they,    ye,    nor    your 
fathers. 

4  Howbeit  I  sent  unto  you  all  my  serv- 
ants the  prophets,  rising  early  and  sending 
tJiem,  saying.  Oh,  do  not  this  abominable 
thing  that  I  hate. 

5  But  they  hearkened  not,  nor  inclined 
their  ear  to  turn  from  their  wickedness, 
to  burn  no  incense  unto  other  gods. 

6  Wherefore  my  fury  and  mine  anger  was 
poured  forth,  and  was  kindled  in  the  cities 
of  Judah  and  in  the  streets  of  Jerusalem ; 
and  they  are  wasted  a7id  desolate,  as  at 
this  day. 

7  Therefore  now  thus  saith  the  Lord, 
the  God  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel; 
Wherefore  commit  ye  this  great  evil 
against  your   souls,    to   cut  off  from  you 

;  man  and  woman,  child  and  suckling,  out 
of  Judah,  to  leave  you  none  to  remain; 

8  In  that  ye  provoke  me  unto  wrath  with 
the  works  of  your  hands,  burning  incense 
unto  other  gods  in  the  land  of  Egypt, 
whither  ye  be  gone  to  dwell,  that  ye  might 
cut  yourselves  off,  and  that   ye  might  be 


JEREMIAH. 


a  curse  and  a  reproach  among  all  the 
nations  of  the  earth? 

9  Have  ye  forgotten  the  wickedness  of 
your  fathers,  and  the  wickedness  of  the 
kings  of  Judah,  and  the  wickedness  of 
their  wives,  and  your  own  wickedness, 
and  the  wickedness  of  your  wives,  which 
they  have  committed  in  the  land  of 
Judah,  and  in  the  streets  of  Jerusa- 
lem? 

10  They  are  not  humbled  even  unto  this 
day,  neither  have  they  feared,  nor  walked 
in  my  law,  nor  in  my  statutes,  that  I  set 
before  you  and  before  j^our  fathers. 

11  II  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts, 'the  God  of  Israel;  Behold,  I  will 
set  my  face  against  you  for  evil,  and  to  cut 
off  all  Judah. 

13  And  I  will  take  the  remnant  of  Judah, 
that  have  set  their  faces  to  go  into  the  land 
of  Egypt  to  sojourn  there,  and  they  shall 
all  be  consumed,  and  fall  in  the  land  of 
Egypt;  they  shall  even  be  consumed  by  the 
sword  and  by  the  famine :  they  shall  die, 
from  the  least  even  unto  the  greatest,  by 
the  sword  and  by  the  famine:  and  they 
sliall  be  an  execration,  and  an  astonish- 
ment, and  a  curse,  and  a  reproach. 

13  For  I  Avill.  punish  them  that  dwell  in 
the  land  of  Egypt,  as  I  have  punished 
Jerusalem,  by  the  sword,  by  the  famine, 
and  by  the  pestilence  : 

14  So  that  none  of  the  remnant  of  Judah, 
which  are  gone  into  the  land  of  Egypt 
to  sojourn  there,  shall  escape  or  remain, 
that  they  should  return  into  the  land  of 
Judah,  to  the  which  they  have  a  desire  to 
return  to  dwell  there:  for  none  shall  re- 
turn but  such  as  shall  escape. 

15  T[  Then  all  the  men  which  knew  that 
their  wives  had  burned  incense  unto  other 
gods,  and  all  the  Avomen  that  stood  by,  a 
great  multitude,  even  all  the  people  that 
dwelt  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  in  Pathros, 
answered  Jeremiah,  saying, 

16  As  for  the  word  that  thou  hast  spoken 
unto  us  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  we  will 
not  hearken  unto  thee. 

17  But  we  will  certainly  do  whatsoever 
thing  goeth  forth  out  of  our  own  mouth, 
to  burn  incense  unto  the  queen  of  heaven, 
and  to  pour  out  drink  offerings  unto  her, 
as  we  have  done,  we,  and  our  fathers,  our 
kings,  and  our  princes,  in  the  cities  of 
Judah,  and  in  the  streets  of  Jerusalem :  for 


tJmi  had  we  plenty  of  victuals,  and  were 
well,  and  saw  no  evil. 

18  But  since  we  left  off  to  burn  incense 
to  the  queen  of  heaven,  and  to  pour  out 
drink  offerings  unto  her,  we  have  wanted 
all  tilings^  and  have  been  consumed  by  the 
sword  and  by  the  famine. 

19  And  when  we  burned  incense  to  the 
queen  of  heaven,  and  poured  out  drink 
offerings  unto  her,  did  we  make  her  cakes 
to  worship  her,  and  pour  out  drink  offer- 
ings unto  her,  without  our  men? 

20  T[  Then  Jeremiah  said  unto  all  the 
people,  to  the  men,  and  to  the  women, 
and  to  all  the  people  which  had  given  him 
tJiat  answer,  saying, 

21  The  incense  that  ye  burned  in  the 
cities  of  Judah,  and  in  the  streets  of  Jeru- 
salem, 3'e  and  your  fathers,  your  kings  and 
your  princes,  and  the  people  of  the  land, 
did  not  the  Lord  remember  them,  and 
came  it  ttoi  into  his  mind? 

22  So  that  the  Lord  could  no  longer  bear, 
because  of  the  evil  of  your  doings,  arid  be- 
cause of  the  abominations  which  ye  have 
committed ;  therefore  is  your  land  a  deso- 
lation, and  an  astonishment,  and  a  curse, 
without  an  inhabitant,  as  at  this  day. 

23  Because  ye  have  burned  incense,  and 
because  ye  have  sinned  against  the  Lord, 
and  have  not  obeyed  the  voice  of  the  Lord, 
nor  walked  in  his  law,  nor  in  his  statutes, 
nor  in  his  testimonies ;  therefore  this  evil 
is  happened  unto  you,  as  at  this  day. 

21:  Moreover  Jeremiah  said  unto  all  the 
people,  and  to  all  the  women.  Hear  the 
word  of  the  Lord,  all  Judah  that  are  in  the 
land  of  Egypt : 

25  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God 
of  Israel,  saying :  Ye  and  your  wives  have 
both  spoken  with  your  mouths,  and  ful- 
filled with  your  hand,  saying,  We  will  sure- 
ly perform  our  vows  that  we  have  vowed, 
to  burn  incense  to  the  queen  of  heaven, 
and  to  pour  out  drink  offerings  unto  her: 
ye  will  surely  accomplish  your  vows,  and 
surely  perform  your  vows. 

26  Therefore  hear  ye  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  all  Judah  that  dwell  in  the  land  of 
Eg3'pt ;  Behold,  I  have  sworn  by  my  great 
name,  saith  the  Lord,  that  my  name  shall 
no  more  be  named  in  the  mouth  of  any 
man  of  Judah  in  all  the  land  of  Egypt, 
saying.  The  Lord  God  liveth. 

27  Behold,  I  will  watch  over  them  for 

-  727  ~ 


JEREMIAH. 


evil,  and  not  for  good:  and  all  the  men 
of  Judah  that  are  in  the  laud  of  Egypt 
shall  be  consumed  by  the  sword  and 
by  the  famine,  until  there  be  an  end  of 
them, 

28  Yet  a  small  number  that  escape  the 
sword  shall  return  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt 
into  the  land  of  Judah ;  and  all  the  rem- 
nant of  Judah,  that  are  gone  into  the  land 
of  Egypt  to  sojourn  there,  shall  know 
whose  words  shall  stand,  mine,  or  theirs. 

29  H  And  this  itJiall  he  a  sign  unto  you, 
saith  the  Lord,  that  I  will  punish  you  in 
this  place,  that  ye  may  knoAV  that  my 
words  shall  surely  stand  against  you  for 
evil : 

30  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Behold,  I  will 
give  Pharaoh-hophra  king  of  Egypt  into 
the  hand  of  his  enemies,  and  into  the 
hand  of  them  that  seek  his  life ;  as  I  gave 
Zedekiah  king  of  Judah  into  the  hand  of 
Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon,  his  ene- 
my, and  that  sought  his  life. 

CHAPTER  XLV. 

THE  word  that  Jeremiah  the  prophet 
spake  unto  Baruch  the  son  of  Neriah, 
when  he  had  written  these  words  in  a  book 
at  the  mouth  of  Jeremiah,  in  the  fourth 
3'ear  of  Jehoiakim  the  son  of  Josiah  king 
of  Judah,  saying, 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel, 
unto  thee,0  Baruch; 

3  Thou  didst  say,  Woe  is  me  now !  for  the 
Loud  hath  added  grief  to  my  sorrow;  I 
fainted  in  my  sighing,  and  I  find  no 
rest. 

4  T^  Thus  Shalt  thou  say  unto  him,  The 
Lord  saith  thus;  Behold,  tJmt  which  I  have 
built  will  I  break  down,  and  that  which 
I  have  planted  I  will  pluck  up,  even  this 
whole  land. 

5  And  seekest  thou  great  things  for  thy- 
self? seek  them  not:  for,  behold,  I  will 
bring  evil  upon  all  flesh,  saith  the  Lord  : 
but  thy  life  will  I  give  unto  thee  for  a 
prey  in  all  places  whither  thou  goest. 

CHAPTER  XLVL 

THE  word  of  the  Lord  which  came  to 
Jeremiah  the  prophet  against  the  Gen- 
tiles ; 
3  Against  Egypt,  against  the  army  of 
Pharaoh-necho  king  of  Egypt,  which  was 
by  the  river  Euphrates  in  Carchemish, 
"  728  " 


which  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon 
smote  in  the  fourth  year  of  Jehoiakim  the 
son  of  Josiah  king  of  Judah. 

3  Order  ye  the  buckler  and  shield,  and 
draw  near  to  battle. 

4  Harness  the  horses ;  and  get  up,  ye 
horsemen,  and  stand  forth  with  your  hel- 
mets ;  furbish  the  spears,  mid  put  on  the 
brigandines. 

5  Wherefore  have  I  seen  them  dismayed 
and  turned  away  back?  and  their  mighty 
ones  are  beaten  down,  and  are  tied  apace, 
and  look  not  back:  for  fear  was  round 
about,  saith  the  Lord. 

6  Let  not  the  swift  flee  away,  nor  the 
mighty  man  escape;  they  shall  stumljle, 
and  fall  toward  the  north  by  the  river 
Euphrates. 

7  Who  in  this  that  cometh  up  as  a  flood, 
whose  waters  arc  moved  as  the  rivers  ? 

8  Eg3-pt  riseth  up  like  a  flood,  and  Jm 
waters  are  moved  like  the  rivers;  and  he 
saith,  I  will  go  up,  and  will  cover  the 
earth ;  I  will  destroy  the  city  and  the  in- 
habitants thereof. 

9  Come  up,  ye  horses;  and  rage,  ye  char- 
iots; and  let  the  mighty  men  come  forth; 
the  Ethiopians  and  the  Libyans,  that 
handle  the  shield;  and  the  Lydians,  that 
handle  a7id  bend  the  bow. 

10  For  this  is  the  day  of  the  Lord  God 
of  hosts,  a  day  of  vengeance,  that  he  may 
avenge  him  of  his  adversaries  :  and  the 
sword  shall  devour,  and  it  shall  be  satiate 
and  made  drunk  with  their  blood :  for 
the  Lord  God  of  hosts  hath  a  sacrifice  in 
the  north  country  by  the  river  Euphrates. 

11  Go  up  into  Gilead,  and  take  balm,  O 
virgin,  the  daughter  of  Egypt:  in  vain 
Shalt  thou  use  many  medicines ;  for  thoxi 
Shalt  not  be  cured. 

12  The  nations  have  heard  of  thy  shame, 
and  thy  cry  hath  filled  the  land:  for  the 
mighty  man  hath  stumbled  against  the 
mighty,  and  they  are  fallen  both  together. 

13  II  The  word  that  the  Lord  spake  to 
Jeremiah  the  prophet,  how  Nebuchadrez- 
zar king  of  Babylon  should  come  and  smite 
the  land  of  Egypt. 

14  Declare  ye  in  Egypt,  and  publish  in 
Migdol,  and  publish  in  Noph  and  in  Tah- 
panhes  :  say  ye,  Stand  fast,  and  prepare 
thee ;  for  the  sword  shall  devour  round 
about  thee. 

15  Why  are  thy  valiant  meyi  swept  aAvay  ? 


JEREMIAH. 


they  stood  not,  because  the  Lord  did  drive 
them. 

16  He  made  many  to  fall,  yea,  one  fell 
upon  another:  and  they  said.  Arise,  and 
let  lis  go  again  to  our  own  people,  and 
to  the  land  of  our  nativity,  from  the  op- 
pressing sword. 

17  They  did  cry  there,  Pharaoh  king  of 
Egypt  is  b7it  a  noise ;  he  hath  passed  the 
time  ajjpointed. 

18  As  I  live,  saith  the  King,  whose  name 
is  The  Lord  of  hosts,  Surely  as  Tabor  is 
among  the  mountains,  and  as  Carmel  by 
the  sea,  so  shall  he  come. 

19  O  thou  daughter  dwelling  in  Egypt, 
furnish  thyself  to  go  into  captivity :  for 
NojDh  shall  be  waste  and  desolate  with- 
out an  inhabitant. 

20  Egypt  is  like  a  very  fair  heifer,  but 
destruction  cometh ;  it  cometh  out  of  the 
north. 

21  Also  her  hired  men  are  in  the  midst 
of  her  like  fatted  bullocks ;  for  they  also 
are  turned  back,  and  are  fled  away  to- 
gether: they  did  not  stand,  because  the 
day  of  their  calamity  was  come  upon 
them,  a7id  the  time  of  their  visitation. 

22  The  voice  thereof  shall  go  like  a  ser- 
pent ;  for  they  shall  march  with  an  army, 
and  come  against  her  with  axes,  as  hewers 
of  wood. 

23  They  shall  cut  down  her  forest,  saith 
the  Lord,  though  it  cannot  be  searched ; 
because  they  are  more  than  the  grasshop- 
pers, and  are  innumerable. 

24  The  daughter  of  Egypt  shall  be  con- 
founded; she  shall  be  delivered  into  the 
hand  of  the  people  of  the  north. 

25  The  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel, 
saith;  Behold,  I  will  punish  the  multi- 
tude of  No,  and  Pharaoh,  and  Egypt,  with 
their  gods,  and  their  kings  ;  even  Pharaoh, 
and  all  them  that  trust  in  him  : 

26  And  I  will  deliver  them  into  the 
hand  of  those  that  seek  their  lives,  and 
into  the  hand  of  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of 
Babylon,  and  into  the  hand  of  his  serv- 
ants :  and  afterward  it  shall  be  inhab- 
ited, as  in  the  days  of  old,  saith  the 
Lorb. 

27  T[  But  fear  not  thou,  O  my  servant 
Jacob,  and  be  not  dismayed,  O  Israel: 
for,  behold,  I  will  save  thee  from  afar  off, 
and  thy  seed  from  the  land  of  their  cap- 
tivity;  and  Jacob  shall  return,  and  be  in 


rest  and  at  ease,  and  none  shall  make 
7dm  afraid. 
28  Fear  thou  not,  O  Jacob  my  servant, 
saith  the  Lord  :  for  I  «m  with  thee ;  for 
I  will  make  a  full  end  of  all  the  nations 
whither  I  have  driven  thee  :  but  I  will  not 
make  a  full  end  of  thee,  but  correct  thee 
in  measure;  yet  will  I  not  leave  thee 
wholly  unpunished. 

CHAPTER  XLVIL 

THE  word  of  the  Lord  that  came  to 
Jeremiah  the  prophet  against  the 
Philistines,  before  that  Pharaoh  smote 
Gaza. 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  Behold,  waters 
rise  up  out  of  the  north,  and  shall  be 
an  overflowing  flood,  and  shall  overflow 
the  land,  and  all  that  is  therein ;  the  city, 
and  them  that  dwell  therein :  then  the 
men  shall  cry,  and  all  the  inhabitants  of 
the  land  shall  howl. 

3  At  the  noise  of  the  stamping  of  the 
hoofs  of  his  strong  Jiorses,  at  the  rushing 
of  his  chariots,  ajtd  at  the  rumbling  of 
his  wheels,  the  fi\thers  shall  not  look 
back  to  theii'  children  for  feebleness  of 
hands ; 

4  Because  of  the  day  that  cometh  to 
spoil  all  the  Philistines,  and  to  cut  ofifrom 
Tyrus  and  Zidon  every  helper  that  remain- 
eth :  for  the  Lord  will  spoil  the  Philistines, 
the  remnant  of  the  country  of  Caphtor. 

5  Baldness  is  come  upon  Gaza ;  Ashkelon 
is  cut  off  icith  the  remnant  of  their  valley : 
how  long  wilt  thou  cut  thyself? 

6  O  thou  sword  of  the  Lord,  how  long 
will  it  be  ere  thou  be  quiet?  put  up  thy- 
self into  thy  scabbard,  rest,  and  be  still. 

7  How  can  it  be  quiet,  seeing  the  Lord 
hath  given  it  a  charge  against  Ashkelon, 
and  against  the  sea  shore?  there  hath 
he  appointed  it. 

CHAPTER  XLVIIL 

AGAINST  Moab  thus  saith  the  Lord 
of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel ;  Woe  unto 
Nebo  !  for  it  is  spoiled :  Kiriathaim  is  con- 
founded a7id  taken :  Misgab  is  confounded 
and  dismayed. 

2  TJiere  shall  be  no  more  praise  of  Moab: 
in  Heshbon  they  have  devised  evil  against 
it;  come,  and  let  us  cut  it  off  from  being  a 
nation.     Also  thou  shalt  be  cut  down,  O 

Madmen ;  the  sword  shall  pursue  thee. 

— __  . 


JEREMIAH. 


3  A  voice  of  crying  }>hall  be  from  Horo- 
naim,  spoiling  and  great  destruction. 

4  Moab  is  destroyed;  her  little  ones  have 
caused  a  cry  to  be  heard. 

5  For  in  the  going  up  of  Luhith  con- 
tinual weeping  shall  go  up  ;  for  in  the 
going  down  of  Horouaim  the  enemies  have 
heard  a  cry  of  destruction. 

G  Flee,  save  your  lives,  and  be  like  the 
heath  in  the  wilderness. 

7  TI  For  because  thou  hast  trusted  in  thy 
works  and  in  thy  treasures,  thou  shalt  also 
be  taken :  and  Chemosh  shall  go  forth  into 
captivity  toith  his  priests  and  his  priuces 
together. 

8  And  the  spoiler  shall  come  upon  every 
city,  and  no  city  shall  escape :  the  valley 
also  shall  perish,  and  the  plain  shall  be  de- 
stroyed, as  the  Lord  hath  spoken. 

9  Give  wings  unto  Moab,  that  it  may  flee 
and  get  away:  for  the  cities  thereof  shall 
be  desolate,  without  any  to  dwell  therein. 

10  Cursed  be  he  that  doeth  the  work  of 
the  Lord  deceitfully,  and  cursed  be  he  that 
keepeth  back  his  sword  from  blood. 

11  K  Moab  hath  been  at  ease  from  his 
youth,  and  he  hath  settled  on  his  lees, 
and  hath  not  been  emptied  from  vessel  to 
vessel,  neither  hath  he  gone  into  captivity: 
therefore  his  taste  remained  in  him,  and 
his  scent  is  not  changed. 

12  Therefore,  behold,  the  days  come,  saith 
the  Lord,  that  I  will  send  unto  him  wan- 
derers, that  shall  cause  him  to  wander,  and 
shall  empty  his  vessels,  and  break  their 
bottles. 

13  And  Moab  shall  be  ashamed  of  Che- 
mosh,  as  the  house  of  Israel  was  ashamed 
of  Beth-el  their  confidence, 

14  T[  How  say  ye.  We  are  mighty  and 
strong  men  for  the  war? 

15  Moab  is  spoiled,  and  gone  up  out  of 
her  cities,  and  his  chosen  young  men  are 
gone  down  to  the  slaughter,  saith  the 
King,  whose  name  is  The  Lord  of 
hosts. 

10  The  calamity  of  Moab  i.<c  near  to  come, 
and  his  attliction  hasteth  fast. 

17  All  ye  that  are  about  him,  bemoan 
him;  and  all  ye  that  know  his  name,  say. 
How  is  the  strong  staff  broken,  and  the 
beautiful  rod ! 

18  Thou  daughter  that  dost  inhabit  Dibon, 
come  down  from  Vnj  glory,  and  sit  in 
thirst ;  for  the  B])oiler  of  Moab  shall  come 

730 


upon  thee,  and  he  shall  destroy  thy  strong 
holds. 

19  O  inhabitant  of  Aroer,  stand  by  the 
way,  and  espy ;  ask  him  that  fleeth,  and 
her  that  escapelh,  ant?  say.  What  is  done? 

20  Moab  is  confounded ;  for  it  is  broken 
down  :  howl  and  cry ;  tell  ye  it  in  Arnon, 
that  Moab  is  sjioilcd, 

21  And  judgment  is  come  upon  the  plain 
country;  upon  Holon,  and  upon  Jahazah, 
and  upon  Mephaath, 

22  And  ui:)on  Dibon,  and  upon  Xebo,  and 
upon  Beth-diblathaim, 

23  And  upon  Kiriathaim,  and  upon  Beth- 
gamul,  and  upon  Beth-raeon, 

24  And  upon  Kerioth,  and  upon  Bozrah, 
and  upon  all  the  cities  of  the  land  of 
Moab,  far  or  near. 

25  The  horn  of  Moab  is  cut  off,  and  his 
arm  is  broken,  saith  the  Lord. 

26  Tf  Make  3'e  him  drunken;  for  he  mag- 
nified 7<im.sf(/" against  the  Lord:  Moab  also 
shall  wallow  in  his  vomit,  and  he  also 
shall  be  in  derision. 

27  For  was  not  Israel  a  dei'ision  unto 
thee  ?  was  he  found  among  thieves  ?  for 
since  thou  spakest  of  him,  thou  skippedst 
for  joy. 

28  O  ye  that  dwell  in  Moab,  leave  the 
cities,  and  dwell  in  the  rock,  and  be  like 
the  dove  tliat  maketh  her  nest  in  the  sides 
of  the  hole's  mouth. 

29  We  have  heard  the  pride  of  Moab,  (he 
is  exceeding  proud,)  his  loftiness,  and  his 
arrogancy,  and  his  pride,  and  the  haughti- 
ness of  his  heart. 

30  I  know  his  wrath,  saith  the  Lord  ;  l)ut 
it  shall  not  be  so ;  his  lies  shall  not  so 
effect  it. 

31  Therefore  will  I  howl  for  Moab,  and 
I  will  cry  out  for  all  Moab;  rnuie  heart 
shall  mourn  for  the  men  of  Kir-heres. 

32  O  vine  of  Sibmah,  I  will  weep  for  thee 
with  the  weeping  of  Jazer :  thy  plants  are 
gone  over  the  sea,  they  reach  eveii  to  the 
sea  of  Jazer:  the  spoiler  is  fallen  upon 
thy  summer  fruits  and  upon  thy  vintage. 

33  And  joy  and  gladness  is  taken  from 
the  plentiful  field,  and  from  the  land  of 
Moab ;  and  I  have  caused  wine  to  fail 
from  the  winepresses :  none  shall  tread 
with  shouting;  their  shouting  shall  be  no 
shouting. 

34  From  the  cry  of  Heshbon  ami  unto 
Elealeh,   and  even   Tinto  Jahaz,   have   they 


JEREMIAH. 


uttered  their  voice,  from  Zoar  even  unto 
Horonaira,  o-s  a  heifer  of  three  years  old : 
for  the  waters  also  of  Nimrini  shall  be  de- 
solate. 

35  Moreover  I  will  cause  to  cease  in 
Moab,  saith  the  Lord,  him  that  offereth 
in  the  high  places,  and  him  that  burneth 
incense  to  his  gods. 

36  Therefore  mine  heart  shall  sound  for 
Moab  like  pipes,  and  mine  heart  shall 
sound  like  pipes  for  the  men  of  Kir-heres : 
because  the  riches  that  he  hath  gotten 
are  perished. 

37  For  ever)^  head  shall  he  bald,  and  every 
beard  .clipped:  upon  all  the  hands  shall 
he  cuttings,  and  upon  the  loins  sackcloth. 

38  There  shall  he  lamentation  generally 
upon  all  the  housetops  of  Moab,  and  in  the 
streets  thereof:  for  I  have  broken  Moab 
like  a  vessel  whereiu  w  no  pleasure,  saith 
the  Lord. 

39  They  shall  howl,  saying,  How  is  it 
broken  down !  how  hath  Moab  turned  the 
back  with  shame!  so  shall  Moab  be  a  de- 
rision and  a  dismaying  to  all  them  about 
him. 

40  For  thus  saith  the  Lord;  Behold,  he 
shall  fly  as  an  eagle,  and  shall  sj^read  his 
wings  over  Moab. 

41  Kerioth  is  taken,  and  the  strong  holds 
are  surprised,  and  the  mighty  men's  hearts 
in  Moab  at  that  day  shall  be  as  the  heart 
of  a  Avoman  in  her  pangs. 

43  And  Moab  shall  be  destroyed  from 
heing  a  people,  because  he  hath  magnified 
himself  against  the  Lord. 

43  Fear,  and  the  pit,  and  the  snare,  shall 
he  upon  thee,  O  inhabitant  of  Moab,  saith 
the  Lord. 

44  He  that  fleeth  from  the  fear  shall  fall 
into  the  pit ;  and  he  that  getteth  up  out 
of  the  pit  shall  be  taken  in  the  snare: 
for  I  will  bring  upon  it,  even  iipon  Moab, 
the  year  of  their  visitation,  saith  the 
Lord. 

45  They  that  fled  stood  under  the  shadow 
of  Heshbon  because  of  the  force :  but  a  fire 
shall  come  forth  out  of  Heshbon,  and  a 
flame  from  the  midst  of  Sihon,  and  shall 
devour  the  corner  of  Moab,  and  the  crown 
of  the  head  of  the  tumultuous  ones. 

46  Woe  be  unto  thee,  O  Moab !  the  people 
of  Chemosh  perisheth:  for  thy  sons  are 
taken  captives,  and  thy  daughters  captives. 

47  T[  Yet  will  I  bring  again  the  captivity 


of  Moab  in  the  latter  days,  saith  the  Lord. 
Thus  far  is  the  judgment  of  Moab. 

CHAPTER  XLIX. 

CONCERNING  the  Ammonites,  thus 
saith  the  Lord  ;  Hath  Israel  no  sons  ? 
hath  he  no  heir?  why  then  doth  their  king 
inherit  Gad,  and  his  people  dwell  in  his 
cities  ? 

2  Therefore,  behold,  the  days  come,  saith 
the  Lord,  that  I  will  cause  an  alarm  of  war 
to  be  heard  in  Rabbah  of  the  Ammonites ; 
and  it  shall  be  a  desolate  heap,  and  her 
daughters  shall  be  burned  with  fire:  then 
shall  Israel  be  heir  unto  them  that  were 
his  heirs,  saith  the  Lord. 

3  Howl,  O  Heshbon,  for  Ai  is  spoiled: 
ciy,  ye  daughters  of  Rabbah,  gird  you 
with  sackcloth;  lament,  and  run  to  and 
fro  by  the  hedges;  for  their  king  shall 
go  into  captivity,  and  his  priests  and  his 
princes  together. 

4  Wherefore  gloriest  thou  in  the  valleys, 
thy  flowing  valley,  O  backsliding  daugh- 
ter? that  trusted  in  her  treasures,  saying, 
Who  shall  come  unto  me? 

5  Behold,  I  will  bring  a  fear  upon  thee, 
saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts,  from  all 
those  that  be  about  thee;  and  ye  shall  be 
driven  out  every  man  right  forth ;  and 
none  shall  gather  up  him  that  wandercth. 

6  And  afterward  I  will  bring  again  the 
captivity  of  the  children  of  Ammon,  saith 
the  Lord. 

7  T[  Concerning  Edom,  thus  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts ;  Is  wisdom  no  more  in 
Teman  ?  is  counsel  jierished  from  the  pru- 
dent ?  is  their  wisdom  vanished  ? 

8  Flee  ye,  turn  back,  dwell  deep,  O  in- 
habitants of  Dedan ;  for  I  will  bring  the 
calamity  of  Esau  upon  him,  the  time  that 
I  will  visit  him. 

9  If  grapegatherers  come  to  thee,  would 
they  not  leave  sorne  gleaning  grapes  ?  if 
thieves  by  night,  they  will  destroy  till  they 
have  enough. 

10  But  I  have  made  Esau  bare,  I  have 
uncovered  his  secret  places,  and  he  shall 
not  be  able  to  hide  himself:  his  seed  is 
spoiled,  and  his  brethren,  and  his  neigh- 
bours, and  he  is  not. 

11  Leave  thy  fatherless  children,  I  will 
preserve  tliem  alive;  and  let  thy  widows 
trust  in  me. 

13  For  thus  saith  the  Lord;  Behold,  they 

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JEREMIAH. 


whose  judgment  tvcus  not  to  drink  of  the 
cup  have  assuredly  drunken ;  and  art  thou 
he  that  shall  altogether  go  unpunished? 
thou  Shalt  not  go  unpunished,  but  thou 
Shalt  surely  drink  of  it. 

13  For  I  have  sworn  by  myself,  saith  the 
Lord,  that  Bozrah  shall  become  a  desola- 
tion, a  reproach,  a  waste,  and  a  curse ;  and 
all  the  cities  thereof  shall  be  perpetual 
wastes. 

1-1  I  have  heard  a  rumour  from  the  Lord, 
and  an  ambassador  is  sent  unto  the  heath- 
en, saf/imj,  Gather  ye  together,  and  come 
against  her,  and  rise  up  to  the  battle. 

15  For,  lo,  I  will  make  thee  small  among 
the  heathen,  a7id  despised  among  men. 

16  Thy  terribleness  hath  deceived  thee, 
a7id  the  pride  of  thine  heart,  O  thou  that 
dwellest  in  the  clefts  of  the  rock,  that 
boldest  the  height  of  the  hill :  though  thou 
shouldest  make  thy  nest  as  high  as  the 
eagle,  I  will  bring  thee  down  from  thence, 
saith  the  Lord, 

17  Also  Edom  shall  be  a  desolation : 
every  one  that  goeth  by  it  shall  be  as- 
tonished, and  shall  hiss  at  all  the  i^lagues 
thereof 

18  As  in  the  overthrow  of  Sodom  and 
Gomorrah  and  the  neighbour  cities  thereof, 
saith  the  Lord,  no  man  shall  abide  there, 
neither  shall  a  sou  of  man  dwell  in  it. 

19  Behold,  he  shall  come  up  like  a  lion 
from  the  swelling  of  Jordan  against  the 
habitation  of  the  strong:  but  I  will  sud- 
denly make  him  run  away^  from  her:  and 
who  is  a  chosen  ma7i,  that  I  may  appoint 
over  her?  for  who  is  like  me?  and  who 
will  appoint  me  the  time  ?  and  who  is  that 
shepherd  that  will  stand  before  me? 

20  Therefoi-e  hear  the  counsel  of  the 
Lord,  that  he  hath  taken  against  Edom; 
and  his  purposes,  that  he  hath  purposed 
against  the  inhabitants  of  Teman :  Surely 
the  least  of  the  flock  shall  draw  them  out; 
surely  he  shall  make  their  habitations  des- 
olate with  them. 

21  The  earth  is  moved  at  the  noise  of 
their  fall ;  at  the  cry  the  noise  thereof  was 
heard  in  the  Red  sea. 

23  Behold,  he  shall  come  up  and  fly  as 
the  eagle,  and  spread  his  wings  over  Boz- 
rah :  and  at  that  day  shall  the  heart  of  the 
mighty  men  of  Edom  be  as  the  heart  of  a 
woman  in  her  pangs. 

23  T[  Concerning  Damascus.     Hamath  is 

732^ 


confounded,  and  Arpad;  for  they  have 
heard  evil  tidings:  they  are  fainthearted; 
there  is  sorrow  on  the  sea;  it  cannot  be 
quiet. 

24  Damascus  is  waxed  feeble,  and  turn- 
eth  herself  to  flee,  and  fear  hath  seized  on 
her:  anguish  and  sorrows  have  taken  her, 
as  a  woman  in  travail. 

25  How  is  the  city  of  praise  not  left,  the 
city  of  my  joy ! 

26  Therefore  her  young  men  shall  fall  in 
her  streets,  and  all  the  men  of  war  shall  be 
cut  off  in  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

27  And  I  will  kindle  a  fire  in  the  Avail  of 
Damascus,  and  it  shall  consume  the  palaces 
of  Ben-hadad. 

28  H  Concerning  Kedar,  and  conceruing 
the  kingdoms  of  Hazor,  which  Nebuchad- 
rezzar king  of  Babylon  shall  smite,  thus 
saith  the  Lord  ;  Arise  ye,  go  up  to  Kedar, 
and  spoil  the  men  of  the  east. 

29  Their  tents  and  their  flocks  shall  they 
take  away:  they  shall  take  to  themselves 
their  curtains,  and  all  their  vessels,  and 
their  camels ;  and  they  shall  cry  unto  them, 
Fear  is  on  every  side. 

30  H  Flee,  get  you  far  off,   dwell  deep, 

0  ye  inhabitants  of  Hazor,  saith  the  Lord  ; 
for  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon  hath 
taken  counsel  against  you,  and  hath  con- 
ceived a  purpose  against  you. 

31  Arise,  get  you  up  unto  the  wealthy 
nation,  that  dwelleth  without  care,  saith 
the  Lord,  which  have  neither  gates  nor 
bars,  whic?t  dwell  alone. 

33  And  their  camels  shall  be  a  booty,  and 
the  multitude  of  their  cattle  a  spoil :  and  I 
will  scatter  into  all  winds  them  that  are  in 
the  utmost  corners  ;  and  I  will  bring  their 
calamity  from  all  sides  thereof,  saith  the 
Lord. 

33  And  Hazor  shall  be  a  dwelling  for 
dragons,  and  a  desolation  for  ever:  there 
shall  no  man  abide  there,  nor  aiiy  son  of 
man  dwell  in  it. 

34  TI  The  word  of  the  Lord  that  came  to 
Jeremiah  the  prophet  against  Elam  in  the 
beginning  of  the  reign  of  Zedekiah  king 
of  Judah,  saying, 

35  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts ;  Behold, 

1  will  break  the  bow  of  Elam,  the  chief  of 
their  might. 

36  And  upon  Elam  will  I  bring  the  four 
winds  from  the  four  quarters  of  heaven, 
and  will    scatter    them   toward  all  those 


JEREMIAH. 


winds  ;  and  there  shall  be  no  nation  whith- 
er the  outcasts  of  Elam  shall  not  come. 

37  For  I  will  cause  Elam  to  be  dismayed 
before  their  enemies,  and  before  them  that 
seek  their  life :  and  I  will  bring  evil  upon 
them,  even  my  fierce  anger,  saith  the  Lokd  ; 
and  I  will  send  the  sword  after  them,  till 
I  have  consumed  them  : 

38  And  I  will  set  my  throne  in  Elam,  and 
will  destroy  from  thence  the  king  and  the 
princes,  saith  the  Lord. 

39  H  But  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the  latter 
days,  that  1  will  bring  again  the  captivity 
of  Elam,  saith  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  L. 

THE  word  that  the  Lord  spake  against 
Babylon  and  against  the  land  of  the 
Chaldeans  by  Jeremiah  the  prophet. 

2  Declare  ye  among  the  nations,  and  pub- 
lish, and  set  up  a  standard;  publish,  and 
conceal  not :  say,  Babylon  is  taken,  Bel  is 
confounded,  Merodach  is  broken  in  pieces  ; 
her  idols  are  confounded,  her  images  are 
broken  in  pieces. 

3  For  out  of  the  north  there  cometh  tip 
a  nation  against  her,  which  shall  make  her 
land  desolate,  and  none  shall  dwell  there- 
in: they  shall  remove,  they  shall  depart, 
both  man  and  beast. 

4  ^  In  those  days,  and  in  that  time,  saith 
the  Lord,  the  children  of  Israel  shall  come, 
they  and  the  children  of  Judah  together, 
going  and  weeping:  they  shall  go,  and  seek 
the  Lord  their  God. 

5  They  shall  ask  the  way  to  Zion  with 
their  faces  thitherward,  sayinfj^  Come,  and 
let  us  join  ourselves  to  the  Lord  in  a 
perpetual  covenant  that  shall  not  be  for- 
gotten. 

6  My  people  hath  been  lost  sheep:  their 
shepherds  have  caused  them  to  go  astray, 
they  have  turned  them,  away  on  the  mount- 
ains: they  have  goue  from  mountain  to 
hill,  they  have  forgotten  their  resting 
place. 

7  All  that  found  them  have  devoured 
them:  and  their  adversaries  said,  We  of- 
fend not,  because  they  have  sinned  against 
the  Lord,  the  habitation  of  justice,  even 
the  Lord,  the  hope  of  their  fiithers. 

8  Remove  out  of  the  midst  of  Babylon, 
and  go  forth  out  of  the  land  of  the  Chal- 
deans, and  be  as  the  he  goats  before  the 
flocks. 


9  Ti  For,  lo,  I  will  raise  and  cause  to 
come  up  against  Babylon  an  assembly  of 
great  nations  from  the  north  country: 
and  they  shall  set  themselves  in  array 
against  her;  from  thence  she  shall  be 
taken :  their  arrows  shall  he  as  of  a 
mighty  expert  man;  none  shall  return 
in  vain. 

10  And  Chaldea  shall  be  a  spoil :  all  that 
spoil  her  shall  be  satisfied,  saith  the  Lord. 

11  Because  ye  were  glad,  because  ye  re- 
joiced, O  ye  destroyers  of  mine  heritage, 
because  ye  are  grown  fat  as  the  heifer  at 
grass,  and  bellow  as  bulls ; 

12  Your  mother  shall  be  sore  confound- 
ed; she  that  bare  you  shall  be  ashamed: 
behold,  the  hindermost  of  the  nations  shall 
be  a  wilderness,  a  dry  land,  and  a  desert. 

13  Because  of  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  it 
shall  not  be  inhabited,  but  it  shall  be 
wholly  desolate:  every  one  that  goeth  by 
Bab3'lon  shall  be  astonished,  and  hiss  at 
all  her  plagues. 

14  Put  yourselves  in  array  against  Bab- 
ylon round  about:  all  ye  that  bend  the 
bow,  shoot  at  her,  spare  no  arrows :  for 
she  hath  sinned  against  the  Lord. 

15  Shout  against  her  round  about :  she 
hath  given  her  hand:  her  foundations  are 
fallen,  her  walls  are  thrown  down :  for  it 
is  the  vengeance  of  the  Lord:  take  ven- 
geance upon  her;  as  she  hath  done,  do 
unto  her. 

16  Cut  ofi"  the  sower  from  Babylon,  and 
him  that  handleth  the  sickle  in  the  time 
of  harvest:  for  fear  of  the  oppressing 
sword  they  shall  turn  every  one  to  his 
people,  and  they  shall  flee  every  one  to 
his  own  land. 

17  *[[  Israel  is  a  scattered  sheep ;  the  lions 
have  driven  him  away:  first  the  king  of 
Assyria  hath  devoured  him  ;  and  last  this 
Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon  hath  bro- 
ken his  bones. 

18  Therefore  thus  caith  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  the  God  of  Israel;  Behold,  I  Avill 
punish  the  king  of  Babylon  and  his  land, 
as  I  have  punished  the  king  of  Assyria. 

19  And  I  will  bring  Israel  again  to  his 
habitation,  and  he  shall  feed  on  Carmel 
and  Bashan,  and  his  soul  shall  be  satis- 
fied upon  mount  Ephraim  and  Gilead. 

20  In  those  days,  and  in  that  time,  saith 
the  Lord,  the  iniquity  of  Israel  shall  be 
sought  for,  and  there  shall  be  none;   and 

733  " 


JEREMIAH. 


the  sins  of  Judah,  and  they  shall  not  be 
found:  for  I  will  i)ardoii  them  whom  I 
reserve. 

21  TI  Go  up  aj^aiust  the  land  of  Mcrathaim, 
even  ai^ainst  it,  and  against  the  inhabitants 
of  Pekod  :  waste  and  utterly  destroy  after 
them,  saith  the  Lord,  and  do  according 
to  all  that  I  have  commanded  thee. 

23  A  sound  of  battle  t.s-  in  the  land,  and 
of  great  destruction. 

23  How  is  the  hammer  of  the  whole  earth 
cut  asunder  and  broken !  how  is  Babylon 
become  a  desolation  among  the  nations  ! 

24  I  have  laid  a  snare  for  thee,  and  thou 
art  also  taken,  O  Babylon,  and  thou  wast 
not  aware :  thou  art  found,  and  also 
caught,  because  thou  hast  striven  against 
the  Loud. 

25  The  Lord  hath  opened  his  armoury, 
and  hath  brought  forth  the  weapons  of 
his  indignation:  for  this  U  the  work  of 
the  Lord  God  of  hosts  in  the  land  of  the 
Chaldeans. 

26  Come  against  her  from  the  utmost 
border,  open  her  storehouses :  cast  her 
up  as  heaps,  and  destroy  her  utterly:  let 
nothing  of  her  be  left. 

27  Slay  all  her  bullocks ;  let  them  go 
down  to  the  slaughter :  woe  unto  them ! 
for  their  day  is  come,  the  time  of  their 
visitation. 

28  The  voice  of  them  that  flee  and  escape 
out  of  the  land  of  Babylon,  to  declare 
in  Zion  the  vengeance  of  the  Lord  our 
God,  the  vengeance  of  his  temple. 

29  Call  together  the  archers  against  Baby- 
lon :  all  ye  that  bend  the  bow,  camp 
against  it  round  about;  let  none  thereof 
escape :  recompense  her  according  to  her 
work ;  according  to  all  that  she  hath  done, 
do  unto  her:  for  she  hath  been  proud 
against  the  Lord,  against  the  Holy  One 
of  Israel. 

30  Therefore  shall  her  young  men  fall 
in  the  streets,  and  all  her  men  of  war 
shall  be  cut  off  in  that  day,  saith  the  Lord. 

31  Behold,  I  am  against  thee,  0  thou  most 
proud,  saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts :  for 
thy  day  is  come,  the  time  that  I  will  visit 
thee. 

33  And  the  moat  proud  shall  stumble  and 
fall,  and  none  shall  raise  him  up :  and  I 
will  kindle  a  fire  in  his^cities,  and  it  shall 
devour  all  round  about  him. 

33  1[  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts ;  The 


children  of  Israel  and  the  children  of  Ju- 
dah v:ere  oppressed  together:  and  all  that 
took  them  captives  held  them  fast ;  they 
refused  to  let  them  go. 
3i  Their  Redeemer  is  strong;  The  Lord 
of  hosts  is  his  name :  he  shall  thoroughly 
plead  their  cause,  that  he  may  give  rest  to 
the  land,  and  disquiet  the  inhabitants  of 
Babylon. 

35  ^  A  sword  h  upon«the  Chaldeans,  saith 
the  Lord,  and  upon  the  inhabitants  of 
Babylon,  and  ujjon  her  princes,  and  iipon 
her  wise  men. 

36  A  sword  is  upon  the  liars;  and  they 
shall  dote :  a  sword  is  upon  her  mighty 
men ;  and  they  shall  be  dismayed. 

37  A  sword  is  upon  their  horses,  and  upon 
their  chariots,  and  upon  all  the  mingled 
people  that  oA-e  in  the  midst  of  her;  and 
they  shall  become  as  Avomen :  a  sword  is 
upon  her  treasures ;  and  they  shall  be 
robbed. 

38  A  drought  is  upon  her  waters  ;  and 
they  shall  be  dried  up :  for  it  is  the  land 
of  graven  images,  and  they  are  mad  upon 
tJieir  idols. 

39  Therefore  the  wild  beasts  of  the  desert 
with  the  wild  beasts  of  the  islands  shall 
dwell  tJiere,  and  the  owls  shall  dwell  there- 
in :  and  it  shall  be  no  more  inhabited  for 
ever;  neither  shall  it  be  dwelt  in  from 
generation  to  generation. 

40  As  God  overthrew  Sodom  and  Go- 
morrah and  the  neighbour  cities  thereof, 
saith  the  Lord  ;  so  shall  no  man  abide 
there,  neither  shall  any  son  of  man  dwell 
therein. 

41  Behold,  a  people  shall  come  from  the 
north,  and  a  great  nation,  and  many  kings 
shall  be  raised  up  from  the  coasts  of  the 
earth. 

43  They  shall  hold  the  bow  and  the  lance : 
the}'  are  cruel,  and  will  not  shew  mercy: 
their  voice  shall  roar  like  the  sea,  and  they 
shall  ride  upon  horses,  every  one  put  in 
array,  like  a  man  to  the  battle,  against 
thee,  O  daughter  of  Babylon. 

43  The  king  of  Babylon  hath  heard  the 
report  of  them,  and  his  hands  waxed 
feeble:  anguish  took  hold  of  him,  and 
pangs  as  of  a  Avoman  in  travail. 

44  Behold,  he  shall  come  up  like  a  lion 
from  the  swelling:  of  Jordan  unto  the 
liabitation  of  the  strong :  but  I  will  make 
them   suddenly  run  away  from  her:   and 


JEREMIAH. 


who  in  a  chosen  mcai,  that  I  may  appoint  I  in    Zion    the    work    of    the    Lokd    our 


over  her?  for  who  i.s  lilce  meV  and  who 
will  appoint  luc  the  time  ?  and  who  is 
that  shepherd  that  will  stand  before  me  ? 

45  Therefore  hear  ye  the  counsel  of  the 
Loud,  that  he  hatli  taken  against  Baby- 
lon ;  and  his  purposes,  that  he  hatli  pur- 
posed against  the  laud  of  the  Chaldeans : 
Surely  the  least  of  the  flock  shall  draw 
them  out :  surely  he  shall  make  their  hab- 
itation desolate  with  them. 

46  At  the  noise  of  the  taking  of  Babylon 
the  earth  is  moved,  and  the  cry  is  heard 
among  the  nations, 

CPIAPTER  LI. 

THUS  saith  the  LoiiD  ;  Behold,  I  will 
raise  itp  against  Babylon,  and  against 
them  that  dwell  in  the  midst  of  them  that 
rise  up  against  me,  a  destroying  wind  ; 
'2  And  will  send  unto  Babylon  fanners, 
that  shall  fan  her,  and  shall  empty  her 
land:  for  in  the  day  of  trouble  they  shall 
be  against  her  round  about. 

3  Against  hiiu  that  bendeth  let  the  archer 
bend  his  bow,  and  against  him  that  lift- 
eth  himself  up  in  his  brigandine :  and 
spare  ye  not  her  young  men ;  destroy  ye 
utterly  all  her  host, 

4  Thus  the  slain  shall  fall  in  the  land 
of  the  Chaldeans,  and  they  that  are  thrust 
through  in  her  streets. 

5  For  Israel  Jiath  not  bee7i  forsaken,  nor 
Judah  of  his  God,  of  the  Lord  of  hosts ; 
though  their  laud  was  filled  with  sin 
against  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

6  Flee  out  of  the  midst  of  Babylon,  and 
deliver  every  man  his  soul :  be  not  cut  oft" 
in  her  iniquity;  for  this  is  the  time  of  the 
Lord's  vengeance;  ho  will  render  imto  her 
a  recompense. 

7  Babylon  ?iai7i  been  a  golden  cup  in  the 
Lord's  hand,  that  made  all  the  earth 
drunken:  the  nations  have  drunken  of 
her  Avine ;  therefore  the  nations  are  mad. 

8  Babylon  is  suddenly  fallen  and  de- 
stroyed: howl  for  her;  take  balm  for  her 
pain,  if  so  be  she  may  be  healed, 

9  We  would  have  healed  Babylon,  but 
she  is  not  healed:  forsake  her,  and  let  us 
go  every  one  into  his  own  countrj-:  for 
her  judgment  reacheth  unto  heaven,  and 
is  lifted  up  even  to  the  skies. 

10  The    Lord    hath    brought  forth   our 


righteousness:    come,  and  let  us   declare  '  and  the  maid; 


God. 

11  Make  bright  the  arrows;  gather  the 
shields :  the  Lord  hath  raised  up  the 
spirit  of  the  kings  of  the  Medes:  for  his 
device  is-  against  Babylon,  to  destroy  it ; 
because  it  is  the  vengeance  of  the  Lord, 
the  vengeance  of  his  temple. 

12  Set  up  the  standard  upon  the  walls 
of  Babylon,   make  the  watch  strong,   set 

j  up  the  watchmen,  prei^are  the  ambushes: 
for  the  Lord  hath  both  devised  and  done 
that  which  he  spake  against  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Babylon. 

13  O  thou  that  dwell  est  upon  many  wa- 
ters, abundant  in  treasures,  thine  end  is 
come,  and  the  measure  of  thy  eovetous- 
ness. 

14  The  Lord  of  hosts  hath  sworn  by 
himself,  saying,  Surely  I  will  fill  thee  with 
men,  as  with  caterpillars;  and  they  shall 
lift  up  a  shout  against  thee. 

15  He  hath  made  the  earth  by  his  power, 
he  hath  established  the  world  by  his  wis- 
dom, and  hath  stretched  out  the  heaven 
by  his  understanding. 

16  When  he  uttereth  his  voice,  there  is  a 
multitude  of  waters  in  the  heavens ;  and 
he  causeth  the  vapours  to  ascend  from  the 
ends  of  the  earth :  he  maketh  lightnings 
with  rain,  and  bringeth  forth  the  wind 
out  of  his  treasures. 

17  Every  man  is  brutish  by  his  knowl- 
edge; every  founder  is  confounded  by  the 
graven  image:  for  his  molten  image  is 
talsehood,  and  there  is  no  breath  in  them. 

IS  They  are  vanity,  the  work  of  errors : 
in  the  time  of  their  visitation  they  shall 
perish. 

19  The  portion  of  Jacob  is  not  like  them; 
for  he  is  the  former  of  all  things:  and 
Israel  is  the  rod  of  his  inheritance :  The 
Lord  of  hosts  is  his  name. 

20  Thou  art  my  battle  axe  a7id  weapons 
of  war :  for  with  thee  will  I  break  in  pieces 
the  nations,  and  with  thee  will  I  destroy 
kingdoms ; 

21  And  with  thee  will  I  break  in  pieces 
the  horse  and, his  rider;  and  with  thee  will 
I  break  in  pieces  the  chariot  and  his  rider; 

22  With  thee  also  Avill  I  break  in  pieces 
man  and  woman;  and  with  thee  will  I 
break  in  pieces  old  and  young;  and  Avith 
thee  will  I  break  in  pieces  the  young  man 


735 


JEREMIAH. 


23  I  will  also  break  in  pieces  with  thee 
the  shepherd  aud  his  flock;  and  with  thee 
will  I  break  iu  pieces  the  husbandman  and 
his  yoke  of  oxen;  and  with  thee  will  I 
break  in  pieces  captains  and  rulers. 

24  And  I  will  render  unto  Babylon  and  to 
all  the  inhabitants  of  Chaldea  all  their  evil 
that  they  have  done  in' Ziou  in  your  sight, 
saith  the  Lord. 

25  Behold,  I  am  aj^ainst  thee,  O  destroying 
mountain,  saith  the  Lokd,  which  destroy- 
est  all  the  earth:  and  I  will  stretch  out 
mine  hand  upon  thee,  and  roll  thee  down 
from  the  rocks,  and  will  make  thee  a  burnt 
mountain. 

26  And  they  shall  not  take  of  thee  a  stone 
for  a  corner,  nor  a  stone  for  foundations ; 
but  thou  Shalt  be  desolate  for  ever,  saith 
the  Lord. 

27  Set  ye  up  a  standard  in  the  land,  blow 
the  trumpet  among  the  nations,  pi-epare 
the  nations  against  her,  call  together 
against  her  the  kingdoms  of  Ararat,  Minni, 
and  Ashchenaz;  appoint  a  captain  against 
her;  cause  the  horses  to  come  upas  the 
rough  caterpillars. 

28  Prepare  against  her  the  nations  with 
the  kings  of  the  Medes,  the  captains  there- 
of, and  all  the  rulers  thereof,  and  all  the 
land  of  his  dominion. 

29  And  the  land  shall  tremble  and  sor- 
row: for  every  purpose  of  the  Lord  shall 
be  performed  against  Babylon,  to  make  the 
land  of  Babylon  a  desolation  without  an 
inhabitant. 

oO  The  mighty  men  of  Babylon  have  for- 
borne to  fight,  they  have  remained  iu  their 
holds:  their  might  hath  failed;  they  be- 
came as  women:  they  have  burned  her 
dwellingplaces  ;  her  bars  are  broken. 

31  One  post  shall  run  to  meet  another,  and 
one  messenger  to  meet  another,  to  shew 
the  king  of  Babylon  that  his  city  is  taken 
at  one  end, 

33  And  that  the  passages  are  stopped,  and 
the  reeds  they  have  burned  with  lire,  and 
the  men  of  war  are  aflrighted. 

33  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel;  The  daughter  of  Babylon 
in  like  a  threshingfloor,  it  in  time  to  thresh 
her:  yet  a  little  while,  and  the  time  of 
her  harvest  shall  come. 

34  Nebuchadrezzar  the  king  of  Babylon 
hath  devoured  me,  he  hath  crushed  me,  he 
hath  made  me  an  empty  vessel,  he  hath 

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swallowed  me  up  like  a  dragon,  he  hath 
filled  his  belly  with  my  delicates,  he  hath 
cast  me  out. 

35  The  violence  done  to  me  and  to  my 
flesh  be  upon  Babjion,  shall  the  inhabitant 
of  Zion  say;  and  my  blood  upon  the  in- 
habitants of  Chaldea,  shall  Jerusalem  say. 

36  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Be- 
hold, I  will  plead  thy  cause,  and  take 
vengeance  for  thee ;  and  I  will  dry  up  her 
sea,  and  make  her  springs  dry. 

37  And  Babylon  shall  become  heaps,  a 
dwellingplace  for  dragons,  an  astonish- 
ment, and  a  hissing,  without  an  inhabitant. 

38  They  shall  roar  together  like  lions: 
they  shall  yell  as  lions'  whelps. 

39  In  their  heat  I  will  make  their  feasts, 
and  I  will  make  them  drunken,  that  they 
may  rejoice,  and  sleep  a  perijctual  sleep, 
and  not  wake,  saith  the  Lord. 

40  I  will  bring  them  down  like  lambs 
to  the  slaughter,  like  rams  with  he 
goats. 

41  How  is  Sheshach  taken!  and  how  is 
the  praise  of  the  whole  earth  surprised! 
how  is  Babylon  become  an  astonishment 
among  the  nations ! 

43  The  sea  is  come  up  upon  Babylon: 
she  is  covered  with  the  multitude  of  the 
waves  thereof. 

43  Her  cities  are  a  desolation,  a  dry  land, 
and  a  wilderness,  a  land  wherein  no  man 
dwelleth,  neither  doth  a«y  son  of  man  pass 
thereby. 

44  And  I  will  punish  Bel  in  Babylon, 
and  I  Avill  bring  forth  out  of  his  mouth 
that  which  he  hath  swallowed  up  :  and  the 
nations  shall  not  flow  together  any  more 
unto  him ;  yea,  the  wall  of  Babylon  shall 
tail. 

45  My  people,  go  yc  out  of  the  midst 
of  her,  and  deliver  ye  every  man  his  soul 
from  the  fierce  anger  of  the  Lord. 

46  And  lest  your  heart  faint,  and  ye  fear 
for  the  rumour  that  shall  be  heard  in  the 
land;  a  rumour  shall  both  come  one  year, 
and  after  that  in  another  year  s^hall  come 
a  rumour,  and  violence  in  the  land,  ruler 
against  ruler. 

47  Therefore,  behold,  the  days  come,  that 
I  will  do  judgment  upon  the  graven  im- 
ages of  Babylon :  and  her  whole  land  shall 
be  confounded,  and  all  her  slain  shall  fall 
iu  the  midst  of  her. 

48  Then  the  heaven  and  the  earth,  and  all 


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that  is  therein,  shall  sing  for  Babylon :  for 
the  spoilers  shall  come  unto  hor  from  the 
north,  saith  the  Lord. 

49  As  Babjlon  hath  caused  the  slain  of  Is- 
rael to  fall,  so  at  Babylon  shall  fall  the 
slain  of  all  the  earth. 

50  Ye  that  have  escaped  the  sword,  go 
away,  stand  not  still :  remember  the  Lord 
afar  off,  and  let  Jerusalem  come  into  your 
mind. 

51  We  are  confounded,  because  we  have 
heard  reproach :  shame  hath  covered  our 
faces ;  for  strangers  are  come  into  the  sanc- 
tuaries of  the  Lord's  house. 

52  Wherefore,  behold,  the  days  come, 
saith  the  Lord,  that  I  will  do  judgment 
upon  her  graven  images :  and  through  all 
her  land  the  wounded  shall  groan. 

53  Though  Babylon  should  mount  up  to 
heaven,  and  though  she  should  fortify  the 
height  of  her  strength,  yet  from  me 
shall  spoilers  come  unto  her,  saith  the 
Lord, 

54  A  sound  of  a  cry  conieth  from  Babylon, 
and  great  destruction  from  the  land  of  the 
Chaldeans : 

55  Because  the  Lord  hath  spoiled  Baby- 
lon, and  destroyed  out  of  her  the  great 
voice ;  when  her  waves  do  roar  like 
great  waters,  a  noise  of  their  voice  is 
uttered : 

56  Because  the  spoiler  is  come  upon  her, 
even  upon  Babjdou,  and  her  mighty  men 
are  taken,  every  one  of  their  bows  is  bro- 
ken :  for  the  Lord  God  of  recompenses 
shall  surely  requite. 

57  And  I  will  make  drunk  her  princes, 
and  her  wise  men^  her  captains,  and  her 
rulers,  and  her  mighty  men:  and  they 
shall  sleep  a  perpetual  sleep,  and  not 
wake,  saith  the  King,  whose  name  is  The 
Lord  of  hosts. 

58  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts;  The 
broad  walls  of  Babylon  shall  be  utterly 
broken,  and  her  high  gates  shall  be  burned 
with  fire;  and  the  people  shall  labour  in 
vain,  and  the  folk  in  the  fire,  and  they  shall 
be  weary. 

59  1  The  word  which  Jeremiah  the  proph- 
et commanded  Seraiah  the  son  of  Neriah, 
the  son  of  Maaseiah,  when  he  went  with 
Zedekiah  the  king  of  Judah  into  Babylon 
in  the  fourth  year  of  his  reign.  And  this 
Seraiah  was  a  quiet  prince. 

60  So  Jeremiah  wrote  in  a  book  all  the 

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evil  that  should  come  upon  Babylon,  even 
all  these  words  that  are  written  against 
Babylon. 

61  And  Jeremiah  said  to  Seraiah,  When 
thou  comest  to  Bab5don,  and  shalt  see, 
and  shalt  read  all  these  words ; 

63  Then  shalt  thou  say,  O  Lord,  thou 
hast  spoken  against  this  place,  to  cut  it 
oft",  that  none  shall  remain  in  it,  neither 
man  nor  beast,  but  that  it  shall  be  deso- 
late for  ever. 

63  And  it  shall  be,  when  thou  hast  made 
an  end  of  reading  this  book,  that  thou  shalt 
bind  a  stone  to  it,  and  cast  it  into  the 
midst  of  Euphrates : 

64  And  thou  shalt  say,  Thus  shall  Baby- 
lon sink,  and  shall  not  rise  from  the  evil 
that  I  will  bring  upon  her  :  and  they  shall 
be  weary.  Thus  far  are  the  words  of 
Jeremiah. 

CHAPTER  LII. 

ZEDEKIAH  ivas  one  and  twenty  years 
old  when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he 
reigned  eleven  years  in  Jerusalem.  And 
his  mother's  name  loas  Hamutal  the  daugh- 
ter of  Jeremiah  of  Libnah. 

2  And  he  did  that  which  toas  evil  in  the 
eyes  of  the  Lord,  according  to  all  that 
Jehoiakira  had  done. 

3  For  through  the  anger  of  the  Lord  it 
came  to  pass  in  Jerusalem  and  Judah,  till 
he  had  cast  them  out  from  his  presence, 
that  Zedekiah  rebelled  against  the  king 
of  Babylon. 

4  1  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  ninth  year 
of  his  reign,  in  the  tenth  month,  in  the 
tenth  day  of  the  month,  t/tat  Nebuchad- 
rezzar king  of  Babylon  came,  he  and  all 
his  army,  against  Jerusalem,  and  iiitched 
against  it,  and  built  forts  against  it  round 
about. 

5  So  the  city  was  besieged  unto  the  elev- 
enth year  of  king  Zedekiah. 

6  And  in  the  fourth  month,  in  the  ninth 
day  of  the  month,  the  famine  was  sore  in 
the  city,  so  that  there  was  no  bread  for 
the  people  of  the  land. 

7  Then  the  city  Avas  broken  up,  and  all 
the  men  of  war  fled,  and  went  forth  out 
of  the  city  by  night  by  the  way  of  the 
gate  between  the  two  walls,  which  was  by 
the  king's  garden;  (now  the  Chaldeans 
were  by  the  city  round  about:)  and  they 
went  by  the  way  of  the  plain. 

8  IT  Biat  the  army  of  the  Chaldeans  pur- 


JEREMIAH. 


sued  atler  the  king,  and  overtook  Zed- 
ekiah  in  the  jjlains  of  Jericho;  and  all 
his  army  ivas  scattered  from  him. 

9  Then  they  took  the  king,  and  carried 
him  up  unto  the  king  of  Babylon  to 
Riblah  in  the  land  of  Hamath ;  where  he 
gave  judgment  upon  him. 

10  And  the  king  of  Babj-lon  slew  the 
sons  of  Zedekiah  before  his  eyes;  he  slew 
also  all  the  princes  of  Judah  in  Riblah. 

11  Then  he  put  out  the  eyes  of  Zedekiah ; 
and  the  king  of  Babylon  bound  him  in 
chains,  and  carried  him  to  Babylon,  and 
put  him  in  prison  till  the  day  of  his  death. 

13  11  Now  in  the  fifth  month,  in  the  tenth 
day  of  the  month,  which  vms  the  nineteenth 
year  of  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon, 
came  Nebuzar-adan,  captain  of  the  guard, 
whkh  served  the  king  of  Babylon,  into 
Jerusalem, 

13  And  burned  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  the  king's  house ;  and  all  the  houses 
of  Jerusalem,  and  all  the  houses  of  the 
great  ynen^  burned  he  with  fire: 

14  And  all  the  army  of  the  Chaldeans, 
that  were  with  the  captain  of  the  guard, 
brake  down  all  the  walls  of  Jerusalem 
round  about. 

15  Then  Nebuzar-adan  the  captain  of  the 
guard  carried  away  captive  certain,  of  the 
poor  of  the  people,  and  the  residue  of  the 
people  that  remained  in  the  city,  and  those 
that  fell  away,  that  fell  to  the  king  of 
Babylon,  and  the  rest  of  the  multitude. 

16  But  Nebuzar-adan  the  captain  of  the 
guard  left  certain  of  the  poor  of  the  land 
for  vinedressers  and  for  husbandmen. 

17  Also  the  pillars  of  brass  that  ivera  in 


which  king  Solomon  had  made  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord  :  the  brass  of  all  these 
vessels  was  without  weight. 

21  And  concerning  the  pillars,  the  height 
of  one  j)illar  was  eighteen  cubits;  and  a 
fillet  of  twelve  cubits  did  compass  it; 
and  the  thickness  thereof  was  four  fin- 
gers :  it  7/jas  hollow. 

22  And  a  chapiter  of  brass  was  upon  it; 
and  the  height  of  one  chapiter  ?';a.s  five 
cubits,  with  network  and  pomegranates 
upon  the  chapiters  round  about,  all  of 
brass.  The  second  j^illar  also  and  the 
pomegranates  ivere  like  unto  these. 

23  And  there  were  ninety  and  six  pome- 
granates on  a  side;  ojid  all  the  pomegran- 
ates upon  the  network  were  a  hundred 
round  about. 

24  T[  And  the  captain  of  the  guard  took 
Seraiah  the  chief  priest,  and  Zephaniah 
the  second  priest,  and  the  three  keepers 
of  the  door : 

25  He  took  also  out  of  the  city  a  eunuch, 
which  had  the  charge  of  the  men  of  war ; 
and  seven  men  of  them  that  were  near 
the  king's  person,  which  were  found  in 
the  city;  and  the  principal  scribe  of  the 
host,  who  mustered  the  people  of  the 
land;  and  threescore  men  of  the  people 
of  the  land,  that  were  found  in  the  midst 
of  the  city. 

26  So  Nebuzar-adan  the  captain  of  the 
guard  took  them,  and  brought  them  to 
the  king  of  Babylon  to  Riblah. 

27  And  the  king  of  Babylon  smote  them, 
and  put  them  to  death  in  Riblah  in  the 
laud  of  Hamath.  Thus  Judah  was  carried 
away  captive  out  of  his  own  land. 

2S  This   is  the  people  whom  Nebucliad- 


the  house    of  the  Lord,   aud  the  bases, 

and  the  brazen  sea  that  was  iu  the  house  i  rezzar  carried  away  captive:  in  the  seventh 
of  the  Lord,  the  Chaldeans  brake,  and  i  year  three  thousand  Jews  aud  three  and 
carried  all  the  brass  of  them  to  Babylon.         twenty  : 

29  In  the  eighteenth  year  of  NebuchadrcZ' 


18  The  caldrons  also,  and  the  shovels, 
and  the  snuffers,  aud  the  bowls,  aud  the 
spoons,  and  all  the  vessels  of  brass 
wherewith  they  ministered,  took  they 
away. 

19  And  the  basins,  and  the  firepans,  and 
tlie  bowls,  and  the  caldrons,  and  the  can- 
dlesticks, aud  the  spoons,  aud  the  cups ; 
t?iat  which  was  of  gold  i?4  gold,  aud  that 
which  w'a.<  of  silver  i;i  silvei-,  took  the  cap- 
tain of  the  guard  away. 

20  The  two  pillars,  one  sea,  and  twelve 
brazen   bulls   that  were   under   the   bases, 

7^ 


zar  he  carried  away  captive  from  Jerusa- 
lem eight  hundred  thirty  aud  two  persons  : 

30  In  the  three  and  twentieth  year  of 
Nebuchadrezzar,  Nebuzar-adan  the  captain 
of  the  guard  carried  away  captive  of  the 
Jews  seven  hundred  forty  and  five  per- 
sons :  all  the  persons  were  four  thousand 
and  six  hundred. 

31  Tf  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  seven 
and  thirtieth  year  of  the  captivity  of  Je- 
hoiachin  king  of  Jiulah,  in  the  twelfth 
month,  in  the  five  and  twentieth  day  of 


LAMENTATIONS. 


the  mouth,  that  Evil-merodach  kiug  oi\  88  And  changed  his  prison  garments:  and 
Babylon,  in  the^rs^  year  of  his  reign,  lifted  i  he  did  continually  eat  bread  before  him  all 
up  the  head  of  Jehoiachin  king  of  Judah,    the  days  of  his  life. 


and  brought  him  forth  out  of  prison, 
33  And  spake  kindly  unto   him,  and  set 
his  throne  above  the  throne  of  the  kings 
that  v}ere  with  him  in  Babylon, 


34  And  for  his  diet,  there  was  a  continual 
diet  given  him  of  the  king  of  Babylon, 
every  day  a  i)ortion  until  the  day  of  his 
death,  all  the  days  of  his  life. 


THE 


LAMENTATIONS   OF  JEREMIAH. 


CHAPTER  I. 

HOW  doth  the  city  sit  solitary,  tJw.t 
7vas  full  of  people !  Iioio  is  she  become 
as  a  widow !  she  that  loas  great  among  the 
nations,  ayid  princess  among  the  provinces, 
7iovj  is  she  become  tributary ! 

2  She  weepeth  sore  in  the  night,  and 
her  tears  a?'e  on  her  cheeks :  among  all 
her  lovers  she  hath  none  to  comfort  7ier: 
all  her  friends  have  dealt  treacherously 
with  her,  they  are  become  her  enemies. 

3  Judah  is  gone  into  captivity  because  of 
affliction,  and  because  of  great  servitude: 
she  dwelleth  among  the  heathen,  she  fiud- 
eth  no  rest:  all  her  persecutors  overtook 
her  between  the  straits. 

4  The  ways  of  Zion  do  mourn,  because 
none  come  to  the  solemn  feasts :  all  her 
gates  are  desolate:  her  priests  sigh,  her 
virgins  are  afflicted,  and  she  is  in  bitter- 
ness. 

5  Her  adversaries  are  the  chief,  her  ene- 
mies prosper ;  for  the  Loud  hath  afflicted 
her  for  the  multitude  of  her  transgres- 
sions :  her  children  are  gone  into  cai^tivity 
before  the  enemy. 

6  And  from  the  daughter  of  Zion  all  her 
beauty  is  departed :  her  princes  are  be- 
come like  harts  tJiat  find  no  pasture,  and 
they  are  gone  without  strength  before  the 
pursuer. 

7  Jerusalem  remembered  in  the  days  of 
her  affliction  and  of  her  miseries  all  her 
pleasant  things  that  she  had  in  the  days  of 
old,  when  her  people  fell  into  the  hand 
of  the  enemy,  and  none  did  help  her :  the 
adversaries  saw  her,  and  did  mock  at  her 
sabbaths. 

8  Jerusalem    hath    grievously    sinned  ; 


therefore  she  is  removed:  all  that  hon- 
oured her  despise  her,  because  they  have 
seen  her  nakedness:  yea,  she  sigheth, 
and  turneth  backward. 

9  Her  filthiness  is  in  her  skirts ;  she  re- 
membereth  not  her  last  end;  therefore 
she  came  down  wonderfully :  she  had 
no  comforter.  O  Lord,  behold  my  af- 
fliction :  for  the  enemy  hath  magnified 
himself. 

10  The  adversary  hath  sjiread  out  his 
hand  upon  all  her  pleasant  things:  for 
she  hath  seen  that  the  heathen  entered 
into  her  sanctuary,  whom  thou  didst  com- 
mand that  they  should  not  enter  into  thy 
congregation. 

11  All  her  people  sigh,  they  seek  bread  ; 
they  have  given  their  pleasant  things  for 
meat  to  relieve  the  soul:  see,  O  Lord, 
and  consider;  for  I  am  become  vile. 

12  ^  Is  it  nothing  to  you,  all  ye  that  pass 
by?  behold,  and  see  if  there  be  any  sor- 
row like  unto  my  sorrow,  which  is  done 
unto  me,  wherewith  the  Lord  hath  af- 
flicted me  in  the  day  of  his  fierce  anger. 

13  From  above  hath  he  scut  fire  into  my 
bones,  and  it  prevaileth  against  them :  he 
hath  spread  a  net  for  my  feet,  he  hath 
turned  me  back:  he  hath  made  me  des- 
olate and  faint  all  the  day. 

14  The  yoke  of  my  transgressions  is 
bound  by  his  hand:  they  are  wreathed,  a7id 
come  up  lipon  mj'  neck :  he  hath  made 
my  strength  to  fall,  the  Lord  hath  deliv- 
ered me  into  their  hands, //wji  u'hom  I  am 
not  able  to  rise  up. 

15  The  Lord  hath  trodden  under  foot  all 
my  mighty  men  in  the  midst  of  me:  he 
hath  called  an    assembly  against    me  to 

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LAMENTATIONS. 


crush  my  young  men :  the  Lord  hath  trod- 
den the  virgin,  the  daughter  of  Judah,  a.s- 
in  a  winepress. 

16  For  these  tInngK  I  weep ;  mine  eye, 
mine  eye  runneth  down  with  water,  be- 
cause the  comforter  tliat  should  relieve 
my  soul  is  far  from  me:  my  children  are 
desolate,  because  the  enemy  prevailed. 

17  Zion  spreadeth  forth  her  hands,  and 
there  In  none  to  comfort  her:  the  Lokd 
hath  commanded  concerning  Jacob,  that 
his  adversaries  sJiould  be  round  about  him  : 
Jerusalem  is  as  a  menstruous  woman 
among  them. 

18  ^  The  Lord  is  righteous ;  for  I  have 
rebelled  against  his  commandment :  hear, 
I  pray  you,  all  people,  and  behold  my 
sorrow :  my  virgins  and  my  young  men 
are  gone  into  captivity. 

19  I  called  for  my  lovers,  but  they  de- 
ceived me:  my  priests  and  mine  elders 
gave  up  the  ghost  in  the  city,  while  they 
sought  their  meat  to  relieve  their  souls. 

20  Behold,  O  Lord  ;  for  I  am  in  distress : 
my  bowels  are  troubled;  mine  heart  is 
turned  within  me ;  for  I  have  grievously 
rebelled:  abroad  the  sword  bereaveth,  at 
home  tfiere  is  as  death. 

21  They  have  heard  that  I  sigh;  thei'e  is 
none  to  comfort  me:  all  mine  enemies 
have  heard  of  my  trouble;  they  are  glad 
that  thou  hast  done  it :  thou  wilt  bring 
the  day  that  thou  hast  called,  and  they 
shall  be  like  unto  me. 

23  Let  all  their  wickedness  come  before 
thee;  and  do  unto  them,  as  thou  hast 
done  un.to  me  for  all  my  transgressions : 
for  ray  sighs  are  many,  and  my  heart  is 
faint. 

CHAPTER  II. 

HOW  hath  the  Lord  covered  the  daugh- 
ter of  Zion  with  a  cloud  in  his  auger, 
and  cast  down  from  heaven  imto  the 
earth  the  beauty  of  Israel,  and  remembered 
not  his  footstool  in  the  day  of  his  anger! 

2  The  Lord  hath  swallowed  up  all  the 
habitations  of  Jacob,  and  hath  not  pitied: 
he  hath  thrown  down  in  his  wrath  the 
strong  holds  of  the  daughter  of  Judah; 
he  hath  brought  them  down  to  the  ground; 
he  hath  polluted  the  kingdom  and  the 
princes  thereof. 

3  He  hath  cut  off  in  his  fierce  anger  all 
the  horn  of  Israel :  he  hath  drawn  back  his 
right  hand  from  before  the  eneni}',  and  he 


burned  against  Jacob  like  a  flaming  fire, 
ichich  devoureth  round  about. 

4  He  hath  bent  his  bow  like  an  enemy :  he 
stood  with  his  right  hand  as  an  adversary, 
and  slew  all  that  tvere  pleasant  to  the  eye 
in  the  tabernacle  of  the  daughter  of  Zion : 
he  poured  out  his  fury  like  fire. 

5  The  Lord  was  as  an  enemy:  he  hath 
swallowed  up  Israel,  he  hath  swallowed  up 
all  her  palaces :  he  hath  destroyed  his 
strong  holds,  and  hath  increased  in  the 
daughter  of  Judah  mourning  and  lament- 
ation. 

6  And  he  hath  violently  taken  away  his 
tabernacle,  as  if  it  were  of  a  garden ;  he 
hath  destroyed  his  places  of  the  assembly  : 
the  Lord  hath  caused  the  solemn  feasts 
and  sabbaths  to  be  forgotten  in  Zion,  and 
hath  despised  in  the  indignation  of  his 
anger  the  king  and  the  priest. 

7  The  Lord  hath  cast  off  his  altar,  he 
hath  abhorred  his  sanctuary,  he  hath  given 
up  into  the  hand  of  the  enemy  the  walls 
of  her  palaces ;  they  have  made  a  noise  in 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  as  in  the  day  of  a 
solemn  feast. 

8  The  Lord  hath  purposed  to  destroy 
the  wall  of  the  daughter  of  Zion:  he  hath 
stretched  out  a  line,  he  hath  not  with- 
drawn his  hand  from  destroying:  therefore 
he  made  the  rampart  and  the  wall  to  la- 
ment ;  they  languished  together. 

9  Her  gates  are  sunk  into  the  ground;  he 
hath  destroyed  and  broken  her  bars :  her 
king  and  her  princes  are  among  the  Gen- 
tiles: the  law  is  no  more;  her  prophets 
also  find  no  vision  from  the  Lord. 

10  The  elders  of  the  daughter  of  Zion  sit 
upon  the  ground,  and  keep  silence:  they 
have  cast  up  dust  upon  their  heads ;  they 
have  girded  themselves  with  sackcloth: 
the  virgins  of  Jerusalem  hang  down  their 
heads  to  the  ground, 

11  Mine  eyes  do  f\i.il  with  tears,  my  bowels 
are  troubled,  my  liver  is  poured  upon  the 
earth,  for  the  destruction  of  the  daughter 
of  my  people;  because  the  children  and 
the  sucklings  swoon  in  the  streets  of  the 
city. 

12  They  say  to  their  mothers.  Where  is 
corn  and  wine?  when  they  swooned  as  the 
w^ounded  in  the  streets  of  the  city,  when 
their  soul  was  poured  out  into  their 
mothers'  bosom. 

1.3  What  thinsr  shall   I    take   to  witness 


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for  thee  V  what  thing  shall  I  liken  to  thee, 
O  daughter  of  Jerusalem?  what  shall  I 
equal  to  thee,  that  I  may  comfort  thee,  O 
virgin  daughter  of  Zion  ?  for  thy  breach  is 
great  like  the  sea :  who  can  heal  thee  ? 

14  Thy  prophets  have  seen  vain  and  fool- 
ish things  for  thee:  and  they  have  not 
discovered  thine  iniquity,  to  turn  away  thy 
captivity ;  hut  have  seen  for  thee  false  bur- 
dens and  causes  of  banishment. 

15  All  that  pass  by  clap  their  hands  at 
thee  ;  they  hiss  and  wag  their  head  at  the 
daughter  of  Jerusalem,  sayiiif/.  Is  this  the 
city  that  mm  call  The  perfection  of  beauty, 
The  joj  of  the  whole  earth? 

16  All  thine  enemies  have  opened  their 
mouth  against  thee:  they  hiss  and  gnash 
the  teeth:  they  say.  We  have  swallowed 
7ier  up :  certainly  this  is  the  day  that 
we  looked  for;  we  have  found,  we  have 
seen  it. 

17  The  Lord  hath  done  tJiat  which  he  had 
devised ;  he  hath  fulfilled  his  Avord  that  he 
had  commanded  in  the  days  of  old:  he 
hath  thrown  down,  and  hath  not  pitied: 
and  he  hath  caused  thine  enemy  to  rejoice 
over  thee,  he  hath  set  up  the  horn  of  thine 
adversaries. 

IS  Their  heart  cried  unto  the  Lord,  O 
wall  of  the  daughter  of  Zion,  let  tears  run 
down  like  a  river  day  and  night :  give  thy- 
self no  rest;  let  not  the  apple  of  thine 
eye  cease. 

19  Arise,  cry  out  in  the  night :  in  the  be- 
ginning of  the  watches  pour  out  thine 
heart  like  water  before  the  face  of  the 
Lord:  lift  up  thy  hands  toward  him  for 
the  life  of  thy  young  children,  that  faint 
for  hunger  in  the  top  of  every  street. 

20  11  Behold,  O  Lord,  and  consider  to 
whom  thou  hast  done  this.  Shall  the  wo- 
men eat  their  fruit,  and  children  of  a  span 
long?  shall  the  priest  and  the  prophet  be 
slain  in  the  sanctuary  of  the  Lord  ? 

21  The  young  and  the  old  lie  on  the 
ground  in  the  streets :  my  virgins  and  my 
young  men  are  fallen  by  the  sword ;  thou 
hast  slain  them  in  the  day  of  thine  anger ; 
thou  hast  killed,  a?id  not  pitied. 

22  Thou  hast  called  as  in  a  solemn  day 
my  terrors  round  about,  so  that  in  the  day 
of  the  Lord's  anger  none  escaped  nor 
remained:  those  that  I  have  swaddled 
and  brought  up  hath  mine  enemy  con- 
sumed. 


CHAPTER  III. 

I  AM  the  man  that  hath  seen  affliction 
by  the  rod  of  his  wrath. 

2  He  hath  led  me,  and  brought  me  irUo 
darkness,  but  not  into  light. 

3  Surely  against  me  is  he  turned;  he 
turneth  his  hand  against  me  all  the  day. 

4  My  flesh  and  my  skin  hath  he  made 
old ;  he  hath  broken  my  bones. 

5  He  hath  builded  against  me,  and  com- 
passed me  with  gall  and  travail. 

6  He  hath  set  me  in  dark  places,  as  they 
that  be  dead  of  old. 

7  He  hath  hedged  me  about,  that  I  can- 
not get  out:  he  hath  made  my  chain  heavy. 

8  Also  when  I  cry  and  shout,  he  shutteth 
out  my  prayer. 

9  He  hath  inclosed  my  ways  with  hewn 
stone ;  he  hath  made  my  paths  crooked. 

10  He  uKis  unto  me  as  a  bear  lying  in  wait, 
(T/ul  as  a  lion  in  secret  places. 

11  He  hath  turned  aside  my  ways,  and 
pulled  me  in  pieces  :  he  hath  made  me 
desolate. 

12  He  hath  bent  his  bow,  and  set  me  as 
a  mark  for  the  arrow. 

13  He  hath  caused  the  arrows  of  his 
quiver  to  enter  into  my  reins. 

14  I  was  a  derision  to  all  my  people ;  atid 
their  song  all  the  day. 

15  He  hath  filled  me  with  bitterness,  he 
hath  made  me  drunken  with  worm- 
wood. 

16  He  hath  also  broken  my  teeth  with 
gravel  stones,  he  hath  covered  me  with 
ashes. 

17  And  thou  hast  removed  my  soul  far 
oflF  from  peace :  I  forgat  prosperity. 

18  And  I  said,  My  strength  and  my  hope 
is  perished  from  the  Lord  : 

19  Remembering  mine  affliction  and  my 
misery,  the  wormwood  and  the  gall. 

20  My  soul  hath  tJiem  still  in  remem- 
brance, and  is  humbled  in  me. 

21  This  I  recall  to  my  mind,  therefore 
have  I  hope. 

22  If  It  is  of  the  Lord's  mercies  that  we 
are  not  consumed,  because  his  compas- 
sions fail  not. 

23  They  are  new  every  morning :  great  is 
thy  faithfulness. 

24  The  Lord  is  my  portion,  saith  my 
soul ;  therefore  will  I  hope  in  him. 

25  The  Lord  is  good  unto  them  that  wait 
for  him,  to  the  soul  t7iat  seeketh  him. 

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26  It  is  good  that  a  inait  should  both  hope 
and  quietly  wait  for  the  salvation  of  the 
Lord. 

27  It  if  good  for  a  man  that  he  bear  the 
3'oke  in  his  youth. 

28  He  sitteth  alone  and  keepeth  silence, 
because  he  hath  borne  it  upon  him. 

29  He  putteth  his  mouth  in  the  dust;  if  so 
be  there  may  be  hope. 

30  He  giveth  Ma  cheek  to  him  that  smiteth 
him  :  he  is  filled  full  with  reproach. 

31  For  the  Lord  will  not  cast  off  for 
ever : 

32  But  though  he  cause  grief,  yet  will  he 
have  compassion  according  to  the  multi- 
tiide  of  his  mercies. 

33  For  he  doth  not  afflict  willingly,  nor 
grieve  the  children  of  men. 

34  To  crush  under  his  feet  all  the  pris- 
oners of  the  earth, 

3.5  To  turn  aside  the  right  of  a  man  before 
the  fiice  of  the  Most  High, 

36  To  subvert  a  man  in  his  cause,  the 
Lord  approveth  not. 

37  H  Who  is  he  that  saith,  and  it  cometh 
to  pass,  ivhe7i  the  Lord  commandeth  it  notV 

38  Out  of  the  mouth  of  the  Most  High 
proceedeth  not  evil  and  good  ? 

39  "Wherefore  doth  a  living  man  complain, 
a  man  for  the  punishment  of  his  sins  ? 

40  Let  us  search  and  try  our  ways,  and 
turn  again  to  the  Lord. 

41  Let  us  lift  up  our  heart  with  our  hands 
unto  God  in  the  heavens. 

42  We  have  transgressed  and  have  re- 
belled :  thou  hast  not  pardoned. 

43  Thou  hast  covered  with  anger,  and 
persecuted  us :  thou  liast  slain,  thou  hast 
not  pitied. 

44  Thou  hast  covered  thyself  with  a 
cloud,  that  our  prayer  should  not  pass 
through. 

45  Thou  hast  made  us  as  the  offscouring 
and  refuse  in  the  midst  of  the  people. 

46  All  our  enemies  have  opened  their 
mouths  against  us. 

47  Fear  and  a  snare  is  come  upon  us, 
desolation  and  destruction. 

48  Mine  eye  runneth  down  with  rivers 
of  water  for  the  destruction  of  the  daugh- 
ter of  ray  people. 

49  Mine  eye  trickleth  down,  and  ceaseth 
not,  without  any  intermission, 

50  Till  the  Lord  look  down,  and  behold 

from  heaven. 

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51  Mine  eye  atlecteth  mine  heart,  because 
of  all  the  daughters  of  my  city. 

52  Mine  enemies  chased  me  sore,  like 
a  bird,  without  cause. 

53  They  have  cut  off  my  life  in  the 
dungeon,  and  cast  a  stone  upon  me. 

54  Waters  flowed  over  mine  head;  the7i 
I  said,  I  am  cut  off. 

55  1  I  called  upon  thy  name,  O  Lord, 
out  of  the  low  dungeon. 

56  Thou  hast  heard  my  voice:  hide  not 
thine  ear  at  my  breathing,  at  my  crj'. 

57  Thou  drewest  near  in  the  day  that  I 
called  upon  thee :  thou  saidst,  Fear  not. 

58  O  Lord,  thou  hast  pleaded  the  causes 
of  my  soul ;  thou  hast  redeemed  my  life. 

59  O  Lord,  thou  hast  seen  my  wrong: 
judge  thou  my  cause. 

60  Thou  hast  seen  all  their  vengeance 
and  all  their  imaginations  against  me. 

61  Thou  hast  heard  their  reproach,  O 
Lord,  and  all  their  imaginations  against 
me; 

62  The  lips  of  those  that  rose  up  against 
me,  and  their  device  against  me  all  the 
day. 

63  Behold  their  sitting  down,  and  their 
rising  up ;  I  am  their  music. 

64  ^  Render  unto  them  a  recompense,  O 
Lord,  according  to  the  work  of  their 
hands. 

65  Give  them  sorrow  of  heart,  thy  curse 
unto  them. 

66  Persecute  and  destroy  them  in  auger 
from  under  the  heavens  of  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

HOW  is  the  gold  become  dim!  7ioio 
is  the  most  fine  gold  changed!  the 
stones  of  the  sanctuary  are  jjoured  out  in 
the  top  of  every  street. 

2  The  precious  sons  of  Zion,  compara- 
ble to  fine  gold,  how  are  they  esteemed 
as  earthen  pitchers,  the  work  of  the  hands 
of  the  potter! 

3  Even  the  sea  monsters  draw  out  the 
breast,  they  give  suck  to  their  young 
ones :  the  daughter  of  my  people  is  be- 
come cruel,  like  the  ostriches  in  the  wil- 
derness. 

4  The  tongue  of  the  sucking  child  cleav- 
eth  to  the  roof  of  his  mouth  for  thirst : 
the  young  children  ask  bread,  arul  no  man 
breaketh  it  unto  them. 

5  They  that  did  feed  delicately  are  deso- 


LAMENTATIONS. 


late  in  the  streets  :  they  that  -were  brought 
up  in  scarlet  embrace  dunj^hills. 

6  For  the  i)unishmeut  of  the  iniquity  of 
the  daughter  of  my  people  is  greater  than 
the  punishment  of  the  sin  of  Sodom,  that 
was  overthrown  as  in  a  moment,  and  no 
hands  stayed  on  her. 

7  Her  Nazarites  were  purer  than  snow, 
they  were  whiter  than  milk,  they  were 
more  ruddy  in  body  than  rubies,  their 
polishing  wa,^  of  sapphire  : 

8  Their  visage  is  blacker  than  a  coal ; 
they  are  not  known  in  the  streets :  their 
skin  cleaveth  to  their  bones  ;  it  is  with- 
ered, it  .is  become  like  a  stick. 

9  27iey  that  he  slain  with  the  sword  are 
better  than  tlieij  that  he  slain  with  hunger : 
for  these  pine  away,  stricken  through  for 
tvcmt  ofi\ic  fruits  of  the  field. 

10  The  hands  of  the  pitiful  women  have 
sodden  their  own  children:  they  were  their 
meat  in  the  destruction  of  the  daughter  of 
my  people. 

11  The  Loud  hath  accomplished  his  fury  ; 
he  hath  poured  out  his  fierce  angei',  and 
hath  kindled  a  fire  in  Zion,  and  it  hath 
devoured  the  foundations  thereof. 

12  The  kings  of  the  earth,  and  all  the  in- 
habitants of  the  world,  would  not  have  be- 
lieved that  the  adversary  and  the  enemy 
should  have  entered  into  the  gates  of 
Jerusalem. 

13  H  For  the  sins  of  her  prophets,  and  the 
iniquities  of  her  priests,  that  have  shed 
the  blood  of  the  just  in  the  midst  of  her, 

14  They  have  wandered  as  ])liud  men  in 
the  streets,  they  have  polluted  themselves 
with  blood,  so  that  men  could  not  touch 
their  garments. 

15  They  cried  unto  them,  Depart  ye;  it 
is  unclean  ;  depart,  depart,  touch  not : 
when  they  fled  away  and  wandered,  they 
said  among  the  heathen,  They  shall  no 
more  sojourn  there. 

10  The  anger  of  the  Lord  hath  divided 
them ;  he  will  no  more  regard  them :  they 
respected  not  the  persons  of  the  priests, 
they  favoured  not  the  elders. 

17  As  for  us,  our  eyes  as  yet  failed  for 
our  vain  help:  in  our  watching  we  have 
watched  for  a  nation  that  could  not 
save  7is. 

18  They  hunt  our  steps,  that  we  cannot 
go  in  our  streets :  our  end  is  near,  our  days 
are  fulfilled ;  for  our  end  is  come. 


19  Our  persecutors  are  swifter  than  the 
eagles  of  the  heaven :  they  i^ursued  us 
upon  the  mountains,  they  laid  Avait  for  us 
in  the  wilderness. 

20  The  breath  of  our  nostrils,  the  anoint- 
ed of  the  Lord,  was  taken  in  their  pits, 
of  whom  we  said.  Under  his  shadow  we 
shall  live  among  the  heathen, 

21  1[  Rejoice  and  be  glad,  O  daughter  of 
Edom,  that  dwellest  in  the  land  of  Uz ;  the 
cup  also  shall  pass  through  unto  thee : 
thou  Shalt  be  drunken,  and  shalt  make 
thyself  naked. 

22  H  The  punishment  of  thine  iniquity  is 
accomplished,  O  daughter  of  Zion ;  he  will 
no  more  carry  thee  away  into  captivity : 
he  will  visit  thine  iniquity,  O  daughter 
of  Edom ;  he  will  discover  thy  sins. 

CHAPTER  V. 

REMEMBER,   O  Lord,   what  is  come 
upon  us :    consider,  and  behold  our 
rei)roach. 

2  Our  inheritance  is  turned  to  strangers, 
our  houses  to  aliens. 

3  We  are  orphans  and  fatherless,  our 
mothers  are  as  widows. 

4  We  have  drunken  our  water  for  money; 
our  wood  is  sold  unto  us. 

5  Our  necks  are  under  persecution:  we 
labour,  fmrf  have  no  rest. 

0  We  have  given  the  hand  to  the  Egj'p- 
tians,  and  to  the  Assyrians,  to  be  satisfied 
with  bread. 

7  Our  fathers  have  sinned,  and  are  not ; 
and  Ave  have  borne  their  iniquities. 

8  Servants  have  ruled  over  us:  there  is 
none  that  doth  deliver  us  out  of  their  hand. 

9  We  gat  our  bread  with  the  2^erU  of  our 
lives,  because  of  the  sword  of  the  wilder- 
ness. 

10  Our  skin  was  black  like  an  oven,  be- 
cause of  the  terrible  famine. 

11  They  ravished  the  women  in  Zion,  a?id 
the  maids  in  the  cities  of  Judah. 

12  Princes  are  hanged  up  by  their  hand : 
the  faces  of  elders  were  not  honoured. 

13  They  took  the  young  men  to  grind, 
and  the  children  fell  under  the  wood. 

14  The  elders  have  ceased  from  the  gate, 
the  young  men  from  their  music. 

15  The  joy  of  our  heart  is  ceased;  our 
dance  is  turned  into  mourning. 

16  The  crown  is  fallen  frotn  our  head: 
woe  unto  us,  that  we  have  sinned ! 


EZEKIEL. 


17  For  this  our  heart  is  taiut ;  for  these 
things  our  eyes  are  dim. 

18  Because  of  the  mountain  of  Zion, 
which  is  desolate,  the  foxes  walk  upon  it. 

11)  Thou,  O  LoKD,  remaiuest  for  ever; 
thy  throne  from  generation  to  genera- 
tion. 


20  Wherefore  dost  thou  forget  us  for  ever, 
and  forsake  us  so  long  time? 

21  Turn  thou  us  uuto  thee,  O  Lord,  and 
we  shall  be  turned ;  renew  our  days  as  of 
old. 

22  But  thou  hast  utterly  rejected  us;  thou 
art  very  wroth  against  us. 


THE    BOOK    OF    THE    PROPHET 


EZEKIEL. 


CHAPTER  I. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass  in  the  thirtieth 
year,  in  the  fourth  month,  in  the  tifth 
day  of  the  mouth,  as  I  was  among  the  cap- 
tives by  the  river  of  Chebar,  that  the 
heavens  were  opened,  and  I  saw  visions 
of  God. 

2  In  the  fifth  dat/  of  the  month,  which 
was  the  fifth  year  of  king  Jehoiachin's  cap- 
tivity, 

3  The  w^ord  of  the  Lord  came  expressly 
unto  Ezekiel  the  priest,  the  son  of  Buzi, 
in  the  laud  of  the  Chaldeans  by  the  river 
Chebar;  and  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was 
there  upon  him. 

4  T[  And  I  looked,  and,  behold,  a  whirl- 
wind came  out  of  the  north,  a  great  cloud, 
and  a  fire  infolding  itself,  and  a  bright- 
ness was  about  it,  and  out  of  the  midst 
thereof  as  the  colour  of  amber,  out  of  the 
midst  of  the  fire. 

5  Also  out  of  the  midst  thereof  came  the 
likeness  of  four  living  creatures.  And 
this  v}as  their  appearance;  they  bad  the 
likeness  of  a  man. 

6  And  every  one  had  four  faces,  and  every 
one  had  four  wings. 

7  And  their  feet  were  straight  feet;  and 
the  sole  of  their  feet  was  like  the  sole  of 
a  calf's  foot :  and  they  sparkled  like  the 
colour  of  burnished  brass. 

8  And  ihetj  had  the  hands  of  a  man  under 
their  Avings  on  their  four  sides ;  and  they 
four  had  their  faces  and  their  wings. 

9  Their  wings  were  joined  one  to  another; 
they  turned  not  when  they  went ;  they 
went  every  one  straight  forward. 

10  As  for  the  likeness  of  their  faces,  they 
four  had  the  face  of  a  man,  and  the  face  of 


a  lion,  on  the  right  side:  and  they  four 
had  the  face  of  an  ox  on  the  left  side ;  they 
four  also  had  the  face  of  an  eagle. 

11  Thus  ivei-e  their  faces  :  and  their  wings 
were  stretched  upward ;  two  ivhiys  of  every 
one  ivere  joined  one  to  another,  and  two 
covered  their  bodies. 

12  And  they  went  every  one  straight 
forward:  whither  the  spirit  was  to  go,  they 
went;  a7td  they  turned  not  when  they 
went. 

13  As  for  the  likeness  of  the  living 
creatures,  their  appearance  teas  like  burn- 
ing coals  of  fire,  and  like  the  appearance 
of  lamps  :  it  went  up  and  down  among  the 
living  creatures ;  and  the  fire  Avas  bright, 
and  out  of  the  fire  went  forth  lightning. 

14  And  the  living  creatures  ran  and 
returned  as  the  appearance  of  a  flash  of 
lightning. 

15  11  Now  as  I  beheld  the  living  creatures, 
behold  one  wheel  upon  the  earth  by  the 
living  creatures,  with  his  four  faces. 

16  The  appearance  of  the  wheels  and 
their  Avork  tvas  like  unto  the  colour  of  a 
beryl :  and  they  four  had  one  likeness  :  and 
their  appearance  and  their  Avork  vjas  as  it 
were  a  Avheel  in  the  middle  of  a  Avheel. 

17  When  they  went,  they  went  upon  their 
four  sides :  ami  they  turned  not  when  they 
Avent. 

18  As  for  their  rings,  they  Avere  so  high 
that  they  were  dreadful;  and  their  rings 
were  full  of  eyes  round  about  them  four. 

19  And  Avhcn  the  living  creatures  went, 
the  wheels  Avent  by  them :  and  Avhen  the 
living  creatures  were  lifted  up  from  the 
earth,  the  Avheels  were  lifted  up. 

20  Whithersoever  the  spirit  was   to   go, 


EZEKIEL. 


they  went,  thither  was  their  spirit  to  go; 
aud  the  wheels  were  lifted  up  over  against 
them :  for  the  spirit  of  the  living  creature 
was  in  the  wheels. 

21  When  those  went,  these  went;  and 
when  those  stood,  these  stood;  and  when 
those  were  lifted  up  from  the  earth,  the 
wheels  were  lifted  up  over  against  them : 
for  the  spirit  of  the  living  creature  was 
in  the  Avheels. 

23  And  the  likeness  of  the  firmament 
upon  the  heads  of  the  living  creature 
vms  as  the  colour  of  the  ten-ible  crystal, 
stretched  forth  over  their  heads  above. 

23  And  under  the  tirraament  ^vere  their 
wings  straight,  the  one  toward  the  other : 
every  one  had  two,  which  covered  on  this 
side,  and  every  one  had  two,  which  cover- 
ed on  that  side,  their  bodies. 

24  And  when  they  went,  I  heard  the  noise 
of  their  wings,  like  the  noise  of  great 
waters,  as  the  voice  of  the  Almighty,  the 
voice  of  speech,  as  the  noise  of  a  host : 
when  they  stood,  they  let  down  their 
wings. 

25  And  there  was  a  voice  from  the  firm- 
ament that  ivas  over  their  heads,  when  they 
stood,  a-)id  had  let  down  their  wings, 

26  T[  Aud  above  the  firmament  that  wa,s 
over  their  heads  was  the  likeness  ol  a 
throne,  as  the  appearance  of  a  sapphire 
stone :  and  upon  the  likeness  of  the  throne 
was  the  likeness  as  the  appearance  o^  a 
man  above  upon  it. 

27  And  I  saw  as  the  colour  of  amber,  as 
the  appearance  of  fire  round  about  within 
it,  from  the  appearance  of  his  loins  even 
upward,  aud  from  the  appearance  of  his 
loins  even  downward,  I  saw  as  it  were  the 
appearance  of  fire,  and  it  had  brightness 
round  about. 

28  As  the  appearance  of  the  bow  that  is  in 
the  cloud  in  the  day  of  rain,  so  was  the 
api^earance  of  the  brightness  round  about. 
This  VMS  the  appearance  of  the  likeness  of 
the  glory  of  the  Lord.  And  when  1  saw 
%  I  fell  upon  my  face,  and  I  heard  a  voice 
of  one  that  spake. 

CHAPTER  II. 

AND  he  said  unto  me,  Son  of  man,  stand 
-  upon  thy  feet,  and  I  will  speak  unto 
thee. 
2  And  the  spirit  entered  into  me  when 
he  spake  unto  me,  and  set  me  upon  my 


feet,  that  I  heard  him   that   spake   unto 
me. 

3  And  he  said  unto  nie.  Son  of  man,  I 
send  thee  to  the  children  of  Israel,  to  a 
rebellious  nation  that  hath  rebelled  against 
mc  :  they  and  their  fathers  have  transgress- 
ed against  me,  even  unto  this  very  day. 

4  For  they  are  impudent  children  and 
stiffheai-ted.  I  do  send  thee  unto  them ; 
and  thou  shalt  say  unto  them,  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God. 

5  And  they,  whether  they  will  hear,  or 
whether  they  will  forbear,  (for  they  are  a 
rebellious  house,)  yet  shall  know  that  there 
hath  been  a  prophet  among  them. 

6  H  And  thou,  son  of  man,  be  not  afraid 
of  them,  neither  be  afraid  of  their  words, 
though  briers  and  thorns  he  with  thee,  and 
thou  dost  dwell  among  scorpions  :  be  not 
afraid  of  their  words,  nor  be  dismayed  at 
their  looks,  though  they  he  a  rebellious 
house. 

7  And  thou  shalt  speak  my  words  unto 
them,  whether  they  will  hear,  or  whether 
they  will  forbear:  for  they  are  most  re- 
bellious. 

8  But  thou,  son  of  man,  hear  what  I  say 
unto  thee;  Be  not  thou  rebellious  like 
that  rebellious  house:  open  thy  mouth, 
and  eat  that  I  give  thee. 

9  ^  Aud  when  I  looked,  behold,  a  hand 
was  sent  unto  me ;  and,  lo,  a  roll  of  a  book 
ivas  therein ; 

10  And  he  spread  it  before  me;  and  it 
was  written  within  and  without :  and  there 
ivas  written  therein  lamentations,  and 
mourning,  and  woe. 

CHAPTER  III. 

MOREOVER  he  said  unto  me,  Son  of 
man,  eat  that  thoufindest;    eat   this 
roll,  and  go  speak  unto  the  house  of  Israel. 

2  So  I  opened  my  mouth,  and  he  caused 
me  to  eat  that  roll. 

3  And  he  said  unto  me,  Son  of  man,  cause 
thy  belly  to  eat,  and  fill  thy  bowels  with 
this  roll  that  I  give  thee.  Then  did  I  cat 
it ;  and  it  was  in  my  mouth  as  honey  for 
sweetness. 

4  IF  And  he  said  unto  me.  Son  of  man,  go, 
get  thee  unto  the  house  of  Israel,  and 
speak  with  my  words  unto  them. 

5  For  thou  art  not  sent  to  a  people  of 
a  strange  speech  and  of  a  hard  language, 
hut  to  the  house  of  Israel ; 

~  745 


EZEKIEL. 


6  Not  to  many  people  of  a  strange  speech 
and  of  a  hard  language,  whose  words  thou 
canst  not  understand.  Surely,  had  I  sent 
thee  to  them,  they  would  have  hearkened 
unto  thee. 

7  But  the  house  of  Israel  will  not  hearken 
unto  thee  ;  for  they  will  not  hearken  unto 
me:  for  all  the  house  of  Israel  are  impu- 
dent and  hardhearted. 

8  Behold,  I  have  made  thy  face  strong 
against  their  faces,  and  thy  forehead  strong 
against  their  foreheads. 

9  As  an  adamant  harder  than  flint  have 
I  made  thy  forehead :  fear  them  not,  nei- 
ther he  dismayed  at  their  looks,  though 
they  be  a  rebellious  house. 

10  Moreover  he  said  unto  me.  Son  of 
man,  all  my  words  that  I  shall  speak  unto 
thee  receive  in  thine  heart,  and  hear  with 
thine  ears. 

11  And  go,  get  thee  to  them  of  the  cap- 
tivity, unto  the  children  of  thy  people, 
and  speak  unto  them,  and  tell  them.  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  God  ;  whether  they  will 
hear,  or  whether  they  will  forbear. 

13  Then  the  spirit  took  me  up,  and  I  heard 
behind  me  a  voice  of  a  great  rushing,  say- 
hig,  Blessed  be  the  glory  of  the  Lord  from 
his  place. 

13  /  Iieard  also  the  noise  of  the  wings  of 
the  living  creatures  that  touched  one  an- 
other, and  the  noise  of  the  w^heels  over 
against  them,  and  a  noise  of  a  great 
rushing. 

14  So  the  spirit  lifted  me  up,  and  took 
me  away,  and  I  went  in  bitterness,  in  the 
heat  of  my  spirit ;  but  the  hand  of  the 
Lord  was  strong  upon  me. 

15  H  Then  I  came  to  them  of  the  cap- 
tivity at  Tel-abib,  that  dwelt  by  the  river 
of  Chebar,  and  I  sat  where  they  sat,  and 
remained  there  astonished  among  them 
seven  days. 

IG  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of 
seven  days,  that  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  unto  me,  saying, 

17  Son  of  man,  I  have  made  thee  a  watch- 
man unto  the  house  of  Israel :  therefore 
hear  the  word  at  my  mouth,  and  give  them 
warning  from  me. 

18  When  I  say  unto  the  wicked.  Thou 
Shalt  surely  die;  and  thou  givest  him  not 
Avarning,  nor  speakest  to  warn  the  wicked 
from  his  wicked  way,  to  save  his  life;  the 
same   wicked   mati    shall    die    in    his    in- 

746 


iquity;  but  his  blood  will  I  require  at 
thine  hand. 

19  Yet  if  thou  warn  the  wicked,  and  he 
turn  not  from  his  wickedness,  nor  from 
his  wicked  way,  he  shall  die  in  his  in- 
iquity ;  but  thou  hast  delivered  thy  soul. 

20  Again,  When  a  righteous  7na7i  doth 
turn  from  his  righteousness,  and  commit 
iniquity,  and  I  lay  a  stumblingblock  before 
him,  he  shall  die :  because  thou  hast  not 
given  him  warning,  he  shall  die  in  his  sin, 
and  his  righteousness  which  he  hath  done 
shall  not  be  remembered ;  but  his  blood 
will  I  require  at  thine  hand. 

21  Nevertheless,  if  thou  warn  the  right- 
eous man^  that  the  righteous  sin  not,  and 
he  doth  not  sin,  he  shall  surely  live,  be- 
cause he  is  warned;  also  thou  hast  deliv- 
ered thy  soul. 

22  1[  And  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  there 
upon  me;  and  he  said  unto  me.  Arise,  go 
forth  into  the  plain,  and  I  will  there  talk 
with  thee. 

23  Then  I  arose,  and  went  forth  into  the 
plain :  and,  behold,  the  glory  of  the  Lord 
stood  there,  as  the  glory  Avhich  I  saw  by 
the  river  of  Chebar :  and  I  fell  on  my  face. 

24  Then  the  spirit  entered  into  me,  and 
set  me  upon  my  feet,  and  spake  with  me, 
and  said  unto  me.  Go,  shut  thyself  within 
thine  house. 

25  But  thou,  O  son  of  man,  behold,  they 
shall  put  bands  upon  thee,  and  shall  bind 
thee  with  them,  and  thou  shalt  not  go  out 
among  them : 

26  And  I  will  make  thy  tongue  cleave  to 
the  roof  of  thy  mouth,  that  thou  shalt  be 
dumb,  and  shalt  not  be  to  them  a  re- 
prover :  for  they  are  a  rebellious  house. 

27  But  when  I  speak  with  thee,  I  will 
open  thy  mouth,  and  thou  shalt  say  unto 
them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  He  that 
heareth,  let  him  hear;  and  he  that  for- 
beareth,  let  him  forbear:  for  they  are  a 
rebellious  house. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

THOU  also,  son  of  man,  take  thee  a  tile, 
and   lay  it  before  thee,   and  portray 
upon  it  the  city,  even  Jerusalem  : 

2  And  lay  siege  against  it,  and  build  a 
fort  against  it,  and  cast  a  mount  against  it; 
set  the  camp  also  against  it,  and  set  batier- 
i7i(j  rams  against  it  round  about. 

3  Moreover  take  thou  unto  thee  an  iron 


EZEKIEL. 


pan,  and  set  it  for  a  wall  of  iron  between 
thee  and  the  city  :  and  set  thy  face  against 
it,  and  it  shall  be  besieged,  and  thon 
Shalt  lay  siege  against  it.  This  shall  he  a 
sign  to  the  house  of  Israel. 

4  Lie  thou  also  upon  thy  left  side,  and 
lay  the  iniquity  of  the  house  of  Israel  upon 
it:  according  to  the  number  of  the  days 
that  thou  Shalt  lie  upon  it  thou  shalt  bear 
their  iniquity. 

5  For  I  have  laid  upon  thee  the  years  of 
their  iniquity,  according  to  the  number  of 
the  days,  three  hundred  and  ninety  daj^s: 
so  Shalt  thou  bear  the  iniquity  of  the 
house  of  Israel. 

6  And  when  thou  hast  accomplished 
them,  lie  again  on  thy  right  side,  and  thou 
shalt  bear  the  iniquity  of  the  house  of 
Judah  forty  days:  I  have  appointed  thee 
each  day  for  a  year. 

7  Therefore  thou  shalt  set  thy  face  to- 
ward the  siege  of  Jerusalem,  and  thine 
arm  s7udl  he  uncovered,  and  thou  shalt 
prophesy  against  it. 

8  And,  behold,  I  will  lay  bands  upon  thee, 
and  thou  shalt  not  turn  thee  from  one 
side  to  another,  till  thou  hast  ended  the 
days  of  thy  siege. 

9  H  Take  thou  also  unto  thee  wheat,  and 
barley,  and  beans,  and  lentiles,  and  millet, 
and  fitches,  and  put  them  in  one  vessel, 
and  make  thee  bread  thereof,  according  to 
the  number  of  the  days  that  thou  shilt 
lie  upon  thy  side ;  three  hundred  and 
ninety  days  shalt  thou  eat  thereof 

10  And  thy  meat  which  thou  shalt  eat 
shall  he  by  weight,  twenty  shekels  a  day: 
from  time  to  time  shalt  thou  eat  it. 

11  Thou  shalt  drink  also  water  by  meas- 
ure, the  sixth  part  of  a  bin :  from  time 
to  time  shalt  thou  drink. 

12  And  thou  shalt  eat  it  as  barley  cakes, 
and  thou  shalt  bake  it  with  dung  that 
Cometh  out  of  man,  in  their  sight. 

13  And  the  Lord  said.  Even  thus  shall 
the  children  of  Israel  eat  their  defiled 
bread  among  the  Gentiles,  whither  I  will 
drive  them. 

14  Then  said  I,  Ah  Lord  God  !  behold,  my 
soul  hath  not  been  polluted :  for  from  my 
youth  up  even  till  now  have  I  not  eaten 
of  that  which  dieth  of  itself,  or  is  torn  in 
pieces ;  neither  came  there  abominable 
flesh  into  my  mouth. 

15  Then  he  said  unto   me,    Lo,  I  have 


given  thee  cow's  dung  for  man's  dung, 
and  thou  shalt  prepare  thy  bread  there- 
with. 

16  Moreover  he  said  unto  me.  Son  of 
man,  behold,  I  will  break  the  staff  of  bread 
in  Jerusalem :  and  they  shall  eat  bread 
by  weight,  and  with  care ;  and  they  shall 
drink  water  by  measure,  and  with  aston- 
ishment : 

17  That  they  may  want  bread  and  water, 
and  be  astonied  one  with  another,  and 
consume  away  for  their  iniquity. 

CHAPTER  V. 

AND  thou,  son  of  man,  take  thee  a 
sharp  knife,  take  thee  a  barber's 
razor,  and  cause  it  to  pass  upon  thine  head 
and  upon  thy  beard :  then  take  thee  bal- 
ances to  weigh,  and  divide  the  hair. 

2  Thou  shalt  burn  with  fire  a  third  part 
in  the  midst  of  the  city,  when  the  days  of 
the  siege  are  fulfilled :  and  thou  shalt  take 
a  third  part,  a7icl  smite  about  it  with  a 
knife :  and  a  third  x^^i't  thou  shalt  scatter 
in  the  wind ;  and  I  will  draw  out  a  sword 
after  them. 

3  Thou  shalt  also  take  thereof  a  few  in 
number,  and  bind  them  in  thy  skirts. 

4  Then  take  of  them  again,  and  cast  them 
into  the  midst  of  the  fire,  and  burn  them 
in  the  fire;  for  thereof  shall  a  fire  come 
forth  into  all  the  house  of  Israel. 

5  1  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  This  is 
Jerusalem:  I  have  set  it  in  the  midst  of 
the  nations  and  countries  tJiat  are  round 
about  her. 

6  And  she  hath  changed  my  judgments 
into  wickedness  more  than  the  nations, 
and  my  statutes  more  than  the  countries 
that  are  round  about  her:  for  they  have 
refused  my  judgments  and  my  statutes, 
they  have  not  walked  in  them. 

7  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Be- 
cause ye  multiplied  more  than  the  na- 
tions that  are  round  about  you,  and  have 
not  walked  in  my  statutes,  neither  have 
kept  my  judgments,  neither  have  done 
according  to  the  judgments  of  the  na- 
tions that  are  round  about  you ; 

8  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  Be- 
hold, I,  even  I,  am  against  thee,  and  will 
execute  judgments  in  the  midst  of  thee 
in  the  sight  of  the  nations. 

9  And  I  will  do  in  thee  that  which  I 
have  not  done,  and  whereunto  I  will  not 

747 


EZEKIEL. 


do    any    more    the    like,   because    of   all 
thine  abominations. 

10  Therefore  the  fathers  shall  cat  the  sons 
in  the  midst  of  thee,  and  the  sons  shall 
eat  their  fathers  ;  and  I  will  execute  judg- 
ments in  thee,  and  the  whole  remnant 
of  thee  will  I  scatter  into  all  the  winds. 

11  Wherefore,  as  I  live,  saith  the  Lord 
God;  Surely,  because  thou  hast  defiled  my 
sanctuary  with  all  thy  detestable  things, 
and  with  all  thine  abominations,  therefore 
will  1  also  diminish  thee;  neither  shall 
mine  eye  spare,  neither  will  I  have  any 

pity. 

12  1[  A  third  part  of  thee  shall  die  with 
the  pestilence,  and  with  famine  shall  they 
be  consumed  in  the  midst  of  thee:  and  a 
third  part  shall  fall  by  the  sword  round 
about  thee ;  and  I  will  scatter  a  third  part 
into  all  the  winds,  and  I  will  draw  out  a 
sword  after  them. 

13  Thus  shall  mine  anger  be  accomplish- 
ed, and  I  will  cause  my  fury  to  rest  upon 
them,  and  I  will  be  comforted:  and  they 
shall  know  that  I  the  Lord  have  spoken  it 
in  my  zeal,  when  I  have  accomplished 
my  fury  in  them. 

14  Moreover  I  will  make  thee  waste,  and 
a  reproach  among  the  nations  that  are 
round  about  thee,  in  the  sight  of  all  that 
pass  by. 

15  So  it  shall  be  a  reproach  and  a  taunt, 
an  instruction  and  an  astonishment  unto 
the  nations  that  are  round  about  thee, 
when  I  shall  execute  judgments  in  thee  in 
anger  and  in  fury  and  in  furious  rebukes. 
I  the  Loud  have  spoken  it. 

IG  When  I  shall  send  upon  them  the 
evil  arrows  of  famine,  which  shall  be  for 
their  destruction,  a7id  which  I  will  send  to 
destroy  you:  and  I  will  increase  the  fam- 
ine upon  you,  and  will  break  your  staff  of 
bread : 

17  So  will  I  send  upon  you  famine  and 
evil  beasts,  and  they  shall  bereave  thee; 
and  pestilence  and  blood  shall  i)ass  through 
thee;  and  I  will  bring  the  sword  upon  thee. 
I  the  Lord  have  spoken  it^ 

CHAPTER  VL 

AND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
me,  saying, 
2  Son  of  man,   set  thy  face  toward   the 
mountains  of  Israel,  and  prophesy  against 
them. 


3  And  say.  Ye  mountains  of  Israel,  hear 
the  word  of  the  Lord  God;  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God  to  the  mountains  and  to 
the  hills,  to  the  rivers  and  to  the  valleys  ; 
Behold,  I,  evot.  I,  will  bring  a  sword  upon 
you,  and  I  will  destroy  your  high  x^laces. 

4  And  your  altars  shall  be  desolate,  and 
your  images  shall  be  broken:  and  I  will 
cast  down  your  slain  men  before  your 
idols. 

5  And  I  will  lay  the  dead  carcasses  of  the 
children  of  Israel  before  their  idols ;  and 
I  will  scatter  your  bones  round  about 
your  altars. 

6  In  all  your  dwellingplaces  the  cities 
shall  be  laid  waste,  and  the  high  places 
shall  be  desolate ;  that  your  altars  may 
be  laid  waste  and  made  desolate,  and  your 
idols  may  be  broken  and  cease,  and  your 
images  may  be  cut  down,  and  your  works 
may  be  abolished. 

7  And  the  slain  shall  fall  in  the  midst  of 
you,  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

8  If  Yet  will  I  leave  a  remnant,  that  ye 
may  have  some  that  shall  escape  the  sword 
among  the  nations,  when  ye  shall  be  scat- 
tered through  the  countries. 

9  And  they  that  escape  of  you  shall  re- 
member me  among  the  nations  whither 
they  shall  be  carried  captives,  because  I 
am  broken  with  their  whorish  heart,  which 
hath  departed  from  me,  and  with  their 
eyes,  which  go  a  whoring  after  their  idols  : 
and  they  shall  loathe  themselves  for  the 
evils  which  they  have  committed  in  all 
their  abominations. 

10  And  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord,  and  that  I  have  not  said  in  vain  that 
I  would  do  this  evil  unto  them. 

11  II  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  Smite 
with  thine  hand,  and  stamp  with  thy 
foot,  and  say,  Alas  for  all  the  evil  abom- 
inations of  the  house  of  Israel !  for  they 
shall  fall  by  the  sword,  by  the  famine, 
and  by  the  pestilence. 

12  He  that  is  far  off  shall  die  of  the  ])est- 
ilence;  and  he  that  is  near  shall  fall  by 
the  sword;  and  he  that  remaineth  and  is 
besieged  shall  die  by  the  famine:  thus 
will  I  accomplish  my  fury  upon  them. 

13  Then  shall  ye  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord,  when  their  slain  fneti  shall  be  among 
their  idols  round  about  their  altars,  xipon 
every  high  hill,  in  all  the  tops  of  the 
mountains,   and   under   every  green    tree, 


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EZEKIEL. 


and  under  evei-y  thick  oak,  the  place  where 
they  did  oifer  sweet  savour  to  all  their 
idols. 

14  So  will  I  stretch  out  my  hand  upon 
them,  and  make  the  land  desolate,  yea, 
more  desolate  than  the  wilderness  toward 
Diblath,  in  all  their  habitations :  and  they 
shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  VIL 

MOREOVER  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Also^  thou  son  of  man,  thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  unto  the  land  of  Israel;  An 
end,  the  end  is  come  upon  the  four  corners 
of  the  land. 

3  Now  i.s  the  end  come  upon  thee,  and  I 
will  send  mine  anger  upon  thee,  and  will 
judge  thee  according  to  thy  ways,  and  will 
recompense  upon  thee  all  thine  abomina- 
tions. 

4  And  mine  eye  shall  not  spare  thee,  nei- 
ther will  I  have  pity :  but  I  will  recom- 
pense thy  ways  upon  thee,  and  thine  abom- 
inations shall  be  in  the  midst  of  thee  :  and 
ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

5  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  An  evil,  an 
only  evil,  behold,  is  come. 

6  An  end  is  come,  the  end  is  come  :  it 
watcheth  for  thee ;  behold,  it  is  come. 

7  The  morning  is  come  unto  thee,  O  thou 
that  dwellest  in  the  land :  the  time  is 
come,  the  day  of  trouble  is  near,  and  not 
the  sounding  again  of  the  mountains. 

8  Now  will  I  shortly  pour  out  my  fury 
upon  thee,  and  accomplish  mine  anger 
upon  thee:  and  I  will  judge  thee  accord- 
ing to  thy  ways,  and  will  recompense  thee 
for  all  thine  abominations. 

9  And  mine  eye  shall  not  spare,  neither 
will  I  have  pity :  I  will  recompense  thee 
according  to  thy  ways  and  thine  abomina- 
tions that  are  in  the  midst  of  thee ;  and  ye 
shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  that  smit- 
eth. 

10  Behold  the  daj'^,  behold,  it  is  come: 
the  morning  is  gone  foi'th ;  the  rod  hath 
blossomed,  pride  hath  budded. 

11  Violence  is  risen  up  into  a  rod  of 
wickedness:  none  of  them  shall  remain^ 
nor  of  their  multitude,  nor  of  any  of 
theirs  :  neither  shall  there  be  wailing  for 
them. 

13  The  time  is  come,  the  day  draweth 
near:    let  not  the  buyer  rejoice,  nor   the 


seller  mourn :    for  wrath  is  upon  all  the 
multitude  thereof 

13  For  the  seller  shall  not  return  to  that 
which  is  sold,  although  they  were  yet 
alive :  for  the  vision  is  touching  the  whole 
multitude  thereof,  which  shall  not  return; 
neither  shall  any  strengthen  himself  in 
the  iniquity  of  his  life. 

14  They  have  blown  the  trumpet,  even  to 
make  all  ready;  but  none  goeth  to  the 
battle:  for  my  wrath  is  upon  all  the  multi- 
tude thereof 

15  The  sword  is  without,  and  the  pesti- 
lence and  the  famine  within :  he  that  is 
in  the  iield  shall  die  with  the  sword ;  and 
he  that  is  in  the  city,  famine  and  pestilence 
shall  devour  him. 

16  If  But  they  that  escape  of  them  shall 
escaj^e,  and  shall  be  on  the  mountains  like 
doves  of  the  valleys,  all  of  them  mourn- 
ing, every  one  for  his  iniquity. 

17  All  hands  shall  be  feeble,  and  all  knees 
shall  be  weak  as  water. 

18  They  shall  also  gird  themselves  with 
sackcloth,  and  horror  shall  cover  them ; 
and  shame  sJiall  he  upon  all  faces,  and  bald- 
ness upon  all  their  heads. 

19  They  shall  cast  their  silver  in  the 
streets,  and  their  gold  shall  be  removed  : 
their  silver  and  their  gold  shall  not  be  able 
to  deliver  them  in  the  day  of  the  wrath 
of  the  Lord:  they  shall  not  satisfy  their 
souls,  neither  fill  their  bowels :  because  it 
is  the  stumblingblock  of  their  iniquity. 

20  Tf  As  for  the  beauty  of  his  ornament, 
he  set  it  in  majesty:  but  they  made  the 
images  of  their  abominations  a7ul  of  their 
detestable  things  therein  :  therefore  have  I 
set  it  far  from  them. 

21  And  I  will  give  it  into  the  hands  of 
the  strangers  for  a  prey,  and  to  the  wicked 
of  the  earth  for  a  spoil;  and  they  shall 
pollute  it. 

22  My  face  will  1  turn  also  from  them, 
and  they  shall  i^ollute  my  secret  place: 
for  the  robbers  shall  enter  into  it,  and 
defile  it. 

23  1  Make  a  chain:  for  the  land  is  full 
of  bloody  crimes,  and  the  city  is  full  of 
violence. 

24  Wherefore  I  will  bring  the  worst  of 
the  heathen,  and  they  shall  possess  their 
houses:  I  will  also  make  the  pomp  of  the 
strong  to  cease;  and  their  holy  places  shall 
be  defied. 

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EZEKIEL. 


25  Destruction  coineth;  and  they  shall 
seek  peace,  and  tliere  shall  be  none. 

26  Mischief  shall  come  upon  mischief,  and 
rumour  shall  be  upon  rumour ;  then  shall 
they  seek  a  vision  of  the  prophet ;  but  the 
law  shall  perish  from  the  priest,  and  coun- 
sel from  the  ancients. 

27  The  king  shall  mourn,  and  the  prince 
shall  be  clothed  with  desolation,  and  the 
hands  of  the  people  of  the  land  shall  be 
troubled :  I  will  do  unto  them  after  their 
way,  and  according  to  their  deserts  will  I 
judge  them;  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am 
the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  sixth  year, 
in  the  sixth  month^  in  the  fifth  day 
of  the  month,  as  I  sat  in  mine  house,  and 
the  elders  of  Judah  sat  before  me,  that  the 
hand  of  the  Lord  God  fell  there  upon  me. 

2  Then  I  beheld,  and  lo  a  likeness  as  the 
appearance  of  tire  :  from  the  appearance  of 
his  loins  even  downward,  fire;  and  from 
his  loins  even  upward,  as  the  appearance  of 
brightness,  as  the  colour  of  amber. 

3  And  he  put  forth  the  form  of  a  hand, 
and  took  me  by  a  lock  of  mine  head;  and 
the  spirit  lifted  me  up  between  the  earth 
and  the  heaven,  and  brought  me  in  the 
visions  of  God  to  Jerusalem,  to  the  door  of 
the  inner  gate  that  looketh  toward  the 
north ;  where  ^oas  the  seat  of  the  image  of 
jealousy,  which  provoketh  to  jealousy. 

4  And,  behold,  the  glory  of  the  God  of 
Israel  v)as  there,  according  to  the  vision 
that  I  saw  in  the  plain. 

5  TI  Then  said  he  unto  me.  Son  of  man, 
lift  up  thine  eyes  now  the  way  toward  the 
north.  So  I  lifted  up  mine  eyes  the  way 
toward  the  north,  and  behold  northward 
at  the  gate  of  the  altar  this  image  of 
jealousy  in  the  entry. 

6  He  said  furthermore  unto  me,  Son  of 
man,  seest  thou  what  they  do?  even  the 
great  abominations  that  the  house  of  Israel 
committcth  here,  that  I  should  go  far  off 
from  my  sanctuary?  but  turn  thee  yet 
again,  and  thou  shalt  see  greater  abomina- 
tions. 

7  1  And  he  brought  me  to  the  door  of 
the  court;  and  when  I  looked,  behold  a 
hole  in  the  wall. 

8  Then  said  he  unto  me,  Son  of  man,  dig 
now  in  the  wall:  and  when  I  had  digged 
in  the  wall,  behold  a  door. 

'~'  ~  750 


9  And  he  said  unto  me.  Go  in,  and  be- 
hold the  wicked  abominations  that  they  do 
here. 

10  So  I  went  in  and  saw;  and  behold 
every  form  of  creeping  things,  and  abom- 
inable beasts,  and  all  the  idols  of  the  house 
of  Israel,  portrayed  upon  the  wall  round 
about. 

11  And  there  stood  before  them  seventy 
men  of  the  ancients  of  the  house  of  Is- 
rael, and  in  the  midst  of  them  stood  Ja- 
azaniah  the  son  of  Shaphan,  with  every 
man  his  censer  in  his  hand;  and  a  thick 
cloud  of  incense  went  up. 

12  Then  said  he  unto  me,  Son  of  man, 
hast  thou  seen  w^hat  the  ancients  of  the 
house  of  Israel  do  in  the  dark,  every  man 
in  the  chambers  of  his  imagery  ?  for  they 
say.  The  Lord  seeth  us  not;  the  Lord 
hath  forsaken  the  earth. 

13  TI  He  said  also  unto  me.  Turn  thee  yet 
again,  and  thou  shalt  see  greater  abomina- 
tions that  they  do, 

14  Then  he  brought  me  to  the  door  of  the 
gate  of  the  Lord's  hoi;se  which  vms  to- 
ward the  north ;  and,  behold,  there  sat 
women  Aveeping  for  Tammuz. 

15  1[  Then  said  he  unto  me.  Hast  thou 
seen  this^  O  son  of  man?  turn  thee  yet 
again,  and  thou  shalt  sec  greater  abomina- 
tions than  these. 

16  And  he  brought  me  into  the  inner 
court  of  the  Lord's  house,  and,  behold,  at 
the  door  of  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  be- 
tween the  porch  and  the  altar,  were  about 
five  and  twenty  men,  with  their  backs  to- 
ward the  temple  of  the  Lord,  and  their 
faces  toward  the  east ;  and  they  worship- 
ped the  sun  toward  the  east. 

17  T[  Then  he  said  unto  me.  Hast  thou 
seen  this,  O  son  of  man  ?  Is  it  a  light  thing 
to  the  house  of  Judah  that  they  commit 
the  abominations  which  they  commit 
here?  for  they  have  filled  the  land  with 
violence,  and  have  returned  to  provoke 
me  to  anger  :  and,  lo,  they  put  the  branch 
to  their  nose. 

18  Therefore  will  I  also  deal  in  fury :  mine 
eye  shall  not  spare,  neither  will  I  have 
pity:  and  though  they  cry  in  mine  ears 
with  a  loud  voice,  yet  will  I  not  hear  them. 


H 


CHAPTER  IX. 
E  cried  also  in  mine  ears  with  a  loud 
voice,  saying.  Cause  them  that  have 


EZEKIEL. 


charge  over  the  city  to  draw  near,  even 
every  man  vnth  his  destroying  weapon  in 
his  hand. 

2  And,  behold,  six  men  came  from  the 
way  of  the  higher  gate,  which  lieth  toward 
the  north,  and  every  man  a  slaughter 
weapon  in  his  hand ;  and  one  man  among 
them  was  clothed  with  linen,  with  a  writ- 
er's inkhorn  by  his  side:  and  they  went 
in,  and  stood  beside  the  brazen  altar. 

3  And  the  glory  of  the  God  of  Israel  was 
gone  up  from  the  cherub,  whereupon  he 
was,  to  the  threshold  of  the  house.  And 
he  called  to  the  man  clothed  with  linen, 
which  had  the  writer's  inkboi-n  by  his 
side; 

4  And  the  Loed  said  unto  him,  Go 
through  the  midst  of  the  city,  through  the 
midst  of  Jerusalem,  and  set  a  mark  upon 
the  foreheads  of  the  men  that  sigh  and  that 
cry  for  all  the  abominations  that  be  done 
in  the  midst  thereof 

5  TI  And  to  the  others  he  said  in  mine 
hearing,  Go  ye  after  him  through  the  city, 
and  smite :  let  not  your  eye  spare,  neither 
have  ye  pity : 

6  Slay  utterly  old  and  young,  both  maids, 
and  little  children,  and  women :  but  come 
not  near  any  man  upon  whom  is  the  mark ; 
and  begin  at  my  sanctuary.  Then  they  be- 
gan at  the  ancient  men  wMch  %vere  before 
the  house. 

7  And  be  said  unto  them,  Defile  the 
house,  and  fill  the  courts  Avith  the  slain: 
go  ye  forth.  And  they  went  forth,  and 
slew  in  the  city. 

8  ^  And  it  came  to  pass,  while  they  were 
slaying  them,  and  I  was  left,  that  I  fell 
upon  my  face,  and  cried,  and  said,  Ah 
Lord  God!  wilt  thou  destroy  all  the  resi- 
due of  Israel  in  thy  pouring  out  of  thy 
fury  upon  Jerusalem  ? 

9  Then  said  he  unto  me,  The  iniquity 
of  the  house  of  Israel  and  Judah  is  ex- 
ceeding great,  and  the  land  is  full  of  blood, 
and  the  city  full  of  perverseness  :  for  they 
say.  The  Lord  hath  forsaken  the  earth,  and 
the  Lord  seeth  not. 

10  And  as  for  me  also,  mine  eye  shall 
not  spare,  neither  will  I  have  pity,  Inct  I 
will  recompense  their  way  upon  their  head. 

11  And,  behold,  the  man  clothed  with 
linen,  which  had  the  inkhorn  by  his  side, 
reported  the  matter,  saying,  I  have  done 
as  thou  hast  commanded  me. 


CHAPTER  X. 

THEN  I  looked,  and,  behold,  in  the 
firmament  that  was  above  the  head  of 
the  cherubim  there  appeared  over  them 
as  it  were  a  sapphire  stone,  as  the  ap- 
pearance of  the  likeness  of  a  throne. 

2  And  he  spake  unto  the  man  clothed 
with  linen,  and  said.  Go  in  between  the 
wheels,  even  under  the  cherub,  and  fill 
thine  hand  with  coals  of  fire  from  between 
the  cherubim,  and  scatter  them  over  the 
city.     And  he  went  in  in  my  sight. 

3  Now  the  cherubim  stood  on  the  right 
side  of  the  house,  when  the  man  went  in ; 
and  the  cloud  filled  the  inner  court. 

4  Then  the  glory  of  the  Lord  went  up 
from  the  cherub,  arid  stood  over  the 
threshold  of  the  house;  and  the  house 
was  filled  with  the  cloud,  and  the  court 
was  full  of  the  brightness  of  the  Lord's 
glory. 

5  And  the  sound  of  the  cherubim's  wings 
was  heard  eve^i  to  the  outer  court,  as  the 
voice  of  the  Almighty  God  when  he 
speaketh. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  he 
had  commanded  the  man  clothed  with 
linen,  saying,  Take  fire  from  between 
the  wheels,  from  between  the  cherubim  ; 
then  he  went  in,  and  stood  beside  the 
wheels. 

7  And  one  cherub  stretched  forth  his 
hand  from  between  the  cherubim  unto  the 
fire  that  was  between  the  cherubim,  and 
took  tlicreof^  and  put  it  into  the  hands  of 
him  that  was  clothed  with  linen ;  who  took 
i7,  and  went  out. 

8  H  And  there  appeared  in  the  cherubim 
the  form  of  a  man's  hand  under  their 
wings. 

9  And  when  I  looked,  behold  the  four 
wheels  by  the  cherubim,  one  wheel  by 
one  cherub,  and  another  wheel  by  another 
cherub  :  and  the  appearance  of  the  wheels 
was  as  the  colour  of  a  beryl  stone. 

10  And  05  for  their  appearances,  they  four 
had  one  likeness,  as  If  a  wheel  had  been 
in  the  midst  of  a  wheel. 

11  When  they  went,  they  went  upon  their 
four  sides ;  they  turned  not  as  they  went, 
but  to  the  place  whither  the  head  looked 
they  followed  it ;  they  turned  not  as  they 
went. 

12  And  their  whole  body,  and  their 
backs,  and   their  hands,  and  their  wings, 

751 


EZEKIEL. 


and  the  wheels,  were  lull  of  e>es  rouud 
about,  e^>e7l  the  wheels  that  they  four  had. 

13  As  for  the  wheels,  it  was  cried  unto 
them  in  my  hearing,  O  wheel. 

14  And  every  one  had  four  faces :  the 
first  face  was  the  face  of  a  cherub,  and  the 
second  face  tvaa  the  face  of  a  man,  and 
the  third  the  face  of  a  lion,  and  the  fourth 
the  face  of  an  eagle. 

15  And  the  cherubim  were  lifted  up.  This 
is  the  living  creature  that  I  saw  by  the  river 
of  Chebar. 

16  And  when  the  cherubim  went,  the 
wheels  went  by  them :  and  when  the  cher- 
ubim lifted  up  their  wings  to  mount  up 
from  the  earth,  the  same  wheels  also 
turned  not  from  beside  them. 

17  When  they  stood,  these  stood ;  and 
when  they  were  lifted  up,  these  lifted  up 
themselves  also:  for  the  spirit  of  the  living 
creature  was  in  them. 

18  Then  the  glory  of  the  Lord  departed 
from  off  the  threshold  of  the  house,  and 
stood  over  the  cherubim. 

19  And  the  cherubim  lifted  up  their 
wings,  and  mounted  up  from  the  earth 
in  my  sight:  when  they  went  out,  the 
wheels  also  were  beside  them,  aud  evenj 
one  stood  at  the  door  of  the  east  gate  of 
the  Lord's  house ;  and  the  glory  of  the 
God  of  Israel  was  over  them  above. 

20  This  is  the  living  creatixre  that  I  saw 
under  the  God  of  Israel  by  the  river  of 
Chebar;  and  I  knew  that  they  were  the 
cherubim. 

21  Every  one  had  four  faces  apiece,  and 
every  one  four  wings ;  and  the  likeness  of 
the  hands  of  a  man  was  under  their  wings. 

22  And  the  likeness  of  their  faces  ?/ja.s' 
the  same  faces  which  I  saw  by  the  river  of 
Chebar,  their  appearances  and  themselves  : 
they  went  every  one  straight  forward. 

CHAPTER  XL 

MOREOVER  the  si)irit  lifted  me  up, 
and  brought  me  unto  the  east  gate 
of  the  Lord's  house,  which  looketh  east- 
ward: and  behold  at  the  door  of  the 
gate  five  and  twenty  men  ;  among  whom  I 
saw  Jaazaniah  the  son  of  Azur,  and  Pela- 
tiah  the  son  of  Benaiah,  princes  of  the 
people. 
2  Then  said  he  unto  me,  Son  of  man, 
these  are  the  men  that  devise  mischief,  and 
give  wicked  counsel  in  this  city  : 

753 


3  Whicn  say,  it  is  not  near;  let  us  build 
houses :  this  citxj  is  the  caldron,  and  we 
be  the  flesh. 

4  1  Therefore  prophesy  against  them, 
prophesy,  O  son  of  man. 

5  And  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  fell  upon 
me,  and  said  unto  me.  Speak;  Thus  saith 
the  Lord;  Thus  have  ye  said,  O  house 
of  Israel :  for  I  know  the  things  that  come 
into  your  mind,  every  one  of  them. 

6  Ye  have  multiplied  your  slain  in  this 
city,  and  ye  have  tilled  the  streets  thereof 
with  the  slain. 

7  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God; 
Tour  slain  whom  ye  have  laid  in  the  midst 
of  it,  they  are  the  flesh,  and  this  cittj  in  the 
caldron:  but  I  Avill  bring  you  forth  out  of 
the  midst  of  it. 

8  Ye  have  feared  the  sword;  and  I  will 
bring  a  sword  upon  j^ou,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

9  And  I  will  bring  you  out  of  the  midst 
thereof,  and  deliver  you  into  the  hands 
of  strangers,  and  will  execute  judgments 
among  j'ou. 

10  Ye  shall  fall  by  the  sword ;  I  will  judge 
you  in  the  border  of  Israel ;  and  ye  shall 
know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

11  This  city  shall  not  be  your  caldron, 
neither  shall  ye  be  the  flesh  in  the  midst 
thereof;  but  I  will  judge  you  in  the  border 
of  Israel: 

12  Aud  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord  :  for  ye  have  not  walked  in  mj^  stat- 
utes, neither  executed  my  judgments,  but 
have  done  after  the  manners  of  the  heathen 
that  are  round  about  a'ou. 

13  H  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  I  proph- 
esied, that  Pelatiah  the  son  of  Benaiah 
died.  Then  fell  I  down  upon  my  face,  and 
cried  with  a  loud  voice,  and  said.  Ah 
Lord  God!  wilt  thou  make  a  full  end  of 
the  remnant  of  Israel? 

14  Again  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
me,  saying, 

15  Son  of  man,  thy  brethren,  even  thy 
brethren,  the  men  of  thy  kindred,  and 
all  the  house  of  Israel  wholly,  are  they 
unto  whom  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem 
have  said,  Get  you  far  from  the  Lord: 
unto  us  is  this  land  given  in  ]iossession. 

16  Therefore  say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God;  Although  I  have  cast  them  far  off 
among  the  heathen,  and  although  I  have 
scaltered  them  among  the  countries,  yet 


EZEKIEL. 


will  I  be  to  them  as  a  little  sanctuary  in 
the  counti'ies  where  they  shall  come. 

17  Therefore  say,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God;  I  will  even  gather  you  from  the 
people,  and  assemble  you  out  of  the  coun- 
tries where  ye  have  been  scattered,  and 
1  will  give  you  the  land  of  Israel. 

18  And  they  shall  come  thither,  and  they 
shall  take  away  all  the  detestable  things 
thereof  and  all  the  abominations  thereof 
from  thence, 

19  And  I  will  give  them  one  heart,  and 
I  will  put  a  new  spirit  within  you ;  and 
I  will  take  the  stony  heart  out  of  their 
flesh,  and  will  give  them  a  heart  of 
flesh: 

20  That  they  may  walk  in  my  statutes, 
and  keep  mine  ordinances,  and  do  them : 
and  they  shall  be  my  people,  and  I  will  be 
their  God. 

21  But  as  for  ihcm  whose  heart  walketh 
after  the  heart  of  their  detestable  things 
and  their  abominations,  I  will  recompense 
their  way  upon  their  owu  heads,  saith  the 
Lord  God. 

22  II  Then  did  the  cherubim  lift  up  their 
wings,  and  the  wheels  beside  them ;  and 
the  glory  of  the  God  of  Israel  was  over 
them  above. 

23  And  the  glory  of  the  Loud  went  up 
from  the  midst  of  the  city,  and  stood  upon 
the  mountain  which  is  on  the  east  side  of 
the  city. 

24  1"  Afterwards  the  spirit  took  me  up, 
and  brought  me  in  a  vision  by  the  Spirit 
of  God  into  Chaldea,  to  them  of  the  cap- 
tivity. So  the  vision  that  I  had  seen  went 
up  from  me. 

25  Then  I  spake  unto  them  of  the  cap- 
tivity all  the  things  that  the  Lord  had 
shewed  me. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

THE  word  of  the  Lokd  also  came  unto 
me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  thou  dwellest  in  the  midst 
of  a  rebellious  house,  which  have  eyes  to 
see,  and  see  not;  they  have  ears  to  hear, 
and  hear  not:  for  they  are  a  rebellious 
house. 

3  Therefore,    thou  son  of  man,  prepare 

thee  stuff  for  removing,  and  remove  by 

day  in  their  sight ;  and  thou  shalt  remove 

from  thy  place  to  another  place  in  their 

sight :     it    may    be    they    will    consider, 

though  they  be  a  rebellious  house. 

_  _ 


4  Then  shalt  thou  bring  forth  thy  stuff 
by  day  in  their  sight,  as  stuff  for  removing : 
and  thou  shalt  go  forth  at  even  in  their 
sight,  as  they  that  go  forth  into  captivity. 

5  Dig  thou  through  the  wall  in  their 
sight,  and  carry  out  thereby. 

6  In  their  sight  shalt  thou  bear  it  upon 
thy  shoulders,  and  carry  it  forth  in  the 
twilight  :  thou  shalt  cover  thy  face,  that 
thou  see  not  the  ground:  for  I  have  set 
thee  for  a  sign  unto  the  house  of 
Israel. 

7  And  I  did  so  as  I  was  commanded:  I 
brought  forth  my  stuff  by  day,  as  stuff 
for  captivity,  and  in  the  even  I  digged 
through  the  wall  with  mine  hand  ;  I 
brought  it  forth  in  the  twilight,  and  I 
bare  it  upon  nnj  shoulder  in  their  sight. 

8  H  And  in  the  morning  came  the  word 
of  the  Lord  unto  me,  saying, 

9  Son  of  man,  hath  not  the  house  of 
Israel,  the  rebellious  house,  said  unto 
thee.  What  doest  thou  ? 

10  Say  thou  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  ;  This  burden  concerneth  the 
prince  in  Jerusalem,  and  all  the  house 
of  Israel  that  are  among  them. 

11  Sa3%  I  am  your  sign :  like  as  I  have 
done,  so  shall  it  be  done  unto  them :  they 
shall  remove  and  go  into  captivity. 

12  And  the  prince  that  is  among  them 
shall  bear  uijon  his  shoulder  in  the  twi- 
light, and  shall  go  forth :  they  shall  dig 
through  the  wall  to  carry  out  thereby: 
he  shall  cover  his  face,  that  he  see  not  the 
ground  with  his  eyes. 

13  My  net  also  will  I  spread  upon  him* 
and  he  shall  be  taken  in  my  snare:  and 
I  will  bring  him  to  Babylon  to  the  laud 
of  the  Chaldeans ;  yet  shall  he  not  see  it, 
though  he  shall  die  there. 

14  And  I  will  scatter  toward  every  wind 
all  that  are  about  him  to  help  him,  and 
all  his  bands;  and  I  will  draw  out  the 
sword  after  them. 

15  And  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord,  when  I  shall  scatter  them  among 
the  nations,  and  disperse  them  in  the 
countries. 

16  But  I  will  leave  a  few  men  of  them 
from  the  sword,  from  the  famine,  and  from 
the  pestilence;  that  they  may  declare  all 
their  abominations  among  the  heathen 
whither  they  come;  and  they  shall  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord. 


EZEKIEL. 


17  ^  Moreover  the  word  of  the  Lokd 
came  to  me,  saying', 

18  Son  of  man,  eat  thy  bread  with  quak- 
ing, and  drink  thy  water  with  trembling 
and  with  carefulness; 

19  And  say  unto  the  people  of  the  land, 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  the  inliabitauts 
of  Jerusalem,  and  of  the  land  of  Israel; 
They  shall  eat  their  bread  with  careful- 
ness, and  drink  their  water  with  astonish- 
ment, that  her  land  may  be  desolate  from 
all  that  is  therein,  because  of  the  violence 
of  all  them  that  dwell  therein. 

20  And  the  cities  that  are  inhabited  shall 
be  laid  waste,  and  the  land  shall  be  deso- 
late; and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord. 

21  H  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  me,  saying, 

22  Son  of  man,  what  is  that  proverb  ihat 
ye  have  in  the  lahd  of  Israel,  saying.  The 
davs  are  prolonged,  and  every  vision  fail- 
eth? 

23  Tell  them  therefore.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God;  I  will  make  this  proverb  to 
cease,  and  they  shall  no  more  use  it  as  a 
proverb  in  Israel;  but  say  unto  them.  The 
days  are  at  hand,  and  the  effect  of  everj' 
vision. 

24  For  there  shall  be  no  more  any  vain 
vision  nor  flattering  divination  within  the 
house  of  Israel. 

25  For  I  am  the  Lord  :  I  will  speak,  and 
the  word  that  I  shall  »peak  shall  come  to 
pass ;  it  shall  be  no  more  prolonged :  for  in 
i'our  days,  O  rebellious  house,  will  I  say 
the  word,  and  will  perform  it,  saith  the 
Lord  God. 

26  1  Again  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to 
me,  saying, 

27  Son  of  man,  behold,  tJir/j  of  the  house 
of  Israel  say.  The  vision  that  he  seeth  is 
for  many  days  to  come,  and  he  prophcsieth 
of  the  times  that  arc  far  off. 

28  Therefore  say  unto  them,  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God;  There  shall  none  of  my 
words  be  prolonged  any  more,  but  the 
word  which  I  have  spoken  shall  be  done, 
saith  the  Lord  God. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

AND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
me,  saying, 
2  Son  of  man,  prophesy  against  the  proph- 
ets of  Israel  that  prophesy,  and  say  thou 


unto  them  that  jirophesy  out  of  their  own 
hearts,  Hear  ye  the  word  of  the  Lord; 

3  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Woe  unto 
the  foolish  prophets,  that  follow  their  o^^-n 
spirit,  and  have  seen  nothing ! 

4  O  Israel,  thy  prophets  are  like  the  foxes 
in  the  deserts. 

5  Ye  have  not  gone  up  into  the  gaj)S, 
neither  made  up  the  hedge  for  the  house 
of  Israel  to  stand  in  the  battle  in  the  day 
of  the  Lord. 

6  They  have  seen  vanity  and  lying  divina- 
tion, saying.  The  Lord  saith:  and  the 
Lord  hath  not  sent  them :  and  they  have 
made  others  to  hope  that  they  would  con- 
firm the  word. 

7  Have  ye  not  seen  a  vain  vision,  and 
have  ye  not  spoken  a  lying  divination, 
whereas  ye  say,  The  Lord  saith  it;  albeit  I 
have  not  spoken? 

8  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Be- 
cause ye  have  spoken  vanity,  and  seen  lies, 
therefore,  behold,  I  am  against  you,  saith 
the  Lord  God. 

9  And  mine  hand  shall  be  upon  the 
prophets  that  see  vanity,  and  that  divine 
lies:  they  shall  not  be  in  the  assembly  of 
my  people,  neither  shall  they  be  written  in 
the  writing  of  the  house  of  Israel,  neither 
shall  they  enter  into  the  land  of  Israel; 
and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord 
God. 

10  ^  Because,  even  because  they  have 
seduced  my  people,  saying.  Peace;  and 
tJiere  was  no  peace;  and  one  built  up  a  wall, 
and,  lo,  others  daubed  it  with  unterapered 
mo7-tar: 

11  Say  unto  them  which  daub  it  with  un- 
tempered  mortar,  that  it  shall  fall:  there 
shall  be  an  overflowing  shower ;  and  ye,  O 
great  hailstones,  shall  fall;  and  a  stormy 
wind  shall  rend  it. 

12  Lo,  when  the  wall  is  fallen,  shall  it  not 
be  said  unto  you,  Where  is  the  daubing 
wherewith  ye  have  daubed  it? 

13  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  I 
will  even  rend  it  with  a  stormy  wind  in 
my  fury;  and  there  shall  be  an  overflowing 
shower  in  mine  anger,  and  great  hailstones 
in  my  fury  to  consume  it. 

14  So  will  I  break  down  the  wall  that 
ye  have  daubed  with  untempered  mortar, 
and  bring  it  down  to  the  ground,  so  that 
the  foundation  thereof  shall  be  discovered, 
and  it  shall  fall,  and  ve  shall  be  consumed 


EZEKIEL. 


in  the  midst  thereof:  and  ye  shall  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord. 

15  Thus  -will  I  accomplish  my  wrath  upon 
the  wall,  and  upon  them  that  have  daubed 
it  with  untempered  inortar,  and  will  say 
unto  you,  The  wall  w  no  more,  neither  they 
that  daubed  it ; 

16  To  icii,  the  prophets  of  Israel  which 
prophesy  concerning  Jerusalem,  and  which 
see  visions  of  peace  for  her,  and  there  is  no 
peace,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

17  ^  Likewise,  thou  son  of  man,  set  thy 
face  against  the  daughters  of  thy  people, 
which  prophesy  out  of  their  own  heart ; 
and  prophesy  thou  against  them, 

18  And  say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God; 
Woe  to  the  women  that  sew  pillows  to  all 
armholes,  and  make  kerchiefs  upon  the 
head  of  every  stature  to  hunt  souls !  Will 
ye  hunt  the  souls  of  my  people,  and  will 
ye  save  the  souls  alive  that  come  unto  you? 

19  And  will  ye  pollute  me  among  my 
people  for  handfuls  of  barley  and  for  pieces 
of  bread,  to  slay  the  souls  that  should  not 
die,  and  to  save  the  souls  alive  that  should 
not  live,  by  your  lying  to  my  people  that 
hear  yo^ir  lies  ? 

20  Wherefore  thus  saith  the  Loi'd  God; 
Behold,  I  am  against  your  pillows,  where- 
with ye  there  hunt  the  souls  to  make  them 
fly,  and  I  will  tear  them  from  your  arms, 
and  will  let  the  souls  go,  even  the  soids 
that  ye  hunt  to  make  them  fly. 

21  Tour  kerchiefs  also  will  I  tear,  and 
deliver  my  people  out  of  your  hand,  and 
they  shall  be  no  more  in  your  hand  to  be 
hunted ;  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord. 

22  Because  with  lies  ye  have  made  the 
heart  of  the  righteous  sad,  whom  I  have 
not  made  sad ;  and  strengthened  tne  hands 
of  the  wicked,  that  he  should  not  return 
from  his  wicked  way,  by  promising  him 
life; 

23  Therefore  ye  shall  see  no  more  A'anity, 
nor  divine  divinations :  for  I  will  deliver 
my  people  out  of  your  hand :  and  ye  shall 
know  that  I  am  the  Lord, 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

THEN  came  certain  of  the  elders  of  Is- 
rael unto  me,  and  sat  before  me. 

2  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
me,  saying, 

3  Son  of  man,   these  men  have  set  up 


their  idols  in  their  heart,  and  put  the 
stumblingblock  of  their  iniquity  before 
their  face :  should  I  be  inquired  of  at  all 
by  them  ? 

4  Therefore  speak  unto  them,  and  say 
unto  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God; 
Every  man  of  the  house  of  Israel  that  set- 
teth  up  his  idols  in  his  heart,  and  putteth 
the  stumblingblock  of  his  iniquity  before 
his  face,  and  cometh  to  the  prophet ;  I  the 
Lord  will  answer  him  that  cometh,  ac- 
cording to  the  multitude  of  his  idols ; 

5  That  I  may  take  the  house  of  Israel  in 
their  own  heart,  because  they  are  all  es- 
tranged from  me  through  their  idols. 

6  H  Therefore  say  unto  the  house  of  Is- 
rael, Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Repent, 
and  turn  yourselves  from  your  idols ;  and 
turn  away  your  faces  from  all  your  abom- 
inations. 

7  For  every  one  of  the  house  of  Israel,  or 
of  the  stranger  that  sojourneth  in  Israel, 
which  separateth  himself  from  me,  and 
setteth  up  his  idols  in  his  heart,  and  put- 
teth the  stumblingblock  of  his  iniquity 
before  his  fiice,  and  cometh  to  a  prophet 
to  inquire  of  him  concerning  me ;  I  the 
Lord  will  answer  him  by  myself: 

8  And  I  will  set  my  face  against  that  man, 
and  will  make  him  a  sign  and  a  proverb, 
and  I  will  cut  him  off  from  the  midst  of 
my  people;  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am 
the  Lord. 

9  And  if  the  prophet  be  deceived  when 
he  hath  spoken  a  thing,  I  the  Lord  have 
deceived  that  prophet,  and  I  will  stretch 
out  my  hand  upon  him,  and  will  destroy 
him  from  the  midst  of  my  people  Israel. 

10  And  they  shall  bear  the  punishment  of 
their  iniquity :  the  punishment  of  the 
prophet  shall  be  even  as  the  punishment 
of  him  that  seeketh  unto  him; 

11  That  the  house  of  Israel  may  go  no 
more  astray  from  me,  neither  be  polluted 
any  more  with  all  their  transgressions; 
but  that  they  may  be  my  people,  and  I 
may  be  their  God,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

12  Tl  The  word  of  the  Lord  came  again 
to  me,  saying, 

13  Son  of  man,  when  the  land  sinneth 
against  me  by  trespassing  grievously,  then 
will  I  stretch  out  mine  hand  upon  it,  and 
will  break  the  staff  of  the  bread  thereof, 
and  will  send  famine  upon  it,  and  will  cut 
off  man  and  beast  from  it : 

755 


EZEKIEL. 


14  Thouj2:h  these  three  men,  Noah,  Dan- 
iel, and  Job,  were  in  it,  thej-  should  deliver 
hut  their  own  souls  by  their  righteous- 
ness, saith  the  Lord  God, 

15  1  If  I  cause  noisome  beasts  to  pass 
through  the  land,  and  they  spoil  it,  so 
that  it  be  desolate,  that  no  man  may 
pass  through  because  of  the  beasts : 

16  Though  these  three  men  loere  in  it, 
as  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  they  shall 
deliver  neither  sons  nor  daughters;  they 
only  shall  be  delivered,  but  the  land  shall 
be  desolate. 

17  1  Or  if  I  bring  a  sword  upon  that  land, 
and  say.  Sword,  go  through  the  land ;  so 
that  I  cut  off  man  and  beast  from  it : 

18  Though  these  three  men  were  in  it, 
as  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  they  shall 
deliver  neither  sons  nor  daughters,  but 
thej'  only  shall  be  delivered  themselves. 

19  1  Or  if  I  send  a  pestilence  into  that 
land,  and  pour  out  my  fury  upon  it  in 
blood,  to  cut  off  from  it  man  and  beast : 

20  Though  Noah,  Daniel,  and  Job,  tvere  in 
it,  as  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  they  shall 
deliver  neither  son  nor  daughter;  they 
shall  but  deliver  their  own  souls  by  their 
righteousness. 

21  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  How 
much  more  when  I  send  my  four  sore 
judgments  upon  Jerusalem,  the  sword,  and 
the  famine,  and  the  noisome  beast,  and  the 
pestilence,  to  cut  off  from  it  man  and  beast? 

22  ^  Yet,  behold,  therein  shall  be  left  a 
remnant  that  shall  be  brought  forth,  both 
sons  and  daughters:  behold,  they  shall 
come  forth  unto  you,  and  ye  shall  see  their 
way  and  their  doings :  and  ye  shall  be 
comforted  concerning  the  evil  that  I  have 
brought  upon  Jerusalem,  even  concerning 
all  that  I  have  brought  upon  it. 

23  And  they  shall  comfort  you,  when  ye 
see  their  ways  and  their  doings :  and  ye 
shall  know  that  I  have  not  done  without 
cause  all  that  I  have  done  in  it,  saith  the 
Lord  God. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

AND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  What  is  the  vine  tree  more 
than  any  tree,  or  than  a  branch  which  is 
among  the  trees  of  the  forest  ? 

3  Shall  wood  be  tak(!n  thereof  to  do  any 
work?  or  will  men  take  a  pin  of  it  to  hang 
anv  vessel  thereon  ? 

756 


4  Behold,  it  is  cast  into  the  fire  for  fuel ; 
the  fire  devourcth  both  the  ends  of  it, 
and  the  midst  of  it  is  burned.  Is  it  meet 
for  any  work  ? 

5  Behold,  when  it  was  whole,  it  was  meet 
for  no  work :  how  much  less  shall  it  be 
meet  yet  for  any  work,  when  the  tire  hath 
devoured  it,  and  it  is  burned? 

6  Tl  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God; 
As  the  vine  tree  among  the  trees  of  the 
forest,  which  I  have  given  to  the  tire  for 
fuel,  so  will  I  give  the  inhabitants  of  Jeru- 
salem. 

7  And  I  will  set  my  face  against  them ; 
they  shall  go  out  from  one  tire,  and  another 
tire  shall  devour  them ;  and  ye  shall  know 
that  I  am  the  Loud,  when  I  set  my  face 
against  them. 

8  And  I  will  make  the  land  desolate,  be- 
cause they  have  committed  a  trespass,  saith 
the  Lord  God. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

AGAIN  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  cause  Jerusalem  to  know 
her  abominations, 

3  And  say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  unto 
Jerusalem ;  Thy  birth  and  thy  nativity  is 
of  the  land  of  Canaan ;  thy  f;\ther  vms  an 
Amorite,  and  thy  mother  a  Hittite. 

4  And  f«  for  thy  nativity,  in  the  day  thou 
wast  born  thy  navel  was  not  cut,  neither 
wast  thou  washed  in  water  to  supple  thee ; 
thou  wast  not  salted  at  all,  nor  swaddled 
at  all. 

5  None  eye  pitied  thee,  to  do  any  of 
these  unto  thee,  to  have  compassion  ui:)on 
thee ;  but  thou  Avast  cast  out  in  the  open 
tield,  to  the  loathing  of  thy  person,  in  the 
day  that  thou  Avast  born. 

6  Tl  And  Avhen  I  passed  by  thee,  and  saAv 
thee  polluted  in  thine  own  blood,  I  said 
unto  thee  when  thou  ivaM  in  thy  blood.  Live; 
yea,  I  said  unto  thee  when  thou  wast  in  thy 
blood.  Live. 

7  I  have  caiiscd  thee  to  multiply  as  the 
bud  of  the  field,  and  thou  hast  increased 
and  Avaxen  great,  and  thou  art  come  to  ex- 
cellent ornaments :  thy  breasts  are  fash- 
ioned, and  thine  hair  is  groAvn,  Avhereas 
thou  tcast  naked  and  bare. 

8  NoAV  Avhen  I  passed  by  thee,  and  looked 
upon  thee,  behold,  thy  time  icas  the  time 
of   love ;     and    I    spread    my    skirt    over 


EZEKIEL. 


thee,  a*d  covered  thy  nakedness :  yea,  I 
sware  unto  thee,  and  entered  into  a  cov- 
enant with  thee,  saith  the  Lord  God,  and 
thou  becamest  mine. 

9  Then  washed  I  thee  with  water ;  yea,  I 
thoroughly  washed  away  thy  blood  from 
thee,  and  I  anointed  thee  with  oil. 

10  I  clothed  thee  also  with  broidered 
work,  and  shod  thee  with  badgers'  skin, 
and  I  girded  thee  about  with  tine  linen, 
and  I  covered  thee  with  silk. 

11  I  decked  thee  also  with  ornaments,  and 
I  put  bracelets  upon  thy  hands,  and  a 
chain  on  thy  neck. 

12  And  I  put  a  jewel  on  thy  forehead, 
and  earrings  in  thine  ears,  and  a  beautiful 
crown  upon  thine  head. 

13  Thus  wast  thou  decked  with  gold  and 
silver;  and  thy  raipient  was  of  fine  linen, 
and  silk,  and  broidered  work;  thou  didst 
eat  fine  flour,  and  honey,  and  oil;  and 
thou  wast  exceeding  beautiful,  and  thou 
didst  prosi^er  into  a  kingdom. 

14  And  thy  renown  went  forth  among  the 
heathen  for  thy  beauty:  for  it  ivas  perfect 
through  my  comeliness,  which  I  had  put 
upon  thee,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

15  H  But  thou  didst  trust  in  thine  own 
beauty,  and  playedst  the  harlot  because 
of  thy  renown,  and  pouredst  out  thy  for- 
nications on  every  one  that  passed  by;  his 
it  was. 

16  And  of  thy  garments  thou  didst  take, 
and  deckedst  thy  high  places  with  divers 
colours,  and  playedst  the  harlot  there- 
upon: the  like  things  shall  not  come, 
neither  shall  it  be  .so. 

17  Thou  hast  also  taken  thy  fair  jewels  of 
my  gold  and  of  my  silver,  which  I  had 
given  thee,  and  madest  to  thyself  images 
of  men,  and  didst  commit  whoredom  with 
them, 

18  And  tookest  thy  broidered  garments, 
and  coveredst  them:  and  thou  hast  set 
mine  oil  aud  mine  incense  before  them. 

19  My  meat  also  which  I  gave  thee,  fine 
flour,  and  oil,  and  honey,  vjhereioUh  I  fed 
thee,  thou  hast  even  set  it  before  them  for 
a  sweet  savour:  and  thus  it  was,  saith  the 
Lord  God. 

20  Moreover  thou  hast  taken  thy  sons 
and  thy  daughters,  whom  thou  hast  borne 
unto  me,  and  these  hast  thou  sacrificed 
unto  them  to  be  devoured.  7s  this  of  thy 
whoredoms  a  small  matter. 


21  That  thou  hast  slain  my  children,  and 
delivered  them  to  cause  them  to  pass 
through  the  fire  for  them  ? 

22  And  in  all  thine  abominations  and 
thy  whoredoms  thou  hast  not  remembered 
the  days  of  thy  youth,  when  thou  wast 
naked  and  bare,  and  wast  polluted  in  thy 
blood. 

23  And  it  came  to  pass  after  all  thy  wick- 
edness, (woe,  woe  unto  thee!  saith  the 
Lord  God,) 

24  That  thou  hast  also  built  unto  thee  an 
eminent  place,  and  hast  made  thee  a  high 
place  in  every  street. 

25  Thou  hast  built  thy  high  place  at  every 
head  of  the  way,  and  hast  made  thy  beauty 
to  be  abhorred,  and  hast  opened  thy  feet 
to  every  one  that  passed  by,  and  multiplied 
thy  whoredoms. 

26  Thou  hast  also  committed  fornication 
with  the  Egyptians  thy  neighbours,  great 
of  flesh ;  and  hast  increased  thy  whore- 
doms, to  provoke  me  to  anger. 

27  Behold,  therefore  I  have  stretched  out 
my  hand  over  thee,  and  have  diminished 
thine  ordinary  food^  and  delivered  thee 
unto  the  will  of  them  that  hate  thee,  the 
daughters  of  the  Philistines,  which  are 
ashamed  of  thy  lewd  way. 

28  Thou  hast  played  the  whore  also  with 
the  Assyrians,  because  thou  wast  unsatia- 
ble ;  yea,  thou  hast  played  the  harlot  with 
them,  and  yet  couldest  not  be  satisfied. 

29  Thou  hast  moreover  multiplied  thy 
fornication  in  the  land  of  Canaan  unto 
Chaldea;  and  yet  thou  wast  not  satisfied 
herewith. 

30  How  weak  is  thine  heart,  saith  the 
Lord  God,  seeing  thou  doest  all  these 
things^  the  work  of  an  imperious  whorish 
woman ; 

31  In  that  thou  buildest  thine  eminent 
place  in  the  head  of  every  way,  and  makest 
thine  high  place  in  every  street ;  and  hast 
not  been  as  a  harlot,  in  that  thou  scornest 
hire ; 

32  But  as  a  wife  that  committeth  adultery, 
whic7i  taketh  strangers  instead  of  her  hus- 
band ! 

33  They  give  gifts  to  all  whores :  but  thou 
givest  thy  gifts  to  all  thy  lovers,  and  hirest 
them,  that  they  may  come  unto  thee  on 
every  side  for  thy  whoredom. 

34  Aud  the  contrary  is  in  thee  from  other 
women  in  thy  whoredoms,  whereas  none 

757  " 


EZEKIEL 


followctli  tliec  to  commit  whoredoms:  and 
in  that  thou  <^ivest  a  reward,  and  no  re- 
ward is  given  unto  thee,  therefore  tliou 
art  contrary. 

35  H  Wherefore,  O  harlot,  hear  the  word 
of  the  Lord  : 

36  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  Because 
thy  filthiness  was  poured  out,  and  thy 
nakedness  discovered  through  thy  whore- 
doms with  thy  lovers,  and  with  all  the 
idols  of  thy  abominations,  and  by  the 
blood  of  thy  children,  which  thou  didst 
give  unto  them ; 

37  Behold,  therefore  I  will  gather  all  thy 
lovers,  with  whom  thou  hast  taken  pleas- 
ure, and  all  tliem  that  thou  hast  loved,  with 
all  them  that  thou  hast  hated  ;  I  will  even 
gather  them  round  about  against  thee,  and 
will  discover  thy  nakedness  unto  them, 
that  they  may  see  all  thy  nakedness. 

38  And  I  will  judge  thee,  as  women  that 
break  wedlock  and  shed  blood  are  judged ; 
and  I  -will  give  thee  blood  in  fury  and 
jealousy. 

39  And  I  will  also  give  thee  into  their 
hand,  and  they  shall  throw  down  thine 
eminent  place,  and  shall  break  down  thy 
high  places:  they  shall  strip  thee  also  of 
thy  clothes,  and  shall  take  thy  fair  jewels, 
and  leave  thee  naked  and  bare. 

40  They  shall  also  bring  up  a  company 
against  thee,  and  they  shall  stone  thee  with 
stones,  and  thrust  thee  through  with  their 
swords. 

41  And  they  shall  burn  thine  houses  with 
fire,  and  execute  judgments  upon  thee  in 
the  sight  of  many  women :  and  I  will  cause 
thee  to  cease  from  playing  the  harlot,  and 
thou  also  Shalt  give  no  hire  any  more. 

43  So  will  I  make  my  fury  toward  thee  to 
rest,  and  my  jealousy  shall  depart  from 
thee,  and  I  will  be  quiet,  and  will  be  no 
more  angry. 

43  Because  thou  hast  not  remembered  the 
days  of  thy  youth,  but  hast  fretted  me  in 
all  these  things;  behold,  therefore  I  also 
will  recompense  thy  way  upon  thitie  head, 
saith  the  Lord  God:  and  thou  shalt  not 
commit  this  lewdness  above  all  thine 
abominations. 

44  H  Behold,  every  one  that  useth  prov- 
erbs shall  use  this  proverb  against  thee, 
saying.  As  is  the  mother,  so  is  her 
daughter. 

45  Thou  art  thy  mother's  daughter,  that 

758 


loatheLh  her  husband  and  her  Children; 
and  thou  art  the  sister  of  thy  sisters,  which 
loathed  their  husbands  and  their  children : 
your  mother  was  a  Hittite,  and  your  father 
an  Amorite. 

46  And  thine  elder  sister  is  Samaria,  she 
and  her  daughters  that  dwell  at  thy  left 
hand:  and  thy  younger  sister,  that  dwell- 
eth  at  thy  right  hand,  is  Sodom  and  her 
daughters. 

47  Yet  hast  thou  not  walked  after  their 
ways,  nor  done  after  their  abominations : 
but,  as  if  that  were  a  very  little  thing^  thou 
wast  corrupted  more  than  they  in  all  thy 
ways. 

48  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  Sodom 
thy  sister  hath  not  done,  she  nor  her 
daughters,  as  thou  hast  done,  thou  and 
thy  daughters. 

49  Behold,  this  was  the  iniquity  of  thy 
sister  Sodom,  pride,  fulness  of  bread,  and 
abundance  of  idleness  was  in  her  and  in 
her  daughters,  neither  did  she  strengthen 
the  hand  of  the  poor  and  needy. 

50  And  they  were  haughty,  and  commit- 
ted abomination  before  me :  therefore  I 
took  them  away  as  I  saw  good. 

51  Neither  hath  Samaria  committed  half 
of  thy  sins ;  but  thou  hast  multiplied  thine 
abominations  more  than  they,  and  hast 
justified  thy  sisters  in  all  thine  abomina- 
tions which  thou  hast  done. 

53  Thou  also,  which  hast  judged  thy  sis- 
ters, bear  thine  own  shame  for  thy  sins 
that  thou  hast  committed  more  abomin- 
able than  they:  they  are  more  righteous 
than  thou:  yea,  be  thou  confounded  also, 
and  bear  thy  shame,  in  that  thou  hast 
justified  thy  sisters. 

53  When  I  shall  bring  again  their  cap- 
tivity, the  captivity  of  Sodom  and  her 
daughters,  and  the  captivity  of  Samaria 
and  her  daughters,  then  icill  I  bring  again 
the  captivity  of  thy  captives  in  the  midst 
of  them : 

54  That  thou  mayest  bear  thine  own 
shame,  and  mayest  be  confounded  in  all 
that  thou  hast  done,  in  that  thou  art  a 
comfort  unto  them. 

55  When  thy  sisters,  Sodom  and  her 
daughters,  shall  return  to  their  former 
estate,  and  Samaria  and  her  daughtere 
shall  return  to  their  former  estate,  then 
thou  and  thy  daughters  shall  return  to 
your  former  estate. 


BZEKIEL. 


56  For  thy  sister  Sodom  Avas  not  men- 
tioned by  thy  mouth  in  the  day  of  thy 
pride, 

57  Before  thy  wickedness  was  discovered, 
as  at  the  time  oitliy  reproach  of  the  daugh- 
ters of  Syria,  and  all  that  are  round  about 
her,  the  daughters  of  the  Philistines,  which 
despise  thee  round  about. 

58  Thou  hast  borne  thy  lewdness  and 
thine  abominations,  saith  the  Lord. 

59  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  I  will 
even  deal  with  thee  as  thou  hast  done, 
which  hast  despised  the  oath  in  breaking 
the  covenant. 

60  ^  Nevertheless,  I  will  remember  my 
covenant  with  thee  in  the  days  of  thy 
youth,  and  I  will  establish  unto  thee  an 
everlasting  covenant. 

61  Then  thou  shalt  remember  thy  ways, 
and  be  ashamed,  when  thou  shalt  receive 
thy  sisters,  thine  elder  and  thy  younger: 
and  I  will  give  them  unto  thee  for  daugh- 
ters, but  not  by  thy  covenant. 

63  And  I  will  establish  my  covenant  with 
thee ;  and  thou  shalt  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord  : 

63  That  thou  mayest  remember,  and  be 
confounded,  and  never  open  thy  mouth 
any  more  because  of  thy  shame,  when  I 
am  pacified  toward  thee  for  all  that  thou 
hast  done,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

CHAPTER   XVIL 

AND  th^  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  put  forth  a  riddle,  and 
speak  a  parable  unto  the  house  of  Israel ; 

3  And  say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  A 
great  eagle  with  great  wings,  long  winged, 
full  of  feathers,  which  had  divers  colours, 
came  unto  Lebanon,  and  took  the  highest 
branch  of  the  cedar : 

4  He  cropped  off  the  top  of  his  young 
twigs,  and  carried  it  into  a  land  of  traffick ; 
he  set  it  in  a  city  of  merchants. 

5  He  took  also  of  the  seed  of  the  land, 
and  planted  it  in  a  fruitful  field;  he 
placed  it  by  great  waters,  and  set  it  as 
a  willow  tree. 

6  And  it  grew,  and  became  a  spreading 
vine  of  low  stature,  whose  branches  turned  j  building  forts,  to  cut  off  many  persons  : 
toward  him,  and  the  roots  thereof  were  18  Seeing  he  despised  the  oath  by  break- 
under  him :  so  it  became  a  vine,  and  ing  the  covenant,  when,  lo,  he  had  given 
brought   forth   branches,   and    shot    forth    his  hand,  and  hath  done  all  these   thhigs^ 

sprigs.  I  he  shall  not  escape. 

______ 


7  There  was  also  another  great  eagle  with 
great  wings  and  many  feathers :  and,  be- 
hold, this  vine  did  bend  her  roots  toward 
him,  and  shot  forth  her  branches  toward 
him,  that  he  might  water  it  by  the  fur- 
rows of  her  plantation. 

8  It  was  planted  in  a  good  soil  by  great 
waters,  that  it  might  bring  forth  branches, 
and  that  it  might  bear  fruit,  that  it  might 
be  a  goodly  vine. 

9  Say  thou.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Goo; 
Shall  it  prosper?  shall  he  not  pull  up  the 
roots  thereof,  and  cut  off  the  fruit  thereof, 
that  it  wither?  it  shall  wither  in  all  the 
leaves  of  her  spring,  even  without  great 
power  or  many  people  to  pluck  it  up 
by  the  roots  thereof. 

10  Yea,  behold,  being  planted,  shall  it 
prosper  ?  shall  it  not  utterly  wither,  wheu 
the  east  wind  toucheth  it  ?  it  shall  wither 
in  the  furrows  where  it  grew. 

11  *i[  Moreover  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  unto  me,  saying, 

13  Say  now  to  the  rebellious  house. 
Know  ye  not  what  these  things  mean?  tell 
them^  Behold,  the  king  of  Babylon  is  come 
to  Jerusalem,  and  hath  taken  the  king 
thereof,  and  the  princes  thereof,  and  led 
them  with  him  to  Babylon  ; 

13  And  hath  taken  of  the  king's  seed, 
and  made  a  covenant  with  him,  and  hath 
taken  an  oath  of  him :  he  hath  also  taken 
the  mighty  of  the  land : 

14  That  the  kingdom  might  be  base,  that 
it  might  not  lift  itself  up,  hut  that  by  keej)- 
ing  of  his  covenant  it  might  stand. 

15  But  he  rebelled  against  him  in  sending 
his  ambassadors  into  Egypt,  that  they 
might  give  him  horses  and  much  peoi)le. 
Shall  he  prosper?  shall  he  escape  that 
doeth  such  things?  or  shall  he  break  the 
covenant,  and  be  delivered  ? 

16  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  sure- 
ly in  the  place  wJiere  the  king  chveUeth  that 
made  him  king,  whose  oath  he  despised, 
and  whose  covenant  he  brake,  eveti  with 
him  in  the  midst  of  Babylon  he  shall  die. 

17  Neither  shall  Pharaoh  with  his  mighty 
army  and  great  company  make  for  him 
in   the  war,  by   casting  up  mounts,    and 


EZEKIEL. 


19  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God; 
Aft  I  live,  surely  mine  oath  that  he  hath 
despised,  and  my  covenant  that  he  hath 
broken,  even  it  will  I  recompense  upon 
his  own  head. 

20  And  I  will  spread  my  net  upon  him, 
and  he  shall  be  taken  in  my  snare,  and  I 
Avill  bring  him  to  Babylon,  and  will  plead 
Avith  him  there  for  his  trespass  that  he 
hath  tresi:)assed  against  me. 

21  And  all  his  fugitives  with  all  his  bands 
shall  fall  by  the  sword,  and  they  that 
remain  shall  be  scattered  toward  all  winds: 
and  ye  shall  know  that  I  the  Lord  have 
spoken  it. 

23  H  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  I  Avill  also 
take  of  the  highest  branch  of  the  high 
cedar,  and  will  set  it ;  I  will  crop  off  from 
the  top  of  his  young  twigs  a  tender  one, 
and  will  plant  it  upon  a  high  moiintain 
and  eminent : 

23  In  the  mountain  of  the  height  of 
Israel  will  I  plant  it:  and  it  shall  bi'ing 
forth  boughs,  and  bear  fruit,  and  be  a 
goodly  cedar :  and  under  it  shall  dwell  all 
fowl  of  every  wing ;  in  the  shadow  of  the 
branches  thereof  shall  they  dwell. 

24  And  all  the  trees  of  the  field  shall 
know  that  I  the  Lord  have  brought  down 
the  high  tree,  have  exalted  the  low  tree, 
have  dried  up  the  green  tree,  and  have 
made  the  dry  tree  to  flourish :  I  the  Lord 
have  spoken  and  have  done  it. 

CHAPTER  XVIIL 

THE  word  of  the  Lord  came   unto  me 
again,  saying, 

2  What  mean  ye,  that  ye  use  this  proverb 
concerning  the  land  of  Isi-ael,  saying,  The 
fathers  have  eaten  sour  grapes,  and  the 
children's  teeth  are  set  on  edge  ? 

3  ^-l.s  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  ye  shall 
not  have  occasion  any  more  to  use  this 
proverb  in  Israel. 

4  Behold,  all  souls  are  mine ;  as  the  soul 
of  the  father,  so  also  the  soul  of  the  son  is 
mine :  the  soul  that  sinneth,  it  shall  die. 

5  Tl  But  if  a  man  be  just,  and  do  that 
which  is  laAvful  and  right, 

j  G  And  hath  not  eaten  upon  the  mountains, 
I  neither  hath  lifted  up  his  eyes  to  the  idols 
j  of  the  house  of  Israel,  neither  hath  defiled 
j  his  neighbour's  wife,  neither  hath  come 
}  near  to  a  menstruous  woman, 
I    7  And  hath  not  oi^pressed  any,  but  hath 

7G0 


restored  to  the  debtor  his  pledge,  hath 
spoiled  none  by  violence,  hath  given  his 
bread  to  the  hungry,  and  hath  covered 
the  naked  with  a  garment ; 

8  He  that  hath  not  given  forth  upon 
usury,  neither  hath  taken  any  increase, 
thcd  hath  withdrawn  his  hand  from  in- 
iquity, hath  executed  true  judgment  be- 
tween man  and  man, 

9  Hath  walked  in  my  statutes,  and  hath 
kept  my  judgments,  to  deal  truly;  he  ix 
just,  he  shall  surely  live,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

10  ^  If  he  beget  a  son  that  is  a  robber, 
a  shedder  of  blood,  and  that  doeth  the 
like  to  any  one  of  these  things^ 

11  And  that  doeth  not  any  of  those 
duties^  but  even  hath  eaten  upon  the 
mountains,  and  defiled  his  neighbour's 
wife, 

13  Hath  oppressed  the  poor  and  needy, 
hath  spoiled  by  violence,  hath  not  restored 
the  pledge,  and  hath  lifted  up  his  eyes 
to  the  idols,  hath  committed  abomina- 
tion, 

13  Hath  given  forth  upon  usury,  and  hath 
taken  increase:  shall  he  then  live?  he  shall 
not  live:  he  hath  done  all  these  abomina- 
tions ;  he  shall  surely  die ;  his  blood  shall 
be  upon  him. 

14  '\  Now,  lo,  i/he  beget  a  son,  that  seeth 
all  his  father's  sins  which  he  hath  done, 
and  considereth,  and  doeth  not  such  like, 

15  Tliat  hath  not  eaten  upon  the  mount- 
ains, neither  hath  lifted  uj)  his  eyes  to  the 
idols  of  the  house  of  Israel,  hath  not  de- 
filed his  neighbour's  wife, 

IG  Neither  hath  oppressed  any,  hath  not 
withholden  the  pledge,  neither  hath  sj^oiled 
by  violence,  hut  hath  given  his  bread  to  the 
hungr}^  and  hath  covered  the  naked  Avith  a 
garment, 

17  That  hath  taken  off  his  hand  from  the 
poor,  that  hath  not  received  usury  nor  in- 
crease, hath  executed  my  judgments,  hath 
walked  in  my  statutes;  he  shall  not  die 
for  the  iniquity  of  his  father,  he  shall 
surely  live. 

18  As  for  his  father,  because  he  cruelly 
oppressed,  si^oiled  his  brother  by  violence, 
and  did  that  which  is  not  good  among 
his  people,  lo,  even  he  shall  die  in  his  in- 
iquity. 

19  ii  Yet  say  ye.  Why  ?  doth  not  the  son 
bear  the  iniquity  of  the  father  V     When  the 


EZEKIEL. 


son  hath  done  that  "which  is  lawful  and 
rjo-ht,  and  hath  kept  all  my  statutes,  and 
hath  done  them,  he  shall  surel)^  live. 

20  The  soul  that  sinneth,  it  shall  die. 
The  son  shall  not  bear  the  iniquity  of 
the  Mher,  neither  shall  the  father  bear 
the  iniquit}^  of  the  son :  the  righteousness 
of  the  righteous  shall  be  upon  him,  and 
the  wickedness  of  the  wicked  shall  be 
upon  him. 

21  But  if  the  wicked  will  turn  from  all 
his  sins  that  he  hath  committed,  and 
keep  all  my  statutes,  and  do  that  which 
is  lawful  and  right,  he  shall  surely  live,  he 
shall  not  die, 

22  All  his  transgressions  that  he  hath 
committed,  they  shall  not  be  mentioned 
unto  him :  in  his  righteousness  that  he 
hath  done  he  shall  live. 

23  Have  I  any  pleasure  at  all  that  the 
wicked  should  die?  saith  the  Lord  God: 
and  not  that  he  should  return  from  his 
ways,  and  live? 

24  If  But  when  the  righteous  turneth 
away  from  his  righteousness,  and  coramit- 
teth  iniquity,  and  doeth  according  to  all 
the  abominations  that  the  wicked  man 
doeth,  shall  he  live  ?  All  his  righteousness 
that  he  hath  done  shall  not  be  mentioned: 
in  his  trespass  that  he  hath  trespassed,  and 
in  his  sin  that  he  hath  sinned,  in  them  shall 
he  die. 

25  H  Yet  ye  say,  The  way  of  the  Lord  is 
not  equal.  Hear  now,  O  house  of  Israel ; 
Is  not  my  way  equal  ?  are  not  your  ways 
unequal  ? 

26  When  a  righteous  man  turneth  away 
from  his  righteousness,  and  committeth  in- 
iquity, and  dieth  in  them ;  for  his  iniquity 
that  he  hath  done  shall  he  die. 

27  Again,  when  the  wicked  man  turneth 
away  from  his  wickedness  that  he  hath 
committed,  and  doeth  that  which  is  lawful 
and  right,  he  shall  save  his  soul  alive. 

28  Because  he  considereth,  and  turneth 
away  from  all  his  transgressions  that  he 
hath  committed,  he  shall  surely  live,  he 
shall  not  die. 

29  Yet  saith  the  house  of  Israel,  The  way 
of  the  Lord  is  not  equal.  O  house  of  Is- 
rael, are  not  my  ways  equal?  are  not  your 
ways  unequal? 

30  Therefore  I  will  judge  you,  O  house  of 
Israel,  every  one  according  to  his  ways, 
saith  the  Lord  God.      Repent,   and  turn 


yourselves  Irom  all  your  transgressions ;  so 
iniquity  shall  not  be  your  ruin. 

31  If  Cast  av.'ay  from  you  all  your  trans- 
gressions, Avhereby  ye  have  transgressed; 
and  make  you  a  new  heart  and  a  new 
spirit :  for  why  will  ye  die,  O  house  of 
Israel ? 

32  For  I  have  no  pleasure  in  the  death 
of  him  that  dieth,  saith  the  Lord  God  : 
wherefore  turn  yourselves,  and  live  ye. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

MOREOVER,  take  thou  up  a  lamenta- 
tion for  the  princes  of  Israel, 

2  And  say.  What  is  thy  mother?  A  lion- 
ess: she  lay  down  among  lions,  she  nour- 
ished her  M  helps  among  young  lions. 

3  And  she  brought  up  one  of  her  whelps : 
it  became  a  young  lion,  and  it  learned  to 
catch  the  prey  ;  it  devoured  men. 

4  The  nations  also  heard  of  him ;  he  was 
taken  in  their  pit,  and  they  brought  him 
with  chains  unto  the  land  of  Egypt. 

5  Now  when  she  saw  that  she  had  wait- 
ed, and  her  hope  was  lost,  then  she  took 
another  of  her  whelps,  and  made  him  a 
young  lion. 

6  And  he  went  up  and  down  among  the 
lions,  he  became  a  young  lion,  and  learned 
to  catch  the  prey,  and  devoured  men. 

7  And  he  kncAV  their  desolate  palaces, 
and  he  laid  waste  their  cities  ;  and  the  land 
was  desolate,  and  the  fulness  thereof,  by 
the  noise  of  his  roaring. 

8  Then  the  nations  set  against  him  on 
eA'ery  side  from  the  provinces,  and  spread 
their  net  over  him :  he  was  taken  in  their 
pit. 

9  And  they  put  him  in  ward  in  chains, 
and  brought  him  to  the  king  of  Babylon : 
they  brought  him  into  holds,  that  his  voice 
should  no  more  be  heard  upon  the  mount- 
ains of  Israel. 

10  Tf  Thy  mother  is  like  a  vine  in  thy 
blood,  planted  by  the  Avaters :  she  was 
fruitful  and  full  of  branches  by  reason  of 
many  waters. 

11  And  she  had  strong  rods  for  the  scep- 
tres of  them  that  bare  rule,  and  her  stat- 
ure was  exalted  among  the  thick  branches, 
and  she  appeared  in  her  height  with  the 
multitude  of  her  branches. 

12  But  she  was  plucked  up  in  fury,  she 
was  cast  down  to  the  ground,  and  the  east 
wind  dried  up  her    fruit :  her  strong  rods 

761         ~~ 


EZEKIEL. 


were  broken  and  withered ;   the  fire  con- 
sumed them. 

13  And  now  she  is  planted  in  the  wilder- 
ness, in  a  dry  and  thirsty  ground, 

14  And  fire  is  gone  out  of  a  rod  of  her 
branches,  whicli  hath  devoured  her  fruit, 
so  that  she  hath  no  strong  rod  io  be  a  scep- 
tre to  rule.  This  is  a  lamentation,  and 
shall  be  for  a  lamentation. 

CHAPTER  XX. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  seventh 
year,  in  the  fifth  month,  the  tenth 
day  of  the  month,  that  certain  of  the  elders 
of  Israel  came  to  inquire  of  the  Lord,  and 
sat  before  me. 

2  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  unto 
me,  saying, 

3  Son  of  man,  speak  unto  the  elders  of 
Israel,  and  say  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  ;  Are  ye  come  to  inquire  of  me? 
As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  I  will  not  be 
inquired  of  by  you. 

4  Wilt  thou  judge  them,  son  of  man,  wilt 
thou  judge  them?  cause  them  to  know  the 
abominations  of  their  fathers  : 

5  1[  And  say  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  ;  In  the  day  when  I  chose  Israel, 
and  lifted  up  mine  hand  unto  the  seed 
of  the  house  of  Jacob,  and  made  myself 
known  unto  them  in  the  land  of  Egypt, 
when  I  lifted  up  mine  hand  unto  them, 
saying,  I  am  the  Lord  j'our  God; 

6  In  the  day  that  I  lifted  up  mine  hand 
unto  them,  to  bring  them  forth  of  the  land 
of  Egypt  into  a  land  that  I  had  espied  for 
them,  flowing  with  milk  and  honey,  which 
is  the  glory  of  all  lands  : 

7  Then  said  I  unto  them.  Cast  ye  away 
every  man  the  abominations  of  his  eyes, 
and  defile  not  yourselves  with  the  idols 
of  Egypt :  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

8  But  they  rebelled  against  me,  and  would 
not  hearken  unto  me :  they  did  not  every 
man  cast  away  the  abominations  of  their 
eyes,  neither  did  they  forsake  the  idols  of 
Egypt :  then  I  said,  I  will  pour  out  my  fury 
upon  them,  to  accomplish  my  anger  against 
them  in  the  midst  of  the  land  of^ Egypt. 

9  But  I  wrought  for  my  name's  sake,  that 
it  should  not  be  polluted  before  the  hea- 
then, among  whom  they  were,  in  whose 
sight  I  made  myself  known  unto  them,  in 
bringing  them  forth  out  of  the  land  of 

Egypt. 

—  _ 


10  T[  Wherefore  I  caused  them  to  go  forth 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  brought 
them  into  the  wilderness. 

11  And  I  gave  them  my  statutes,  and 
shewed  them  my  judgments,  which  if  a 
man  do,  he  shall  even  live  in  them. 

12  Moreover  also  I  gave  them  my  sab- 
baths, to  be  a  sign  between  me  and  them, 
that  they  might  know  that  I  am  the  Lord 
that  sanctify  them. 

13  But  the  house  of  Israel  rebelled  against 
me  in  the  wilderness :  they  walked  not  in 
my  statutes,  and  they  despised  my  judg- 
ments, which  if  a  man  do,  he  shall  even 
live  in  them ;  and  my  sabbaths  they  greatly 
polluted:  then  I  said,  I  would  pour  out 
my  fury  upon  them  in  the  wilderness,  to 
consume  them. 

14  But  I  wrought  for  my  name's  sake, 

I  that  it  should  not  be  polluted  before  the 
heathen,  in  whose  sight  I  brought  them 
'  out. 

15  Yet  also  I  lifted  up  my  hand  unto  them 
in  the  wilderness,  that  I  would  not  bring 
them  into  the  land  which  1  had  given  them, 
flowing  with  milk  and  honey,  which  w  the 
glory  of  all  lands  ; 

16  Because  they  despised  my  judgments, 
and  walked  not  in  my  statutes,  but  pol- 
luted my  sabbaths :  for  their  heart  went 
after  their  idols, 

17  Nevertheless  mine  eye  spared  them 
from  destroying  them,  neither  did  I  make 
an  end  of  them  in  the  wilderness. 

18  But  I  said  unto  their  children  in  the 
wilderness.  Walk  ye  not  in  the  statutes 
of  your  fathers,  neither  observe  their  judg- 
ments, nor  defile  yourselves  with  their 
idols : 

19  I  am  the  Lord  your  God ;  walk  in  my 
statutes,  and  keep  my  judgments,  and  do 
them; 

20  And  hallow  my  sabbaths ;  and  they 
shall  be  a  sign  between  me  and  you,  that 
ye  may  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  your 
God. 

21  Notwithstanding,  the  children  rebelled 
against  me :  they  walked  not  in  my  stat- 
utes, neither  kept  my  judgments  to  do 
them,  which  if  a  man  do,  he  shall  even 
live  in  them ;  they  polluted  my  sabbaths  : 
then  I  said,  I  would  pour  out  my  fury 
upon  them,  to  accomplish  ray  anger 
against  them  in  the  wilderness. 

22  Nevertheless  I  withdrew  mine  hand, 


EZEKIEL. 


and  wroug:ht  for  my  name's  sake,  that  it 
should  not  be  polluted  in  the  sight  of  the 
heathen,  in  "whose  sight  I  brought  them 
forth. 

23  I  lifted  up  mine  hand  unto  them  also 
in  the  wilderness,  that  I  would  scatter 
them  among  the  heathen,  and  disperse 
them  through  the  countries ; 

24  Because  they  had  not  executed  my 
judgments,  but  had  despised  my  statutes, 
and  had  polluted  my  sabbaths,  and  their 
eyes  were  after  their  fathers'  idols. 

25  Wherefore  I  gave  them  also  statutes 
that  were  not  good,  and  judgments  where- 
by they  should  not  live ; 

26  And  I  polluted  them  in  their  own  gifts, 
in  that  they  caused  to  pass  through  the  fire 
all  that  openeth  the  womb,  that  I  might 
make  them  desolate,  to  the  end  that  they 
might  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

27  1  Therefore,  son  of  man,  speak  unto 
the  house  of  Israel,  and  say  imto  them, 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Yet  in  this  your 
fathers  have  blasphemed  me,  in  that  they 
have  committed  a  tresjjass  against  me. 

28  For  when  I  had  brought  them  into 
the  land,  for  the  which  I  lifted  up  mine 
hand  to  give  it  to  them,  then  they  saw 
every  high  hill,  and  all  the  thick  trees,  and 
they  offered  there  their  sacrifices,  and  there 
they  presented  the  provocation  of  their 
offering:  there  also  they  made  their  sweet 
savour,  and  poured  out  there  their  drink 
offerings. 

29  Then  I  said  unto  them.  What  is  the 
high  place  whereunto  ye  go  ?  And  the 
name  thereof  is  called  Bamah  unto  this 
day. 

30  Wherefore  say  unto  the  house  of  Is- 
rael, Thus  saith.  the  Lord  God;  Are  ye 
polluted  after  the  manner  of  your  fathers  ? 
and  commit  ye  whoredom  after  their 
abominations? 

31  For  when  ye  offer  your  gifts,  when 
ye  make  your  sons  to  pass  through  the 
lire,  ye  pollute  yourselves  with  all  your 
idols,  even  unto  this  day:  and  shall  I  be 
inquired  of  by  you,  O  house  of  Israel  ? 
As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  I  will  not 
be  inquired  of  by  you. 

33  And  that  which  cometh  into  your  mind 
shall  not  be  at  all,  that  ye  say.  We  will 
be  as  the  heathen,  as  the  families  of  the 
countries,  to  serve  wood  and  stone. 

33  TI  Afi  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  surely 


with  a  mighty  hand,  and  with  a  stretched 
out  arm,  and  with  fury  poured  out,  will  I 
rule  over  you: 

34  And  I  will  bring  you  out  from  the 
people,  and  will  gather  you  out  of  the 
countries  wherein  ye  are  scattered,  with  a 
mighty  hand,  and  with  a  stretched  out  arm, 
and  with  fury  poured  out. 

35  And  I  will  bring  you  into  the  wil- 
deraess  of  the  people,  and  there  will  I 
plead  with  you  face  to  face. 

36  Like  as  I  pleaded  with  your  fathers  in 
the  wilderness  of  the  land  of  Egj^pt,  so 
will  I  plead  with  you,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

37  And  I  will  cause  you  to  pass  under  the 
rod,  and  I  will  bring  you  into  the  bond  of 
the  covenant : 

38  And  I  will  purge  out  from  among  you 
the  rebels,  and  them  that  transgress 
against  me:  I  will  bring  them  forth  out 
of  the  country  where  they  sojourn,  and 
they  shall  not  enter  into  the  land  of  Is- 
rael: and  ye  shall  know  that  1  am  the 
Lord. 

39  As  for  you,  O  house  of  Israel,  thus  saith 
the  Lord  God;  Go  ye,  serve  ye  every  one 
his  idols,  and  hereafter  a7so,  if  ye  will  not 
hearken  unto  me:  but  pollute  ye  my  holy 
name  no  more  with  your  gifts,  and  Avith 
your  idols. 

40  For  in  mine  holy  mountain,  in  the 
mountain  of  the  height  of  Israel,  saith  the 
Lord  God,  there  shall  all  the  house  of  Is- 
rael, all  of  them  in  the  land,  serve  me: 
there  will  I  accept  them,  and  there  will 
I  require  your  offerings,  and  the  firstfruits 
of  your  oblations,  with  all  your  holy  things. 

41  I  will  accept  you  with  your  sweet 
savour,  when  I  bring  you  out  from  the 
people,  and  gather  you  out  of  the  coun- 
tries wherein  ye  have  been  scattered ;  and 
I  will  be  sanctified  in  you  before  the 
heathen. 

42  And  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord,  when  I  shall  bring  you  into  the  land 
of  Israel,  into  the  country  far  the  which  I 
lifted  up  mine  hand  to  give  it  to  your 
fathers. 

43  And  there  shall  ye  remember  your 
ways,  and  all  your  doings,  wherein  ye 
have  been  defiled;  and  ye  shall  loathe 
yourselves  in  your  own  sight  for  all  your 
evils  that  ye  have  committed. 

44  And  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord, 
when  I   have  wrought  with  you  for  ray 

763 


EZEKIEL. 


name's  sake,  not  according  to  your  wicked 
ways,  nor  according  to  your  corrupt  do- 
ings, O  ye  house  of  Israel,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

45  T[  Moreover  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  unto  me,  saying, 

46  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  toward  the 
south,  and  drop  thy  word  toward  the  south, 
and  prophesy  against  the  forest  of  the 
south  field; 

47  And  say  to  the  forest  of  the  south, 
Hear  the  word  of  the  Lokd;  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God;  Behold,  I  Avill  kindle  a 
flre  in  thee,  and  it  shall  devour  every 
green  tree  in  thee,  and  every  dry  tree : 
the  flaming  flame  shall  not  be  quenched, 
and  all  faces  from  the  south  to  the  north 
shall  be  burned  therein. 

48  And  all  flesh  shall  see  that  I  the 
Lord  have  kindled  it :  it  shall  not  be 
quenched. 

49  Then  said  I,  Ah  Lord  God!  they  say 
of  me,  Doth  he  not  speak  parables  ? 

CHAPTER  XXL 

AND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  toward  Jeru- 
salem, and  drop  thy  u'ord  toward  the  holy 
places,  and  prophesy  against  the  land  of  Is- 
rael, 

3  And  say  to  the  land  of  Israel,  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  ;  Behold,  I  am  against  thee,  and 
will  draw  forth  my  sword  out  of  his  sheath, 
and  will  cut  oflf  from  thee  the  righteous 
and  the  wicked. 

4  Seeing  then  that  I  will  cut  off  from 
thee  the  righteous  and  the  wicked,  there- 
fore shall  my  sword  go  forth  out  of  his 
sheath  against  all  flesh  from  the  south 
to  the  north : 

5  That  all  flesh  may  know  that  I  the 
Lord  have  drawn  forth  my  sword  out  of 
his  sheath :  it  shall  not  return  any  more. 

0  Sigh  therefore,  thou  son  of  man,  with 
the  breaking  of  thy  loins ;  and  with  bit- 
terness sigh  before  their  eyes. 

7  And  it  shall  be,  when  they  say  xanto 

thee.  Wherefore  sighest  thou?    that  thou 

Shalt  answer.  For  the  tidings,  because   it 

Cometh:    and  every  heart  shall  melt,  and 

all  hands  shall  be  feeble,  and  every  spirit 

shall  faint,   and  all  knees  shall  be  weak 

as  water:  behold,  it  cometh,  and  shall  be 

brought  to  pass,  saith  the  Lord  God, 
_  __ 


8  H  Again  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  me,  saying, 

9  Son  of  man,  prophesy,  and  say,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  ;  Say,  A  sword,  a  sword 
is  sharpened,  and  also  furbished : 

10  It  is  sharpened  to  make  a  sore 
slaughter;  it  is  furbished  that  it  may 
glitter:  should  we  then  make  mirth?  it 
contemneth  the  rod  of  my  son,  as  every 
tree. 

11  And  he  hath  given  it  to  be  furbished, 
that  it  may  be  handled :  this  sword  is 
sharpened,  and  it  is  furbished,  to  give  it 
into  the  hand  of  the  slayer. 

12  Cry  and  howl,  son  of  man ;  for  it  shall 
be  upon  my  people,  it  sJudl  be  upon  ail  the 
princes  of  Israel :  terrors  by  reason  of  the 
sword  shall  be  upon  my  people:  smite 
therefore  upon  thy  thigh. 

13  Because  it  is  a  trial,  and  what  if  the 
sword  contemn  even  the  rod?  it  shall  be 
no  more^  saith  the  Lord  God. 

14  Thou  therefore,  son  of  man,  prophesy, 
and  smite  thiite  hands  together,  and  let  the 
sword  be  doubled  the  third  time,  the  sword 
of  the  slain :  it  is  the  sword  of  the  great 
m€)i  that  are  slain  which  entereth  into  their 
privy  chambers. 

15  I  have  set  the  point  of  the  sword 
against  all  their  gates,  that  their  heart  may 
faint,  and  their  ruins  be  multiplied :  ah !  it 
is  made  bright,  it  is  wrapped  up  for  the 
slaughter. 

16  Go  thee  one  way  or  other,  either  on  the 
right  hand,  w  on  the  left,  whithersoever 
thy  face  is  set. 

17  I  will  also  smite  mine  hands  together, 
and  I  will  cause  my  fury  to  rest :  I  the 
Lord  have  said  it. 

18  T[  The  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me 
again,  saying, 

19  Also,  thou  son  of  man,  appoint  thee 
two  ways,  that  the  sword  of  the  king  of 
Babylon  may  come  :  both  twain  shall  come 
forth  out  of  one  land :  and  choose  thou  a 
place,  choose  it  at  the  head  of  the  way  to 
the  city. 

20  Appoint  a  way,  that  the  sword  may 
come  to  Rabbath  of  the  Ammonites,  and  to 
Judah  in  Jerusalem  the  defenced. 

21  For  the  king  of  Babylon  stood  at  the 
parting  of  the  way,  at  the  head  of  the  two 
ways,  to  use  divination :  he  made  his  ar- 
rows bright,  he  consulted  with  images,  he 
looked  in  the  liver. 


EZEKIEL. 


22  At  his  right  hand  was  the  divination 
for  Jerusalem,  to  appoint  captains,  to  open 
the  mouth  in  the  slaughter,  to  lift  up  the 
voice  with  shouting,  to  appoint  battering 
rams  against  the  gates,  to  cast  a  mount, 
and  to  build  a  fort. 

23  And  it  shall  be  unto  them  as  a  false 
divination  in  their  sight,  to  them  that  have 
SAvorn  oaths:  but  he  will  call  to  remem- 
brance the  iniquity,  that  they  may  be  taken. 

2-i  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God; 
Because  ye  have  made  your  iniquity  to  be 
remembered,  in  that  your  transgressions 
are  discovered,  so  that  in  all  your  doings 
your  sins  do  appear ;  because,  I  my^  that 
ye  are  come  to  remembrance,  ye  shall  be 
taken  with  the  hand. 

25  H  And  thou,  profane  wiciced  prince  of 
Israel,  Avhose  day  is  come,  when  iniquity 
■shall  have  an  end, 

26  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Remove  the 
diadem,  and  take  off  the  crown :  this  s?iall 
not  be  the  same  :  exalt  him  that  is  low,  and 
abase  Jiim  that  is  high. 

27  I  will  overturn,  overturn,  overtui-n  it : 
and  it  shall  be  no  ?7?o?r,  until  he  come 
whose  right  it  is  ;  and  I  will  give  it  Jiini. 

28  Tf  And  thou,  sou  of  man,  prophesy  and 
say,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  concerning 
the  Ammonites,  and  concerning  their  re- 
proach; even  say  thou,  The  sword,  the 
sword  is  drawn:  for  the  slaughter  it  is 
furbished,  to  consume  because  of  the  glit- 
tering : 

29  While  they  see  vanity  unto  thee,  while 
they  divine  a  lie  unto  thee,  to  bring  thee 
upon  the  necks  of  fhei7i  that  are  slain,  of 
the  wicked,  whose  day  is  come,  when  their 
iniquity  shall  have  an  end. 

30  Shall  I  cause  it  to  return  into  his 
sheath?  I  will  judge  thee  in  the  place 
where  thou  wast  created,  in  the  land  of 
thy  nativity. 

31  And  I  will  pour  out  mine  indignation 
upon  thee ;  I  will  blow  against  thee  in  the 
fire  of  my  wrath,  and  deliver  thee  into  the 
hand  of  brutish  men,  and  skilful  to  destroy. 

32  Thou  Shalt  be  for  fuel  to  the  fire ;  thy 
blood  shall  be  in  the  midst  of  the  land; 
thou  Shalt  be  no  more  remembered :  for  I 
the  Lord  have  spoken  it. 


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CHAPTER  XXII. 
OREOVER    the    word  of   the   Lord 
came  unto  me,  saying. 


2  Now,  thou  son  of  man,  wilt  thou  judge, 
wilt  thou  judge  the  bloody  city  V  yea, 
thou  Shalt  shew  her  all  her  abominations. 

3  Then  say  thou,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God;  The  city  sheddeth  blood  in  the  midst 
of  it,  that  her  time  may  come,  and  maketh 
idols  against  herself  to  defile  herself 

4  Thou  art  become  guilty  in  thy  blood 
that  thou  hast  shed ;  and  hast  defiled  thy- 
self in  thine  idols  which  thou  hast  made ; 
and  thou  hast  caused  thy  days  to  draw 
near,  and  art  come  eiwn  xmto  thy  j'ears : 
therefore  have  I  made  thee  a  reproach  unto 
the  heathen,  and  a  mocking  to  all  coun- 
tries. 

5  Those  that  be  near,  and  those  that  be  far 
from  thee,  shall  mock  thee,  v:hic7i  art  in- 
famous a-nd  much  vexed. 

6  Behold,  the  princes  of  Israel,  every  one 
were  in  thee  to  their  power  to  shed  blood. 

7  In  thee  have  they  set  light  by  father 
and  mother:  in  the  midst  of  thee  have 
they  dealt  by  oppression  with  the  stran- 
ger :  in  thee  have  they  vexed  the  fatherless 
and  the  widow. 

8  Thou  hast  despised  mine  holy  things, 
and  hast  profaned  my  sabbaths. 

9  In  thee  are  men  that  carry  tales  to  shed 
blood :  and  in  thee  they  eat  upon  the 
mountains  :  in  the  midst  of  thee  they  com- 
mit lewdness. 

10  In  thee  have  they  discovered  their 
fathers'  nakedness :  in  thee  have  they 
humbled  her  that  was  set  apart  for  pol- 
lution. 

11  And  one  hath  committed  abomination 
with  his  neighboixr's  wife ;  and  another 
hath  lewdl}'  defiled  his  daughter  in  law; 
and  another  in  thee  hath  humbled  his 
sister,  his  father's  daughter. 

12  In  thee  have  they  taken  gifts  to  shed 
blood;  thou  hast  taken  usury  and  increase, 
and  thou  hast  greedily  gained  of  thy  neigh- 
bours by  extortion,  and  hast  forgotten  me, 
saith  the  Lord  God. 

13  If  Behold,  therefore  I  have  smitten 
mine  hand  at  thy  dishonest  gain  which 
thou  hast  made,  and  at  thy  blood  which 
hath  been  in  the  midst  of  thee. 

14  Can  thine  heart  endure,  or  can  thine 
hands  be  strong,  in  the  days  that  I  shall 
deal  with  thee  ?  I  the  Lord  have  spoken 
t^,  and  will  do  it. 

15  And  I  will  scatter  thee  among  the 
heathen,  and  disperse  thee  in  the  coun- 


EZEKIEL. 


tries,  and  will  consume  thy  filthiness  out 
of  thee. 

16  And  thou  shalt  take  thine  inheritance 
in  thyself  in  the  slight  of  the  heathen,  and 
thou  Shalt  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

17  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
me,  saying, 

18  Son  of  man,  the  house  of  Israel  is  to 
me  become  dross :  all  they  ai'e  brass,  and 
tin,  and  iron,  and  lead,  in  the  midst  of 
the  furnace;  they  are  ewen  the  dross  of 
silver. 

19  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God; 
Because  ye  are  all  become  dross,  behold, 
therefore  I  will  gather  you  into  the  midst 
of  Jerusalem. 

20  As  they  gather  silver,  and  brass,  and 
iron,  and  lead,  and  tin,  into  the  midst 
of  the  furnace,  to  blow  the  fire  upon  it,  to 
melt  it;  so  will  I  gather  you  in  mine  anger 
and  in  my  fury,  and  I  will  leave  you  there, 
and  melt  j'ou. 

21  Yea,  I  will  gather  you,  and  blow  upon 
you  in  the  fire  of  my  wrath,  and  ye  shall  be 
melted  in  the  midst  thereof 

22  As  silver  is  melted  in  the  midst  of 
the  furnace,  so  shall  ye  be  melted  in  the 
midst  thereof;  and  ye  shall  knoAV  that  I 
the  Lord  have  poured  out  my  fury  upon 
you. 

23  ^  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  me,  saying, 

24  Son  of  man,  say  unto  her,  Thou  art 
the  land  that  is  not  cleansed,  nor  rained 
upon  in  the  day  of  indignation. 

25  There  is  a  conspiracy  of  her  prophets 
in  the  midst  thereof,  like  a  roaring  lion 
ravening  the  prey:  they  have  devoured 
souls;  they  have  taken  the  treasure  and 
precious  things ;  they  have  made  her  many 
widows  in  the  midst  thereof 

26  Her  priests  have  violated  my  law,  and 
have  profaned  mine  holy  things:  they  have 
put  no  difference  between  the  holy  and 
profane,  neither  have  they  shewed  diffei'- 
eyice  between  the  unclean  and  the  clean, 
and  have  hid  their  e3'es  from  my  sabbaths, 
and  I  am  profaned  among  them. 

27  Ilcr  princes  in  the  midst  thereof  are 
like  wolves  ravening  the  prey,  to  shed 
blood,  and  to  destroy  souls,  to  get  dishon- 
est gain. 

28  And  her  prophets  have  daubed  them 
with  untemjiered  mortar^  seeing  vanity,  and 
divining  lies  unto  them,  saying,  Thus  saith 

766 


the  Lord  God,  when  the  Lord  hath  not 
spoken. 

29  The  people  of  the  land  have  used  op- 
pression, and  exercised  robbery,  and  have 
vexed  the  poor  and  needy :  yea,  they  have 
oppressed  the  stranger  wrongfully. 

30  And  I  sought  for  a  man  among  them, 
that  should  make  up  the  hedge,  and  stand 
in  the  gap  before  me  for  the  land,  that  I 
should  not  destroy  it :  but  I  found  none. 

31  Therefore  have  I  poured  out  mine 
indignation  upon  them;  I  have  consumed 
them  with  the  fire  of  my  wrath:  their  own 
way  have  I  recompensed  upon  their  heads, 
saith  the  Lord  God. 

CHAPTER  XXIIL 

THE  word  of  the  Lord  came  again  unto 
me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  there  were  two  women,  the 
daughters  of  one  mother  : 

3  And  they  committed  whoredoms  in 
Egypt ;  they  committed  whoredoms  in 
their  youth  :  there  were  their  breasts 
pressed,  and  there  they  bruised  the  teats 
of  their  virginity. 

4  And  the  names  of  them  were  Aholah 
the  elder,  and  Aholibah  her  sister:  and 
they  were  mine,  and  they  bare  sons  and 
daughters.  Thus  were  their  names;  Samaria 
is  Aholah,  and  Jerusalem  Aholibah. 

5  And  Aholah  played  the  harlot  when  she 
Avas  mine ;  and  she  doted  on  her  lovers, 
on  the  Assyrians  her  neighbours, 

6  Which  were  clothed  with  blue,  captains 
and  rulers,  all  of  them  desirable  young 
men,  horsemen  riding  upon  horses. 

7  Thus  she  committed  her  whoredoms 
with  them,  with  all  them  that  were  the 
chosen  men  of  Assyria,  and  with  all  on 
whom  she  doted:  with  all  their  idols  she 
defiled  herself. 

8  Neither  left  she  her  whoredoms  hroiu/ht 
from  Egypt:  for  in  her  youth  they  lay 
with  her,  and  they  bruised  the  breasts  of 
her  virginity,  and  poured  their  whoredom 
upon  her. 

9  Wherefore  I  have  delivered  her  into 
the  hand  of  her  lovers,  into  the  hand  of 
the  Assyrians,  upon  whom  she  doted. 

10  These  discovered  her  nakedness :  they 
took  her  sons  and  her  daughters,  and  slew 
her  with  the  sword :  and  she  became  fa- 
mous among  women;  for  they  had  exe- 
cuted judgment  upon  her. 


EZEKIEL. 


11  And  when  her  sister  Aholibah  saw 
tJiis,  she  was  more  corrupt  in  her  in- 
ordinate love  than  she,  and  in  her  whore- 
doms more  than  Tier  sister  in  her  whore- 
doms. 

12  She  doted  upon  the  Assyrians  her 
neighbours,  captains  and  rulers  clothed 
most  gorgeously,  horsemen  riding  upon 
horses,  all  of  them  desirable  young 
men, 

13  Then  I  saw  that  she  was  defiled,  t7iat 
they  took  both  one  way, 

14  And  that  she  increased  her  whoredoms: 
for  when  she  saw  men  portrayed  upon  the 
wall,  the  images  of  the  Chaldeans  por- 
trayed with  vermilion, 

15  Girded  with  girdles  upon  their  loins, 
exceeding  in  dyed  attire  upon  their  heads, 
all  of  them  princes  to  look  to,  after  the 
manner  of  the  Babylonians  of  Chaldea,  the 
land  of  their  nativity: 

16  And  as  soon  as  she  saw  them  with 
her  eyes,  she  doted  upon  them,  and  sent 
messengers  unto  them  into  Chaldea. 

17  And  the  Babylonians  came  to  her  into 
the  bed  of  love,  and  they  defiled  her  with 
their  whoredom,  and  she  was  polluted  with 
them,  and  her  mind  was  alienated  fi-om 
them. 

18  So  she  discovered  her  w-horedoms,  and 
discovered  her  nakedness:  then  my  mind 
was  alienated  from  her,  like  as  my  mind 
was  alienated  from  her  sister. 

19  Yet  she  multiplied  her  whoredoms, 
in  calling  to  remembrance  the  days  of 
her  youth,  wherein  she  had  played  the  har- 
lot in  the  land  of  Egypt. 

20  For  she  doted  upon  their  paramours, 
whose  flesh  is  as  the  flesh  of  asses,  and 
whose  issue  is  like  the  issue  of  horses. 

21  Thus  thou  calledst  to  remembrance 
the  lewdness  of  thy  youth,  in  bruising  thy 
teats  by  the  Egyptians  for  the  paps  of 
thy  youth. 

23  Ti  Therefore,  O  Aholibah,  thus  saith 
the  Lord  God;  Behold,  I  will  raise  up 
thy  lovers  against  thee,  from  whom  thy 
mind  is  alienated,  and  1  will  bring  them 
against  thee  on  every  side; 

23  The  Babylonians,  and  all  the  Chal- 
deans, Pekod,  and  Shoa,  and  Koa,  a7id 
all  the  Assyrians  with  them :  all  of  them 
desirable  young  men,  captains  and  rulers, 
great  lords  and  renowned,  all  of  them 
riding  upon  horses. 


24  And  they  shall  come  against  thee  Avith 
chariots,  wagons,  and  wheels,  and  with  an 
assembly  of  people,  u'hich  shall  set  against 
thee  buckler  and  shield  and  helmet  round 
about:  and  I  will  set  judgment  before 
them,  and  they  shall  judge  thee  according 
to  their  judgments. 

25  And  I  will  set  my  jealousy  against  thee, 
and  they  shall  deal  furiously  with  thee: 
they  shall  take  away  thy  nose  and  thine 
ears ;  and  thy  remnant  shall  fall  by  the 
sword:  they  shall  take  thy  sons  and  thy 
daughters;  and  thy  residue  shall  be  de- 
voured by  the  fire. 

26  They  shall  also  strip  thee  out  of  thy 
clothes,  and  take  away  thy  fair  jewels. 

27  Thus  will  I  make  thy  lewdness  to 
cease  from  thee,  and  thy  whoredom  hronght 
from  the  land  of  Egypt :  so  that  thou  shalt 
not  lift  up  thine  eyes  unto  them,  nor  re- 
member Egypt  any  more. 

28  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Behold, 
I  will  deliver  thee  into  the  hand  of  them 
whom  thou  hatest,  into  the  hand  of  them 
from  whom  thy  mind  is  alienated : 

29  And  they  shall  deal  with  thee  hatefully, 
and  shall  take  away  all  thy  labour,  and 
shall  leave  thee  naked  and  bare :  and  the 
nakedness  of  thy  whoredoms  shall  be  dis- 
covered, both  thy  lewdness  and  thy  whore- 
doms. 

30  I  will  do  these  tJiinffs  unto  thee,  be- 
cause thou  hast  gone  a  whoring  after  the 
heathen,  aiid  because  thou  art  polluted 
with  their  idols. 

31  Thou  hast  walked  in  the  way  of  thy 
sister;  therefore  will  I  give  her  cup  into 
thine  hand. 

32  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Thou  shalt 
drink  of  thy  sister's  cup  deep  and  large : 
thou  shalt  be  laughed  to  scorn  and  had  in 
derision ;  it  containeth  much. 

33  Thou  shalt  be  filled  with  drunken- 
ness and  sorrow,  with  the  cup  of  astonish- 
ment and  desolation,  with  the  cup  of  thy 
sister  Samaria. 

34  Thou  shalt  even  drink  it  and  suck 
it  out,  and  thou  shalt  break  the  sherds 
thereof,  and  pluck  off  thine  own  breasts : 
for  I  have  spoken  it,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

35  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God; 
Because  thou  hast  forgotten  me,  and  cast 
me  behind  thy  back,  therefore  bear  thou 
also  thy  lewdness  and  thy  whoredoms. 

36  H  The  Lord  said  moreover  unto  me; 

767 


EZEKIEL. 


Son  of  man,  wilt  thou  judi^e  Aholah  and 
Abolibali?  yea,  declare  unto  them  their 
abominations ; 

37  That  they  haye  committed  adultery, 
and  blood  is  in  their  hands,  and  with  their 
idols  have  they  committed  adultery,  and 
have  also  caused  their  sons,  whom  they 
bare  unto  me,  to  pass  for  them  through 
the  fire,  to  devour  them. 

38  Moreover  this  they  have  done  unto 
me:  they  have  defiled  my  sanctuary  in  the 
same  day,  and  have  profaned  my  sabbaths, 

39  For  when  they  had  slain  their  children 
to  their  idols,  then  they  came  the  same  day 
into  my  sanctuary  to  profane  it;  and,  lo, 
thus  have  they  done  in  the  midst  of  mine 
house. 

40  And  furthermore,  that  ye  have  sent  for 
men  to  come  from  far,  unto  whom  a  mes- 
senger was  sent ;  and,  lo,  thej'  came :  for 
whom  thou  didst  wash  thyself,  paintedst 
thy  eyes,  and  deckedst  thyself  with  orna- 
ments, 

41  And  satest  upon  a  stately  bed,  and  a 
table  prepared  before  it,  whereupon  thou 
hast  set  mine  incense  and  mine  oil. 

43  And  a  voice  of  a  multitude  being  at 
ease  was  with  her:  and  with  the  men  of 
the  common  sort  icere  brought  Sabeans 
from  the  wilderness,  which  put  bracelets 
upon  their  hands,  and  beautiful  crowns 
upon  their  heads. 

43  Then  said  I  unto  7tcr  that  was  old  in 
adulteries,  Will  they  now  commit  whore- 
doms with  her,  and  she  ^oUh  them? 

44  Yet  they  went  in  unto  her,  as  they 
go  in  unto  a  woman  that  playeth  the  har- 
lot :  so  went  they  in  unto  Aholah  and  unto 
Aholibah,  the  lewd  women. 

45  TI  And  the  righteous  men,  they  shall 
judge  them  after  the  manner  of  adulter- 
esses, and  after  the  manner  of  women  that 
shed  blood ;  because  they  are  adulteresses, 
and  blood  is  in  their  hands, 

46  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  I  will 
bring  up  a  company  ui^on  them,  and  will 
give  them  to  be  removed  and  spoiled. 

47  And  the  company  shall  stone  them 
with  stones,  and  dispatch  them  with  their 
swords ;  they  shall  slay  their  sons  and 
their  daughters,  and  burn  up  their  houses 
with  fire. 

48  Thus  will  I  cause  lewdness  to  cease 
out  of  the  land,  that  all  women  may  be 
taught  not  to  do  after  your  lewdness. 

768 


49  And  they  shall  recompense  your  lewd- 
ness upon  you,  and  ye  shall  bear  the  sins 
of  your  idols  :  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am 
the  Lord  God. 

CHAPTER   XXIV. 

AGAIN  in  the  ninth  year,  in  the  tenth 
month,  in  the  tenth  day  of  the  mouth, 
the  word  of  the  Lokd  came  unto  me, 
saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  write  thee  the  name  of  the 
day,  even  of  this  same  day :  the  king  of 
Babylon  set  himself  against  Jerusalem  this 
same  day. 

3  And  utter  a  parable  unto  the  rebellious 
house,  and  say  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  ;  Set  on  a  pot,  set  it  on,  and  also 
pour  water  into  it : 

4  Gather  the  pieces  thereof  into  it, 
even  every  good  piece,  the  thigh,  and 
the  shoulder ;  fill  it  with  the  choice 
bones. 

5  Take  the  choice  of  the  flock,  and  burn 
also  the  bones  under  it,  and  make  it  boil 
well,  and  let  them  seethe  the  bones  of  it 
therein. 

6  Ti  Wherefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ; 
Woe  to  the  bloody  city,  to  the  pot  whose 
scum  is-  therein,  and  whose  scum  is  not 
gone  out  of  it!  bring  it  out  piece  by  piece; 
let  no  lot  fall  upon  it. 

7  For  her  blood  is  in  the  midst  of  her; 
she  set  it  upon  the  top  of  a  rock;  she 
poured  it  not  upon  the  ground,  to  cover 
it  with  dust; 

8  That  it  might  cause  fury  to  come  up 
to  take  vengeance ;  I  have  set  her  blood 
upon  the  top  of  a  rock,  that  it  should  not 
be  covered. 

9  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God; 
Woe  to  the  bloody  city !  I  will  even  make 
the  pile  for  fire  great. 

10  Heap  on  wood,  kindle  the  fire,  con- 
sume the  flesh,  and  spice  it  well,  and  let 
the  bones  be  burned. 

11  Then  set  it  empty  upon  the  coals  there- 
of, that  the  brass  of  it  may  be  hot,  and 
may  burn,  and  that  the  filthiness  of  it  may 
be  molten  in  it,  tJiat  the  scum  of  it  may  l>e 
consumed. 

12  She  hath  wearied  herself  Avith  lies,  and 
her  great  scum  went  not  forth  out  of  her : 
her  scum  shall  he  in  the  fire. 

13  In  thy  filthiness  is  lewdness :  because  I 
have  purged  thee,  and  thou  wast  not 
purged,   thou   shalt   not   be    purged   from 


EZEKIEL. 


thy  lilthiness  any  more,  till  I  have  caused 
ruy  fury  to  rest  upon  thee. 

14  I  the  Lord  have  spoken  it :  it  shall 
come  to  pass,  and  I  will  do  it;  I  will  not 
go  back,  neither  will  I  spare,  neither  will 
I  repent ;  according;  to  thy  ways,  and  ac- 
cording to  thy  doings,  shall  they  judge 
thee,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

15  Ti  Also  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  me,  saying, 

16  Son  of  man,  behold,  I  take  away  from 
thee  the  desire  of  thine  eyes  with  a  stroke : 
yet  neither  shait  thou  mourn  nor  weep, 
neither  shall  thy  tears  run  down. 

17  Forbear  to  cry,  make  no  mourning  for 
the  dead,  bind  the  tire  of  thine  head  upon 
thee,  and  put  on  thy  shoes  upon  thy  feet, 
and  cover  not  ihi/  lips,  and  eat  not  the 
bread  of  men. 

18  So  I  sjiake  unto  the  people  in  the 
morning:  and  at  even  my  wife  died;  and  I 
did  in  the  morning  as  I  was  commanded. 

19  Ti  And  the  people  said  unto  me.  Wilt 
thou  not  tell  us  what  these  thbi(/s  are  to 
us,  that  thou  docst  .so.^ 

20  Then  I  answered  them.  The  word  of 
the  Loud  came  unto  me,  saying, 

21  Speak  unto  the  house  of  Israel,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Behold,  I  will  profane 
my  sanctuary,  the  excellency  of  j'our 
strength,  the  desire  of  your  eyes,  and 
that  which  j'our  soul  piitieth;  and  your 
sons  and  your  daughters  whom  ye  have 
left  shall  fall  by  the  sword. 

22  And  3'e  shall  do  as  I  have  done :  jo 
shall  not  cover  your  lips,  nor  eat  the  bread, 
of  men. 

23  And  your  tires  f<?iall  be  upon  your 
heads,  and  your  shoes  upon  your  feet :  ye 
shall  not  mourn  nor  weep;  but  ye  shall 
pine  away  for  j'our  iniquities,  and  mourn 
one  toward  another. 

24:  Thus  Ezekiel  is  unto  j'ou  a  sign:  ac- 
cording to  all  that  he  hath  done  shall  ye 
do :  and  when  this  cometh,  ye  shall  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord  God. 

25  Also,  thou  sou  of  man,  shall  it  not  be 
in  the  day  when  I  take  from  them  their 
strength,  the  joy  of  their  glory,  the  desire 
of  their  eyes,  and  that  whereupon  they  set 
their  minds,  their  sons  and  their  daugh- 
ters, 

26  That    he    that    escapcth    in    that    da}^ 

shall   come    unto   thee,   to    cause    thee  to 

hear  it  with  thhtc  cars  ? 
__ 


27  In  that  day  shall  thy  mouth  be  opened 
to  him  which  is  escaped,  and  thou  shalt 
speak,  and  be  no  more  dumb :  and  thou 
shalt  be  a  sign  unto  them ;  and  they  shall 
know  that  I  am  the  Loud. 

CHAPTER   XXV. 

THE  word  of  the  Loud  came  again  unto 
nae,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  against  the 
Ammonites,  and  prophesy  against  them ; 

3  And  say  unto  the  Ammonites,  Hear 
the  word  of  the  Lord  God  ;  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God;  Because  thou  saidst.  Aha, 
against  my  sanctuary,  when  it  was  i)ro- 
faned ;  and  against  the  land  of  Israel, 
when  it  was  desolate;  and  against  the 
house  of  Judah,  when  they  went  into  cap- 
tivity ; 

4  Behold,  therefore  I  will  deliver  thee  to 
the  men  of  the  east  for  a  possession,  and 
they  shall  set  their  palaces  in  thee,  and 
make  their  dwellings  in  thee:  they  shall 
eat  thy  fruit,  and  they  shall  drink  thy 
milk. 

5  And  I  will  make  Ilal)bah  a  stable  for 
camels,  and  the  Ammonites  a  couching 
place  for  flocks:  and  ye  shall  know  that 
I  am  the  Lord. 

C  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Because 
thou  hast  clapped  thiiie  hands,  and  stamped 
with  the  feet,  and  rejoiced  in  heart  with 
all  thy  despite  against  the  land  of 
Israel ; 

7  Behold,  therefore  I  will  stretch  out 
mine  hand  upon  thee,  and  will  deliver 
thee  for  a  spoil  to  the  heathen;  and  I 
will  cut  thee  oil"  from  the  peojde,  and  I 
will  cause  thee  to  perish  out  of  the  coun- 
tries:  I  will  destroy  thee;  and  thou  shalt 
know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

8  U  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Because 
that  Moab  and  Seir  do  say,  Behold,  the 
house  of  Judah  is  like  unto  all  the 
heathen ; 

9  Therefore,  behold,  I  will  open  the  side 
of  Moab  from  the  cities,  from  his  cities 
ivhich  are  on  his  frontiers,  the  glory  of 
the  country,  Beth-jeshimoth,  Baal-meon, 
and  Kiriathaim, 

10  Unto  the  men  of  the  east  witli  the 
Ammonites,  and  will  give  them  in  pos- 
session, that  the  Ammonites  may  not  be 
remembered  among  the  nations. 

11  And   I   will   execute  judgments   upon 

769 


EZEKIEL. 


Moab;  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am 
the  Lord. 

12  Tl  Thus  salth  the  Lord  God;  Because 
that  Edom  hath  dealt  against  the  house 
of  Judah  by  takinj^-  vengeance,  and  hath 
greatly  ofleuded,  and  revenged  himself 
u])on  them  ; 

13  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God; 
I  will  also  stretch  out  mine  hand  upon 
Edom,  and  will  cut  ofl'  man  and  beast 
from  it ;  and  I  will  make  it  desolate  from 
Teman;  and  they  of  Dedan  shall  fall  by 
the  sword. 

14  And  I  will  lay  my  vengeance  upon 
Edom  by  the  hand  of  my  people  Israel: 
and  they  shall  do  in  Edom  according  to 
mine  anger  and  according  to  my  fury ; 
and  they  shall  know  my  vengeance,  saith 
the  Lord  God. 

15  H  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Because 
the  Philistines  have  dealt  by  revenge, 
and  have  taken  vengeance  "with  a  de- 
spiteful heart,  to  destroy  it  for  the  old 

!  hatred; 

I  16  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Be- 
i  hold,  I  will  stretch  out  mine  hand  upon 
j  the  Philistines,  and  I  will  cut  oflf  the  Chere- 
i  thim,  and  destroy  the  remnant  of  the  sea 
i  coast. 

17  And  I  will  execute  great  vengeance 
upon  them  with  furious  rebukes;  and  they 
shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lokd,  when  I 
shall  lay  my  vengeance  upon  them. 

CHAPTER  XXVL 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  eleventh 
year,  in  the  first  day  of  the  month, 
thai  the  word  of  the  Lokd  came  unto  mc, 
saying, 
i  2  Son  of  man,  because  that  Tyrus  hath 
I  said  against  Jerusalem,  Aha,  she  is  broken 
!  that  vjas  the  gates  of  the  people ;  she  is 
I  turned  unto  me;  I  shall  be  replenished, 
{  now  she  is  laid  waste : 

o  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Be- 
hold, I  am  against  thee,  O  Tyrus,  and  will 
cause  many  nations  to  come  up  against 
thee,  as  the  sea  causeth  his  waves  to  come 
up. 

4  And  they  shall  destroy  the  walls  of 
Tyrus,  and  break  down  her  towers :  I  will 
also  scrape  her  dust  from  her,  and  make 
her  like  the  top  of  a  rock. 

5  It  shall  be  a  pZatv  for  the  spreading 
of  nets  in  the  midst  of  the  sea:  for  I  have 

770 


spoken  it,  saith  the  Lord  God  :  and  it  shall 
become  a  spoil  to  the  nations. 

6  And  her  daughters  which  are  in  the  field 
shall  be  slain  by  the  sword ;  and  they 
shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

7  H  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  Be- 
hold, I  will  bring  upon  Tyrus  Nebuchad- 
rezzar king  of  Babylon,  a  king  of  kings, 
from  the  north,  with  horses,  and  with 
chariots,  and  with  horsemen,  and  com- 
panies, and  much  people. 

8  He  shall  slay  with  the  sword  thy  daugh- 
ters in  the  field:  and  he  shall  make  a 
fort  against  thee,  and  cast  a  mount  against 
thee,  and  lift  up  the  buckler  against  thee. 

9  And  he  shall  set  engines  of  war  against 
thy  walls,  and  with  his  axes  he  shall  break 
down  thy  towers. 

10  By  reason  of  the  abundance  of  his 
horses  their  dust  shall  cover  thee:  thy 
walls  shall  shake  at  the  noise  of  the  horse- 
men, and  of  the  wheels,  and  of  the  chariots, 
when  he  shall  enter  into  thj'  gates,  as 
men  enter  into  a  city  wherein  is  made 
a  breach. 

11  With  the  hoofs  of  his  horses  shall  he 
tread  down  all  thy  streets :  he  shall  slay 
thy  people  by  the  sword,  and  thy  strong 
garrisons  shall  go  down  to  the  ground. 

12  And  they  shall  make  a  spoil  of  thy 
riches,  and  make  a  prey  of  thy  merchan- 
dise :  and  they  shall  break  down  thy  walls, 
and  destroy  thy  pleasant  houses :  and  they 
shall  lay  thy  stones  and  thy  timber  and 
thy  dust  in  the  midst  of  the  water. 

13  And  I  will  cause  the  noise  of  thy  songs 
to  cease;  and  the  sound  of  thy  harps  shall 
be  no  more  heard. 

14  And  I  will  make  thee  like  the  top  of 
a  rock:  thou  slialt  be  ai'lace  to  spread  nets 
upon;  thou  shall  be  built  no  more  :  for  I 
the  Lord  have  spoken  it,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

15  ^  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  to  Tyrus ; 
Shall  not  the  isles  shake  at  the  sound 
of  thy  fall,  when  the  wounded  cry,  when 
the  slaughter  is  made  in  the  midst  of 
thee? 

10  Then  all  the  princes  of  the  sea  shall 
come  down  from  their  thrones,  and  lay 
away  their  robes,  and  put  off  their  broid- 
ered  garments :  they  shall  clothe  them- 
selves with  trembling  ;  they  shall  sit  upon 
the  ground,  and  shall  tremble  at  every  mo- 
ment, and  be  astonished  at  thee. 


EZEKIEL. 


17  And  the}'  shall  take  up  a  lamentation 
for  thee,  and  say  to  thee,  How  art  thou 
destroyed,  that  ivast  inhabited  of  seafaring- 
men,  the  renowned  city,  which  wast  strong 
in  the  sea,  she  and  her  inhabitants,  Avhich 
cause  their  terror  to  be  on  all  that  liaiant  it ! 

18  Now  shall  the  isles  tremble  in  the 
day  of  thy  fall;  yea,  the  isles  that  «?•(?  in 
the  sea  shall  be  troubled  at  thy  departure. 

19  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  V»'"hen  I 


thereof  were  in  thee  thy  calkers :  all  the 
ships  of  the  sea  with  their  mariners  were 
in  thee  to  occupy  thy  merchandise. 

10  They  of  Persia  and  of  Lud  and  of 
Phut  were  in  thine  army,  thy  men  of 
war:  they  hanged  the  shield  and  helmet 
in  thee;  they  set  forth  thy  comeliness. 

11  The  men  of  Arvod  with  thine  army  tvere 
upon  thy  walls  round  about,  and  the 
Gammadim    were    in    thy    towers  ;    they 


shall  make  thee  a  desolate  city,  like  the  j  hanged  their  shields  upon  thy  Avails  round 


cities  that  are  not  inhabited  ;  when  I  shall 
bring  up  the  deep  upon  thee,  and  great 
waters  shall  cover  thee ; 

20  When  I  shall  bring  thee  doAvn  with 
them  that  descend  into  the  pit,  with  the 
people  of  old  time,  and  shall  set  thee  in 
the  low  parts  of  the  earth,  in  places  des- 
olate of  old,  with  them  that  go  down  to 
the  pit,  that  thou  be  not  inhabited;  and 
I  shall  set  glory  in  the  land  of  the  living; 

21  I  will  make  thee  a  terror,  and  thou 
Shalt  be  no  more:  though  thou  be  sought 
for,  yet  shalt  thou  never  be  found  again, 
saith  the  Lord  God. 

CHAPTER  XXVIL 

THE  word  of  the  Lord  came  again  unto 
me,  saying, 

2  Now,  thou  son  of  man,  take  up  a  lam- 
entation for  Tyrus  ; 

3  And  say  unto  Tyrus,  O  thou  that  art 
situate  at  the  entry  of  the  sea,  which  art 
a  merchant  of  the  people  for  many  isles. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  O  Tyrus,  thou 
hast  said,  I  am  of  perfect  beauty. 

4  Thy  borders  are  in  the  midst  of  the 
seas,  thy  builders  have  perfected  thy 
beauty. 

5  They  have  made  all  thy  sJiip  boards  of 
fir  trees  of  Senir:  they  have  taken  cedars 
from  Lebanon  to  make  masts  for  thee. 

6  Of  the  oaks  of  Bashan  have  they  made 
thine  oars ;  the  company  of  the  Ashurites 
have  made  thy  benches  of  ivory,  brought 
out  of  the  isles  of  Chittim. 

7  Fine  linen  with  broidered  work  from 
Egypt  was  that  which  thou  spreadest  forth 
to  be  thy  sail;  blue  and  purple  from  the 
isles  of  Elishah  was  that  which  covered 
thee. 

8  The  inhabitants  of  Zidon  and  Arvad 
were  thy  mariners :  thy  wise  men.,  O  Tyrus, 
that  were  in  thee,  were  thy  pilots. 

9  The  ancients  of  Gebal  and  the  wise  men 


about ;  they  have  made  thy  beauty  perfect. 
13  Tarshish  teas  thy  merchant  by  reason 
of  the  multitude  of  all  kind  o/ riches  ;  with 
silver,  iron,  tin,  and  lead,  they  traded  in 
thy  fairs. 

13  Javan,  Tubal,  and  Meshech,  they  ^cere 
thy  merchants :  they  traded  the  persons 
of  men  and  vessels  of  brass  in  thy  market. 

14  They  of  the  house  of  Togarmah  traded 
in  thy  fairs  with  horses  and  horsemen 
and  mules. 

15  The  men  of  Dedan  vjere  thy  merchants ; 
many  isles  were  the  merchandise  of  thine 
hand:  they  brought  thee  for  a  present, 
horns  of  ivory  and  ebony. 

16  Syria  wan  thy  merchant  by  reason  of 
the  multitude  of  the  wares  of  thy  making : 
they  occupied  in  thy  fairs  with  emeralds, 
purple,  and  broidered  work,  and  fine  linen, 
and  coral,  and  agate. 

17  Judah,  and  the  land  of  Israel,  they  were 
thy  merchants :  they  traded  in  thy  market 
wheat  of  Minnith,  and  Pannag,  and  honey, 
and  oil,  and  balm. 

18  Damascus  was  thy  merchant  in  the 
multitude  of  the  wares  of  thy  making,  for 
the  multitude  of  all  riches ;  in  the  wine  of 
Helbon,  and  white  wool. 

19  Dan  also  and  Javan  going  to  and  fro 
occupied  in  thy  fairs :  bright  iron,  cassia, 
and  calamus,  were  in  thy  market. 

20  Dedan  was  thy  merchant  in  precious 
clothes  for  chariots. 

21  Arabia,  and  all  the  princes  of  Kedar, 
they  occupied  with  thee  in  lambs,  and 
rams,  and  goats  :  in  these  xvere  they  thy 
merchants. 

23  The  merchants  of  Sheba  and  Raamah, 
they  were  thy  merchants:  they  occupied 
in  thy  fairs  with  chief  of  all  spices,  and 
with  all  precious  stones,  and  gold. 

23  Haran,  and  Canneh,  and  Eden,  the 
merchants  of  Sheba,  Asshur,  and  Chilmad, 

were  thy  merchants. 

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EZEKIEL. 


24  These  were  thy  merchants  in  all  sorts 
of  things,  in  blue  clothes,  and  broidered 
work,  and  in  chests  of  rich  apparel,  hound 
with  cords,  and  made  of  cedar,  among  thy 
merchandise. 

25  The  ships  of  Tarshish  did  sinj?  of  thee 
in  tliy  market :  and  thou  wast  replenished, 
and  made  very  glorious  in  the  midst  of 
the  seas. 

26  1  Thy  rowers  have  brought  thee  into 
great  waters:  the  east  wind  hath  brolien 
thee  in  the  midst  of  the  seas. 

27  Thy  riches,  and  thy  foirs,  thy  mer- 
chandise, thy  mariners,  and  thy  pilots,  thy 
calkers,  and  the  occupiers  of  thy  merchan- 
dise, and  all  thy  men  of  war,  that  are  in 
thee,  and  in  all  thy  company  which  is  in 
the  midst  of  thee,  shall  fall  into  the 
midst  of  the  seas  in  the  day  of  thy 
ruin. 

28  The  suburbs  shall  shake  at  the  sound 
of  the  cry  of  thy  pilots. 

29  And  all  that  handle  the  oar,  the  mar- 
iners, (iiid  all  the  pilots  of  the  sea,  shall 
come  down  from  their  ships,  they  shall 
stand  upon  the  land ; 

30  And  shall  cause  their  voice  to  be  heard 
against  thee,  and  shall  cry  bitterly,  and 
shall  cast  up  dust  upon  their  heads, 
they  shall  wallow  themselves  iu  the 
ashes  : 

31  And  they  shall  make  themselves  utterly 
bald  for  thee,  and  gird  them  with  saclc- 
cloth,  and  they  shall  weep  for  thee  with 
bitterness  of  heart  and  bitter  wailing. 

33  And  in  their  wailing  they  shall  take  up 
a  lamentation  for  thee,  and  lament  over 
thee,  mrjhuj.  What  city  is  like  Tyrus,  like 
the  destroyed  in  the  midst  of  the  sea? 

33  When  thy  wares  went  forth  out  of  the 
seas,  thou  filledst  many  people;  thou  didst 
ein-ich  tlie  kings  of  the  eartli  with  the 
multitude  of  thy  riches  and  of  thy  mer- 
chandise. 

34  In  the  time  ivhoi  thou  shalt  be  broken 
by  the  seas  in  the  deptlis  of  the  waters, 
thy  merchandise  and  all  thy  company  iu 
the  midst  of  thee  shall  fall. 

35  All  the  inhabitants  of  the  isles  shall 
be  astonished  at  thee,  and  their  kings  shall 
be  sore  afraid,  they  shall  be  troubled  in 
their  countenance. 

30  The  merchants  among  the  people  shall 
liiss  at  thee;  thou  shalt  be  a  terror,  and 
never  shnit  be  any  more. 

772 


CHAPTER  XXVIII. 

THE  word  of  the  Lord  came  again  unto 
me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  say  unto  the  prince  of 
Tyrus,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  Because 
thine  heart  is-  lifted  up,  and  thou  hast  said, 
I  am  a  god,  I  sit  in  the  seat  of  God,  in  the 
midst  of  the  seas ;  yet  thou  art  a  man, 
and  not  God,  though  thou  set  thine  heart 
as  the  heart  of  God: 

3  Behold,  thou  art  wiser  than  Daniel : 
there  is  no  secret  that  they  can  hide  from 
thee: 

4  With  thy  wisdom  and  with  thine  un- 
derstanding thou  hast  gotten  thee  riches, 
and  hast  gotten  gold  and  silver  into  thy 
treasures: 

5  By  thy  great  wisdom  and  by  thy  traffick 
hast  thou  increased  thy  riches,  and  thine 
heart  is  lifted  up  because  of  thy  riches : 

6  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Be- 
cause thou  hast  set  thine  heart  as  the  heart 
of  God; 

7  Behold,  therefore  I  will  bring  strangers 
upon  thee,  the  terrible  of  the  nations  :  and 
they  shall  draw  their  swords  against  the 
beauty  of  thy  wisdom,  and  they  shall  delile 
thy  brightness. 

8  They  shall  bring  thee  down  to  the  pit, 
and  thou  shalt  die  the  deaths  of  them  that 
are  slain  in  the  midst  of  the  seas. 

9  Wilt  thou  yet  say  before  him  that  slay- 
eth  thee,  I  am  God?  but  thou  sJudt  be  a 
man,  and  no  God,  iu  the  hand  of  him  that 
slayeth  thee. 

10  Thou  shalt  die  the  deaths  of  the  un- 
circumcised  by  the  hand  of  strangers : 
for  I  have  spoken  it,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

11  1  Moreover  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  me,  saying, 

12  Son  of  man,  take  up  a  lamentation 
upon  the  king  of  Tyrus,  and  say  unto  him, 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Thou  scalcst 
up  the  sum,  full  of  wisdom,  and  perfect 
iu  beauty, 

13  Thou  hast  been  in  Eden  the  garden  of 
God;  every  ])recious  stone  n'as  thy  cover- 
ing, the  sardius,  topaz,  aiul  the  diamond, 
the  beryl,  the  onyx,  and  the  jasper,  the 
sapphire,  the  emerald,  and  the  carbuncle, 
and  gold  :  the  workmanship  of  thy  tabrets 
and  of  thy  j/ipes  was  i)rcpared  in  thee  in 
the  day  that  thou  wast  created. 

14  Thou  art  the  anointed  cherub  that  cov- 


EZEKIEL. 


ert'th;  and  I  have  set  thee  so:  thou  wast 
upon  the  holy  mouutain  of  God;  thou  hast 
Avalked  up  and  down  in  the  midst  of  the 
stones  of  fire. 

15  Thou  wast  perfect  in  tliy  ways  from  the 
day  that  thou  wast  created,  till  iniquity 
was  found  in  thee. 

1(>  By  the  multitude  of  thy  merchandise 
they  have  lilled  the  midst  of  thee  Avith 
violence,  and  thou  hast  sinned :  therefore 
1  will  cast  thee  as  profane  out  of  the 
mountain  of  God:  and  I  will  destroy  thee, 

0  covering  cherub,  from  the  midst  of  the 
stones  of  lire. 

17  Thine  heart  was  lifted  up  because  of 
thy  beauty,  thou  hast  corrupted  thy  wis- 
dom by  reason  of  thy  brightness  :  I  will 
cast  thee  to  the  ground,  I  will  lay  thee 
before  kings,  that  they  may  behold  thee. 

18  Thou  hast  defiled  thy  sanctuaries  by 
the  multitude  of  thine  iniquities,  by  the 
iniquity  of  thy  traflick;  therefore  Avill  I 
bring  forth  a  fire  from  the  midst  of  thee, 
it  shall  devour  thee,  and  I  will  bring  thee 
to  ashes  upon  the  earth  in  the  sight  of  all 
them  that  behold  thee. 

19  All  they  that  know  thee  among  the 
people  shall  be  astonished  at  thee:  thou 
Shalt  be  a  terror,  and  never  shaU  thou  be 
any  more. 

20  1[  Again  the  word  of  the  Lokd  came 
unto  me,  saying, 

21  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  against  Zidon, 
and  prophesy  against  it, 

22  And  say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God; 
Behold,  I  am  against  thee,  O  Zidon;  and  I 
will  be  glorified  in  the  midst  of  thee:  and 
they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lokd,  when 

1  shall  have  executed  judgments  in  her, 
and  shall  be  sanctified  in  her. 

23  For  I  will  send  into  her  pestilence, 
and  blood  into  her  streets;  and  the  wound- 
ed shall  be  judged  in  the  midst  of  her  by 
the  sword  upon  her  on  every  side ;  and 
they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Loud, 

24  ^  And  there  shall  be  no  more  a 
pricking  brier  unto  the  house  of  Israel, 
nor  amj  grieving  thorn  of  all  i/iat  are 
round  about  them,  that  despised  them ; 
and  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord 
God. 

25  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  When  1 
shall  have  gathered  the  house  of  Israel 
from  the  people  among  Avhom  they  are 
scattered,  and  shall  be  sanctified  in  them 


in  the  sight  of  the  heathen,  then  shall  they 
dwell  in  their  land  that  I  have  given  to  my 
servant  Jacob. 

26  And  they  shall  dwell  safely  therein,  and 
shall  build  houses,  and  plant  vineyards ; 
yea,  they  shall  dwell  with  confidence,  when 
1  have  executed  judgments  upon  all  those 
that  despise  them  round  about  them  ;  and 
they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  their 
God. 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 

IN  the  tenth  year,  in  the  tenth  moni/t,  in 
the  twelfth  (lay  of  the  month,  the  word 
of  the  LoKD  came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  against  Pha- 
raoh king  of  Egypt,  and  prophesy  against 
him,  and  against  all  Egypt : 

3  Speak,  and  say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God;  Behold,  I  atn  against  thee,  Pharaoh 
king  of  Egypt,  the  great  dragon  that  lieth 
in  the  midst  of  his  rivers,  which  hath  said. 
My  river  is-  mine  own,  and  I  have  made  it 
for  mj'self. 

4  But  I  will  put  hooks  in  thy  jaws,  and  I 
will  cause  the  fish  of  thy  rivers  to  stick 
unto  thy  scales,  and  I  will  bring  thee  up 
out  of  the  midst  of  thy  rivers,  and  all  the 
fish  of  thy  rivers  shall  stick  unto  thy 
scales. 

5  And  I  will  leave  thee  thrown  into  the 
wilderness,  thee  and  all  the  fish  of  thy 
rivers :  thou  shalt  fall  upon  the  open 
fields;  thou  shalt  not  be  brought  together, 
nor  gathered:  I  have  given  tliee  for  meat 
to  the  beasts  of  the  field  and  to  the  fowls 
of  the  heaven. 

6  And  all  the  inhabitants  of  Egypt  shall 
know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  because  they 
have  been  a  staff  of  reed  to  the  house  of 
Israel. 

7  When  they  took  hold  of  thee  by  thy 
hand,  thou  didst  break,  and  rend  all  their 
shoulder :  and  when  they  leaned  upon 
thee,  thou  brakest,  and  madest  all  their 
loins  to  be  at  a  stand. 

8  ir  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God; 
Behold,  I  will  bring  a  sword  upon  thee, 
and  cut  off  man  and  beast  out  of  thee. 

9  And  the  land  of  Egypt  shall  be  deso- 
late and  waste  ;  and  they  shall  know  that 
I  am  the  Lord:  because  he  hath  said, 
The  river  is  mine,  and  I  have  made  it. 

10  Behold,  therefore  I  am  against  thee, 
and  against  thy  rivers,  and  I  will  make 
the  land  of  Egypt  utterly  waste  and  deso- 

773 


EZEKIEL. 


late,  from  the  tower  of  Syeue  even  unto 
the  border  of  Ethiopia. 

11  No  foot  of  man  shall  pass  throtigli  it, 
nor  foot  of  beast  shall  pass  through  it, 
neither  shall  it  be  inhabited  forty  years. 

12  And  I  -will  make  the  land  of  Egypt 
desolate  in  the  midst  of  the  countries 
that  are  desolate,  and  her  cities  among 
the  cities  that  are  laid  Avaste  shall  be  deso- 
late forty  years  :  and  I  will  scatter  the 
Egyptians  among  the  nations,  and  will 
disperse  them  through  the  countries. 

13  H  Yet  thus  saith  the  Lord  Goi> ;  At 
the  end  of  forty  years  will  I  gather  the 
Egyptians  from  the  people  whither  they 
were  scattered : 

14  And  I  will  bring  again  the   captivity 
of  Egypt,  and  will  cause  them  to  return 
into  the  land  of  Pathros,  into  the  land  of  j 
their  habitation;   and  they  shall  be  there 
a  base  kingdom. 

15  It  shall  be  the  basest  of  the  king- 
doms; neither  shall  it  exalt  itself  any 
more  above  the  nations :  for  I  will  dimin- 
ish them,  that  they  shall  no  more  rule 
over  the  nations. 

16  And  it  shall  be  no  more  the  confidence 
of  the  house  of  Israel,  Avhich  bringeth  their 
iniquity  to  remembrance,  when  they  shall 
look  after  them  :  but  they  shall  know  that 
I  am  the  Lord  God. 

17  %  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  seven  and 
twentieth  year,  in  the  first  mouthy  in  the 
first  day  of  the  month,  the  word  of  the 
Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

18  Son  of  man,  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of 
Babylon  caused  his  army  to  serve  a  great 
service  against  Tyrus :  every  head  2vas 
made  bald,  and  every  shoulder  was  peeled : 
yet  had  he  no  wages,  nor  his  army,  for 
Tyrus,  for  the  service  that  he  had  served 
against  it : 

19  Therefore  thus  saith  the   Lord  God  ; 
Behold,  I  will  give  the  land  of  Egypt  unto 
Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon ;  and  he 
shall    take    her  multitude,   and    take   her  ^ 
spoil,  and  take  her  prey ;   and  it  shall  be  { 
the  wages  for  his  army. 

20  I  have  given  him  the  land  of  Egypt ' 
for  his  labour  wherewith  he  served  against ! 

it,  because  they  wrought  for  me,  saith  the  [ 
Lord  God.  i 

21  ^  In  that  day  will  I  cause  the  horn  of 
the  house  of  Israel  to  bud  forth,  and  I  will 
give  thee  the  openinu:  of  the  mouth  in  the 

774 


midst  of  them  ;  and  they  shall  know  that 
I  am  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  XXX. 

THE  word  of  the  Lord  came  again  unto 
me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  prophesy  and  say.  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Howl  ye,  Woe  worth 
the  day ! 

3  For  the  day  is  near,  even  the  day  of 
the  Lord  in  near,  a  cloudy  day;  it  shall 
be  the  time  of  the  heathen. 

4  And  the  sword  shall  come  upon  Egypt, 
and  great  pain  shall  be  in  Ethiopia,  Avhen 
the  slain  shall  fall  in  Egypt,  and  they 
shall  take  away  her  multitude,  and  her 
foundations  shall  be  broken  down. 

5  Ethiopia,  and  Libya,  and  Lydia,  and 
all  the  mingled  people,  and  Chub,  and  the 
men  of  the  land  that  is  in  league,  shall 
fall  with  them  by  the  sword. 

6  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  They  also  that 
uphold  Egypt  shall  fall;  and  the  pride  of 
her  power  shall  come  down :  from  the 
tower  of  Syene  shall  they  fall  in  it  by  the 
sword,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

7  And  they  shall  be  desolate  in  the  midst 
of  the  countries  that  are  desolate,  and  her 
cities  shall  be  in  the  midst  of  the  cities  that 
are  wasted. 

8  And  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord,  when  I  have  set  a  fire  in  Egypt, 
and  when  all  her  helpers  shall  be  de- 
stroyed. 

9  In  that  day  shall  messengers  go  forth 
from  me  in  ships  to  make  the  careless 
Ethiopians  afraid,  and  great  pain  shall 
come  upon  them,  as  in  the  day  of  Egypt : 
for,  lo,  it  Cometh. 

10  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  I  will  also 
make  the  multitude  of  Egypt  to  cease 
by  the  hand  of  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of 
Babylon. 

11  He  and  his  people  with  him,  the  terri- 
ble of  the  nations,  shall  be  l)rought  to  de- 
stroy the  land :  and  they  shall  draw  their 
SAvords  against  Egypt,  and  fill  the  land 
with  the  slain. 

12  And  I  will  make  the  rivers  dry,  and 
sell  the  land  into  the  hand  of  the  wicked: 
and  I  will  make  the  land  waste,  and  all 
that  is  therein,  by  the  hand  of  strangers: 
I  the  Lord  have  spoken  it. 

13  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  I  will  also 
destroy  the  idols,  and   I   will   cause   their 


EZEKIEL. 


images  to  cease  out  of  Noph ;  and  there 
shall  be  no  more  a  prince  of  the  laud  of 
Egypt :  and  I  will  put  a  fear  in  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

14  And  I  will  make  Pathros  desolate, 
and  will  set  flre  in  Zoau,  and  will  execute 
judgments  in  No. 

15  And  I  will  pour  my  fury  upon  Sin,  the 
strength  of  Egyi)t;  and  I  will  cut  olf  the 
multitude  of  No. 

16  And  I  will  set  fire  in  Egypt :  Sin 
shall  have  great  pain,  and  No  shall  be 
rent  asunder,  and  Noph  sliall  have  dis- 
tresses daily. 

17  The  young  men  of  Aven  and  of  Pi- 
beseth  shall  fall  by  the  sword:  and  these 
cities  shall  go  into  captivity. 

18  At  Tehaphnehes  also  the  day  shall 
be  darkened,  when  I  shall  break  there  the 
yokes  of  Egypt :  and  the  pomp  of  her 
strength  shall  cease  in  her :  as  for  her, 
a  cloud  shall  cover  her,  and  her  daughters 
shall  go  into  captivity. 

19  Thus  will  I  execute  judgments  in 
Egypt :  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the 

LOKD. 

20  H  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  eleventh 
year,  in  the  first  month^  in  the  seventh  daTj 
of  the  month,  that  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  unto  me,  saying, 

21  Son  of  man,  I  have  broken  the  arm 
of  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt ;  and,  lo,  it  shall 
not  be  bound  up  to  be  healed,  to  put  a 
roller  to  bind  it,  to  make  it  strong  to 
hold  the  sword. 

22  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Be- 
hold, I  am  against  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt, 
and  will  break  his  arms,  the  strong,  and 
that  which  was  broken;  and  I  will  cause 
the  sword  to  fall  out  of  his  hand. 

23  And  I  will  scatter  the  Egyptians 
among  the  nations,  and  will  disperse  them 
through  the  countries. 

24  And  I  will  strengthen  the  arms  of 
the  king  of  Babylon,  and  put  mj'^  sword  in 
his  hand:  but  I  will  break  Pharaoh's  arms, 
and  he  shall  groan  before  him  with  the 
groanings  of  a  deadly  wounded  man. 

2.5  But  I  will  strengthen  the  arms  of 
the  king  of  Babylon,  and  the  arms  of  Pha- 
raoh shall  fall  down  ;  and  they  shall  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord,  when  I  shall  put  my 
sword  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon, and  he  shall  stretch  it  out  ujion  the 
land  of  Egypt. 


20  And  I  will  scatter  the  Egyptians  among 
the  nations,  and  disperse  them  among  the 
countries ;  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am 
the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  XXXL 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  eleventh 
year,  in  the  third  month.,  in  the  first 
darj  of  the  month,  that  the  word  of  the 
Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  speak  unto  Pharaoh  king 
of  Egypt,  and  to  his  multitude;  Whom 
art  thou  like  in  thy  greatness  ? 

3  H  Behold,  the  Assyrian  was  a  cedar  in 
Lebanon  with  fair  branches,  and  with  a 
shadowing  shroud,  and  of  a  high  stat- 
ure ;  and  his  top  was  among  the  thick 
boughs. 

4  The  waters  made  him  great,  the  deep 
set  him  up  on  high  with  her  rivers  run- 
ning round  about  his  plants,  and  sent  out 
her  little  rivers  unto  all  the  trees  of  the 
field. 

5  Therefore  his  height  was  exalted  above 
all  the  trees  of  the  field,  and  his  boughs 
were  multiplied,  and  his  branches  became 
long  because  of  the  multitude  of  waters, 
when  he  shot  forth. 

6  All  the  fowls  of  heaven  made  their  nests  | 
in  his  boughs,  and  under  his  branches  did  j 
all  the  beasts  of  the  field  bring  forth  their 
young,   and  under   his  shadow  dwelt    all  | 
great  nations. 

7  Thus  was  he  fair  in  his  greatness,  in  the 
length  of  his  branches  :  for  his  root  was 
by  great  waters. 

8  The  cedars  in  the  garden  of  God  could 
not  hide  him :  the  fir  trees  were  not  like 
his  boughs,  and  the  chesnut  trees  were  not 
like  his  branches ;  not  any  tree  in  the 
garden  of  God  was  like  unto  him  in  his 
beauty. 

9  I  have  made  him  fair  by  the  multitude 
of  his  branches;  so  that  all  the  trees  of 
Eden,  that  were  in  the  garden  of  God,  en- 
vied him. 

10  TI  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ; 
Because  thou  hast  lifted  up  thyself  in 
height,  and  he  hath  shot  up  his  top  among 
the  thick  boughs,  and  his  heart  is  lifted  up 
in  his  height ; 

111  have  therefore  delivered  him  into  the 
hand  of  the  mighty  one  of  the  heathen; 
he  shall  surely  deal  with  him :  I  have 
driven  him  out  for  his  wickedness. 

12  And  strangers,  the  terrible  of  the  na- 
775  ~ 


EZEKIEL. 


tious,  liuvc  cut  iiim  oil,  ;iud  have  left  him  : 
upon  the  mountains  and  in  all  the  valleys 
his  branches  are  fallen,  and  his  boughs 
are  broken  by  all  the  rivers  of  the  land; 
and  all  the  people  of  the  earth  are  gone 
down  from  his  shadow,  and  have  left 
him. 

13  Upon  his  ruin  shall  all  the  fowls  of 
the  heaven  remain,  and  all  the  beasts  of 
the  tield  shall  be  upon  his  branches: 

14  To  the  end  that  none  of  all  the  trees 
by  the  waters  exalt  themselves  for  their 
height,  neither  shoot  up  their  top  among 
the  thick  boughs,  neither  their  trees  stand 
up  in  their  height,  all  that  drink  water : 
for  they  are  all  delivered  unto  death,  to 
the  nether  parts  of  the  earth,  in  the  midst 
of  the  children  of  men,  with  them  that  go 
down  to  the  pit. 

15  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  In  the  day 
when  he  went  down  to  the  grave  I  caused 
a  mourning:  I  covered  the  deep  for  him, 
and  I  restrained  the  floods  thereof,  and  the 
great  waters  were  stayed :  and  I  caused 
Lebanon  to  mourn  for  him,  and  all  the 
trees  of  the  field  fainted  for  him, 

16  I  made  the  nations  to  shake  at  the 
sound  of  his  fall,  when  I  cast  him  down 
to  hell  with  them  that  descend  into  the 
pit :  and  all  the  trees  of  Eden,  the  choice 
and  best  of  Lebanon,  all  that  drink  water, 
shall  be  comforted  in  the  nether  parts  of 
the  earth. 

17  They  also  went  down  into  hell  with 
him,  unto  them  that  he  slain  with  the  sword; 
and  they  that  were  his  arm,  t/iat  dwelt  under 
his  shadow  in  the  midst  of  the  heathen. 

18  1  To  whom  art  thou  thus  like  in  glory 
and  in  greatness  among  the  trees  of  Eden  ? 
yet  Shalt  thou  be  brought  down  with  the 
trees  of  Eden  unto  the  nether  parts  of  the 

I  earth :  thou  shalt  lie  in  the  midst  of  the 
'  uncircumcised  with  thern  that  be  slain  by 
I  the  sword.  This  is  Pharaoh  and  all  his 
I  multitude,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

CHAPTER  XXXIL 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  twelfth 
year,  in  the  twelfth  month,  in  the 
first  (h/fj  of  the  mouth,  that  the  word  of 
the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 
2  Son  of  man,  take  up  a  lamentation  for 
Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt,  and  say  unto  him, 
Thou  art  like  a  young  lion  of  the  nations, 
and  thou  art  as  a  whale  in  the  seas :   and 

~  776 


thou*  earnest  forth  with  thy  rivers,  and 
troubledst  the  waters  with  thy  feet,  and 
fouledst  their  rivers. 

3  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  I  will  there- 
fore spread  out  my  net  over  thee  with  a 
company  of  many  people;  and  they  shall 
bring  thee  up  in  my  net. 

4  Then  will  I  leave  thee  upon  the  land,  I 
will  cast  thee  forth  upon  the  open  field, 
and  VfiW  cause  all  the  fowls  of  the  heaven 
to  remain  upon  thee,  and  I  will  fill  the 
beasts  of  the  whole  earth  with  thee. 

5  And  I  Avill  lay  thy  flesh  upon  the  mount- 
ains, and  fill  the  valleys  with  thy  height. 

6  I  will  also  water  with  thy  blood  the 
land  wherein  thou  swimmest,  even  to  the 
mountains ;  and  the  rivers  shall  be  full  of 
thee. 

7  And  when  I  shall  i)ut  thee  out,  I  will 
cover  the  heaven,  and  make  the  stars  there- 
of dark ;  I  will  cover  the  sun  with  a  cloud, 
and  the  moon  shall  not  give  her  light. 

8  All  the  bright  lights  of  heaven  will  I 
make  dark  over  thee,  and  set  darkness 
ujion  thy  land,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

9  I  will  also  vex  the  hearts  of  many  peo- 
ple, when  I  shall  bring  thy  destruction 
among  the  nations,  into  the  countries 
which  thou  hast  not  known. 

10  Yea,  I  will  make  many  people  amazed 
at  thee,  and  their  kings  shall  be  horribly 
afraid  for  thee,  when  I  shall  brandish  my 
sword  before  them ;  and  they  shall  tremble 
at  evei-y  moment,  every  man  for  his  own 
life,  in  the  day  of  thy  fall. 

11  H  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  The 
sword  of  the  king  of  Babylon  shall  come 
upon  thee. 

12  By  the  swords  of  the  mighty  will  I 
cause  thy  multitude  to  fall,  the  terrible 
of  the  nations,  all  of  them:  and  they  shall 
spoil  the  pomp  of  Egypt,  and  all  the  mul- 
titude thereof  shall  be  destroyed. 

13  1  will  destroy  also  all  the  beasts  there- 
of from  beside  the  great  waters;  neither 
shall  the  foot  of  man  trouble  them  any 
more,  nor  the  hoofs  of  beasts  trouble  them. 

14  Then  will  I  make  their  waters  deep, 
and  cause  their  rivers  to  run  like  oil,  saith 
the  Lord  God. 

15  When  I  shall  make  the  land  of  Egypt 
desolate,  and  the  country  shall  be  destitute 
of  that  whereof  it  was  full,  when  I  shall 
smite  all  them  that  dwell  therein,  then 
shall  they  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 


EZEKIEL. 


16  This  if!  the  lameutatioa  wherewith  they 
shall  lament  her:  the  daughters  of  the 
nations  shall  lament  her:  they  shall  lament 
for  her,  even  for  Egypt,  and  for  all  her  mul- 
titude, saith  the  Lord  God. 

17  li  It  came  to  pass  also  in  the  twelfth 
year,  in  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  month, 
that  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me, 
saying, 

18  Son  of  man,  wail  for  the  multitude  of 
Egypt,  and  cast  them  down,  even  her,  and 
the  daughters  of  the  famous  nations,  unto 
the  nether  parts  of  the  earth,  with  them 
that  go  doAvn  into  the  pit. 

19  Whom  dost  thou  pass  in  beauty?  go 
down,  and  he  thou  laid  with  the  uncircum- 
cised. 

20  They  shall  fall  in  the  midst  of  them  that 
are  slain  by  the  sword :  she  is  delivered  to 
the  sword:  draw  her  and  all  her  multi- 
tudes. 

21  The  strong  among  the  mighty  shall 
speak  to  him  out  of  the  midst  of  hell  with 
them  that  help  him :  they  are  gone  down, 
they  lie  uncircumcised,  slain  by  the  sword. 

22  Asshur  is  there  and  all  her  company  : 
his  graves  are  about  him :  all  of  them  slain, 
fallen  by  the  sword : 

23  Whose  graves  are  set  in  the  sides  of 
the  pit,  and  her  company  is  round  about 
her  grave ;  all  of  them  slain,  fallen  by  the 
sword,  which  caused  terror  in  the  land  of 
the  living. 

24  There  is  Elam  and  all  her  multitude 
round  about  her  grave ;  all  of  them  slain, 
fallen  by  the  sword,  which  are  gone  down 
uncircumcised  into  the  nether  parts  of  the 
earth,  which  caused  their  terror  in  the  land 
of  the  living;  yet  have  they  borne  their 
shame  with  them  that  go  down  to  the 
pit. 

25  They  have  set  her  a  bed  in  the  midst 
of  the  slain  with  all  her  multitude:  her 
graves  ai-e  round  about  him :  all  of  them 
uncircumcised,  slain  by  the  sword:  though 
their  terror  was  caused  in  the  land  of  the 
living,  yet  have  they  borne  their  shame 
with  them  that  go  down  to  the  pit :  he  is 
put  in  the  midst  of  them  tliat  be  slain. 

26  There  is  Meshech,  Tubal,  and  all  her 
multitude:  her  graves  are  round  about 
him:  all  of  them  uncircumcised,  slain  by 
the  sword,  though  they  caused  their  terror 
in  the  land  of  the  living. 

27  And  they  shall  not  lie  with  the  mighty 


that  are  fallen  of  the  uncircumcised,  which 
are  gone  down  to  hell  with  their  weapons 
of  war :  and  they  have  laid  their  swords 
under  their  heads,  but  their  iniquities  shall 
be  upon  their  bones,  though  they  were  the 
terror  of  the  mighty  in  the  land  of  the 
living. 

28  Yea,  thou  shalt  be  broken  in  the  midst 
of  the  uncircumcised,  and  shalt  lie  with 
them  that  are  slain  with  the  sword. 

29  Thei-e  is  Edom,  her  kings,  and  all  her 
princes,  which  with  their  might  are  laid  by 
them  that  were  slain  by  the  sword :  they 
shall  lie  with  the  uncircumcised,  and  with 
them  that  go  down  to  the  pit. 

30  There  he  the  princes  of  the  north,  all 
of  them,  and  all  the  Zidonians,  which  are 
gone  down  with  the  slain ;  with  their  ter- 
ror they  are  ashamed  of  their  might;  and 
they  lie  uncircumcised  with  thetn  that  he 
slain  by  the  sword,  and  bear  their  shame 
with  them  that  go  down  to  the  pit. 

31  Pharaoh  shall  see  them,  and  shall  be 
comforted  over  all  his  multitude,  even  Pha- 
raoh and  all  his  army  slain  by  the  sword, 
saith  the  Lord  God. 

32  For  I  have  caused  my  terror  in  the 
land  of  the  living :  and  he  shall  be  laid  in 
the  midst  of  the  uncircumcised  with  them 
that  are  slain  with  the  sword,  eimi  Pharaoh 
and  all  his  multitude,  saith  the  Lord  God, 

CHAPTER  XXXIIL 

AGAIN  the  v-^ord  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  speak  to  the  children  of 
thy  people,  and  say  unto  them,  When  I 
bring  the  sword  upon  a  land,  if  the  people 
of  the  land  take  a  man  of  their  coasts,  and 
set  him  for  their  watchman  : 

3  If  when  he  seeth  the  sword  come  upon 
the  land,  he  blow  the  trumpet,  and  warn 
the  people ; 

4  Then  whosoever  heareth  the  sound  of 
the  trumpet,  and  taketh  not  warning;  if 
the  sword  come,  and  take  him  away,  his 
blood  shall  be  upon  his  own  head. 

5  He  heard  the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  and 
took  not  warning ;  his  blood  shall  be  upon 
him.  But  he  that  taketh  warning  shall  de- 
liver his  soul. 

6  But  if  the  watchman  see  the  sword 
come,  and  blow  not  the  trumpet,  and  the 
people  be  not  warned ;  if  the  sword  come, 
and  take  any  person  from  among  them,  he 

777 


EZEKIEL. 


is  taken  away  in  his  iniquity;  but  his  blood 
will  I  require  at  the  watchman's  hand. 

7  T[  So  thou,  O  son  of  man,  I  have  set 
thee  a  watchman  unto  the  house  of  Is- 
rael ;  therefore  thou  shalt  hear  the  word 
at  my  mouth,  and  warn  them  from  me. 

8  When  I  say  unto  the  wicked,  O  wicked 
man,  thou  shalt  surely  die;  if  thou  dost 
not  speak  to  warn  the  wicked  from  his 
way,  that  wicked  man  shall  die  in  his  in- 
iquity ;  but  his  blood  will  1  requii'e  at  thine 
hand. 

9  Nevertheless,  if  thou  warn  the  wicked 
of  his  way  to  turn  from  it ;  if  he  do  not 
turn  from  his  way,  he  shall  die  in  his  in- 
iquity ;  but  thou  hast  delivered  thy  soul. 

10  Therefore,  O  thou  son  of  man,  speak 
unto  the  house  of  Israel ;  Thus  ye  speak, 
saying.  If  our  transgressions  and  our  sins 
he  upon  us,  and  we  pine  away  in  them, 
how  should  we  then  liveV 

11  Say  unto  them,  As  1  live,  saith  the 
Lord  God,  I  have  no  pleasure  in  the  death 
of  the  wicked ;  but  that  the  wicked  turn 
from  his  way  and  live:  turn  ye,  turn  ye 
from  your  evil  ways ;  for  why  will  ye  die, 
O  house  of  Israel  ? 

12  Therefore,  thou  son  of  man,  say  unto 
the  children  of  thy  people.  The  righteous- 
ness of  the  righteous  shall  not  deliver  him 
in  the  day  of  his  transgression :  as  for  the 
wickedness  of  the  wicked,  he  shall  not  fall 
thereby  in  the  day  that  he  turneth  from 
his  wickedness ;  neither  shall  the  righteous 
be  able  to  live  for  his  rUjhteousness  in  the 
day  that  he  sinneth. 

13  "When  I  shall  say  to  the  righteous, 
that  he  shall  surely  live ;  if  he  trust  to 
bis  own  righteousness,  and  commit  in- 
iquity, all  his  righteousnesses  shall  not  be 
remembered ;  but  for  his  iniquity  that  he 
bath  committed,  he  shall  die  for  it. 

14  Again,  when  I  say  unto  the  wicked. 
Thou  shalt  surely  die;  if  he  turn  from 
his  sin,  and  do  that  which  is  lawful  and 
right ; 

15  If  the  wicked  restore  the  pledge,  give 
again  that  he  had  robbed,  walk  in  the 
statutes  of  life,  without  committing  in- 
iquity; he  shall  surely  live,  he  shall  not 
die. 

16  None  of  his  sins  that  he  hath  com- 
mitted shall  be  mentioned  unto  him  :  he 
hath  done  that  which  is  lawful  and 
right;  he  shall  surely  live. 


17  1  Yet  the  children  of  thy  people  say, 
The  way  of  the  Lord  is  not  etiual:  but 
as  for  them,  their  way  is  not  equal. 

18  When  the  righteous  turneth  from  his 
j  righteousness,    and    committeth    iniquity, 

he  shall  even  die  thereby. 
i    19  But  if  the  wicked  turn  from  his  wick- 
I  edness,  and  do  that  which  is  lawful  and 

right,  he  shall  live  thereby. 

20  *\  Yet  ye  say.  The  way  of  the  Lord 
is  not  equal.  O  ye  house  of  Israel,  I  will 
judge  you  every  one  after  his  ways. 

21  H  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  twelfth 
year  of  our  captivity,  in  the  tenth  month, 
in  the  fifth  day  of  the  month,  that  one 
that  had  escaped  out  of  Jerusalem  came 
unto  me,  saying.  The  city  is  smitten. 

22  Now  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  upon 
me  in  the  evening,  afore  he  that  was 
escaped  came;  and  had  opened  my  mouth, 
until  he  came  to  me  in  the  morning;  and 
my  mouth  was  opened,  and  I  was  no  more 
dumb. 

23  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  me,  saying, 

24  Son  of  man,  they  that  inhabit  those 
wastes  of  the  land  of  Israel  speak,  say- 
ing, Abraham  was  one,  and  he  inherited 
the  land :  but  we  are  many ;  the  land  is 
given  us  for  inheritance. 

25  Wherefore  say  unto  them.  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God  ;  Ye  eat  with  the  blood, 
and  lift  up  your  eyes  toward  your  idols, 
and  shed  blood:  and  shall  ye  possess  the 
land? 

26  Ye  stand  upon  your  sword,  ye  work 
abomination,  and  ye  defile  every  one  his 
neighbour's  wife :  and  shall  ye  possess 
the  land? 

27  Say  thou  thus  unto  them,  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God;  As  I  live,  surely  they  that 
are  in  the  wastes  shall  fall  by  the  sword, 
and  him  that  is  in  the  open  field  will  I 
give  to  the  beasts  to  be  devoured,  and 
they  that  he  in  the  forts  and  in  the  caves 
shall  die  of  the  pestilence. 

28  For  I  will  lay  the  land  most  deso- 
late, and  the  pomp  of  her  strength  shall 
cease;  and  the  mountains  of  Israel  shall 
be  desolate,  that  none  shall  pass  through. 

29  Then  shall  they  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord,  when  I  have  laid  the  land  most 
desolate,  because  of  all  their  abomina- 
tions which  they  have  committed. 

30  H  Also,  thou  son  of  man,  the  children 


EZEKIEL. 


of  tby  people  still  are  talking  against 
thee  by  the  walls  and  in  the  doors  of 
the  houses,  and  speak  one  to  another, 
every  one  to  his  brother,  saying,  Come, 
I  pray  you,  and  hear  what  is  the  word 
that  Cometh  forth  from  the  Lord. 

31  And  they  come  unto  thee  as  the 
people  cometh,  and  they  sit  before  thee 
as  my  people,  and  they  hear  thy  words, 
but  they  will  not  do  them:  for  with  their 
mouth  they  shew  much  love,  but  their 
heart  goeth  after  their  eovetousness, 

33  And,  lo,  thou  art  unto  them  as  a 
very  lovely  song  of  one  that  hath  a 
pleasant  voice,  and  can  play  well  on  an 
instrument :  for  they  hear  thy  words, 
but  they  do  them  not. 

33  And  when  this  cometh  to  pass,  (lo, 
it  will  come,)  then  shall  they  know  that 
a,  prophet  hath  been  among  them. 

CHAPTER  XXXIV. 

AND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  prophesy  against  the  shep- 
herds of  Israel,  prophesy,  and  say  unto 
them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  unto  the 
shepherds ;  Woe  be  to  the  shepherds  of  Is- 
rael that  do  feed  themselves!  should  not 
the  shepherds  feed  the  flocks? 

3  Ye  eat  the  fat,  and  ye  clothe  you  with 
the  wool,  ye  kill  them  that  are  fed :  but  ye 
feed  uot  the  flock. 

4  The  diseased  have  ye  not  strengthened, 
neither  have  ye  healed  that  which  was 
sick,  neither  have  ye  bound  up  that  tvhich 
was  broken,  neither  have  ye  brought  again 
that  which  was  driven  away,  neither  have 
ye  sought  that  which  was  lost ;  but  with 
force  and  Avith  cruelty  have  ye  ruled  them. 

5  And  they  were  scattered,  because  thei-e 
is  no  shepherd  :  and  they  became  meat 
to  all  the  beasts  of  the  lield,  when  they 
were  scattered. 

6  My  sheep  wandered  through  all  the 
mountains,  and  upon  every  high  hill :  yea, 
my  flock  was  scattered  upon  all  the  lace 
of  the  earth,  and  none  did  search  or  seek 
after  them. 

7  1  Therefore,  ye  shepherds,  hear  the 
word  of  the  Lord  ; 

8  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  surely  be- 
cause my  flock  became  a  prey,  and  my 
flock  became  meat  to  every  beast  of  the 
field,  because   there  ioas  no  shepherd,  nei- 


ther did  my  shei^herds  search  for  my 
flock,  but  the  shepherds  fed  themselves, 
and  fed  not  my  flock  ; 

9  Therefore,  O  ye  shepherds,  hear  the 
word  of  the  Lord  ; 

10  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Behold,  I 
am  against  the  shepherds ;  and  I  will  re- 
quire my  flock  at  their  hand,  and  cause 
them  to  cease  from  feeding  the  flock;  nei- 
ther shall  the  shepherds  feed  themselves 
any  more ;  for  I  will  deliver  my  flock  from 
their  mouth,  that  they  may  not  be  meat 
for  them. 

11  TI  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Be- 
hold, I,  eve7i  I,  will  both  search  my  sheep, 
and  seek  them  out. 

13  As  a  shepherd  seeketh  out  his  flock 
in  the  day  that  he  is  among  his  sheep  that 
are  scattered  ;  so  will  I  seek  out  my  sheep, 
and  will  deliver  them  out  of  all  places 
where  they  have  been  scattered  in  the 
cloudy  and  dark  day. 

13  And  I  will  bring  them  out  from  the 
people,  and  gather  them  from  the  coun- 
tries, and  will  bring  them  to  their  own 
land,  and  feed  them  upon  the  mountains 
of  Israel  by  the  rivers,  and  in  all  the  inhab- 
ited places  of  the  country. 

14  I  will  feed  them  in  a  good  pasture,  and 
upon  the  high  mountains  of  Israel  shall 
their  fold  be :  there  shall  they  lie  in  a 
good  fold,  and  in  a  fat  pasture  shall  they 
feed  upon  the  mountains  of  Israel. 

15  I  will  feed  my  flock,  and  I  will  cause 
them  to  lie  down,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

16  I  will  seek  that  which  was  lost,  and 
bring  again  that  which  was  driven  awaj^ 
and  will  bind  up  that  which  was  broken, 
and  will  strengthen  that  which  was  sick : 
but  I  will  destroy  the  fat  and  the  strong ; 
I  will  feed  them  with  judgment. 

17  And  as  for  you,  O  my  flock,  thus  saith 
the  Lord  God  ;  Behold,  I  judge  betAveen 
cattle  and  cattle,  between  the  rams  and 
the  he  goats. 

18  Seemeth  it  a  small  thing  unto  you  to 
have  eaten  up  the  good  pasture,  but  ye 
must  tread  down  with  your  feet  the  residue 
of  your  pastures  ?  and  to  have  drunk  of 
the  deep  waters,  but  ye  must  foul  the 
residue  with  your  feet? 

19  And  as  for  my  flock,  they  eat  that 
which  ye  have  trodden  with  your  feet ;  and 
they  drink  that  Avhich  ye  have  fouled  Avith 
your  feet. 

779 


EZEKIEL. 


20  11  Therelorc  thus  siiith  the  Lord  God 
unto  them ;  Behold,  I,  even  I,  will  judge 
between  the  fa,t  cattle  and  between  the  lean 
cattle. 

21  Because  ye  have  thrust  with  side  and 
with  shoulder,  and  pushed  all  the  diseased 
with  your  horns,  till  ye  have  scattered 
them,  abroad ; 

22  Therefore  will  I  save  my  flock,  and 
they  shall  no  more  be  a  prey;  and  I  will 
judge  between  cattle  and  cattle. 

23  And  I  will  set  up  one  Shepherd  over 
them,  and  he  shall  feed  them,  even  my 
servant  David;  he  shall  feed  them,  and 
he  shall  be  their  shepherd. 

24  And  I  the  Lord  will  be  their  God,  and 
my  servant  David  a  prince  among  them; 
I  the  Lord  have  syjoken  it. 

25  And  I  will  make  with  them  a  covenant 
of  peace,  and  will  cause  the  evil  beasts  to 
cease  out  of  the  land :  and  they  shall  dwell 
safely  in  the  wilderness,  and  sleep  in  the 
woods. 

26  And  I  will  make  them  and  the  places 
round  about  my  hill  a  blessing ;  and  I 
will  cause  the  shower  to  come  down  in 
his  season;  there  shall  be  showers  of  bless- 
ing. 

27  And  the  tree  of  the  field  shall  yield 
her  fruit,  and  the  earth  shall  yield  her 
increase,  and  they  shall  be  safe  in  their 
land,  and  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord, 
when  I  have  broken  the  bands  of  their 
yoke,  and  delivered  them  out  of  the  hand 
of  those  that  served  themselves  of  them. 

28  And  they  shall  no  more  be  a  prey  to 
the  heathen,  neither  shall  the  beast  of  the 
land  devoiar  them  ;  but  they  shall  dwell 
safely,  and  none  shall  make  them  afraid. 

29  And  I  will  raise  up  for  them  a  plant  of 
renown,  and  they  shall  be  no  more  con- 
sumed with  hunger  in  the  land,  neither 
bear  the  shame  of  the  heathen  any  more. 

30  Thus  shall  they  know  that  I  the  Lord 
their  God  am  with  them,  and  iJiat  they, 
even  the  house  of  Israel,  are  my  people, 
saith  the  Lord  God. 

31  And  ye  my  flock,  the  flock  of  my  pas- 
ture, are  men,  a)id  I  am  your  God,  saith  the 
Lord  God. 

CHAPTER  XXXV. 

MOREOVER  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  unto  me,  saying, 
2  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  against  mount 
Seir,  and  prophesy  against  it, 

780 


3  And  say  unto  it.  Thus   saith  the  Lord 
God;  Behold,  O  mount  Seir,  I  am  against 
thee,   and  I   will  stretch   out  mine    hand  | 
against  thee,  and  I  will  make  thee  most 
desolate. 

4  I  will  lay  thy  cities  waste,  and  thou 
Shalt  be  desolate,  and  thou  shalt  know 
that  I  ma  the  Lord. 

5  Because  thou  hast  had  a  perpetual 
hatred,  and  hast  shed  the  blood  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  by  the  force  of  the  sword 
in  the  time  of  their  calamity,  in  the  time 
that  their  iniquit}'  had  an  end  : 

6  Therefore,  an  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God, 
I  Avill  prepare  thee  unto  blood,  and  blood 
shall  pursue  thee  :  since  thou  hast  not 
hated  blood,  even  blood  shall  pursue  thee. 

7  Thus  will  I  make  mount  Seir  most  des- 
olate, and  cut  ofl'  from  it  him  that  passeth 
out  and  him  that  returneth. 

8  And  I  will  fill  his  mountains  Avith  his 
slain  men:  in  thy  hills,  and  in  thy  valleys, 
and  in  all  thy  rivers,  shall  they  fall  that 
are  slain  with  the  sword. 

9  I  will  make  thee  perpetual  desolations, 
and  thy  cities  shall  not  return :  and  ye 
shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

10  Because  thou  liast  said.  These  two 
nations  and  these  two  countries  sliall  be 
mine,  and  we  will  jjossess  it ;  whereas  the 
Lord  was  there : 

11  Therefore,  as  1  live,  saith  the  Lord 
God,  I  will  even  do  according  to  thine 
anger,  and  according  to  thine  envy,  which 
thou  hast  used  out  of  thy  hatred  against 
them ;  and  I  will  make  myself  known 
among  them,  when  I  have  judged  thee. 

12  And  thou  shalt  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord,  and  that  I  have  heard  all  thy  blas- 
phemies which  thou  hast  spoken  against 
the  mountains  of  Israel,  saying.  They  are 
laid  desolate,  they  are  given  lis  to  con- 
sume. 

13  Thus  with  your  mouth  ye  have  boasted 
against  me,  and  have  multiplied  your 
words  against  me:  I  have  heard  tliein. 

14  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  "When  the 
whole  earth  rejoiceth,  I  will  make  thee 
desolate. 

15  As  thou  didst  rejoice  at  the  inheritance 
of  the  house  of  Israel,  because  it  was  des- 
olate, so  will  I  do  unto  thee :  thou  shalt 
be  desolate,  O  mount  Seir,  and  all  Iduniea, 
eveyt  all  of  it :  and  they  shall  know  that  I 
am  the  Lord.  , 


EZEKIEL. 


CHAPTER  XXXVI. 

ALSO,  thou  son  of  man,  ]n-ophcsy  unto 
-  the  mountains  of  Israel,  and  say,  Yc 
mountains  of  Israel,  hear  the  word  of  the 
Lord: 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Because  the 
enemy  hath  said  against  you,  Aha,  even  the 
ancient  high  places  are  ours  in  possession: 

3  Therefore  i)rophesy  and  say.  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God;  Because  they  have  made 
y<y>(.  desolate,  and  swallowed  you  up  on 
every  side,  that  ye  might  be  a  possession 
unto  the  residue  of  the  heathen,  and  ye  are 
taken  up  in  the  lips  of  talkers,  and  are  an 
infamy  of  the  peoi)le : 

4  Therefore,  yc  mountains  of  Israel,  hear 
the  word  of  the  Lord  God;  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  to  the  mountains  and  to  the 
hills,  to  the  rivers  and  to  the  valleys,  to 
the  desolate  wastes  and  to  the  cities  that 
are  forsaken,  which  became  a  prey  and 
derision  to  the  residue  of  the  heathen  that 
are  round  about ; 

5  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ; 
Surely  in  the  fire  of  my  jealousy  have  I 
spoken  against  the  residue  of  the  heathen, 
and  against  all  Idumea,  which  have  ap- 
pointed my  land  into  their  possession  with 
the  joy  of  all  their  heart,  with  despiteful 
minds,  to  cast  it  out  for  a  prey. 

6  Prophesy  therefore  concerning  the  land 
of  Israel,  and  say  unto  the  mountains  and 
to  the  hills,  to  the  rivers  and  to  the  valleyc, 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Behold,  I  have 
spoken  in  my  jealousy  and  in  my  fury, 
because  ye  have  borne  the  shame  of  the 
heathen : 

7  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  I 
have  lifted  up  mine  hand.  Surely  the  hea- 
then that  are  about  you,  they  shall  bear 
their  shame. 

8  T[  But  ye,  O  mountains  of  Israel,  ye  shall 
shoot  forth  yoiar  branches,  and  yield  your 
fruit  to  my  people  of  Israel ;  for  they  are  at 
hand  to  come. 

9  For,  behold,  I  am  for  j'ou,  and  I  Avill 
turn  unto  you,  and  ye  shall  be  tilled  and 
sown : 

10  And  I  will  multiply  men  upon  you,  all 
the  house  of  Israel,  creii  all  of  it :  and  the 
cities  shall  be  inhabited,  and  the  wastes 
shall  be  builded : 

11  And  I  will  multiply  upon  you  man  and 
beast ;  and  they  shall  increase  and  bring 
fruit :  and  I  will  settle  vou  after  vour  old 


estates,  and  will  do  better  vvto  you  than 
at  your  beginnings:  and  ye  shall  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord. 

12  Yea,  I  will  cause  men  to  walk  upon 
you,  eveyi  my  people  Israel ;  and  they  shall 
possess  thee,  and  thou  shalt  be  their  in- 
heritance, and  thou  shalt  no  more  hence- 
forth bereave  them  of  men. 

13  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  Because 
they  say  unto  you,  Thou  Juvd  devour- 
est  up  men,  and  hast  bereaved  thy 
nations; 

14  Therefore  thou  shalt  devour  men  no 
more,  neither  bereave  thy  nations  any 
more,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

15  Neither  will  I  cause  me?),  to  hear  in 
thee  the  shame  of  the  heathen  any  more, 
neither  shalt  thou  bear  the  reproach  of  the 
people  any  more,  neither  shalt  thou  cause 
thy  nations  to  fall  any  more,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

16  ^  Moreover  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  me,  saying, 

17  Son  of  man,  Avhcn  the  house  of  Israel 
dwelt  in  their  own  laud,  they  defiled  it  by 
their  own  Avay  and  by  their  doings  :  their 
way  was  before  me  as  the  uncleanness  of  a 
removed  Avoman. 

18  Wherefore  I  poured  my  fury  upon 
them  for  the  blood  that  they  had  shed 
upon  the  land,  and  for  their  idols  wherewith 
they  had  polluted  it: 

19  And  I  scattered  them  among  the  hea- 
then, and  they  were  dispersed  through  the 
countries  :  according  to  their  way  and  ac- 
cording to  their  doings  I  judged  them. 

20  And  when  they  entered  unto  the  hea- 
then, whither  they  went,  they  profaned  my 
holy  name,  when  they  said  to  them.  These 
are  the  people  of  the  Lord,  and  are  gone 
forth  out  of  his  land. 

21  T[  But  I  had  pity  for  mine  holj^  name, 
which  the  house  of  Israel  had  profaned 
among  the  heathen,  whither  they  went. 

22  Therefore  say  unto  the  house  of  Israel, 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  I  do  not  this  for 
your  sakes,  O  house  of  Israel,  but  for  mine 
holy  name's  sake,  which  ye  have  profaned 
among  the  heathen,  whither  ye  went. 

23  And  I  will  sanctify  my  great  name, 
which  was  profaned  among  the  heathen, 
which  yc  have  profaned  in  the  midst  of 
them;  and  the  heathen  shall  know  that  I 
am.  the  Lord,  saith  the  Lord  God,  when  I 
shall  be  sanctified  in  vou  before  their  eyes. 

781  " 


EZEKIEL. 


24  For  I  will  take  you  from  among-  the 
hcatheu,  and  gather  you  out  of  all  coun- 
tries, and  will  bring  you  into  your  own 
land. 

25  ^  Then  will  I  sprinkle  clean  water 
upon  you,  and  ye  shall  be  clean :  from  all 
your  tilthiness,  and  from  all  your  idols, 
will  I  cleanse  you. 

26  A  new  heart  also  will  I  give  you,  and  a 
new  sjjirit  will  I  put  within  you:  and  I  will 
take  away  the  stony  heart  out  of  your 
flesh,  and  I  will  give  j'ou  a  heart  of  flesh. 

27  And  I  will  put  my  Spirit  within  you, 
and  cause  you  to  walk  in  my  statutes,  and 
ye  shall  keep  my  judgments,  and  do  them. 

28  And  ye  shall  dwell  in  the  laud  that  I 
gave  to  your  fathers ;  and  ye  shall  be  my 
people,  and  I  will  be  your  God. 

29  I  will  also  save  you  from  all  your  un- 
cleannesses :  and  I  will  call  for  the  corn, 
and  will  increase  it,  and  lay  no  famine 
lip  on  you. 

30  And  I  will  multiply  the  fruit  of  the 
tree,  and  the  increase  of  the  field,  that  ye 
shall  receive  no  more  reproach  of  famine 
among  the  heathen. 

31  Then  shall  yo,  remember  your  own  evil 
ways,  and  your  doings  that  loere  not  good, 
and  shall  loathe  yourselves  in  your  own 
sight  for  your  iniquities  and  for  your 
abominations. 

32  Not  for  your  sakes  do  I  thU,  saith  the 
Lord  God,  be  it  known  imto  you :  be 
ashamed  and  confounded  for  your  own 
ways,  O  house  of  Israel. 

38  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  In  the  day 
that  I  shall  have  cleansed  you  from  all 
your  iniquities  I  will  also  cause  ijou  to 
dwell  in  the  cities,  and  the  wastes  shall 
be  builded. 

3-1  And  the  desolate  land  shall  be  tilled, 
whereas  it  lay  desolate  in  the  sight  of  all 
that  passed  by. 

35  And  they  shall  say,  This  land  that  was 
desolate  is  become  like  the  garden  of 
Eden;  and  the  waste  and  desolate  and 
ruined  cities  are  heconvc  fenced,  and  are 
inhabited. 

30  Then  the  heathen  that  arc  left  round 
about  you  shall  know  that  I  the  Lokd 
1)Uild  the  ruined  y^Zafcs,  and  plant  that  that 
was  desolate:  I  the  Lord  have  spoken  j<, 
and  I  will  do  it. 

37  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  I  will  yet 
for  this  be  inquired  of  by   the  house  of 

782 


Israel,  to  do  it  for  them ;  I  will  increase 
them  Avith  men  like  a  flock. 
38  As  the  holy  flock,  as  the  flock  of  Je- 
rusalem in  her  solemn  feasts ;  so  shall  the 
waste  cities  be  filled  with  flocks  of  men: 
and  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER    XXXVIL 

THE  hand  of  the  Lord  was  upon  me, 
and  carried  me  out  in  the  Spirit  of  the 
Lord,  and  set  me  down  in  the  midst  of  the 
valley  which  xvas  full  of  bones, 

2  And  caused  me  to  pass  by  them  round 
about :  and,  behold,  there  were  very  many 
in  the  open  valley ;  and,  lo,  they  were  very 
dry. 

3  And  he  said  unto  me.  Son  of  man,  can 
these  bones  live  ?  And  I  answered,  O  Lord 
God,  thou  knowest. 

4  Again  he  said  unto  me.  Prophesy  upon 
these  bones,  and  say  unto  them,  O  ye  dry 
bones,  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

5  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  unto  these 
bones;  Behold,  I  will  cause  breath  to  enter 
into  you,  and  ye  shall  live : 

6  And  I  will  lay  sinews  upon  you,  and 
will  bring  up  flesh  upon  you,  and  cover 
yoii  with  skin,  and  put  breath  in  you,  and 
ye  shall  live;  and  ye  shall  know  that  I 
am  the  Lord. 

7  So  I  prophesied  as  I  was  commanded : 
and  as  I  prophesied,  there  was  a  noise, 
and  behold  a  shaking,  and  the  bones  came 
together,  bone  to  his  bone. 

8  And  when  I  beheld,  lo,  the  sinews 
and  the  flesh  came  up  upon  them,  and 
the  skin  covered  them  above :  but  there 
was  no  breath  in  them. 

9  Then  said  he  unto  me.  Prophesy  unto 
the  Avind,  prophesy,  son  of  man,  and  say 
to  the  wind,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God; 
Come  from  the  four  winds,  O  breath,  and 
breathe  upon  these  slain,  that  they  may 
live. 

10  So  I  prophesied  as  he  commanded 
me,  and  the  breath  came  into  them,  and 
they  lived,  and  stood  up  iipon  their  feet, 
an  exceeding  great  army. 

11  Tf  Then  he  said  unto  me.  Son  of  man, 
these  bones  are  the  whole  house  of  Is- 
rael :  behold,  they  say.  Our  bones  are 
dried,  and  our  hojjc  is  lost :  we  are  cut 
oflffor  our  parts. 

12  Therelore  prophesy  and  say  unto 
them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;   Behold, 


EZEKIEL. 


O  my  people,  I  will  opeu  your  gnives, 
and  cause  you  to  come  wp  out  of  your 
graves,  and  bring  you  into  the  land  of 
Israel. 

13  And  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord,  when  I  have  opened  your  graves, 
O  ray  people,  and  brought  you  up  out 
of  your  graves, 

14  And  shall  put  my  Spirit  in  j-ou,  and 
ye  shall  live,  and  I  shall  place  you  in 
3'our  own  land:  then  shall  ye  know  that  I 
the  Lord  have  spoken  it,  and  performed 
it,  saith  the  Lord. 

15  Tl  The  word  of  the  Lord  came  again 
unto  me,  saying, 

16  Moreover,  thou  son  of  man,  take  thee 
one  stick,  and  write  upon  it.  For  Judah, 
and  for  the  children  of  Israel  his  com- 
panions :  then  take  another  stick,  and 
write  upon  it.  For  Joseph,  the  stick  of 
Ephraim,  and  for  all  the  house  of  Israel 
his  companions  : 

17  And  join  them  one  to  another  into 
one  stick;  and  they  shall  become  one 
in  thine  hand. 

18  H  And  when  the  children  of  thy  peo- 
ple shall  speak  unto  thee,  saying.  Wilt 
thou  not  shew  us  what  thou  7neanest  by 
these  ? 

19  Say  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God  ;  Behold,  I  Avill  take  the  stick  of 
Joseph,  which  is  in  the  hand  of  Ephraim, 
and  the  tribes  of  Israel  his  fellows,  and 
will  put  them  with  him,  even  with  the 
stick  of  Judah,  and  make  them  one 
stick,  and  they  shall  be  one  in  mine 
hand. 

20  1  And  the  sticks  whereon  thou  writest 
shall  be  in  thine  hand  before  their  eyes. 

21  And  say  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God;  Behold,  I  will  take  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  from  among  the  heathen, 
whither  they  be  gone,  and  will  gather 
them  on  every  side,  and  bring  them  into 
their  own  land : 

22  And  I  will  make  them  one  nation  in 
the  land  upon  the  mountains  of  Israel; 
and  one  king  shall  be  king  to  them  all: 
and  they  shall  be  no  more  two  nations, 
neither  shall  they  be  divided  into  two 
kingdoms  any  more  at  all : 

23  Neither  shall  they  defile  themselves 
any  more  with  their  idols,  nor  with  their 
detestable  things,  nor  with  any  of  their 
transaressions :   but  I  will  save  them  out 


of  all  their  dwelliugplaces,  wherein  they 
have  sinned,  and  will  cleanse  them  :  so 
shall  they  be  my  people,  and  I  will  be 
their  God. 

24  And  David  my  servant  shall  he  king 
over  them ;  and  they  all  shall  have  one 
shepherd :  they  shall  also  walk  in  my 
judgments,  and  observe  my  statutes,  and 
do  them. 

25  And  they  shall  dwell  in  the  land 
that  I  have  given  unto  Jacob  my  serv- 
ant, wherein  your  fathers  have  dwelt; 
and  they  shall  dwell  therein,  even  they, 
and  their  children,  and  their  children's 
children  for  ever:  and  my  servant  David 
sTioll  he  their  prince  for  ever. 

26  Moreover  I  will  make  a  covenant 
of  peace  with  them ;  it  shall  be  an  ever- 
lasting covenant  with  them :  and  I  will 
place  them,  and  multiply  them,  and  will 
set  my  sanctuary  in  the  midst  of  them 
for  evermore. 

27  My  tabernacle  also  shall  be  with  them  : 
yea,  I  will  be  their  God,  and  they  shall  be 
my  people. 

28  And  the  heathen  shall  know  that  I 
the  Lord  do  sanctify  Israel,  when  my  sanc- 
tuary shall  be  in  the  midst  of  them  for 
evermore. 

CHAPTER  XXXVIIL 

AND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
-  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  against  Gog, 
the  land  of  Magog,  the  chief  prince  of 
Meshech  and  Tubal,  and  prophesy  against 
him, 

3  And  say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Be- 
hold, I  am  against  thee,  O  Gog,  the  chief 
prince  of  Meshech  and  Tubal : 

4  And  I  will  turn  thee  back,  and  put 
hooks  into  thy  jaws,  and  I  will  bring  thee 
forth,  and  all  thine  army,  horses  and  horse- 
men, all  of  them  clothed  with  all  sorts  of 
armonr,  even  a  great  company  wi?7t  bucklers 
and  shields,  all  of  them  handling  swords  : 

5  Persia,  Ethiopia,  and  Libya  with  them ; 
all  of  them  with  shield  and  helmet: 

6  Gomer,  and  all  his  bands;  the  house 
of  Togarmah  of  the  north  quarters,  and  all 
his  bands:  and  many  people  with  thee. 

7  Be  thou  prepared,  and  prepare  for  thy- 
self, thou,  and  all  thy  company  that  are 
assembled  unto  thee,  and  be  thou  a  guard 
unto  them. 

8  1  After  many  days  thou  shalt  be  visited: 

783 


EZEKIEL. 


in  the  latter  years  thou  shalt  eome  into  the 
land  that  in  brou.i>ht  back  from  the  sword, 
and  is  gathered  out  of  many  people,  against 
the  mountains  of  Israel,  which  have  been 
always  waste  :  but  it  is  brought  forth 
out  of  the  nations,  and  they  shall  dwell 
safely  all  of  them. 

9  Thou  shalt  ascend  and  come  like  a 
storm,  thou  shalt  be  like  a  cloud  to  cover 
the  land,  thou,  and  all  thy  bands,  and  many 
people  with  thee. 

10  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  It  shall 
also  come  to  pass,  that  at  the  same  time 
shall  things  come  into  thy  mind,  and  thou 
shalt  think  an  evil  thought : 

11  And  thou  shalt  say,  I  will  go  up  to  the 
land  of  unwalled  villages ;  I  will  go  to 
them  that  are  at  rest,  that  dwell  safely,  all 
of  them  dwelling  without  walls,  and  hav- 
ing neither  bars  nor  gates, 

12  To  take  a  spoil,  and  to  take  a  prey ;  to 
turn  thine  hand  upon  the  desolate  places 
that  are  now  inhabited,  and  upon  the  people 
that  are  gathered  out  of  the  nations,  which 
have  gotten  cattle  and  goods,  that  dwell  in 
the  midst  of  the  land. 

13  Sheba,  and  Dedan,  and  the  merchants 
of  Tarshish,  with  all  the  young  lions  there- 
of, shall  say  unto  thee.  Art  thou  come  to 
take  a  spoil  ?  hast  thou  gathered  thy  com- 
pany to  take  a  prey  ?  to  carry  away  silver 
and  gold,  to  take  away  cattle  and  goods, 
to  take  a  great  spoil  ? 

14  M  Therefore,  son  of  man,  proj^hesy 
and  say  nnto  Gog,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God;  In  that  day  when  my  people  of  Israel 
dwelleth  safely,  shalt  thou  not  know  itl^ 

15  And  thou  shalt  come  from  thy  i)lace 
out  of  the  north  parts,  thou,  and  many  peo- 
ple with  thee,  all  of  them  riding  iijjon 
horses,  a  great  company,  and  a  mighty 
army: 

16  And  thou  shalt  come  up  against  my 
people  of  Israel,  as  a  cloud  to  cover  the 
land;  it  shall  l)e  in  the  latter  days,  and 
I  will  bring  thee  against  my  land,  that  the 
heathen  may  know  me,  when  I  shall  be 
sanctilied  in  thee,  O  Gog,  before  their 
eyes. 

17  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  Art  thou 
he  of  whom  I  have  spoken  in  old  time 
hy  my  servants  the  proi>hets  of  Israel, 
which  prophesied  in  those  days  many 
years,   that    I   would    bring    thee   against 

them  ? 

_ 


18  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  at  the  same 
time  when  Gog  shall  come  against  the 
land  of  Israel,  saith  the  Lord  God,  that  my 
fury  shall  come  up  in  ray  face. 

19  For  in  my  jealousy  and  in  the  lire 
of  my  wrath  have  I  spoken.  Surely  in  that 
day  there  shall  be  a  great  shaking  in  the 
land  of  Israel ; 

20  So  that  the  fishes  of  the  sea,  and  the 
fowls  of  the  heaven,  and  the  beasts  of  the 
field,  and  all  creeping  things  that  creep 
upon  the  earth,  and  all  the  men  that  are 
upon  the  face  of  the  earth,  shall  shake 
at  my  presence,  and  the  mountains  shall 
be  thrown  down,  and  the  steep  places  shall 
fall,  and  every  wall  shall  fall  to  the  ground. 

21  And  I  will  call  for  a  sword  against  him 
throughout  all  my  mountains,  saith  the 
Lord  God  :  every  man's  sword  shall  be 
against  his  brother. 

22  And  I  will  plead  against  him  with 
pestilence  and  with  blood;  and  I  will 
rain  upon  him,  and  upon  his  bands,  and 
upon  the  many  people  that  are  Avith  him, 
an  overflowing  rain,  and  great  hailstones, 
fire,  and  brimstone. 

23  Thus  will  I  magnify  myself,  and  sanc- 
tify myself;  and  I  will  be  knoAvn  in  the 
eyes  of  many  nations,  and  they  shall  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  XXXIX. 

THEREFORE,  thou  son  of  man,  proph- 
esy against  Gog,  and  say,  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God  ;  Behold,  I  am  against  thee, 
O  Gog,  the  chief  prince  of  Meshech  and 
Tubaf: 

2  And  I  will  turn  thee  back,  and  leave  but 
the  sixth  part  of  thee,  and  will  cause  thee 
to  come  up  from  the  north  parts,  and  will 
bring  thee  upon  the  mountains  of  Israel : 

3  And  I  will  smite  thy  bow  out  of  th}'  left 
hand,  and  will  cause  thine  arrows  to  fall 
out  of  thy  right  hand. 

4  Thou  shalt  fall  upon  the  mountains 
of  Israel,  thou,  and  all  thy  bands,  and  the 
people  that  in  with  thee :  I  will  give  thee 
unto  the  ravenous  birds  of  every  sort,  and 
to  the  beasts  of  the  field,  to  be  devoured. 

5  Thou  shalt  fall  upon  the  oi)en  field  : 
for  I  have  spoken  ?7,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

6  And  I  Avill  send  a  fire  on  Magog,  and 
among  them  that  dwell  carelessly  in  the 
isles:  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am.  the 

Loi'vD. 


EZEKIEL. 


7  So  will  1  make  my  hol}^  name  known  in 
the  midst  of  my  people  Israel ;  and  I  will 
not  let  them  pollute  my  holy  name  any 
more:  and  the  heathen  shall  know  that  I 
am  the  Lord,  the  Holy  One  in  Israel. 

8  TI  Behold,  it  is  come,  and  it  is  done, 
saith  the  Lord  God  ;  this  is  the  day  whereof 
I  have  spoken. 

9  And  they  that  dwell  in  the  cities  of 
Israel  shall  go  forth,  and  shall  set  on  fire 
and  burn  the  weajjons,  both  the  shields 
and  the  bucklers,  the  boAvs  and  the  arrows, 
and  the  handsiaves,  and  the  spears,  and 
they  shall  burn  them  with  fire  seven 
years : 

10  So  that  they  shall  take  no  wood  out 
of  the  field,  neither  cut  down  any  out  of 
the  forests ;  for  they  shall  burn  the  weapons 
with  tire:  and  they  shall  spoil  those  that 
spoiled  them,  and  rob  those  that  robbed 
them,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

11  TI  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
day,  that  I  will  give  unto  Gog  a  place  there 
of  graves  in  Israel,  the  valley  of  the  passen- 
gers on  the  east  of  the  sea ;  and  it  shall 
stop  the  nosen  of  the  passengers:  and  there 
shall  they  bury  Gog  and  all  his  multitude : 
and  they  shall  call  it,  The  valley  of  Hamon- 

gog- 

12  And  seven  months  shall  the  house  of 
Israel  be  burying  of  them,  that  they  may 
cleanse  the  land. 

13  Yea,  all  the  people  of  the  land  shall 
bury  them;  and  it  shall  be  to  them  a  re- 
nown the  day  that  I  shall  be  glorified, 
saith  the  Lord  God. 

14  And  they  shall  sever  out  men  of  con- 
tinual employment,  passing  through  the 
land,  to  bury  with  the  passengers  those 
that  remain  upon  the  face  of  the  earth,  to 
cleanse  it :  after  the  end  of  seven  months 
shall  they  search. 

15  And  the  passengers  that  pass  through 
the  land,  when  any  seeth  a  man's  bone,  then 
shall  he  set  up  a  sign  by  it,  till  the  buriers 
have  buried  it  in  the  valley  of  Hamon-gog. 

16  And  also  the  name  of  the  city  shall 
he  Hamonah.  Thus  shall  they  cleanse  the 
land. 

17  T[  And,  thou  son  of  man,  thus  saith 
the  Lord  God;  Speak  unto  every  feathered 
fowl,  and  to  every  beast  of  the  field,  As- 
semble yourselves,  and  come ;  gather 
yourselves  on  every  side  to  my  sacrifice 
that  I  do  sacrifice  for  you,  even  a  great  sac- 

60 


rifice  upon  the   mountains  of  Israel,  that 
ye  may  eat  flesh,  and  drink  blood. 

18  Ye  shall  eat  the  flesh  of  the  mighty, 
and  drink  the  blood  of  the  princes  of  the 
earth,  of  rams,  of  lambs,  and  of  goats,  of 
bullocks,  all  of  them  fatlings  of  Bashau. 

19  And  ye  shall  eat  fat  till  ye  be  full,  and 
drink  blood  till  ye  be  drunken,  of  my 
sacrifice  which  I  have  sacrificed  for  you. 

20  Thus  ye  shall  be  filled  at  my  table  with 
horses  and  chariots,  with  mighty  men,  and 
with  all  men  of  war,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

21  And  I  will  set  my  glory  among  the 
heathen,  and  all  the  heathen  shall  see  my 
judgment  that  I  have  executed,  and  my 
hand  that  I  have  laid  upon  them. 

22  So  the  house  of  Israel  shall  know  that 
I  am  the  Lord  their  God  from  that  day  and 
forward. 

23  TI  And  the  heathen  shall  know  that  the 
house  of  Israel  went  into  captivity  for  their 
iniquity :  because  they  tresi)assed  against 
me,  therefore  hid  I  my  face  from  them,  and 
gave  them  into  the  hand  of  their  enemies  ; 
so  fell  they  all  by  the  sword. 

24  According  to  their  imcleanness  and 
according  to  their  transgressions  have  I 
done  unto  them,  and  hid  my  face  from 
them. 

25  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God; 
Now  will  I  bring  again  the  captivity  of 
Jacob,  and  have  mercy  upon  the  Avhole 
house  of  Israel,  and  will  be  jealous  for  my 
holy  name; 

26  After  that  they  have  borne  their  shame, 
and  all  their  trespasses  whereby  they  have 
trespassed  against  me,  when  they  dwelt 
safely  in  their  land,  and  none  made  them 
afraid. 

27  When  I  have  brought  them  again  from 
the  people,  and  gathered  them  out  of  their 
enemies'  lands,  and  am  sanctified  in  them 
in  the  sight  of  many  nations ; 

28  Then  shall  they  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord  their  God,  which  caused  them  to  be 
led  into  captivity  among  the  heathen :  but 
I  have  gathered  them  unto  their  own  land, 
and  have  left  none  of  them  any  more  there. 

29  Neither  will  I  hide  my  face  any  more 
from  them :  for  I  have  poured  out  my 
Spirit  upon  the  house  of  Israel,  saith  the 
Lord  God. 

CHAPTER  XL. 

IN  the  five  and  twentieth  year  of  our 
captivity,  in  the  beginning  of  the  year, 

785 


EZEKIEL. 


in  the  tenth  claij  of  the  month,  in  the 
fourteenth  year  after  that  the  city  was 
smitten,  in  the  selfsame  clay  the  hand  of 
the  LoKD  was  upon  me,  and  brought  me 
thither. 

2  In  the  visions  of  God  brought  he  me 
into  the  land  of  Israel,  and  set  me  ujion 
a  very  high  mountain,  by  which  loas  as  the 
frame  of  a  city  on  the  south. 

3  And  he  brought  me  thither,  and,  "be- 
hold, there  was  a  man,  whose  appearance 
wan  nice  the  appearance  of  brass,  with  a 
line  of  flax  in  his  hand,  and  a  measuring 
reed ;  and  he  stood  in  the  gate. 

4  And  the  man  said  unto  me,  Son  of  man, 
behold  with  thine  eyes,  and  hear  with  thine 
ears,  and  set  thine  heart  upon  all  that  I 
shall  shew  thee;  for  to  the  intent  that 
I  might  shew  them  unto  thee  art  thou 
brought  hither :  declare  all  that  thou  seest 
to  the  house  of  Israel. 

5  And  behold  a  wall  on  the  outside  of  the 
house  round  about,  and  in  the  man's  hand 
a  measuring  reed  of  six  cubits  long  by  the 
cubit  and  a  handbreadth :  so  he  measured 
the  breadth  of  the  building,  one  reed ;  and 
the  height,  one  reed. 

6  1  Then  came  he  unto  the  gate  which 
looketh  toward  the  east,  and  Aveut  up  the 
stairs  thereof,  and  measured  the  threshold 
of  the  gate,  which  ivas  one  reed  broad ;  and 
the  other  threshold  of  the  gate,  ivhich  was 
one  reed  broad. 

7  And  every  little  chamber  7vas  one  reed 
long,  and  one  reed  broad ;  and  between  the 
little  chambers  were  five  cubits ;  and  the 
threshold  of  the  gate  by  the  porch  of  the 
gate  within  was  one  reed. 

8  He  measured  also  the  j)orch  of  the  gate 
within,  one  reed. 

9  Then  measured  he  the  porch  of  the 
gate,  eight  cubits;  and  the  posts  thereof, 
two  cubits ;  and  the  porch  of  the  gate  was 
inward. 

10  And  the  little  chambers  of  the  gate 
eastward  were  three  on  this  side,  and  three 
on  that  side ;  they  three  were  of  one  meas- 
ure: and  the  posts  had  one  measure  on 
this  side  and  on  that  side. 

11  And  he  measured  the  breadth  of  the 
entry  of  the  gate,  ten  cubits;  a7ul  the 
length  of  the  gate,  thirteen  cubits. 

12  The  space  also  before  the  little  cham- 
bers wa-s  one  cubit  oii  this  side,  and  the 
space  was  one  cubit  on  that  side :  and  the 

786 


little  chambers  were  six  cubits  on  this  side, 
and  six  cubits  on  that  side. 

13  He  measured  then  the  gate  from  the 
roof  of  one  little  chamber  to  the  roof  of 
another :  the  breadth  was  five  and  twenty 
cubits,  door  against  door. 

14  He  made  also  posts  of  threescore  cu- 
bits, even  unto  the  post  of  the  court  round 
about  the  gate. 

15  And  from  the  face  of  the  gate  of  the 
entrance  unto  the  face  of  the  porch  of  the 
inner  gate  tvere  fifty  cubits. 

16  And  there  were  narrow  windows  to  the 
little  chambers,  and  to  their  posts  within 
the  gate  round  about,  and  likewise  to 
the  arches :  and  windows  were  round 
about  inward :  and  upon  each  post  ivere 
palm  trees. 

17  Then  brought  he  me  into  the  outward 
court,  and,  lo,  there  were  chambers,  and  a 
pavement  made  for  the  court  round  about : 
thirty  chambers  were  upon  the  pavement. 

18  And  the  pavement  by  the  side  of  the 
gates  over  against  the  length  of  the  gates 
loas  the  lower  pavement. 

19  Then  he  measured  the  breadth  from 
the  forefront  of  the  lower  gate  unto  the 
forefront  of  the  inner  court  without,  a 
hundred  cubits  eastward  and  northward. 

20  T[  And  the  gate  of  the  outward  court 
that  looked  toward  the  north,  he  measured 
the  length  thereof,  and  the  breadth  thereof. 

21  And  the  little  chambers  thereof  were 
three  on  this  side  and  three  on  that  side ; 
and  the  posts  thereof  and  the  arches  there- 
of were  after  the  measure  of  the  first  gate : 
the  length  thereof  was  fifty  cubits,  and  the 
breadth  five  and  twenty  cubits. 

22  And  their  windows,  and  their  arches, 
and  their  palm  trees,  were  after  the  meas- 
ure of  the  gate  that  looketh  toward  the 
east;  and  they  went  up  unto  it  by  seven 
steps ;  and  the  arches  thereof  ivere  before 
them. 

23  And  the  gate  of  the  inner  court  teas 
over  against  the  gate  toward  the  north, 
and  toward  the  east;  and  he  measured 
from  gate  to  gate  a  hundred  cubits. 

24  1i  After  that  he  brought  me  toward  the 
south,  and  behold  a  gate  toward  the  south: 
and  he  measured  the  posts  thereof,  and  the 
arches  thereof,  according  to  these  meas- 
ures. 

25  And  there  were  windows  in  it  and  in  the 
arches  thereof  round  about,  like  those  win- 


EZEKIEL. 


dows :  the  length  was  flfty  cubits,  and  the 
breadth  live  and  twenty  cubits. 

26  And  there  were  seven  stej^s  to  go  up  to 
it,  and  the  arches  thereof  ?w?*e  before  them: 
and  it  had  palm  trees,  one  on  this  side,  and 
another  on  that  side,  upon  the  posts  there- 
of. 

27  And  there  vms  a  gate  in  the  inner  court 
toward  the  south :  and  he  measured  from 
gate  to  gate  toward  the  south  a  hundred 
cubits. 

28  And  he  brought  me  to  the  inner  court 
by  the  south  gate:  and  he  measured  the 
south  gate  according  to  these  measures  ; 

29  And  the  little  chambers  thereof,  and 
the  posts  thereof,  and  the  arches  thereof, 
according  to  these  measures :  and  there  were 
windows  in  it  and  in  the  arches  thereof 
round  about :  it  7ms  flfty  cubits  long,  and 
five  and  twenty  cubits  broad. 

30  And  the  arches  round  about  were  five 
and  twenty  cubits  long,  and  five  cubits 
broad. 

31  And  the  arches  thereof  ivere  toward  the 
outer  court ;  and  palm  trees  were  upon  the 
posts  thereof:  and  the  going  up  to  it  had 
eight  steps. 

32  H  And  he  brought  me  into  the  inner 
court  toward  the  east:  and  he  measured 
the  gate  according  to  these  measures. 

33  And  the  little  chambers  thereof,  and 
the  posts  thereof,  and  the  arches  thereof, 
were  according  to  these  measures :  and 
there  were  windows  therein  and  in  the 
arches  thereof  round  about:  it  was  fifty 
cubits  long,  and  five  and  twenty  cubits 
broad. 

34  And  the  arches  thereof  tvere  toward 
the  outward  court ;  and  palm  trees  tvere 
upon  the  posts  thereof,  on  this  side,  and 
on  that  side :  and  the  going  up  to  it  had 
eight  steps. 

35  If  And  he  brought  me  to  the  north 
gate,  and  measured  it  according  to  these 
measures ; 

36  The  little  chambers  thereof,  the  posts 
thereof,  and  the  arches  thereof,  and  the 
windows  to  it  round  about:  the  length 
was  fifty  cubits,  and  the  breadth  five  and 
twenty  cubits. 

37  And  the  posts  thereof  were  toward 
the  outer  court ;  and  palm  trees  were 
upon  the  posts  thereof,  on  this  side,  and 
on  that  side:  and  the  going  up  to  it  had 
eight  steps. 


38  And  the  chambers  and  the  entries 
thereof  were  by  the  posts  of  the  gates, 
where  they  washed  the  burnt  oflfering. 

39  T[  And  in  the  porch  of  the  gate  7vere 
two  tables  on  this  side,  and  two  tables 
on  that  side,  to  slay  thereon  the  burnt 
oflfering  and  the  sin  oflfering  and  the  tres- 
pass oflering. 

40  And  at  the  side  without,  as  one 
goeth  up  to  the  entry  of  the  north  gate, 
were  two  tables ;  and  on  the  other  side, 
which  was  at  the  porch  of  the  gate,  were 
two  tables, 

41  Four  tables  were  on  this  side,  and 
four  tables  on  that  side,  by  the  side  of 
the  gate;  eight  tables,  whereupon  they 
slew  their  sacrifices. 

42  And  the  four  tables  were  of  hewn 
stone  for  the  burnt  olTering,  of  a  cubit 
and  a  half  long,  and  a  cubit  and  a  half 
broad,  and  one  cubit  high :  whereupon 
also  they  laid  the  instruments  wherewith 
they  slew  the  burnt  ofi"ering  and  the  sac- 
rifice. 

43  And  within  tvere  hooks,  a  hand  broad, 
fastened  round  about:  and  upon  the  ta- 
bles was  the  flesh  of  the  oflering. 

44  1  And  without  the  inner  gate  were 
the  chambers  of  the  singers  in  the  inner 
court,  which  v>as  at  the  side  of  the  north 
gate;  and  their  prospect  was  toward  the 
south:  one  at  the  side  of  the  east  gate 
having  the  prospect  toward  the  north. 

45  And  he  said  unto  me,  This  chamber, 
whose  prospect  is-  toward  the  south,  is  for 
the  priests,  the  keepers  of  the  charge  of 
the  house. 

46  And  the  chamber  whose  prospect  is 
toward  the  north  is  for  the  priests,  the 
keepers  of  the  charge  of  the  altar:  these 
are  the  sons  of  Zadok  among  the  sons  of 
Levi,  which  come  near  to  the  Lokd  to 
minister  unto  him. 

47  So  he  measured  the  court,  a  hundred 
cubits  long,  and  a  hundred  cubits  broad, 
foursquare  ;  and  the  altar  t?iat  was  before 
the  house. 

48  TI  And  he  brought  me  to  the  porch 
of  the  house,  and  measured  each  post  of 
the  porch,  five  cubits  on  this  side,  and 
five  cubits  on  that  side :  and  the  breadth 
of  the  gate  xvas  three  cubits  on  this  side, 
and  three  cubits  on  that  side. 

49  The  length  of  the  porch  was  twenty 
cubits,    and    the   breadth    eleven    cubits ; 


EZEKIEL. 


and  he  hrought  me  by  the  steps  whereby 
they  -went  up  to  it  :  and  there  were  pil- 
lars by  the  posts,  one  on  this  side,  and 
another  on  that  side. 

CHAPTER  XLL 

AFTERWARD  he  brought  me  to  the 
.  temple,  and  measured  the  posts,  six 
cubits  broad  on  the  one  side,  and  six 
cubits  broad  on  the  other  side,  which  was 
the  breadth  of  the  tabernacle. 

2  And  the  breadth  of  the  door  was  ten 
cubits;  and  the  sides  of  the  door  were 
five  cubits  on  the  one  side,  and  five 
cubits  on  the  other  side :  and  he  meas- 
ured the  length  thereof,  forty  cubits,  and 
the  breadth,  twenty  cubits. 

3  Then  went  he  inward,  and  measured 
the  post  of  the  door,  two  cubits;  and 
the  door,  six  cubits ;  and  the  breadth  of 
the  door,  seven  cubits. 

4  So  he  measured  the  length  thereof, 
twenty  cubits ;  and  the  breadth,  twentj^ 
cubits,  before  the  temple:  and  he  said 
unto  me.  This  is  the  most  holy  j-jjZcr^'e. 

5  After  he  measured  the  wall  of  the 
house,  six  cubits ;  and  the  breadth  of  every 
side  chamber,  four  cubits,  round  about 
the  house  on  every  side. 

6  And  the  side  chambers  were  three,  one 
over  another,  and  thirty  in  order;  and 
they  entered  into  the  wall  which  was  of 
the  house  for  the  side  chambers  round 
about,  that  they  might  have  hold,  but 
they  bad  not  hold  in  the  wall  of  the  house. 

7  And  there  was  an  enlarging,  and  a  wind- 
ing about  still  upward  to  the  side  cham- 
bers :  for  the  winding  about  of  the  house 
went  still  upward  round  about  the  house : 
therefore  the  breadth  of  the  bouse  icas 
still  upward,  and  so  increased  from  the 
lowest  chamber  to  the  highest  by  the  midst. 

8  I  saw  also  the  height  of  the  house 
round  about :  the  foundations  of  the  side 
chambers  irere  a  full  reed  of  six  great  cubits. 

9  The  thickness  of  the  wall,  which  was 
for  the  side  chamber  without,  was  five 
cubits:  and  that  which  was  left  was  the 
place  of  the  side  chambers  that  were  within. 

10  And  between  the  chambers  ivas  the 
wideness  of  twenty  cubits  round  about  the 
house  on  every  side. 

11  And  the  doors  of  the  side  chambers 
were  toward  the  j>?ac'e  that  ivas  left,  one 
door  toward  the  north,  and  another  door 

7S8 


toward  the  south:  and  the  breadth  of  the 
place  that  was  left  was  five  cubits  round 
about. 

13  Now  the  building  that  teas  before  the 
separate  place  at  the  end  toward  the  west 
was  seventy  cubits  broad;  and  the  wall 
of  the  building  was  five  cubits  thick  round 
about,  and  the  length  thereof  ninety  cubits. 

13  So  he  measured  the  house,  a  hundred 
cubits  long;  and  the  separate  place,  and 
the  building,  with  the  walls  thereof,  a 
hundred  cubits  long; 

14  Also  the  breadth  of  the  face  of  the 
house,  and  of  the  separate  place  toward 
the  east,  a  hundred  cubits. 

15  And  he  measured  the  length  of  the 
building  over  against  the  separate  place 
which  ioas  behind  it,  and  the  galleries 
thereof  on  the  one  side  and  on  the  other 
side,  a  hundred  cubits,  with  the  inner 
temple,  and  the  porches  of  the  court ; 

16  The  door  posts,  and  the  narrow  win- 
dows, and  the  galleries  round  about  on 
their  three  stories,  over  against  the  door, 
ceiled  with  wood  round  about,  and  from 
the  ground  up  to  the  windows,  and  the 
windows  were  covered ; 

17  To  that  above  the  door,  even  unto  the 
inner  house,  and  without,  and  by  all  the 
wall  round  about  within  and  without,  by 
measure. 

18  And  it  was  made  with  cherubim  and 
palm  trees,  so  that  a  palm  tree  was  be- 
tween a  cherub  and  a  cherub ;  and  ei'eii/ 
cherub  had  two  faces  ; 

19  So  that  the  flice  of  a  man  was  toward 
the  palm  tree  on  the  one  side,  and  the 
face  of  a  young  lion  toward  the  palm  tree 
on  the  other  side  :  it  was  made  through 
all  the  house  round  about. 

20  From  the  ground  unto  above  the  door 
were  cherubim  and  palm  trees  made,  and 
071  the  wall  of  the  temple. 

21  The  posts  of  the  temple  were  squared, 
a7id  the  fi\ce  of  the  sanctuary  ;  the  appear- 
ance of  the  07ie  as  the  appearance  of  the 
other. 

23  The  altar  of  wood  was  three  cubits 
high,  and  the  length  thereof  two  cubits; 
and  the  corners  thereof,  and  the  length 
thereof,  and  the  walls  thereof,  tcere  of 
wood:  and  he  said  unto  me.  This  is  the 
table  that  is  before  the  Lord. 

23  And  the  temple  and  the  sanctuary 
had  two  doors. 


EZEKIEL. 


24  And  the  doors  had  two  leaves  apiece, 
two  turning  leaves ;  two  leaves  for  the 
one  door,  and  two  leaves  for  the  other 
door. 

25  And  there  wei'c  made  on  them,  on  the 
doors  of  the  temple,  cherubim  and  palm 
trees,  like  as  were  made  upon  the  walls ; 
and  there  were  thick  planks  upon  the  face 
of  the  porch  without. 

26  And  there  were  narrow  windows  and 
palm  trees  on  the  one  side  and  on  the 
other  side,  on  the  sides  of  the  porch,  and 
upon  the  side  chambers  of  the  house,  and 
thick  planks. 

CHAPTER  XLII. 

THEN  he  brought  me  forth  into  the 
outer  court,  the  way  toward  the  north: 
and  he  brought  me  into  the  chamber  that 
was  over  against  the  separate  place,  and 
which  was  before  the  building  toward  the 
north. 

2  Before  the  length  of  a  hundred  cubits 
was  the  north  door,  and  the  breadth  was 
fifty  cubits. 

3  Over  against  the  twenty  aihits  which 
were  for  the  inner  court,  and  over  against 
the  pavement  which  was  for  the  outer 
court,  was  gallery  against  gallery  in  three 
stories. 

4  And  before  the  chambers  was  a  walk  of 
ten  cubits  breadth  inward,  a  way  of  one 
cubit ;  and  their  doors  toward  the  north. 

5  Now  the  upper  chambers  toere  shorter : 
for  the  galleries  were  higher  than  these, 
than  the  lower,  and  than  the  middlemost 
of  the  building. 

6  For  they  n'ere  in  three  stories.,  but  had 
not  pillars  as  the  pillars  of  the  courts  : 
therefore  the  building  was  straitened  more 
than  the  lowest  and  the  middlemost  from 
the  ground. 

7  And  the  wall  that  was  without  over 
against  the  chambers,  toward  the  outer 
court  on  the  forepart  of  the  chambers,  the 
length  thereof  was  fifty  cubits. 

8  For  the  length  of  the  chambers  that 
were  in  the  outer  court  was  fifty  cubits: 
and,  lo,  before  the  temple  were  a  hundred 
cubits. 

9  And  from  under  these  chambers  ivas 
the  entry  on  the  east  side,  as  one  goeth 
into  them  from  the  outer  court. 

10  The  chambers  were  in  the  thickness 
of  the  wall  of  the  court  toward  the  east. 


over  against  the  separate  place,  and  over 
against  the  building. 

11  And  the  way  before  them  was  like  the 
appearance  of  the  chambers  which  were 
toward  the  north,  as  long  as  they,  and 
as  broad  as  they :  and  all  their  goings  out 
were  both  according  to  their  fashions,  and 
according  to  their  doors. 

12  And  according  to  the  doors  of  the 
chambers  that  icere  toward  the  south  was  a 
door  in  the  head  of  the  way,  even  the  way 
directl}'^  before  the  wall  toward  the  east, 
as  one  entereth  into  them. 

13  T[  Then  said  he  unto  me,  The  north 
chambers  and  the  south  chambers,  which 
are  before  the  separate  place,  they  he  holy 
chambers,  where  the  priests  that  approach 
unto  the  Lord  shall  eat  the  most  holy 
things :  there  shall  they  lay  the  most  holy 
things,  and  the  meat  offering,  and  the  sin 
offering,  and  the  trespass  offering;  for  the 
place  is  holy. 

14  When  the  priests  enter  therein,  then 
shall  they  not  go  out  of  the  holy  place 
into  the  outer  court,  but  there  they  shall 
lay  their  garments  wherein  they  minister; 
for  they  are  holy ;  and  shall  put  on  other 
garments,  and  shall  approach  to  those  things 
which  are  for  the  people. 

15  Now  when  he  had  made  an  end  of 
measuring  the  inner  house,  he  brought 
me  forth  toward  the  gate  whose  prospect 
is  toward  the  east,  and  measured  it  round 
about. 

16  He  measured  the  east  side  with  the 
measuring  reed,  five  hundred  reeds,  with 
the  measuring  reed  round  about. 

17  He  measured  the  north  side,  five  hund- 
red reeds,  with  the  measuring  reed  round 
about. 

18  He  measured  the  south  side,  five  hund- 
red reeds,  with  the  measuring  reed. 

19  1[  He  turned  about  to  the  west  side, 
and  measured  five  hundred  reeds,  with  the 
measuring  reed. 

20  He  measured  it  by  the  four  sides :  it 
had  a  wall  round  about,  five  hundred  reeds 
long,  and  five  hundred  broad,  to  make  a 
separation  between  the  sanctuary  and  the 
profane  place. 

CHAPTER  XLIII. 

AFTERWARD  he  brought  me   to  the 
gate,  even  the  gate  that  looketh   to- 
ward the  east : 

789  " 


EZEKIEL. 


2  And,  behold,  the  glory  of  the  God  of  Is- 
rael came  from  the  wa}-  of  the  east:  and 
his  voice  was  like  a  noise  of  many  waters : 
and  the  earth  shined  with  his  glory. 

3  And  it  was  according  to  the  appearance 
of  the  vision  which  I  saw,  even  according  to 
the  vision  that  I  saw  when  I  came  to  de- 
stroy the  city :  and  the  visions  were  lilce 
the  vision  that  I  saw  by  the  river  Chebar; 
and  I  fell  upon  ray  face. 

4  And  the  glory  of  the  Lord  came  into 
the  house  by  the  way  of  the  gate  whose 
prospect  is  toward  the  east. 

5  So  the  spirit  took  me  up,  and  brought 
me  into  the  inner  court;  and,  behold,  the 
glory  of  the  Lord  filled  the  house. 

6  And  I  heard  him  speaking  unto  me  out 
of  the  house ;  and  the  man  stood  by  me. 

7  T[  And  he  said  unto  me,  Son  of  man, 
the  place  of  my  throne,  and  the  place  of 
the  soles  of  my  feet,  where  I  will  dwell  in 
the  midst  of  the  children  of  Israel  for  ever, 
and  my  holy  name,  shall  the  house  of  Is- 
rael no  more  defile,  neither  they,  nor  their 
kings,  by  their  whoredom,  nor  by  the  car- 
casses of  their  kings  in  their  high  places. 

8  In  their  setting  of  their  threshold  by 
my  thresholds,  and  their  post  by  my  posts, 
and  the  wall  between  me  and  them,  they 
have  even  defiled  my  holy  name  by  their 
abominations  that  they  have  committed: 
wherefore  I  have  consumed  them  in  mine 
anger. 

9  Now  let  them  put  away  their  whore- 
dom, and  the  carcasses  of  their  kings,  far 
from  me,  and  I  will  dwell  in  the  midst 
of  them  for  ever. 

10  Ti  Thou  son  of  man,  shew  the  house 
to  the  house  of  Israel,  that  they  may  be 
ashamed  of  their  iniquities :  and  let  them 
measure  the  pattern. 

11  And  if  they  be  ashamed  of  all  that  they 
have  done,  shew  them  the  form  of  the 
house,  and  the  fashion  thereof,  and  the 
goings  out  thereof,  and  the  comings  in 
thereof,  and  all  the  forms  thereof,  and  all 
the  ordinances  thereof,  and  all  the  forms 
thereof,  and  all  the  laws  thereof:  and  write 
it  in  their  sight,  that  they  may  keep  the 
whole  form  thereof,  and  all  the  ordinances 
thereof,  and  do  them. 

12  This  is  the  law  of  the  house;  Upon  the 
top  of  the  mountain  the  Avhole  limit  there- 
of round  about  shall  be  most  holy.  Behold, 
this  is  the  law  of  the  house. 

790 


13  H  And  these  are  the  measures  of  the 
altar  after  the  cubits  :  The  cubit  is  a  cubit 
and  a  handbreadth ;  even  the  bottom  sfiall 
be  a  cubit,  and  the  breadth  a  cubit,  and  the 
border  thereof  by  the  edge  thereof  round 
about  shall  be  a  span ;  and  this  shall  be  the 
higher  place  of  the  altar. 

14  And  from  the  bottom  upo7i  the  ground 
eve7i  to  the  lower  settle  shall  be  two  cubits, 
and  the  breadth  one  cubit ;  and  from  the 
lesser  settle  even  to  the  greater  settle 
shall  be  four  cubits,  and  the  breadth  oii^ 
cubit. 

15  So  the  altar  shall  be  four  cubits;  and 
from  the  altar  and  upward  s7iall  be  four 
horns. 

16  And  the  altar  sJiall  be  twelve  cubits  long, 
twelve  broad,  square  in  the  four  squares 
thereof 

17  And  the  settle  sJiall  be  fourteen  cubits 
long  and  fourteen  broad  in  the  four  squares 
thereof;  and  the  border  about  it  shall  be 
half  a  cubit ;  and  the  bottom  thereof  shall 
be  a  cubit  about;  and  his  stairs  shall  look 
toward  the  east. 

18  Tf  And  he  said  unto  me,  Son  of  man, 
thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  These  are  the 
ordinances  of  the  altar  in  the  day  when 
they  shall  make  it,  to  offer  burnt  offer- 
ings thereon,  and  to  sprinkle  blood 
thereon. 

19  And  thou  shalt  give  to  the  priests  the 
Levites  that  be  of  the  seed  of  Zadok,  which 
approach  unto  me,  to  minister  unto  me, 
saith  the  Lord  God,  a  young  bullock  for 
a  sin  oflfering. 

20  And  thou  shalt  take  of  the  blood  there- 
of, and  put  it  on  the  four  bonis  of  it,  and 
on  the  four  corners  of  the  settle,  and  upon 
the  border  round  about:  thus  shalt  thou 
cleanse  and  purge  it. 

21  Thou  Shalt  take  the  bullock  also  of  the 
sin  offering,  and  he  shall  burn  it  in  the  ap- 
pointed place  of  the  house,  without  the 
sanctuary. 

22  And  on  the  second  day  thou  shalt  offer 
a  kid  of  the  goats  without  blemish  for  a 
sin  offering;  and  they  shall  cleanse  the 
altar,  as  they  did  cleanse  it  with  the  bul- 
lock. 

23  When  thou  hast  made  an  end  of  cleans- 
ing it,  thou  shalt  offer  a  young  bullock 
without  blemish,  and  a  ram  out  of  the 
flock  without  blemish. 

24  And  thou  shalt  offer  them  before  the 


EZEKIEL. 


Lord,  and  the  priests  shall  cast  salt  upon 
them,  and  they  shall  offer  them  up  for  a 
burnt  ofiering  unto  the  Lord. 

25  Seven  days  shalt  thou  prepare  every 
da}"^  a  goat  for  a  siu  ofiering :  they  shall 
also  prepare  a  young  bullock,  and  a  ram 
out  of  the  flock,  without  blemish. 

26  Seven  days  shall  they  purge  the  altar 
and  purify  it;  and  they  shall  consecrate 
themselves. 

27  And  when  these  days  are  expired,  it 
shall  be,  tJiat  upon  the  eighth  day,  and  so 
forward,  the  priests  shall  make  your  burnt 
offerings  upon  the  altar,  and  j^our  peace 
offerings ;  and  I  will  accept  you,  saith  the 
Lord  God. 

CHAPTER  XLIV. 

THEN  he  brought  me  back  the  way  of 
the  gate  of  the  outward  sanctuary 
which  looketh  toward  the  east;  and  it 
was  shut. 

2  Then  said  the  Lord  unto  me ;  This  gate 
shall  be  shut,  it  shall  not  be  opened,  and 
no  man  shall  enter  in  by  it;  because  the 
Lord  the  God  of  Israel  hath  entered  in  by 
it,  therefore  it  shall  be  shut. 

3  It  w  for  the  prince;  the  prince,  he  shall 
sit  in  it  to  eat  bread  before  the  Lord;  he 
shall  enter  by  the  way  of  the  porch  of  that 
gate,  and  shall  go  out  by  the  way  of  the 
same. 

4  H  Then  brought  he  me  the  way  of  the 
north  gate  before  the  house :  and  I  looked, 
and,  behold,  the  glory  of  the  Lord  filled 
the  house  of  the  Lord  :  and  I  fell  upon  my 
face. 

5  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Son  of 
man,  mark  well,  and  behold  with  thine 
eyes,  and  hear  with  thine  ears  all  that  I 
say  unto  thee  concerning  all  the  ordi- 
nances of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  all 
the  laws  thereof;  and  mark  well  the  enter- 
ing in  of  the  house,  with  every  going  forth 
of  the  sanctuary. 

6  And  thou  shalt  say  to  the  rebellious, 
even  to  the  house  of  Israel,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  ;  O  ye  house  of  Israel,  let  it  suf- 
fice you  of  all  your  abominations, 

7  In  that  ye  have  brought  into  my  mnc- 
tuary  strangers,  uncircumcised  in  heart, 
and  uncircumcised  in  flesh,  to  be  in  my 
sanctuary,  to  pollute  it,  even  my  house, 
when  ye  offer  my  bread,  the  fat  and  the 
blood,  and  they  have  broken  my  covenant 
because  of  all  vour  abominations. 


8  And  ye  have  not  kept  the  charge  of 
mine  holy  things  :  but  ye  have  set  keepers 
of  my  charge  in  my  sanctuary  for  your- 
selves, 

9  Tf  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  No  stran- 
ger, uncircumcised  in  heart,  nor  uncircum- 
cised in  flesh,  shall  enter  into  my  sanc- 
tuary, of  any  stranger  that  is  among  the 
children  of  Israel. 

10  And  the  Levites  that  are  gone  away  far 
from  me,  when  Israel  went  astray,  which 
went  astray  away  from  me  after  their 
idols ;  they  shall  even  bear  their  iniquity. 

11  Yet  they  shall  be  ministers  in  my  sanc- 
tuary, having  charge  at  the  gates  of  the 
house,  and  ministering  to  the  house :  they 
shall  slay  the  burnt  offering  and  the  sacri- 
fice for  the  people,  and  they  shall  stand 
before  them  to  minister  unto  them. 

12  Because  they  ministered  unto  them 
before  their  idols,  and  caused  the  house  of 
Israel  to  fall  into  iniquity ;  therefore  have 
I  lifted  up  mine  hand  against  them,  saith 
the  Lord.  God,  and  they  shall  bear  their 
Iniquity. 

13  And  they  shall  not  come  near  unto  me, 
to  do  the  office  of  a  priest  unto  me,  nor 
to  come  near  to  any  of  my  holy  things,  in 
the  most  holy  place:  but  they  shall  bear 
their  shame,  and  their  abominations  which 
they  have  committed. 

14  But  I  will  make  them  keepers  of  the 
charge  of  the  house,  for  all  the  service 
thereof,  and  for  all  that  shall  be  done 
therein. 

15  H  But  the  priests  the  Levites,  the  sons 
of  Zadok,  that  kept  the  charge  of  my  sanc- 
tuary when  the  children  of  Israel  went 
astray  from  me,  they  shall  come  near  to 
me  to  minister  unto  me,  and  they  shall 
stand  before  me  to  offer  unto  me  the  fat 
and  the  blood,  saith  the  Lord  God  : 

16  They  shall  enter  into  my  sanctuary, 
and  they  shall  come  near  to  my  table, 
to  minister  unto  me,  and  they  shall  keep 
my  charge. 

17  H  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  when 
they  enter  in  at  the  gates  of  the  inner 
court,  they  shall  be  clothed  with  linen 
garments ;  and  no  wool  shall  come  upon 
them,  while  they  minister  in  the  gates  of 
the  inner  court,  and  within. 

18  They  shall  have  linen  bonnets  upon 
their  heads,  and  shall  have  linen  breeches 
upon    their    loins ;    they    shall    not    gird 

~  791 


EZEKIEL. 


themselves    with    auy    thing    that    causeth 
sweat. 

19  And  when  they  go  forth  into  the 
outer  court,  even  into  the  outer  court  to 
the  people,  they  shall  put  off  their  gar- 
ments wherein  they  ministered,  and  lay 
them  in  the  holy  chambers,  and  they 
shall  put  on  other  garments ;  and  they 
shall  not  sanctify  the  peoi^le  with  their 
garments. 

20  Neither  shall  they  shave  their  heads, 
nor  Bufler  their  locks  to  grow  long;  they 
shall  only  poll  their  heads. 

21  Neither  shall  any  priest  drink  wine, 
when  they  enter  into  the  inner  court. 

23  Neither  shall  they  take  for  their 
wives  a  widow,  nor  her  that  is  put  away : 
but  they  shall  take  maidens  of  the  seed 
of  the  house  of  Israel,  or  a  widow  that 
had  a  priest  before. 

23  And  they  shall  teach  my  iJeople  the 
difference  between  the  holy  and  profane, 
and  cause  them  to  discern  between  the 
unclean  and  the  clean. 

24  And  in  controversy  they  shall  stand 
in  judgment ;  and  they  shall  judge  it  ac- 
cording to  my  judgments :  and  they  shall 
keep  my  laws  and  my  statutes  in  all  mine 
assemblies ;  and  they  shall  hallow  my 
sabbaths. 

25  And  they  shall  come  at  no  dead  per- 
son to  defile  themselves :  but  for  father, 
or  for  mother,  or  for  son,  or  for  daughter, 
for  brother,  or  for  sister  that  hath  had  no 
husband,  they  may  defile  themselves. 

26  And  after  he  is  cleansed,  they  shall 
reckon  unto  him  seven  days. 

27  And  in  the  day  that  he  goeth  into  the 
sanctuary,  unto  the  inner  court,  to  min- 
ister in  the  sanctuary,  he  shall  offer  his 
sin  offering,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

28  And  it  shall  be  unto  them  for  an 
inheritance ;  I  am  their  inheritance :  and 
ye  shall  give  them  no  possession  in  Is- 
rael ;  I  am  their  possession. 

29  They  shall  eat  the  meat  offering,  and 
the  sin  offering,  and  the  trespass  offering; 
and  every  dedicated  thing  in  Israel  shall 
be  theirs. 

30  And  the  first  of  all  the  firstfruits  of 
all  things^  and  every  oblation  of  all,  of 
every  sort  of  your  oblations,  shall  be  the 
priest's :  ye  shall  also  give  unto  the  priest 
the  first  of  your  dough,  that  he  may  cause 
the  Iilessing  to  rest  in  thine  house. 

792 


31  The  priests  shall  not  eat  of  any  thing 
that  is  dead  of  itself,  or  torn,  whether  it 
be  fowl  or  beast. 

CHAPTER   XLV. 

MOREOVER,  when  ye  shall  divide  by 
lot  the  land  for  inheritance,  ye  shall 
offer  an  oblation  unto  the  Lord,  a  holy 
portion  of  the  land:  the  length  shall  he 
the  length  of  five  and  twenty  thousand 
reeds,  and  the  breadth  shall  he  ten  thou- 
sand. This  shall  he  holy  in  all  the  borders 
thereof  round  about. 

2  Of  this  there  shall  be  for  the  sanctuary 
five  hundred  in  length,  with  five  hundred 
in  breadth,  square  round  about ;  and  fifty 
cubits  round  about  for  the  suburbs  thereof. 

3  And  of  this  measure  shalt  thou  meas- 
ure the  length  of  five  and  twenty  thou- 
sand, and  the  breadth  of  ten  thousand: 
and  in  it  shall  be  the  sanctuary  a7ul  the 
most  holy  jilace. 

4  The  holy  2^i'lion  of  the  land  shall  be 
for  the  priests  the  ministers  of  the  sanc- 
tuary, which  shall  come  near  to  minister 
unto  the  Lord:  and  it  shall  be  a  place 
for  their  houses,  and  a  holy  place  for  the 
sanctuary. 

5  And  the  five  and  twenty  thousand 
of  length,  and  the  ten  thousand  of  breadth, 
shall  also  the  Levites,  the  ministers  of  the 
house,  have  for  themselves,  for  a  possession 
for  twenty  chambers. 

6  H  And  ye  shall  appoint  the  possession 
of  the  city  five  thousand  broad,  and  five 
and  twenty  thousand  long,  over  against 
the  oblation  of  the  holy  2)ortion:  it  shall 
be  for  the  whole  house  of  Israel. 

7  T[  And  a  portion  shall  he  for  the  prince 
on  the  one  side  and  on  the  other  side  of 
the  oblation  of  the  holy  portion,  and  of 
the  possession  of  the  city,  before  the  obla- 
tion of  the  \io\y  jiortion,  and  before  the  pos- 
session of  the  city,  from  the  west  side  west- 
ward, and  from  the  east  side  eastward :  and 
the  length  shall  he  over  against  one  of  the 
portions,  from  the  west  border  unto  the 
east  border. 

8  In  the  land  shall  be  his  possession  in 
Israel :  and  my  princes  shall  no  more  op- 
press my  people ;  and  the  rest  of  the  land 
shall  they  give  to  the  house  of  Israel  ac- 
cording to  their  tribes. 

9  1  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Let  it 
suffice  you,  O   princes  of  Israel :   remove 


EZEKIEL. 


violence  and  spoil,  and  execute  judgment 
and  justice,  take  away  your  exactions  from 
my  people,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

10  Ye  shall  have  just  balances,  and  a  just 
ephah,  and  a  just  bath. 

11  The  ephah  and  the  bath  shall  be  of  one 
measure,  that  the  bath  may  contain  the 
tenth  part  of  a  homer,  and  the  ephah  the 
tenth  part  of  a  homer:  the  measure  thereof 
shall  be  after  the  homer. 

12  And  the  shekel  shall  be  twenty  gerabs : 
twenty  shekels,  live  and  twenty  shekels, 
fifteen  shekels,  shall  be  your  maneh. 

13  This  is  the  oblation  that  ye  shall  offer ; 
the  sixth  part  of  an  ephah  of  a  homer  of 
■wheat,  and  ye  shall  give  the  sixth  part  of 
an  ephah  of  a  homer  of  barley : 

14  Concerning  the  ordinance  of  oil,  the 
bath  of  oil,  ye  shall  offer  the  tenth  part  of 
a  bath  out  of  the  cor,  which  is  a  homer  of 
ten  baths ;  for  ten  baths  are  a  homer : 

15  And  one  lamb  out  of  the  flock,  out 
of  two  hundred,  out  oj  the  fat  pastures  of 
Israel;  for  a  meat  offering,  and  for  a  burnt 
offering,  and  for  peace  offerings,  to  make 
reconciliation  for  them,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

16  All  the  people  of  the  land  shall  give 
this  oblation  for  the  prince  in  Israel. 

17  And  it  shall  be  the  prince's  part  to 
give  burnt  offerings,  and  meat  offerings, 
and  drink  offerings,  in  the  feasts,  and  in 
the  new  moons,  and  in  the  sabbaths,  in  all 
solemnities  of  the  house  of  Israel:  he  shall 
prepare  the  sin  offering,  and  the  meat 
offering,  and  the  burnt  offering,  and  the 
I^eace  offerings,  to  make  reconciliation  for 
the  house  of  Israel. 

18  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  In  the  first 
mouth.,  in  the  first  da?/  of  the  mouth,  thou 
Shalt  take  a  young  bullock  without  blem- 
ish, and  cleanse  the  sanctuary  : 

19  And  the  priest  shall  take  of  the  blood 
of  the  sin  offering,  and  put  it  upon  the 
posts  of  the  house,  and  upon  the  four 
corners  of  the  settle  of  the  altar,  and  upon 
the  posts  of  the  gate  of  the  inner  court. 

20  And  so  thou  shalt  do  the  seventh  day 
of  the  month  for  eveiy  one  that  erreth, 
and  for  him  that  is  simple :  so  shall  ye 
reconcile  the  house. 

21  In  the  first  month,  in  the  fourteenth 
day  of  the  month,  ye  shall  have  the  pass- 
over,  a  feast  of  seven  days;  unleavened 
bread  shall  be  eaten. 

22  And  upon   that   day  shall  the   prince 


prepare  for  himself  and  for  all  the  people 
of  the  land  a  huWock  for  a  sin  offering. 

23  And  seven  days  of  the  feast  he  shall 
prepare  a  burnt  offering  to  the  Lord,  seven 
bullocks  and  seven  rams  without  blemish 
daily  the  seven  days ;  and  a  kid  of  the 
goats  daily /o>*  a  sin  offering. 

24  And  he  shall  prepare  a  meat  offering  of 
an  ephah  for  a  bullock,  and  an  ephah  for 
a  ram,  and  a  bin  of  oil  for  an  ephah. 

25  In  the  seventh  month,  in  the  fifteenth 
day  of  the  month,  shall  he  do  the  like  in 
the  feast  of  the  seven  days,  according  to 
the  sin  offering,  according  to  the  burnt 
offering,  and  according  to  the  meat  offer- 
ing, and  according  to  the  oil. 

CHAPTER  XLVI. 

THUS  saith  the  Lord  God;  The  gate 
of  the  inner  court  that  looketh  toward 
the  east  shall  be  shut  the  six  working 
days  ;  but  on  the  sabbath  it  shall  be  opened, 
and  in  the  day  of  the  new  moon  it  shall  be 
opened, 

2  And  the  prince  shall  enter  by  the  way 
of  the  porch  of  that  gate  without,  and  shall 
stand  by  the  post  of  the  gate,  and  the 
priests  shall  prepare  his  burnt  offering  and 
his  peace  offerings,  and  he  shall  worship 
at  the  threshold  of  the  gate :  then  he  shall 
go  forth;  but  the  gate  shall  not  be  shut 
until  the  evening. 

3  Likewise  the  people  of  the  land  shall 
worship  at  the  door  of  this  gate  before  the 
Lord  in  the  sabbaths  and  in  the  new 
moons. 

4  And  the  burnt  offering  that  the  prince 
shall  offer  unto  the  Lord  in  the  sabbath 
day  shall  be  six  lambs  without  blemish, 
and  a  ram  without  blemish. 

5  And  the  meat  offering  shall  bs  an  ephah 
for  a  ram,  and  the  meat  offering  for  the 
lambs  as  he  shall  be  able  to  give,  and  a 
bin  of  oil  to  an  ephah. 

6  And  in  the  day  of  the  new  moon  it 
shall  be  a  young  bullock  without  blemish, 
and  six  lambs,  and  a  ram:  they  shall  be 
without  blemish. 

Z  And  he  shall  prepare  a  meat  oflering, 
an  ephah  for  a  bullock,  and  an  ephah  for  a 
ram,  and  for  the  lambs  according  as  his 
hand  shall  attain  unto,  and  a  bin  of  oil  to 
an  ei^hah. 

8  And  when  the  prince  shall  enter,  he 
shall  go  in  by  the  way  of  the  porch  of  that 

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EZEKIEL. 


gate,  and  he  shall  go  forth  by  the  way 
thereof. 

9  T[  But  when  the  people  of  the  land  shall 
come  before  the  Lord  in  the  solemn  feasts, 
he  that  entereth  in  by  the  way  of  the  north 
gate  to  worship  shall  go  out  by  the  way  of 
the  south  gate;  and  he  that  entereth  by 
the  way  of  the  south  gate  shall  go  forth  by 
the  way  of  the  north  gate:  he  shall  not 
return  by  the  way  of  the  gate  whereby 
he  came  in,  but  shall  go  forth  over 
against  it. 

10  And  the  prince  in  the  midst  of  them, 
when  they  go  in,  shall  go  in;  and  when 
they  go  forth,  shall  go  forth. 

11  And  in  the  feasts  and  in  the  solemn- 
ities the  meat  otTering  shall  be  an  cphah 
to  a  bullock,  and  an  ephah  to  a  ram,  and 
to  the  lambs  as  he  is  able  to  give,  and  a 
hin  of  oil  to  an  ephah. 

13  Now  when  the  prince  shall  prepare  a 
voluntary  burnt  offering  or  peace  offerings 
voluntarily  unto  the  Lord,  one  shall  then 
open  him  the  gate  that  looketh  toward 
the  east,  and  he  shall  prepare  his  burnt 
offering  and  his  peace  offerings,  as  he 
did  on  the  sabbath  day :  then  he  shall 
go  forth;  and  after  his  going  forth  one 
shall  shut  the  gate. 

13  Thou  Shalt  daily  prepare  a  burnt  of- 
fering unto  the  Lord  o/"a  lamb  of  the  first 
year  without  blemish :  thou  shalt  prepare 
it  every  morning. 

14  And  thou  shalt  prepare  a  meat  offering 
for  it  every  morning,  the  sixth  part  of  an 
ephah,  and  the  third  part  of  a  hin  of  oil, 
to  temper  with  the  fine  flour;  a  meat  offer- 
ing continually  by  a  perpetual  ordinance 
unto  the  Lord. 

15  Thus  shall  they  prepare  the  lamb,  and 
the  meat  offering,  and  the  oil,  every  morn- 
ing for  a  continual  burnt  offering. 

16  "H  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  If  the 
prince  give  a  gift  unto  any  of  his  sons, 
the  inheritance  thereof  shall  be  his  sons' ; 
it  shall  he  their  possession  by  inheritance. 

17  But  if  he  give  a  gift  of  his  inheritance 
to  one  of  his  servants,  then  it  shall  be  his 
to  the  year  of  libertj^;  after,  it  shall  re- 
turn to  the  prince :  but  his  inheritance 
shall  be  his  sons'  for  them. 

18  Moreover  the  prince  shall  not  take 
of  the  people's  inheritance  by  oppression, 
to  thrust  them  out  of  their  possession ;  hut 
he  shall  give  his  sons  inheritance  out  of  his 

794 


own  possession;  that  my  people  be  not 
scattered  every  man  from  his  possession. 

19  H  After  he  brought  me  through  the 
entry,  which  was  at  the  side  of  the  gate, 
into  the  holy  chambers  of  the  priests, 
which  looked  toward  the  north :  and,  be- 
hold, there  was  a  place  on  the  two  sides 
westward. 

20  Then  said  he  unto  me.  This  is  the  place 
where  the  priests  shall  boil  the  trespass 
offering  and  the  sin  offering,  where  they 
shall  bake  the  meat  offering;  that  they 
bear  them  not  out  into  the  outer  court,  to 
sanctify  the  people. 

21  Then  he  brought  me  forth  into  the 
outer  court,  and  caused  me  to  pass  by  the 
four  corners  of  the  court ;  and,  behold,  in 
every  corner  of  the  court  there  was  a  court. 

23  In  the  four  corners  of  the  court  there 
were  courts  joined  of  forty  cuhits  long  and 
thirty  broad:  these  four  corners  were  of 
one  measure. 

23  And  there  was  a  row  of  hnilding  round 
about  in  them,  roun'd  about  them  four,  and 
it  was  made  with  boiling  places  under  the 
rows  round  about. 

34  Then  said  he  unto  me.  These  are  the 
places  of  them  that  boil,  where  the  minis- 
ters of  the  house  shall  boil  the  sacrifice  of 
the  people. 

CHAPTER  XLVII. 

AFTERWARD  he  brought  me  again 
unto  the  door  of  the  house ;  and,  be- 
hold, waters  issued  out  from  under  the 
threshold  of  the  house  eastward:  for  the 
forefront  of  the  house  stood  toward  the  east, 
and  the  waters  came  down  from  under, 
from  the  right  side  of  the  house,  at  the 
south  side  of  the  altar. 
3  Then  brought  he  me  out  of  the  way 
of  the  gate  northward,  and  led  me  about 
the  way  without  unto  the  outer  gate  by 
the  way  that  looketh  eastward;  and,  be- 
hold, there  ran  out  waters  on  the  right 
side. 

3  And  when  the  man  that  had  the  line  in 
his  hand  went  forth  eastward,  he  measur- 
ed a  thousand  cubits,  and  he  brought  me 
through  the  waters ;  the  Avaters  were  to  the 
ankles. 

4  Again  he  measured  a  thousand,  and 
brought  me  through  the  waters;  the  wa- 
ters ivere  to  the  knees.  Again  he  measured 
a  thousand,  and  brought  me  through ;  the 
waters  were  to  the  loins. 


EZEKIEL. 


5  Afterward  lie  measured,  a  thousand;  and 
it  was  a  river  that  I  could  not  pass  over : 
for  the  waters  were  risen,  waters  to  swim 
in,  a  river  that  could  not  be  passed  over. 

6  1  And  he  said  unto  me,  Son  of  man, 
hast  thou  seen  this?  Then  he  brought  me, 
and  caused  me  to  return  to  the  brink  of 
the  river. 

7  Now  when  I  had  returned,  behold,  at 
the  bank  of  the  river  were  very  many  trees 
on  the  one  side  and  on  the  other. 

8  Then  said  he  unto  me,  These  waters  is- 
sue out  toward  the  east  country,  and  go 
down  into  the  desert,  and  go  into  the  sea : 
wJiich  being  brought  forth  into  the  sea,  the 
waters  shall  be  healed. 

9  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  every 
thing  that  liveth,  which  moveth,  whither- 
soever the  rivers  shall  come,  shall  live : 
and  there  shall  be  a  very  great  multitude 
of  tish,  because  these  waters  shall  come 
thither:  for  they  shall  be  healed;  and 
every  thing  shall  live  whither  the  river 
cometh. 

10  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  the 
fishers  shall  stand  upon  it  from  En-gedi 
even  unto  En-eglaim ;  they  shall  be  a  p^ace 
to  spread  forth  nets ;  their  fish  shall  be  ac- 
cording to  their  kinds,  as  the  fish  of  the 
great  sea,  exceeding  many. 

11  But  the  miry  places  thereof  and  the 
marshes  thereof  shall  not  be  healed;  they 
shall  be  given  to  salt. 

12  And  by  the  river  upon  the  bank  there- 
of, on  this  side  and  on  that  side,  shall  grow 
all  trees  for  meat,  whose  leaf  shall  not 
fade,  neither  shall  the  fruit  thereof  be 
consumed:  it  shall  bring  forth  new  fruit 
according  to  his  months,  because  their 
waters  they  issued  out  of  the  sanctuary: 
and  the  fruit  thereof  shall  be  for  meat,  and 
the  leaf  thereof  for  medicine. 

13  1[  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  This  shall 
he  the  border,  whereby  ye  shall  inherit 
the  land  according  to  the  twelve  tribes  of 
Israel :  Joseph  shall  have  two  portions. 

14  And  ye  shall  inherit  it,  one  as  well  as 
another:  concerning  the  which  I  lifted  up 
mine  hand  to  give  it  xmto  your  fathers: 
and  this  land  shall  fall  unto  you  for  in- 
heritance. 

15  And  this  shall  he  the  border  of  the  land 
toward  the  north  side,  from  the  great  sea, 
the  way  of  Hethlon,  as  men  go  to  Zedad; 

16  Hamath,  Berothah,  Sibraim,  which  is 


between  the  border  of  Damascus  and  the 
border  of  Hamath ;  Hazar-hatticon,  which 
is  by  the  coast  of  Hauran. 

17  And  the  border  from  the  sea  shall  be 
Hazar-enan,  the  border  of  Damascus,  and 
the  north  northward,  and  the  border  of 
Hamath.     And  this  is  the  north  side. 

18  And  the  east  side  ye  shall  measure 
from  Hauran,  and  from  Damascus,  and 
from  Gilead,  and  from  the  land  of  Israel 
by  Jordan,  from  the  border  unto  the  east 
sea.     And  this  is  the  east  side. 

19  And  the  south  side  southward,  from 
Tamar  even  to  the  waters  of  strife  iw  Ka- 
desh,  the  river  to  the  great  sea.  And  this 
is  the  south  side  southward. 

20  The  west  side  also  sJiall  be  the  great  sea 
from  the  border,  till  a  man  come  over 
against  Hamath.     This  is  the  west  side. 

21  So  shall  ye  divide  this  land  unto  you 
according  to  the  tribes  of  Israel. 

22  H  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  tliat  ye 
shall  divide  it  by  lot  for  an  inheritance 
unto  you,  and  to  the  strangers  that  sojourn 
among  you,  which  shall  beget  children 
among  you :  and  they  shall  be  unto  you 
as  born  in  the  country  among  the  children 
of  Israel ;  they  shall  have  inheritance  with 
you  among  the  tribes  of  Israel. 

23  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  in  what 
tribe  the  stranger  sojourneth,  there  shall 
ye  give  hitn  his  inheritance,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

CHAPTER  XLVIIL 

NOW  these  are  the  names  of  the  tribes. 
From  the  north  end  to  the  coast  of 
the  way  of  Hethlon,  as  one  goeth  to  Ha- 
math, Hazar-enan,  the  border  of  Damascus 
northward,  to  the  coast  of  Hamath ;  for 
these  are  his  sides  east  and  west ;  a  portion 
for  Dan. 

2  And  by  the  border  of  Dan,  from  the  east 
side  unto  the  west  side,  a.  jjortion  for  Asher. 

3  And  by  the  border  of  Asher,  from  the 
east  side  even  unto  the  west  side,  a  portiott 
for  Naphtali. 

4  And  by  the  border  of  Naphtali,  from 
the  east  side  unto  the  west  side,  a  po7'tion 
for  Manasseh. 

5  And  by  the  border  of  Manasseh,  from 
the  east  side  unto  the  west  side,  a  portion 
for  Ephraim. 

6  And  by  the  border  of  Ephraim,  from  the 
east  side  even  unto  the  west  side,  a  portion 

for  Reuben. 

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EZEKIEL. 


7  And  by  the  border  of  Reuben,  from  the 
east  side  unto  the  west  side,  a  2>o)'tion  for 
Judah. 

8  1[  And  by  the  border  of  Judah,  from  the 
east  side  unto  the  west  side,  shall  be  the 
offering  which  ye  shall  offer  of  five  and 
twenty  thousand  reech  in  breadth,  and  wi 
length  as  one  of  the  other  parts,  from  the 
east  side  unto  the  west  side :  and  the  sanc- 
tuary shall  be  in  the  midst  of  it. 

9  The  oblation  that  ye  shall  offer  unto 
the  Lord  shall  be  of  five  and  twenty 
thousand  in  length,  and  of  ten  thousand 
in  breadth. 

10  And  for  them,  even  for  the  priests,  shall 
be  thh  holy  oblation ;  toward  the  north  five 
and  twenty  thousand  in  length,  and  toward 
the  west  ten  thousand  in  breadth,  and  to- 
ward the  east  ten  thousand  in  breadth,  and 
toward  the  south  five  and  twenty  thousand 
in  length :  and  the  sanctuary  of  the  Lord 
shall  be  in  the  midst  thereof, 

11  It  shall  be  for  the  priests  that  are  sancti- 
fied of  the  sons  of  Zadok;  which  have  kept 
my  charge,  which  went  not  astray  when 
the  children  of  Israel  went  astray,  as  the 
Levites  went  astray. 

13  And  this  oblation  of  the  land  that  is 
offered  shall  be  unto  them  a  thing  most 
holy  by  the  border  of  the  Levites. 

13  And  over  against  the  border  of  the 
priests,  the  Levites  shall  Jiave  five  and 
twenty  thousand  in  length,  and  ten  thou- 
sand in  breadth :  all  the  length  shall  be  five 
and  twenty  thousand,  and  the  breadth  ten 
thousand. 

14  And  they  shall  not  sell  of  it,  neither 
exchange,  nor  alienate  the  firstfruits  of  the 
land :  for  it  is  holy  unto  the  Lord. 

15  H  And  the  five  thousand,  that  are 
left  in  the  breadth  over  against  the  five 
and  twenty  thousand,  shall  be  a  profane 
place  for  the  city,  for  dwelling,  and  for 
suburbs :  and  the  city  shall  be  in  the  midst 
thereof. 

16  And  these  s?iall  be  the  measures  there- 
of; the  north  side  four  thousand  and  five 
hundred,  and  the  south  side  four  thousand 
and  five  hundred,  and  on  the  east  side 
four  thousand  and  five  hundred,  and  the 
west  side  four  thousand  and  five  hundred. 

17  And  the  suburbs  of  the  city  shall  be 
toward  the  north  two  hundred  and  fifty, 
and  toward  the  south  two  hundred  and 
fifty,   and  toward   the   east   two   hundred 


and  fifty,  and  toward  the  west  two  hund- 
red and  fift)'. 

18  And  the  residue  in  length  over  against 
the  oblation  of  the  holy  portion  sJiall  be 
ten  thousand  eastward,  and  ten  thousand 
westward:  and  it  shall  be  over  against 
the  oblation  of  the  holy  portion ;  and  the 
increase  thereof  shall  be  for  food  unto 
them  that  serve  the  city. 

19  And  they  that  serv'e  the  city  shall 
serve  it  out  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel. 

20  All  the  oblation  shall  be  five  and  twenty 
thousand  by  five  and  twenty  thousand :  ye 
shall  offer  the  holy  oblation  foursquare, 
with  the  possession  of  the  city. 

21  Tf  And  the  residue  shall  be  for  the 
prince,  on  the  one  side  and  on  the  other 
of  the  holy  oblation,  and  of  the  posses- 
sion of  the  city,  over  against  the  five 
and  twenty  thousand  of  the  oblation  to- 
ward the  east  border,  and  westward  over 
against  the  five  and  twenty  thousand  to- 
ward the  west  border,  over  against  the 
portions  for  the  prince:  and  it  shall  be 
the  holy  oblation;  and  the  sanctuary  of 
the  house  shall  be  in  the  midst  thereof. 

22  Moreover,  from  the  possession  of  the 
Levites,  and  from  the  possession  of  the 
city,  being  in  the  midst  of  that  which  is 
the  prince's,  between  the  border  of  Judah 
and  the  border  of  Benjamin,  shall  be  for 
the  prince. 

23  As  for  the  rest  of  the  tribes,  from  the 
east  side  unto  the  west  side,  Benjamin 
shall  have  a  portion. 

24  And  by  the  border  of  Benjamin,  from 
the  east  side  unto  the  west  side,  Simeon 
shall  have  a  p>ortio7i. 

25  And  by  the  border  of  Simeon,  from 
the  east  side  unto  the  west  side,  Issachar 
a  portion. 

26  And  by  the  border  of  Issachar,  from 
the  east  side  unto  the  west  side,  Zebu- 
lun  a  portion. 

2,1  And  by  the  border  of  Zebulun,  from  the 
east  side  unto  the  west  side.  Gad  a  jt)or/to7i. 

28  And  by  the  border  of  Gad,  at  the 
south  side  southward,  the  border  shall  be 
even  from  Tamar  ^into  the  waters  of  strife 
in  Kadesh,  and  to  the  river  toward  the 
great  sea. 

29  This  is  the  land  which  ye  shall  divide 
by  lot  unto  the  tribes  of  Israel  for  in- 
heritance, and  these  are  their  portions, 
saith  the  Lord  God. 


DANIEL. 


30  TI  And  these  are  the  goings  out  of  the 
city  on  the  north  side,  four  thousand  and 
five  hundred  measures. 

31  And  the  gates  of  the  city  fihall  he  after 
the  names  of  the  tribes  of  Israel :  three 
gates  northward ;  one  gate  of  Reuben,  one 
gate  of  Judah,  one  gate  of  Levi. 

32  And  at  the  east  side  four  thousand 
and  five  hundred:  and  three  gates;  and 
one  gate  of  Joseph,  one  gate  of  Benjamin, 
one  gate  of  Dan. 


33  And  at  the  south  side  four  thousand 
and  five  hundred  measures :  and  three 
gates  ;  one  gate  of  Simeon,  one  gate  of 
Issachar,  one  gate  of  Zebulun. 

34  At  the  west  side  four  thousand  and 
five  hundred,  xoith  their  three  gates;  one 
gate  of  Gad,  one  gate  of  Asher,  one  gate 
of  Naphtali. 

35  It  was  round  about  eighteen  thousand 
measvrcs  :  and  the  name  of  the  city  from 
that  day  shall  be,  The  Lord  is  there. 


THE 

BOOK  OF  DANIEL. 


CHAPTER  L 

IN  the  third  year  of  the  reign  of  Jehoia- 
kim  king  of  Judah  came  Nebuchadnez- 
zar king  of  Babylon  unto  Jerusalem,  and 
besieged  it. 

2  And  the  Lord  gave  Jehoiakim  king  of 
Judah  into  his  hand,  with  part  of  the  ves- 
sels of  the  house  of  God :  which  he  carried 
into  the  land  of  Shinar  to  the  house  of 
his  god ;  and  he  brought  the  vessels 
into  the  treasure  house  of  his  god. 

3  1  And  the  king  spake  unto  Ashpenaz 
the  master  of  his  eunuchs,  that  he  should 
bring  certain  of  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
of  the  king's  seed,  and  of  the  princes; 

4  Children  in  whom  teas  no  blemish,  but 
well  favoured,  and  skilful  in  all  wisdom, 
and  cunning  in  knowledge,  and  under- 
standing science,  and  such  as  had  ability  in 
them  to  stand  in  the  king's  palace,  and 
whom  they  might  teach  the  learning  and 
the  tongue  of  the  Chaldeans. 

5  And  the  king  appointed  them  a  daily 
provision  of  the  king's  meat,  and  of  the 
wine  which  he  drank  :  so  nourishing  them 
three  years,  that  at  the  end  thereof  they 
might  stand  before  the  king. 

6  Now  among  these  were  of  the  children 
of  Judah,  Daniel,  Hananiah,  Mishael,  and 
Azariah : 

7  Unto  whom  the  prince  of  the  eunuchs 
gave  names :  for  he  gave  unto  Daniel  tJie 
itame  of  Belteshazzar ;  and  to  Hananiah,  of 
Shadrach ;  and  to  Mishael,  of  Meshach ; 
and  to  Azariah,  of  Abed-n ego. 


8  ^  But  Daniel  purposed  in  his  heart  that 
he  would  not  defile  himself  with  the  por- 
tion of  the  king's  meat,  nor  with  the 
wine  which  he  drank :  therefore  he  re- 
quested of  the  prince  of  the  eunuchs  that 
he  might  not  defile  himself. 

9  Now  God  had  brought  Daniel  into  fa- 
vour and  tender  love  with  the  prince  of 
the  eunuchs. 

10  And  the  prince  of  the  eunuchs  said 
unto  Daniel,  I  fear  my  lord  the  king,  who 
hath  appointed  your  meat  and  your  drink  : 
for  why  should  he  see  your  faces  worse 
liking  than  the  children  which  are  of  your 
sort  ?  then  shall  ye  make  nie  endanger  my 
head  to  the  king. 

11  Then  said  Daniel  to  Melzar,  whom 
the  prince  of  the  eunuchs  had  set 
over  Daniel,  Hananiah,  Mishael,  and  Aza- 
riah, 

13  Prove  thy  servants,  I  beseech  thee, 
ten  days;  and  let  them  give  us  pulse  to 
eat,  and  water  to  drink. 

13  Then  let  our  countenances  be  looked 
upon  before  thee,  and  the  countenance  of 
the  children  that  eat  of  the  portion  of 
the  king's  meat:  and  as  thou  seest,  deal 
with  thy  servants. 

14  So  he  consented  to  them  in  this  mat- 
ter, and  proved  them  ten  days. 

15  And  at  the  end  of  ten  days  their 
countenances  appeared  fairer  and  fatter  in 
flesh  than  all  the  children  which  did  eat 
the  portion  of  the  king's  meat. 

16  Thus  Melzar  took  away  the  portion  of 

797 


DANIEL. 


their  meat,  and  the  wine  that  they  should 
drink ;  and  gave  them  pulse. 

17  T[  As  for  these  four  children,  God  gave 
them  knowledge  and  skill  in  all  learning 
and  wisdom  :  and  Daniel  had  understand- 
ing in  all  visions  and  dreams. 

18  Now  at  the  end  of  the  days  that  the 
king  had  said  he  should  bring  them  in, 
then  the  prince  of  the  eunuchs  brought 
them  in  before  Nebuchadnezzar. 

19  And  the  king  communed  with  them ; 
and  among  them  all  was  found  none  like 
Daniel,  Hananiah,  Mishael,  and  Azariah : 
therefore  stood  they  before  the  king. 

20  And  in  all  matters  of  wisdom  and  un- 
derstanding, that  the  king  inquired  of 
them,  he  found  them  ten  times  better  than 
all  the  magicians  and  astrologers  that  loere 
in  all  his  realm. 

21  And  Daniel  continued  even  unto  the 
first  year  of  king  Cyrus. 

CHAPTER  II. 

AND  in  the  second  year  of  the  reign 
of  Nebuchadnezzar,  Nebuchadnezzar 
dreamed  dreams,  wherewith  his  spirit 
Avas  troubled,  and  his  sleep  brake  from 
him. 

2  Then  the  king  commanded  to  call  the 
magicians,  and  the  astrologers,  and  the 
sorcerers,  and  the  Chaldeans,  for  to  shew 
the  king  his  dreams.  So  they  came  and 
stood  before  the  king. 

3  And  the  king  said  unto  them,  I  have 
dreamed  a  dream,  and  my  spirit  was  trou- 
bled to  know  the  dream. 

4  Then  spake  the  Chaldeans  to  the  king 
in  Syriac,  O  king,  live  for  ever:  tell  thy 
servants  the  dream,  and  we  will  shew  the 
interpretation. 

5  The  king  answered  and  said  to  the 
Chaldeans,  The  thing  is  gone  from  me :  if 
ye  will  not  make  known  unto  me  the 
dream,  with  the  interpretation  thereof,  ye 
shall  be  cut  in  pieces,  and  your  houses 
shall  be  made  a  dunghill. 

6  But  if  ye  shew  the  dream,  and  the 
interpretation  thereof,  ye  shall  receive  of 
me  gifts  and  rewards  and  great  honour: 
therefore  shew  me  the  dream,  and  the 
interpretation  thereof. 

7  They  answered  again  and  said,  Let  the 
king  tell  his  servants  the  dream,  and  we 
will  shew  the  interpretation  of  it. 

8  The  king  answered  and  said,  I  know  of 

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certainty  that  ye  would  gain  the  time, 
because  ye  see  the  thing  is  gone  from 
me. 

9  But  if  ye  will  not  make  known  unto  me 
the  dream,  there  is  bid  one  decree  for  you: 
for  ye  have  prepared  lying  and  corrupt 
words  to  speak  before  me,  till  the  time  be 
changed:  therefore  tell  me  the  dream, 
and  I  shall  know  that  ye  can  shew  me  the 
interpretation  thereof. 

10  ^  The  Chaldeans  answered  before  the 
king,  and  said,  There  is  not  a  man  upon 
the  earth  that  can  shew  the  king's  matter: 
therefore  t7iere  is  no  king,  lord,  nor  ruler, 
tJiat  asked  such  things  at  any  magician,  or 
astrologer,  or  Chaldean. 

11  And  it  is  a  rare  thing  that  the  king  re- 
quii-eth,  and  there  is  none  other  that  can 
shew  it  before  the  king,  except  the  gods, 
whose  dwelling  is  not  with  flesh. 

12  For  this  cause  the  king  was  angry  and 
very  furious,  and  commanded  to  destroy 
all  the  wise  me7i  of  Babylon. 

13  And  the  decree  went  forth  that  the 
wise  men  should  be  slain ;  and  they  sought 
Daniel  and  his  fellows  to  be  slain. 

14  Tl  Then  Daniel  answered  with  counsel 
and  wisdom  to  Ariocli  the  captain  of  the 
king's  guard,  which  was  gone  forth  to  slay 
the  wise  men  of  Babylon  : 

15  He  answered  and  said  to  Arioch  the 
king's  captain.  Why  is-  the  decree  so  hasty 
from  the  king?  Then  Arioch  made  the 
thing  known  to  Daniel. 

16  Then  Daniel  went  in,  and  desired  of 
the  king  that  he  would  give  him  time,  and 
that  he  would  shew  the  king  the  interpre- 
tation. 

17  Then  Daniel  went  to  his  house,  and 
made  the  thing  known  to  Hananiah,  Mish- 
ael, and  Azariah,  his  companions: 

18  That  they  would  desire  mercies  of 
the  God  of  heaven  concerning  this  secret; 
that  Daniel  and  his  fellows  should  not 
perish  with  the  rest  of  the  wise  men  of 
Babylon. 

19  H  Then  was  the  secret  rcA-ealcd  unto 
Daniel  in  a  night  vision.  Then  Daniel 
blessed  the  God  of  heaven. 

20  Daniel  answered  and  said,  Blessed 
be  the  name  of  God  for  ever  and  ever:  for 
wisdom  and  might  arc  his  : 

21  And  he  changcth  the  times  and  the 
seasons:  he  removeth  kings,  and  settcth 
up  kings :  he  giveth  wisdom  unto  the  Avise, 


DANIEL. 


and   kuowledge  to   them    that    know  un- 
derstanding : 

22  He  revealcth  the  deep  and  secret 
things :  he  knoweth  what  is  in  the  dark- 
ness, and  the  light  dwelleth  with  him. 

23  I  thank  thee,  and  praise  thee,  O  thou 
God  of  my  fathers,  who  hast  given  me 
wisdom  and  might,  and  hast  made  known 
unto  me  now  what  we  desired  of  thee:  for 
thou  hast  now  made  known  unto  us  the 
king's  matter. 

24  H  Therefore  Daniel  went  in  unto 
Arioch,  whom  the  king  had  ordained  to  de- 
stroy the  wise  me?t  of  Babylon :  he  went 
and  said  thus  unto  him ;  Destroy  not  the 
wise  men  of  Babylon :  bring  me  in  before 
the  king,  and  I  will  shew  unto  the  king  the 
interpretation. 

25  Then  Arioch  brought  in  Daniel  before 
the  king  in  haste,  and  said  thus  unto  him, 
I  have  found  a  man  of  the  captives  of  Ju- 
dah,  that  will  make  known  unto  the  king 
the  interpretation, 

26  The  king  answered  and  said  to  Daniel, 
whose  name  was  Belteshazzar,  Art  thou 
able  to  make  known  unto  me  the  dream 
which  I  have  seen,  and  the  interpretation 
thereof? 

27  Daniel  answered  in  the  presence  of  the 
king,  and  said,  The  secret  which  the  king 
hath  demanded  cannot  the  Avise  meii,  the 
astrologers,  the  magicians,  the  soothsayers, 
shew  unto  the  king; 

28  But  there  is  a  God  in  heaven  that  re- 
vealcth secrets,  and  maketh  known  to  the 
king  Nebuchadnezzar  Avliat  shall  be  in  the 
latter  days.  Thy  dream,  and  the  visions  of 
thy  head  upon  thy  bed,  are  these  ; 

29  As  for  thee,  O  king,  thy  thoughts  came 
into  thy  inincl  upon  thy  bed,  what  should 
come  to  pass  hereafter:  and  he  that  reveal- 
eth  secrets  maketh  known  to  thee  what 
shall  come  to  pass. 

30  But  as  for  me,  this  secret  is  not  reveal- 
ed to  me  for  a7iy  wisdom  that  I  haA^e  more 
than  any  living,  but  for  i/ieir  sakes  that 
shall  make  knoAvn  the  interpretation  to 
the  king,  and  that  thou  mightest  know  the 
thoughts  of  thy  heart. 

31  II  Thou,  O  king,  sawest,  and  behold 
a  great  image.  This  great  image,  Avhose 
brightness  was  excellent,  stood  before 
thee ;  and  the  form  thereof  was  ter- 
rible 


breast  and  his  arms  of  silver,  his  belly  and 
his  thighs  of  brass, 

33  His  legs  of  iron,  his  feet  part  of  iron 
and  part  of  clay. 

34  Thou  saAvest  till  that  a  stone  was  cut 
out  without  hands,  AA^hich  smote  the  image 
upon  his  feet  that  wei'e  of  iron  and  clay,  and 
brake  them  to  pieces. 

35  Then  was  the  iron,  the  clay,  the  brass, 
the  silver,  and  the  gold,  broken  to  pieces 
together,  and  became  like  the  chaff  of  the 
summer  threshingfloors;  and  the  wind 
carried  them  aAvay,  that  no  place  was  found 
for  them:  and  the  stone  that  smote  the 
image  became  a  great  mountain,  and  tilled 
the  Avhole  earth. 

36  %  This  is  the  dream ;  and  we  will  tell 
the  interpretation  thereof  before  the  king. 

37  Thou,  O  king,  o.rt  a  king  of  kings :  for 
the  God  of  heaven  hath  given  thee  a  king- 
dom, poAver,  and  strength,  and  glory. 

38  And  Avheresoever  the  children  of  men 
dwell,  the  beasts  of  the  field  and  the  fowls 
of  the  heaven  hath  he  given  into  thine 
hand,  and  hath  made  thee  ruler  over  them 
all.     Thou  art  this  head  of  gold. 

39  And  after  thee  shall  arise  another  king- 
dom inferior  to  thee,  and  another  third 
kingdom  of  brass,  which  shall  bear  rule 
over  all  the  earth. 

40  And  the  fourth  kingdom  shall  be 
strong  as  iron :  forasmuch  as  iron  breaketh 
in  pieces  and  subdueth  all  things:  and  as 
iron  that  breaketh  all  these,  shall  it  break 
in  pieces  and  bruise. 

41  And  Avhereas  thoit  sawest  the  feet  and 
toes,  part  of  potters'  clay,  and  part  of  iron, 
the  kingdom  shall  be  divided;  but  there 
shall  be  in  it  of  the  strength  of  the  iron, 
forasmuch  as  thou  sawest  the  iron  mixed 
with  miry  clay, 

42  And  as  the  toes  of  the  feet  xccre  part 
of  iron,  and  part  of  clay,  .so  the  kingdom 
shall  be  partly  strong,  and  partly  broken. 

43  And  Avhereas  thou  sawest  iron  mixed 
with  miry  clay,  they  shall  mingle  them- 
selves with  the  seed  of  men:  but  they 
shall  not  cleave  one  to  another,  even  as 
iron  is  not  mixed  AAith  clay. 

44  And  in  the  days  of  these  kings  shall 
the  God  of  heaA^en  set  up  a  kingdom, 
which  shall  never  be  destroyed  :  and  the 
kingdom  shall  not  be  left  to  other  people, 

'  but  it  shall  break  in  pieces  and  consume  all 


32  This  image's  head  was  of  fine  gold,  his  I  these  kingdoms,  and  it  shall  stand  for  ever 


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DANIEL. 


45  Forasmuch  as  thou  sawest  that  the 
stone  was  cut  out  of  the  mountain  without 
hands,  and  that  it  brake  in  jjieces  the  iron, 
the  brass,  the  clay,  the  silver, and  the  gold; 
the  great  God  hath  made  known  to  the 
king  what  shall  come  to  pass  hereafter: 
and  the  dream  is  certain,  and  the  inter- 
l^rctation  thereof  sure. 

46  1[  Then  the  king  Nebuchadnezzar  fell 
upon  his  face,  and  worshipped  Daniel, 
and  commanded  that  they  shoxild  offer 
an  oblation  and  sweet  odours  unto 
him. 

47  The  king  answered  iinto  Daniel,  and 
said.  Of  a  truth  it  is,  that  your  God  is  a 
God  of  gods,  and  a  Lord  of  kings,  and  a 
revealer  of  secrets,  seeing  thou  couldest 
reveal  this  secret. 

48  Then  the  king  made  Daniel  a  great 
man,  and  gave  him  many  great  gifts,  and 
made  him  ruler  over  the  whole  province 
of  Babylon,  and  chief  of  the  governors  over 
all  the  wise  men  of  Babylon. 

49  Then  Daniel  requested  of  the  king,  and 
he  set  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego, 
over  the  affairs  of  the  province  of  Babylon : 
but  Daniel  sat  in  the  gate  of  the  king. 

CHAPTER   IIL 

NEBUCHADNEZZAR  the  king  made 
an  image  of  gold,  whose  height  was 
threescore  cubits,  and  the  breadth  thereof 
six  cubits:  he  set  it  up  in  the  plain  of 
Dura,  in  the  province  of  Babylon. 

2  Then  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king  sent  to 
gather  together  the  princes,  the  governors, 
and  the  captains,  the  judges,  the  treasurers, 
the  counsellors,  the  sheriffs,  and  all  the 
rulers  of  the  provinces,  to  come  to  the 
dedication  of  the  image  which  Nebuchad- 
nezzar the  king  had  set  up. 

3  Then  the  princes,  the  governors,  and 
captains,  the  judges,  the  treasurers,  the 
counsellors,  the  sheriffs,  and  all  the  rulers 
of  the  provinces,  were  gathered  together 
unto  the  dedication  of  the  image  that  Neb- 
uchadnezzar the  king  had  set  up ;  and  they 
stood  before  the  image  that  Nebuchadnez- 
zar had  set  up. 

4  Then  a  herald  cried  aloud.  To  you  it 
is  commanded,  O  people,  nations,  and  lan- 
guages, 

5  That  at  what  time  ye  hear  the  sound  of 
the  cornet,  flute,  harp,  sackbut,  psaltery, 
dulcimer,  and  all  kinds  of  music,  ye  fall 


down  and  worship  the  golden  image  that 
Nebuchadnezzar  the  king  hath  set  up : 

6  And  whoso  falleth  not  down  and  wor- 
shippeth  shall  the  same  hour  be  cast  into 
the  midst  of  a  burning  fiery  furnace. 

7  Therefore  at  that  time,  when  all  the 
people  heard  the  sound  of  the  cornet,  flute, 
harp,  sackbut,  psaltery,  and  all  kinds  of 
music,  all  the  people,  the  nations,  and  the 
languages,  fell  down  a7id  worshipped  the 
golden  image  that  Nebuchadnezzar  the 
king  had  set  up. 

8  TI  Wherefore  at  that  time  certain  Chal- 
deans came  near,  and  accused  the  Jews. 

9  They  spake  and  said  to  the  king  Nebu- 
chadnezzar, O  king,  live  for  ever. 

10  Thou,  O  king,  hast  made  a  decree,  that 
every  man  that  shall  hear  the  sound  of  the 
comet,  flute,  harp,  sackbut,  psaltery,  and 
dulcimer,  and  all  kinds  of  music,  shall  fall 
down  and  worship  the  golden  image : 

11  And  whoso  falleth  not  down  and  wor- 
shippeth,  that  he  should  be  cast  into  the 
midst  of  a  burning  fiery  furnace. 

12  There  are  certain  Jews  whom  thou 
hast  set  over  the  affairs  of  the  province  of 
Babylon,  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed- 
nego  ;  these  men,  O  king,  have  not  re- 
garded thee:  they  serve  not  thy  gods, 
nor  worship  the  golden  image  which 
thou  hast  set  up. 

13  TI  Then  Nebuchadnezzar  in  7ils  rage 
and  fury  commanded  to  bring  Shadrach, 
Meshach,  and  Abed-nego.  Then  they 
brought  these  men  before  the  king. 

14  Nebuchadnezzar  spake  and  said  unto 
them.  Is  it  true,  O  Shadrach,  Meshach, 
and  Abed-nego  ?  do  not  ye  serve  my  gods, 
nor  worship  the  golden  image  which  I 
have  set  up  ? 

15  Now  if  ye  be  ready  that  at  what  time 
ye  hear  the  sound  of  the  cornet,  flute, 
harp,  sackbut,  psaltery,  and  dulcimer,  and 
all  kinds  of  music,  ye  fall  down  and  wor- 
ship the  image  which  I  have  made;  well: 
but  if  ye  worship  not,  ye  shall  be  cast 
the  same  hour  into  the  midst  of  a  burning 
fiery  furnace ;  and  who  is  that  God  that 
shall  deliver  you  out  of  my  hands  ? 

16  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego, 
answered  and  said  to  the  king,  O  Nebu- 
chadnezzar, we  are  not  careful  to  answer 
thee  in  this  matter. 

17  If  it  be  so,  our  God  whom  we  serve  is 
able  to  deliver  us  from  the  burning  fiery 


DANIEL. 


funuice,  aud  he  will  deliver  us  out  of  thine 
hand,  O  king. 

18  But  if  not,  be  it  known  nnto  thee,  O 
king,  that  we  will  not  serve  thv  gods, 
nor  worship  the  golden  image  which  thou 
hast  set  up. 

19  1  Then  was  Nebuchadnezzar  full  of 
fury,  and    the    form    of    his    visage    was 

I  changed  against  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and 
Abed-ncgo :  therefore  he  spake,  aud  com- 
manded that  they  should  heat  the  fur- 
nace one  seven  times  more  than  it  was 
wont  to  be  heated. 

20  And  he  commanded  the  most  mighty 
men  that  u<ere  in  his  army  to  bind  Sha- 
drach, Meshach,  and  Abed-nego,  mid  to 
cast  them  into  the  burning  fieiy  furnace. 

21  Then  these  men  were  bound  in  their 
coats,  their  hosen,  and  their  hats,  and 
their  other  garments,  and  were  cast  into 
the  midst  of  the  burning  fiery  furaace. 

22  Therefore  because  the  king's  com- 
mandment was  urgent,  and  the  furnace 
exceeding  hot,  the  flame  of  the  fire  slew 
those  men  that  took  up  Shadrach,  Me- 
shach, and  Abed-nego. 

23  And  these  three  men,  Shadrach,  Me- 
shach, and  Abed-nego,  fell  down  bound 
into  the  midst  of  the  burning  fiery  furnace. 

24  Then  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king  was 
astonied,  and  rose  up  in  haste,  and  spake, 
and  said  unto  his  counsellors.  Did  not 
we  cast  three  men  bound  into  the  midst 
of  the  fire  ?  They  answered  and  said  unto 
the  king.  True,  O  king. 

25  He  answered  and  said,  Lo,  I  see  four 
men  loose,  walking  in  the  midst  of  the 
fire,  and  they  have  no  hurt ;  and  the  form 
of  the  fourth  is  like  the  Son  of  God. 

26  T[  Then  Nebuchadnezzar  came  near 
to  the  mouth  of  the  burning  fiery  furnace, 
and  spake,  and  said,  Shadrach,  Meshach, 
and  Abed-nego,  ye  servants  of  the  most 
high  God,  come  forth,  and  come  hither. 
Then  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego, 
came  forth  of  the  midst  of  the  fire. 

27  And  the  princes,  governors,  and  cap- 
tains, and  the  king's  counsellors,  being 
gathered  together,  saw  these  men,  ujion 
whose  bodies  the  fire  had  no  power,  nor 
was  a  hair  of  their  head  singed,  neither 
were  their  coats  changed,  nor  the  smell 
of  fire  had  passed  on  them. 

28  T/ien  Nebuchadnezzar  spake,  and  said. 
Blessed  he  the  God  of  Shadrach,  Meshach, 

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and  Abed-nego,  Mho  hath  sent  his  angel, 
aud  delivered  his  servants  that  trusted  in 
him,  and  have  changed  the  king's  word, 
and  yielded  their  bodies,  that  they  might 
not  serve  nor  worship  any  god,  except 
their  own  God. 

29  Therefore  I  make  a  decree.  That  every 
people,  nation,  and  language,  which  speak 
any  thing  amiss  against  the  God  of  Sha- 
drach, Meshach,  and  Abed-nego,  shall  be 
cut  in  pieces,  and  their  houses  shall  be 
made  a  dunghill;  because  there  is  no 
other  God  that  can  deliver  after  this 
sort. 

80  Then  the  king  promoted  Shadrach, 
Meshach,  and  Abed-nego,  in  the  province 
of  Babylon.  i 

CHAPTER  IV.  I 

NEBUCHADNEZZAR    the    king,  unto  ' 
all  people,  nations,   and   languages, 
that  dwell  in  all  the  earth ;  Peace  be  multi- 
plied unto  you. 

2  I  thought  it  good  to  shev,^  the  signs  and 
wonders  that  the  high  God  hath  wrought 
toward  me. 

3  How  great  are  his  signs !  and  how 
mighty  a7'e  his  wonders !  his  kingdom  is  an 
everlasting  kingdom,  and  his  dominion  i.s- 
from  generation  to  generation. 

4  TF  I  Nebuchadnezzar  was  at  rest  in  mine 
house,  and  flourishing  in  my  palace  : 

5  I  saw  a  dream  which  made  me  afraid, 
and  the  thoughts  upon  my  bed  and  the 
visions  of  my  head  troubled  me. 

6  Therefore  made  I  a  decree  to  bring  in 
all  the  wise  nieii  of  Babylon  before  me,  that 
they  might  make  known  unto  me  the  in- 
terpretation of  the  dream. 

7  Then  came  in  the  magicians,  the  astrol- 
ogers, the  Chaldeans,  and  the  soothsayers  : 
aud  I  told  the  dream  before  them;  but 
they  did  not  make  known  unto  me  the 
interpretation  thereof. 

8  H  But  at  the  last  Daniel  came  in  before 
me,  whose  name  was  Belteshazzar,  accord- 
ing to  the  name  of  my  god,  and  in  whom 
is  the  spirit  of  the  holy  gods :  and  before 
him  I  told  the  dream,  sa?ji7ig, 

9  O  Belteshazzar,  master  of  the  magicians, 
because  I  know  that  the  spirit  of  the  holy 
gods  is  in  thee,  and  no  secret  troubleth 
thee,  tell  me  the  visions  of  my  dream  that 
I  have  seen,  and  the  interpretation  thereof. 

10  Thus  luerc  the  visions  of  mine  head  in 
my  bed ;  I  saw,  and  behold  a  tree  in  the  midst 

801 


DANIEL. 


of  the  earth,  and  the  height  thereof  was 
great. 

11  The  tree  grew,  and  was  strong,  and 
the  heiglit  thereof  reached  unto  heaven, 
and  the  sight  thereof  to  the  end  of  all  the 
earth : 

13  The  leaves  thereof  were  fair,  and  the 
fruit  thereof  much,  and  in  it  was  meat  for 
all:  the  beasts  of  the  field  had  shadow 
under  it,  and  the  fowls  of  the  heaven  dwelt 
in  the  boughs  thereof,  and  all  tlesh  was  fed 
of  it. 

13  I  saw  in  the  visions  of  my  head  upon 
my  bed,  and,  behold,  a  watcher  and  a  holy 
one  came  down  from  heaven ; 

14  He  cried  aloud,  and  said  thus.  Hew 
down  the  tree,  and  cut  off  his  branches, 
shake  oflF  his  leaves,  and  scatter  his  fruit : 

j  let  the  beasts  get  away  from  under  it,  and 

i  the  fowls  from  his  branches  : 

I    15  Nevertheless,  leave  the  stump  of  his 

I  roots  in  the  earth,  even  with  a  band  of  iron 
and  brass,  in  the  tender  grass  of  the  field ; 
and  let  it  be  wet  with  the  dew  of  heaven, 
and  let  his  portion  be  with  the  beasts  iu  the 

j  grass  of  the  earth: 

16  Let  his  heart  be  changed  from  man's, 

I  and    let    a    beast's    heart    be    given   unto 

j  him ;    and    let    seven    times    pass    over 

I  him. 

I  17  This  matter  is  by  the  decree  of  the 
watchers,  and  the  demand  by  the  word  of 
the  holy  ones:  to  the  intent  that  the  living 
may  know  that  the  Most  High  ruleth  in  , 
the  kingdom  of  men,  and  giveth  it  to  j 
whomsoever  he  will,  and  setteth  up  over  it  j 
the  basest  of  men. 

18  This  dream  I  king  Nebuchadnezzar  | 
have  seen.  Now  thou,  O  Belteshazzar,  de- 1 
clare  the  interi)retation  thereof,  forasmuch 
as  all  the  wise  me7i  of  my  kingdom  are  not 
able  to  make  known  unto  me  the  inter- 
pretation: but  thou  art  able;  for  the  spirit 
of  the  holy  gods  is  in  thee. 

19  ^  Then  Daniel,  whose  name  was  Beltc- 
shazzar,  was  astonied  for  one  hour,  and 
his  thoughts  troubled  him.  The  king 
spake,  and  said,  Belteshazzar,  let  not  the 
dream,  or  the  interpretation  thereof,  trou- 
ble thee.  Belteshazzar  answered  and  said. 
My  lord,  the  dream  be  to  them  that  hate 
thee,  and  the  interpretation  thereof  to 
thine  enemies. 

20  The  tree  that  thou  sawest,  which  grew, 
and  was  strong,  whose  hcivcht  macliod  unto 

803  '       ' 


the  heaven,  and  the  sight  thereof  to  all  the 
earth ; 

21  Whose  leaves  were  fair,  and  the  frait 
thereof  much,  and  in  it  teas  meat  for  all ; 
under  which  the  beasts  of  the  field  dwelt, 
and  upon  whose  branches  the  fowls  of  the 
heaven  had  their  habitation  : 

23  It  is  thou,  O  king,  that  art  grown  and 
become  strong:  for  thy  greatness  is  grown, 
and  reacheth  unto  heaven,  and  thy  domin- 
ion to  the  end  of  the  earth. 

23  And  whereas  the  king  saw  a  watcher 
and  a  holy  one  coming  down  from  heaven, 
and  saying.  Hew  the  tree  down,  and  de- 
stroy it;  yet  leave  the  stump  of  the  roots 
thereof  in  the  earth,  even  with  a  band  of 
iron  and  brass,  in  the  tender  grass  of  the 
field;  and  let  it  be  Avet  with  the  dew  of 
heaven,  and  let  his  portion  be  with  the 
beasts  of  the  field,  till  seven  times  pass 
over  him ; 

24  This  is  the  interpretation,  O  king,  and 
this  is  the  decree  of  the  Most  High,  which 
is  come  upon  my  lord  the  king : 

25  That  they  shall  drive  thee  from  men, 
and  thy  dwelling  shall  be  with  the  beasts 
of  the  field,  and  they  shall  make  thee  to 
eat  grass  as  oxen,  and  they  shall  wet  thee 
Avith  the  dew  of  heaven,  and  seven  times 
shall  pass  over  thee,  till  thou  know  that 
the  Most  High  ruleth  in  the  kingdom  of 
men,  and  giveth  it  to  Avhomsoever  he  will. 

26  And  whereas  they  commanded  to  leave 
the  stump  of  the  tree  roots;  thy  kingdom 
shall  be  sure  unto  thee,  after  that  thou 
shalt  have  known  that  the  heavens  do  rule. 

27  Wherefore,  O  king,  let  my  counsel  be 
acceptable  unto  thee,  and  break  otf  thy 
sins  by  righteousness,  and  thine  iniquities 
by  shewing  mercy  to  the  poor;  if  it  may 
be  a  lengthening  of  thy  tranquillity. 

28  "il  All  this  came  upon  the  king  Nebu- 
chadnezzar. 

29  At  the  end  of  twelve  months  he  walk- 
ed in  the  palace  of  the  kingdom  of  Baby- 
lon. 

30  The  king  spake,  and  said.  Is  not  this 
great  Babylon,  that  I  have  built  for  the 
house  of  the  kingdom  b}-  the  might  of  my 
power,  and  for  the  honour  of  my  majesty? 

31  While  the  word  was  in  the  king's 
moutli,  there  fell  a  voice  from  heaven,  say- 
iiifj,  O  king  Nebuchadnezzar,  to  thee  it  is 
spoken ;  The  kingdom  is  dei)arted  from 
thee. 


DANIEL. 


'62  And  they  shall  drive  thee  from  men,  1  4  They  drank  wine,  and  praised  the  gods 
and  thy  dwelling  shall  be  with  the  beasts  !  of  gold,  and  of  silver,  of  brass,  of  iron,  of 
of  the  tield:  they  shall  make  thco  to  eat  j  wood,  and  of  stone. 

In  the  same  hour  came  forth  fini^crs 


grass  as  oxen,  and  seven  times  shall  pass 
over  thee,  imtil  thou  know  that  the  Most 
High  ruleth  in  the  kingdom  of  men,  and 
giveth  it  to  whomsoever  he  will. 
33  The  same  hour  was  the  thing  fulfilled 
upon  Nebuchadnezzar :  and  he  Avas  driven 


of  a  man's  hand,  and  wrote  over  against 
the  candlestick   upon  the  plaster   of  the 
wall  of  the  king's  palace :    and  the  king 
saw  the  part  of  the  hand  that  wrote. 
6  Then  the  king's  coi;ntenance  was  chang- 


from  men,  and  did  eat  grass  as  oxen,  and  |  ed,  and  his  thoughts  troubled  him,  so  that 


his  body  was  wet  with  the  dew  of  heaven, 
till  his  hairs  were  grown  like  eagles'/eo^7<- 
ers,  and  his  nails  like  birds'  daivs. 

34  And  at  the  end  of  the  days  I  Nebu- 
chadnezzar lifted  up  mine  eyes  unto  heav- 
en, and  mine  understanding  returned  unto 
me,  and  I  blessed  the  Most  High,  and  I 

j  praised  and  honoured  him  that  liveth  for 
I  ever,  whose  dominion  in  an  everlasting  do- 
;  minion,  and  his  kingdom  is  from  genera- 
jtion  to  generation  : 

35  And  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth  are 
reputed  as  nothing:  and  he  doeth  accord- 
ing to  his  Avill  iu  the  army  of  heaven,  and 
among  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth:  and 
none  can  stay  his  hand,  or  pp.y  unto  him, 
What  doest  tiinu? 

36  At  the  same  time  ray  reason  returned 
unto  me;  and  for  the  glory  of  my  king- 
dom, mine  honour  and  brightness  returned 
unto  me ;  and  my  counselloi-s  and  my  lords 
sought  unto  me;  and  I  was  established  in 
my  kingdom,  and  excellent  majesty  was 
added  unto  roe. 

37  Now  I  Nebuchadnezzar  praise  and  ex- 
tol and  honour  the  King  of  heavxn,  all 
whose  works  are  truth,  and  his  ways  judg- 
ment: and  those  that  walk  in  pride  he  is 
able  to  abase. 

CHAPTER  V. 

BELSHAZZAR   the  king  made  a  great 
feast  to  a  thousand  of  his  lords,  and 
drank  Avine  before  the  thousand. 

2  Belshazzar,  while  he  tasted  the  wine, 
commanded  to  bring  the  golden  and  silver 
vessels  which  his  father  Nebuchadnezzar 
had  taken  out  of  the  temple  which  was  in 
Jerusalem;  that  the  king  and  his  princes, 
his  wuves  and  his  concul'iues,  might  drink 
therein, 

3  Then  they  brought  the  golden  v'cssels 
that  were  taken  out  of  the  temple  of  the 
house  of  God  which  was  at  Jerusalem  ;  and 
the  king  and  his  princes,  his  wives  and  his 
concubines,  drauk  in  them. 


the  joints  of  his  loins  were  loosed,  and  his 
knees  smote  one  against  another. 

7  The  king  cried  aloud  to  bring  in  the 
astrologers,  the  Chaldeans,  and  the  sooth- 
sayers. And  the  king  spake,  and  said  to 
the  wise  me7i  of  Babylon,  Whosoever  shall 
read  this  writing,  and  shew  me  the  inter- 
pretation thereof,  shall  be  clothed  with 
scarlet,  and  Jiave  a  chain  of  gold  about  his 
neck,  and  shall  be  the  third  ruler  in  the 
kingdom. 

8  Then  came  in  all  the  king's  wise  ?r?m.- 
but  they  could  not  read  the  writing,  nor 
make  known  to  the  king  the  interi^retation 
thereof. 

9  Then  w^as  king  Belshazzar  greatly  trou- 
bled, and  his  coiinteuance  Avas  changed  in 
him,  and  his  lords  were  astonied. 

10  1  Kow  the  queen,  by  reason  of  the 
words  of  the  king  and  his  lords,  came  into 
the  banquet  house:  and  the  queen  spake 
and  said,  O  king,  live  for  ever :  let  not  thy 
thoughts  trouble  thee,  nor  let  thy  counte- 
nance be  changed : 

11  There  is  a  man  in  thy  kingdom,  in 
whom  is  the  spirit  of  the  holy  gods  ;  and  in 
the  days  of  thy  father  light  and  under- 
standing and  wisdom,  like  the  wisdom  of 
the  gods,  was  found  in  him  ;  whom  the 
king  Nebuchadnezzar  thy  father,  the  king, 
/  .s«?/,  thy  father,  made  master  of  the  ma- 
gicians, astrologers,  Chaldeans,  a7td  sooth- 
sayers ; 

13  Forasmuch  as  an  excellent  spirit,  and 
knowledge,  and  iinderstanding,  interpret- 
ing of  dreams,  and  shewing  of  hard  sen- 
tences, and  dissolving  of  doubts,  were 
found  in  the  same  Daniel,  whom  the  king 
named  Belteshazzar:  now  let  Daniel  be 
called,  and  he  will  shew  the  interpreta- 
tion. 

13  Then  was  Daniel  brought  in  before  the 
king.  Aiid  the  king  spake  and  said  unto 
Daniel,  Art  thou  that  Daniel,  which  ari  of 
the  children  of   the  captivity    of  Judah, 

803 


DANIEL. 


whom  the  king  my  father  brought  out  of 
Jewry  ? 

14  I  have  even  heard  of  thee,  that  the 
spirit  of  the  gods  is  in  thee,  and  tliat  light 
and  understanding  and  excellent  wisdom 
is  found  in  thee. 

15  And  now  the  wise  mw,  the  astrologers, 
have  been  brought  in  before  me,  that  they 
should  read  this  writing,  and  make  known 
unto  me  the  interpretation  thereof:  but 
they  could  not  shew  the  interpretation  of 
the  thing: 

16  And  I  have  heard  of  thee,  that  thou 
canst  make  interpretations,  and  dissolve 
doubts  :  now  if  thou  canst  read  the  writ- 
ing, and  make  known  to  me  the  interpre- 
tation thereof,  thou  shalt  be  clothed  with 
scarlet,  and  have  a  chain  of  gold  about  thy 
neck,  and  shalt  be  the  third  ruler  in  the 
kingdom. 

17  H  Then  Daniel  answered  and  said  be- 
fore the  king.  Let  thy  gifts  be  to  thyself, 
and  give  thy  rewards  to  another;  yet  I 
will  read  the  writing  unto  the  king,  and 
make  known  to  him  the  interpretation. 

18  O  thou  king,  the  most  high  God  gave 
Nebuchadnezzar  thy  father  a  kingdom,  and 
majesty,  and  glory,  and  honour : 

19  And  for  the  majesty  that  he  gave  him, 
all  people,  nations,  and  languages,  trem- 
bled and  feared  before  him :  whom  he 
would  he  slew;  and  whom  he  would  he 
kept  alive;  and  whom  he  would  he  set 
up  ;  and  whom  he  would  he  put  down. 

20  Bat  when  his  heart  was  lifted  up,  and 
his  mind  hardened  in  pride, -he  was  de- 
posed from  his  kingly  throne,  and  they 
took  his  glory  from  him  : 

21  And  he  was  driven  from  the  sons  of 
men ;  and  his  heart  was  made  like  the 
beasts,  and  his  dwelling  %oas  with  the  wild 
asses:  they  fed  him  with  grass  like  oxen, 
and  his  body  was  wet  with  the  dew  of 
heaven;  till  he  knew  that  the  most  high 
God  ruled  in  the  kingdom  of  men,  and  t/tat 
he  appointeth  over  it  whomsoever  he  will. 

23  And  thou  his  son,  O  Belshazzar,  hast 
not  humbled  thine  heart,  though  thou 
knewest  all  this; 

23  But  hast  lifted  up  thyself  against  the 
Lord  of  heaven ;  and  they  have  brought 
the  vessels  of  his  house  before  thee,  and 
thou  and  thy  lords,  thy  wives  and  thy  con- 
cubines, have  drunk  wine  in  them;  and 
thou  hast  praised  the  gods  of  silver,  and 

804 


gold,  of  brass,  iron,  wood,  and  stone,  which 
see  not,  nor  hear,  nor  know:  and  the  God 
in  whose  hand  thy  breath  is,  and  whose  are 
all  thy  ways,  hast  thou  not  glorified: 

24  Then  was  the  part  of  the  hand  sent 
from  him ;  and  this  writing  was  written. 

25  If  And  this  is  the  writing  that  was 
written,  MENE,  MENE,  TEKEL,  UPHAR- 
SIN. 

26  This  is  the  interpretation  of  the  thing: 
MENE ;  God  hath  numbered  thy  kingdom, 
and  finished  it. 

27  TEKEL ;  Thou  art  weighed  in  the  bal- 
ances, and  art  found  wanting. 

28  PERES ;  Thy  kingdom  is  divided,  and 
given  to  the  Medes  and  Persians. 

29  Then  commanded  Belshazzar,  and  they 
clothed  Daniel  with  scarlet,  and  put  a  chain 
of  gold  about  his  neck,  and  made  a  pro- 
clamation concerning  him,  that  he  should 
be  the  third  ruler  in  the  kingdom. 

30  If  In  that  night  was  Belshazzar  the 
king  of  the  Chaldeans  slain. 

31  And  Darius  the  Median  took  the  king- 
dom, behiff  about  threescore  and  two  years 
old. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

IT  pleased  Darius  to  set  over  the  king- 
dom  a   hundred   and  twenty  princes, 
which  should  be  over  the  whole  kingdom ; 

2  And  over  these  three  presidents;  of 
whom  Daniel  was  first:  that  the  princes 
might  give  accounts  unto  them,  and  the 
king  should  have  no  damage. 

3  Then  this  Daniel  was  preferred  above 
the  presidents  and  princes,  because  an  ex- 
cellent spirit  wan  in  him;  and  the  king 
thought  to  set  him  over  the  whole 
realm. 

4  Tf  Then  the  presidents  and  princes 
sought  to  find  occasion  against  Daniel  con- 
cerning the  kingdom ;  but  they  could  find 
none  occasion  nor  fault;  forasmuch  as  he 
teas  faithful,  neither  was  there  any  error  or 
fault  found  in  him, 

5  Then  said  these  men.  We  shall  not  find 
any  occasion  against  this  Daniel,  except  we 
find  it  against  him  concerning  the  law  of 
his  God. 

6  Then  these  presidents  and  princes  as- 
sembled together  to  the  king,  and  said 
thus  unto  him,  King  Darius,  live  for  ever. 

7  All  the  presidents  of  the  kingdom,  the 
governors,  and  the  princes,  the  counsel- 
lors, and  the  captains,  have  consulted  to- 


DANIEL. 


gether  to  establish  a  royal  statute,  and 
to  make  a  firm  decree,  that  whosoever 
shall  ask  a  petition  of  any  God  or  man  for 
thirty  days,  save  of  thee,  O  king,  he  shall 
be  cast  into  the  den  of  lions. 

8  Now,  O  king,  establish  the  decree,  and 
sign  the  writing,  that  it  be  not  changed, 
according  to  the  law  of  the  Medes  and  Per- 
sians, which  altereth  not. 

9  AVherefore  king  Darius  signed  the  writ- 
ing and  the  decree. 

10  "i  Now  Avhen  Daniel  knew  that  the 
writing  was  signed,  he  went  into  his 
house;  and,  his  windows  being  open  in 
his  chamber  toward  Jerusalem,  he  kneeled 
ujDon  his  knees  three  times  a  day,  and 
prayed,  and  gave  thanks  before  his  God, 
as  he  did  aforetime. 

11  Then  these  men  assembled,  and  found 
Daniel  praying  and  making  supplication 
before  his  God. 

12  Then  they  came  near,  and  spake  be- 
fore the  king  concerning  the  king's  de- 
cree ;  Hast  thou  not  signed  a  decree,  that 
every  man  that  shall  ask  a  petition  of  any 
God  or  man  within  thirty  days,  save  of 
thee,  O  king,  shall  be  cast  into  the  den 
of  lions?  The  king  answered  and  said, 
The  thing  is  true,  according  to  the  law  of 
the  Medes  and  Persians,  which  altereth 
not. 

13  Then  answered  they  and  said  before 
the  king,  That  Daniel,  which  is  of  the 
children  of  the  captivity  of  Judah,  re- 
gardeth  not  thee,  O  king,  nor  the  de- 
cree that  thou  hast  signed,  but  maketh 
his  petition  three  times  a  day. 

14  Then  the  king,  when  he  heard  these 
words,  was  sore  displeased  with  himself, 
and  set  7ns  heart  on  Daniel  to  deliver 
him:  and  he  laboured  till  the  going 
down  of  the  sun  to  deliver  him. 

15  Then  these  men  assembled  unto  the 
king,  and  said  unto  the  king.  Know,  O 
king,  that  the  law  of  the  Medes  and  Per- 
sians is,  That  no  decree  nor  statute  which 
the  king  establisheth  may  be  changed. 

16  Then  the  king  commanded,  and  they 
brought  Daniel,  and  cast  liim  into  the 
den  of  lions.  Now  the  king  spake  and 
said  unto  Daniel,  Thy  God  whom  thou 
servest  continxxally,  he  will  deliver  thee. 

17  And  a  stone  was  brought,  and  laid 
upon  the  mouth  of  the  den  ;  and  the  king 
sealed   it  with  his  own   signet,  and  with 


the  signet  of  his  lords ;  that  the  purpose 
might  not  be  changed  concerning  Daniel. 

18  TI  Then  the  king  went  to  his  palace, 
and  passed  the  night  fasting  :  neither  were 
instruments  of  music  brought  before  him  : 
and  his  sleep  went  from  him. 

19  Then  the  king  arose  very  early  in 
the  morning,  and  went  in  haste  unto  the 
den  of  lions. 

20  And  when  he  came  to  the  den,  he 
cried  with  a  lamentable  voice  unto  Daniel: 
and  the  king  sjiake  and  said  to  Daniel,  O 
Daniel,  servant  of  the  living  God,  is  thy 
God,  whom  thou  servest  continually,  able 
to  deliver  thee  from  the  lions  ? 

21  Then  said  Daniel  unto  the  king,  O 
king,  live  for  ever. 

22  My  God  hath  sent  his  angel,  and 
hath  shut  the  lions'  mouths,  that  they 
have  not  hurt  me :  forasmuch  as  before 
him  innocency  was  found  in  me ;  and 
also  before  thee,  O  king,  have  I  done  no 
hurt. 

23  Then  was  the  king  exceeding  glad 
for  him,  and  commanded  that  they  should 
take  Daniel  up  out  of  the  den.  So  Daniel 
was  taken  up  out  of  the  den,  and  no 
manner  of  hurt  was  found  upon  him, 
because  he  believed  in  his  God. 

24  T[  And  the  king  commanded,  and  they 
brought  those  men  which  had  accused 
Daniel,  and  they  cast  them  into  the  den 
of  lions,  them,  their  children,  and  their 
Avives;  and  the  lions  had  the  mastery  of 
them,  and  brake  all  their  bones  in  pieces 
or  ever  they  came  at  the  bottom  of  the 
den. 

25  H  Then  king  Darius  wrote    unto   all  j 
people,  nations,  and  languages,  that  dwell 
in  all  the  earth ;  Peace  be  multiplied  unto 
you. 

26  I  make  a  decree.  That  In  every  do- 
minion of  my  kingdom  men  tremble  and 
fear  before  the  God  of  Daniel:  for  he 
is  the  living  God,  and  steadfast  for  ever, 
and  his  kingdom  that  which  shall  not  be 
destroyed,  and  his  dominion  shall  he  even 
unto  the  end. 

27  He  delivereth  and  rescueth,  and  he 
worketh  signs  and  wonders  in  heaven  and 
in  earth,  who  hath  delivered  Daniel  from 
the  power  of  the  lions. 

28  So  this  Daniel  prospered  in  the  reign 
of  Darius,  and  in  the  reign  of  Cyrus  the 
Persian. 

805 


DANIEL. 


CHAPTP]K  VII.  j  the  great  -words  which  the  horn  spake: 

"N   the   first  year  of  Belshazzar  king  of    I  bclield  even  till  the  beast  was  slain,  and 
.    Babylon,    Daniel    had    a    dream    and  j  his  body  destroyed,  and  given  to  the  burn- 


A'isions  of  his  head  upon  his  bed :  then 
be  Avrote  the  dream,  and  told  the  sum 
of  the  matters. 

2  Daniel  spake  and  said,  I  saw  in  my 
vision  by  night,  and,  behold,  the  four 
winds  of  the  heaven  strove  upon  the  great 
sea. 

3  And  four  great  beasts  came  up  from 
the  sea,  diverse  one  from  another, 

4  The  first  wm  like  a  lion,  and  had  eagle's 
wings  :  I  beheld  till  the  wings  thereof  were 
plucked,  and  it  was  lifted  up  from  the 
earth,  and  made  stand  upon  the  feet  as  a 
man,  and  a  man's  heart  was  given  to  it, 

0  And  behold  another  beast,  a  second, 
like  to  a  bear,  and  it  raised  up  itself  on 
one  side,  and  it  had  three  ribs  in  the  mouth 
of  it  between  the  teeth  of  it :  and  the}'  said 
thus  unto  it.  Arise,  devour  much  flesh, 

6  After  this  I  beheld,  and  lo  another, 
like  a  leoj^ard,  which  had  upon  the  back 
of  it  four  wings  of  a  fowl ;  the  beast  had 
also  four  heads ;  and  dominion  was  given 
to  it. 

7  After  this  I  saw  in  the  night  visions, 
and  behold   a  fourth  beast,  dreadful  and 

I  terrible,  and  strong  exceedingly,  and  it 
i  had  great  iron  teeth:  it  devoured  and  brake 
I  in  pieces,  and  stamped  the  residue  with  the 
I  feet  of  it :  and  it  ivas  diverse  from  all  the 
i  beasts  that  leere  before  it;  and  it  had  ten 
I  horns. 

I  S  I  considered  the  horns,  and,  behold,- 
I  there  came  up  among  them  another  little 
!  horn,  before  whom  there  were  three  of 
j  the  first  horns  plucked  up  by  the  roots  : 
i  and,  behold,  in  this  lioru  u'ere  eyes  like  the 

eyes  of  man,  and  a  mouth  sjjeaking  great 

things. 

9  TI  I  beheld  till  the  thrones  were  cast 
down,  and  the  Ancient  of  days  did  sit, 
whose  garment  vxin  white  as  snow,  and  the 
hair  of  his  head  like  the  pure  wool :  his 
throne  wan  like  the  fiery  flame,  and  his 
wheels  an  burning  fire. 

10  A  fiery  stream  issued  and  came  forth 
from  before  him :  thousand  thousands 
ministered  unto  him,  and  ten  thousand 
times  ten  thousand  stood  before  him:  the 
judgment  was  set,  and  the  books  were 
opened. 


ing  flame. 

12  As  concerning  the  rest  of  the  beasts, 
they  had  their  dominion  taken  away:  yet 
their  lives  were  ijrolonged  for  a  season  and 
time. 

13  I  saw  in  the  night  visions,  and,  be- 
hold, one  like  the  Son  of  man  came  Avith 
the  clouds  of  heaven,  and  came  to  the 
Ancient  of  days,  and  they  brought  him 
near  before  him. 

14  And  there  was  given  him  dominion, 
and  glory,  and  a  kingdom,  that  all  jjcople, 
nations,  and  languages,  should  serve  him : 
his  dominion  is  an  everlasting  dominion, 
which  shall  not  pass  away,  aiul  his  king- 
dom that  which  shall  not  be  destroyed. 

15  ^  I  Daniel  was  grieved  in  my  spirit 
in  the  midst  of  my  body,  and  the  visions 
of  ni}'  head  troubled  me. 

16  I  came  near  unto  one  of  them  that 
stood  by,  and  asked  him  the  truth  of  all 
this.  So  he  told  me,  and  made  me  know 
the  interpretation  of  the  things. 

17  These  great  beasts,  which  are  four, 
are  four  kings,  ichich  shall  arise  out  of 
the  earth. 

18  But  the  saints  of  the  Most  High  shall 
take  the  kingdom,  and  possess  the  king- 
dom for  ever,  even  for  ever  and  ever. 

19  Then  I  would  know  the  truth  of 
the  fourth  beast,  which  was  diverse  from 
all  the  others,  exceeding  dreadful,  whose 
teeth  were  of  iron,  and  his  nails  of  brass; 
wM<:h  devoured,  brake  in  pieces,  and 
stamped  the  residue  with  his  feet ; 

20  And  of  the  ten  horns  that  ^oere  in  his 
head,  and  of  the  other  which  came  up, 
and  before  whom  three  fell ;  even  of  that 
horn  that  had  eyes,  and  a  mouth  that 
spake  very  great  things,  whose  look  was 
more  stout  than  his  fellows. 

21  I  beheld,  and  the  same  horn  made  war 
with  the  saints,  and  prevailed  against  them ; 

22  Until  the  Ancient  of  days  came,  and 
judgment  was  given  to  the  saints  of  the 
Most  High;  and  the  time  came  that  the 
saints  possessed  the  kingdom. 

23  Thus  he  said,  The  fourth  beast  shall 
be  the  fourth  kingdom  upon  earth,  which 
shall  be  diverse  from  all  kingdoms,  and 
shall   devour  the  whole   earth,   and  shall 


11  I  l^elield  then,  because  of  the  A'oice  of  i  tread  it  down,  and  break  it  in  pieces, 
800 


DANIEL. 


24  Aud  tiie  tea  horus  out  of  this  king- 
dom are  ten  kings  that  shall  arise :  and 
another  shall  rise  after  them ;  and  he  shall 
be  diverse  from  the  first,  and  he  shall 
subdue  three  kings. 

25  And  he  shall  speak  c/reat  words  against 
the  Most  High,  and  shall  wear  ont  the 
saints  of  the  Most  High,  and  think  to 
change  times  and  laws :  and  they  shall  be 
given  into  his  hand  until  a  time  and  times 
and  the  dividing  of  time. 

26  But  the  judgment  shall  sit,  and  they 
shall  take  away  his  dominion,  to  consume 
and  to  destroy  it  unto  the  end. 

27  And  the  kingdom  and  dominion,  and 
the  greatness  of  the  kingdom  under  the 
whole  heaven,  shall  be  given  to  the  people 
of  the  saints  of  the  Most  High,  whose 
kingdom  is  an  everlasting  kingdom,  and 
all  dominions  shall  serve  and  obey  him. 

28  Hitherto  is  the  end  of  the  matter.  As 
for  me  Daniel,  my  cogitations  much  trou- 
bled me,  and  my  countenance  changed  in 
me :  but  I  kept  the  matter  in  my  heart. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

IN  the  third  year  of  the  reign  of  king 
Belshazzar  a  vision  appeared  unto  me, 
evoi  unto  nie  Daniel,  after  that  which  ap- 
peared unto  me  at  the  first. 

2  And  I  saw  in  a  vision ;  and  it  came  to 
pass,  when  I  saw,  that  I  was  at  Shushan  i7i 
the  palace,  which  is  in  the  province  of 
Elam ;  and  I  saw  in  a  vision,  and  I  was  by 
the  river  of  Ulai. 

3  Then  I  lifted  up  mine  eyes,  and  saw, 
and,  behold,  there  stood  before  the  river  a 
ram  which  had  tivo  horns :  and  the  two  horns 
were  high;  but  one  was  higher  than  the 
other,  aud  the  higher  came  up  last. 

4  I  saw  the  ram  pushing  westward,  and 
northward,  and  southward ;  so  that  no 
beasts  might  stand  before  him,  neither  7'.<as 
there  any  that  could  deliver  out  of  his  hand ; 
but  he  did  according  to  his  will,  and  be- 
came great. 

5  And  as  I  was  considering,  behold,  a  he 
goat  came  from  the  west  on  the  face  of 
the  whole  earth,  and  touched  not  the 
ground :  and  the  goat  had  a  notable  horn 
between  his  eyes. 

6  And  he  came  to  the  ram  that  had  tioo 
horns,  which  I  had  seen  standing  before 
the  river,  and  ran  unto  him  in  the  fury 
of  his  power. 


7  And  I  saw  him  come  close  unto  the 
ram,  and  he  was  moved  with  choler  against 
him,  and  smote  the  ram,  and  brake  his 
two  horns  :  and  there  was  no  poAver  in 
the  ram  to  stand  before  him,  but  he  cast 
him  down  to  the  ground,  and  stamped  up- 
on him :  and  there  was  none  that  could  de- 
liver the  ram  out  of  his  hand. 

8  Therefore  the  he  goat  waxed  very  great: 
and  when  he  was  strong,  the  great  horn 
was  broken ;  and  for  it  came  up  four  nota- 
ble ones  toward  the  four  winds  of  heaven. 

0  And  out  of  one  of  them  came  forth  a 
little  horn,  which  waxed  exceeding  great, 
toward  the  south,  and  toward  the  east,  and 
toward  the  pleasant  land. 

10  And  it  waxed  great,  even  to  the  host  of 
heaven;  and  it  cast  down  some  of  the  host 
and  of  the  stars  to  the  ground,  and  stamped 
upon  them. 

11  Yea,  he  magnified  himself  e\ en  to  the 
prince  of  the  host,  and  by  him  the  daily 
sacrifice  was  taken  away,  and  the  place  of 
his  sanctuary  was  cast  down. 

12  And  a  host  was  given  hirn  against  the 
daily  sacrifice  by  reason  of  transgression, 
and  it  cast  down  the  truth  to  the  ground; 
and  it  practised,  and  prospered. 

13  '\\  Then  I  heard  one  saint  speaking, 
and  another  saint  said  unto  that  certain 
saifit  which  spake,  How  long  sJiall  he  the 
vision  concerning  the  daily  sacrifice^  and  the 
transgression  of  desolation,  to  give  both 
the  sanctuary  and  the  host  to  be  trodden 
under  foot  ? 

14  And  he  said  unto  me.  Unto  two  thou- 
sand and  three  hundred  days ;  then  shall 
the  sanctuary  be  cleansed. 

15  If  Aud  it  came  to  pass,  when  I,  even  1 
Daniel,  had  seen  the  vision,  and  sought  for 
the  meaning,  then,  behold,  there  stood 
before  me  as  the  appearance  of  a  man. 

16  And  I  heard  a  man's  voice  between  the 
bajiks  of  Ulai,  which  called,  and  said,  Ga- 
briel, make  this  tnau  to  understand  the 
vision. 

17  So  he  came  near  where  I  stood :  and 
when  he  came,  I  Avas  afraid,  and  fell  upon 
ray  fiice  :  but  he  said  unto  me.  Understand, 
O  son  of  man :  for  at  the  time  of  the  end 
shall  be  the  vision. 

18  Now  as  he  was  speaking  with  me,  I 
was  in  a  deep  sleep  on  my  face  toward  the 
ground:  but  he  touched  me,  and  set  me 
upright. 

SOT 


DANIEL. 


19  And  lie  said,  Behold,  1  will  make  thee 
know  what  shall  be  iu  the  last  end  of  the 
indignation:  for  at  the  time  appointed  the 
end  s/iall  be. 

20  The  ram  wliich  thou  sawcst  Laving 
two  horns  are  the  kings  of  Media  and 
Persia. 

21  And  the  rough  goat  is  the  king  of 
Greeia :  and  the  great  liorn  that  is  between 
his  eyes  is  the  first  king. 

22  Now  that  being  broken,  whereas  four 
stood  up  for  it,  four  kingdoms  shall  stand 
up  out  of  the  nation,  but  not  in  his 
power. 

23  And  in  the  latter  time  of  their  king- 
dom, when  the  transgressors  are  come  to 
the  full,  a  king  of  fierce  countenance,  and 
understanding  dark  sentences,  shall  stand 
up. 

24  And  his  power  shall  be  mighty,  but 
not  by  his  own  power:  and  be  shall  de- 
stroy wonderfully,  and  shall  prosper,  and 
practise,  and  shall  destroy  the  mighty  and 
the  holy  people. 

25  And  through  his  policy  also  he  shall 
cause  craft  to  prosper  in  his  hand ;  and  he 
shall  magnify  himself  in  his  heart,  and  by 
peace  shall  destroy  many:  he  shall  also 
stand  up  against  the  Prince  of  princes ;  but 
he  shall  be  broken  without  hand. 

26  And  the  vision  of  the  evening  and  the 
morning  which  was  told  is  true :  wherefore 
shut  thou  up  the  vision;  for  it  shall  be  for 
many  days. 

27  And  I  Daniel  fainted,  and  was  sick  cer- 
tain days ;  afterward  I  rose  up,  and  did  the 
king's  business  ;  and  I  was  astonished  at 
the  vision,  but  none  understood  it. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

IN  the  first  year  of  Darius  the  son  of 
Ahasuerus,  of  the  seed  of  the  Medes, 
which  was  made  king  over  the  realm  of 
the  Chaldeans  ; 

2  In  the  first  year  of  his  reign,  I  Daniel 
understood  by  books  the  number  of  the 
years,  whereof  the  word  of  the  Lokd  came 
to  Jeremiah  the  projAet,  that  he  would  ac- 
complish seventy  years  in  the  desolations 
of  Jerusalem. 

3  ^  And  I  set  my  face  unto  the  Lord  God, 
to  seek  by  prayer  and  supplications,  with 
fasting,  and  sackcloth,  and  ashes  : 

4  And  I  prayed  unto  the  Loud  my  God, 
and  made  my  confession,  and  said,  O  Lord, 

808 


the  great  and  dreadful  (iod,  keeping  the 
covenant  and  mercy  to  them  that  love  him, 
and  to  them  that  keep  his  commandments; 

5  We  have  sinned,  and  have  committed 
iniquity,  and  have  done  wickedly,  and  have 
rebelled,  even  by  departing  from  thy  pre- 
cepts and  from  thy  judgments : 

6  Neither  have  we  hearkened  unto  thy 
servants  the  prophets,  which  spake  in  thy 
name  to  our  kings,  our  princes,  and  our 
fathers,  and  to  all  the  people  of  the  land. 

7  O  Lord,  righteousness  belongeth  unto 
thee,  but  unto  us  confusion  of  faces,  as  at 
this  day ;  to  the  men  of  Judah,  and  to  the 
inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  and  unto  all 
Israel,  that  are  near,  and  tJiat  are  far  off, 
through  all  the  countries  whither  thou 
hast  driven  them,  because  of  their  trespass 
that  they  have  tresjjassed  against  thee. 

8  O  Lord,  to  us  belongeth  confusion  of 
face,  to  our  kings,  to  our  princes,  and  to 
our  fathers,  because  we  have  sinned  against 
thee. 

9  To  the  Lord  our  God  belong  mercies  and 
forgivenesses,  though  we  have  rebelled 
against  him ; 

10  Neither  have  we  obeyed  the  voice  of 
the  Lord  our  God,  to  walk  in  his  laws, 
w^hich  he  set  before  us  by  his  servants  the 
prophets. 

11  Yea,  all  Israel  have  transgressed  thy 
law,  even  by  departing,  that  they  might 
not  obey  thy  voice;  therefore  the  curse  is 
poured  upon  us,  and  the  oath  that  is  writ- 
ten in  the  law  of  Moses  the  servant  of  God, 
because  we  have  sinned  against  him. 

12  And  he  hath  confirmed  his  woi'ds, 
which  he  spake  against  us,  and  against  our 
judges  that  judged  us,  by  bringing  upon 
us  a  great  evil :  for  imder  the  whole  heav- 
en hath  not  been  done  as  hath  been  done 
upon  Jerusalem. 

13  As  it  is  written  in  the  law  of  Moses, 
all  this  evil  is  come  upon  us:  yet  made 
we  not  our  prayer  before  the  Lokd  our 
God,  that  we  might  turn  from  our  iniciui- 
ties,  and  understand  thy  truth. 

14  Therefore  hath  the  Lokd  watched  upon 
the  evil,  and  brought  it  upon  us :  for  the 
Lord  our  God  is  righteous  in  all  his  works 
which  he  doeth :  for  we  obeyed  not  his 
voice. 

15  And  now,  O  Lord  our  God,  that  hast 
brought  thy  people  forth  out  of  the  land 
of  Egypt  with  a  mighty  hand,  and  hast  got- 


DANIEL. 


ten  thoc  renown,  as  at  this  day ;  we  have 
sinned,  we  have  done  wiekediy. 

16  H  O  Lord,  aeeording  to  all  thy  right- 
eousness, I  beseech  thee,  let  thine  anger 
and  thy  fury  be  turned  away  from  thy  city 
Jerusalem,  th}'  holy  mountain :  because 
for  our  sins,  and  for  the  iniquities  of  our 
fathers,  Jerusalem  and  thy  people  a?-e  be- 
come a  reproach  to  all  that  are  about 
us. 

17  Now  therefore,  O  our  God,  hear  the 
prayer  of  thy  servant,  and  his  supplica- 
tions, and  cause  thy  face  to  shine  upon  thy 
sanctuary  that  is  desolate,  for  the  Lord's 
sake. 

18  O  my  God,  incline  thine  ear,  and  hear ; 
open  thine  eyes,  and  behold  our  desola- 
tions, and  the  city  which  is  called  by  thy 
name:  for  we  do  not  present  our  suppli- 
cations before  thee  for  our  righteousness- 
es, but  for  thy  great  mercies. 

19  O  Lord,  hear ;  O  Lord,  forgive ;  0  Lord, 
hearken  and  do ;  defer  not,  for  thine  own 
sake,  O  my  God :  for  thy  city  and  thy  peo- 
ple are  called  by  thy  name. 

20  Tf  And  while  I  was  speaking,  and  pray- 
ing, and  confessing  ray  sin  and  the  sin  of 
my  people  Israel,  and  presenting  my  sup- 
plication before  the  Lord  my  God  for  the 
holy  mountain  of  my  God; 

21  Yea,  while  I  was  speaking  in  prayer, 
even  the  man  Gabriel,  whom  I  had  seen  in 
the  vision  at  the  beginning,  being  caused 
to  fly  swiftly,  touched  me  about  the  time 
of  the  evening  oblation. 

22  And  he  informed  me,  and  talked  with 
me,  and  said,  O  Daniel,  I  am  now  come 
forth  to  give  thee  skill  and  understand- 
ing. 

23  At  the  beginning  of  thy  supplications 
the  commandment  came  forth,  and  I  am 
come  to  shew  thee;  for  thou  art  greatly 
beloved  :  therefore  understand  the  matter, 
and  consider  the  vision. 

24  Seventy  weeks  are  determined  upon 
thy  i^eople  and  upon  thy  holy  city,  to  finish 
the  transgression,  and  to  make  an  end  of 
sins,  and  to  make  reconciliation  for  in- 
iquity, and  to  bring  in  everlasting  right- 
eousness, and  to  seal  up  the  vision  and 
prophecy,  and  to  anoint  the  Most  Holy. 

25  Know  therefore  and  understand,  that 
from  the  going  forth  of  the  commandment 
to  restore  and  to  build  Jerusalem,  unto  the 
Messiah  the  Prince,  tihall  be  seven  weeks, 


and  threescore  and  two  weeks :  the  street 
shall  be  built  again,  and  the  wall,  even  in 
troublous  times. 

26  And  after  threescore  and  two  weeks 
shall  Messiah  be  cut  off,  but  not  for  him- 
self: and  the  people  of  the  prince  that  shall 
come  shall  destroy  the  city  and  the  sanc- 
tuary ;  and  the  end  thereof  shall  be  with  a 
flood,  and  unto  the  end  of  the  war  desola- 
tions are  determined. 

27  And  he  shall  confirm  the  covenant 
with  many  for  one  week :  and  in  the  midst 
of  the  week  he  shall  cause  the  sacrifice  and 
the  oblation  to  cease,  and  for  the  over- 
spreading of  abominations  he  shall  make 
it  desolate,  even  until  the  consummation, 
and  that  determined  shall  be  poured  upon 
the  desolate. 

CHAPTER  X. 

IN  the  third  year  of  Cyrus  king  of  Per- 
sia a  thing  was  revealed  unto  Daniel, 
w^hose  name  was  called  Belteshazzar ;  and. 
the  thing  was  true,  but  the  time  appoint- 
ed was  long :  and  he  understood  the  thing, 
and  had  understanding  of  the  vision. 

2  In  those  days  I  Daniel  was  mourning 
three  full  weeks. 

3  I  ate  no  pleasant  bread,  neither  came 
flesh  nor  wine  in  my  mouth,  neither  did 
I  anoint  myself  at  all,  till  three  whole 
weeks  were  fulfilled. 

4  And  in  the  four  and  twentieth  day  of 
the  first  month,  as  I  was  by  the  side  of 
the  great  river,  which  is  Hiddekel ; 

5  Then  I  lifted  up  mine  eyes,  and  looked, 
and  behold  a  certain  man  clothed  in  linen, 
whose  loins  were  girded  with  fine  gold  of 
Uphaz : 

6  His  body  also  hms  like  the  beryl,  and 
his  face  as  the  appearance  of  lightning, 
and  his  eyes  as  lamps  of  fire,  and  his 
arms  and  his  feet  like  in  colour  to  pol- 
ished brass,  and  the  voice  of  his  words 
like  the  voice  of  a  multitude. 

7  And  I  Daniel  alone  saw  the  vision :  for 
the  men  that  were  with  me  saw  not  the 
vision  ;  but  a  great  quaking  fell  upon  them, 
so  that  they  fled  to  hide  themselves. 

8  Therefore  I  was  left  alone,  and  saw 
this  great  vision,  and  there  remained  no 
strength  in  me:  for  my  comeliness  was 
turned  in  me  into  corruption,  and  I  re- 
tained no  strength. 

9  Yet  heard  I  the  voice  of  his  words : 
and  when  I  heard  the  voice  of  his  words, 

809 


DANIEL. 


then  was  1  in  a  deep  sleep   on  my  face, 
and  ray  face  toward  the  ground. 

10  ^  And,  behold,  a  hand  touched  me, 
which  set  me  upon  my  knees  and  iq^on 
the  palms  of  my  hands. 

11  And  he  said  unto  me,  O  Daniel,  a 
man  greatly  beloved,  iinderstand  the  words 
that  I  speak  unto  thee,  and  stand  upright : 
for  unto  thee  am  I  now  sent.  And  when 
he  had  spoken  this  word  unto  me,  I  stood 
trembling. 

12  Then  said  he  unto  me.  Fear  not, 
Daniel :  for  from  the  first  day  that  thou 
didst  set  thine  heart  to  understand,  and 
to  chasten  thyself  before  thy  God,  thy 
words  were  heard,  and  I  am  come  for  thy 
words. 

13  But  the  prince  of  the  kingdom  of 
Persia  withstood  me  one  and  twenty  daj-s  : 
but,  lo,  Michael,  one  of  the  chief  princes, 
came  to  help  me;  and  I  remained  there 
with  the  kings  of  Persia. 

14  Now  I  am  come  to  make  thee  under- 
stand what  shall  befall  thy  people  in  the 
latter  days :  for  yet  the  vision  is  for  mamj 
days. 

15  And  when  he  had  spoken  such  words 
unto  me,  I  set  my  face  toward  the  ground, 
and  I  became  dumb. 

16  And,  behold,  one  like  the  similitude 
of  the  sons  of  men  touched  my  lips: 
then  I  opened  my  mouth,  and  spake,  and 
said  unto  him  that  stood  before  me,  O 
my  lord,  by  the  vision  my  sorroAvs  are 
turned  upon  me,  and  I  have  retained  no 
strength. 

17  For  how  can  the  servant  of  this  my 
lord  talk  with  this  my  lord?  for  as  for  me, 
straightway  there  remained  no  strength  in 
me,  neither  is  there  breath  left  in  me. 

18  Then  there  came  again  and  touched 
me  one  like  the  api^earance  of  a  man,  and 
he  strengthened  me, 

19  And  said,  O  man  greatly  beloved,  fear 
not :  peace  he  imto  thee  ;  be  strong,  yea, 
be  strong.  And  when  he  had  spoken 
unto  me,  I  was  strengthened,  and  said, 
Let  my  lord  speak;  for  thou  hast  strength- 
ened me. 

20  Then  said  he,  Knowest  thou  Avherefore 
I  come  unto  thee?  and  now  will  I  return  to 
fight  Avith  the  prince  of  Persia:  and  Avhcn 
I  am  gone  forth,  lo,  the  prince  of  Grecia 
shall  come. 

21  But  I  will  shew  thee  that  Avhich  is 

810 


noted  in  the  Scripture  of  truth :  and  thei-e 
is  none  that  holdeth  with  me  in  these 
things,  but  Michael  your  prince. 

CHAPTER  XL 

ALSO  I  in  the  first  year  of  Darius  the 
Mede,  even  I,  stood  to  confirm  and  to 
strengthen  him. 

2  And  noAV  Avill  I  shcAV  thee  the  truth. 
Behold,  there  shall  stand  up  yet  three 
kings  in  Persia;  and  the  fourth  shall  be 
far  richer  than  t/ie?/  all:  and  by  his  strength 
through  his  riches  he  shall  stir  up  all 
against  the  realm  of  Grecia. 

3  And  a  mighty  king  shall  stand  up,  that 
shall  rule  Avith  great  dominion,  and  do 
according  to  his  Avill. 

4  And  AA'hcn  he  shall  stand  ui^,  his  king-  | 
dom  shall  be  broken,  and  shall  be  divided 
toAvard  the  four  winds  of  heaven ;  and  not 
to  his  posterity,  nor  according  to  his  do- 
minion Avhich  he  ruled :  for  his  kingdom 
shall  be  plucked  up,  even  for  others  besides 
those. 

5  T[  And  the  king  of  the  south  shall  be 
strong,  and  o7i€  of  his  princes;  and  he 
shall  be  strong  above  him,  and  have  do- 
minion ;  his  dominion  shall  he  a  great  do- 
minion. 

6  And  in  the  end  of  years  they  shall  join 
themselves  together;  for  the  king's  daugh- 
ter of  the  south  shall  come  to  the  king  of 
the  north  to  make  an  agreement:  but 
she  shall  not  retain  the  poAver  of  the 
arm;  neither  shall  he  stand,  nor  his  arm: 
but  she  shall  be  given  up,  and  they  that 
brought  her,  and  he  that  begat  her,  and 
he  that  strengthened  her  in  ihese  times. 

7  But  out  of  a  branch  of  her  roots  shall 
one   stand  up   in   his    estate,   Avhich    shall  | 
come  Avith  an  army,  and  shall  enter  into  | 
the    fortress    of  the   king   of   the    north, 
and    shall    deal    against   them,    and    shall 
prevail : 

8  And  shall  also  carry  captives  into  Egypt 
their  gods,  Avith  their  princes,  and  Avith 
their  i)recious  vessels  of  silver  and  of  gold; 
and  he  shall  continue  iiiore  years  than  the 
king  of  the  north. 

9  So  the  king  of  the  south  shall  come  into 
7iis  kingdom,  and  shall  return  into  his  OAvn 
land. 

10  But  his  sons  shall  be  stirred  up,  and 
shall  assemble  a  multitude  of  great  forces: 
and  o?ie  shall  certainly  come,  and  ovcrfioAV, 


DANIEL. 


and  pass  through:  then  shall  he  return, 
and  be  stirred  up,  crai.  to  his  I'ortress. 

11  And  the  king  of  the  south  shall  be 
moved  with  choler,  and  shall  come  forth 
and  fight  with  him,  even  with  the  king  of 
the  north:  and  he  shall  set  forth  a  great 
multitude;  but  the  multitude  shall  be 
given  into  his  hand. 

13  Afid  when  he  hath  taken  away  the 
multitude,  his  heart  shall  be  lifted  up; 
and  he  shall  cast  down  many  ten  thou- 
sands :  but  he  shall  not  be  strengthened 
Jnjit. 

13  For  the  king  of  the  north  shall  re- 
turn, and  shall  set  forth  a  multitude  great- 
er than  the  former,  and  shall  certainly 
come  after  certain  years  with  a  great  army 
and  with  much  riches. 

14  And  in  those  times  there  shall  many 
stand  up  against  the  king  of  the  south : 
also  the  robbers  of  thy  people  shall  exalt 
themselves  to  establish  the  vision;  but 
they  shall  fall. 

15  So  the  king  of  the  north  shall  come, 
and  cast  up  a  mount,  and  take  the  most 
fenced  cities :  and  the  arms  of  the  south 
shall  not  withstand,  neither  his  chosen 
I)eople,  neither  shall  there  he  any  strength 
to  withstand. 

16  But  he  that  cometh  against  him  shall 
do  according  to  his  own  will,  and  none 
shall  stand  before  him :  and  he  shall  stand 
in  the  glorious  land,  which  by  his  hand 
shall  be  consumed. 

17  He  shall  also  set  his  foce  to  enter 
with  the  strength  of  his  whole  kingdom, 
and  uj^right  ones  w- ith  him ;  thus  shall  he 
do :  and  he  shall  give  him  the  daughter 
of  women,  corrupting  her:  but  she  shall 
not  stand  on  his  side,  neither  be  for 
him. 

18  After  this  shall  he  turn  his  face  unto 
the  isles,  and  shall  take  many:  but  a  prince 
for  his  own  behalf  shall  cause  the  reproach 
offered  by  him  to  cease ;  without  his  own 
reproach  he  shall  cause  it  to  turn  upon 
him. 

19  Then  he  shall  turn  his  face  toward  the 
fort  of  his  own  land :  but  he  shall  stumble 
and  fall,  and  not  be  found. 

20  Then  shall  stand  up  in  his  estate  a 
raiser  of  taxes  i?i  the  glory  of  the  kingdom : 
but  within  few  days  he  shall  be  destroyed, 
neither  in  anger,  nor  in  battle. 

21  And  in  his  estate  shall  stand  up  a  vile 


person,  to  whom  they  shall  not  give  the 
honour  of  the  kingdom  :  but  he  shall  come 
in  peaceably,  and  obtain  the  kingdom  by 
flatteries. 

23  And  Avith  the  arms  of  a  flood  shall 
they  be  overflown  from  before  him,  and 
shall  be  broken;  yea,  also  the  prince  of 
the  covenant. 

23  And  after  the  league  made  with  him 
he  shall  work  deceitfully:  for  he  shall 
come  up,  and  shall  become  strong  with  a 
small  people. 

3'i  He  shall  enter  peaceably  even  upon 
the  fattest  places  of  the  province;  and  he 
shall  do  tJud  which  his  fathers  have  not 
done,  nor  his  fathers'  fathers ;  he  shall 
scatter  among  them  the  prey,  and  spoil, 
and  riches:  yea,  and  he  shall  forecast  his 
devices  against  the  strong  holds,  even  for 
a  time. 

25  And  he  shall  stir  up  his  power  and  his 
courage  against  the  king  of  the  south  with 
a  great  army ;  and  the  king  of  the  south 
shall  be  stirred  up  to  battle  with  a  very 
great  and  mighty  army;  but  he  shall  not 
stand :  for  they  shall  forecast  devices 
against  him. 

26  Yea,  they  that  feed  of  the  portion  of 
his  meat  shall  destroy  him,  and  his  ai*my 
shall  overflow:  and  many  shall  fall  down 
slain. 

27  And  both  these  kings'  hearts  sJiall  be 
to  do  mischief,  and  they  shall  speak  lies  at 
one  table;  but  it  shall  not  prosper:  for  yet 
the  end  shall  be  at  the  time  appointed. 

28  Then  shall  he  return  into  his  land  with 
great  riches ;  and  his  heart  shall  be  against 
the  holy  covenant ;  and  he  shall  do  ex- 
jiloits,  and  return  to  his  own  land.* 

29  At  the  time  appointed  he  shall  return, 
and  come  toward  the  south;  but  it  shall 
not  be  as  the  former,  or  as  the  latter. 

30  T[  For  the  ships  of  Chittim  shall  come 
against  him:  therefore  he  shall  be  grieved, 
and  return,  and  have  indignation  against 
the  holy  covenant :  so  shall  he  do  ;  he 
shall  even  return,  and  have  intelligence 
Avith  them  that  forsake  the  holy  covenant. 

31  And  arms  shall  stand  on  his  part,  and 
they  shall  pollute  the  sanctuary  of  strength, 
and  shall  take  away  the  daily  sacrifice,  and 
they  shall  place  the  abomination  that  mak- 
eth  desolate. 

33  And  such  as  do  wickedly  against  the 
covenant  shall  he  corrupt  by  flatteries  :  but 

SlT  ~ 


DANIEL. 


the  peoi)le  that  do  know  their  God  shall 
be  strong,  and  do  exploits. 

33  And  they  that  understand  among  the 
people  shall  instruct  many :  yet  they  shall 
fall  by  the  sword,  and  by  flame,  by  captiv- 
ity, and  by  spoil,  many  days. 

34  Now  when  they  shall  fall,  they  shall 
be  holpen  with  a  little  help:  but  many 
shall  cleave  to  them  with  flatteries. 

35  And  some  of  them  of  understanding 
shall  fall,  to  try  them,  and  to  purge,  and 
to  make  t?iem  white,  even  to  the  time  of 
the  end:  because  it  is  yet  for  a  time  ap- 
pointed. 

36  And  the  king  shall  do  according  to  his 
will ;  and  he  shall  exalt  himself,  and  mag- 
nify himself  above  eveiy  god,  and  shall 
speak  mar\'ellous  things  against  the  God 
of  gods,  and  shall  prosper  till  the  indig- 
nation be  accomplished  :  for  that  that  is 
determined  shall  be  done. 

37  Neither  shall  he  regard  the  God  of  his 
fathers,  nor  the  desire  of  women,  nor  re- 
gard any  god:  for  he  shall  magnify  him- 
self above  all. 

38  But  in  his  estate  shall  he  honour  the 
God  of  forces :  and  a  god  whom  his  fathers 
knew  not  shall  he  honour  with  gold,  and 
silver,  and  with  precious  stones,  and  pleas- 
ant things. 

39  Thus  shall  he  do  in  the  most  strong 
holds  with  a  strange  god,  whom  he  shall 
acknowledge  and  increase  with  glory :  and 
he  shall  cause  them  to  rule  over  many,  and 
shall  divide  the  land  for  gain. 

40  And  at  the  time  of  the  end  shall  the 
king  of  the  south  push  at  him :  and  the 
king  of  the  north  shall  come  against  him 
like  a  whirlwind,  with  chariots,  and  with 
horsemen,  and  with  many  ships ;  and  he 
shall  enter  into  the  countries,  and  shall 
overflow  and  pass  over. 

41  He  shall  enter  also  into  the  glorious 
land,  and  many  countries  shall  be  over- 
thrown :  but  these  shall  escape  out  of  his 
hand,  even  Edom,  and  Moab,  and  the  chief 
of  the  children  of  Ammon. 

42  He  shall  stretch  forth  his  hand  also 
upon  the  countries :  and  the  land  of  Egypt 
shall  not  escape. 

43  But  he  shall  have  power  over  the 
treasures  of  gold  and  of  silver,  and  over 
all  the  precious  things  of  Egypt :  and  the 
Libyans  and  the  Ethiopians  shall  he  at  his 
steps. 

812 


44  But  tidings  out  of  the  east  and  out  of 
the  north  shall  trouble  him:  therefore  he 
shall  go  forth  with  great  fury  to  destroy, 
and  utterly  to  make  away  many. 

45  And  he  shall  plant  the  tabernacles  of 
his  palace  between  the  seas  in  the  glorious 
holy  mountain;  yet  he  shaU  come  to  his 
end,  and  none  shall  help  him. 

CHAPTER  XXL 

AND  at  that  time  shall  Michael  stand 
uj),  the  great  prince  which  standeth 
for  the  children  of  thy  people:  and  there 
shall  be  a  time  of  trouble,  such  as  never 
was  since  there  was  a  nation  even  to  that 
same  time:  and  at  that  time  thy  people 
shall  be  delivered,  every  one  that  shall  be 
found  written  in  the  book. 

2  And  many  of  them  that  sleep  in  the 
dust  of  the  earth  shall  awake,  some  to 
everlasting  life,  and  some  to  shame  and 
everlasting  contempt. 

3  And  they  that  be  wise  shall  shine  as  the 
brightness  of  the  firmament;  and  they  that 
turn  many  to  righteousness,  as  the  stars 
for  ever  and  ever. 

4  But  thou,  O  Daniel,  shut  up  the  words, 
and  seal  the  book,  even  to  the  time  of  the 
end:  many  shall  run  to  and  fro,  and  knowl- 
edge shall  be  increased. 

5  1[  Then  I  Daniel  looked,  and,  behold, 
there  stood  other  two,  the  one  on  this  side 
of  the  bank  of  the  river,  and  the  other  on 
that  side  of  the  bank  of  the  river. 

6  And  one  said  to  the  man  clothed  in 
linen,  which  was  upon  the  waters  of  the 
river.  How  long  shall  it  he  to  the  end  of 
these  wonders? 

7  And  I  heard  the  man  clothed  in  linen, 
which  was  upon  the  waters  of  the  river, 
when  he  held  up  his  right  hand  and  his 
left  hand  unto  heaven,  and  sware  by  him 
that  liveth  for  ever,  that  it  shall  he  for  a 
time,  times,  and  a  half;  and  when  he  shall 
have  accomplished  to  scatter  the  power  of 
the  holy  people,  all  these  things  shall  be 
finished. 

8  And  I  heard,  but  I  understood  not: 
then  said  I,  O  my  Lord,  what  shall  he  the 
end  of  these  tJdnxjs? 

9  And  he  said,  Go  thy  way,  Daniel:  for 
the  words  are  closed  up  and  sealed  till  the 
time  of  the  end. 

10  Many  shall  be  purified,  and  made  white, 
and  tried:  but  the  wicked  shall  do  wicked- 


IIOSEA. 


ly :  UDd  none  of  the  wicked  shall  under- 
stand; but  the  wise  shall  understand. 
11  And  from  the  time  that  the  daily  sacri- 
fice shall  be  taken  away,  and  the  abomina- 
tion that  maketh  desolate  set  up,  there  shall 
tea  thousand  two  hundred  and  ninety  days. 


12  Blessed  is  he  that  waiteth,  and  cometh 
to  the  thousand  three  hundred  and  five 
and  thirty  days. 

13  But  go  thou  thy  way  till  the  end  be: 
for  thou  Shalt  rest,  and  stand  in  thy  lot  at 
the  end  of  the  days. 


H  0  S  E  A. 


CHAPTER  1. 

THE  word  of  the  Lord  that  came  unto 
Hosea,  the  son  of  Beeri,  in  the  days 
of  Uzziah,  Jotham,  Ahaz,  and  Hezekiah, 
kings  of  Judah,  and  in  the  days  of  Jero- 
boam the  son  of  Joash,  king  of  Israel. 

2  The  beginning  of  the  word  of  the  Lord 
by  Hosea.  And  the  Lord  said  to  Hosea, 
Go,  take  unto  thee  a  wife  of  whoredoms 
and  children  of  whoredoms :  for  the  land 
hath  committed  great  whoredom,  departing 
from  the  Lord. 

3  So  he  went  and  took  Gomer  the  daugh- 
ter of  Diblaim ;  which  conceived,  and  hare 
him  a  son. 

4  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him.  Call  his 
name  Jezreel ;  for  yet  a  little  while^  and  I 
will  avenge  the  blood  of  Jezreel  upon  the 
house  of  Jehu,  and  will  cause  to  cease  the 
kingdom  of  the  house  of  Israel. 

5  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  at  that  day, 
that  I  will  break  the  bow  of  Israel  in  the 
vallej-  of  Jezreel. 

6  TI  And  she  conceived  again,  and  bare  a 
daughter.  And  God  said  unto  him.  Call 
her  name  Lo-ruhamah :  for  I  will  no  more 
have  mercy  upon  the  house  of  Israel ;  but 
1  will  utterly  take  them  away. 

7  But  I  will  have  mercy  upon  the  house 
of  Judah,  and  will  save  them  by  the  Lord 
their  God,  and  will  not  save  them  by  bow, 
nor  by  sword,  nor  by  battle,  by  horses,  nor 
by  horsemen. 

8  Ti  Now  when  she  had  weaned  Lo-ruha- 
mah, she  conceived,  and  bare  a  son. 

9  Then  said  God,  Call  his  name  Lo-ammi: 
for  ye  are  not  my  people,  and  I  will  not  be 
your  God. 

10  ^  Yet  the  number  of  the  children  of 
Israel  shall  be  as  the  sand  of  the  sea,  which 
cannot  be  measured  nor  numbered ;  and  it 
shall  come  to  pass,  that  in  the  place  where 


it  was  said  unto  them,  Te  are  not  my  peo- 
ple, there  it  shall  be  said  unto  them,  Ye  are 
the  sons  of  the  living  God. 
11  Then  shall  the  children  of  Judah  and 
the  children  of  Israel  be  gathered  together, 
and  appoint  themselves  one  head,  and  the}' 
shall  come  up  out  of  the  land :  for  gi'eat 
shall  be  the  day  of  Jezreel. 

CHAPTER  IL 

SAY  ye  unto  your  brethren,  Amrai;  and 
to  your  sisters,  Ruhamah, 

2  Plead  with  your  mother,  plead  ;  for  she 
is  not  my  wife,  neither  am  I  her  husband : 
let  her  therefore  put  away  her  whoredoms 
out  of  her  sight,  and  her  adulteries  from 
between  her  breasts ; 

3  Lest  I  strip  her  naked,  and  set  her  as 
in  the  day  that  she  was  born,  and  make 
her  as  a  wilderness,  and  set  her  like  a  dry 
land,  and  slay  her  with  thirst. 

4  And  I  will  not  have  mercy  upon  her  chil- 
dren ;  for  they  6e  the  children  of  whoredoms. 

5  For  their  mother  hath  played  the  har- 
lot :  she  that  conceived  them  hath  done 
shamefully;  for  she  said,  I  will  go  after 
my  lovers,  that  give  me  my  bread  and  my 
water,  my  wool  and  my  flax,  mine  oil  and 
my  drink. 

6  1  Therefore,  behold,  I  will  hedge  up  thy 
way  with  thorns,  and  make  a  wall,  that  she 
shall  not  find  her  paths. 

7  And  she  shall  follow  after  her  lovers, 
but  she  shall  not  overtake  them ;  and  she 
shall  seek  them,  but  shall  not  find  them: 
then  shall  she  say,  I  will  go  and  return  to 
my  first  husband;  for  then  was  it  better 
with  me  than  now. 

8  For  she  did  not  know  that  I  gave  her 
corn,  and  wine,  and  oil,  and  multiplied 
her  silver  and  gold,  which  they  prepared 
for  Baal. 

—  813 


HOSEA. 


y  Tliereiorc  will  i  returu,  aud  take  away 
my  corn  in  the  time  tliereof,  and  my  Avine 
in  tlie  season  thereof,  aud  will  recover  my 
wool  and  my  flax  given  to  cover  her  na- 
kedness. 

10  And  now  will  I  discover  her  lewd- 
ness in  the  sight  of  her  lovers,  and  none 
shall  deliver  her  out  of  mine  hand. 

11  I  will  also  cause  all  her  mirth  to 
cease,  her  feast  days,  her  new  moons,  and 
her  sabbaths,  and  all  her  solemn  feasts. 

12  And  I  will  destroy  her  vines  and  her 
fig  trees,  whereof  she  hath  said,  These 
are  my  rewards  that  my  lovers  have  given 
me:  and  I  will  make  them  a  forest,  and 
the  beasts  of  the  field  shall  eat  them. 

13  And  I  will  visit  upon  her  the  days 
of  Baalim,  wherein  she  burned  incense  to 


22  And  the  earth  shall  hear  the  corn, 
and  the  wine,  aud  the  oil ;  and  they  shall 
hear  Jezreel. 

23  And  I  will  sow  her  unto  me  in  the 
earth;  and  I  will  have  mercy  upon  her 
that  had  not  obtained  mercy;  and  I  will 
say  to  them  which  were  not  my  people. 
Thou  art  my  people;  and  they  shall  say, 
TIlou  art  my  God. 

CHAPTER  III. 

THEN  said  the  Lord  unto  me.  Go  yet, 
love  a  woman  beloved  of  her  friend, 
yet  an  adulteress,  according  to  the  love 
of  the  Lord  toward  the  children  of  Israel, 
who  look  to  other  gods,  and  love  flagons 
of  wine. 
2  So   I    bouarht    her    to    me    for    fifteen 


them,   and   she    decked   herself  with   her  |  pieces^  of  silver,  and  for  a  homer  of  barley, 
earrings    and    her  jewels,   and    she    went    and  a  half  homer  of  barley : 


after  her  lovers,  and  forgat  me,  saith  the 
Lord. 

14  H  Therefore,  behold,  I  will  allure  her, 
and  bring  her  into  the  wilderness,  and 
speak  comfortably  unto  her. 

15  And  I  will  give  her  her  vineyards 
from  thence,  and  the  valley  of  Achor 
for  a  door  of  hope:  and  she  shall  sing 
there,  as  in  the  days  of  her  youth,  and 
as  in  the  day  w^hen  she  came  up  out  of 
the  land  of  Egypt. 

16  And  it  shall  be  at  that  day,  saith  the 
Lord,  that  thou  shalt  call  me  Ishi;  and 
Shalt  call  me  no  more  Baali. 

17  For  I  will  take  away  the  names  of 
Baalim  out  of  her  mouth,  and  they  shall 
no  more  be  remembered  by  their  name. 

18  And  in  that  day  will  I  make  a  cov- 
enant for  them  with  the  beasts  of  the 
field,  and  with  the  fowls  of  heaven,  and 
ivith  the  creeping  things  of  the  ground: 
and  I  will  break  the  bow  and  the  sword 
and  the  battle  out  of  the  earth,  and  will 
make  them  to  lie  down  safely. 

19  And  I  will  betroth  thee  unto  me  for 
ever;  yea,  I  will  betroth  thee  unto  me  in 
righteousness,  and  in  judgment,  and  in 
lovingkindness,  and  in  mercies. 

20  I  will  even  betroth  thee  unto  me  in 
faithfulness :  and  thou  shalt  know  the 
Lord. 

21  And    it  shall    come   to    pass    in   that 

day,   I  will  hear,   saith  the  Lord,  I  will 

hear  the  heavens,  and  they  shall  hear  the 

earth ; 

_ 


3  And  I  said  unto  her.  Thou  shalt  abide 
for  me  many  days;  thou  shalt  not  play 
the  harlot,  and  thou  shalt  not  be  for  an- 
other man :  so  vnll  I  also  he  for  thee. 

4  Eor  the  children  of  Israel  shall  abide 
many  da3's  without  a  king,  and  without  a 
prince,  and  without  a  sacrifice,  and  with- 
out an  image,  and  without  an  ephod,  and 
ivithont  teraphim : 

5  Afterward  shall  the  children  of  Israel 
return,  and  seek  the  Lord  their  God, 
and  David  their  king ;  and  shall  fear 
the  Lord  and  his  goodness  in  the  latter 
days. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

HEAR  the  word  of  the  Lord,  ye  chil- 
dren of  Israel :  for  the  Lord  hath 
a  controversy  with  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land,  because  there  is  no  truth,  nor  mercy, 
nor  knowledge  of  God  in  the  land. 

2  By  swearing,  and  lying,  and  killing,  and 
stealing,  and  committing  adultery,  they 
break  out,  and  blood  toucheth  blood. 

3  Therefore  shall  the  land  mourn,  and 
every  one  that  dwelleth  therein  shall 
languish,  Avith  the  beasts  of  the  field,  and 
with  the  fowls  of  heaven ;  yea,  the  fishes 
of  the  sea  also  shall  be  taken  away. 

4  Yet  let  no  man  strive,  nor  reprove 
another :  for  thy  people  are  as  they  that 
strive  with  the  priest. 

5  Therefore  shalt  thou  fall  in  the  day,  and 
the  prophet  also  shall  fall  with  thee  in  the 
night,  and  I  will  destroy  thy  mother. 

6  T[  My  people  are  destroyed  for  lack  of 


HOSEA. 


knowledge:  because  thou  hast  rejected 
knowledge,  I  will  also  reject  thee,  that 
thou  Shalt  be  no  priest  to  me:  seeing  thou 
hast  forgotten  the  law  of  thy  God,  I  will 
also  forget  thy  children. 

7  As  they  were  increased,  so  they  sinned 
against  me :  therefore  will  I  change  their 
glory  into  shame. 

8  They  eat  up  the  sin  of  my  people, 
and  they  set  their  heart  on  their  iniquity. 

9  And  there  shall  be,  like  people,  like 
priest:  and  I  will  punish  them  for  their 
ways,  and  reward  them  their  doings. 

10  For  they  shall  eat,  and  not  have 
enough :  they  shall  commit  whoredom, 
and  shall  not  increase:  because  they  have 
left  off  to  take  heed  to  the  Lord. 

11  Whoredom  and  wine  and  new  wine 
take  away  the  heart. 

12  1  My  people  ask  counsel  at  their 
stocks,  and  their  staff  declareth  unto  them: 
for  the  spirit  of  whoredoms  hath  caused 
them  to  err,  and  they  have  gone  a  whoring 
from  under  their  God. 

13  They  sacritice  upon  the  tops  of  the 
mountains,  and  burn  incense  upon  the  hills, 
under  oaks  and  poplars  and  elms,  because 
the  shadow  thereof  i.s  good :  therefore  your 
daughters  shall  commit  whoredom,  and 
3'our  spouses  shall  commit  adultery. 

14  I  will  not  punish  your  daughters  when 
they  commit  whoredom,  nor  your  spouses 
when  they  commit  adultery:  for  them- 
selves are  separated  with  whores,  and  they 
sacrifice  with  harlots :  therefore  the  people 
that  doth  not  understand  shall  fall. 

15  t  Though  thou,  Israel,  play  the  harlot, 
i  yet  let  not  Judah  offend;    and  come  not 

ye  unto  Gilgal,  neither  go  ye  up  to  Beth- 
aven,  nor  swear,  The  Lord  liveth. 

16  For  Israel  slideth  back  as  a  backsliding 
heifer:  now  the  Lord  will  feed  them  as 
a  lamb  in  a  large  place. 

17  Ephraim  is  joined  to  idols:  let  him 
alone. 

18  Their  drink  is  sour:  they  have  com- 
mitted whoredom  continually:  her  rulers 
with  shame  do  love.  Give  ye. 

19  The  wind  hath  bound  her  up  in  her 
wings,  and  they  shall  be  ashamed  because 
of  their  sacrifices. 


H 


CHAPTER  V. 
EAR  ye  this,  O  priests ; 


and  hearken. 


O  house  of  the  king ;  for  judgment  i.s  to- 
ward you,  because  ye  have  been  a  snare 
on  Mizpah,  and  a  net  spread  upon  Tabor. 

2  And  the  revolters  are  profound  to 
make  slaughter,  though  I  have  been  a  re- 
bukcr  of  them  all. 

3  I  know  Ephraim,  and  Israel  is  not  hid 
from  me:  for  now,  O  Ephraim,  thou  com- 
mittest  whoredom,  and  Israel  is  defiled. 

■i  They  will  not  frame  their  doings  to 
turn  unto  their  God :  for  the  spirit  of 
whoredoms  is  in  the  midst  of  them,  and 
they  have  not  known  the  Lord. 

5  And  the  pride  of  Israel  doth  testify  to 
his  face :  therefore  shall  Israel  and  Ephraim 
fall  in  their  iniquity;  Judah  also  shall  fall 
with  them. 

6  They   shall  go   with   their  flocks    and 
i  with  their  herds  to  seek  the  Lord;  but 

they  shall  not  find  him;  he  hath  with- 
drawn himself  from  them. 

7  They  have  dealt  treacherously  against 
the  Lord  ;  for  they  have  begotten  strange 
children :  now  shall  a  month  devour  them 
with  their  portions. 

8  Blow  3'e  the  cornet  in  Gibeah,  and  the 
trumpet  in  Ramah :  cry  aloud  at  Beth-aven, 
after  thee,  O  Benjamin. 

9  Ephraim  shall  be  desolate  in  the  day 
of  rebuke :  among  the  tribes  of  Israel 
have  I  made  known  that  which  shall 
surely  be. 

10  The  princes  of  Judah  were  like  them 
that  remove  the  bound:  therefore  I  will 
pour  out  my  wrath  upon  them  like 
water. 

11  Ephraim  is  oppressed  and  broken  in 
judgment,  because  he  willingly  walked 
after  the  commandment. 

12  Therefore  will  I  he  unto  Ephraim 
as  a  moth,  and  to  the  house  of  Judah  as 
rottenness. 

13  When  Ephraim  saw  his  sickness,  and 
Judah  saw  his  wound,  then  went  Ephraim 
to  the  Assyrian,  and  sent  to  king  Jareb: 
yet  could  he  not  heal  you,  nor  cure  you 
of  your  wound. 

14  For  I  will  he  unto  Ephraim  as  a  lion, 
and  as  a  young  lion  to  the  house  of  Ju- 
dah: I,  even  I,  will  tear  and  go  away;  I  will 
take  away,  and  none  shall  rescue  him. 

15  1[  I  will  go  aiid  return  to  my  place,  till 
they  acknowledge  their  offence,  and  seek 
my  face:  in  their  affliction  they  will  seek 


ye  house  of  Israel ;   and  give  ye  ear,  I  me  early. 


815 


HOSEA. 


CHAPTER  VI. 

COME,  and  let  us  return  unto  the  Lord: 
for  he  liath  torn,  and  he  will  heal 
US ;  he  hath  smitten,  and  he  will  bind 
us  up. 

2  After  two  days  will  he  revive  us :  in 
the  third  day  he  will  raise  us  up,  and  we 
shall  live  in  his  sight. 

3  Then  shall  we  know,  if  we  follow  on 
to  know  the  Lord:  his  going  forth  is 
prepared  as  the  morning;  and  he  shall 
come  unto  us  as  the  rain,  as  the  latter 
arid  former  rain  unto  the  earth. 

4  Ti  O  Ephraim,  what  shall  I  do  unto 
thee  ?  O  Judah,  what  shall  I  do  unto 
thee?  for  your  goodness  u  as  a  morning 
cloud,  and  as  the  early  dew  it  goeth  away. 

5  Therefore  have  I  hewed  them  by  the 
prophets ;  I  have  slain  them  by  the  words 
of  my  mouth :  and  thy  judgments  are  as 
the  light  that  goeth  forth. 

6  Fori  desired  mercy,  and  not  sacrifice; 
and  the  knowledge  of  God  more  than  burnt 
offerings. 

7  But  they  like  men  have  transgressed 
the  covenant :  there  have  they  dealt  treach- 
erously against  me. 

8  Gilead  is  a  city  of  them  that  work  in- 
iquity, and  is  polluted  with  blood. 

9  And  as  troops  of  robbers  wait  for  a  man, 
so  the  company  of  priests  murder  in  the 
way  by  consent :  for  they  commit  lewd- 
ness. 

10  I  have  seen  a  horrible  thing  in  the 
house  of  Israel :  there  is  the  whoredom  of 
Ephraim,  Israel  is  defiled. 

11  Also,  O  Judah,  he  hath  set  a  harvest 
for  thee,  when  I  returned  the  captivity  of 
my  people. 

CHAPTER  VII. 

WHEN  I  would  have  healed  Israel, 
then  the  iniquity  of  Ephraim  was 
discovered,  and  the  wickedness  of  Samaria: 
for  they  commit  falsehood;  and  the  thief 
cometh  in,  and  the  troop  of  robbers  spoil- 
eth  without. 

2  And  they  consider  not  in  their  hearts 
that  I  remember  all  their  wickedness  :  now 
their  own  doings  have  beset  them  about ; 
they  are  before  my  face. 

3  They  make  the  king  glad  with  their 
wickedness,  and  the  princes  with  their 
lies. 

4  They  are  all  adulterers,  as  an  oven  heated 
by  the    baker,   inho   ceaseth   from    raising 

816 


after  he  hath  kneaded  the  dough,  until  it 
be  leavened. 

5  In  the  day  of  our  king,  the  princes  have 
made  Jdm  sick  with  bottles  of  wine ;  he 
stretched  out  his  hand  with  scorners. 

6  For  they  have  made  ready  their  heart 
like  an  oven,  while  they  lie  in  wait :  their 
baker  sleepeth  all  the  night ;  in  the  morn- 
ing it  burneth  as  a  flaming  fire. 

7  They  are  all  hot  as  an  oven,  and  haA'e 
devoured  their  judges;  all  their  kings  are 
fallen  :  there  is  none  among  them  that 
calleth  unto  me. 

8  Ephraim,  he  hath  mixed  himself  among 
the  people ;  Ephraim  is  a  cake  not  turned. 

9  Strangers  have  devoured  his  strength, 
and  he  knoweth  it  not :  yea,  gray  hairs  are 
here  and  there  upon  him,  yet  he  knoweth 
not. 

10  And  the  pride  of  Israel  testifieth  to 
his  face :  and  they  do  not  return  to  the 
Lord  their  God,  nor  seek  him  for  all  this. 

11  H  Ephraim  also  is  like  a  silly  dove 
without  heart :  they  call  to  Egypt,  they  go 
to  Assyria. 

12  When  they  shall  go,  I  will  spread  my 
net  upon  them ;  I  will  bring  them  down  as 
the  fowls  of  the  heaven;  I  Avill  chastise 
them,  as  their  congregation  hath  heard. 

13  Woe  unto  them !  for  they  have  fled 
from  me:  destruction  unto  them  !  because 
they  have  transgressed  against  me:  though 
I  have  redeemed  them,  yet  they  have 
spoken  lies  against  me. 

14  And  they  have  not  cried  unto  me  with 
their  heart,  when  they  howled  upon  their 
beds  :  they  assemble  themselves  for  com 
and  wine,  and  they  rebel  against  me. 

15  Though  I  have  bound  aitd  strength- 
ened their  arms,  yet  do  they  imagine  mis- 
chief against  rae. 

16  They  return,  but  not  to  the  Most  High : 
they  are  like  a  deceitful  bow :  their  princes 
shall  fall  by  the  sword  for  the  rage  of  their 
tongue :  this  shall  be  their  derision  in  the 
land  of  Egypt. 

CHAPTER  VTII. 

OfUT  the  trumpet  to  thy  mouth.  He 
-O  shall  come  as  an  eagle  against  the  house 
of  the  Lord,  because  they  have  transgress- 
ed my  covenant,  and  trespassed  against 
my  law. 

2  Israel  shall  cry  unto  me.  My  God,  we 
know  thee. 


HOSEA. 


3  Israel  hatii  cast  otf  the  thiiuj  that  is  good  : 
the  enemy  shall  pursue  him. 

4  They  have  set  up  kings,  but  not  by  me : 
they  have  made  princes,  and  I  knew  it 
not :  of  their  silver  and  their  gold  have 
they  made  them  idols,  that  they  may  be 
cut  off. 

5  U  Thy  calf,  O  Samaria,  hath  cast  thee  off; 
mine  anger  is  kindled  against  them  :  how 
long  tvlll  it  be  ere  they  attain  to  innocency  ? 

6  For  from  Israel  was  it  also :  the  work- 
man made  it;  therefore  it  is  not  God:  but 
the  calf  of  Samaria  shall  be  broken  in 
pieces. 

7  For  they  have  sown  the  wind,  and  they 
shall  reap  the  whirlwind :  it  hath  no 
stalk :  the  bud  shall  yield  no  meal :  if  so 
be  it  yield,  the  strangers  shall  swallow 
it  up. 

8  Israel  is  swallowed  up :  now  shall  they 
he  among  the  Gentiles  as  a  vessel  wherein 
is  no  pleasure. 

9  For  they  are  gone  up  to  Assyria,  a  wild 
ass  alone  by  himself:  Ephraim  hath  hired 
lovers. 

10  Yea,  though  they  have  hired  among  the 
nations,  now  will  I  gather  thera,  and  they 
shall  sorrow  a  little  for  the  burden  of  the 
king  of  princes. 

11  Because  Ephraim  hath  made  many 
altars  to  sin,  altars  shall  be  imto  him  to 
sin. 

12  I  have  written  to  him  the  great  things 
of  my  law,  but  they  were  counted  as  a 
strange  thing. 

13  They  sacriflce  flesh  for  the  sacrifices  of 
mine  offerings,  and  eat  it;  but  the  Lokd 
accepteth  them  not;  now  will  he  remem- 
ber their  iniquity,  and  visit  their  sins :  they 
shall  return  to  Egypt. 

14  For  Israel  hath  forgotten  his  Maker, 
and  buildeth  temples ;  and  Judah  hath 
multiplied  fenced  cities  :  but  I  will  send  a 
fire  upon  his  cities,  and  it  shall  devour  the 
palaces  thereof. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

REJOICE  not,  O  Israel,  for  joy,  as  other 
people  :  for  thou  hast  gone  a  whoring 
from  thy  God,  thou  hast  loved  a  reward 
upon  every  cornfloor. 

2  The  floor  and  the  winepress  shall  not 
feed  them,  and  the  new  wine  shall  fail  in 
her. 

3  They  shall  not  dwell  in  the  Lord's  land ; 

_ 


but  Ephraim  shall  return  to  Egypt,  and 
they  shall  eat  unclean  tJdngs  in  Assyria. 

4  They  shall  not  offer  wine  offerings  to 
the  Lord,  neither  shall  they  be  pleasing 
unto  him:  their  sacrifices  sliall  be  unto 
them  as  the  bread  of  mourners ;  all  that  eat 
thereof  shall  be  polluted :  for  their  bread 
for  their  soul  shall  not  come  into  the 
house  of  the  Lord.  j 

5  What  will  ye  do  in  the  solemn  day, 
and  in  the  day  of  the  feast  of  the  Lord? 

6  For,  lo,  they  are  gone  because  of  de- 
struction :  Egyj)t  shall  gather  them  up, 
Memphis  shall  bury  them :  the  pleasant 
places  for  their  silver,  nettles  shall  jjossess 
them :  thorns  shall  be  in  their  tabernacles. 

7  The  days  of  visitation  are  come,  the 
days  of  recompense  are  come  ;  Israel  shall 
know  it:  the  prophet  is  a  fool,  the  spiritual 
man  is  mad,  for  the  multitude  of  thine  in- 
icjuity,  and  the  great  hatred. 

8  The  watchman  of  Ephraim  was  with  my 
God :  but  the  prophet  is  a  snare  of  a  fowler 
in  all  his  ways,  and  hatred  in  the  house  of 
his  God. 

9  They  have  deeply  corrupted  themselves^ 
as  in  the  days  of  Gibeah :  therefore  he  will 
remember  their  iniquity,  he  will  visit  their 
sins. 

10  I  found  Israel  like  grapes  in  the  wil- 
derness ;  I  saw  your  fathers  as  the  first  ripe 
in  the  fig  tree  at  her  first  time:  but  they 
Avent  to  Baal-peor,  and  separated  them- 
selves unto  that  shame ;  and  their  abomina- 
tions were  according  as  they  loved. 

11  As  for  Ephraim,  their  glory  shall  fly 
away  like  a  bird,  from  the  birth,  and  from 
the  womb,  and  from  the  conception. 

12  Though  they  bring  up  their  children, 
yet  will  I  bereave  them,  that  there  shall  not 
be  a  man  left :  yea,  woe  also  to  them  when 
I  depart  from  them  ! 

13  Ephraim,  as  I  saw  Tyrus,  is  planted 
in  a  pleasant  place:  but  Ephraim  shall 
bring  forth  his  children  to  the  murderer, 

14  Give  them,  O  Lord  :  what  wilt  thou 
give  ?  give  them  a  miscarrying  womb  and 
dry  breasts. 

15  All  their  wickedness  is  in  Gilgal :  for 
there  I  hated  them :  for  the  wickedness  of 
their  doings  I  will  drive  them  out  of  mine 
house,  I  will  love  them  no  more  :  all  their 
princes  are  revolters. 

16  Ephraim  is  smitten,  their  root  is  dried 
up,  they  shall  bear  no  fruit :  yea,  though 

817 


HOSEA. 


they  bring  lorth,  yet  will  I  slay  even  tiie 
beloved  fruit  of  their  womb. 
17  My  God  will  cast  them  away,  because 
they  did  not  hearken  uuto  him  :  and  they 
shall  be  wanderers  among  the  nations. 

CHAPTER  X. 

ISRAEL  is  an  empty  vine,  he  bringeth 
forth  fruit  unto  himself:  according  to 
the  multitude  of  his  fruit  he  hath  increased 
the  altars ;  according  to  the  goodness  of 
his  land  they  have  made  goodly  images. 

2  Their  heart  is  divided;  now  shall  they 
be  found  faulty  :  he  shall  break  down  their 
altars,  he  shall  spoil  their  images. 

3  For  now  they  shall  say,  We  have   no  | 
king,  because  we   feared  not  the  Lord  ; 
what  then  should  a  king  do  to  us  ? 

4  They    have    spoken    words,    swearing ' 
falsely  in  making  a  covenant:   thus  judg- 
ment springeth  up  as  hemlock  in  the  fur- 
rows of  the  field. 

5  The  inhabitants  of  Samaria  shall  fear  be- 
cause of  the  calves  of  Beth-aven :  for  the 
people  thereof  shall  mourn  over  it,  and  the 
priests  thereof  that  rejoiced  on  it,  for  the 
gloi-y  thereof,  because  it  is  departed  from 
it. 

6  It  shall  be  also  carried  unto  Assyria  for 
a  present  to  king  Jareb  :  Ephraim  shall  re- 
ceive shame,  and  Israel  shall  be  ashamed 
of  his  own  counsel. 

7  ^5  for  Samaria,  her  king  is  cut  off  as 
the  foam  upon  the  water. 

8  The  high  places  also  of  Aven,  the  sin 
of  Israel,  shall  be  destroyed:  the  thorn  and 
the  thistle  shall  come  up  on  their  altars ; 
and  they  shall  say  to  the  mountains,  Cover 
us  ;  and  to  the  hills,  Fall  on  us. 

9  O  Israel,  thou  hast  sinned  from  the  days 
of  Gibeah :  there  they  stood:  the  battle  in 
Gibeah  against  the  children  of  iniquity  did 
not  overtake  them. 

10  It  is-  in  my  desire  that  I  should  chas- 
tise them;  and  the  people  shall  be  gath- 
ered against  them,  when  they  shall  bind 
themselves  in  their  two  furrows. 

11  And  Ephraim  is  as  a  heifer  that  ix 
taught,  and  loveth  to  tread  out  the  corn; 
but  I  passed  over  upon  her  fair  neck:  I 
will  make  Ephraim  to  ride;  Judah  shall 
plough,  and  Jacob  shall  break  his  clods. 

12  Sow  to   yourselves   in    righteousness, 
reap    in    mercy ;    break    up    your    fallow  j 
ground:  for  it  is  time  to  seek  the  Lokd,  i 

818 


till  he  come  and  rain  righteousness  upon 
you. 

13  Ye  have  ploughed  wickedness,  ye  have 
reaped  iniquity ;  ye  have  eaten  the  fi-uit 
of  lies:  because  thou  didst  trust  in  thy 
way,  in  the  multitude  of  thy  mighty  men. 

14  Therefore  shall  a  tumult  arise  among 
thy  peoi)le,  and  all  thy  fortresses  shall  be 
spoiled,  as  Shalman  spoiled  Beth-arbei  in 
the  day  of  battle :  the  mother  was  dashed 
in  pieces  upon  her  children. 

15  So  shall  Beth-el  do  unto  you  because 
of  your  great  wickedness:  in  a  morning- 
shall  the  king  of  Israel  utterly  be  cut  ofi'. 

CHAPTER  XI. 

WHEN    Israel    was    a    child,    then    I 
loved  him,  and  called  my  son  out 
of  Egypt. 

2  As  they  called  them,  so  tliey  went  from 
them :  they  sacrificed  unto  Baalim,  and 
burned  incense  to  graven  images. 

3  I  taught  Ephraim  also  to  go,  taking 
them  by  their  arms ;  but  they  knew  not 
that  I  healed  them. 

4  I  drew  them  with  cords  of  a  man,  with 
bands  of  love:  and  I  was  to  them  as  they 
that  take  off  the  yoke  on  their  jaws,  and 
I  laid  meat  unto  them. 

5  T[  He  shall  not  return  into  the  land  of 
Egypt,  but  the  Assyrian  shall  be  his  king, 
because  they  refused  to  return. 

6  And  the  sword  shall  abide  on  his  cities, 
and  shall  consume  his  branches,  and  de- 
vour them,  because  of  their  own  counsels. 

7  And  my  people  are  bent  to  backsliding 
from  me :  though  they  called  them  to  the 
Most  High,  none  at  all  would  exalt  him. 

8  How  shall  I  give  thee  up,  Ephraim? 
how  shall  I  deliver  thee,  Israel  ?  how  shall 
I  make  thee  as  Admah?  7iow  shall  I  set 
thee  as  Zeboim?  mine  heart  is  turned 
within  me,  my  repentiugs  are  kindled 
together. 

y  I  will  not  execute  the  fierceness  of 
mine  anger,  I  will  not  return  to  destroy 
Ephraim  :  for  I  am  God,  and  not  man ; 
the  Holy  One  in  the  midst  of  thee :  and 
I  will  not  enter  into  the  city. 

10  They  shall  walk  after  the  Lord  :  he 
shall  roar  like  a  lion :  when  he  shall  roar, 
then  the  children  shall  tremble  from  the 
west. 

11  They  shall  tremble  as  a  bird  out  of 
Eirypt,  and  as  a  dove  out  of  the  land  of 


HOSEA. 


Assyria:  and  I  will  place  them  in  their 
houses,  saith  the  Lord. 
13  Ephraim  compasseth  me  about  with 
lies,  and  the  house  of  Israel  with  deceit: 
but  Judah  yet  ruleth  with  God,  and  is 
faithful  with  the  saints. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

EPHRAIM  feedeth  on  wind,  and  fol- 
loweth  after  the  east  wind :  he  daily 
increaseth  lies  and  desolation ;  and  they 
do  make  a  covenant  with  the  Assyrians, 
and  oil  is  carried  into  Egypt. 

2  The  Lord  hath  also  a  controversy  with 
Judah,  and  will  punish  Jacob  according 
to  his  ways ;  according  to  his  doings  will 
he  recompense  him. 

3  T[  He  took  his  brother  by  the  heel  in 
the  womb,  and  by  his  strength  he  had 
power  with  God: 

'  4  Yea,  he  had  power  over  the  angel,  and 
prevailed:  he  wept,  and  made  supplica- 
tion unto  him :  he  found  him  in  Beth-el, 
and  there  he  spake  with  us  ; 

5  Even  the  Lord  God  of  hosts ;  the  Lord 
is  his  memorial. 

6  Therefore  turn  thou  to  thy  God :  keep 
mercy  and  judgment,  and  wait  on  thy 
God  continually. 

7  TI  ^e  is  a  merchant,  the  balances  of 
deceit  are  in  his  hand :  he  loveth  to 
oppress. 

8  And  Ephraim  said.  Yet  I  am  become 
rich,  I  have  found  me  out  substance  :  ifi  all 
my  labours  they  shall  find  none  iniquity 
in  me  that  ivere  sin. 

9  And  I  that  am  the  Lord  thy  God  from 
the  land  of  Egypt  will  yet  make  thee  to 
dwell  in  tabernacles,  as  in  the  days  of  the 
solemn  feast. 

10  I  have  also  spoken  by  the  prophets, 
and  I  have  multiplied  visions,  and  used 
similitudes,  by  the  ministry  of  the  proph- 
ets. 

11  Is  there  iniquity  in  Gilead  ?  surely  they 
are  vanity:  they  sacrifice  bullocks  in  Gil- 
gal;  yea,  their  altars  are  as  heaps  in  the 
furrows  of  the  fields. 

13  And  Jacob  fled  into  the  country  of 
Syria,  and  Israel  served  for  a  wife,  and  for 
a  wife  he  kept  sheejx 

13  And  by  a  prophet  the  Lord  brought 
Israel  out  of  Egypt,  and  by  a  prophet 
was  he  preserved. 

14  Ephraim  provoked  ?dm  to  anger  most 


bitterly :  therefore  shall  he  leave  his  blood 
upon  him,  and  his  reproach  shall  his  Lord 
return  unto  him. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

WHEN  Ephraim  spake  trembling,  he 
exalted  himself  in  Israel ;  but  when 
he  ofiended  in  Baal,  he  died. 

2  And  now  they  sin  more  and  more,  and 
have  made  them  molten  images  of  their 
silver,  and  idols  according  to  their  own  un- 
derstanding, all  of  it  the  work  of  the  crafts- 
men :  they  say  of  them.  Let  the  men  that 
sacrifice  kiss  the  calves. 

3  Therefore  they  shall  be  as  the  morning 
cloud,  and  as  the  early  dew  that  passeth 
away,  as  the  chafi"  that  is  driven  with  the 
whirlwind  out  of  the  floor,  and  as  the 
smoke  out  of  the  chimney. 

4  Yet  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God  from  the 
land  of  Egypt,  and  thou  shalt  know  no 
god  but  me :  for  there  is  no  saviour  beside 
me. 

5  "^  I  did  knoAV  thee  in  the  wilderness, 
in  the  land  of  great  drought. 

6  According  to  their  pasture,  so  were  they 
fllfed;  they  were  filled,  and  their  heart 
was  exalted;  therefore  have  they  forgot- 
ten me. 

7  Therefore  I  will  be  unto  them  as  a 
lion:  as  a  leopard  by  the  way  will  I  ob- 
serve theni  : 

8  I  will  meet  them  as  a  bear  that  is  be- 
reaved of  her  tuhelps,  and  will  rend  the  caul 
of  their  heart,  and  there  will  I  devour 
them  like  a  lion :  the  wild  beast  shall  tear 
them. 

9  T[  O  Israel,  thou  hast  destroyed  thy- 
self; but  in  me  is  thine  help. 

10  I  will  be  thy  king:  where  if  any  other 
that  may  save  thee  in  all  thy  cities '?  and 
thy  judges  of  whom  thou  saidst,  Give  me 
a  king  and  princes  ? 

11  I  gave  thee  a  king  in  mine  anger,  and 
took  him  away  in  my  wrath. 

13  The  iniquity  of  Ephraim  is  bound  up  ; 
his  sin  is  hid. 

13  The  sorrows  of  a  travailing  woman 
shall  come  upon  him :  he  i-s  an  unwise 
son ;  for  he  should  not  stay  long  in 
the  place  of  the  breaking  forth  of  chil- 
dren. 

14  I  will  ransom  them  from  the  power 
of  the  grave;  I  will  redeem  them  from 
death:   O  death,  I  will  be  thy  plagues;  O 


JOEL. 


grave,  I  will  be  thy  destruction :   repent- 
ance shall  be  hid  from  mine  eyes. 

15  T[  Though  he  be  fruitful  among  his 
brethren,  an  east  wind  shall  come,  the 
wind  of  the  Lord  shall  come  up  from  the 
wilderness,  and  his  spring  shall  become 
dry,  and  his  fountain  shall  be  dried  up: 
he  shall  spoil  the  treasure  of  all  pleasant 
vessels. 

16  Samaria  shall  become  desolate ;  for 
she  hath  rebelled  against  her  God:  they 
shall  fall  by  the  sword :  their  infants  shall 
be  dashed  in  pieces,  and  their  women 
with  child  shall  be  ripped  up. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

O  ISRAEL,  return  unto  the  Lord  thy 
God;  for  thou  hast  fallen  by  thine  in- 
iquity. 

2  Take  with  you  words,  and  turn  to  the 
Loud  :  say  unto  him,  Take  away  all  in- 
iquity, and  receive  ns  graciously :  so  will 
we  render  the  calves  of  our  lips. 

3  Asshur  shall  not  save  us ;  we  will  not 
ride  upon  horses :  neither  will  we  say  any 


more  to  the  work  of  our  hands.  Ye  are 
our  gods  :  for  in  thee  the  fatherless  findeth 
mercy. 

4  Tl  I  will  heal  their  backsliding,  I  will 
love  them  freely:  for  mine  anger  is  turned 
away  from  him. 

5  I  will  be  as  the  dew  unto  Israel :  he 
shall  grow  as  the  lily,  and  cast  forth  his 
roots  as  Lebanon. 

6  His  branches  shall  spread,  and  his 
beauty  shall  be  as  the  olive  tree,  and  his 
smell  as  Lebanon. 

7  They  that  dwell  under  his  shadow  shall 
return;  they  shall  revive  as  the  corn,  and 
grow  as  the  vine :  the  scent  thereof  sliall 
be  as  the  wine  of  Lebanon. 

8  Ephraim  shall  saij,  What  have  I  to  do 
any  more  with  idols?  I  have  heard  hi)n^ 
and  observed  him:  I  am  like  a  green  tir 
tree.     From  me  is  thy  fruit  found. 

9  "Who  is  wise,  and  he  shall  understand 
these  things?  prudent,  and  he  shall  know 
them  ?  for  the  ways  of  the  Lord  are  right, 
and  the  just  shall  walk  in  them :  but  the 
transgressors  shall  fall  therein. 


JOEL. 


CHAPTER  L 

THE  word  of  the  Lord  that    came   to 
Joel  the  son  of  Pethuel. 

2  Hear  this,  ye  old  men,  and  give  ear, 
all  ye  inhabitants  of  the  land.  Hath  this 
been  in  your  days,  or  even  in  the  days  of 
your  fathers  ? 

3  Tell  ye  your  children  of  it,  and  let 
your  children  tell  their  children,  and  their 
children  another  generation. 

4  That  which  the  palmerworm  hath  left 
hath  the  locust  eaten ;  and  that  which  the 
locust  hath  left  hath  the  cankerworm 
eaten;  and  that  which  the  cankerworm 
hath  left  hath  the  caterpillar  eaten. 

5  Awake,  ye  drunkards,  and  weep ;  and 
howl,  all  ye  drinkers  of  wine,  because  of 
the  new  wine;  for  it  is  cut  off  from  your 
mouth. 

6  For  a  nation  is  come  up  upon  my 
land,  strong,  and  without  number,  whose 
teeth  are  the  teeth  of  a  lion,  and  he  hath 
the  cheek  teeth  of  a  great  lion. 

820 


7  He  hath  laid  my  vine  waste,  and  barked 
my  fig  tree:  he  hath  made  it  clean  bare, 
and  cast  it  away;  the  branches  thereof 
are  made  white. 

8  T[  Lament  like  a  virgin  girded  with 
sackcloth  for  the  husband  of  her  youth. 

9  The  meat  otfering  and  the  drink  offering 
is  cut  off  from  the  house  of  the  Lord  ; 
the  priests,  the  Lord's  ministers,  mourn, 

10  The  field  is  wasted,  the  land  mourn- 
eth;  for  the  corn  is  wasted:  the  new 
wine  is  dried  up,  the  oil  lauguisheth. 

11  Be  ye  ashamed,  O  ye  husbandmen; 
howl,  O  ye  vinedressers,  for  the  wheat 
and  for  the  barley;  because  the  harvest 
of  the  field  is  perished. 

12  The  vine  is  dried  up,  and  the  fig  tree 
languisheth ;  the  pomegranate  tree,  the 
palm  tree  also,  and  the  apple  tree,  even  all 
the  trees  of  the  field,  are  withered:  be- 
cause joy  is  withered  away  from  the  sons 
of  men. 

13  Gird  yourselves,  and  lament,  ye  priests : 


JOEL. 


howl,  ye  ministers  of  the  altar:  come, 
lie  all  night  in  sackcloth,  ye  ministers  of 
my  God :  for  the  meat  offering  and  the 
drink  oflFering  is  withholdeu  from  the 
house  of  your  God. 

14  1  Sanctify  ye  a  fast,  call  a  solemn 
assembly,  gather  the  elders  and  all  the 
inhabitants  of  the  land  into  the  house  of 
the  Lord  your  God,  and  cry  unto  the 
Lord, 

15  Alas  for  the  day !  for  the  day  of  the 
Lord  is  at  hand,  and  as  a  destruction  from 
the  Almighty  shall  it  come. 

16  Is  not  the  meat  cut  off  before  our 
eyes,  yea,  joy  and  gladness  from  the  house 
of  our  God? 

17  The  seed  is  rotten  under  their  clods, 
the  garners  are  laid  desolate,  the  barus  are 
broken  down ;  for  the  corn  is  withered. 

18  How  do  the  beasts  groan  !  the  herds  of 
cattle  are  perplexed,  because  they  have  no 
pasture;  yea,  the  flocks  of  sheep  are  made 
desolate. 

19  O  Lord,  to  thee  will  I  cry:  for  the  fire 
hath  devoured  the  pastures  of  the  wilder- 
ness, and  the  flame  hath  burned  all  the 
trees  of  the  field. 

20  The  beasts  of  the  field  cry  also  unto 
thee:  for  the  rivers  of  waters  are  dried 
up,  and  the  fire  hath  devoured  the  pastures 
of  the  wilderness. 

CHAPTER  IL 

BLOW  ye  the  trumpet  in  Zion,  and 
sound  an  alarm  in  my  holy  mountain  : 
let  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  land  tremble  : 
for  the  day  of  the  Lord  cometh,  for  it  is 
nigh  at  hand ; 

2  A  day  of  darkness  and  of  gloominess,  a 
da}"^  of  clouds  and  of  thick  darkness,  as 
the  morning  spread  upon  the  mountains : 
a  great  people  and  a  strong;  there  hath 
not  been  ever  the  like,  neither  shall  be 
any  more  after  it,  even  to  the  years  of 
many  generations. 

3  A  fire  devoureth  before  them ;  and  be- 
hind them  a  flame  burneth  :  the  land  is  as 
the  garden  of  Eden  before  them,  and  be- 
hind them  a  desolate  wilderness  ;  yea,  and 
nothing  shall  escape  them. 

4  The  appearance  of  them  is  as  the  ap- 
pearance of  horses  ;  and  as  horsemen,  so 
shall  they  run. 

5  Like  the  noise  of  chariots  on  the  tops  of 
mountains  shall  they  leap,  like  the  noise  of 


aflame  of  fire  that  devoureth  the  stubble, 
as  a  strong  x^eople  set  in  battle  array. 

6  Before  their  face  the  people  shall  be 
much  pained :  all  faces  shall  gather  black- 
ness. 

7  I'hey  shall  run  like  mighty  men ;  they 
shall  climb  the  wall  like  men  of  war;  and 
they  shall  march  every  one  on  his  ways, 
and  they  shall  not  break  their  ranks  : 

8  Neither  shall  one  thrust  another;  they 
shall  walk  every  one  in  his  path :  and  w?i€7i 
they  fall  upon  the  sword,  they  shall  not 
be  wounded. 

9  They  shall  run  to  and  fro  in  the  city; 
they  shall  run  upon  the  wall,  they  shall 
climb  up  upon  the  houses ;  they  shall 
enter  in  at  the  windows  like  a  thief. 

10  The  earth  shall  quake  before  them ; 
the  heavens  shall  tremble :  the  sun  and 
the  moon  shall  be  dark,  and  the  stars  shall 
withdraw  their  shining : 

11  And  the  Lord  shall  utter  his  voice 
before  his  army :  for  his  camp  is  very 
great:  for  he  is  strong  that  executeth  his 
word :  for  the  day  of  the  Lord  is  great  and 
very  terrible ;  and  who  can  abide  it  ? 

12  H  Therefore  also  now,  saith  the  Lord, 
turn  ye  even  to  me  with  all  your  heart, 
and  with  fasting,  and  with  weeping,  and 
with  mourning : 

13  And  rend  your  heart,  and  not  your 
garments,  and  tui-n  unto  the  Lord  your 
God :  for  he  is  gracious  and  merciful,  slow 
to  anger,  and  of  great  kindness,  and  re- 
penteth  him  of  the  evil. 

14  Who  knoweth  if  he  will  return  and 
repent,  and  leave  a  blessing  behind  him ; 
even  a  meat  ofiering  and  a  drink  offering 
unto  the  Lord  your  God  ? 

15  1[  Blow  the  trumpet  in  Zion,  sanctify  a 
fast,  call  a  solemn  assembly : 

16  Gather  the  people,  sanctify  the  con- 
gregation, assemble  the  elders,  gather  the 
children,  and  those  that  suck  the  breasts : 
let  the  bridegroom  go  forth  of  his  cham- 
ber, and  the  bride  out  of  her  closet. 

17  Let  the  priests,  the  ministers  of  the 
Lord,  weep  between  the  porch  and  the 
altar,  and  let  them  say,  Spare  thy  people,  O 
Lord,  and  give  not  thine  heritage  to  re- 
proach, that  the  heathen  should  rule  over 
them :  wherefore  should  they  say  among 
the  people.  Where  is  their  God  ? 

18  U  Then  will  the  Lord  be  jealous  for 
his  land,  and  pity  his  people. 

821 


JOEL. 


19  Yea,  the  Lokd  will  answer  and  say 
unto  his  people,  Behold,  I  Avill  send  you 
corn,  and  wine,  and  oil,  and  ye  shall  be 
satisfied  therewith  :  and  I  will  no  more 
make  you  a  reproach  among  the  heathen : 

20  But  I  will  remove  far  off  from  you  the 
northern  army^  and  will  drive  him  into  a 
land  barren  and  desolate,  with  his  face  to- 
ward the  east  sea,  and  his  hinder  part 
toward  the  utmost  sea,  and  his  stink  shall 
come  up,  and  his  ill  savour  shall  come  up, 
because  he  hath  done  great  things. 

21  IT  Fear  not,  0  land;  be  glad  and  re- 
joice :  for  the  Lord  will  do  great  things. 

23  Be  not  afraid,  ye  beasts  of  the  field :  for 
the  pastures  of  the  wilderness  do  spring, 
for  the  tree  beareth  her  fruit,  the  fig  tree 
and  the  vine  do  yield  their  strength. 

23  Be  glad  then,  yo,  children  of  Zion,  and 
rejoice  in  the  Lord  your  God:  for  he  hath 
given  you  the  former  rain  moderately,  and 
he  will  cause  to  come  down  for  you  the 
rain,  the  former  rain,  and  the  latter  rain  in 
the  first  month. 

2-i  And  the  floors  shall  be  full  of  wheat, 
and  the  fats  shall  overflow  with  wine  and 
oil. 

25  And  I  will  restore  to  you  the  years  that 
the  locust  hath  eaten,  the  cankerworm, 
and  the  caterpillar,  and  the  palmerworm, 
my  great  army  which  I  sent  among 
you. 

26  And  ye  shall  eat  in  plenty,  and  be  satis- 
fied, and  praise  the  name  of  the  Lord  your 
God,  that  hath  dealt  wondrously  with  you : 
and  my  people  shall  never  be  ashamed. 


32  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  whoso- 
ever shall  call  on  the  name  of  the  Lord 
shall  be  delivered:  for  in  mount  Zion  and 
in  Jerusalem  shall  be  deliverance,  as  the 
Lord  hath  said,  and  in  the  remnant  whom 
the  Lord  shall  call. 

CHAPTER  in. 

FOR,  behold,  in  those  days,  and  in  that 
time,  when  I  shall  bring  again  the  cap- 
tivity of  Judah  and  Jerusalem, 

2  I  will  also  gather  all  nations,  and  will 
bring  them  down  into  the  valley  of  Je- 
hoshaphat,  and  will  plead  with  them  there 
for  my  people  and  for  my  heritage  Israel, 
whom  they  have  scattered  among  the  na- 
tions, and  parted  my  land. 

3  And  they  have  cast  lots  for  my  people; 
and  have  given  a  boy  for  a  harlot,  and  sold 
a  girl  for  wine,  that  they  might  drink. 

4  Yea,  and  what  have  ye  to  do  Avith  me, 
O  Tyre,  and  Zidon,  and  all  the  coasts  of 
Palestine?  Avill  ye  render  me  a  recom- 
pense? and  if  ye  recompense  me,  swiftly 
and  speedily  will  I  return  your  recompense 
upon  your  own  head ; 

5  Because  ye  have  taken  my  silver  and 
my  gold,  and  have  carried  into  your  tem- 
ples my  goodly  pleasant  things  : 

6  The  children  also  of  Judah  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Jerusalem  have  ye  sold  unto  the 
Grecians,  that  ye  might  remove  them  far 
from  their  border. 

7  Behold,  I  will  raiae  them  out  of  the 
place  whither  ye  have  sold  them,  and  will 
return  your  recompense  upon  your  own 


27  And  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  in  the    head: 


midst  of  Israel,  and  that  I  am  the  Lord 
your  God,  and  none  else :  and  my  people 
shall  never  be  ashamed. 
28  H  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  afterward. 


8  And  I  will  sell  your  sons  and  your 
daughters  into  the  hand  of  the  children 
of  Judah,  and  they  shall  sell  them  to 
the    Sabeans,   to    a    people    far    ofi":    for 


that  I  will  pour   out  my  Spirit  upon  all  ;  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 


flesh ;  and  your  sons  and  your  daughters 
shall  prophesy,  your  old  men  shall  dream 
dreams,  your  young  men  shall  see  visions : 

29  And  also  upon  the  servants  and  upon 
the  handmaids  in  those  days  will  I  pour 
out  my  Spirit. 

30  And  I  will  shew  wonders  in  the  heav- 
ens and  in  the  earth,  blood,  and  fire,  and 
pillars  of  smoke. 

31  The  sun  shall  be  turned  into  dark- 
ness, and  the  moon  into  blood,  before  the 
great   and  the  terrible  day  of  the  Lord 

come. 

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9  1^  Proclaim  ye  this  among  the  Gentiles ; 
Prepare  w^ar,  wake  up  the  mighty  men,  let 
all  the  men  of  war  draw  near;  let  them 
come  up : 

10  Beat  your  ploughshares  into  swords, 
and  your  pruninghooks  into  spears:  let 
the  weak  say,  I  am  strong. 

11  Assemble  yourselves,  and  come,  all 
ye  heathen,  and  gather  yourselves  together 
round  about :  thither  cause  thy  mighty 
ones  to  come  down,  O  Lord. 

12  Let  the  heathen  be  wakened,  and 
come  up  to  the  valley  of   Jehoshaphat : 


AMOS. 


for  there  will  1  sit  to  judge  all  the  heathen 
round  about. 

13  Put  ye  in  the  sickle,  for  the  harvest 
is  ripe :  come,  get  you  down ;  for  the 
press  is  full,  the  fats  overflow;  for  their 
wickedness  is  great. 

14  Multitudes,  multitudes  in  the  valley 
of  decision :  for  the  day  of  the  Lord  is 
near  in  the  valley  of  decision. 

15  The  sun  and  the  moon  shall  be  dark- 
ened, and  the  stars  shall  withdraw  their 
shining. 

16  The  Lord  also  shall  roar  out  of  Zion, 
and  utter  his  voice  from  Jerusalem ;  and 
the  heavens  and  the  earth  shall  shake : 
but  the  Lord  will  be  the  hope  of  his  peo- 
ple, and  the  strength  of  the  children  of 
Israel. 

17  So  shall  ye  know  that  I  am  the  Lord 
your    God    dwelling    in    Zion,   my    holy 


mountain :  then  shall  Jerusalem  be  holy, 
and  there  shall  no  strangers  pass  through 
her  any  more. 

18  Tf  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
day,  that  the  mountains  shall  drop  down 
ncAv  wine,  and  the  hills  shall  flow  with 
milk,  and  all  the  rivers  of  Judah  shall 
flow  with  waters,  and  a  fountain  shall 
come  forth  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and 
shall  water  the  valley  of  Shittim. 

19  Egypt  shall  be  a  desolation,  and  Edom 
shall  be  a  desolate  wilderness,  for  the 
violence  against  the  children  of  Judah, 
because  they  have  shed  innocent  blood 
in  their  land. 

20  But  Judah  shall  dwell  for  ever,  and 
Jerusalem  from  generation  to  generation. 

21  For  I  will  cleanse  their  blood  that 
I  have  not  cleansed:  for  the  Lord  dwell- 
eth  in  Zion. 


AMOS. 


CHAPTER  L 

TPIE  words  of  Amos,  who  was  among 
the  herdmen  of  Tekoa,  which  he  saw 
concerning  Israel  in  the  days  of  Uzziah 
king  of  Judah,  and  in  the  days  of  Jero- 
boam the  son  of  Joash  king  of  Israei, 
two  3'ears  before  the  earthquake. 

2  And  he  said,  The  Lord  will  roar  from 
Zion,  and  utter  his  voice  from  Jerusa- 
lem ;  and  the  habitations  of  the  shepherds 
shall  mourn,  and  the  top  of  Carmel  shall 
wither. 

3  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  For  three  trans- 
gressions of  Damascus,  and  for  four,  I 
will  not  turn  away  the  2^unis?iment  thereof ; 
because  they  have  threshed  Gilead  with 
threshing  instruments  of  iron : 

4  But  I  will  send  a  fire  into  the  house 
of  Hazael,  which  shall  devour  the  pal- 
aces of  Ben-had  ad. 

5  I  will  break  also  the  bar  of  Damascus, 
and  cut  off  the  inhabitant  from  the  plain 
of  Aven,  and  him  that  holdeth  the  sceptre 
from  the  house  of  Eden:  and  the  people 
of  Syria  shall  go  into  captivity  unto  Kir, 
saith  the  Lord. 

6  1  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  For  three 
transgressions  of  Gaza,  and  for  four,  I  will 


not  turn  away  the  punishment  thereof;  be- 
cause they  carried  aAvay  captive  the  whole 
captivity,  to  deliver  them  up  to  Edom  : 

7  But  I  will  send  a  fire  on  the  wall  of 
Gaza,  which  shall  devour  the  palaces 
thereof: 

8  And  I  will  cut  off  the  inhabitant  from 
Ashdod,  and  him  that  holdeth  the  sceptre 
from  Ashkelon,  and  I  will  turn  mine  hand 
against  Ekron :  and  the  remnant  of  the 
Philistines  shall  perish,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

9  H  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  For  three  trans- 
gressions of  Tyrus,  and  for  four,  I  will 
not  turn  away  the  punishment  thereof;  be- 
cause they  delivered  up  the  whole  captivity 
to  Edom,  and  remembered  not  the  broth- 
erly covenant : 

10  But  I  will  send  a  fire  on  the  wall  of 
Tyrus,  which  shall  devour  the  palaces 
thereof. 

11  If  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  For  three 
transgressions  of  Edom,  and  for  four,  I  will 
not  turn  away  the  punishme7it  thereof;  be- 
cause he  did  pursue  his  brother  Avith  the 
sword,  and  did  cast  off  all  pity,  and  his 
anger  did  tear  perpetually,  and  he  kept  his 
wrath  for  ever : 

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AMOS. 


13  But  I  ■will  send  a  tire  upon  Temau, 
"whieh  shall  devour  the  palaces  of  Bozruh. 

13  H  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  For  three 
transgressions  of  the  children  of  Amnion, 
and  for  four,  I  will  not  turn  away  the 
punishment  thereof;  because  they  have 
ripped  up  the  women  with  child,  of  Gilead, 
that  they  might  enlarge  their  border : 

14  But  I  will  kindle  a  fire  in  the  wall  of 
Kabbah,  and  it  shall  devour  the  palaces 
thereof,  with  shouting  in  the  day  of  bat- 
tle, with  a  tempest  in  the  day  of  the  whirl- 
wind: 

15  And  their  king  shall  go  into  captivity, 
he  and  his  princes  together,  saith  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  IL 

THUS  saith  the  Lord  ;  For  three  trans- 
gressions of  Moab,  and  for  four,  I 
will  not  turn  away  tJie  jJuuLshment  thereof; 
because  he  burned  the  bones  of  the  king 
of  Edom  into  lime : 

2  But  I  will  send  a  fire  upon  Moab,  and 
it  shall  devour  the  palaces  of  Kirioth  :  and 
Moab  shall  die  with  tumult,  with  shouting, 
and  with  the  sound  of  the  trumpet : 

3  And  I  will  cut  off  the  judge  from  the 
midst  thereof,  and  will  slay  all  the  princes 
thereof  with  him,  saith  the  Lord. 

4  TI  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  For  three 
I  transgressions  of  Judah,  aud  for  four,  I 
I  will  not  turn  away  tJie  2)U7ii.shmefit  thereof; 

I  because  they  have  despised  the  law  of 
!  the  Lord,  and  have  not  kept  his  com- 
;  mandments,  and  their  lies  caused  them 
I  to  err,  after  the  which  their  fathers  have 
I  walked: 

I  5  But  I  will  send  a  fire  upon  Judah,  and 
j  it  shall  devour  the  palaces  of  Jerusalem. 
i  6  T[  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  For  three 
j  transgressions  of  Israel,  and  for  four,  I 
j  will  not  turn  away  the  punishment  thereof; 
I  because  they  sold  the  righteous  for  silver, 
j  and  the  poor  for  a  pair  of  shoes; 
I  7  That  pant  after  the  dust  of  the  earth 
I  on  the  head  of  the  poor,  and  turn  aside 
;  the  way  of  the  meek :  and  a  man  and  his 

father  will  go  in  unto  the  same  maid,  to 
,  profane  my  holy  name : 
I    8    And    they    lay  tJiemselves    down   upon 
i  clothes  laid  to  pledge  by  everj'  altar,  and 

they  drink  the  wine  of  the    condemned 

in  the  house  of  their  god. 
9  TI  Yet  destroyed  I  the  Amorite  before 

them,  whose  height  icas  like  the  height  of 
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the  cedars,  and  he  was  strong  as  the  oaks; 
yet  I  destroyed  his  fruit  from  above,  and 
his  roots  from  beneath. 

10  Also  I  brought  you  up  from  the  land 
of  Egypt,  and  led  you  forty  years  through 
the  wilderness,  to  possess  the  land  of  the 
Amorite. 

11  And  I  raised  up  of  your  sons  for  proph- 
ets, and  of  your  young  men  for  Nazarites. 
7s  it  not  even  thus,  O  ye  children  of  Is- 
rael ?  saith  the  Lord. 

12  But  ye  gave  the  Nazarites  wine  to 
drink ;  and  commanded  the  prophets,  say- 
ing. Prophesy  not. 

13  Behold,  I  am  pressed  under  you,  as  a 
cart  is  pressed  tliat  is  full  of  sheaves. 

14  Therefore  the  flight  shall  perish  from 
the  swift,  and  the  strong  shall  not  strength- 
en his  force,  neither  shall  the  mighty  de- 
liver himself: 

15  Neither  shall  he  stand  that  handleth 
the  bow ;  and  7ie  that  is  swift  of  foot  shall 
not  deliver  himself:  neither  shall  he  that 
rideth  the  horse  deliver  himself. 

16  And  7ie  that  is  courageous  among  the 
mighty  shall  flee  away  naked  in  that  day, 
saith  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  III. 

HEAR  this  word  that  the  Lord  hath 
spoken  against  you,  O  children  of  Is- 
rael, against  the  whole  family  which  I 
brought  up  from  the  land  of  Egypt,  saying, 

2  You  only  have  I  known  of  all  the  fami- 
lies of  the  earth:  therefore  I  will  punish 
you  for  all  your  iniquities. 

3  Can  two  walk  together,  except  they  be 
agreed  ? 

4  Will  a  lion  roar  in  the  forest,  when  he 
hath  no  prey?  will  a  young  lion  cry  out 
of  his  den,  if  he  have  taken  nothing  ? 

5  Can  a  bird  fall  in  a  snare  upon  the  earth, 
where  no  gin  is  for  him?  shall  om  take 
up  a  snare  from  the  earth,  and  have  taken 
nothing  at  all  ? 

6  Shall  a  trumpet  be  blown  in  the  city, 
and  the  people  not  be  afraid?  shall  there  I 
be  evil  in  a  city,  and  the  Lord  hath  not  { 
douG  it? 

7  Surely  the  Lord  God  will  do  nothing,  j 
but  he  revealeth  his  secret  unto  his  serv- 
ants the  prophets. 

8  The  lion  hath  roared,  who  will  not  fear? 
the  Lord  God  hath  spoken,  who  can  but 
prophesy? 


AMOS. 


9  11  Fublisii  in  the  paliices  at  Aslidod, 
and  in  the  j)alaces  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  and 
say,  Assemble  yourselves  upon  the  mount- 
ains of  Samaria, .  and  behold  the  great 
tumults  in  the  midst  thereof,  and  the 
oppressed  in  the  midst  thereof 

10  For  they  know  not  to  do  right,  saith 
the  Lord,  who  store  iip  violence  and 
robbery  in  their  palaces. 

11  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God; 
An  adversary  there  shall  he  even  round 
about  the  land;  and  he  shall  bring  down 
thy  strength  from  thee,  and  thy  palaces 
shall  be  spoiled. 

12  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  As  the  shepherd 
taketh  out  of  the  mouth  of  the  lion  two 
legs,  or  a  piece  of  an  ear ;  so  shall  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  be  taken  out  that  dwell  in 
Samaria  in  the  corner  of  a  bed,  and  in 
Damascus  in  a  couch. 

13  Hear  ye,  and  testify  in  the  house  of  Ja- 
cob, saith  the  Lord  God,  the  God  of  hosts, 

14  That,  in  the  day  that  I  shall  visit  the 
transgressions  of  Israel  upon  him,  I  will 
also  visit  the  altars  of  Beth-el:  and  the 
horns  of  the  altar  shall  be  cut  off,  and 
fall  to  the  ground. 

15  And  I  will  smite  the  winter  house  with 
the  summer  house;  and  the  houses  of 
ivory  shall  perish,  and  the  great  houses 
shall  have  an  end,  saith  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

HEAR  this  w^ord,  ye  kine  of  Bashan, 
that  are  in  the  mountain  of  Samaria, 
which  oppress  the  poor,  Avhich  crush  the 
needy,  which  say  to  their  masters,  Bring, 
and  let  us  drmk. 

2  The  Lord  God  hath  sworn  by  his  holi- 
ness, that,  lo,  the  days  shall  come  upon 
you,  that  he  will  take  you  away  with 
hooks,  and  your  posterity  with  fishhooks. 

3  And  ye  shall  go  out  at  the  breaches, 
every  cow  at  that  which  in  before  her;  and 
ye  shall  cast  theni  into  the  palace,  saith  the 
Lord. 

4  H  Come  to  Beth-el,  and  transgress;  at 
Gilgal  multiply  transgression ;  and  bring 
your  sacrifices  every  morning,  ayid  your 
tithes  after  three  years : 

5  And  offer  a  sacrifice  of  thanksgiving 
with  leaven,  and  proclaim  and  publish 
the  free  offerings :  for  this  liketh  you,  O 
ye  children  of  Israel,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

6  T[  And  I  also  have  given  you  cleanness 


of  teeth  in  all  your  cities,  and  want  of 
bread  in  all  your  places :  yet  have  ye  not 
returned  unto  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

7  And  also  I  have  withholden  the  rain 
from  you,  when  tJicre  were  yet  three  months 
to  the  harvest:  and  I  caused  it  to  rain 
upon  one  city,  and  caused  it  not  to  rain 
upon  another  city:  one  piece  was  rained 
upon,  and  the  piece  whereupon  it  rained 
not  withered. 

8  So  two  or  three  cities  wandered  unto 
one  city,  to  drink  water ;  but  they  were  not 
satisfied:  yet  have  ye  not  returned  unto 
me,  saith  the  Lord. 

9  I  have  smitten  you  with  blasting  and 
mildew:  when  your  gardens  and  your 
vineyards  and  your  fig  trees  and  your  oliA'e 
trees  increased,  the  palmerworm  devoured 
them:  yet  have  ye  not  returned  unto  me, 
saith  the  Lord. 

10  I  have  sent  among  you  the  pestilence 
after  the  manner  of  Egypt:  your  young 
men  have  I  slain  with  the  sword,  and  have 
taken  away  your  horses  ;  and  I  have  made 
the  stink  of  your  camps  to  come  up  unto 
your  nostrils :  yet  have  ye  not  returned 
unto  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

11  I  have  overthrown  some  of  you,  as  God 
overthrew  Sodom  and  Gomorrah,  and  ye 
were  as  a  firebrand  plucked  out  of  the 
burning:  yet  have  ye  not  returned  unto 
me,  saith  the  Lord. 

13  Therefore  thus  will  I  do  unto  thee,  O 
Israel:  and  because  I  will  do  this  unto 
thee,  prepare  to  meet  thy  God,  O  Israel. 

13  For,  lo,  he  that  formeth  the  mount- 
ains, and  createth  the  wind,  and  declareth 
unto  man  what  is  his  thought,  that  mak- 
eth  the  morning  darkness,  and  treadeth 
upon  the  high  places  of  the  earth.  The 
Lord,  The  God  of  hosts,  is  his  name. 

CHAPTER  V. 

HEAR  ye  this  word  which  I  take  up 
against  you,   even  a  lamentation,  O 
house  of  Israel. 

2  The  virgin  of  Israel  is  fallen ;  she  shall 
no  more  rise:  she  is  forsaken  upon  her 
land ;  there  is  none  to  raise  her  up. 

3  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  The  city 
that  went  out  by  a  thousand  shall  leave  a 
hundred,  and  that  which  went  forth  hy  a 
hundred  shall  leave  ten,  to  the  house  of 
Israel. 

4  H  For  thus   saith  the  Lord  unto  the 

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AMOS. 


house  of  Israel,  Seek  ye  me,  and  ye  shall 
live : 

5  But  seek  not  Beth-el,  nor  enter  into 
Gilgal,  and  pass  not  to  Beer-sheba:  for 
Gilgal  shall  surely  go  into  captivity,  and 
Beth-el  shall  come  to  nought. 

6  Seek  the  Lord,  and  ye  shall  live;  lest 
he  break  out  like  fire  in  the  house  of  Jo- 
seph, and  devour  it,  and  there  be  none  to 
quench  it  in  Beth-el. 

7  Ye  who  turn  judgment  to  wormwood, 
and  leave  off  righteousness  in  the  earth, 

8  Seek  him  that  maketh  the  seven  stars 
and  Orion,  and  turneth  the  shadow  of 
death  into  the  morning,  and  maketh  the 
da}'  dark  with  night :  that  calleth  for  the 
waters  of  the  sea,  and  poureth  them  out 
upon  the  face  of  the  earth:  The  Lord  is 
his  name  : 

9  That  strengtheneth  the  spoiled  against 
the  strong,  so  that  the  spoiled  shall  come 
against  the  fortress. 

iO  They  hate  him  that  rebuketh  in  the 
gate,  and  they  abhor  him  that  speaketh 
uprightly. 

11  Forasmuch  therefore  as  your  treading 
is  upon  the  poor,  and  ye  take  from  him 
burdens  of  wheat :  ye  have  built  houses  of 
hewn  stone,  but  ye  shall  not  dwell  in 
them ;  ye  have  planted  pleasant  vine- 
yards, but  ye  shall  not  drink  wine  of 
them. 

12  For  I  know  your  manifold  transgres- 
sions and  your  mighty  sins :  they  afflict  the 
just,  they  take  a  bribe,  and  they  turn  aside 
the  poor  in  the  gate  from  their  right. 

13  Therefore  the  prudent  shall  keep  si- 
lence in  that  time ;  for  it  is  an  evil  time. 

14  Seek  good,  and  not  evil,  that  ye  may 
live :  and  so  the  Lord,  the  God  of  hosts, 
shall  be  with  you,  as  ye  have  spoken. 

15  Hate  the  evil,  and  love  the  good,  and 
establish  judgment  in  the  gate:  it  may 
be  that  the  Lord  God  of  hosts  will  be 
gracious  unto  the  remnant  of  Joseph. 

16  Therefore  the  Lord,  the  God  of  hosts, 
the  Lord,  saith  thus;  Wailing  shall  be  in 
all  streets ;  and  they  shall  say  in  all  the 
highways,  Alas!  alas!  and  they  shall  call 
the  husbandman  to  mourning,  and  such  as 
are  skilful  of  lamentation  to  wailing. 

17  And  in  all  vineyards  shall  be  wailing: 
for  Iwill  pass  through  thee,  saith  the  Lord. 

18  Woe  unto  you  that  desire  the  day  of 
the  Lord!  to  what  end  is  it  for  you?  the 

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day  of  the  Lord  is  darkness,  and  not 
light. 

19  As  if  a  man  did  flee  from  a  lion,  and  a 
bear  met  him;  or  went  into  the  house,  and 
leaned  his  hand  on  the  wall,  and  a  serpent 
bit  him. 

20  Shall  not  the  day  of  the  Lord  be  dark- 
ness, and  not  light?  even  very  dark,  and  no 
brightness  in  it  ? 

21  T[  I  hate,  I  despise  your  feast  days,  and 
I  will  not  smell  in  your  solemn  assemblies. 

22  Though  ye  offer  me  burnt  offerings 
and  your  meat  offerings,  I  will  not  accept 

!  them;  neither  will  I  regard  the  peace  offer- 
i  ings  of  your  fat  beasts. 

23  Take  thou  away  from  me  the  noise 
of  thy  songs ;  for  I  will  not  hear  the  mel- 
ody of  thy  viols. 

24  But  let  judgment  run  down  as  waters, 
and  righteousness  as  a  mighty  stream. 

25  Have  ye  offered  unto  me  sacrifices  and 
offerings  in  the  wilderness  forty  years,  O 
house  of  Israel? 

26  But  ye  have  borne  the  tabernacle  of 
your  Moloch  and  Chiun  your  images,  the 
star  of  your  god,  which  ye  made  to  your- 
selves. 

27  Therefore  will  I  cause  you  to  go  into 
captivity  beyond  Damascus,  saith  the  Lord, 
whose  name  is  The  God  of  hosts. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

WOE  to  them  tJiat  are  at  ease  in  Zion, 
and  trust  in  the  mountain  of  Sama- 
ria, 7vhich  are  named  chief  of  the  nations, 
to  whom  the  house  of  Israel  came! 

2  Pass  ye  unto  Calneh,  and  see;  and  from 
thence  go  ye  to  Hamath  the  great :  then 
go  down  to  Gath  of  the  Philistines  :  be  they 
better  than  these  kingdoms  ?  or  their  bor- 
der greater  than  your  border  ? 

3  Ye  that  put  far  away  the  evil  day,  and 
cause  the  seat  of  violence  to  come  near; 

4  That  lie  upon  beds  of  ivory,  and  stretch 
themselves  upon  their  couches,  and  eat  the 
lambs  out  of  the  flock,  and  the  calves  out 
of  the  midst  of  the  stall ; 

5  That  chant  to  the  sound  of  the  viol,  and 
invent  to  themselves  instruments  of  mu- 
sic, like  David ; 

6  That  drink  wine  in  bowls,  and  anoint 
themselves  with  the  chief  ointments  :  but 
they  are  not  grieved  for  the  affliction  of 
Joseph. 

7  H  Therefore  now  shall  they  go  captive 


AMOS. 


with  the  tirst  that  go  captive,  and  the  ban- 
quet of  them  that  stretched  themselves 
shall  be  removed. 

8  The  Lord  God  hath  sworn  by  himself, 
saith  the  Lord  the  God  of  hosts,  I  abhor 
the  excellency  of  Jacob,  and  hate  his  pal- 
aces :  therefore  will  I  deliver  up  the  city 
with  all  that  is  therein. 

9  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  there  remain 
ten  men  in  one  house,  that  they  shall  die. 

10  And  a  man's  uncle  shall  take  him  up, 
and  he  that  burneth  him,  to  bring  out 
the  bones  out  of  the  house,  and  shall  say 
unto  him  that  is  by  the  sides  of  the  house, 
Is  tJiere  yet  a?iy  with  thee?  and  he  shall  say. 
No.  Then  shall  he  say.  Hold  thy  tongue  : 
for  we  may  not  make  mention  of  the  name 
of  the  Lord. 

11  For,  behold,  the  Lord  commandeth, 
.and  he  will  smite  the  great  house  with 
breaches,  and  the  little  house  with  clefts. 

13  Tf  Shall  horses  run  upon  the  rock  ?  will 
one  plough  there  with  oxen?  for  ye  have 
turned  judgment  into  gall,  and  the  fruit  of 
righteousness  into  hemlock : 

13  Ye  which  rejoice  in  a  thing  of  nought, 
which  say,  Have  we  not  taken  to  us  horns 
by  our  own  strength? 

14  But,  behold,  I  will  raise  up  against 
you  a  nation,  O  house  of  Israel,  saith  the 
Lord  the  God  of  hosts ;  and  they  shall 
afflict  you  from  the  entering  in  of  Hamath 
unto  the  river  of  the  wilderness. 

CHAPTER  VII. 

THUS  hath  the  Lord  God  shewed 
unto  me;  and,  behold,  he  formed 
grasshoppers  in  the  beginning  of  the 
shooting  up  of  the  latter  growth ;  and,  lo, 
it  was  the  latter  growth  after  the  king's 
mowings. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass,  thai  when  they 
had  made  an  end  of  eating  the  grass  of 
the  land,  then  I  said,  O  Lord  God,  for- 
give, I  beseech  thee:  by  whom  shall  Ja- 
cob arise  ?  for  he  is  small. 

3  The  Lord  repented  for  this :  It  shall 
not  be,  saith  the  Lord. 

4  T[  Thus  hath  the  Lord  God  shewed 
unto  me :  and,  behold,  the  Lord  God  call- 
ed to  contend  by  fire,  and  it  devoured  the 
great  deep,  and  did  eat  up  a  part. 

5  Then  said  I,  O  Lord  God,  cease,  I  ^ 
beseech  thee  :  by  whom  shall  Jacob  arise?  j 
for  he  is  small.  I 


6  The  Lord  repented  for  this :  This  also 
shall  not  be,  saith  the  Loi'd  God. 

7  T[  Thus  he  shewed  me:  and,  behold, 
the  Lord  stood  upon  a  wall  made  by  a 
plumbline,  with  a  plumbline  in  his  hand. 

8  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Amos, 
what  seest  thou?  And  I  said,  A  plumb- 
line.  Then  said  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will 
set  a  plumbline  in  the  midst  of  my  peo- 
ple Israel:  I  will  not  again  pass  by  them 
any  more : 

9  And  the  high  places  of  Isaac  shall  be 
desolate,  and  the  sanctuaries  of  Israel 
shall  be  laid  waste;  and  I  will  rise 
against  the  house  of  Jeroboam  with  the 
sword. 

10  H  Then  Amaziah  the  priest  of  Beth-el 
sent  to  Jeroboam  king  of  Israel,  say- 
ing, Amos  hath  conspired  against  thee 
in  the  midst  of  the  house  of  Israel :  the 
land  is  not  able  to  bear  all  his  words. 

11  For  thus  Amos  saith,  Jeroboam  shall 
die  by  the  sword,  and  Israel  shall  surely 
be  led  away  captive  out  of  their  own 
land. 

12  Also  Amaziah  said  unto  Amos,  O 
thou  seer,  go,  flee  thee  away  into  the 
land  of  Judah,  and  there  eat  bread,  and 
prophesy  there : 

13  But  prophesy  not  again  any  more  at 
Beth-el :  for  it  is  the  king's  chapel,  and 
it  is  the  king's  court. 

14  IF  Then  answered  Amos,  and  said 
to  Amaziah,  I  via^  no  prophet,  neither 
vms  I  a  prophet's  son ;  but  I  was  a  herd- 
man,  and  a  gatherer  of  sycamore  fruit : 

15  And  the  Lord  took  me  as  I  followed 
the  flock,  and  the  Lord  said  unto  me. 
Go,  prophesy  unto  my  people  Israel. 

16  ^  Now  therefore  hear  thou  the  word 
of  the  Lord  :  Thou  sayest,  Prophesy  not 
against  Israel,  and  drop  not  thy  word 
against  the  house  of  Isaac. 

17  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord;  Thy 
wife  shall  be  a  harlot  in  the  city,  and  thy 
sons  and  thy  daughters  shall  fall  by  the 
sword,  and  thy  land  shall  be  divided 
by  line ;  and  thou  shalt  die  in  a  polluted 
land:  and  Israel  shall  surely  go  into  cap- 
tivity forth  of  his  land. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

THUS    hath    the    Lord    God    shewed 
unto    me:    and    behold  a  basket    of 
summer  fruit. 

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AMOS. 


2  And  he  said,  Amos,  what  seest  thou? 
And  I  said,  A  basket  of  summer  fruit. 
Then  said  the  Lord  imto  me.  The  end 
is  come  upon  my  people  of  Israel;  I 
will  not  airain  pass  by  them  any  more. 

3  And  the  songs  of  the  temple  shall  be 
howlings  in  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  God: 
there  shall  be  many  dead  bodies  in  every 
place;  they  shall  cast  the)n  forth  with 
silence, 

4  T[  Hear  this,  O  yc  that  swallow  up  the 
needy,  even  to  make  the  poor  of  the  land 
to  fail, 

5  Saying,  When  will  the  new  moon  be 
gone,  that  we  may  sell  com  ?  and  the 
sabbath,  that  we  may  set  forth  wheat, 
making  the  ephah  small,  and  the  shekel 
great,  and  falsif3ing  the  balances  b}'^  de- 
ceit ? 

6  That  we  may  buy  the  poor  for  silver, 
and  the  needy  for  a  pair  of  shoes;  7jea, 
and  sell  the  refuse  of  the  wheat? 

7  The  Lord  hath  sworn  by  the  excellency 
of  Jacob,  Surely  I  will  never  forget  any 
of  their  works. 

8  Shall  not  the  land  tremble  for  this,  and 
every  one  mourn  that  dwelleth  therein? 
and  it  shall  rise  up  wholly  as  a  flood ;  and 
it  shall  be  cast  out  and  drowned,  as  by 
the  flood  of  Egyjit. 

9  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 
saith  the  Lord  God,  that  I  will  cause  the 
sun  to  go  down  at  noon,  and  I  will  darken 
the  earth  in  the  clear  day: 

10  And  I  will  turn  your  feasts  into  mourn- 
ing, and  all  j'our  songs  into  lamentation ; 
and  I  will  bring  up  sackcloth  upon  all 
loins,  and  baldness  upon  every  head ;  and 
I  will  make  it  as  the  mourning  of  an  only 
son,  and  the  end  thereof  as  a  bitter  day. 

11  1[  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the 
Lord  God,  that  I  will  send  a  fiimine  in  the 
land,  not  a  famine  of  bread,  nor  a  thirst  for 
water,  but  of  hearing  the  words  of  the 
Lord  : 

12  And  they  shall  wander  from  sea  to  sea, 
and  from  the  north  even  to  the  east,  they 

j  shall  run  to  and  fro  to  seek  the  word  of 
the  Lord,  and  shall  not  find  it. 

13  In  that  day  shall  the  fair  virgins  and 
I  young  men  faint  for  thirst. 

1-i  They  that  swear  by  the  sin  of  Samaria, 
I  and  say.  Thy  god,  O  Dan,  liveth ;  and,  The 
manner   of  Beer-sheba  liveth;    even  they 
I  shall  fall,  and  never  rise  up  a<rain. 


CHAPTER  IX. 

I  SAW  the  Lord  standing  upon  the  al- 
tar: and  he  said,  Smite  the  lintel  of 
the  door,  that  the  posts  may  shake :  and 
cut  them  in  the  head,  all  of  them;  and 
I  will  slay  the  last  of  them  with  the  sword : 
he  that  fleeth  of  them  shall  not  flee  away, 
and  he  that  escapeth  of  them  shall  not 
be  delivered. 

2  Though  they  dig  into  hell,  thence  shall 
mine  hand  take  them ;  though  they  climb  up 
to  heaven,  thence  will  I  bring  them  down : 

3  And  though  they  hide  themselves  in 
the  top  of  Carmel,  I  will  search  and  take 
them  out  thence;  and  though  they  be  hid 
from  my  sight  in  the  bottom  of  the  sea, 
thence  will  I  command  the  serpent,  and 
he  shall  bite  them  : 

4  And  though  they  go  into  captivity  be- 
fore their  enemies,  thence  will  I  command 
the  sword,  and  it  shall  slay  them:  and  I 
will  set  mine  eyes  upon  them  for  evil,  and 
not  for  good. 

5  And  the  Lord  God  of  hosts  is  he  that 
toucheth  the  land,  and  it  shall  melt,  and  all 
that  dwell  therein  shall  mourn:  and  it 
shall  rise  up  wholly  like  a  flood  ;  and  shall 
be  drowned,  as  b?/  the  flood  of  Egypt. 

6  It  is  he  that  buildeth  his  stories  in  the 
heaven,  and  hath  founded  his  troop  in  the 
earth ;  he  that  calleth  for  the  waters  of  the 
sea,  and  poureth  them  out  upon  the  face 
of  the  earth :  The  Lord  is  his  name. 

7  Are  ye  not  as  children  of  the  Ethiopians 
unto  me,  O  children  of  Israel?  saith  the 
Lord.  Have  not  I  brought  up  Israel  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt  ?  and  the  Philistines 
from  Caphtor,  and  the  Syrians  from  Kir? 

8  Behold,  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  God  are 
upon  the  sinful  kingdom,  and  I  will  de- 
stroy it  from  off  the  foce  of  the  earth; 
saving  that  I  will  not  utterly  destroy  the 
house  of  Jacob,  saith  the  Lord. 

9  For,  lo,  I  will  command,  and  I  will  sift 
the  house  of  Israel  among  all  nations,  like 
as  cor}i  is  sifted  in  a  sieve,  yet  shall  not 
the  least  grain  fall  upon  the  earth. 

10  All  the  sinners  of  my  people  shall  die 
by  the  sword,  which  say.  The  evil  shall 
not  ovei'take  nor  prevent  us. 

11  Ti  In  that  day  will  I  raise  up  the  taber- 
nacle of  David  that  is  flillen,  and  close  up 
the  breaches  thereof;  and  I  will  raise  up 
his  ruins,  and  I  will  build  it  as  in  the  days 
of  old : 


OBADIAH. 


13  That  they  may  possess  tbe  remnant  of 
Edom,  and  of  all  the  heathen  which  are 
called  by  my  name,  saith  the  Lord  that 
doeth  this. 

13  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord, 
that  the  i)loughman  shall  overtake  the 
reaper,  and  the  treader  of  grapes  him 
that  soweth  seed;  and  the  mountains 
shall  drop  sweet  wine,  and  all  the  hills 
shall  melt. 


14  And  I  will  bring  again  the  captivity  of 
ray  people  of  Israel,  and  they  shall  build 
the  waste  cities,  and  inhabit  them;  and 
they  shall  plant  vineyards,  and  drink  the 
wine  thereof;  they  shall  also  make  gardens, 
and  eat  the  fruit  of  them. 

15  And  I  will  plant  them  upon  their  land, 
and  they  shall  no  more  be  pulled  up  out 
of  their  land  which  I  have  given  them, 
saith  the  Lord  thy  God. 


OBADIAH. 


THE  vision  of  Obadiah.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  concerning  Edom ;  We  have 
heard  a  rumour  from  the  Lord,  and  an 
ambassador  is  sent  among  the  heathen, 
Arise  ye,  and  let  us  rise  up  against  her 
in  battle. 

3  Behold,  I  have  made  thee  small  among 
the  heathen :  thou  art  greatly  despised. 

3  TI  The  pride  of  thine  heart  hath  deceived 
thee,  thou  that  dwellest  in  the  clefts  of  the 
rock,  whose  habitation  is  high ;  that  saith 
in  his  heart.  Who  shall  bring  me  down  to 
the  ground  ? 

4  Though  thou  exalt  thyself  as  the  eagle, 
and  though  thou  set  thy  nest  among  the 
stars,  thence  will  I  bring  thee  down,  saith 
the  Lord. 

5  If  thieves  came  to  thee.  If  robbers  by 
night,  (how  art  thou  cut  off!)  would  they 
not  have  stolen  till  they  had  enough?  if 
the  graj^egatherers  came  to  thee,  would 
they  not  leave  some  grapes  ? 

6  How  are  the  ihhu/s  of  Esau  searched 
out !  how  are  his  hidden  things  sought  up  ! 

7  All  the  men  of  thy  confederacy  have 
brought  thee  even  to  the  border :  the  men 
that  were  at  peace  with  thee  have  deceived 
thee,  a7id  prevailed  against  thee ;  they  that 
eat  thy  bread  have  laid  a  wound  under  thee : 
tJiere  is  none  understanding  in  him. 

8  Shall  I  not  in  that  day,  saith  the  Lord, 
even  destroy  the  wise  me^t  out  of  Edom, 
and  understanding  out  of  the  mount  of 
Esau? 

9  And  thy  mighty  men,  O  Teman,  shall  be 
dismayed,  to  the  end  that  every  one  of  the 
mount  of  Esau  may  be  cut  off  by  slaughter. 

10  H  For  thy  violence  a<rainst  thv  brother 


Jacob  shame  shall  cover  thee,  and  thou 
Shalt  be  cut  off  for  ever. 

11  In  the  day  that  thou  stoodest  on  the 
other  side,  in  the  day  that  the  strangers 
carried  away  captive  his  forces,  and  for- 
eigners entered  into  his  gates,  and  cast 
lots  ixpon  Jerusalem,  even  thou  wast  as  one 
of  them. 

13  But  thou  shouldest  not  have  looked  on 
the  day  of  thy  brother  in  the  day  that  he 
became  a  stranger;  neither  shouldest  thou 
have  rejoiced  over  the  children  of  Judah 
in  the  day  of  their  destruction;  neither 
shouldest  thou  have  spoken  proudly  in 
the  day  of  distress. 

13  Thou  shouldest  not  have  entered  into 
the  gate  of  my  people  in  the  day  of  their 
calamity ;  yea,  thou  shouldest  not  have 
looked  on  their  affliction  in  the  day  of 
their  calamity,  nor  have  laid  hand^s  on 
their  substance  in  the  day  of  their  ca- 
lamity; 

14  Neither  shouldest  thou  have  stood  in 
the  crossw^ay,  to  cut  off  those  of  his  that 
did  escape;  neither  shouldest  thou  have 
delivered  up  those  of  his  that  did  remain 
in  the  day  of  distress. 

15  For  the  day  of  the  Lord  Is  near  upon 
all  the  heathen :  as  thou  hast  done,  it  shall 
be  done  unto  thee:  thy  reward  shall  return 
upon  thine  own  head. 

16  For  as  ye  have  drunk  upon  my  holy 
mountain,  so  shall  all  the  heathen  drink 
continually;  yea,  they  shall  drink,  and  they 
shall  swallow  down,  and  they  shall  be  as 
though  they  had  not  been. 

17  II  But  upon  mount  Zion  shall  be  deliv- 
erance, and  there   shall   be  holiness;    and 

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JONAH. 


the  house  of  Jacob  shall  possess  their  pos- 
sessions. 

18  And  the  house  of  Jacob  shall  be  a 
fire,  and  the  house  of  Joseph  aflame,  and 
the  house  of  Esau  for  stubble,  and  they 
shall  kindle  in  them,  and  devour  them ; 
and  there  shall  not  be  any  remaining  of 
the  house  of  Esau ;  for  the  Lord  hath 
spoken  it. 

19  And  they  of  the  south  shall  possess  the 
mount  of  Esau  and  they  of  the  plain,  the 


Philistines :  and  they  shall  possess  the 
fields  of  Ephraim,  and  the  fields  of  Sama- 
ria :  and  Benjamin  shall 2)osse«s  Gilead. 

20  And  the  captivity  of  this  host  of  the 
children  of  Israel  shall  possess  that  of  the 
Canaanites,  ei'e7i  unto  Zarephath ;  and  the 
captivity  of  Jerusalem,  which  is  in  Sepha- 
rad,  shall  possess  the  cities  of  the  south. 

21  And  saviours  shall  come  up  on  mount 
Zion  to  judge  the  mount  of  Esau  ;  and  the 
kingdom  shall  be  the  Lord's. 


JONAH. 


CHAPTER  L 

OW    the    word    of   the    Lord    came 
unto  Jonah  the  son  of  Amittai,  say- 


ing, 

2  Arise,  go  to  Nineveh,  that  great  city, 
and  cry  against  it ;  for  their  wickedness  is 
come  up  before  me. 

3  But  Jonah  rose  up  to  flee  unto  Tar- 
shish  from  the  presence  of  the  Lord,  and 
went  down  to  Joppa ;  and  he  found  a  ship 
going  to  Tarshish:  so  he  paid  the  fare 
thereof,  and  went  doAvn  into  it,  to  go  with 
them  unto  Tarshish  from  the  presence  of 
the  Lord. 

4  1  But  the  Lord  sent  out  a  great  wind 
into  the  sea,  and  there  was  a  mighty  tem- 
pest in  the  sea,  so  that  the  ship  Avas  like  to 
be  broken. 

5  Then  the  mariners  were  afraid,  and  cried 
every  man  unto  his  god,  and  cast  forth  the 
wares  that  were  in  the  ship  into  the  sea,  to 
lighten  it  of  them.  But  Jonah  was  gone 
down  into  the  sides  of  the  ship ;  and  he 
lay,  and  was  fast  asleep. 

6  So  the  shipmaster  came  to  him,  and 
said  unto  him,  What  meanest  thou,  O 
sleeper?  arise,  call  upon  thy  God,  if  so 
be  that  God  will  think  upon  us,  that  we 
perish  not. 

7  And  they  said  every  one  to  his  fellow. 
Come,  and  let  us  cast  lots,  that  we  may 
know  for  whose  cause  this  evil  is  upon  us. 
So  they  cast  lots,  and  the  lot  fell  upon 
Jonah. 

8  Then  said  they  unto  him,  Tell  us,  we 
pray  thee,  for  whose  cause  this  evil  is  upon 
us  ;  What  is  thine  occupation?  and  whence 

830 


comest  thou?    what  is  thy  country?    and 
of  what  people  art  thou  ? 

9  And  he  said  unto  them,  I  am  a  He- 
brew; and  I  fear  the  Lord,  the  God  of 
heaven,  which  hath  made  the  sea  and  the 
dry  kmd. 

10  Then  were  the  men  exceedingly  afraid, 
and  said  unto  him.  Why  hast  thou  done 
this?  For  the  men  knew  that  he  fled  from 
the  presence  of  the  Lord,  because  he  had 
told  them. 

11  TI  Then  said  they  unto  him,  What  shall 
we  do  unto  thee,  that  the  sea  may  be  calm 
unto  us  ?  for  the  sea  wrought,  and  was 
tempestuous. 

12  And  he  said  unto  them.  Take  me  up, 
and  cast  me  forth  into  the  sea;  so  shall 
the  sea  be  calm  unto  you:  for  I  know  that 
for  my  sake  this  great  tempest  is  ujjon 
you. 

13  Nevertheless  the  men  rowed  hard  to 
bring  it  to  the  land;  but  they  could  not: 
for  the  sea  wrought,  and  was  tempestuous 
against  them. 

14  Wherefore  they  cried  unto  the  Lord, 
and  said.  We  beseech  thee,  O  Lord,  we 
beseech  thee,  let  us  not  perish  for  this 
man's  life,  and  lay  not  upon  us  innocent 
blood :  for  thou,  O  Lord,  hast  done  as  it 
pleased  thee. 

15  So  they  took  up  Jonah,  and  cast  him 
forth  into  the  sea :  and  the  sea  ceased  from 
her  raging. 

16  Then  the  men  feared  the  Lord  exceed- 
ingly,  and    offered    a    sacrifice    unto    the 

I  Lord,  and  made  vows. 

I    17  1  Now  the  Lord  had  prepared  a  great 


JONAH. 


tish  to  swallow  up  Jonah.  And  Jonah  was 
in  the  belly  of  the  fish  three  days  and  three 
nights. 

CHAPTER  II. 

THEN  Jonah  prayed  unto  the  Lord  his 
God  out  of  the  fish's  belly, 

2  And  said,  I  cried  bj'  reason  of  mine 
atfliction  unto  the  Lord,  and  he  heard  me; 
out  of  the  belly  of  hell  cried  I,  and  thou 
heardest  my  voice. 

3  For  thou  hadst  cast  me  into  the  deep, 
in  the  midst  of  the  seas;  and  the  floods 
compassed  me  about :  all  thy  billows  and 
thy  waves  passed  over  me. 

4  Then  I  said,  I  am  cast  out  of  thy  sight ; 
yet  I  will  look  again  toward  thy  holy  tem- 
ple. 

5  The  waters  compassed  me  about,  even 
to  the  soul :  the  depth  closed  me  round 
about,  the  weeds  were  wrapped  about  my 
iiead. 

6  I  went  down  to  the  bottoms  of  the 
mountains;  the  earth  with  her  bars  vms 
about  me  for  ever :  yet  hast  thou  brought 
up  my  life  fz*om  corruption,  0  Lord  my 
God. 

7  When  my  soul  fainted  within  me  I  re- 
membered the  Lord  :  and  my  prayer  came 
in  unto  thee,  into  thine  holy  temple. 

8  They  that  observe  lying  vanities  forsake 
their  own  mercy. 

9  But  I  will  sacrifice  unto  thee  with  the 
voice  of  thanksgiving;  I  will  pay  that  th?t 
I  have  vowed.     Salvation  is  of  the  Lord. 

10  TI  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  the  fish, 
and  it  vomited  out  Jonah  upon  the  dry 
land, 

CHAPTER  III. 

AND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
Jonah  the  second  time,  saying, 

2  Arise,  go  unto  Nineveh,  that  great  city, 
and  preach  unto  it  the  preaching  that  I  bid 
thee. 

3  So  Jonah  arose,  and  went  unto  Nineveh, 
according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord.  Now 
Nineveh  was  an  exceeding  great  city  of 
three  days'  journey. 

4  And  Jonah  began  to  enter  into  the  city 
a  day's  journey,  and  he  cried,  and  said.  Yet 
forty  days,  and  Nineveh  shall  be  overthrown. 

5  11  So  the  people  of  Nineveh  believed 
God,  and  proclaimed  a  fast,  and  put  on 
sackcloth,  from  the  greatest  of  them  even 
to  the  least  of  them. 

6  For  word  came  unto  the  king  of  Nine- 


veh, and  he  arose  from  his  throne,  and  he 
laid  his  robe  from  him,  and  covered  him 
with  sackcloth,  and  sat  in  ashes. 

7  And  he  caused  it  to  be  proclaimed  and 
published  through  Nineveh  by  the  decree 
of  the  king  and  his  nobles,  saying,  Let  nei- 
ther man  nor  beast,  herd  nor  flock,  taste 
any  thing;  let  them  not  feed,  nor  drink  i 
water: 

8  But  let  man  and  beast  be  covered  with 
sackcloth,  and  cry  mightily  unto  God:  yea, 
let  them  turn  every  one  from  his  evil  way, 
and  from  the  violence  that  is  in  their  hands. 

9  Who  can  tell  if  God  will  turn  and  re- 
pent, and  turn  away  from  his  fierce  anger, 
that  we  perish  not  ? 

10  TI  And  God  saw  their  works,  that  they 
turned  from  their  evil  way;  and  God  re- 
pented of  the  evil,  that  he  had  said  that 
he  would  do  unto  them;  and  he  did  it  not. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

BUT  it   displeased    Jonah  exceedingly, 
and  he  was  very  angry. 

2  And  he  prayed  unto  the  Lord,  and  said, 
I  pray  thee,  O  Lord,  was  not  this  my  saj'- 
ing,  when  I  was  yet  in  my  country?  There- 
fore I  fled  before  unto  Tarshish :  for  I  knew 
that  thou  art  a  gracious  God,  and  merciful, 
slow  to  anger,  and  of  great  kindness,  and 
repentest  thee  of  the  evil. 

3  Therefore  now,  O  Lord,  take,  I  be- 
seech thee,  my  life  from  me ;  for  it  is 
better  for  me  to  die  than  to  live. 

4  1  Then  said  the  Lord,  Doest  thou  well 
to  be  angry  ? 

5  So  Jonah  went  out  of  the  city,  and  sat 
on  the  east  side  of  the  city,  and  there 
made  him  a  booth,  and  sat  under  it  in 
the  shadow,  till  he  might  see  Avhat  would 
become  of  the  city. 

6  And  the  Lord  God  prepared  a  gourd, 
and  made  it  to  come  up  over  Jonah,  that 
it  might  be  a  shadow  over  his  head,  to 
deliver  him  from  his  grief.  So  Jonah 
was  exceeding  glad  of  the  gourd. 

7  But  God  prepared  a  wox-m  when  the 
morning  rose  the  next  day,  and  it  smote 
the  gourd  that  it  withered. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  sun  did 
arise,  that  God  prepared  a  vehement  east 
wind;   and  the  sun  beat  upon  the   head  i 
of  Jonah,  that  he  fainted,  and  wished  in  | 
himself  to   die,  and  said,  It  is  better  for  | 
me  to  die  than  to  live. 


MICAH. 


9  And  God  said  to  Jonah,  Doest  thou 
well  to  be  angry  for  the  gourd  y  And  he 
said,  I  do  well  to  be  angry,  everi  unto 
death. 

10  Then  said  the  Lord,  Thou  hast  had 
pity  on  the  gourd,  for  the  which  thou 
hast  not  laboured,  neither  madest  it  grow ; 


which  came  up  in  a  night,  and  perished 
in  a  night : 
11  And  should  not  I  spare  Nineveh, 
that  great  city,  wherein  are  more  than  six- 
score  thousand  persons  that  cannot  dis- 
cern between  their  right  hand  and  their 
left  hand ;  and  also  much  cattle  ? 


MICAH. 


CHAPTER  I. 

THE  word  of  the  Lord  that  came  to 
Micah  the  Morasthite  in  the  days  of 
Jotham,  Ahaz,  a7id  Hezekiah,  kings  of 
Judah,  which  he  saw  concerning  Sama- 
ria and  Jerusalem. 

2  Hear,  all  ye  people;  hearken,  O  earth, 
and  all  that  therein  is  :  and  let  the  Lord 
God  be  witness  against  you,  the  Lord 
from  his  holy  temple. 

3  For,  behold,  the  Lord  cometh  forth 
out  of  his  place,  and  will  come  down, 
and  tread  upon  the  high  places  of  the 
earth. 

4  And  the  mountains  shall  be  molten 
under  him,  and  the  valleys  shall  be  cleft, 
as  wax  before  the  fire,  and  as  the  waters 
thai  are  poured  down  a  steep  place. 

5  For  the  transgression  of  Jacob  is  all 
this,  and  for  the  sins  of  the  house  of  Is- 
rael. What  is  the  transgression  of  Jacob  ? 
is  it  not  Samaria?  and  what  are  the  high 
places  of  Judah  ?  are  tJmj  not  Jerusa- 
lem ? 

6  Therefore  1  will  make  Samaria  as  a 
heap  of  the  field,  and  as  plantings  of  a 
vine3-ard :  and  I  will  pour  down  the 
stones  thereof  into  the  valley,  and  I  will 
discover  the  foundations  thereof 

7  And  all  the  graven  images  thereof 
shall  be  beaten  to  pieces,  and  all  the  hires 
thereof  shall  be  burned  with  the  fire,  and 
all  the  idols  thereof  will  I  lay  desolate: 
for  she  gathered  it  of  the  hire  of  a  har- 
lot, and  they  shall  return  to  the  hire  of 
a  harlot. 

8  Therefore  I  will  wail  and  howl,  I 
will  go  stripped  and  naked:  I  will  make 
a  wailing  like  the  dragons,  and  mourning 
as  the  owls. 

9  For  her  wound  is  incurable ;   for  it  is 

'  832 


come  unto  Judah;  he  is  come  \vaio  the 
gate  of  my  people,  even  to  Jerusalem. 

10  Tl  Declare  ye  it  not  at  Gath,  weep  ye 
not  at  all :  in  the  house  of  Aphrah  roll 
thyself  in  the  dust. 

11  Pass  ye  away,  thou  inhabitant  of 
Saphir,  having  thy  shame  naked:  the  in- 
habitant of  Zaanan  came  not  forth  in  the 
mourning  of  Beth-ezel;  he  shall  receive 
of  you  his  standing. 

12  For  the  inhabitant  of  Maroth  waited 
carefully  for  good :  but  evil  came  down 
from  the  Lord  unto  the  gate  of  Jerusa- 
lem. 

13  O  thou   inhabitant    of   Lachish,  bind 
the  chariot  to  the  swift  beast :  she  is  the 
beginning  of  the  sin  to  the   daughter  of  j 
Zion:  for  the  transgressions  of  Israel  were 
found  in  thee. 

14  Therefore  shalt  thou  give  presents  to 
Moresheth-gath:  the  houses  of  Achzib  shall 
he  a  lie  to  the  kings  of  Israel. 

15  Yet  will  I  bring  an  heir  unto  thee,  O 
inhabitant  of  Mareshah:  he  shall  come 
unto  Adullam  the  glory  of  Israel. 

10  Make  thee  bald,  and  poll  thee  for  thy 
delicate  children ;  enlarge  thy  baldness  as 
the  eagle ;  for  they  are  gone  into  captivity 
from  thee. 

CHAPTER  IL 

WOE  to  them  that  devise  iniquity,  and 
work  evil  upon  their  beds !  when 
the  morning  is  light,  they  practise  it,  be- 
cause it  is  in  the  power  of  their  hand. 

2  And  they  covet  fields,  and  take  tliem, 
by  violence  ;  and  houses,  and  take  them 
away :  so  they  oppress  a  n)an  and  his 
house,  even  a  man  and  liis  heritage. 

3  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord;  Behold, 
against  this  family  do  I  devise  an  evil, 
from  which    ye   shall   not    remove   your 


MICAH. 


necks ;  neither  shall  ye  go  haughtily :  for 
this  time  is  evil. 

4  H  In  that  day  shall  one  take  up  a  para- 
ble against  you,  and  lament  with  a  doleful 
lamentation,  and  say,  We  be  utterly 
spoiled :  he  hath  changed  the  portion  of 
my  people:  how  hath  he  removed  it  from 
me!  turning  away  he  hath  divided  our 
fields. 

5  Therefore  thou  shalt  have  none  that 
shall  cast  a  cord  by  lot  in  the  congregation 
of  the  Lord. 

6  Prophesy  ye  not,  say  they  to  them  that 
prophesy  :  they  shall  not  prophesy  to 
them,  that  they  shall  not  take  shame. 

7  1i  O  thou  that  art  named  The  house  of 
Jacob,  is  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  sti-aiten- 
ed  ?  are  these  his  doings  V  do  not  my 
words  do  good  to  him  that  walketh  up- 
rightly? 

8  Even  of  late  my  people  is  risen  up  as 
an  enemy :  ye  pull  off  the  robe  with  the 
garment  from  them  that  pass  by  securely 
as  men  averse  from  war. 

9  The  women  of  ray  people  have  ye  cast 
out  from  their  pleasant  houses  ;  from  their 
children  have  ye  taken  away  my  glory  for 
ever. 

10  Arise  ye,  and  depart;  for  this  is  not 
your  rest:  because  it  is  polluted,  it  shall 
destroy  you^  even  with  a  sore  destruc- 
tion. 

11  If  a  man  walking  in  the  spirit  and 
falsehood  do  lie,  saying^  I  will  prophesy 
unto  thee  of  wine  and  of  strong  drink ; 
he  shall  even  be  the  prophet  of  this 
people. 

13  1[  I  will  surely  assemble,  O  Jacob,  all 
of  thee;  I  will  surely  gather  the  remnant 
of  Israel ;  I  will  put  them  together  as  the 
sheep  of  Bozrah,  as  the  flock  in  the  midst 
of  their  fold  :  they  shall  make  great  noise 
by  reason  of  the  multitucle  of  men. 

13  The  breaker  is  come  up  before  them : 
they  have  broken  up,  and  have  i)assed 
through  the  gate,  and  are  gone  out  by  it; 
and  their  king  shall  pass  before  them, 
and  the  Lord  on  the  head  of  thera. 

CHAPTER  III. 

AND  I  said.  Hear,  I  pray  you,  O  heads 
of  Jacob,  and  ye  princes  of  the  house 
of  Israel ;  7s  it  not  for  you  to  know  judg- 
ment? 
2  Who  hate  the  good,  and  love  the  evil ; 

53 


who  pluck  off  their  skin  from  off  them, 
and  their  flesh  from  off  their  bones; 

3  Who  also  eat  the  flesh  of  my  people,  and 
flay  their  skin  from  off  them ;  and  they 
break  their  bones,  and  chop  them  in 
pieces,  as  for  the  pot,  and  as  flesh  within 
the  caldron. 

4  Then  shall  they  cry  unto  the  Lord,  but 
he  will  not  hear  them:  he  will  even  hide 
his  face  from  them  at  that  time,  as  they 
have  behaved  themselves  ill  in  their 
doings. 

5  Tl  Thus  saith  the  Lord  concerning  the 
prophets  that  make  my  people  err,  that 
bite  with  their  teeth,  and  cry,  Peace ;  and 
he  that  putteth  not  into  their  mouths, 
they  even  prepare  war  against  him  : 

6  Therefore  night  shall  be  unto  you,  that 
ye  shall  not  have  a  vision ;  and  it  shall  be 
dark  unto  you,  that  ye  shall  not  divine ; 
and  the  sun  shall  go  down  over  the  proph- 
ets, and  the  day  shall  be  dark  over  them. 

7  Then  shall  the  seers  be  ashamed,  and 
the  diviners  confounded :  yea,  they  shall  all 
cover  their  lips ;  for  there  is  no  answer  of 
God. 

8  T[  But  truly  I  am  full  of  power  by  the 
Spirit  of  the  Lord,  and  of  judgment,  and 
of  might,  to  declare  unto  Jacob  his  trans- 
gression, and  to  Israel  his  sin. 

9  Hear  this,  I  pra}'  you,  ye  heads  of 
the  house  of  Jacob,  and  princes  of  the 
house  of  Israel,  that  abhor  judgment,  and 
pervert  all  equity. 

10  They  build  up  Zion  with  blood,  and 
Jerusalem  with  iniquity. 

11  The  heads  thereof  judge  for  reward, 
and  the  priests  thereof  teach  for  hire,  and 
the  prophets  thereof  divine  for  money : 
yet  will  they  lean  upon  the  Lord,  and  say. 
Is  not  the  Lord  among  us  ?  none  evil  can 
come  upon  us. 

12  Therefore  shall  Zion  for  your  sake  be 
ploughed  a.s  a  field,  and  Jerusalem  shall 
become  heaps,  and  the  mountain  of  the 
house  as  the  high  places  of  the  forest. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

BUT  in  the  last  days  it  shall  come  to 
pass,  that  the  mountain  of  the  house 
of  the  Lord  shall  be  established  in  the  top 
of  the  mountains,  and  it  shall  be  exalted 
above  the  hills ;  and  people  shall  flow  unto 
it. 
2  And  many  nations  shall  come,  and  say, 

833 


MICAH. 


Come,  and  let  us  go  up  to  the  mountain 

of  the  LoKD,  and  to  the  house  of  the  God 

of  Jacob  ;  and  he  will  teach  us  of  his  ways, 

I  and  we  will  walk  in  his  paths :  for  the  law 

i  shall  i^o  forth  of  Zion,  and  the  Avord  of  the 

i  Lord  from  Jerusalem. 

i    o  ^  And  he  shall  judge  among  many  p'eo- 
j  pie,  and  rebuke    strong  nations   afar  off; 
1  and    they    shall     beat    their    swords   into  j 
I  ploughshares,  and  their  spears  into  prun-  j 
I  inghooks :  nation  shall  not  lift  up  a  sword 
i  against  nation,  neither  shall  they  learn  war  j 
any  more. 

4  But  they  shall  sit  every  man  under  his  | 
vine  and  under  his  fig  tree;  and  none  shall  j 
make  theia  afraid  :   for  the  mouth  of  the  , 
I  Lord  of  hosts  hath  spoken  it. 
;    5  For  all  people  will  walk  every  one  in 
the  name  of  his  god,  and  we  Avill  walk  in 
the  name  of  the  Lord  our  God  for  ever  and 
ever. 

6  In  that  day,  saith  the  Lord,  will  I  as- 
semble her  that  halteth,  and  I  will  gather 
her  that  is  driven  out,  and  her  that  I  have 
atflicted; 

7  And  I  will  make  her  that  halted  a 
remnant,  and  her  that  was  cast  far  off  a 
strong  nation:  and  tlie  Lord  shall  reign 
over  them  in  mount  Zion  from  henceforth, 
even  for  ever. 

8  ^  And  thou,  O  tower  of  the  flock,  the 
■  strong  hold  of  the  daughter  of  Zion,  unto 
j  thee  shall  it  come,  even  the  first  dominion; 
i  the  kingdom  shall  come  to  the  daughter 
:  of  Jerusalem. 

!  9  Now  why  dost  thou  cry  out  aloud  ?  is 
I  tJiere  no  king  in  thee?  is  thy  counsellor 
i  perished?  for  pangs  have  taken  thee  as 
i  a  woman  in  travail. 

,  10  Be  in  pain,  and  labour  to  bring  forth, 
:  O  daughter  of  Zion,  like  a  woman  in  trav- 
1  ail:  for  now  shalt  thou  go  forth  out  of  the 
city,  and  thou  shalt  dwell  in  the  field,  and 
I  thou  shalt  go  eveit  to  Babylon ;  there  shalt 
j  thou  be  delivered  ;  there  the  Lord  shall 
j  redeem  thee  from  the  hand  of  thine  en- 
emies. 

11  If  Now  also  many  nations  are  gathered 

against  thee,  that  say,  Let  her  be  defiled, 

and  let  our  eye  look  upon  Zion. 

13  But   they   know  not   the  thoughts  of 

the    Lord,    neither    understand    they   his 


for  I  will  make  thine  horn  iron,  and  I  will 
make  thy  hoofs  brass :  and  thou  shalt  beat 
in  pieces  many  people :  and  I  will  conse- 
crate their  gain  unto  the  Lord,  and  their 
substance  unto  the  Lord  of  the  whole 
earth. 

CHAPTER  V. 

NOW  gather  thyself  in  troops,  0  daugh- 
ter of  troops :  he  hath  laid  siege 
against  us :  they  shall  smite  the  judge  of 
Israel  with  a  rod  upon  the  cheek. 

2  But  thou,  Beth-lehem  Ephratah,  though 
thou  be  little  among  the  thousands  of  Ju- 
dah,  yet  out  of  thee  shall  he  come  forth 
unto  me  that  is  to  be  ruler  in  Israel;  whose 
goings  forth  have  been  from  of  old,  from 
everlasting. 

3  Therefore  will  he  give  them  up,  until 
the  time  that  she  which  travaileth  hath 
brought  forth :  then  the  remnant  of  his 
brethren  shall  return  unto  the  children  of 
Israel. 

4  ^  And  he  shall  stand  and  feed  in  the 
strength  of  the  Lord,  in  the  majesty  of 
the  name  of  the  Lord  his  God;  and  they 
shall  abide  :  for  now  shall  he  be  great  unto 
the  ends  of  the  earth. 

5  And  this  man  shall  be  the  peace,  when 
the  Assyrian  shall  come  into  our  land :  and 
Avhen  he  shall  tread  in  our  palaces,  then 
shall  we  raise  against  him  seven  shepherds, 
and  eight  principal  men. 

6  And  they  shall  waste  the  land  of  Assyria 
with  the  sword,  and  the  land  of  Nimrod  in 
the  entrances  thereof:  thus  shall  he  deliver 
ns  from  the  Assyrian,  when  he  comcth  into 
our  land,  and  when  he  treadeth  within  our 
borders. 

7  And  the  remnant  of  Jacob  shall  be  in 
the  midst  of  many  people  as  a  dew  from 
the  Lord,  as  the  showers  upon  the  grass, 
that  tarrieth  not  for  man,  nor  waiteth  for 
the  sons  of  men. 

8  1  And  the  remnant  of  Jacob  shall  be 
among  the  Gentiles  in  the  midst  of  many 
people,  as  a  lion  among  the  beasts  of  the 
forest,  as  a  j'oung  lion  among  the  flocks 
of  sheep:  who,  if  he  go  through,  both 
treadeth  down,  and  teareth  in  pieces,  and 
none  can  deliver. 

y  Thine  hand  shall  be  lifted  up  upon  thine 
adversaries,  and  all  thine  enemies  shall  be 


j  counsel :  for  he  shall  gather  them   as  the  j  cut  off. 

!  sheaves  into  the  floor.  I    10  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 

j    13  Arise  and  thresh,  O  daughter  of  Zion;  I  saith  the  Lord,  that  I  will  cut   off  thy 


MICAH. 


horses  out  of  the  midst  of  thee,  aud  I  will 
destroy  thj'  chariots : 

11  And  I  will  cut  ofl'  the  cities  of  thy 
land,  and  throw  down  all  thy  strong 
holds : 

12  And  I  will  cut  off  witchcrafts  out  of 
thine  hand;  and  thou  shalt  have  no  more 
soothsayers : 

13  Thy  graven  images  also  will  I  cut  off, 
and  thy  standing  images  out  of  the  midst 
of  thee ;  and  thou  shalt  no  more  worshij) 
the  work  of  thine  hands. 

14  And  I  will  pluck  up  thy  groves  out  of 
the  midst  of  thee :  so  will  I  destroy  thy 
cities. 

15  And  I  will  execute  vengeance  in  anger 
and  fury  upon  the  heathen,  such  as  they 
have  not  heard. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

HEAR  ye  now  what  the  Lord  saith ; 
Arise,  contend  thou  before  the  moun- 
tains, and  let  the  hills  hear  thy  voice. 

2  Hear  ye,  O  mountains,  the  Lord's  con- 
troversy, and  ye  strong  foundations  of  the 
earth:  for  the  Lord  hath  a  controversy 
with  his  people,  and  he  will  plead  with 
Israel. 

3  O  my  people,  what  have  I  done  unto 
thee?  and  wherein  have  I  wearied  thee? 
testify  against  me. 

4  For  I  brought  thee  up  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  and  redeemed  thee  out  of  the  house 
of  servants  ;  and  I  sent  before  thee  Moses, 
Aaron,  and  Miriam. 

5  O  my  people,  remember  now  what 
Balak  king  of  Moab  consulted,  and  what 
Balaam  the  son  of  Beor  answered  him  from 
Shittim  unto  Gilgal;  that  ye  may  know 
the  righteousness  of  the  Loud. 

6  1  Wherewith  shall  I  come  before  the 
Lord,  and  boAV  myself  before  the  high 
God?  shall  I  come  before  him  with  burnt 
oflTerings,  with  calves  of  a  year  old? 

7  Will  the  Lord  be  pleased  with  thou- 
sands of  rams,  or  with  ten  thousands  of 
rivers  of  oil?  shall  I  give  my  firstborn /or 
my  transgression,  the  fruit  of  my  body  for 
the  sin  of  my  soul  ? 

8  He  hath  shewed  thee,  O  man,  what  is. 
good;  and  what  doth  the  Lord  require  of 
thee,  but  to  do  justly,  aud  to  love  mercy, 
and  to  walk  humbly  with  thy  God? 

9  The  Lord's  voice  crieth  unto  the  city, 
and    the   man   of  wisdom    shall    see    thy 


name :    hear  ye   the   rod,   and  who   hath 
appointed  it. 

10  1[  Are  there  yet  the  treasures  of  wick- 
edness in  the  house  of  the  wicked,  and  the 
scant  measure  that  is  abominable? 

11  Shall  I  count  tftem  pure  with  the  wick- 
ed balances,  and  with  the  bag  of  deceitful 
weights  ? 

12  For  the  rich  men  thereof  are  full  of 
violence,  and  the  inhabitants  thereof  have 
spoken  lies,  and  their  tongue  is  deceitful 
in  their  mouth. 

13  Therefore  also  will  I  make  thee  sick  in 
smiting  thee,  in  making  thee  desolate  be- 
cause of  thy  sins. 

14  Thou  shalt  eat,  but  not  be  satisfied; 
and  thy  casting  down  shall  be  in  the  midst 
of  thee;  and  thou  shalt  take  hold,  but  shalt 
not  deliver;  and  that  which  thou  deliverest 
will  I  give  up  to  the  sword. 

15  Thou  shalt  sow,  but  thou  shalt  not 
reap;  thou  shalt  tread  the  olives,  but  thou 
shalt  not  anoint  thee  with  oil;  and  sweet 
wine,  but  shalt  not  drink  wine. 

16  1[  For  the  statutes  of  Omri  are  kept, 
and  all  the  works  of  the  house  of  Ahab, 
and  ye  walk  in  their  counsels;  that  I 
should  make  thee  a  desolation,  and  the 
inhabitants  thereof  a  hissing :  therefore  ye 
shall  bear  the  reproach  of  my  people. 


w 


CHAPTER  VII. 
OE  is  me!  for  I  am  as  when  they 
have  gathered  the  summer  fruits,  as 
the  grape  gleanings  of  the  vintage :  there  is 
no  cluster  to  eat :  my  soul  desired  the  first 
ripe  fruit. 

2  The  good  man  is  perished  out  of  the 
earth;  and  tJiere  is  none  upright  among 
men :  they  all  lie  in  wait  for  blood ;  they 
hunt  every  man  his  brother  with  a  net. 

3  If  That  they  may  do  evil  with  both 
hands  earnestly,  the  prince  asketh,  and  the 
judge  asketh  for  a  reward ;  and  the  great 
mati,  he  uttereth  his  mischievous  desire: 
so  they  wrap  it  up. 

4  The  best  of  them  is  as  a  brier:  the 
most  upright  is  sharper  than  a  thorn  hedge: 
the  day  of  thy  watchmen  a7td  thy  visita- 
tion cometh ;  now  shall  be  their  per- 
plexity. 

5  f  Trust  ye  not  in  a  friend,  put  ye  not 
confidence  in  a  guide:  keep  the  doors  of 
thy  mouth  from  her  that  lieth  in  thy 
bosom. 

835  " 


NAHUM. 


6  For  the  son  dishonoureth  the  father,  the 
daughter  riseth  up  against  her  mother,  the 
daughter  in  law  against  her  mother  in  law ; 
a  man's  enemies  are  the  men  of  his  own 
house. 

7  Therefore  I  will  look  unto  the  Lord; 
I  will  wait  for  the  God  of  my  salvation: 
my  God  will  hear  me. 

8  Tl  Rejoice  not  against  me,  O  mine  ene- 
my :  when  I  fall,  1  shall  arise ;  when  I  sit 
in  darkness,  the  Lorb  shall  be  a  light  unto 
me. 

9  I  will  bear  the  indignation  of  the  Lord, 
because  I  have  sinned  against  him,  until  he 
plead  my  cause,  and  execute  judgment  for 
me :  he  will  bring  me  forth  to  the  light, 
and  I  shall  behold  his  righteousness. 

10  Then  she  that  is  mine  enemy  shall  see 
it,  and  shame  shall  cover  her  which  said 
unto  me.  Where  is  the  Lord  thy  God? 
mine  eyes  shall  behold  her:  now  shall  she 
be  trodden  down  as  the  mire  of  the  streets. 

11  I/i  the  day  that  thy  walls  are  to  be 
built,  in  that  day  shall  the  decree  be  far  re- 
moved. 

12  In  that  day  also  he  shall  come  even 
to  thee  from  Assyria,  and//-om  the  fortified 
cities,  and  from  the  fortress  even  to  the 
river,  and  from  sea  to  sea,  a.nd  from  mount- 
ain to  mountain. 

13  Notwithstanding,    the   land    shall    be 


desolate  because  of  them  that  dwell  there- 
in, for  the  fruit  of  their  doings. 

14  If  Feed  thy  people  with  thy  rod,  the 
flock  of  thine  heritage,  which  dwell  soli- 
tarily i7i  the  wood,  in  the  midst  of  Car- 
mel :  let  them  feed  in  Bashan  and  Gilead, 
as  in  the  days  of  old. 

15  According  to  the  days  of  thy  coming 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  will  I  shew  unto 
him  marvellous  things. 

16  T[  The  nations  shall  see  and  be  con- 
founded at  all  their  might :  they  shall  lay 
their  hand  upon  their  mouth,  their  ears 
shall  be  deaf. 

17  They  shall  lick  the  dust  like  a  serpent, 
they  shall  move  out  of  their  holes  like 
worms  of  the  earth:  they  shall  be  afraid 
of  the  Lord  our  God,  and  shall  fear 
because  of  thee. 

18  Who  is  a  God  like  unto  thee,  that 
pardoneth  iniquity,  and  passeth  by  the 
transgression  of  the  remnant  of  his  herit- 
age? he  retaineth  not  his  anger  for  ever, 
because  he  delighteth  in  mercy. 

19  He  will  turn  again,  he  will  have  com- 
passion upon  us ;  he  will  subdue  our  in- 
iquities; and  thou  wilt  cast  all  their  sins 
into  the  depths  of  the  sea. 

20  Thou  wilt  perform  the  truth  to  Jacob, 
and  the  mercy  to  Abraham,  which  thou  hast 
sworn  unto  our  fiithers  from  the  days  of  old. 


NAHUM. 


CHAPTER   L 

THE    burden  of    Nineveh.     The   book 
of  the  vision  of  Nahum  the  Elkoshite. 

2  God  is  jealous,  and  the  Lord  revengeth; 
the  Lord  revengeth,  and  is  furious ;  the 
Lord  will  take  vengeance  on  his  adver- 
saries, and  he  reserveth  wrath  for  his  en- 
emies. 

3  The  Lord  w  slow  to  anger,  and  great 
in  power,  and  will  not  at  all  acquit  the 
wicked:  the  Lord  hath  his  way  in  the 
whirlwind  and  in  the  storm,  and  the 
clouds  are  the  dust  of  his  feet. 

4  He  rebuketh  the  sea,  and  maketh  it 
dry,  and  drieth  up  all  the  rivers  :  Bashan 
languisheth,  and  Carmel,  and  the  flower 
of  Lebanon  languisheth. 


5  The  mountains  quake  at  him,  and  the 
hills  melt,  and  the  earth  is  burned  at  his 
presence,  yea,  the  world,  and  all  that 
dwell  therein. 

6  Who  can  stand  before  his  indignation? 
and  who  can  abide  in  the  fierceness  of  his 
anger?  his  fury  is  poured  out  like  fire, 
and  the  rocks  arc  thrown  down  by  him. 

7  The  Lord  is  good,  a  strong  hold  in 
the  day  of  trouble ;  and  he  knoweth  them 
that  trust  in  him. 

8  But  with  an  overrunning  flood  he  will 
make  an  utter  end  of  the  place  thereof, 
and  darkness  shall  pursue  his  enemies. 

9  What  do  ye  imagine  against  the  Lord? 
he  will  make  an  utter  end:  aflliction 
shall  not  rise  up  the  second  time. 


NAHUM. 


10  For  while  they  be  folden  together  as 
thorns,  and  while  they  are  drunken  as 
drunkards,  they  shall  be  devoured  as  stub- 
ble fully  dry. 

11  There  is  one  come  out  of  thee,  that 
imagineth  evil  against  the  Lord,  a  wicked 
counsellor. 

12  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  Though  they  he 
quiet,  and  likewise  many,  yet  thus  shall 
they  be  cut  down,  when  he  shall  pass 
through.  Though  I  have  afflicted  thee,  I 
will  aliiict  thee  no  more. 

13  For  now  will  I  break  his  yoke  from  off 
thee,  and  will  burst  thy  bonds  in  sunder. 

14  And  the  Lord  hath  given  a  command- 
ment concerning  thee,  that  no  more  of 
thy  name  be  sown:  out  of  the  house  of 
thy  gods  will  I  cut  off  the  graven  image 
and  the  molten  image:  I  will  make  thy 
grave  ;  for  thou  art  vile. 

15  Behold  upon  the  mountains  the  feet  of 
him  that  bringeth  good  tidings,  that  pub- 
lisheth  peace !  O  Judah,  keep  thy  solemn 
feasts,  perform  thy  vows:  for  the  wicked 
shall  no  more  pass  through  thee ;  he  is 
utterly  cut  off. 

CHAPTER  IL 

HE  that  dasheth  in  pieces  is  come  up 
before  thy  face :  keep  the  munition, 
watch  the  way,  make  thy  loins  strong,  for- 
tify thy  power  mightily. 

2  For  the  Lord  hath  turned  away  the 
excellency  of  Jacob,  as  the  excellency  of 
Israel :  for  the  emptiers  have  emptied 
them  out,  and  marred  their  vine  branches. 

3  The  shield  of  his  mighty  men  is  made 
red,  the  valiant  men  are  in  scarlet :  the 
chariots  shall  he  with  flaming  torches  in 
the  day  of  his  preparation,  and  the  lir  trees 
shall  be  terribly  shaken. 

4  The  chariots  shall  rage  in  the  streets, 
they  shall  justle  one  against  another  in 
the  broad  ways :  they  shall  seem  like 
torches,  they  shall  run  like  the  lightnings. 

5  He  shall  recount  his  worthies :  they 
shall  stumble  in  their  walk;  they  shall 
make  haste  to  the  wall  thereof,  and  the 
defence  shall  be  prepared. 

6  The  gates  of  the  rivers  shall  be  opened, 
and  the  palace  shall  be  dissolved, 

7  And  Huzzab  shall  be  led  away  captive, 
she  shall  be  brought  up,  and  her  maids 
shall  lead  her  as  with  the  voice  of  doves, 
taberiug  upon  their  breasts. 

8  But   Nineveh  is  of  old  like   a  pool  of 


water:  yet  they  shall  flee  away.  Stand, 
stand,  shall  they  cry;  but  none  shall  look 
back. 

9  Take  ye  the  spoil  of  silver,  take  the 
spoil  of  gold :  for  there  is  none  end  of  the 
store  and  glory  out  of  all  the  pleasant 
furniture. 

10  She  is  empty,  and  void,  and  waste :  and 
the  heart  melteth,  and  the  knees  smite 
together,  and  much  pain  is  in  all  loins, 
and  the  faces  of  them  all  gather  black- 
ness. 

11  Where  is  the  dwelling  of  the  lions, 
and  the  feeding  place  of  the  young  lions, 
where  the  lion,  even  the  old  lion,  walked, 
a7id  the  lion's  whelp,  and  none  made  them 
afraid  ? 

12  The  lion  did  tear  in  pieces  enough 
for  his  whelps,  and  strangled  for  his  lion- 
esses, and  filled  his  holes  with  prey,  and 
his  dens  with  ravin. 

13  Behold,  I  am  against  thee,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  and  I  will  burn  her  chariots 
in  the  smoke,  and  the  sword  shall  devour 
thy  young  lions :  and  I  will  cut  off  thy 
prey  from  the  earth,  and  the  voice  of  thy 
messengers  shall  no  more  be  heard. 

CHAPTER  in. 

WOE  to  the  bloody  city !   it  is  all  full 
of  lies  and  robbery ;   the  prey  de- 
parteth  not ; 

2  The  noise  of  a  whip,  and  the  noise 
of  the  rattling  of  the  wheels,  and  of  the 
prancing  horses,  and  of  the  jumping  char- 
iots. 

3  The  horseman  lifteth  up  both  the  bright 
sword  and  the  glittering  spear:  and  there 
is  a  multitude  of  slain,  and  a  great  num- 
ber of  carcasses ;  and  there  is  none  end 
of  their  corpses ;  they  stumble  upon  their 
corpses : 

4  Because  of  the  multitude  of  the  whore- 
doms of  the  well  favoured  harlot,  the 
mistress  of  witchcrafts,  that  selleth  na- 
tions through  her  whoredoms,  and  families 
through  her  witchcrafts. 

5  Behold,  I  am  against  thee,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts ;  and  I  Avill  discover  thy 
skirts  upon  thy  face,  and  I  will  shew  the 
nations  thy  nakedness,  and  the  kingdoms 
thy  shame. 

6  And  I  will  cast  abominable  filth  upon 
thee,  and  make  thee  vile,  and  will  set  thee 
as  a  gazingstock. 

837 


HABAKKUK. 


7  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  all  they 
that  look  upon  thee  shall  flee  from  thee, 
and  say,  Nineveh  is  laid  waste :   who  will  i 
bemoan  her?  whence  shall  I  seek  comfort- ' 
ers  for  thee  ?  j 

8  Art  thou  better  than  populous  No,  that 
was  situate  among  the  rivers,  that  had  the 
waters  round  about  it,  whose  rampart  ims 
the  sea,  and  her  wall  wan  from  the  sea  ? 

9  Ethiopia  and  Egypt  loere  her  stren<rth, 
and  it  was  infinite;  Put  and  Lubim  were 
thy  helpers. 


be  set  wide   open   unto    thine     enemies : 
the  fire  shall  devour  thy  bars. 

14  Draw  thee  waters  for  the  siege,  fortify 
th}'  strong  holds :  go  into  clay,  and  tread 
the  mortar,  make  strong  the  brickkiln. 

15  There  shall  the  fire  devour  thee;  the 
sword  shall  cut  thee  off,  it  shall  eat  thee 
up  like  the  cankerworm :  make  thyself 
many  as  the  cankerworm,  make  thyself 
many  as  the  locusts. 

16  Thou  hast  multiplied  thy  merchants 
above  the  stars  of  heaven:  the  cankerworm 


10  Yet   wan   she   carried  away,  she  went    spoileth,  and  fleeth  away. 


into  captivity:  her  young  children  also 
were  dashed  in  pieces  at  the  top  of  all  the 
streets :  and  they  cast  lots  for  her  honour- 
able men,  and  all  her  great  men  were 
bound  in  chains. 

11  Thou  also  shall  be  drunken:  thou  shalt 
be  hid,  thou  also  shalt  seek  strength  be- 
cause of  the  enemy. 

12  All  thy  strong  holds  Rhall  he  like  fig 
trees  with  the  first  ripe  figs :  if  they  be 
shaken,  they  shall  even  fall  into  the  mouth 
of  the  eater. 

13  Behold,  thy  people  in  the  midst  of  thee 
are  women:   the  gates    of  thy  land  shall 


17  Thy  crowned  are  as  the  locusts,  and 
thy  captains  as  the  great  grasshoppers, 
which  camp  in  the  hedges  in  the  cold  day, 
hut  when  the  sun  ariseth  they  flee  away,  and 
their  place  is  not  known  where  they  are. 

18  Thy  shepherds  slumber,  O  king  of 
Assyria  :  thy  nobles  shall  dwell  ui  the  dust  : 
thy  people  is  scattered  upon  the  mount- 
ains, and  no  man  gathereth  them. 

19  There  in  no  healing  of  thy  bruise;  thy 
wound  is  grievous  :  all  that  hear  the  bruit 
of  thee  shall  clap  the  hands  over  thee  :  for 
upon  whom  hath  not  thy  wickedness  passed 
continually? 


HABAKKUK 


CHAPTER  I. 

THE     burden    which    Habakkuk    the 
prophet  did  see. 

2  O  LoKD,  how  long  shall  I  cry,  and  thou 
wilt  not  hear!  efje)t  cry  out  unto  thee  of 
violence,  and  thou  wilt  not  save ! 

3  Why  dost  thou  shew  me  iniquity,  and 
cause  ttie  to  behold  grievance?  for  spoiling 
and  violence  are  before  me :  and  there  are 
that  raise  up  strife  and  contention. 

4  Therefore  the  law  is  slacked,  and  judg- 
ment doth  never  go  forth :  for  the  wicked 
doth  compass  about  the  righteous ;  there- 
fore wrong  judgment  proceedeth. 

5  T"  Behold  ye  among  the  heathen,  and 
regard,  and  wonder  marvellously :  for  I 
will  work  a  work  in  your  days,  whU-h  ye 
will  not  believe,  though  it  be  told  yon. 

6  For,  lo,  I  raise  up  the  Chaldeans, 
that  bitter  and  hasty  nation,  which  shall 
march   throuirh   the   breadth  of  the  land, 

'  ^8 


to  possess  the  dwelliugplaces  that  are  not 
theirs. 

7  They  are  terrible  and  dreadful:  their 
judgment  and  their  dignity  shall  proceed 
of  themselves. 

8  Their  horses  also  are  swifter  than  the 
leopards,  and  are  more  fierce  than  the 
evening  wolves :  and  their  horsemen  shall 
spread  themselves,  and  their  horsemen 
shall  come  from  for ;  they  shall  fly  as  the 
eagle  that  hasteth  to  eat. 

9  They  shall  come  all  for  violence:  their 
fixces  shall  sup  up  fw  the  east  wind,  and 
they  shall  gather  the  captivity  as  the  sand. 

10  And  they  shall  scoff  at  the  kings,  and 
the  princes  shall  be  a  scorn  unto  them  : 
they  shall  deride  every  strong  hold;  for 
they  shall  heap  dust,  and  take  it. 

11  Then  shall  his  mind  change,  and  he 
shall  pass  over,  and  offend,  inipiUing  this 
his  power  unto  his  god. 


HABAKKUK. 

12  *|[  Art  thou  not  from  everlasting,  O 
LoKD  luy  God,  mine  Holy  One  V  We  shall 
not  die.  O  Lokd,  thou  hast  ordained  them 
for  judgment ;  and,  O  mighty  God,  thou 
hast  established  them  for  correction. 

18  Thoti  art  of  purer  e^^es  than  to  behold 
evil,  and  canst  not  look  on  iniquity: 
wherefore  lookest  thou  upon  them  that 
deal  treacherously,  and  boldest  thy  tongue 
when  the  wicked  devoureth  the  tnau  that 
is  more  righteous  than  he  ? 

14  And  makest  men  as  the  fishes  of  the 
sea,  as  the  creeping  things,  that  have  no 
ruler  over  them  ? 

15  They  take  up  all  of  them  with  the 
angle,  they  catch  them  in  their  net,  and 
gather  them  in  their  drag:  therefore  they 
rejoice  and  are  glad. 

16  Therefore  they  sacrifice  unto  their  net, 
and  burn  incense  unto  their  drag  ;  because 
by  them  their  portion  is  fat,  and  their  meat 
plenteous. 

17  Shall  they  therefore  empty  their  net, 
and  not  spare  continually  to  slay  the 
nations  ? 

CHAPTER  11. 

I  WILL  stand  upon  my  watch,  and  set 
me  upon  the  tower,  and  will  watch  to 
see  what  he  will  say  unto  me,  and  what  I 
shall  answer  when  I  am  reproved. 

2  And  the  Lord  answered  me,  and  said. 
Write  the  vision,  and  make  it  plain  upon 
tables,  that  he  may  run  that  readeth  it. 

3  For  the  vision  is  yet  for  an  ax>pointed 
time,  but  at  the  end  it  shall  speak,  and  not 
lie :  though  it  tarry,  wait  for  it ;  because 
it  will  surely  come,  it  will  not  tarry, 

4  Behold,  his  soul  ivhich  is  lifted  up  is  not 
upright  in  him:  but  the  just  shall  live  by 
his  faith. 

5  ^  Yea  also,  because  he  transgresseth  by 
wine,  he  is  a  proud  man,  neither  keepeth 
at  home,  who  eulargcth  his  desire  as  hell, 
and  is  as  death,  and  cannot  be  satisfied,  but 
gathereth  unto  him  all  nations,  and  heap- 
eth  unto  him  all  people: 

6  Shall  not  all  these  take  up  a  parable 
against  him,  and  a  taunting  proverb  against 
him,  and  say.  Woe  to  him  that  increaseth 


8  Because  thou  hast  spoiled  many  nations, 
all  the  remnant  of  the  people  shall  bpoil 
thee;  because  of  men's  blood,  and /or  the 
violence  of  the  land,  of  the  city,  and  of  all 
that  dwell  therein. 

9  T[  Woe  to  him  that  coveteth  an  evil  cov- 
etousness  to  his  house,  that  he  may  set  his 
nest  on  high,  that  he  may  be  delivered 
from  the  power  of  evil! 

10  Thou  hast  consulted  shame  to  thy 
house  by  cutting  off  many  peoi)le,  and  hast 
sinned  a/fainst  thy  soul. 

11  For  the  stone  shall  cry  out  of  the  wall, 
and  the  beam  out  of  the  timber  shall  an- 
swer it. 

12  1[  Woe  to  him  that  buildeth  a  town 
with  blood,  and  establisheth  a  city  by  in- 
iquity ! 

13  Behold,  is  it  not  of  the  Lord  of  hosts 
that  the  people  shall  labour  in  the  very 
fire,  and  the  peojile  shall  wearj'  themselves 
for  very  vanity  ? 

14  For  the  earth  shall  be  filled  with  the 
knowledge  of  the  glory  of  the  Lord,  as  the  I 
waters  cover  the  sea. 

15  ^  Woe    unto    him    that    giveth    his 
neighbour  drink,  that  puttest  thy  bottle  | 
to  hirii^  and  makest  him  drunken  also,  that  j 
thou  mayest  look  on  their  nakedness  !  | 

16  Thou  art  filled  with  shame  for  glory :  \ 
drink  thou  also,  and  let  thy  foreskin   be 
uncovered:   the  cup  of  the  Lord's  right 
hand  shall  be  turned  unto  thee,  and  shame- 
ful spewing  shall  be  on  thy  glory, 

17  For  the  violence  of  Lebanon  shall 
cover  thee,  and  the  spoil  of  beasts,  v)hich 
made  them  afraid,  because  of  men.'s  blood, 
and  for  the  violence  of  the  land,  of  the 
city,  and  of  all  that  dwell  therein. 

18  iy  W^hat  profiteth  the  graven  image 
that  the  maker  thereof  hath  graven  it ;  the 
molten  image,  and  a  teacher  of  lies,  that 
the  maker  of  his  work  trusteth  therein, 
to  make  dumb  idols  ? 

19  Woe  unto  him  that  saith  to  the  wood, 
Awake ;  to  the  dumb  stone,  Arise,  it  shall 
teach !  Behold,  it  is  laid  over  with  gold 
and  silver,  and  there  is  no  breath  at  all  in 
the  midst  of  it. 


tfiat  vjhich  is  not  his  !   how  long  ?   and  to     20  But  the  Lord  is  in  his  holy  temple :  let 

all  the  earth  keep  silence  before  him. 

CHAPTER  IIL 
A    PRAYER  of  Habakkuk  the  prophet 


him  that  ladeth  himself  with  thick  clay ! 
7  Shall  they  not  rise  up  suddenly  that 
shall  bite  thee,  and  awake  that  shall  vex 
thee,  and  thou  shalt  be  for  booties  unto 
them? 


upon  Shigionoth. 
839^ 


ZEPHANIAH. 


a  O  Lord,  I  have  heard  thy  speech,  and 
was  afraid :  O  LoKU,  revive  thy  work  in  the  , 
midst  of  the  years,  in  the  midst  of  the  years 
make  known  ;  iu  wrath  remember  mercy. 

3  God  came  from  Teman,  and  the  Holy  j 
One  from  mount  Paran.     Selah.     His  glory 
covered  the  heavens,  and  the  earth  was  full 
of  his  praise. 

4  And  his  brightness  was  as  the  light ;  he 
had  horns  coming  out  of  his  hand:  and 
there  ivas  the  hiding  of  his  power. 

5  Before  him  went  the  pestilence,  and 
burning  coals  went  forth  at  his  feet. 

6  He  stood,  and  measured  the  earth  :  he 
beheld,  and  drove  asunder  the  nations ; 
and  the  everlasting  mountains  were  scat- 
tered, the  perpetual  hills  did  bow :  his 
ways  are  everlasting. 

7  I  saw  the  tents  of  Cushan  in  affliction : 
and  the  curtains  of  the  land  of  Midian  did 
tremble. 

8  Was  the  Lord  displeased  against  the 
rivers  ?  vms  thine  anger  against  the  rivers  ? 
was  thy  wrath  against  the  sea,  that  thou 
didst  ride  upon  thine  horses  and  thy  char- 
iots of  salvation  ? 

9  Thy  bow  was  made  quite  naked,  accord- 
ing io  the  oaths  of  the  tribes,  even  t7it/ vrord. 
Selah.  Thou  didst  cleave  the  earth  with 
rivers. 

10  The  mountains  saw  thee,  arid  they 
trembled:  the  overflowing  of  the  water 
passed  by :  the  deep  uttered  his  voice,  and 
lifted  up  his  hands  on  high. 

11  The  sun  and  moon  stood  still  in  their 
habitation ;   at  the  light  of  thine  arrows 


they  went,  and  at  the  shining  of  thy  glit- 
tering spear. 

12  Thou  didst  march  through  the  land  in 
indignation,  thou  didst  thresh  the  heathen 
in  anger. 

13  Thou  wentest  forth  for  the  salvation 
of  thy  people,  evert  for  salvation  with  thine 
anointed ;  thou  woundedst  the  head  out  ol 
the  house  of  the  wicked,  by  discovering 
the  foundation  unto  the  neck.     Selah. 

14  Thou  didst  strike  through  with  his 
staves  the  head  of  his  villages :  they  came 
out  as  a  whirlwind  to  scatter  me  :  their  re- 
joicing teas  as  to  devour  the  poor  secretly. 

15  Thou  didst  Avalk  through  the  sea  with 
thine  horses,  through  the  heap  of  great 
waters. 

16  When  I  heard,  my  belly  trembled;  my 
lips  quivered  at  the  voice:  rottenness  en- 
tered into  my  bones,  and  I  trembled  in 
myself,  that  I  might  rest  in  the  day  of 
trouble:  when  he  cometh  up  unto  the  peo- 
ple, he  will  invade  them  with  his  troops. 

17  II  Although  the  fig  tree  shall  not  blos- 
som, neither  shall  fruit  be  in  the  vines ;  the 
labour  of  the  olive  shall  fail,  and  the  fields 
shall  yield  no  meat ;  the  flock  shall  be  cut 
off  from  the  fold,  and  there  shall  be  no  herd 
in  the  stalls : 

18  Yet  I  will  rejoice  in  the  Lord,  I  will 
joy  in  the  God  of  my  salvation. 

19  The  Lord  God  is  my  strength,  and  he 
will  make  my  feet  like  hinds'  feet,  and  he 
will  make  me  to  Avalk  upon  mine  high 
places.  To  the  chief  singer  on  my  stringed 
instruments. 


ZEPHANIAH. 


CHAPTER  L 

THE  word  of  the  Lord  which  came  unto 
Zephaniah  the  son  of  Cushi,  the  son 
of  Gedaliah,  the  son  of  Amariah,  the  sou 
of  Hizkiah,  in  the  days  of  Josiah  the  son 
of  Amon,  king  of  Judah. 

2  I  will  utterly  consume  all  things  from 
oflT  the  land,  saith  the  Lord. 

3  I  will  consume  man  and  beast;  I  will 
consume  the  fowls  of  the  heaven,  and 
the  fishes  of  the  sea,  and  the  stumbling- 
blocks  with   the   wicked ;   and   I  will   cut 

840 


oflf   man    from    off   the    land,   saith    the 
Lord. 

4  I  will  also  stretch  out  mine  hand  upon 
Judah,  and  iipon  all  the  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem;  and  I  will  cut  off  the  remnant 
of  Baal  from  this  place,  and  the  name  of 
the  Chemarim  with  the  priests  ; 

5  And  them  that  worship  the  host  of 
heaven  upon  the  housetops;  and  them 
that  worship  arid  that  swear  by  the  Lord, 
and  that  swear  by  Malcham; 

6  And   them  that  are  turned  back  from 


ZEPHANIAH. 


the  Lord  ;  and  those  that  have  not  sought 
the  Lord,  nor  inquired  for  him. 

7  Plold  thy.  peace  at  the  presence  of  the 
Lord  God  :  for  the  day  of  the  Lord  is  at 
hand:  for  the  Lord  hath  preijared  a  sac- 
rifice, he  hath  bid  his  guests. 

8  And  it  sliall  come  to  pass  in  the  day 
of  the  Lord's  sacrifice,  that  I  will  j^unish 
the  princes,  and  the  king's  children,  and 
all  such  as  are  clothed  with  strange 
apparel. 

9  In  the  same  day  also  will  I  punish  all 
those  that  leap  on  the  threshold,  which 
till  their  masters'  houses  with  violence 
and  deceit. 

10  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 
saith  the  Lord,  Viat  there  shall  he  the 
noise  of  a  cry  from  the  fish  gate,  and  a 
howling  from  the  second,  and  a  great 
crashing  from  the  hills. 

11  Howl,  ye  inhabitants  of  Maktesh,  for 
all  the  merchant  people  are  cut  down; 
all  they  that  bear  silver  are  cut  off. 

12  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  at  that 
time,  that  I  will  search  Jerusalem  with 
candles,  and  punish  the  men  that  are  set- 
tled on  their  lees :  that  say  in  their  heart. 
The  Lord  will  not  do  good,  neither  will 
he  do  evil. 

13  Therefore,  their  goods  shall  become  a 
booty,  and  their  houses  a  desolation : 
they  shall  also  build  houses,  but  not  in- 
habit them;  and  they  shall  plant  vine- 
yards, but  not  drink  the  wine  thereof. 

14  The  great  day  of  the  Lord  is  near,  it 
is  near,  and  hasteth  greatly,  eimi  the  voice 
of  the  day  of  the  Lord:  the  mighty  man 
shall  cry  there  bitterly. 

15  That  day  is  a  day  of  wrath,  a  day  of 
trouble  and  distress,  a  day  of  wasteness  and 
desolation,  a  day  of  darkness  and  gloomi- 
ness, a  day  of  clouds  and  thick  darkness, 

16  A  day  of  the  trumpet  and  alarm 
against  the  fenced  cities,  and  against  the 
high  towers. 

17  And  I  will  bring  distress  upon  men, 
that  they  shall  walk  like  blind  men,  be- 
cause they  have  sinned  against  the  Lord  : 
and  their  blood  shall  be  poured  out  as 
dust,  and  their  flesh  as  the  dung. 

18  Neither  their  silver  nor  their  gold 
shall  be  able  to  deliver  them  in  the  day 
of  the  Lord's  wrath ;  but  the  whole  land 
shall  be  devoured  by  the  fire  of  his  jeal- 
ousy:   for  he  shall  make  even   a  speedy 


riddance   of  all    them  that  dwell    in  the 
land. 

CHAPTER  IL 

GATHER    yourselves    together,    yea, 
gather  together,   O  nation   not    de- 
sired , 

2  Before  the  decree  bring  forth,  before  the 
day  pass  as  the  chaff,  before  the  tierce  an- 
ger of  the  Lord  come  upon  you,  before 
the  day  of  the  Lord's  anger  come  upon 
you. 

3  Seek  ye  the  Lord,  all  ye  meek  of  the 
earth,  which  have  wrought  his  judgment ; 
seek  righteousness,  seek  meekness  :  it  may 
be  ye  shall  be  hid  in  the  day  of  the  Lord's 
anger. 

4  ^  For  Gaza  shall  be  forsaken,  and  Ash- 
kelon  a  desolation :  they  shall  drive  out 
Ashdod  at  the  noonday,  and  Ekron  shall 
be  rooted  up. 

5  Woe  unto  the  inhabitants  of  the  sea 
coast,  the  nation  of  the  Cherethites !  the 
word  of  the  Lord  is  against  you;  O  Ca- 
naan, the  land  of  the  Philistines,  I  will 
even  destroy  thee,  that  there  shall  be 
no  inhabitant. 

6  And  the  sea  coast  shall  be  dwellings 
and  cottages  for  shepherds,  and  folds  for 
flocks. 

7  And  the  coast  shall  be  for  the  rem- 
nant of  the  house  of  Judah;  they  shall 
feed  thereupon:  in  the  houses  of  Ashkelon 
shall  they  lie  down  in  the  evening:  for 
the  Lord  their  God  shall  visit  them,  and 
turn  away  their  captivity. 

8  II  I  have  heard  the  reproach  of  Moab, 
and  the  revilings  of  the  children  of  Am- 
mon,  whereby  they  have  reproached  my 
people,  and  magnified  themselves  against 
their  border. 

9  Therefore,  as  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  Surely  Moab  shall 
be  as  Sodom,  and  the  children  of  Ammon 
as  Gomorrah,  even  the  breeding  of  nettles, 
and  saltpits,  and  a  perpetual  desolation : 
the  residue  of  my  people  shall  spoil  them, 
and  the  remnant  of  my  people  shall  pos- 
sess them. 

10  This  shall  they  have  for  their  pride, 
because  they  have  reproached  and  mag- 
nified themselves  against  the  people  of  the 
Lord  of  hosts. 

11  The  Lord  will  he  terrible  unto  them : 
for  he  will  famish  all  the  gods  of  the 
earth ;   and  men  shall  worship  him,  every 

841 


ZEPHANIAH. 


one  from  his  place,  even  all  the  isles  of 
the  heathen. 

12  \  Ye  Ethiopians  also,  ye  shall  be  slain 
by  my  sword. 

13  And  he  will  stretch  out  his  hand 
against  the  north,  and  destroy  Assyria; 
and  will  make  Nineveh  a  desolation,  atid 
dry  like  a  wilderness. 

14  And  flocks  shall  lie  down  in  the  midst 
of  her,  all  the  beasts  of  the  nations:  both 
the  cormorant  and  the  bittern  shall  lodge 
in  the  upper  lintels  of  it ;  their  Aoice  shall 
sing  in  the  windows;  desolation  shall  be 
in  the  thresholds:  for  he  shall  uncover  the 
cedar  work. 

15  This  is  the  rejoicing  city  that  dwelt 
carelessly,  that  said  in  her  heart,  I  am, 
and  the7-e  is  none  besides  me:  how  is  she 
become  a  desolation,  a  place  for  beasts  to 
lie  down  in !  every  one  that  passeth  by  her 
shall  hiss,  and  wag  his  hand. 

CHAPTER  III. 

WOE  to  her  that  is  filthy  and  polluted, 
to  the  oppressing  city ! 

2  She  obeyed  not  the  voice ;  she  received 
not  correction;  she  trusted  not  in  the 
Lord  ;  she  drew  not  near  to  her  God. 

3  Her  princes  within  her  are  roaring 
lions ;  her  judges  are  evening  wolves ; 
they  gnaw  not  the  bones  till  the  morrow. 

4  Her  prophets  are  light  a>id  treacherous 
persons :  her  priests  have  polluted  the 
sanctuary,  they  have  done  violence  to  the 
law. 

5  The  just  Lord  is  in  the  midst  thereof; 
he  will  not  do  iniquity :  every  morning 
doth  he  bring  his  judgment  to  light,  he 
faileth  not;  but  the  unjust  knoweth  no 
shame. 

6  I  have  cut  off  the  nations :  their  towers 
are  desolate ;  I  made  their  streets  waste, 
that  none  passeth  by:  their  cities  are  de- 
stroyed, so  that  there  is  no  man,  that  there 
is  none  inhabitant. 

7  I  said.  Surely  thou  wilt  fear  me,   thou  ! 
wilt  receive  instruction ;    so  their  dwelling  \ 
should  not  be  cut  off,  howsoever  I  pun- 
ished them :  but  they  rose  early,  afid  cor- 
rupted all  their  doings. 

8  H  Therefore  wait  ye  upon  me,  saith 
the  Lord,  until  the  day  that  I  rise  up  to 
the  prey:  for  my  determination  is  to  gath- 
er the  nations,  that  I  may  assemble  the 
kingdoms,   to  pour  upon  them  mine  in- 

842 


diguation,  e^•€7l  all  my  tierce  anger:  for  all 
the  earth  shall  be  devoured  with  the  tire 
of  my  jealousy. 

9  For  then  will  I  turn  to  the  people  a 
pure  language,  that  they  may  all  call  upon 
the  name  of  the  Lord,  to  serve  him  with 
one  consent. 

10  From  beyond  the  rivers  of  Ethiopia 
my  suppliants,  even  the  daughter  of  my 
dispersed,  shall  bring  mine  offering. 

11  In  that  day  shalt  thou  not  be  ashamed 
for  all  thy  doings,  wherein  thou  hast 
transgressed  against  me:  for  then  I  will 
take  away  out  of  the  midst  of  thee  them 
that  rejoice  in  thy  pride,  and  thou  shalt 
no  more  be  haughty  because  of  my  holy 
mountain.. 

12  I  will  also  leave  in  the  midst  of  thee 
an  afflicted  and  poor  people,  and  they 
shall  trust  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

13  The  remnant  of  Israel  shall  not  do  in- 
iquity, nor  speak  lies;  neither  shall  a  de- 
ceitful tongue  be  found  in  their  mouth : 
for  they  shall  feed  and  lie  down,  and  none 
shall  make  them  afraid. 

14  ^  Sing,  O  daughter  of  Zion;  shout,  O 
Israel;  be  glad  and  rejoice  with  all  the 
heart,  O  daughter  of  Jerusalem. 

15  The  Lord  hath  taken  away  thy  judg- 
ments, he  hath  cast  out  thine  enemy :  the 
King  of  Israel,  even  the  Lord,  is  in  the 
midst  of  thee :  thou  shalt  not  see  evil  any 
more. 

16  In  that  day  it  shall  be  said  to  Jerusa- 
lem, Fear  thou  not :  and  to  Zion,  Let  not 
thine  hands  be  slack. 

17  The  Lord  thy  God  in  the  midst  of 
thee  U  mighty;  he  will  save,  he  will  rejoice 
over  thee  with  joy;  he  will  rest  in  his 
love,  he  will  joy  over  thee  with  singing. 

IS  I  will  gather  them  thai  are  sorroAvful 
for  the  solemn  assembly,  7cho  are  of  thee, 
to  ivhom  the  reproach  of  it  was  a  burden. 

19  Behold,  at  that  time  I  will  undo  all 
that  afflict  thee :  and  I  will  save  her  that 
halteth,  and  gather  her  that  was  driven 
out ;  and  I  Avill  get  them  praise  and  fame 
in  every  land  where  they  have  been  put  to 
shame. 

20  At  that  time  will  I  bring  you  again,  even 
in  the  time  that  I  gather  you:  for  I  will 
make  you  a  name  and  a  praise  among  all 
people  of  the  earth,  when  I  turn  back 
3'our  captivity  before  your  eyes,  saith  the 
Lord. 


HAGGAI, 


CHAPTER  I. 

IN  the  second  year  of  Darius  the  king, 
in  the  sixth  month,  in  the  first  day  of 
the  month,  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  by 
Haggai  the  prophet  unto  Zerubbabel  the 
son  of  Shealtiel,  governor  of  Judah,  and 
to  Joshua  the  son  of  Josedech,  the  high 
priest,  saying, 

2  Thus  spealvcth  the  Lord  of  hosts,  saying. 
This  people  say.  The  time  is  not  come,  the 
time  that  the  Lord's  house  should  be  built. 

3  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  by 
Haggai  the  prophet,  saying, 

4  7s  it  time  for  you,  O  ye,  to  dwell  in  your 
ceiled  houses,  and  this  house  lie  waste  ? 

5  Now  therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts ;  Consider  your  ways. 

6  Ye  have  sown  much,  and  bring  in  little ; 
ye  eat,  but  ye  have  not  enough ;  ye  drink, 
but  ye  are  not  tilled  with  drink ;  ye  clothe 
j'ou,  but  there  is  none  warm  ;  and  he  that 
earneth  wages,  earneth  wages  to  put  it  into 
a  bag  with  holes. 

7  H  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts ;  Con- 
sider your  ways. 

8  Go  up  to  the  mountain,  and  bring  wood, 
and  build  the  house ;  and  I  will  take  pleas- 
ure in  it,  and  I  will  be  glorified,  saith  the 
Lord. 

9  Ye  looked  for  much,  and,  lo,  it  came  to 
little ;  and  when  ye  brought  it  home,  I  did 
blow  upon  it.  Why?  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts.  Because  of  mine  house  that  is  waste, 
and  ye  run  every  man  unto  his  own  house. 

10  Therefore  the  heaven  over  you  is 
stayed  from  dew,  and  the  earth  is  stayed 
from  her  fruit. 

11  And  I  called  for  a  drought  upon  the 
land,  and  upon  the  mountains,  and  upon 
the  corn,  and  upon  the  new  wine,  and 
upon  the  oil,  and  upon  that  which  the 
ground  bringeth  forth,  and  upon  men,  and 
upon  cattle,  and  upon  all  the  labour  of  the 
hands. 

12  1  Then  Zerubbabel  the  son  of  Shealtiel, 
and  Joshua  the  son  of  Josedech,  the  high 
priest,  with  all  the  remnant  of  the  people, 
obeyed  the  voice  of  the  Lord  their  God, 
and  the  words  of  Haggai  the  prophet,  as 


the  Lord  their  God  had  sent  him,  and  the 
people  did  fear  before  the  Lord. 

13  Then  spake  Haggai  the  Lord's  mes- 
senger in  the  Lord's  message  unto  the 
people,  saying,  I  am  with  you,  saith  the 
Lord. 

14  And  the  Lord  stirred  up  the  spirit  of 
Zerubbabel  the  son  of  Shealtiel,  governor 
of  Judah,  and  the  spirit  of  Joshua  the  son 
of  Josedech,  the  high  priest,  and  the  spirit 
of  all  the  remnant  of  the  people ;  and  they 
came  and  did  work  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  their  God, 

15  In  the  four  and  twentieth  day  of  the 
sixth  month,  in  the  second  year  of  Darius 
the  king. 

CHAPTER  11. 

IN  the  seventh  month^  in  the  one  and 
twentieth  day  of  the  month,  came  the 
word  of  the  Lord  by  the  prophet  Haggai, 
saying, 

2  Speak  now  to  Zerubbabel  the  son  of 
Shealtiel,  governor  of  Judah,  and  to  Joshua 
the  son  of  Josedech,  the  high  priest,  and 
to  the  residue  of  the  people,  saying, 

3  Who  is  left  among  you  that  saw  this 
house  in  her  first  glory?  and  how  do  ye 
see  it  now  ?  is  it  not  in  your  eyes  in  com- 
parison of  it  as  nothing? 

4  Yet  now  be  strong,  O  Zerubbabel,  saith 
the  Lord;  and  be  strong,  0  Joshua,  son 
of  Josedech,  the  high  priest;  and  be 
strong,  all  ye  people  of  the  land,  saith 
the  Lord,  and  work :  for  I  am  with  you, 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  : 

5  According  to  the  word  that  I  covenanted 
Avith  you  when  ye  came  out  of  Egypt,  so 
my  Spirit  remaineth  among  you:  fear  ye 
not. 

6  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts ;  Yet 
once,  it  is  a  little  while,  and  I  will  shake 
the  heavens,  and  the  earth,  and  the  sea, 
and  the  dry  land  ; 

7  And  I  will  shake  all  nations,  and  the 
Desire  of  all  nations  shall  come:  and  I 
will  fill  this  house  with  glory,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts. 

8  The  silver  is  mine,  and  the  gold  is  mine, 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 


843 


ZECHARIAH. 


9  The  glory  of  this  latter  house  shall  be  i    17  I  smote  3'ou   witli    blasting  and  Avith 
greater  than  of  the  former,  saith  the  Lokd  j  mildew  and  with  hail  in  all  the  labours  of 


of  hosts :    and   in  this  place  will  I  give 
peace,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

10  1  In  the  four  and  twentieth  day  of  the 
ninth  numth,  in  the  second  year  of  Darius, 
came  the  word  of  the  Lokd  by  Haggai  the 
prophet,  saying, 

11  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts;  Ask 
now  the  priests  co7icenii7ig  the  law,  saying, 

12  If  one  bear  holv  flesh  in  the  skirt  of 


your  hands  ;  yet  ye  turned  not  to  me,  saith 
the  Lord. 

18  Consider  now  from  this  day  and  up- 
ward, from  the  four  and  twentieth  day  of 
the  ninth  mouthy  even  from  the  day  that  the 
foundation  of  the  Lord's  temple  was  laid, 
consider  it. 

19  Is  the  seed  yet  in  the  barn  ?  yea,  as  yet 
the  vine,  and  the  fig  tree,  and  the  pome 


his  garment,  and  with  his  skirt  do  touch  '  grauate,    and    the    olive    tree,    hath    not 


bread,  or  pottage,  or  wine,  or  oil,  or  any 
meat,  shall  it  be  holy?    And  the  priests 
answered  and  said.  No. 
13  Then  said  Haggai,  If  one  that  is  unclean 


brought  forth:  from  this  day  will  I  bless 
you. 
20  T[  And  again  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  unto  Haggai  in  the  four  and  twenti- 


by  a  dead  body  touch  any  of  these,  shall  it  |  eth  day  of  the  month,  saying, 


be  unclean  ?  And  the  priests  answered  and 
said,  It  shall  be  unclean. 


21  Speak  to  Zerubbabel,  governor  of  Ju- 
dah,  saying,  I  will  shake  the  heavens  and 


14  Then  answered  Haggai,  and  said,  So  is  \  the  earth ; 


this  people,  and  so  is  this  nation  before  me, 
saith  the  Lord;   and  so  is  every  work  of 
their  hands;    and   that  which   they  offer 
there  is  unclean. 
15  And  now,  I  pray  you,  consider  from 


22  And  I  will  overthrow  the  throne  of 
kingdoms,  and  I  will  destroy  the  strength 
of  the  kingdoms  of  the  heathen;  and  I  will 
overthrow  the  chariots,  and  those  that  ride 
in  them ;  and  the  horses  and  their  riders 


this  day  and  upward,  from  before  a  stone  I  shall  come  down,  every  one  by  the  sword 
was    laid  upon  a  stone  in  the  temple  of  j  of  his  brother. 

the  Lord  :  23  In  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 

16  Since  those  daj/s  were,  when  07ie  came  !  will  I  take  thee,  O  Zerubbabel,  my  serv- 
to  a  heap  of  twenty  measures,  there  were  j  ant,  the  son  of  Shealtiel,  saith  the  Lord, 
but  ten:  when  one  came  to  the  pressfat  for  and  will  make  thee  as  a  signet:  for  I 
to  draw  out  fifty  vessels  out  of  the  press,  I  have  chosen  thee,  saith  the  Lord  of 
there  were  but  twenty.  j  hosts. 


ZECHARIAH. 


CHAPTER  L 

IN  the  eighth  month,  in  the  second  year 
of  Darius,  came  the  word  of  the  Lord 
unto  Zechariah,  the  son  of  Berechiah,  the 
son  of  Iddo  the  prophet,  saying, 

2  The  Lord  hath  been  sore  displeased 
with  your  fathers. 

3  Therefore  say  thou  unto  them.  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  ;  Turn  ye  unto  me, 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  and  I  will  turn 
unto  you,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

4  Be  ye  not  as  your  flxthers,  unto  whom 
the  former  prophets  have  cried,  saying. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts;  Turn  ye 
now  from  your  evil  ways,  and  frotn  your 

844 


evil  doings:  hut  they  did  not  hear,  nor 
hearken  unto  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

5  Your  fathers,  where  are  they?  and  the 
prophets,  do  they  live  for  ever? 

6  But  my  words  and  my  statutes,  which 
I  commanded  my  servants  the  prophets, 
did  they  not  take  hold  of  your  fathers? 
and  they  returned  and  said.  Like  as  the 
Lord  of  hosts  thought  to  do  unto  us,  ac- 
cording to  our  ways,  and  according  to  our 
doings,  so  hath  he  dealt  with  us. 

7  T[  Upon  the  four  and  twentieth  day  of 
the  eleventh  month,  which  is  the  month 
Sebat,  in  the  second  year  of  Darius,  came 
the  word  of  the  Lord  unto  Zechariah,  the 


ZECHARIAH. 


son    of   Berechiah,   the   sou   of   Iddo   the 
prophet,  saying, 

8  I  saw  by  night,  and  behold  a  man  riding 
upon  a  red  horse,  and  he  stood  among  the 
myrtle  trees  that  were  in  the  bottom;  and 
behind  him  wa-e  there  red  horses,  speckled, 
and  white. 

9  Then  said  I,  O  my  lord,  what  are  these  ? 
And  the  angel  that  talked  with  me  said 
unto  me,  I  will  shew  thee  what  these 
he. 

10  And  the  man  that  stood  among  the 
myrtle  trees  answered  and  said,  These  are 
they  whom  the  Lord  hath  sent  to  walk  to 
and  fro  through  the  earth. 

11  And  they  answered  the  angel  of  the 
Lord  that  stood  among  the  myrtle  trees, 
and  said.  We  have  walked  to  and  fro 
through  the  earth,  and,  behold,  all  the 
earth  sitteth  still,  and  is  at  rest. 

VZ  II  Then  the  angel  of  the  Lord  an- 
swered and  said,  O  Lord  of  hosts,  how 
long  wilt  thou  not  have  mercy  on  Jeni- 
salera  and  on  the  cities  of  Judah,  against 
which  thou  hast  had  indignation  these 
threescore  and  ten  years  ? 

13  And  the  Lord  answered  the  angel 
that  talked  with  me  with  good  words  and 
comfortable  words. 

14  So  the  angel  that  communed  with  me 
said  unto  me,  Cry  thou,  saying,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts ;  I  am  jealous 
for  Jerusalem  and  for  Zion  with  a  great 
jealousy. 

15  And  I  am  very  sore  displeased  with 
the  heathen  that  are  at  ease:  for  I  was 
but  a  little  displeased,  and  they  helped 
forward  the  affliction. 

16  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord;  I  am 
returned  to  Jerusalem  Avith  mercies:  my 
house  shall  be  built  in  it,  saith  the  Lord 
of  hosts,  and  a  line  shall  be  stretched 
forth  upon  Jerusalem. 

17  Cry  yet,  saying.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
of  hosts;  My  cities  through  prosperity 
shall  yet  be  spread  abroad;  and  the  Lord 
shall  yet  comfort  Zion,  and  shall  yet 
choose  Jerusalem. 

18  1  Then  lifted  I  up  mine  eyes,  and 
saw,  and  behold  four  horns. 

19  And  I  said  unto  the  angel  that  talked 
with  me.  What  be  these  ?  And  he  an- 
swered me.  These  are  the  horns  which 
have  scattered  Judah,  Israel,  and  Jeru- 
salem. 


20  And  the  Lord  shewed  me  four  car- 
penters.   . 

21  Then  said  I,  What  come  these  to 
do?  And  he  spake,  saying.  These  are  the 
horns  which  have  scattered  Judah,  so  that 
no  man  did  lift  up  his  head:  but  these 
are  come  to  fray  them,  to  cast  out  the 
horns  of  the  Gentiles,  which  lifted  up 
their  horn  over  the  land  of  Judah  to  scat- 
ter it. 

CHAPTER  IL 

I    LIFTED    up   mine   eyes   again,  and 
looked,  and  behold  a  man  with  a  meas- 
uring line  in  his  hand. 

2  Then  said  I,  Whither  goest  thou  ?  And 
he  said  unto  me.  To  measure  Jerusalem, 
to  see  what  is  the  breadth  thereof,  and 
what  i.s  the  length  thereof. 

3  And,  behold,  the  angel  that  talked  with 
me  went  forth,  and  another  angel  went 
out  to  meet  him, 

4  And  said  unto  him,  Run,  speak  to 
this  young  man,  saying,  Jerusalem  shall 
be  inhabited  a.s  towns  without  walls  for 
the  multitude  of  men  and  cattle  therein  : 

5  For  I,  saith  the  Lord,  will  be  unto 
her  a  wall  of  fire  round  about,  and  will 
be  the  glory  in  the  midst  of  her. 

6  ^  Ho,  ho,  come  forth,  and  flee  from  the 
land  of  the  north,  saith  the  Lord  :  for  I 
have  spread  you  abroad  as  the  four  winds 
of  the  heaven,  saith  the  Lord. 

7  Deliver  thyself,  O  Zion,  that  dwellest 
with  the  daughter  of  Babylon. 

8  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts; 
After  the  glory  hath  he  sent  me  imto  the 
nations  which  spoiled  you:  for  he  that 
toucheth  you,  toucheth  the  apple  of  his 
eye. 

9  For,  behold,  I  will  shake  mine  hand 
upon  them,  and  they  shall  be  a  spoil  to 
their  servants:  and  ye  shall  know  that 
the  Lord  of  hosts  hath  sent  me. 

10  U  Sing  and  rejoice,  O  daughter  of 
Zion:  for,  lo,  I  come,  and  I  Avill  dwell 
in  the  midst  of  thee,  saith  the  Lord. 

11  And  many  nations  shall  be  joined  to 
the  Lord  in  that  day,  and  shall  be  my 
people :  and  I  will  dwell  in  the  midst  of 
thee,  and  thou  shalt  know  that  the  Lord 
of  hosts  hath  sent  me  unto  thee. 

12  And  the  Lord  shall  inherit  Judah  his 
portion  in  the  holy  laud,  and  shall  choose 
Jerusalem  again. 

13  Be  silent,  O  all  flesh,  before  the  Lord  : 


ZECHARIAH. 


for  he  is  raised  up  out  of  his  holy  habit- 
ation. 

CHAPTER  III. 

AND  he  shewed  me  Joshua  the  high 
priest  standing  before  the  angel  of 
the  Lord,  and  Satan  standing  at  his  right 
hand  to  resist  him. 

2  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Satan,  The 
Lord  rebuke  thee,  O  Satan  ;  even  the  Lord 
that  hath  chosen  Jerusalem  rebuke  thee : 
is  not  this  a  brand  plucked  out  of  the  fire? 

3  Now  Joshua  was  clothed  with  filthy  gar- 
ments, and  stood  before  the  angel. 

4  And  he  answered  and  spake  unto  those 
that  stood  before  him,  saying,  Take  away 
the  filthy  garments  from  him.  And  unto 
him  he  said,  Behold,  I  have  caused  thine 
iniquity  to  pass  from  thee,  and  I  will  clothe 
thee  with  change  of  raiment. 

5  And  I  said.  Let  them  set  a  fair  mitre 
upon  his  head.  So  they  set  a  fair  mitre 
upon  his  head,  and  clothed  him  with  gar- 
ments. And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  stood 
by. 

6  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  protested 
unto  Joshua,  saying, 

7  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  ;  If  thou 
■wilt  w\alk  in  my  ways,  and  if  thou  wilt  keep 
my  charge,  then  thou  shalt  also  judge  my 
house,  and  shalt  also  keep  my  courts,  and 
I  will  give  thee  places  to  walk  among  these 
that  stand  by. 

8  Hear  now,  O  Joshua  the  high  priest, 
thou,  and  thy  fellows  that  sit  before  thee: 
for  they  are  men  wondered  at :  for,  be- 
hold, I  will  bring  forth  my  servant  the 
BRANCH. 

9  For  behold  the  stone  that  I  have  laid 
before  Joshua;  upon  one  stone  s/iall  be 
seven  eyes :  behold,  I  will  engrave  the 
graving  thereof,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
and  I  will  remove  the  iniquity  of  that 
land  in  one  day. 

10  In  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
shall  ye  call  every  man  his  neighbour 
under  the  vine  and  under  the  fig  tree. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

AND  the  angel  that  talked  with  me 
came  again,  and  waked  me,  as  a  man 
that  is  wakened  out  of  his  sleep, 
2  And  said  unto  me.  What  seest  thou? 
And  I  said,  I  have  looked,  and  behold  a 
candlestick  all  of  gold,  with  a  bowl  upon 
the  top  of  it,  and  his  seven  lamps  thereon, 
'  840 


and  seven  pipes  to  the  seven  lamps,  which 
are  upon  the  top  thereof: 

3  And  two  olive  trees  by  it,  one  upon 
the  right  .'<Ule  of  the  bowl,  and  the  other 
upon  the  left  side  thereof. 

4  So  I  answered  and  spake  to  the  angel 
that  talked  with  me,  saying,  What  «)-e 
these,  my  lord? 

5  Then  the  angel  that  talked  with  me 
answered  and  said  unto  me,  Knowest  thou 
not  what  these  be?  And  I  said,  No,  my 
lord. 

6  Then  he  answered  and  spake  unto  me, 
saying.  This  is  the  word  of  the  Lord  unto 
Zerubbabel,  saying.  Not  by  might,  nor  by 
power,  but  by  my  Spirit,  saith  the  Lord 
of  hosts. 

7  Who  art  thou,  O  great  mountain  ?  be- 
fore Zerubbabel  thou  shalt  become  a  plain : 
and  he  shall  bring  forth  the  headstone 
thereof  with  shoutings,  crying,  Grace,  grace 
unto  it. 

8  Moreover  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  me,  saying, 

9  The  hands  of  Zerubbabel  have  laid  the 
foundation  of  this  house;  his  hands  shall 
also  finish  it;  and  thou  shalt  know  that 
the  Lord  of  hosts  hath  sent  me  unto 
you. 

10  For  who  hath  despised  the  day  of 
small  things  ?  for  they  shall  rejoice,  and 
shall  see  the  plummet  in  the  hand  of  Ze- 
rubbabel with  those  seven ;  they  are  the 
eyes  of  the  Lord,  which  run  to  and  fro 
through  the  whole  earth. 

11  '^  Then  answered  I,  and  said  unto  him. 
What  are  these  two  olive  trees  upon  the 
right  side  of  the  candlestick  and  iipon  the 
left  side  thereof? 

12  And  I  answered  again,  and  said  unto 
him,  What  be  these  two  olive  branches, 
which  through  the  two  golden  pipes  empty 
the  golden  oil  out  of  themselves? 

13  And  he  answered  me  and  said,  Know- 
est thou  not  what  these  be?  And  I  said, 
No,  my  lord. 

14  Then  said  he.  These  are  the  two 
anointed  ones,  that  stand  by  the  Lord  of 
the  whole  earth. 

CHAPTER   V. 

THEN   I   turned,    and    lifted    up    mine 
eyes,  and  looked,  and  behold  a  flying 
roll. ' 
2  And  he  said  unto  me.  What  seest  thou? 


ZECHARIAH. 


And  I  answered,  I  see  a  flying  roll;   the  [ 
length  thereof  is  twenty  cubits,  and  the 
breadth  thereof  ten  cubits. 

3  Then  said  he  unto  me,  This  is  the  curse 
that  goeth  forth  over  the  face  of  the  whole 
earth  :  for  every  one  that  stealeth  shall  be 
cut  off  as  on  this  side  according  to  it ;  and 
every  one  that  sweareth  shall  be  cut  off 
m  on  that  side  according  to  it. 

4  I  will  bring  it  forth,  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  and  it  shall  enter  into  the  house  of 
the  thief,  and  into  the  house  of  him  that 
sweareth  falsely  by  my  name  :  and  it  shall 
remain  in  the  midst  of  his  house,  and  shall 
consume  it  with  the  timber  thereof  and 
the  stones  thereof. 

5  1  Then  the  angel  that  talked  with  me 
went  forth,  and  said  unto  me,  Lift  up  now 
thine  eyes,  and  see  what  is  this  that  goeth 
forth. 

6  And  I  said,  What  is  it  ?  And  he  said. 
This  is  an  ephah  that  goeth  forth.  He  said 
moreover,  This  is  their  resemblance  through 
all  the  earth. 

7  And,  behold,  there  was  lifted  i;p  a  talent 
of  lead:  and  this  is  a  woman  that  sitteth  in 
the  midst  of  the  ephah. 

8  And  he  said.  This  is  wickedness.  And 
he  cast  it  into  the  midst  of  the  ephah; 
and  he  cast  the  weight  of  lead  upon  the 
mouth  thereof. 

9  Then  lifted  1  up  mine  eyes,  and  looked, 
and,  behold,  there  came  out  two  womer, 
and  the  wind  was  in  their  wings ;  for  they 
had  wings  like  the  wings  of  a  stork :  and 
they  lifted  up  the  ephah  between  the  earth 
and  the  heaven. 

10  Then  said  I  to  the  angel  that  talked 
with  me.  Whither  do  these  bear  the  ephah? 

11  And  he  said  unto  me.  To  build  it  a 
house  in  the  laud  of  Shiuar:  and  it  shall  be 
established,  and  set  thei'e  upon  her  own 
base. 

CHAPTER  VL 

AND  I  turned,  and  lifted  up  mine  eyes, 
and  looked,  and,  behold,  there  came 
four  chariots  out  from  between  two  mount- 
ains; and  the  mountains  ivere  mountains 
of  brass. 

2  In  the  first  chariot  K'ere  red  horses;  and 
in  the  second  chariot  black  horses; 

3  And  in  the  third  chariot  white  horses; 
and  in  the  fourth  chariot  grizzled  and  bay 
horses. 

4  Then   I   answered    and    said   unto   the 


angel  that  talked  with  me,  What  are  these, 
my  lord? 

5  And  the  angel  answered  and  said  unto 
me.  These  are  the  four  spirits  of  the  heav- 
ens, which  go  forth  from  standing  before 
the  Lord  of  all  the  earth. 

6  The  black  horses  which  are  therein  go 
forth  into  the  north  country;  and  the  white 
go  forth  after  them ;  and  the  grizzled  go 
forth  toward  the  south  country. 

7  And  the  bay  went  forth,  and  sought  to 
go  that  they  might  walk  to  and  fro  through 
the  earth:  and  he  said,  Get  you  hence,  walk 
to  and  fro  through  the  earth.  So  they 
walked  to  and  fro  through  the  earth. 

8  Then  cried  he  upon  me,  and  spake  unto 
me,  saying.  Behold,  these  that  go  tov/ard 
the  north  country  have  quieted  my  spirit 
in  the  north  country. 

9  T[  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
me,  saying, 

10  Take  of  iJiem  of  the  captivity,  eivn  of 
Heldai,  of  Tobijah,  and  of  Jedaiah,  which 
are  come  from  Babylon,  and  come  thou 
the  same  day,  and  go  into  the  house  of 
Josiah  the  son  of  Zephaniah; 

11  Then  take  silver  and  gold,  and  make 
crowns,  and  set  them  upon  the  head  of 
Joshua  the  son  of  Josedech,  the  high 
priest ; 

12  And  speak  unto  him,  saying,  Thus 
speaketh  the  Lord  of  hosts,  saying,  Behold 
the  man  whose  name  is  The  BRANCH; 
and  he  shall  grow  up  out  of  his  place,  and 
he  shall  build  the  temple  of  the  Lord-: 

13  Even  he  shall  build  the  temple  of  the 
Lord;  and  he  shall  bear  the  glory,  and 
shall  sit  and  rule  upon  his  throne ;  and  he 
shall  be  a  priest  upon  his  throne:  and  the 
counsel  of  peace  shall  be  betAveen  them 
both. 

14  And  the  crowns  shall  be  to  Helem,  and 
to  Tobijah,  and  to  Jedaiah,  and  to  Hen  the 
son  of  Zephaniah,  for  a  memorial  in  the 
temple  of  the  Lord. 

1.5  And  they  i/iat  are  far  off  shall  come  and 
build  in  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  and  ye 
shall  know  that  the  Lord  of  hosts  hath 
sent  me  unto  you.  And  this  shall  come 
to  pass,  if  ye  will  diligently  obey  the  voice 
of  the  Lord  your  God. 


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CHAPTER  VIL 
ND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  fourth  year 

of  king  Darius,  that  the  word  of  the 

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ZECHARIAH. 


Lord  came  unto  Zechariah  in  the  fourth 
day  of  the  ninth  month,  cw»  in  Chisleu ; 

2  When  they  had  sent  unto  the  house  of 
God  Sherezer  and  Regem-melech,  and 
their  men,  to  pray  before  the  Lord, 

3  And  to  speak  unto  the  priests  which 
were  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  and 
to  the  prophets,  saying,  Should  I  weep  in 
the  fifth  month,  separating  myself,  as  I 
have  done  these  so  many  years  ? 

4  H  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  of 
hosts  unto  me,  saying, 

5  Speak  unto  all  the  people  of  the  land, 
and  to  the  priests,  saying.  When  ye  fasted 
and  mourned  in  the  fifth  and  seventh 
month,  even  those  seventy  years,  did  ye  at 
all  fiast  unto  me,  even  to  me? 

6  And  when  ye  did  eat,  and  when  ye  did 
drink,  did  not  ye  eat  for  yourselves,  and 
drink/or  yourselves? 

7  Should  ye  not  hear  the  words  which  the 
Lord  hath  cried  by  the  former  prophets, 
when  Jerusalem  was  inhabited  and  in  pros- 
perity, and  the  cities  thereof  round  about 
her,  when  men  inhabited  the  south  and  the 
plain? 

8  1i  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
Zechariah,  saying, 

9  Thus  speaketh  the  Lord  of  hosts,  say- 
ing. Execute  true  judgment,  and  shew 
mercy  and  compassions  every  man  to  his 
brother: 

10  And  oppress  not  the  widow,  nor  the 
fatherless,  the  stranger,  nor  the  poor;  and 
let  none  of  you  imagine  evil  against  his 
brother  in  your  heart. 

11  But  they  refused  to  hearken,  and  pulled 
away  the  shoulder,  and  stopped  their  ears, 
that  they  should  not  hear. 

12  Yea,  they  made  their  hearts  as  an  ada- 
mant stone,  lest  they  should  hear  the  law, 
and  the  words  which  the  Lord  of  hosts 
hath  sent  in  his  Spirit  by  the  former 
proi)hets:  therefore  came  a  great  wrath 
from  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

13  Therefore  it  is  come  to  pass,  that  as  he 
cried,  and  they  would  not  hear;  so  they 
cried,  and  I  would  not  hear,  saith  the  Lord 
of  hosts: 

14  But  I  scattered  them  with  a  whirlwind 
among  all  the  nations  whom  they  knew 
not.  Thus  the  land  was  desolate  after 
them,  that  no  man  passed  through  nor 
returned:  for  they  laid  the  pleasant  land 
desolate. 

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CHAPTER  VIIL 
AGAIN  the  word  of  the  Lord  of  hosts 
-t^  came  to  me,  saying, 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts;  I  was 
jealous  for  Zion  with  great  jealousy,  and  I 
was  jealous  for  her  with  great  fury. 

3  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  I  am  returned 
unto  Zion,  and  will  dwell  in  the  midst 
of  Jerusalem  :  and  Jerusalem  shall  be  call- 
ed A  city  of  truth;  and  the  mountain  of 
the  Lord  of  hosts,  The  holy  mountain. 

4  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts;  There 
shall  yet  old  men  and  old  women  dwell  in 
the  streets  of  Jerusalem,  and  every  man 
with  his  staff  in  his  hand  for  very  age. 

5  And  the  streets  of  the  city  shall  be  full 
of  boys  and  girls  playing  in  the  streets 
thereof. 

6  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts ;  If  it  be 
marvellous  in  the  eyes  of  the  remnant  of 
this  people  in  these  days,  should  it  also  be 
marvellous  in  mine  eyes  ?  saith  the  Lord 
of  hosts. 

7  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts ;  Behold,  I 
will  save  my  people  from  the  east  country, 
and  from  the  west  country ; 

8  And  I  will  bring  them,  and  they  shall 
dwell  in  the  midst  of  Jerusalem  :  and  they 
shall  be  my  people,  and  I  will  be  their 
God,  in  truth  and  in  righteousness. 

9  H  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts ;  Let 
your  hands  be  strong,  ye  that  hear  in  these 
days  these  words  by  the  mouth  of  the 
prophets,  Avhich  leere  in  the  day  that  the 
foundation  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  of 
hosts  was  laid,  that  the  temple  might  be 
built. 

10  For  before  these  days  there  was  no  hire 
for  man,  nor  any  hire  for  beast ;  neither 
was  there  any  peace  to  him  that  went  out 
or  came  in  because  of  the  affliction :  for  I 
set  all  men  every  one  against  his  neigh- 
bour. 

11  But  now  I  wUl  not  he  unto  the  residue 
of  this  people  as  in  the  former  days,  saith 
the  Lord  of  hosts. 

13  For  the  seed  shall  he  prosperous;  the 
vine  shall  give  her  fruit,  and  the  ground 
shall  give  her  increase,  and  the  heavens 
shall  give  their  dew;  and  I  will  cause  the 
remnant  of  this  people  to  possess  all  these 
things. 

13  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  as  ye 
were  a  curse  among  the  heathen,  O  house 
of  Judah,  and  house  of  Israel;  so  will  I 


ZECHARIAH. 


save  you,  and  ye  shall  be  a  blessing :  fear 
not,  but  let  your  hands  be  strong. 

14  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts ;  As 
I  thought  to  punish  you,  when  your  fathers 
provoked  me  to  wrath,  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  and  I  repented  not : 

15  So  again  have  I  thought  in  these  days 
to  do  well  unto  Jerusalem  and  to  the 
house  of  Judah :  fear  ye  not. 

16  H  These  are  the  things  that  ye  shall  do ; 
Speak  ye  every  man  the  truth  to  his  neigh- 
bour ;  execute  the  judgment  of  truth  and 
peace  in  your  gates : 

17  And  let  none  of  you  imagine  evil  in 
your  hearts  against  his  neighbour ;  and 
love  no  false  oath :  for  all  these  are  things 
that  I  hate,  saith  the  Lord. 

18  T[  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  of  hosts 
came  unto  me,  saying, 

19  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  ;  The  fast 
of  the  fourth  month,  and  the  fast  of  the 
fifth,  and  the  fast  of  the  seventh,  and  the 
fast  of  the  tenth,  shall  be  to  the  house 
of  Judah  joy  and  gladness,  and  cheerful 
feasts;  thex-efore  love  the  truth  and  peace. 

20  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts ;  It  shall 
yet  come  to  pass,  that  there  shall  come  peo- 
ple, and  the  inhabitants  of  many  cities : 

21  And  the  inhabitants  of  one  city  shall  go 
to  another,  saying,  Let  us  go  speedily  to 
pray  before  the  Lord,  and  to  seek  the 
Lord  of  hosts  :  I  will  go  also. 

23  Yea,  many  people  and  strong  nations 
shall  come  to  seek  the  Lord  of  hosts  in 
Jerusalem,  and  to  pray  before  the  Lord, 

23  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts ;  In  those 
days  it  shall  come  to  jjoss,  that  ten  men  shall 
take  hold  out  of  all  languages  of  the  na- 
tions, even  shall  take  hold  of  the  skirt  of 
him  that  is  a  Jew,  saying.  We  will  go  with 
you:  for  we  have  heard  that  God  is  with 
you. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

THE  burden  of  the  word  of  the  Lord 
in  the  land  of  Hadrach,  and  Damascus 
shall  he  the  rest  thereof:  when  the  eyes  of 
man,  as  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  shall  be 
toward  the  Lord, 

2  And  Hamath  also  shall  border  there- 
by; Tyrus,  and  Zidon,  though  it  be  very 
wise. 

3  And  Tyrus  did  build  herself  a  strong 
hold,  and  heaped  up  silver  as  the  dust,  and 
fine  gold  as  the  mire  of  the  streets. 

4  Behold,  the  Lord  will  cast  her  out,  and 

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he  will  smite  her  power  in  the  sea;  and 
she  shall  be  devoured  with  fire. 

5  Ashkelon  shall  see  it,  and  fear;  Gaza 
also  shall  see  it,  and  be  very  sorrowful, 
and  Ekron;  for  her  expectation  shall  be 
ashamed ;  and  the  king  shall  perish  from 
Gaza,  and  Ashkelon  shall  not  be  inhabited. 

6  And  a  bastard  shall  dwell  in  Ashdod, 
and  I  will  cut  ofl'  the  pride  of  the  Philis- 
tines. 

7  And  I  will  take  away  his  blood  out 
of  his  mouth,  and  his  abominations  from 
between  his  teeth :  but  he  that  remain- 
eth,  even  he,  shall  be  for  our  God,  and 
he  shall  be  as  a  governor  in  Judah,  and 
Ekron  as  a  Jebusite. 

8  And  I  will  encamp  about  mine  house 
because  of  the  army,  because  of  him  that 
passeth  by,  and  because  of  him  that  re- 
turneth :  and  no  oppressor  shall  pass 
through  them  any  more:  for  now  have 
I  seen  with  mine  eyes. 

9  T[  Rejoice  greatly,  O  daughter  of  Ziou ; 
shout,  O  daughter  of  Jerusalem :  behold, 
thy  King  cometh  unto  thee :  he  is  just, 
and  having  salvation;  lowly,  and  riding 
upon  an  ass,  and  upon  a  colt  the  foal 
of  an  ass. 

10  And  I  will  cut  oflF  the  chariot  from 
Ephraim,  and  the  horse  from  Jerusalem, 
and  the  battle  bow  shall  be  cut  off:  and 
he  shall  speak  peace  unto  the  heathen : 
and  his  dominion  shall  be  from  sea  e?'e?i 
to  sea,  and  from  the  river  even  to  the 
ends  of  the  earth. 

11  As  for  thee  also,  by  the  blood  of  thy 
covenant  I  have  sent  forth  thy  prisoners 
out  of  the  pit  wherein  is  no  water. 

12  If  Turn  you  to  the  strong  hold,  ye 
prisoners  of  hope :  even  to  day  do  I  de- 
clare that  I  will  render  double  unto  thee ; 

13  When  I  have  bent  Judah  for  me,  filled 
the  bow  with  Ephraim,  and  raised  up  thy 
sons,  O  Zion,  against  thy  sons,  O  Greece, 
and  made  thee  as  the  sword  of  a  mighty 
man. 

14  And  the  Lord  shall  be  seen  over  them, 
and  his  arrow  shall  go  forth  as  the  light- 
ning; and  the  Lord  God  shall  blow  the 
trumpet,  and  shall  go  with  whirlwinds  of 
the  south. 

15  The  Lord  of  hosts  shall  defend  them ; 
and  they  shall  devour,  and  subdue  with 
sling  stones;  and  they  shall  drink,  and 
make  a  noise  as  through  wine;  and  they 


ZECHARIAH. 


shall  he  tilled  like  bowls,  cuid  :\s  the  cor- 
ners of  the  altar. 

16  And  the  Loud  their  God  shall  save 
them  in  that  day  as  the  flock  of  his  peo- 
ple :  for  tJiey  shall  be  m  the  stones  of  a 
crown,  lifted  up  as  an  ensign  ujion  his 
laud. 

17  For  how  great  is  his  goodness,  and 
how  great  U  his  beauty!  corn  shall  make 
the  young  men  cheerful,  and  new  wine 
the  maids. 

CHAPTER  X. 

ASK  ye  of  the  Lord  rain  in  the  time 
of  the  latter  rain ;  .so  the  Lokd  shall 
make  bright  clouds,  and  give  them  show- 
ers of  rain,  to  every  one  grass  in  the  field. 

2  For  the  idols  have  spoken  vanity,  and 
the  diviners  have  seen  a  lie,  and  have 
told  false  dreams;  they  comfort  in  vain: 
therefore  they  went  their  way  as  a  flock, 
they  were  troubled,  because  there  was  no 
shepherd. 

3  Mine  anger  was  kindled  against  the 
shepherds,  and  I  punished  the  goats :  for 
the  Lord  of  hosts  hath  visited  his  flock 
the  house  of  Judah,  and  hath  made  them 
as  his  goodly  horse  in  the  battle. 

4  Out  of  him  came  forth  the  corner,  out 
of  him  the  nail,  out  of  him  the  battle 
bow,  out  of  him  every  oppressor  together. 

5  11  And  they  shall  be  as  mighty  moi, 
which  tread  down  their  enetnien  in  the  mire 
of  the  streets  in  the  battle :  and  they  shall 
fight,  because  the  Lord  is  with  them, 
and  the  riders  on  horses  shall  be  con- 
founded. 

6  And  I  will  strengthen  the  house  of 
Judah,  and  I  will  save  the  house  of  Jo- 
seph, and  I  will  bring  them  again  to  place 
them;  for  I  have  mercy  upon  them:  and 
they  shall  be  as  though  I  had  not  cast 
them  off:  for  I  am  the  Lord  their  God, 
and  will  hear  them. 

7  And  theij  of  Ephraim  shall  be  like  a 
mighty  7na?t,  and  their  heart  shall  rejoice 
as  through  wine :  yea,  their  children  shall 
see  it,  and  be  glad;  their  heart  shall  re- 
joice in  the  Lord. 

8  I  will  hiss  for  them,  and  gather  them ; 
for  I  have  redeemed  them  :  and  they  shall 
increase  as  they  have  increased. 

9  And  I  will  sow  them  among  the  people: 
and  they  shall  remember  me  in  far  coun- 
tries ;  and  they  shall  live  with  their  chil- 

j  dren,  and  turn  again. 


10  I  will  bring  them  again  also  out  of 
the  land  of  Eg^pt,  and  gather  them  out  of 
Assyria;  and  I  will  bring  them  into  the 
land  of  Gilead  and  Lebanon ;  and  place 
shall  not  be  found  for  them. 

11  And  he  shall  pass  through  the  sea 
with  affliction,  and  shall  smite  the  waves 
in  the  sea,  and  all  the  deeps  of  the  river 
shall  dry  up  :  and  the  pride  of  Assyria  shall 
be  brought  down,  and  the  sceptre  of  Egypt 
shall  depart  aw^ay. 

13  And  I  will  strengthen  them  in  the 
Lord  ;  and  they  shall  walk  up  and  down 
in  his  name,  saith  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  XI. 

OPEN  thy  doors,  O  Lebanon,  that  the 
fire  may  devour  thy  cedars. 

2  Howl,  fir  tree;  for  the  cedar  is  fallen; 
because  the  mighty  are  spoiled:  howl,  O 
ye  oaks  of  Bashan ;  for  the  forest  of  the 
vintage  is  come  down. 

3  1i  There  is  a  voice  of  the  howling  of  the 
shepherds ;  for  their  glory  is  spoiled :  a 
voice  of  the  roaring  of  young  lions ;  for 
the  pride  of  Jordan  is  spoiled. 

4  Thus  saith  the  Lord  my  God;  Feed  the 
flock  of  the  slaughter; 

5  Whose  possessors  slay  them,  and  hold 
themselves  not  guilty:  and  they  that  sell 
them  say.  Blessed  be  the  Lord;  for  I  am 
rich :  and  their  own  shepherds  pity  them 
not. 

6  For  I  -will  no  more  pity  the  inhabitants 
of  the  laud,  saith  the  Lord  :  but,  lo,  I  will 
deliver  the  men  every  one  into  his  neigh- 
boxir's  hand,  and  into  the  hand  of  his  king: 
and  they  shall  smite  the  land,  and  out  of 
their  hand  I  will  not  deliver  them. 

7  And  I  will  feed  the  flock  of  slaughter, 
even  you,  O  poor  of  the  flock.  And  I  took 
unto  me  two  staves;  the  one  I  called 
Beauty,  and  the  other  I  called  Bands ;  and 
I  fed  the  flock. 

8  Three  shepherds  also  I  cut  off  in  one 
month;  and  my  soul  loathed  them,  and 
their  soul  also  abhorred  me. 

9  Then  said  I,  1  will  not  feed  you :  that 
that  dieth,  let  it  die;  and  that  that  is  to 
be  cut  off,  let  it  be  cut  off;  and  let  the  rest 
eat  every  one  the  flesh  of  another. 

10  1  And  I  took  my  staff,  even  Beauty, 
and  cut  it  asunder,  that  I  might  break 
my  covenant  which  I  had  made  with  all 
the  i)eople. 


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ZECHARIAH. 


11  And  it  wos  broken  in  that  day:  and 
so  the  poor  of  the  flock  that  waited 
upon  me  knew  that  it  was  the  word  of 
the  Lord. 

12  And  I  said  unto  them,  If  ye  think 
good,  g'lxc  me  my  price ;  and  if  not,  for- 
bear. So  they  weighed  for  my  price  thirty 
jneces  of  silver. 

13  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me.  Cast  it 
unto  the  potter  :  a  goodly  price  that  I  was 
prized  at  of  them.  And  I  took  the  thirty 
2-)ieces  of  silver,  and  cast  them  to  the  potter 
in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

14  Then  I  cut  asunder  mine  other  stafi", 
even  Bands,  that  I  might  break  the  brother- 
hood betAveen  Judah  and  Israel. 

15  H  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Take 
unto  thee  yet  the  instruments  of  a  foolish 
shepherd. 

16  For,  lo,  I  will  raise  up  a  shepherd  in 
the  land,  which  shall  not  visit  those  that  be 
cut  off,  neither  shall  seek  the  young  one, 
nor  heal  that  that  is  broken,  nor  feed  that 
that  standeth  still:  but  he  shall  eat  the 
flesh  of  the  fat,  and  tear  their  claws  in 
pieces. 

17  Woe  to  the  idol  shepherd  that  leaveth 
the  flock !  the  sword  shall  he  upon  his  arm, 
and  upon  his  right  aye :  his  arm  shall  be 
clean  dried  up,  and  his  right  eye  shall  be 
utterly  darkened. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

THE  burden  of  the  word  of  the  Lord 
for  Israel,  saith  the  Lord,  which 
stretcheth  forth  the  heavens,  and  layeth 
the  foundation  of  the  earth,  and  formeth 
the  spirit  of  man  within  him. 

2  Behold,  I  will  make  Jerusalem  a  cup  of 
trembling  unto  all  the  people  roimd  about, 
when  they  shall  be  in  the  siege  both  against 
Judah  ayicl  against  Jerusalem. 

3  H  And  in  that  day  will  I  make  Jerusa- 
lem a  burdensome  stone  for  all  people : 
all  that  burden  themselves  with  it  shall  be 
cut  in  pieces,  though  all  the  people  of  the 
earth  be  gathered  together  against  it. 

4  In  that  day,  saith  the  Lord,  I  will  smite 
every  horse  with  astonishment,  and  his 
rider  with  madness:  and  I  will  open  mine 
eyes  upon  the  house  of  Judah,  and  will 
smite  every  horse  of  the  people  with  blind- 
ness. 

5  And  the  governors  of  Judah  shall  say 
in  their  heart,  The  inhabitants  of  Jerusa- 


lem shall  he  my  strength  in  the  Lord  of 
hosts  their  God. 
G  ^  In  that  day  will  I  make  the  governors 
of  Judah  like  a  heorth  of  fire  among  the 
wood,  and  like  a  torch  of  fire  in  a  sheaf; 
and  they  shall  devour  all  the  people  round 
aliout,  on  the  right  hand  and  on  the  left : 
and  Jerusalem  shall  be  inhabited  again  in 
her  own  place,  even  in  Jerusalem, 

7  The  Lord  also  shall  save  the  tents  of 
Judah  first,  that  the  glory  of  the  house  of 
David  and  the  glory  of  the  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem  do  not  magnify  <^emse?w«  against 
Judah. 

8  In  that  day  shall  the  Lord  defend  the 
inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  ;  and  he  that  is 
feeble  among  them  at  that  day  shall  be  as 
David ;  and  the  house  of  David  shall  he  as 
God,  as  the  angel  of  the  Lord  before  them. 

9  TI  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 
that  I  will  seek  to  destroy  all  the  nations 
that  come  against  Jerusalem. 

10  And  I  will  pour  upon  the  house  of 
David,  and  upon  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusa- 
lem, the  spirit  of  grace  and  of  supplica- 
tions :  and  they  shall  look  upon  me  whom 
they  have  pierced,  and  they  shall  mourn 
for  him,  as  one  mourneth  for  Jiis  onl}'  .sow, 
and  shall  be  in  bitterness  for  him,  as  one 
that  is  in  bitterness  for  Ids  firstborn. 

11  In  that  day  shall  there  be  a  great 
mourning  in  Jerusalem,  as  the  mourning 
of  Hadadrimmon  in  the  valley  of  Megiddon. 

12  And  the  land  shall  mourn,  every  fam- 
ily apart;  the  family  of  the  house  of  David 
apart,  and  their  wives  apart ;  the  family  of 
the  house  of  Nathan  ax^art,  and  their  wives 
apart ; 

13  The  family  of  the  house  of  Levi  apart, 
and  their  wives  apart;  the  family  of  Shimei 
apart,  and  their  wives  ai)art  •, 

14  All  the  families  that  remain,  every 
family  apart,  and  their  wives  apart. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

IN  that  day  there  shall  be  a  fountain 
opened  to  the  house  of  David  and  to  the 
inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  for  sin  and  for 
uncleanncss. 
2  H  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  that  I  will  cut  off 
the  names  of  the  idols  out  of  the  land, 
and  they  shall  no  more  be  remembered : 
and  also  I  will  cause  the  prophets  and  the 
unclean  spirit  to  pass  out  of  the  land. 

851      " 


ZECHARIAH. 


3  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  when  an}' 
shall  yet  prophesy,  then  his  father  and  his 
mother  that  begat  him  shall  say  unto  him, 
Thou  Shalt  not  live  ;  for  thou  speakest  lies 
in  the  name  of  the  Lord  :  and  his  flither 
and  his  mother  that  begat  him  shall  thrust 
him  through  when  he  prophesieth. 

4  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 
that  "the  prophets  shall  be  ashamed  every 
one  of  his  vision,  when  he  hath  prophesied; 
neither  shall  they  wear  a  rough  garment  to 
deceive : 

5  But  he  shall  say,  I  am  no  prophet,  I 
am  a  husbandman ;  for  man  taught  me  to 
keep  cattle  from  my  youth. 

6  And  one  shall  say  unto  him,  "What  are 
these  wounds  in  thine  hands  ?  Then  he 
shall  answer.  Those  with  which  I  was 
wounded  in  the  house  of  my  friends. 

7  H  Awake,  0  sword,  against  my  Shep- 
herd, and  against  the  man  that  U  my  fellow, 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts :  smite  the  Shep- 
herd, and  the  sheep  shall  be  scattered : 
and  I  will  turn  mine  hand  upon  the  little 
ones. 

8  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  in  all  the 
land,  saith  the  Lord,  two  parts  therein 
shall  be  cut  off  aiid  die ;  but  the  third  shall 
be  left  therein. 

9  And  I  will  bring  the  third  part  through 
the  lire,  and  will  refine  them  as  silver  is 
refined,  and  will  try  them  as  gold  is  tried : 
they  shall  call  on  my  name,  and  I  will  hear 
them  :  I  will  say,  It  i.s  my  people :  and  they 
shall  say.  The  Lord  is  my  God. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

BEHOLD,  the  day  of  the  Lord  cometh, 
and  thy  sj)oil  shall  be  divided  in  the 
midst  of  thee. 

2  For  I  will, gather  all  nations  against 
Jerusalem  to  battle ;  and  the  city  shall  be 
taken,  and  the  houses  rifled,  and  the 
women  ravished  ;  and  half  of  the  city  shall 
go  forth  into  captivity,  and  the  residue  of 
the  people  shall  not  be  cut  off  from  the 
city. 

3  Then  shall  the  Lord  go  forth,  and  light 
against  those  nations,  as  when  he  fought 
in  the  day  of  battle. 

4  *![  And  his  feet  shall  stand  in  that  day 
upon  the  mount  of  Olives,  which  is-  before 
Jerusalem  on  the  east,  and  the  mount  of 
Olives  shall  cleave  in  the  midst  thereof 
toward  the  east  and  toward  the  west,  and 

8^ 


tJiere  sJiall  he  a  very  great  valley ;  and  half 
of  the  mountain  shall  remove  toward  the 
north,  and  half  of  it  toward  the  south. 

5  And  ye  shall  flee  to  the  valley  of  the 
mountains ;  for  the  valley  of  the  mountains 
shall  reach  imto  Azal:  yea,  ye  shall  flee, 
like  as  ye  fled  from  before  the  earthquake 
in  the  days  of  Uzziali  king  of  Judah  :  and 
the  Lord  my  God  shall  come,  and  all  the 
saints  with  thee. 

6  And  it  shall  come  to  j^ass  in  that  day, 
that  the  light  shall  not  be  clear,  nor 
dark : 

7  But  it  shall  be  one  day  which  shall  be 
known  to  the  Lord,  not  day,  nor  night : 
but  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  at  evening 
time  it  shall  be  light. 

8  And  it  shall  be  in  that  day,  that  living 
waters  shall  go  out  from  Jerusalem ;  half 
of  them  toward  the  former  sea,  and  half  of 
them  toward  the  hinder  sea:  in  summer 
and  in  winter  shall  it  be. 

9  And  the  Lord  shall  be  King  over  all  the 
earth :  in  that  day  shall  there  be  one  Lord, 
and  his  name  one. 

10  All  the  land  shall  be  turned  as  a  plain 
from  Geba  to  Rimmon  south  of  Jerusalem : 
and  it  shall  be  lifted  up,  and  inhabited  in 
her  i)lace,  from  Benjamin's  gate  unto  the 
place  of  the  first  gate,  unto  the  corner 
gate,  and  from  the  tower  of  Hananeel  unto 
the  king's  Avinepresses. 

11  And  me7i  shall  dwell  in  it,  and  there 
shall  be  no  more  utter  destruction;  but 
Jerusalem  shall  be  safely  inhabited. 

12  t[  And  this  shall  be  the  plague  where- 
with the  Lord  will  smite  all  the  people 
that  have  fought  against  Jerusalem ;  Their 
flesh  shall  consume  away  while  the}'  stand 
upon  their  feet,  and  their  eyes  shall  con- 
sume away  iu  their  holes,  and  their  tongue 
shall  consume  away  in  their  mouth. 

13  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 
that  a  great  tumult  from  the  Lord  shall 
be  among  them;  and  they  shall  lay  hold 
every  one  on  the  hand  of  his  neighbour, 
and  his  hand  shall  rise  up  against  the  hand 
of  his  neighbour. 

14  And  Judah  also  shall  fight  at  Jeru- 
salem;  and  the  wealth  of  all  the  heathen 
round  about  shall  be  gathered  together, 
gold,  and  silver,  and  apparel,  in  great 
abundance. 

15  And  so  shall  be  the  plague  of  the 
horse,  of  the  mule,  of  the  camel,  and  of 


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the  ass,  and  of  all  the  beasts  that  shall  be 
in  these  tents,  as  this  pla«,^ue, 
1(3  Ti  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  every 
one  that  is  left  of  all  the  nations  which 
came  against  Jerusalem,  shall  even  go  up 
from  year  to  year  to  worship  the  King,  the 
Loud  of  hosts,  and  to  keep  the  feast  of 
tabernacles. 

17  And  it  shall  be,  that  whoso  will  not 
come  up  of  all  the  families  of  the  earth 
unto  Jerusalem  to  worship  the  King,  the 
Lonu  of  hosts,  even  upon  them  shall  be 
no  rain. 

18  And  if  the  family  of  Egypt  go  not 
up,  and  come  not,  that  have  no  rain  ;  there 
shall  be  the  plague,  wherewith  the  Lord 


will  smite  the  heathen  that  come  not  up  to 
keep  the  feast  of  tabernacles. 

19  This  shall  be  the  punishment  of  Egypt, 
and  the  punishment  of  all  nations  that  come 
not  up  to  keep  the  feast  of  tabernacles. 

20  ^  In  that  day  shall  there  be  upon  the 
bells  of  the  horses,  HOLINESS  UNTO 
THE  LORD;  and  the  pots  in  the  Lord's 
house  shall  be  like  the  bowls  before  the 
altar. 

21  Yea,  every  pot  in  Jerusalem  and  in  Ju- 
dah  shall  be  holiness  unto  the  Lord  of 
hosts:  and  all  they  that  sacrifice  shall  come 
and  take  of  them,  and  seethe  therein:  and 
in  that  day  there  shall  be  no  more  the  Ca- 
naanite  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  of  hosts. 


MALACHL 


CHAPTER  1. 

THE  burden  of  the  word  of  the  Lord  to 
Israel  by  Malachi. 

2  I  have  loved  j'ou,  saith  the  Lord.  Yet 
ye  say.  Wherein  hast  thou  loved  us  ?  TT  as- 
not  Esau  Jacob's  brother?  saith  the  Lord: 
yet  I  loved  Jacob, 

3  And  I  hated  Esau,  and  laid  his  mount- 
ains and  his  heritage  waste  for  the  dragons 
of  the  wilderness. 

4  Whereas  Edom  saith.  We  are  impover- 
ished, but  we  will  return  and  build  the  des- 
olate places  ;  thiis  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 
They  shall  build,  but  I  will  throw  down; 
and  they  shall  call  them.  The  border  of 
wickedness,  and.  The  people  against  whom 
the  Lord  hath  indignation  for  ever. 

5  And  JO^^.x  eyes  shall  see,  and  ye  shall 
say.  The  Lord  will  be  magnified  from  the 
border  of  Israel. 

6  TI  A  son  honoureth  hh  father,  and  a 
servant  his  master :  if  then  I  Z^e  a  father, 
where  is  mine  honour?  and  if  I  he  a  master, 
where  is  my  fear?  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts 
unto  you,  O  priests,  that  despise  my  name. 
And  ye  say,  Wherein  have  we  despised  thy 
name  ? 

7  Ye  offer  polluted  bread  upon  mine 
altar ;  and  ye  say.  Wherein  have  we  pol- 
luted thee?  In  that  ye  say,  The  table  of 
the  Lord  is  contemptible. 

8  And  if  ye  offer  the  blind  for  sacrifice,  U 


it  not  evil  ?  and  if  ye  offer  the  lame  and 
sick,  is  it  not  evil?  offer  it  now  unto  thy 
governor;  will  he  be  pleased  with  thee, 
or  accept  thy  person?  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts. 

9  And  now,  I  pray  yon,  beseech  God  that 
he  will  be  gracious  unto  us :  this  hath  been 
by  your  means :  will  he  regard  your  per- 
sons? saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

10  Who  is  there  even  among  you  that 
would  shut  the  doors  for  nought?  neither 
do  ye  kindle  fire  on  mine  altar  for  nought. 
I  have  no  pleasure  in  you,  saith  the  Lord 
of  hosts,  neither  will  I  accept  an  offering  at 
your  hand. 

11  For,  from  the  rising  of  the  sun  even 
unto  the  going  down  of  the  same,  my  name 
sJiall  he  great  among  the  Gentiles ;  and  in 
every  place  incense  shall  he  offered  unto  my 
name,  and  a  pure  offering:  for  my  name 
shall  he  great  among  the  heathen,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts. 

12  1  But  ye  have  profaned  it,  in  that  ye 
say,  The  table  of  the  Lord  is-  polluted;  and 
the  fruit  thereof,  even  his  meat,  is  con- 
temptible. 

13  Ye  said  also.  Behold,  what  a  weariness 
is  it!  and  ye  have  snuffed  at  it,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts ;  and  ye  brought  that  whidi 
was  torn,  and  the  lame,  and  the  sick ;  thus 
ye  brought  an  offering :  should  I  accept 
this  of  your  hand?  saith  the  Lord. 

853 


MALACHI. 


14  But  cursed  be  the  deceiver,  -which 
hath  in  his  flock  a  mule,  and  voweth,  and 
sacrificeth  unto  the  Lord  a  corrupt  thing: 
for  I  ani  a  great  King,  saith  the  Loud  of 
hosts,  and  my  name  is  dreadful  among  the 
heatheu. 
j  CHAPTER  II. 

AN  D  now,  O  ye  priests,  this  command- 
ment is  for  you. 
!  2  If  ye  will  not  hear,  and  if  ye  will  not 
i  lay  it  to  heart,  to  give  glory  unto  my 
j  name,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  I  will  even 
send  a  curse  upon  you,  and  I  will  curse 
your  blessings:  yea,  I  have  cursed  them 
'  already,  because  ye  do  not  lay  it  to  heart. 
i  3  Behold,  1  will  corrupt  your  seed,  and 
'  spread  dung  upon  your  faces,  even  the 
I  dung  of  your  solemn  feasts ;  and  one  shall 
j  take  you  away  with  it. 

4  And  ye  shall  know  that  I  have  sent 
this  commandment  unto  you,  that  my 
covenant  might  be  with  Levi,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts. 

5  My  covenant  was  with  him  of  life  and 
peace;  and  I  gave  them  to  him  for  the 
fear  wherewith  he  feared  me,  and  was 
afraid  before  my  name. 

6  The  law  of  truth  was  in  his  mouth, 
and  iniquity  was  not  found  in  his  lips : 
he  walked  with  me  in  peace  and  equity, 
and  did  turn  many  away  from  iniquity. 

7  For  the  priest's  lips  should  keep  knowl- 
edge, and  they  should  seek  the  law  at  his 
mouth:  for  he  is  the  messenger  of  the 
Lord  of  hosts. 

I    8  But  ye  are  departed  out  of  the  way;  ye 
'  have  caused  many  to  stumble  at  the  law ; 
I  ye  have  corrupted  the  covenant  of  Levi, 
:  saith  the  Loud  of  hosts. 
:    9  Therefore  have  I  also  made  you  con- 
temptible and    base   before    all   the   peo- 
;  pie,    according  as  ye  have  not    kept  my 
;  ways,  but  have  been  partial  iu  the  law. 
I    10    Have  we   not   all    one    father?    hath 
'  not  one  God  created  us?  why  do  we  deal 
I  treacherously     every     mau     against     his 
brother,    by    profaning    the    covenant    of 
our  fathers  ? 

11  T  Judah  hath  dealt  treacherously,  and 
au  abomination  is  committed  in  Israel 
and  in  Jerusalem;  for  Judah  hath  pro- 
faned the  holiness  of  the  Lord  wliich  he 
loved,  and  hath  married  the  daughter  of 
a  strange  god. 
13  The   Lord  Avill  cut  off  the  man  that 

854 


doeth  this,  the  master  and  the  scholar, 
out  of  the  tabernacles  of  Jacob,  and  him 
that  offereth  an  offering  unto  the  Lord 
of  hosts. 

13  And  this  have  ye  done  again,  covering 
the  altar  of  the  Lord  Avith  tears,  with 
weeping,  and  with  crjing  out,  insomuch 
that  he  regardeth  not  the  offering  any 
more,  or  receiveth  it  with  good  will  at 
your  hand. 

14  TI  Yet  ye  say.  Wherefore?  Because 
the  Lord  hath  been  witness  between 
thee  and  the  wife  of  thy  youth,  against 
whom  thou  hast  dealt  treacherously :  yet 
is  she  thy  companion,  and  the  wife  of  thy 
covenant. 

15  And  did  not  he  make  one?  Yet  had 
he  the  residue  of  the  Spirit.  And  where- 
fore one  ?  That  he  might  seek  a  godly 
seed.  Therefore  take  heed  to  your  spirit, 
and  let  none  deal  treacherously  against 
the  wife  of  his  youth. 

16  For  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel,  saith 
that  he  hateth  putting  away :  for  one  cov- 
ereth  violence  with  his  garment,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts :  therefore  take  heed  to 
your  spirit,  that  ye  deal  not  treacherously. 

17  T[  Ye  have  wearied  the  Lord  with  your 
words.  Yet  ye  say,  Wherein  have  we 
wearied  Jiim?  When  ye  say.  Every  one 
that  doeth  evil  is  good  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord,  and  he  delighteth  in  them;  or, 
Where  is  the  God  of  judgment  ? 

CHAPTER  in. 

BEHOLD,  I  will  send  my  messenger, 
and  he  shall  prepare  the  way  before 
me:  and  the  Lord,  whom  ye  seek,  shall 
suddenly  come  to  his  temple,  even  the 
messenger  of  the  covenant,  whom  ye  de- 
light in:  behold,  he  shall  come,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts. 

2  But  Avho  may  abide  the  day  of  his 
coming?  and  who  shall  stand  when  he 
appearcth  ?  for  he  is  like  a  refiner's  fire, 
and  like  fullers'  soap : 

3  And  he  shall  sit  m  a  refiner  and  purifier 
of  silver:  and  he  shall  purify  the  sons  of 
Levi,  and  purge  them  as  gold  and  silver, 
that  they  may  offer  unto  the  Lord  an 
offering  in  righteousness. 

4  Then  shall  the  offering  of  Judah  and 
Jerusalem  be  ]>leasant  unto  the  Lord, 
as  in  the  days  of  old,  and  as  in  former 
veai'S. 


MALACHI. 


5  And  I  will  come  near  to  you  to  judg- 
ment; and  I  will  be  a  swift  witness 
against  the  sorcerers,  and  against  the  adul- 
terers, and  against  false  swearers,  and 
against  those  that  oppress  the  hireling  in 
his  wages,  the  widow,  and  the  fatherless, 
and  that  turn  aside  the  stranger  fro7n  7ns 
rkjhty  and  fear  not  me,  saith  the  Lokd  of 
hosts. 

6  For  I  mn  the  Lord,  I  change  not;  there- 
fore ye  sons  of  Jacob  are  not  consumed. 

7  TI  Even  from  the  days  of  your  fathers 
ye  are  gone  away  from  mine  ordinances, 
and  have  not  kept  them.  Return  unto  me, 
and  I  will  return  unto  you,  saith  the  Lord 
of  hosts.  But  ye  said,  Wherein  shall  we 
return  ? 

8  II  Will  a  man  rob  God?  Yet  ye  have 
robbed  me.  But  ye  say,  Wherein  have 
we  robbed  thee?  In  tithes  and  offer- 
ings. 

9  Ye  are  cursed  with  a  curse :  for  ye  have 
robbed  me,  even  this  whole  nation. 

10  Bring  ye  all  the  tithes  into  the  store- 
house, that  there  may  be  meat  in  mine 
house,  and  prove  me  now  herewith,  saith 
the  Lord  of  hosts,  if  I  will  not  open  you 
the  windows  of  heaven,  and  pour  you  out 
a  blessing,  that  there  s7iall  not  be  room 
enough  to  receive  it. 

11  And  I  will  rebuke  the  devourer  for 
your  sakes,  and  he  shall  not  destroy  the 
fruits  of  your  ground ;  neither  shall  your 
vine  cast  her  fruit  before  the  time  in  the 
field,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

13  And  all  nations  shall  call  you  blessed : 
for  ye  shall  be  a  delightsome  land,  saith 
the  Lord  of  hosts. 

13  T  Your  words  have  been  stout  against 
me,  saith  the  Lord.  Yet  ye  say.  What  have 
we  spoken  so  much  against  thee  ? 

14  Ye  have  said,  It  is  vain  to  serve  God : 
and  what  profit  is  it  that  we  have  kept 
his  ordinance,  and  that  we  have  walked 
mournfully  before  the  Lord  of  hosts  ? 

15  And  now  we  call  the  proud  happy; 


yea,  they  that  work  wickedness  are  set 
up ;  yea,  they  that  tempt  God  are  even  de- 
livered.   ■ 

16  1  Then  they  that  feared  the  Lord  spake 
often  one  to  another:  and  the  Lord  heark- 
ened, and  heard  i<,  and  a  book  of  remem- 
brance was  written  before  him  for  them 
that  feared  the  Lord,  and  that  thought 
upon  his  name. 

17  And  they  shall  be  mine,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  in  that  day  when  I  make 
up  my  jewels ;  and  I  will  spare  them,  as 
a  man  spareth  his  own  son  that  serveth 
him. 

18  Then  shall  ye  return,  and  discern  be- 
tween the  righteous  and  the  wicked,  be- 
tween him  that  serveth  God  and  him  that 
serveth  him  not. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

FOR,  behold,  the  day  cometh,  that  shall 
burn  as  an  oven;  and  all  the  proud, 
yea,  and  all  that  do  wickedly,  shall  be 
stubble:  and  the  day  that  cometh  shall 
burn  them  ujj,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
that  it  shall  leave  them  neither  root  nor 
branch. 

2  H  But  unto  yoii  that  fear  my  name  shall 
the  Sun  of  righteousness  arise  with  healing 
in  his  wings ;  and  ye  shall  go  forth,  and 
grow  up  as  calves  of  the  stall. 

3  And  ye  shall  tread  down  the  wicked; 
for  they  shall  be  ashes  under  the  soles 
of  your  feet  in  the  day  that  I  shall  do 
this,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

4  T[  Remember  ye  the  law  of  Moses  my 
servant,  which  I  commanded  unto  him  in 
Horeb  for  all  Israel,  with  the  statutes  and 
judgments. 

5  TI  Behold,  I  will  send  you  Elijah  the 
prophet  before  the  coming  of  the  great  and 
dreadful  day  of  the  Lord  : 

6  And  he  shall  turn  the  heart  of  the  fa- 
thers to  the  children,  and  the  heart  of  the 
children  to  their  fathers,  lest  I  come  and 
smite  the  earth  with  a  curse. 


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